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Hoppecke Industrial Batteries is having “confidential” discussions with some major OEMs and rail infrastructure providers following its highly successful participation in the recent Railtex 2017 exhibition.
While no details can be provided at this stage, Hoppecke has revealed that it is talking to some organisations that it has never worked with previously. At the same time, the company received many promising enquiries at Railtex for its reserve power product range which provides auxiliary power systems to electrified equipment.
Hoppecke – the leading specialist in industrial battery systems and the largest battery manufacturer in European ownership – chose Railtex to give a UK debut to its high voltage Lithium-Ion (LiOn) battery designed specifically for use in locomotives with hybrid drives. Through hybrid technology the battery enables smaller diesel engines to be fitted to trains so it can deliver fuel savings of around 40 per cent while reducing CO2 output.
Charged by a train’s on-board diesel generator, the LiOn battery is capable of 850kW peak power (600kW in normal operation) and its modular design featuring 24V or 133V units means it can be expanded easily to provide even better performance.
The new battery is also designed for use inside factories and tunnels, so it has a special fire-proof housing with combustion gas purification and a built-in air conditioning system to ensure full power even in extreme operating conditions.
Says Jason Howlett, Hoppecke’s Regional Managing Director – Northern Europe: “Railtex proved extremely valuable for us in that we were able to showcase our LiOn battery and demonstrate many others from our product range. As usual, we took a lot of great leads at Railtex and we are currently in the middle of several key discussions with providers of rail infrastructure as well as some major OEMs. Watch this space.”
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Trend: Upping the Ante with Rewards
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As the internal structures of popular banks and credit card giants change course, and as consumers rely more and more on new technology, look forward to a spike in rewards offers.
Same Old Thing
When it comes to the credit card business, size matters. Networks like Visa and MasterCard, that distribute their cards through banks, are able to maintain huge client bases by reaching out to those banks’ customers — by far the most effective method of distributing cards. On top of that, Visa and MasterCard imposed several restrictions on other networks, primarily American Express and Discover Financial, in order to keep that influence exclusive. A monopoly of the banking distribution channel forced competitors, to their probable dismay, to rely on sales teams to offer the cards to potential customers directly.
Pulling the Trigger
After a court ruled in 2004 that all third-party distribution channels were to be henceforth opened up to all networks — competition started to heat up. Well-ranked but less prominent players could now reach out to more third parties to issue more cards. Basically, everyone got a chance to start over, monopoly-free.
Adding Gadgets and a National Recession to the Pot
As electronic payment via smartphones and systems such as PayPal becomes more common, “cardholders” will be less inclined to stick with one credit card network, since it’ll be easy to switch payment methods if the payoff isn’t as great with their current company. Issuers are going to have to tempt their own customers to stay with more, and better, rewards offers. We’ve already seen a significant increase in the amount of cash back and travel rewards offered directly to card holders by many networks.
More over, experts say that the banking sector is currently facing a consolidation process that will increase concentration and put pressure on credit card networks to compete for market share through higher incentives, rebates and lower processing fees.
Who the next big player will be depends on some strategy, a little luck, and — here’s the great part for us — who can offer the best deal.
For more information, including a semi-bleak outlook for Visa in the coming months, please refer to Michael Kon’s article, “Credit Card Networks Face Unfavorable Competitive Dynamics.”

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Two farmers, Sean Mason and Mark Green, founded the firm Two Farmers Crisps
Regular crisp packets include a plastic film which is not compostable. Potato snack giant Walkers (Pepsico) set the 2025 deadline for compostable packets.
The bags come in 40g or 150 gr with the flavours Hereford Hop Cheese and Onion, Salt and Cider Vineger, and Hereford Bullshot wit a hint of Hereford beef.
The founders wrote on Facebook
‘We are proud to be producing our new range of crisps in 100 per cent compostable packs, a first we think for the UK and a big step forward in dealing with our waste issues. Our bags will completely break down in a home composting environment in 26 weeks. We are really excited about this innovation and the feedback we have had is amazing.’
Walkers announced a new recycling scheme for empty crisp packets after Green campaigners urged people to send the bags back to manufacturer Walkers as a form of protest against the packets being non-recyclable. Walkers produces around 11 million packs of crisps per day.


