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BlackBerry Bringing 3 Android Phones Neon, Argon & Mercury This Season
We do not remember the last time BlackBerry launched a phone that killed the competition. The company kept repeating the same mistakes every year, which led to a huge decline post-BBM era.
BlackBerry launched its first Android device, after almost being forced to so as to stay in the competition, called the Priv which failed to make any impact in the smartphone industry. It was known for being overpriced for the features it offered, even though the design was quite unique and reminiscent of the older BlackBerrys.
The Canadian manufacturer was now resorted to launching three Android-based smartphones, hopefully by July itself. According to reports, the three smartphones are set to be placed in the three key segments in the market right now, to take on Samsung, LG and the major Chinese manufacturers.
The smartphones will be announced at the MobileBeat 2016 Conference to be held at San Francisco from 12th-13th July. It is one of the conferences where there are talks by leaders and influential people, technology keynotes, case studies and announcements.
Expected features of the smartphones
BlackBerry will be launching the three smartphones in the US and we hope they will be subsequently available in India. The phones have been codenamed very uniquely – Neon, Argon, and Mercury. The phones are expected to be made available to the users in subsequent quarters.
It is expected to be the first out of the three to be available to the users. The phone will sport a 5.2-inch full-HD display, powered by a Snapdragon 617 chipset, housing 3GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. A decently sized 2610 mAh battery will be present in the phone.
The phone will not come with a physical keyboard, will support QuickCharge 2.0 and sport 13MP camera with flash at the back and an 8MP camera at the front. The smartphone will most probably be available on sale in a week or two from official unveiling.
16GB of internal storage should be now done away with, so if BlackBerry is offering such low storage for its base model, it better be cheap.
The larger of the two keyboard-less smartphones, Argon will come with a 5.5-inch QHD touchscreen powered by Qualcomm 820 chipset, 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory. The phone will house a larger 3,000 mAh battery with QuickCharge 3.0 for quick charging.
Argon also has a 21MP shooter at the back along with an 8MP shooter on the front. The phone reminds us of the Priv and it is also more like an upgrade to the Priv, sans the physical keyboard. It will be available in the last quarter of 2016.
This phone will be the last installment from BlackBerry for the time being. The form factor is expected to be different, with a large touch screen and a physical keyboard below it. However, unlike Priv, the phone will not have a slider and instead have a bar form factor, like the Passport.
Mercury sports a 4.5-inch full HD display in a square-ish design like the Passport, and houses a Snapdragon 625 chipset, coupled with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The plus point of the smartphone is the large battery at 3400 mAh supporting QuickCharge.
The phone also has an 18MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera for selfies. Mercury seems to be a revival of its flagship Passport phone, with a new operating system. The phone will be available to consumers from Q1 2017.
Can these three phones turn-around BlackBerry’s fate?
BlackBerry recently reported a $670 million net loss, and while the company isn’t doing as bad as it did in 2014, it still isn’t in a good shape.
With the adoption of Android, the company can definitely be back in the game, but IF and ONLY IF, they price their smartphones right. We have seen Chinese manufacturers gain market share in the past only because of their high-end smartphone low-price formula and it will not hurt BlackBerry to take the bullet till it rises again.
The Priv, a well-built Android smartphone loaded with features failed to do well in the market simply because it was priced almost 2x than what a potential buyer would pay for such a phone. Not everyone can fall for the physical keyboard sentiments, and consumers are not fools.
If BlackBerry prices the Neon, Argon and Mercury at $300, $450 and $400 respectively, the company might have a chance to revisit its days of glory. Anything more than this will bring doom to the company, and while we’re not too bullish on our theory, it does not hurt to be optimistic once in awhile.
Only a few days to go for the event, let us see if BlackBerry surprises us or disappoints us with its new smartphones.


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Everywhere you look, there's enthusiasm for the US economy.
Sentiment indicators — including consumer confidence, business confidence, CEO confidence, investor confidence, and manufacturer confidence — are all on the rise as the economy digests the election of Donald Trump.
Even on Thursday, manufacturing surveys from the Philadelphia and New York Federal Reserve banks looked strong, and the National Association of Home Builders' homebuilder sentiment surged to its highest level since 2005.
It appears Americans believe that some of Trump's more aggressive economic policies — massive fiscal stimulus, a cut to taxes, etc. — are going to lead to a jump in GDP growth and personal incomes.
Not to rain on the parade, but the optimism that the surveys are showing may be premature.
While improving sentiment is certainly encouraging, it doesn't mean an economic boom is right around the corner. Real data on the US economy that has come out since the election hasn't blown the roof off of expectations. In order for the enthusiasm to sustain itself, real results have to come through.
Neil Dutta, the head of US economic research at Renaissance Macro, called for caution in a recent email to clients.
"We'll be keeping a close eye on whether the recent surge in sentiment will be ratified by the incoming hard data," Dutta wrote. "Most of the burst in the surprise indicator has been in the survey data."
The surprise indicator Dutta is referring to is the Bloomberg surprise index, which measures the degree to which US economic data points come in above or below economists' expectations. While the index has been on the rise, Dutta noted that most of that has come from surveys and sentiment indexes rather than more concrete economic data.
In the past few weeks, we've seen "harder" data miss — both retail sales and industrial production underwhelmed on Wednesday. Additionally, the year-over-year core consumer price index slid for the fourth straight month, and the rest of the inflation indicators came in right in line.
Even the headline number for the November jobs report was lower than expected, and average hourly earnings growth unexpectedly dropped from the month before, although the unemployment rate also fell.
It's great that Americans are feeling better about the economic outlook, but now the real economy has to back that excitement up.

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Online PR News – 15-October-2013 – Atlanta, GA – YeahLetsGo.com is a parenting lifestyle website designed to help families looking for things to do, places to go, and fun to experience.
YeahLetsGo.com is a fully-functional website full of family travel, entertainment and lifestyle articles, as well as some juicy celebrity dish. Topics also include family-specific travel tips and guides, TV and movie reviews, and a special Disney section. YeahLetsGo.com also offers local sections for current events.
Starting out as Atlanta Moms On The Move with information geared to Atlanta and the South, the website grew so quickly that it garnered a national audience and gained the attention of other cities looking to launch local event sections. Rebranding as YeahLetsGo.com has proven to be a smart move as the site is getting noticed by brands and readers alike. With more family travel tips and guides, giveaways, and celebrity scoops coming every day, the fourth quarter will see a website packed with information. While the target audience is American parents, anyone looking for things to do and places to go with kids will find helpful, relevant and timely articles at YeahLetsGo.com.
YeahLetsGo.com gets local in Atlanta with guides and current events to help locals and visitors alike get out of the house and experiencing their great city. Oklahoma City will be the next local area to be launching on Yeah, Let’s Go, and will also offer an in depth experience of the city. As Yeah, Let’s Go expands more cities will become available.
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Atlantic Sea Cucumber has struck a deal with five Toronto health store chains to sell its capsules
Not aesthetically pleasing (“fresh, they look like a slimy football”), Nova Scotia sea cucumbers are selling in Ontario and the U.S. and bringing glory to the company processing them.
AKSO Marine Biotech and sister company Atlantic Sea Cucumber harvest sea cucumbers off Cape Breton, dry them at their Hacketts Cove facility and ship the dried product to Toronto to be capsulized.
In the last year, 12-million capsules sold for $74 per 120-capsule bottle under the Nova Sea Atlantic brand, and last month the Retail Council of Canada named them the best over the counter health-care product of the year.
The capsules are on Nature’s Emporium, Purecell Natural Foods, Kim Natural, Riverview Medical and Clovers store shelves in Toronto. Dried sea cucumbers, about the size of a thumb, are sold at Costco in the U.S. in one-pound packages for $45, and online through Costco Canada for $60.
The success of the dried product is what led AKSO to develop the capsules.
Sea cucumbers are fished the same way scallops are.
“Most of the fishermen we’ve dealt with are scallop fishermen and they kind of use this as an extra license to do work outside their normal season,” said Lincoln Ellsworth, business development manager for AKSO.
The variety that Atlantic Sea Cucumber processes is also found in the waters off Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Quebec. A different variety is found in the Pacific Ocean.
One sea cucumber a day, keeps the doctor away.Posted by Atlantic Sea Cucumber Ltd. on Saturday, July 23, 2016
Virtually all sea cucumbers are dried before being consumed, but Ellsworth says they can be used fresh in soups or a stir fry.
“I usually hear it compared to a mushroom. Its texture is unique, but it does absorb the flavour of what it’s being cooked with,” he said. “Health Canada has allowed us to state that it’s got antioxidants, and it’s very potent in the antioxidant category.”
AKSO is partnering with researchers to legitimize claims that Chinese medicine makes about other powers possessed by the sea cucumber, claims Ellsworth doesn’t feel comfortable making publicly.
“We’re targeting health conscious people, especially those who do their own research, because we’re not making any claims,” said Ellsworth.
Sam Gao, owner of both companies, said the antioxidants contained in sea cucumbers, part of the Chinese diet for more than a thousand years, are better absorbed into the body in capsule form.
“North American people and European people, they don’t know how to cook the dried cucumber, so they’re not able to get the benefits,” he said. “Chinese people cook it as food, or use it as a gift for the older generation. Sea cucumber, in Chinese, means ginseng of the sea.”
AKSO Marine Biotech is partially funded by ACOA and the National Research Council. Gao says he is also close to an agreement with Perennia, the provincial body tasked with assisting farmers, fishermen and processors. That agreement would be to work together on a study of how to extract collagen from sea cucumber.
Gao, who employs 20-25 people at the Hacketts Cove facility depending on the season, said if capsule sales progress as planned he will also set up a capsulizing factory there.
“Capsulizing is easy,” he said. “It should be at least ten people working here on the processing side, plus research people.”