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If you read most news publications, they will tell you that the Great Recession ended two years ago. Perhaps the writers at these newspapers and magazines are not in touch with the American public or maybe they are just taking President Obama’s word for it, but it seems that we are far from being out of the dark. Little by little the economy is turning around, but this is taking a lot longer than originally expected.
On a more positive note, and in the trend of economic progress, one sector of the workforce is currently experiencing a hiring spree; the auto industry. A recent article by the Associated Press reported that since 2009, there has been a 12% increase in the number of workers employed by the auto industry, from 623,000 to 700,000. This is not too shabby for two of the Big Three (Chrysler and General Motors) receiving government bailouts to save them from untimely deaths just two years ago.
The Midwest has seen the biggest gains in employment in auto manufacturing jobs, and maybe they deserve it more than anyone else. Have you been to Detroit lately? Probably not… I don’t think anyone has. For a city that is near ruins, they need a little boost to get back on their feet.
The AP reported that General Motors will be hiring 2,500 employees in the Detroit Area to manufacture the much-anticipated new Chevrolet Volt. In Tennessee last month, Volkswagen opened up a new plant and hired 2,000. Honda is also getting in on the action, hiring 1,000 in Indiana to meet demands for production of the Civic.
The auto industry is hiring much faster than other sectors of the workforce, including health-care providers and the federal government. And just two years ago, auto sales sunk down to a thirty-year low.
One thing’s for sure; it’s definitely nice to see good news concerning the auto industry. Along with housing, the auto biz has suffered horribly from the recession and they could use a break. In fact, it’s nice to see good news concerning the job market in the US at all. It seems like every time you open up a newspaper, all you see are headlines of cutbacks and lay-offs. Where is the love?
Perhaps this boom within the auto industry is a sign of good times to come. America has been through a lot this past decade, and it’s time we came back out on top. We may never again achieve the prosperity and financial security once held by many citizens across the country, back in the good old days. But from here, there is only one way to go, and that is up.
I may never work within the auto industry. My hands are much too delicate to manufacture vehicles and deal with parts. But I do salute the honorable citizens that build the cars which helped make our country stand out among the rest. Maybe the recent Fourth of July holiday has got me feeling patriotic, but I believe that America can once again prosper, and maybe this is our turning point.


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Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been out of the limelight since he announced in January he would be taking a medical leave of absence from the company, his second in about a year.
Yet Jobs took the stage during the keynote at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2011) on Monday to announce new products, including iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion, and iCloud, Apple's new cloud offering.
"If the hardware is the brain and the sinew of the product, the software in the middle is the soul," said Jobs, according to Engadget.
Jobs last appeared onstage at an Apple event to unveil the iPad 2. Additional photos released by the White House in February revealed a glimpse of the executive at an intimate dinner Obama hosted in Silicon Valley for tech leaders.
See pictures of Steve Jobs onstage at WWDC 2011 below.
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Amazon and Semtech integrate LoRaWAN into AWS IoT core network server
The LoRaWAN low-power wide-area IoT connectivity protocol has been integrated into Amazon Web Services’ cloud-based IoT core network server. The news comes as the LoRaWAN community pushes Amazon to re-think its recent decision to choose a proprietary version of LoRa, over LoRaWAN, for its Sidewalk smart-home platform.
California-based Semtech, licensing LoRa-based chips for both LoRaWAN and proprietary LoRa-based IoT networks, optimised for use in LoRaWAN networks – said IoT developers will be able to more easily connect low power wireless devices over LoRaWAN based networks to Amazon Web Services (AWS), without needing to develop and manage their own LoRaWAN servers.
The new AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN removes the hassle for developers to offer support for a cloud-based core solution, as the backend complement to the physical LoRaWAN network, with their offers; the core network hosting defaults to AWS, as a matter of course, enabling connected devices to inter-connect with cloud-based applications and other devices.
Developers can source AWS qualified gateways operating the LoRaWAN protocol from the AWS partner device catalogue and select LoRaWAN-certified devices from the LoRa Alliance website. Developers can register gateways with AWS IoT Core from within the AWS management console by providing the service and unique identifier, and by selecting LoRaWAN as the radio frequency.
To register devices with LoRa chipsets, developers input the device credentials, identifiers, and security keys, and follow instructions to specify device configuration. AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN also includes various device management capabilities, including security and IoT analytics. Developers can also access Semtech’s LoRa Cloud on AWS, an API service that provides the ability to locate LoRaWAN devices.
Dirk Didascalou, vice president of IoT at AWS, said: “IoT developers will be able to leverage LoRaWAN to simplify the development process, as well as provide key features to their applications such as long-range connectivity, the ability to build devices with low power consumption, and increased security. We are delighted to be working with Semtech to accelerate our customers’ adoption of IoT and LoRaWAN allowing them to innovate faster and focus on the main job of creating business value.”
Mohan Maheswaran, president and chief executive at Semtech, said: “AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN will speed IoT application development by providing a plug-and-play experience for developers. In addition, this collaboration with AWS enables enterprise customers using AWS to readily take advantage of the key benefits of LoRaWAN as the protocol continues to have massive adoption in the IoT industry in a variety of verticals ranging from smart home and communities to asset tracking.”
Despite the move by Amazon to select proprietary LoRa over LoRaWAN for its Sidewalk platform, perceived by the industry as a risk and distraction for the singular focus of the vibrant LoRaWAN community, the pair have been close. AWS joined the board of the LoRa Alliance earlier this year, alongside US telecoms company Charter Communications, German untility Netze BW, and US LoRaWAN operator Senet.
Semtech is offering new developer kits for LoRa-based asset tracking and smart building applications that integrate with IoT services from AWS. California-based software firm Tensor IoT is also involved, providing cloud applications to connect LoRa sensors to AWS services. The asset tracking and smart building kits are geared towards the utilities, cities, logistics, retail and healthcare markets.