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2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 3 Priced at $50,195
When the 2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 3 goes on sale later this fall it will start at $50,195, including an $895 destination fee. That's a significant price premium ($6,900) over a 2012 BMW 335i, which shares the same inline-six-cylinder engine and eight-speed automatic transmission as the hybrid (the two also share virtually the same trim features). The 335i gets an EPA-estimated 23/33 mpg city/highway; BMW hasn't released official fuel- economy numbers for the ActiveHybrid 3, but it says the model has gotten around a combined 37 mpg in European fuel-efficiency testing, adjusted to U.S. measurements.
Those figures are the same on the 2013 ActiveHybrid 5, which starts at $61,995, including a $895 destination. The ActiveHybrid was supposed to go on sale in March, but it was delayed and has only gone on sale now, said BMW spokesman Dave Bucko. The ActiveHybrid 5 gets an EPA-estimated 23/30 mpg city/highway, said Bucko. That's only slightly better than a 535i. Bucko says the EPA tests don't "take advantage of all of the fuel-saving technologies built into the system, so in practical terms a driver should be able to do much better."
The ActiveHybrid 3 comes standard with leatherette upholstery, an 8.8-inch display with iDrive controls, dual-zone automatic climate control, adaptive self-leveling xenon headlights with LED accent lighting and 18-inch alloy wheels. Options such as a Cold Weather Package, backup camera, navigation, leather upholstery and an adaptive M suspension can easily add more than $10,000 to the ActiveHybrid 3's base pricing. The hybrid goes on sale later this fall.


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New Year’s Message | New journey calls for new achievements of entrepreneurs
Taurus quit the old year, Tiger sent spring.Looking back at the year of the Ox, we see a resilient and prosperous China, and also see the restructuring of the internal logic of Chinese enterprises, the restructuring of the realm pattern of entrepreneurs and the reshaping of the connotation of the era of entrepreneurship.In the New Year, a century of changes is accelerating under the impact of the pandemic, and the external environment is becoming more complex, grim and uncertain.China’s economic development is facing the triple pressure of “demand contraction, supply shock, and weakening expectation”. Stability is the top priority and progress in stability will be the main keynote of economic development throughout the year.In this context, it is indispensable to maintain the overall situation of “stability” and keep the direction of “progress” firmly.Market vitality comes from people, especially from entrepreneurs, from the entrepreneurial spirit.Of course, the new era has given us new missions and new achievements on our new journey.The era calls for entrepreneurs to be more patriotic, innovative, honest and law-abiding, shoulder social responsibilities and broaden their international horizons.One hundred years ago, Zhang Jian, who was eager to save the country from industry, paved the way for entrepreneurship with a patriotic background.From Zhang Jian, Chen Jiageng, Rong Yiren and Wang Guangying to the spring of 2020, China Architecture completed the construction of Huoshenshan hospital in 10 days and Leishenshan Hospital in 12 days.Cosco Shipping, SF Express, JINGdong and other enterprises are working hard to fight logistics support around the clock…Patriotism, in one hundred years of inheritance;Entrepreneurship, sublimation in the exam.Innovation is the primary driving force for development, and entrepreneur innovation activities are the key to promote enterprise innovation and development.From lu Guanqiu, who pioneered the enterprise contracting reform in Zhejiang, to Ren Zhengfei, who took out more than 10% of his income every year to engage in research and development, and then to Li Shufu, who founded China’s first private automobile enterprise…Since reform and opening up, the remarkable achievements in China’s economic development are inseparable from the efforts of entrepreneurs to promote the spirit of innovation.At present, more than 70% of China’s “little giant” enterprises have been deeply engaged in the industry for more than 10 years, with an average r&d intensity of more than 7%, becoming the “vanguard” of science and technology capable of fighting a tough battle.”Honesty is the way of heaven;Think sincere, the way of people also.”In 1985, Zhang ruimin used a hammer to smash 76 defective refrigerators, awakening employees’ sense of quality and creating a world-renowned brand.In the final analysis, socialist market economy is a credit economy and a law-based economy.Nowadays, the government takes credit supervision as a new supervision means to make the trustkeepers smooth all the way. More and more outstanding entrepreneurs strive to set an example of honesty and law-abiding and stick to the “honesty” medal.Society is a stage for entrepreneurs to display their talents. Only those entrepreneurs who sincerely return to society and earnestly fulfill their social responsibilities can be truly recognized by the society and meet the requirements of The Times.We have seen that in the fight against the epidemic, poverty alleviation, rural revitalization, and torrential rains in Henan and Shanxi provinces, a large number of entrepreneurs actively donated money and materials, helped with disaster relief, and provided voluntary services.They have found their precise positioning in the new era and completed value refinement in promoting common prosperity.Zhang Jian once said, “To run a province, one must have the vision of a nation;To handle a state affairs, one must have a global perspective.”Over the past century, expanding our international vision has been a necessary part of promoting entrepreneurship.Today, Chinese cars, Chinese roads, Chinese Bridges and Chinese ports shine in the world and create the name card of a major country.Trains, satellites, hydropower stations, clothing, home appliances and digital products are all made in China.Guanshan thousands of heavy, mountain high artificial peak.We believe that entrepreneurs embarking on the new journey will be able to ride the waves and overcome the current difficulties and lead their enterprises to a more brilliant future with their vigorous spirit, energetic energy and ambitious spirit.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices fell Tuesday as hopes faded for a new round of economic stimulus in the U.S.
Benchmark U.S. crude lost $1.72, or about 2 percent, to end the day at $88.06 per barrel in New York, while Brent crude lost $1.28 to finish at $104.92 per barrel in London.
Traders have been guessing for months about when and whether the Federal Reserve would try to spark the economy. Hopes rose last week, then retreated Tuesday, following reports of strengthening consumer confidence and home values.
The Conference Board said U.S. consumer confidence rose in July after four months of declines. That's an especially promising sign, given that consumer spending drives 70 percent of the U.S. economy. And the housing industry's prospects looked brighter as prices rose across the country.
As long as the economy shows signs of life, the Fed may hold off on new stimulus measures that in previous years propped up the price of oil, analyst Phil Flynn said.
"Good news is bad news when it comes to the stimulus," he said.
The Fed will talk about possible stimulus measures at a policy meeting this week.
At the pump, retail gasoline prices rose 1.4 cents to a national average of $3.50 per gallon, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. A gallon of regular has increased by an average of 17 cents in July, but it's still 44 cents cheaper than its peak price in April.
In other futures trading, heating oil lost 3.74 cents to finish at $2.8417 per gallon, while wholesale gasoline lost 4.41 cents to end at $2.7743 per gallon. Natural gas gave up less than a penny to finish at $3.2090 per 1,000 cubic feet.
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Bangladesh readymade garment sector despite of the Rana Plaza tragedy, political uncertainties, clashes and conflict is displaying continued strength which is extremely encouraging. According to the WTO report, Bangladesh has consolidated its position more than its competitors in the sector.
There is a steady continuity in the development of our readymade garment sector. The country's readymade garment exports continue to increase. In 2009 Bangladesh stood in fifth place in this sector and the very next year it jumped to number three.
The competence of the sector is proven further by the fact that is has had to progress through various adverse circumstances. It is now necessary to eliminate the problems identified in the sector. It will not be a difficult task if all concerned are sincere about it.
The president of BGMEA, the garment manufacturers and exporters association, has attributed the sector's success to the joint efforts of the entrepreneurs, the management and the workers. They would like to add that joint efforts call for attention to the most critical aspect of this sector, that is, the workers' interests and the work environment of the factories.
Now, it is for the government to ensure such circumstances are in place, though the concerned authorities do not seem to be giving much consideration to these matters.
The garment industry has come so far despite of various adverse circumstances that only makes us realise that this sector could have done even better.
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Water Street’s Partnership Program Achieves Another FDA Approval
Water Street announced today that its development partnership with a leading medical products company has resulted in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of cardiovascular medication Bivalirudin in 0.9 percent Sodium Chloride Injection (bivalirudin). It is the first presentation of bivalirudin in a frozen, premixed, ready-to-use formulation.
The approval of bivalirudin marks the fifth drug product successfully developed by Water Street’s company, Celerity Pharmaceuticals, LLC. Celerity both funded and led the development and approval of bivalirudin through its strategic partnership with the medical products company. Following FDA approval of bivalirudin, Celerity transferred ownership to its partner, which will commercially launch the new product in the United States.
“We are honored that our partner entrusted us to develop this new presentation of bivalirudin – the first in the United States and the only available in a frozen premixed solution,” said Al Heller, operating partner with Water Street and chairman of Celerity. “We look forward to continuing to work together to advance our partner’s goal of engaging its innovative technologies with medicines that help simplify drug preparation and help bolster clinician efficiency.”


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One of the brightest stars in the cryptocurrency world has weighed in on the future relationship of financial institutions and cryptocurrency.
Jed McCaleb has done innovative work in the tech industry at eDonkey and Usernet. He broke into the world of bitcoin with his company Mt. Gox. It was originally a market place for video game players, but Jed McCaleb had greater things in mind for Mt. Gox. His company became the first ever worldwide bitcoin exchange.
McCaleb is no the CTO at Stellar, a company that he founded alongside Joyce Kim. McCaleb and Stellar provide a cheap alternative for international payments and cash transfers. Recently, he shared his thoughts on how cryptocurrency and blockchain technology will become more prominent in the banking world in the next decade.
The blockchain expert believes that cryptocurrencies will one day provide a universal payment network that will operate across every border in the world. He says that the future network will provide people with a way to use the currency they are familiar with, but it will still use public ledgers that are impossible to manipulate. Only a cryptocurrency that meets these standards will grow to become a worldwide name.
McCaleb is attempting to meet this criteria with Stellar. Stellar boasts impressive speeds of only 5 seconds when it comes to completing transactions. It also provides an easy way to exchange currencies. IBM is the biggest company to date using Stellar technology, but countries all over the world are using the system. Stellar has business deals with not only IBM but also Deloitte, Le.com, Stripe, Moni, and dozens of others.
“in the next 10 years I wouldn’t be surprised if all equity isn’t tokenized on some blockchain somewhere,” McCaleb said. If McCaleb’s prediction here is correct, the stock market could one day be using blockchain technology to secure its records and complete transactions.


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Entrepreneurial Internet of Things scheme launches as part of £40m government investment
IoTUK, a national programme designed to amplify the UK’s Internet of Things (IoT) capability, has today launched as part of the Government’s £40m investment in IoT. Powered by the Digital Catapult and the Future Cities Catapult, IoTUK will look to advance the UK’s global leadership in IoT and increase the adoption of high quality IoT technologies and services throughout businesses and the public sector.
IoTUK will play a central role in enabling IoT entrepreneurship and will collaborate with organisations in a wide range of fields including cities, health and industrial applications. It will focus on enabling the UK’s businesses and public sector to make advances in creating their IoT capability, specifically in areas such as security and trust, data interoperability, investment justification and design development.
“We are at a pivotal point in the evolution of the Internet of Things and the UK needs to be ready to maximise the incredible potential of smart technology. But this is not about talking fridges. This is about systematic operability, artificial intelligence, machine automation and about how devices can and will change business models and supply chains. The societal impact from improving city infrastructure through to making IoT healthcare a reality is huge, and the UK needs to be at the cusp of these things to stay ahead,” said Neil Crockett, CEO, the Digital Catapult.
IoTUK will maximise the impact of the Government’s IoT investment programme, by coordinating and managing the organisations which will be appointed to deliver the recently announced public funding. The successful organisations will include a city demonstrator, a research hub focussed on security and trust, a hardware accelerator, as well as a healthcare test bed. These competitions are ongoing and led by Innovate UK, Digital Economy Unit (in DCMS), NHS England and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Crockett continued: “We have the academics, industry and consumer demand to make use of IoT in everyday life a reality, not a pipedream. But there are challenges to overcome, and it is our responsibility, as part of IoTUK, to help support and work with our growing IoT sector to ensure that the UK is a leader and not just a consumer. We are proud to be part of the future of IoT and are excited to play a key role in the future of UK society.”
Over the coming months, IoTUK will host a number of workshops and events across the UK and today launches a number of ways for organisations in the IoT sector to get involved:
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IoTUK is looking to highlight IoT projects that are implemented, and have delivered real, proven value for business and citizens. More information on how to apply can be found here
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IoTUK is seeking applicants to be a part of the physical showcase in the Digital Catapult and Future Catapult Centres – entrepreneurs can apply here
IoTUK Boost Open Call
Next week, IoTUK will be launching a call asking for organisations from across the UK to partner to deliver a series of local IoT innovation challenges and rapid incubation activities. More information will be available at: www.iotuk.org.uk
“The Internet of Things has huge potential to transform the way that people live and work in cities. Businesses and academics in the UK have been at the forefront of innovation in this area. Through this exciting project, we want to build on this and help deliver a double dividend to the country, by both greatly improving urban quality of life and at the same time positioning UK businesses for a rapidly growing globally market.” said Peter Madden, Chief Executive, Future Cities Catapult.
Collaboration and building beneficial connections with organisations across the IoT sector will remain a core focus for IoTUK as the programme progresses over the three years. It will look to convene and amplify the work of the organisations who are already advancing the relevance of IoT to their fields.


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Cask whiskey investment leader, Whiskey Wealth Club, has reported increased favourability with global investors this year. A total of 258 pallets of Scottish and Irish whisk(e)y have been purchased since lockdown through the wholesaler.
This year, €7.8m has been invested in cask whiskey through the Whiskey Wealth Club from investors in the US, Europe and Asia, twice that from the same period last year. This comes as global financial markets across the world waver amidst the coronavirus pandemic. With the global economy forecast to shrink by 5.2% this year.
These asset-backed investments are not tied to financial markets. Investors receive full ownership and titles to casks which are stored in bonded warehouses for the ageing process, typically five to 10 years.
The popularity of whisk(e)y investment has soared in recent years. This year, rare whisky topped the Knight Frank luxury investments index, rising by 564% in value over the last decade.
Currently, the Scottish whisky cask market is estimated at $40m according to the IWSR, the global benchmark for wine and spirit data. Last year, exports grew to a record £4.9bn. Irish whiskey exports have grown by 300% in the past decade, with the US market worth $1bn alone.
CEO of Whiskey Wealth Club, Scott Sciberras, said: "Despite the current predicament of global financial markets, cask whiskey investment bucks the trend. We've seen it go from strength to strength as it grows in favour with investors, which crucially is also supporting distilleries at this testing time."
"The value of these premium sprits is largely determined by age, but also by the quality of the distillery and the brands they release. While all whiskey increases in value over time, some increase more than others. Working on an exclusive basis with leading distilleries really gives a strong value add to our clients. Combine this with the fact that cask whiskey is an asset based-investment not tied to financial markets makes it ever-appealing."
"With expected returns around 10% and above as well as growing secondary markets for premium mature spirit, it's little surprise that whiskey is currently liquid gold to investors."
Whiskey Wealth Club gives investors the opportunity to purchase casks of premium Scottish whisky and Irish whiskey direct from leading distillers at ultra-wholesale rates.
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A shop in Cheltenham is closing its menswear department after trading from the same place for 126 years. The Famous of Cheltenham will continue to sell schoolwear but will move to a different premises because its current lease is ending. The shop has been in the same family since 1896.
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Opening his own coffee shop and antique store was always part of Tim McKee’s retirement plans, but when his decades-long career in the nightclub business was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, McKee’s vision of retirement will soon become his new livelihood.
“When I lost my job, it suddenly came to the top of the list,” he says. “I mean, you have to work.”
A resident of Hazel Park since 2016, McKee still lives a few blocks from the relatively new Hazel Perk cafe, coffee shop, antique store, community and event space and more. The local small business celebrated its grand opening in December 2022.
As a resident and now a business owner — and a coffee shop owner — McKee has a good sense of what’s going on in Hazel Park these days. (“I’m on this side of 75 days of my life,” he says). What he sees, sees and foresees is a city that is increasingly attractive to entrepreneurs locally and regionally. While COVID-19 may have forced his coffee shop plans to come a little early, he seems very happy with what he’s doing.
“You’re going to see this area come up,” McKee said of the stretch of John R’s between 8 Mile Road and I-75, hinting at future developments without giving too much away and saying only local coffee. The store owner can, really. “This is one of the reasons why I went to this region. “Before I become really famous, I want to be a grandfather.”
The prevailing narrative around these parts is that the opening of destination restaurant Mabel Gray signaled to area entrepreneurs that Hazel Park would soon become the next local hot spot for small businesses to set up shop. It’s hard to argue. Since opening in 2015, Hazel Park welcomed Joebar in 2017 (now rebranded and refocused as FRAMEbar); barber and menswear store Youngbloods 2018; a new-look Doug’s Delight in 2018; fresh food and juice destination We Juice 2020; and many marijuana dispensaries starting in 2020 thanks to the city’s generous cannabis business laws.
Detroit and Michigan-themed apparel company Ink Detroit moved from its Ferndale storefront to the 9 Mile Road section of Hazel Park in late 2019. It’s been a boon for the business, says co-founder Paul Marcial. he and co-founder Steven Mansour kept the business going in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic — free parking, a prominent storefront on 9 Mile and proximity to I-75 were key factors then and now. It has also helped them grow ever since.
Marcial says Hazel Park’s business-friendly approach didn’t hurt either.
“The City of Hazel Park has been very easy to deal with. (Former city councilman and current State Representative for House District 8) Mike McFall has been super supportive. Their posts on social media really influenced us,” says Marcial. “The city is big and easy to deal with. “There can be a lot of red tape and other nonsense that makes you want to open a business in your own city.”
The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and related shutdowns and restrictions have slowed the pace of new business openings here and elsewhere, with grand openings and ribbon-cutting celebrations around the city slowing. But things are heating up again. The past year has seen a flurry of new businesses opening up in Hazel Park, and if coffee shop owner Tim McKee is as right as he seems to be, this may just be a sign of things to come.
The same month Hazel Perk Cafe opened, longtime downtown Ferndale coffee shop Java Hutt Cafe opened a second location, also on John R, but further north and closer to 10 Mile. Key West-themed bar Eastern Palace Club and Smokey Lotus BBQ celebrated the grand opening of their shared premises in the early days of 2023. BDT Smoke Shop underwent a significant expansion in 2023, which included the opening of The Hive boutique cannabis dispensary. And earlier this summer, Shredderz Food Truck opened a permanent location in the old Dairy Park ice cream stand.
That’s a lot for a city of about 2.8 square miles with a population of less than 15,000. But it’s also more convenient than neighboring Ferndale and is at the intersection of several major corridors to the region, including 8 Mile Road, I-75 and I-696. Maybe it’s a good thing Hazel Perk Cafe established itself now rather than later.
And if they do, it will be good for society. Like many small businesses here, McKee is optimistic about Hazel Park’s future (“Ask any real estate agent. It’s not a myth,” he says) while still trying to create a place that welcomes both new and established residents. That’s why Hazel Perk is more than a coffee shop, it’s a community gathering place, hosting open coffee discussion sessions with city officials, featuring local artists, and creating an atmosphere that feels as comfortable as a living room as a business.
“A lot of people want to think of it as just a coffee house or something like that. It’s not,” McKee says. “We have a real food menu. We do art premieres all the time. We host new artists, we have shopping. We hold events, many events. We have drag queen bingo, an art gallery, arts and crafts for local families, things like that. Every Tuesday there is figure painting with live models. Tuesday is game night and open mic night. Thursday night is our free movie night. There are live bands on Friday nights. Various events are held on Saturdays and Sundays; we will have a mid-century antiques market this Saturday.”
“It’s a real hodgepodge,” he says.


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CHELAN, Wash. — There is a wide variability in the success that retailers have with cherries, and Northwest cherry marketers are trying to urge retailers to see the upside in more effective cherry merchandising.
While some retailers market cherries in as an offensive strategy, there are have retailers that think of cherries as a defensive tactic, said Mac Riggan, vice president of marketing for Chelan Fresh.
“We’re trying to convince more and more of those retailers that there is nothing that beats cherries for sales,” Riggan said.
That is accomplished through aggressive ad programs, demonstration support and branded efforts such as the Disney program, he said,
“Kids aren’t a natural cherry customer, and we’ve had moms write to us and say, ‘Your Disney characters on the bag engaged my kid, and we bought cherries for the first time,’” Riggan said.
Retailers are asked for space and location to move cherries, Riggan said.
“You like a nice 4-feet-deep by 8-feet-wide display right when consumers come in so you are engaging them,” Riggan said.
Customers also appreciate larger signs on cherry displays, he said. That big sign conveys value, he said.
Cherry marketers generally aren’t having trouble getting retail display space, said Roger Pepperl, marketing director for Stemilt Growers, Wenatchee.
“They know the answer — they’ve got to sell cherries when they are around,” he said.
During key weeks, Pepperl said cherries can account for as much as 15% of weekly produce sales. Primary displays, secondary displays and ad support all come fairly readily, Pepperl said.
Secondary displays in retail stores help to move fruit and more and more retailers are using them, said Suzanne Wolter, director of marketing at Rainier Fruit Co., Selah.
Wolter said some retailers have experimented with secondary display to expand the display within the produce department and also to merchandise cherries near checkout lanes. Adequate store personnel is necessary to maintain the displays outside the produce department.
“If you can accomplish that, what a great place to have cherries,” she said.
Late season sales
The 2011 and 2012 seasons surprised the industry with the late season cherry volume, said Bob Mast, president of Columbia Marketing International Corp., Wenatchee.
“We’re really striving for more late season promotions,” he said.
Mast said CMI did some tests with retailers last year where supermarkets held fairly aggressive prices for the entire month of July rather than just doing one hot promotion for the Fourth of July.


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Shocking news this morning. I’ve just got off the phone with Paul at MoDaCo.com, who has accepted an offer from Nokia to purchase the MoDaCo.com site. Paul has just made a statement online detailing the future of MoDaCo.com and their partnership with Nokia. Click here for the full story.
Also today I’ve also received an email from an unknown source with this exclusive shot of a new Microsoft Smartphone. This picture shows an early concept design, which features a soft “sponge like” grip a flip-down mirrored microphone.
These are exciting times for the Microsoft Smartphone, and innovative designs like this are definitely the way forward!
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By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The state attorneys general of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday filed an administrative complaint seeking to block U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's 10-year strategic plan to close some local post offices, slow some mail deliveries and cut some retail hours.
The states, including New York, California, Michigan and Pennsylvania, asked the Postal Regulatory Commission to review DeJoy's full plan announced in March https://www.reuters.com/world/us/congressional-panel-take-up-us-postal-reform-bill-2021-05-10, aimed at cutting $160 billion in forecasted red ink.
"With little regard for the process or the consequences, these proposals threaten to put our democracy and our people at risk. Americans from all across the spectrum rely on the U.S. Postal Service for their medication, paychecks, and election mail," said California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
A USPS spokeswoman declined to immediately comment.
The states argued that DeJoy has only asked the Commission to review two components of the plan.
New U.S Postal Service first class mail standards https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-postal-service-finalizes-plan-slow-some-mail-deliveries-2021-08-06, finalized in August, took effect on Oct. 1, revising existing one- to three-day service standards to one to five days and will impact about 40% of first-class mail.
Delivery standards are now slower for about 7% of periodicals. Some major U.S. businesses have sent notices telling customers to account for additional time when mailing bills.
USPS has struggled with poor delivery performance over the past year, facing a huge boost in packages and staffing issues due to COVID-19.
USPS has reported net losses of more than $90 billion since 2007. One reason is 2006 legislation mandating it pre-fund more than $120 billion in retiree healthcare and pension liabilities, a requirement labor unions have called an unfair burden not shared by other businesses.
DeJoy, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, was named to the post in May 2020 and has been accused of trying to gut the postal service. Congress is considering a plan to provide USPS with $46 billion in financial relief over 10 years, including eliminating the requirement that USPS pre-fund retiree health benefits for 75 years.
DeJoy has denied wanting to harm the USPS and told Congress in February the Postal Service was losing $10 billion a year and without reform was "on a death spiral."
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Despite a pandemic, Brexit, and serious issues with imports, exports and staff shortages on a global scale, the luxury goods market have rebounded very nicely indeed.
It looks like the luxury market will return to the pre-pandemic 2019 levels much faster than originally predicted.
As an international entrepreneur and luxury diamonds business owner, this has been a great development in 2021 and instils confidence in us all as we navigate our way through 2022.
Bain and Company estimated growth of 13 to 15 percent during the year of 2020; this is when the luxury sector was hit hardest by the lockdowns and resulted in store closures, an international travel ban and serious economic uncertainty.
The report showed a shift toward goods rather than a pre-pandemic balance between goods and luxury experiences.
Experiences undoubtedly fell off because people either couldn’t invest or enjoy them or because confidence in booking those experiences declined due to uncertainty.
Although 2020 was a year, most want to forget and possibly have because it feels like we lost a year of our lives.
The luxury travel market made a strong recovery, as did the fine dining and hospitality industries, which is remarkable considering how badly they had been hit. Luxury cruises have inevitably taken much longer to recover.
Luxury personal goods have seen the greatest rebound, with figures up by 29%. Fine wines, luxury homeware and luxury cars increased beyond their 2019 levels and 2020, but the latter isn’t unexpected.
It seems everyone was enjoying fine wines at home whilst wearing their luxury comfy casuals and escaping on the open roads during the lockdowns. Who can blame them!
It’s satisfying to report that the luxury diamond industry has also rebounded incredibly well and looks set to remain strong throughout 2022.
What’s driving the luxury market rebound?
China and the US markets have been big drivers of the rebound with increased online sales worldwide. The Chinese market has reportedly doubled in size since 2019, and the US luxury market has seen new areas open up across the country.
The Middle East has seen strong growth, but across Asia, Japan, and Europe has seen a weaker rebound.
Knight Franks annual wealth report shares how good a year it has been for passion investments such as fine wines, watches, handbags, art, cars and whisky.
It seems there’s nothing like a global crisis to make people want to invest more, especially in the luxury brands market.
With more time spent at home and more time on their hands to get involved in the investment market, many people, especially younger ones, took advantage of the situation to make some shrewd portfolio moves.
The other advantages have been for those businesses able to bring their luxury offerings online.
This has been seen with the auction houses worldwide increasing their digital presence and, as a result, reaping the rewards.
The fine wine market has seen a remarkable recovery during the pandemic. This is partly because many couldn’t go out to their usual establishments of choice to enjoy a bottle, so they started to buy-in.
According to the head of UK sales at Sotheby’s auction house, 2021 saw their London sales increase dramatically due to their live-streamed auctions online, meaning they could reach an international audience easier than ever before.
The Bain report notes that Millenials and Gen Z will make up 70% of the market by 2025 and predicts growth in online luxury sales of around 27% due to the increase of 50% from 2020 to 2021.
The same can be said for the secondhand luxury market, which saw a growth of 65% over the last four years.
Luxury brands would be wise to continue focusing on this demographic with their online marketing campaigns to ensure the growth outperforms the predictions.
There are still many challenges ahead for every type of industry, not just the luxury market.
The world is not out of the woods just yet with the Omicron variant, soaring energy prices and supply chain issues. But there are many positive signs that the luxury market will continue its rebound and remain strong in 2022.


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FinTech profile: Bolt, the ultimate checkout experience
FinTech Magazine takes a closer look at one of the fastest-growing financial software startups to emerge in the fintech space today, Bolt.
Ecommerce innovator Bolt is living up to its name. Having recently been named as one of the 15 fast-growing startups to join, as well as being included in the Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area 2020 List, Bolt is the fintech to watch.
Formerly known as Bitco Financial, Inc, Bolt isn’t to be confused with the blockchain firm of the same name, or the ride-sharing company once known as Taxify. To date, Bolt has raised US$90mn funding, achieved after the closure of its series B funding round in July 2019.
What does Bolt do?
Bolt seeks to improve the checkout experience for online retailers by creating “the perfect online checkout”. The platform claims to reduce the time spent checking out by 50% compared to competitors by integrating with platforms such as BigCommerce, Shopify, Magento, Woocommerce, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud.
“The way online commerce works today is, frankly, embarrassing," said CEO and co-founder Ryan Breslow. "Bolt is redefining the way online retailers and merchants approach their payments infrastructure and fraud detection by eliminating the layers and replacing them with one seamless product.”
He goes on: “and this isn’t just for merchants. For the millions of consumers, we are powering a seamless, Amazon-like checkout experience that will dramatically reduce headaches, increase the speed at checkout, and virtually eliminate false positives and declined transactions.”
In addition to this, it exercises excellent fraud analysis by monitoring mouse pointer locations and keyboard habits. As a result, the company shares that it can detect 100% of fraudulent behaviour.
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About the CEO
Ryan Breslow embodies the image of a college tech genius. In 2014, he left Stanford’s Computer Science program in order to co-found the financial service provider Bolt with Eric Feldman. Today, he leads a team of over 150 employees across the fintech’s Salt Lake City and San Francisco locations.
Did you know? Ryan Breslow recently became our top fintech innovator under 30.
Tink partners with Novalnet AG for open banking payments
The Munich-based fintech Novalnet AG, which was founded in 2007 and is one of Europe’s leadingfintech companies, has announced a new partnership with Tink, the Swedish open banking platform currently connected to more than 3,400 European banks.
Novalnet AG delivers payment solutions and fully automated services, from checkout to debt collection. Its solutions are also available worldwide.
According to reports, the fintech company plans to launch a real-time payments feature for merchants across Europe, to expand its current services and enhance the transaction experience it operates through its platform.
The new feature, says Novalnet, will revolutionise payments for ecommerce with transactions being credited to merchant’s accounts almost instantly.
Novalnet partnership with Tink
By partnering with Tink for payment initiation services (PIS) technology, Novalnet will take previous region-specific payment methods and offer a new unified digital payments service to its merchants across Europe.
The fintech’s real-time merchant payments feature, which will be launched initially in Germany and the United Kingdom, will then be integrated across other European markets during 2021.
Speaking about the new collaboration, Emmanuel Kirse, COO of Novalnet, explained, "We expect great things from our strategic partnership with Tink, which is a significant development for both parties.
“With Tink, Novalnet can offer a new set of open banking-related solutions in Europe. The new opportunities offered by this partnership will help both Tink and Novalnet grow together, along with our merchants."
Cyrosch Kalateh, Regional Director for the DACH region at Tink said, “Our partnership with Novalnet is a big step for Tink in the German market, and we are excited to work together to bring new, innovative payments services to merchants across Europe.”
He added, “At the end of 2020 Tink committed to expanding its payment initiation services from five to 10 markets, fuelled by an €85mn investment round. We are proud to add Germany to this list by announcing we have now fully launched Tink’s PIS services in this market.”
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As we race towards the end of the year, we take a look back at this year and how retailers can strategise for the new year. The way people shop has undergone a total transformation this year with retailers having to step up to implement more technology and data-centric solutions to say ahead of the game and to recover faster from the pandemic.
To consumers, little may have changed on the surface, but retailers and brands have been pedaling faster than ever to keep operations running smoothly to build resilience and to keep customers satisfied.
The UK is the world’s third largest marketing for ecommerce, and a substantial number of businesses have invested even further in technology over the past months. 33% of retailers went through website upgrades, in addition to 32% who have started to accept new payment methods, and 26% have embraced data analytics for the first time. Retailers have shown courage and strategic conviction this year with so many businesses acting swiftly and smartly during these unprecedented times.
It has been a difficult year and yet the challenges retailers had faced have made it a game changer that has caused the industry to innovate at a sharp rate. The biggest takeaway from 2020 is the accelerated shift towards ecommerce. Consumers have embraced online shopping with urgency and most retailers have responded immensely with the prompt rollout of new technologies, new apps, and new ways of meeting the consumers’ needs.
These days, customers who have access to ecommerce systems are increasingly opting for online shopping, and in our new normal it is almost certain that people are more likely to continue purchasing goods and services online even after non-essential stores had re-opened.
What lies ahead for 2021?
Retailers have found it increasingly difficult to gauge what 2021 may hold for them as this has been one of the most challenging years that the retail industry has ever faced. The pandemic has upended the retail industry, forcing the closure of physical stores, and causing uncertainty for the future of the in-store experience.
However, this has accelerated a ‘technological revolution’ in retail, as for many, retailers across the industry are working tirelessly to equip their businesses to survive and thrive through change. Many have pivoted to their online channels to make up for the loss of in-store sales.
This has resulted in the use of ecommerce and digital sales and has demonstrated a significant improvement, helping to maintain growth for many businesses. This means that for more businesses, they must work on a digital strategy, re-think their business strategy and reassess this based on consumer preferences. This ensures that companies can more easily meet the needs of their customers.
Adopting omnichannel technology will help retailers to unlock growth and sales through online stores as we continue to see technology become more important to consumers day-to-day living and is rapidly becoming a dominant choice for their purchase decision making. Read our latest guide to get started.
Omnichannel approaches and technology enables organisations to optimise channels to the full potential and puts the customer at the centre of the strategy to help drive business and increase sales.
At Data Clarity, we have developed ClarityOmnivue to specifically solve the challenges businesses face trying to mine multiple disparate data sources to deliver one 360-degree view of customers and business key performance indicators. ClarityOmnivue transforms disparate data into a unified data solution that enables more informed business decision. For more information on how ClarityOmnivue can be of benefit to your business, click here.
Businesses and companies that not only want to survive after the pandemic subsides but thrive, need to update their digital transformation strategy if not already done so, or perhaps need to offer more preferences to promote customer loyalty to help growth. For further information, click here.
Key Actions to survive and thrive
Heading into 2021, there are key actions retailers must consider to survive and emerge as more agile companies.
- Aggressively map your assortment to changing consumption trends – Today’s consumer is spending more time at home since home working has been introduced as an approved alternative. As individuals are spending money to upgrade home spaces, this will change product assortment strategies for 2021.
Retailers need to map their assortment to these customer preferences to maintain growth for their business.
Here at Data Clarity, we have worked with retailers like Paul Smith to develop ClarityOmnivue that has given them the ability to easily identify and reconcile their data and providing all the information they need to know about a single customer.
- Get down on digital – Direct-to-consumer websites, mobile commerce, click and collect are all fundamental ways that provide customers the means to buy when and where they want to. Retailers need to think about how they can use data to understand what their customer is buying and why they are buying it, alongside leveraging predictive modeling to automatically forecast future purchasing patterns.
- Be ready for fight for value – The consumer is going to expect to pay less – less unrestricted spending, more promotions, and discounted prices. Gross margins are expected to be lower in 2021. Even for top luxury brands, strategic pricing and promotional strategies will have to become even more critical.
- Stores need a fundamental rethink – Tough decisions need to first be made around the size of the store and the role of the store. In fact, growing omnichannel needs in-store are cited as being the number 1 in-store labour challenge. The store experience needs to be re-imagined when delivering to a consumer who will be demanding new concepts for physical and online stores. Thereby, driving further customer loyalty.
Retail in 2021 will be incredibly challenging, however, embracing the fundamental certainties and understanding the core trends set for the foreseeable future will enable you to prioritise and execute a set of actions. As well as adapting to the process of digital transformation and adaptation to omnichannel technology to be able to grow your business and promote customer loyalty.
To discover how you can do more as a business, contact us today.


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Starbucks on Tuesday will roll out its price increase after it was reported last week that the coffee purveyor would increase prices by around 1 percent across its U.S. stores.
As The Associated Press noted, it will be the first major price increase Starbucks will impose in more than a year and a half.
Company spokesman Jim Olson told CNN that the price hike encompasses latte, espresso, brewed coffee, and tea beverages.
Drink prices will differ from city to city but Olson said that some people can expect to pay more than 10 cents for a tall coffee.
However, he said that the hike affects less than a third of Starbucks beverages, Olson told the network.
The Los Angeles Times reported that in most stores, a grande 16-ounce or a venti 24-ounce cup of brewed coffee will cost the same.


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Celebrating its community's marine and seafaring history, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries will present several examples of marine artwork, among other items, during an Aug. 27-29 auction.
Decorative arts items including toleware, stoneware, folk arts, and ironwork, among others will headline a 1,200-lot auction scheduled for Sept. 14-15 at Pook & Pook Inc.
A selection of blue-and-white transferware pottery from the 19th century is on display in a new exhibit at the San Francisco International Airport.
The epicenter of 'Old-Time Music', Galax, Va., will host an Antique Fair Sept. 10.
Many members of the Associated Antiques Dealers of America group will be on hand offering their wares during the Indianapolis Antique Festival, Sept. 10-11.
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A meticulously stitched and appliqued Lone Star quilt, circa 1840, rose to $9,360 before the gavel fell during Jeffrey S. Evan's & Associates' first textile auction, held July 16.


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MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) - A company is preparing to reopen plant it closed about 18 months ago in Mishawaka.
John Willis, director of new business development at Elixir Industries, tells The Truth of Elkhart that in the next few months the aluminum extrusion business plans to begin production with about 30 employees.
In a year, it expects to have 100 workers. The company traditionally supplies the manufactured housing industry but is expanding because of potential long-term growth in the recreational vehicle industry.
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OPINION: Dealers Must Up Their Corp-Bond Game06.12.2017
There’s been a role reversal in the corproate bond market as dealers are not benefiting from market opaqueness as they once did.
The advent of Basel III and the Dodd-Frank Act has changed the market’s dynamics. Legislators and regulators continue to use everything in their bag of tricks to force dealers to deleverage their balance sheets. As a result, asset managers are now warehousing corporate debt while the sell side has jumped into an agency business model with both feet.
However, the buy side has decided not to adopt the role of price maker as shown by the healthy crop of all-to-all markets that have popped up in the past few years.
Whether it is a matter of what a fund’s charter will allow or the simple desire not to take on that risk, asset managers still look to dealers to make prices, which seems silly considering asset managers have a better sense of what is happening in the bond market than dealers do.
A few weeks ago, Graham Giller, head of data science research, CIB Data Science at J.P. Morgan, shared a conversation he had with a credit trader from his firm about a year ago who said that they did not know the price of things.
“This is not forecasting into the future; this is not a clever alpha generation; this is not train following or reversion strategy,” recounted Giller during his presentation at the Big Data Finance Conference in mid-May. “This is what the price is now. The last time this bond traded was a week ago, and I do not know what it ought to be.”
It is a scary thought that one of the largest dealers on The Street has difficulties in pricing its trades, but should not come as a big surprise.
Dealers no longer can rely on their inventories to know how easy it will be to fill a client’s order and price that into their quotes. The sell side is left relying on the same market data that is available to the buy side.
On the other hand, asset manager can get quotes from multiple dealers and get an aggregate picture of how issues are trading. Just look at AllianceBernstein, which developed its Automated Liquidity Filtering Analytics platform for bond trading that aggregates feeds from several electronic trading venues as well as dealer inventories prior to selling it to Algomi in May.
Access to such rich market data makes it easy for asset managers to become a price maker, but the platform is more of the exception rather than the rule for the buy side.
As long as the buy side continues to rely on dealers for price making, the dealers need to find a better and a more transparent way to price their quotes for the health of the market.
With Lindsey Spink, Co-Head of Global Fixed Income Trading, American Century Investments
With Li Renn Tsai, Head of Products and Sales, Asia, Tradeweb
Stephanie Dumont and Ola Persson of FINRA reflect on advances in fixed income transparency.
Chris White of ViableMkts and BondCliQ is introducing a new conference model.
Aim is to increase flexibility and efficiency for institutional clients trading corporate bonds.


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Eight months after announcing an ambitious €1 billion (US$1.13 billion) global program to mitigate climate change, and five months after Britain’s government announced a sharp cut in solar subsidies, the world’s largest furniture retailer, has dropped solar panels from its offerings to U.K. householders.
IKEA made a splashy show of introducing the panels to its 17 U.K. stores in 2013. “We know our customers want to live more sustainably,” the company said at the time, “and we hope working… to make solar panels affordable and easily available helps them do just that.”
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Then last June the IKEA Foundation, the charitable arm of the family-owned company that had sales of €30 billion in 2014, announced a 2020 target to generate all the energy it uses from clean sources. It said it would invest €400 million by then to help “families and communities in nations vulnerable to impacts of climate change such as floods, droughts, and desertification.”
But on the consumer side, The Guardian reports, Ikea did not renew its supply contract for solar panels from Hong Kong-based Hanergy, and panels are no longer available at its UK outlets. According to a spokesperson, IKEA has “evaluated our business model, starting in the UK. [And] a new business model has been decided upon.”
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The City of Cape Town is on a mission to reboot the tourism industry and make the Mother City an attractive tourist destination post-Covid-19. The travel and tourism sector is facing more than 100 million jobs losses globally due to the pandemic, according to the latest research by the World Travel and Tourism Council.
How important is the travel and tourism sector to Cape Town’s economy?
Tourism is and will remain a key industry in our City and it is central to our economic recovery. According to the latest available statistics from Statistics South Africa, tourism added roughly R18 billion to our local economy and directly supported just over 113 000 jobs in 2018, showing just how critical this sector is for Cape Town and our residents. There are three phases in the City’s COVID-19 tourism action plan, including Containment, Adjustment and Recovery.
Clarence Ford speaks to CEO of Cape Town Tourism, Enver Duminy
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A view of Da Lat City, Central Highland Lam Dong Province. Foreign online travel agencies have been dominating the online tourism market in Viet Nam. — Photo bazantravel.com Foreign online travel agencies have been dominating the online tourism market in Viet Nam. According to the Viet Nam e-Commerce Association, online tourism was growing rapidly and might generate opportunities for the tourism industry to make breakthroughs. However, majority of the international tourists to Viet Nam used services provided by the foreign booking websites, and even local tourists tended to make their bookings through foreign platforms, rather than the local ones, the association noted. Vietnamese online travel agency gotadi.com said that the market share of room bookings made online had seen a significant rise recently, accounting for some 30 per cent to 40 per cent of the total tourists. The travel agency said that the online … [Read more...] about Foreign websites dominate Viet Nam’s online tourism market
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ROME — Nearly 50 photos of the land and people of Viet Nam taken by Italian photographer Maurizio Cofini are on display in an exhibition in Rome. In his second exhibition on Viet Nam, Cofini continues to depict life in the country from Ha Noi 's Old Quarter to Ha Long Bay and the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta. The 54-year-old professional photographer, who has won numerous major awards in Italy, depicts the normal lives of people across the country and sees Viet Nam as a peace-loving nation vigorously changing recovering from long-ago wars. He has visited Viet Nam five times over the past 15 years, with the most recent in September of last year. Children's Fair celebrates International Children's Day HCM CITY — A five-day Children's Fair with several entertainment events opened on Friday at the Children's Cultural House in HCM City. A wide variety of entertainment activities including games, plays and sales of books and comics at 10-30 discounts will be held during the event … [Read more...] about Italian photographer holds exhibit in Rome of Viet Nam photos
Last week, Viet Nam News asked its readers about the quality of Viet Nam's online tourism marketing and advertising. Below are some of your responses: Ron Harris, American, Ha Noi Internet tourism advertising and information in Viet Nam has improved significantly in the years that I have lived and worked here. I don't use websites very much for travel, but depend more on advice from friends. The sites I have seen are visually attractive and becoming more sophisticated, but there are still some areas that could be improved. Next week: A recent boat accident that claimed the lives of 16 people has caused concern over the state of waterway safety. A birthday party was being celebrated on the twin deck Din Ky floating restaurant boat in southern Binh Duong when the accident occurred. Inspections were carried out shortly afterwards on other boats operating in the area and in just two days, HCM City Transport Department inspectors uncovered numerous cases of boats that were not equipped … [Read more...] about Viet Nam’s online tourism marketing slowly improving
To many, Viet Nam is a peaceful and friendly destination, abundant in culinary delights, natural treasures and local smiles. But according to some, Viet Nam faces a crisis of image. A recent article by Dea Birkett on the Travel page of the Daily Mail (online) has sparked a debate about how visitor's perceive Viet Nam. In her article, Birkett wrote the country was haunted by "the scars of conflict," that "it's not easy to forget the war" and that "the American war is still evident" throughout the country. Since being published on Sunday, the story has received a predominantly negative reaction from readers, many arguing her preoccupation with war (unfairly) overshadowed her perception of Viet Nam. Do you agree with Birkett? What was your mindset before and after visiting Viet Nam? Please reply by email to: [email protected], or by fax to (84-4) 3 933 2311. Letters can be sent to The Editor, Viet Nam News, 79 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Ha Noi. Replies to next week's questions … [Read more...] about What was your mindset before and after visiting Viet Nam?
(TITC) - Implementing National Tourism Promotion Program 2013, from 6 to 10 March 2013, Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will participate in International Tourism Fair ITB 2013 organized at ITB International Exhibition Center (Berlin - Federal Republic of Germany). ITB Fair 2013 will have the participations of travel agencies, companies offering online ticket booking services, airlines, hotel groups, transportation companies…The fair includes main activities such as exhibitions, tourism seminars, meetings between businesses and international partners, press conferences, presentations on products, customer meetings. In 2012, the ITB fair attracted the participations of 187 countries and territories with 10,644 booths displayed at 26 great halls of ITB International Exhibition Center. Viet Nam tourism industry had 65 booths, of which 22 ones were held by VNAT. At the fair this year, VNAT will establish a joint booth with the area of 142m². More than 20 large … [Read more...] about Viet Nam participates in International Tourism Fair ITB 2013


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Mayor of Paris Urges not to buy Christmas Gifts on Amazon
Representatives of the French political elite from the left and the green parties, as well as cultural figures, have published a petition in which they have called for people not to make New Year’s purchases on the Amazon trading platform.
According to Le Monde, on Tuesday 17 November, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, one of the leaders of the European Green Party and other politicians published a petition entitled « Christmas without Amazon » in which they « promised Father Christmas » a holiday without this Christmas platform.
Politicians express their dissatisfaction with Amazon’s unfair competition policy, which is hurting small and medium-sized businesses in France.
Earlier, on 2 November, the mayor of Paris had already urged the residents of the capital not to buy goods, especially books, on the Amazon trading platform.


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As lockdowns lift and restrictions ease, we can expect an even busier summer entertaining season.
By Norrelle Goldring.
The summer months are traditionally the biggest for socialising and entertaining, and the season this year looks set to be particularly interesting in this regard. Many people from locked down states and territories, newly released, will be desperate to see friends and family in their homes and outdoors, and visit restaurants and pubs. Others may hold back a little.
If numbers for social gatherings remain restricted, we may see fewer people per gathering but more frequent gatherings, as working from home provides socialising flexibility beyond the weekends.
Overall, however, I would expect a bonanza of entertaining and socialising, especially outdoors. Cheese and crackers have already attracted steadily rising demand through the pandemic (primarily due to increased snacking) and this is likely to continue through the summer.
Opportunities to increase average weight of purchase (AWOP) include not only cheeseboard platter multiple-SKU products but also multibuy offers. Dips are similar, with their popularity already rising as picnic gatherings were revived and thrived in October.
As we collectively move from ‘big night in’ to ‘big day out’, cross-category picnic and occasion bundles also offer opportunities, potentially even with a hamper thrown in, featuring various entertaining and picnic items, such as the obvious cheese, crackers, dips, salty snacks and antipasto products, but also beverages ranging from soft drinks and mineral water to non-alcoholic wine and beer, as well as (recyclable) paper plates, napkins and picnicware.
Read the article in full in the latest issue of Convenience World.


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Cambridge English Language Assessment (part of the University of Cambridge) through their exams partner, Concepts Edu has launched […]
RegTech pertains to a growing industry sector that strives to devise technology solutions for different industry verticals to manage regulatory compliance, control and detection and prevention of fraud. It uses cutting-edge technologies like Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and Analytics.
Apple has launched its new iPad that is resolutionary apart from being revolutionary. The new gadget features retina display, and 5 megapixel camera apart from 4G LTE capability.
Indian music website Gaana.com has now offered Facebook’s Timeline App. Facebook Users can now share the music they are listening to with their Friends.
Samsung Electronics of India on Wednesday has launched Samsung Galaxy Tab 620, with a Android Honey Comb 3.2 operating system and 1.2 GHz dual core processor.
Acer plans to launch its cloud service with name “AcerCloud”. In July, the company acquired a cloud-services provider called iGware for $325 million, to help it build AcerCloud. AcerCloud is a service that allows the company’s customers to sync files between a Windows-based device and Android devices.
Google in its inimitable style has come up with a site to track online trends on US Election 2012: google.com/elections. This will be an election hub where citizens can study, watch, discuss, learn about, participate in and perhaps even make an impact on the digital campaign trail towards Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Evernote has realeased a new browser extension called Clearly on Firefox. The add-on will provide a better reading experience on the web by removing ads, links and navigational widgets apart from any other.
The one-year old social travel site, Gogobot has partnered with Flipboard, a social magazine application, to turn your travel photos into a digital magazine. After Gogobot’s drive to give their own apps and websites a more robust set of features by integrating with Facebook, Foursquare, and sharing via Twitter, this is another effort that the people would cherish.


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At the end of October, both Bangladesh and Indonesia saw strikes involving millions of low-wage workers demanding substantial increases in their minimum wages.
Workers in Indonesia are demanding a 50 percent raise, which will bring the monthly wage in Jakarta up to nearly $330 a month. (Al-Jazeera, Oct. 30) Since each Indonesian province sets its own minimum wage, other provinces won’t see as much of an increase. But the national unions are still fighting for a countrywide percentage increase.
They realize that workers in “informal” jobs — service workers, domestic workers and others — making up about 60 percent of the work force, are outside the reach of minimum wage laws.
Indonesia has a major world economy and was one of the countries invited to the last G20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Ever since a group of generals, with the connivance and cooperation of the CIA, overthrew President Sukarno in 1965 and carried out a bloodbath that included the slaughter of 500,000 people accused of being members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), workers’ organizations have operated under repressive conditions.
Currently, the union movement has achieved significant raises, securing a 40 percent rise in the minimum wage effective in January 2013. Rather than resorting to bloody repression, which was an option earlier, the bosses are threatening to move production to countries where wages are even lower, like Vietnam, Cambodia or the Philippines. (Wall Street Journal blog, Oct. 30) They are also investing heavily in automation.
Supporting the 50 percent raise, Marhasan, an Indonesian militant, told Al-Jazeera on Oct. 30: “Workers are no longer isolated anymore. We are united and we are standing up for our rights.”
In Bangladesh, workers are demanding a 250 percent hike in the minimum wage, which will bring the monthly wage of garment workers to $102 a month. The government’s wage board, which sets the minimum wage, has not announced its decision, which is expected soon.
The output of the garment industry in Bangladesh is about $44 billion a year, amounting to 80 percent of the country’s exports. This industry has been fueled by the extremely low wages, which are some of the lowest industrial wages in the world. Bangladesh is the second largest producer of garments, after China.
Protests over poor wages, benefits and working conditions have gained in intensity since the April industrial disaster at Rana Plaza, where about 1,200 workers died. Strikes in September hit production at more than 500 garment factories — where clothes are made for top retailers such as Tesco and H&M — costing owners some $40 million.
These strikes over wages are occurring at the same time that an opposition party is also leading major political protests against the current government.


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By Sami Zaptia.
London, 25 January 2021:
Libya’s National Centre for Animal Health reported Saturday (23 January) that it had refused to approve entry of two shipments totalling 2,671 cattle.
The livestock shipments had arrived at Tripoli port earlier in January.
The NCAH, part of the Tripoli Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Marine Wealth, said that the reason for the rejection is the shipment’s violation of the general health and veterinary conditions.
It added that it subjects all shipments of live animals imported from abroad to control, from the time they leave the country of origin until they reach the Libyan ports.
It stressed that only healthy animals and their products are allowed to be tested to see their conformity.
The violating shipments of cattle were on board the ship “Karim Allah” carrying 895 calves, and “Elbeik” carrying 1,776 calves.


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DELOITTE is to lose the audit of British home shopping firm N Brown Group after 13 years.
The FTSE250 company which counts the Jacamo brand – whose TV ads are fronted by England Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff – announced that KPMG will take on the audit role – worth £300,000 last year, subject to securing approval from shareholders at its July AGM.
Ron McMillan, chairman of the audit committee, said: “We thank Deloitte for their contribution as the company’s auditor and look forward to working with KPMG”.
In its 2014 Annual Report, the audit committee confirmed it would review the appointment of Deloitte as the company’s auditor in the following year. Last year’s audit also generated £1.9m in tax fees.
In March, it was announced that three decades of auditing at builders merchant Travis Perkins was to come to an end for Deloitte when it hands over the audit reins to KPMG.
An improved internal audit code is "vital' to developing the City's risk management, former shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said
Internal auditors are earn more than external consulting auditors, analysis by salary-bench marking site Emolument.com has found
ICAS and the FRC have called for action to prevent a potential audit skills gap in the future, with the launch of a new report


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The US Dollar reversed lower after touching 109.29. Though the USD retraced to 106.62, exports from the US to other countries have become expensive.
The 200-DMA is at 99.10, and the Dollar Index is safe as long as it trades above this level. The surging US Dollar Index is affecting US exports.
Higher US Dollar Price Index makes Exports Expensive
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The US Dollar index has risen 12% this year. It is trading at a 21-year high. The strong USD has made foreign goods prices less expensive, but it is not doing much for the economy. US products have become expensive in other countries. The strong Dollar has reduced exports while increasing imports. Trade deficit has increased in the US.
The US Dollar is gaining value against other major currencies. The USD is near-parity with the Euro currency, and the Euro trades at $1.02 in the forex market. The US dollar is the reserve currency in the international market. Higher Dollar value has made exports from the US to the Eurozone costly, impacting sales.
Pandemic-Induced Recession in the US
The recession in the US is pandemic-induced. High inflation and rising unemployment are the chief concerns of policymakers. Earlier, the Fed stated that inflation was transitory. But the Fed acknowledges that inflation is its chief concern. President Joe Biden said that inflation is the top domestic priority addressed today. Inflation over the last 12 months is at 9.1%, at a 40-year high rate. The Fed is expected to hike rates at the FOMC meeting on July 27.
The US Final Manufacturing PMI shows improvement from 52.4 to 52.7, as manufacturing conditions improved with new orders, higher inventories, and rising production activities. Final services PMI jumped from 51.6 to 52.7, with industry expansion and growth in the services sector in the United States. But capacity constraints and price pressures affect the service providers.
Unemployment claims from 231k to 235k are a lagging indicator of a slowing job sector. Non-farm employment change has come down from 384k to 372 k. The unemployment rate is at 3.6%.
US trade balance shows a deficit of $85.5 billion while it was a deficit of $86.7 billion earlier. Moderate inflation is good for the economy. But high inflation will raise the goods and services of the country. Exports from the US have gone down, while imports have increased, causing a deficit in the trade balance, affecting trade.
Core retail sales have risen from 0.6% to 1%, with automobile sales rising higher as spending habits improve in the United Kingdom. Retail sales climbed higher than forecast in June. Consumer spending has been good despite inflation and economic disturbances.
Major Currency Pairs in the Forex Market
The high-priced food products and crude oil haunt the British Pound. Inflation is higher at 9.4%, above the expected rate of 9.3%. However, analysts expect core CPI data to reverse in the coming months.
There are two contestants in the race for the next UK Prime Minister. They are Foreign Minister Liz Truss and ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
The GBP/USD is at 1.2050 as the Dollar weakened.
The EUR/USD is at 1.02 levels on July 22, 2022. It touched a low at 0.9952 on July 14 but retraced to move above the 1.00 mark.
The Euro to US Dollar recovered after the Ukraine-Russia deal. The Euro region is the major importer of crude oil and food grains from Russia and Ukraine. The war had brought a severe supply crisis to the Euro area. The food crisis had resulted in soaring inflation in the country.
Investors expect the ECB rate decision in the July meeting to impact the Euro trend in the forex market. The EUR/USD is at a 2-decade high, with a spike in energy prices. The Euro statistical data states that high energy prices and expensive commodities are the chief cause of rising annual inflation, which is at 8.6% in June.
The US Dollar to Canadian Dollar currency exchange surged to multi-month highs to 1.3225. The surging inflation caused the Canadian Dollar to weaken. However, the Canadian Dollar recovered to 1.2914 after the pullback in the US Dollar. The CPI is at 8.1% in June, rising from 7.7% in May. Bank of Canada increased rates by 100 basis points in the July meeting to tackle inflation.
The Dollar to Indian Rupees surged to life highs above 80 but corrected to close at 79.80 for the week ended July 22, 2022.
Crude Oil Prices
Hike in crude oil prices has contributed to rising inflation. High crude price has caused a surge in commodity prices, increasing inflation.
The Russia-Ukraine war has resulted in high gas prices. After Russia reduced its natural gas supply to other countries, gas prices skyrocketed. Crude oil inventories have jumped from -2.3 million to 8.2 million.


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