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Philippine Airlines (PAL) has ended 2022 on a high note, reporting an operating income of USD 297.2 million and a total comprehensive income of USD 196.9 million for the year ending December 31, 2022.
This marks the first positive full-year operating income logged by the Philippine flag carrier since 2019, as consolidated revenues soared by 112% to USD 2.57 billion in 2022 from the previous year’s USD 1.21 billion in revenues.
PAL’s positive performance was consistent for all four quarters of 2022 and was largely a result of rising demand in air travel that followed the easing of travel restrictions and the reopening of borders in most countries.
The airline’s success is a testament to its resilience and adaptability in the face of unprecedented challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite the many obstacles that it had to overcome, PAL remained committed to providing safe and reliable air transportation services to its customers.
“We are very grateful for the support of our customers that has enabled us to achieve this positive result amidst a challenging year,” said PAL President & COO Captain Stanley K. Ng.
“Philippine Airlines continues to be on a journey of recovery and renewal, and we will make good use of our resources to improve our services for the benefit of our valued customers. We are even more determined to upgrade our fleet, build more connections to key markets and offer improved products and services.”


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Major network operators in the telecom industry have reported quarterly earnings during the months of April and May. Telecom earnings varied in the first quarter of 2011, but the majority had a slight increase in revenue compared to the same quarter in 2010. Of the carriers mentioned in this summary, Verizon Communications saw an increase in its earnings in a large part due to its adoption of the iPhone.
Deutsche Telekom and iPass Inc. last week announced their partnership to create WiFi Mobilize, a new network services exchange for in-country and international roaming services. The exchange is designed to help carriers meet the accelerating demand from their customers for data services on smartphone and tablet devices, and to optimize their network investments. The partnership will provide a solution for new data offload, international roaming, and inter-standard traffic management services for GSM, CDMA and WiFi operators.
AT&T Inc plans to launch a wireless security srvice for consumers next year to help combat a big rise in cyber attacks on mobile devices, a top executive said.
As more people use smartphones like Apple Inc's iPhone and Google Inc's Android-based devices to download Web applications, John Stankey, the head of AT&T's enterprise business, said he had seen a big spike in security attacks on cellphones.
"Hackers always go to where there's a base of people to attack," Stankey said in an interview ahead of the Reuters Technology Media and Telecommunications Summit.
Movik Networks announced last week that it has been named to the annual Lead411 "Hottest Companies in Boston" list, designating it as one of the fastest growing technology companies of the year in Boston and surrounding areas. Lead411 researchers evaluated over 2100 companies, and found Movik to be amongst the "hottest," proven by their growth and financial stability in the marketplace.
Allot Communications Ltd., a leading supplier of service optimization and revenue generation solutions for fixed and mobile broadband service providers worldwide, announced Tuesday at LTE World Summit in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that its intelligent charging solution, Allot ChargeSmart, has been selected by a multinational mobile operator. The converged charging solution, which is built on Allot Service Gateway, will be deployed in nine countries, serving approximately 30 million subscribers.
Law firms Seeger Weiss LLP and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC announced Monday that the U.S. District Court of New Jersey has granted final approval to a proposed settlement of a consumer class action against telecom provider Vonage Holdings Corp. challenging the company's sales and marketing practices. The final settlement of In re Vonage Marketing and Sales Practice Litigation follows a fairness hearing on May 12, 2011. The settlement will likely provide dollar-for-dollar recovery to most settlement class members.
AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. for $39 billion still needs to clear regulatory hurdles, which leaves unanswered questions for the future. These questions deepened Monday when it was announced that RACO Wireless would remain the preferred M2M service provider for T-Mobile USA, and that John Horn, the national director of M2M for T-Mobile USA, would be leaving to serve as president at RACO Wireless, and bringing along most of his M2M staff.
AT&T will give Deutsche Telekom a break-up fee and benefits worth about $6 billion if regulators reject the proposed takeover of the German company's U.S. business, Deutsche Telekom said on Friday.
In March, when the $39 billion deal was disclosed, the companies said AT&T would pay the German group a record break-up fee of $3 billion, but they did not put a value on other parts of the agreement.
"$3 billion would flow directly in cash, but Deutsche Telekom would also receive spectrum and a national roaming agreement," a Deutsche Telekom spokesman said.
As hospitals, physicians groups and other healthcare providers expand their use of smartphones and tablets, they have unique security and privacy requirements far beyond those of general enterprises. Two Southern California companies – Nukona of San Diego and Integer Wireless of Newport Beach, Calif. – Wednesday announced a relationship designed to help healthcare organizations meet those needs quickly and cost-effectively.
Nuvel announced last week that vSOS, its personal emergency response application for smart phones is now available for Apple iPhone users to download at the iPhone App Store. Featuring patent-pending technology, vSOS is designed to provide users ranging from school age children to the elderly with help for medical emergencies, personal safety and accidents with the push of a button. Through its partnership with GEOS Alliance, the vSOS application provides emergency response services in North America, South America, and Europe.


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Hilton has become the world’s first hotel group to commit to serving more climate-friendly foods to help reduce food-related greenhouse gas emissions.
While the average person drinks 2 to 4 liters of water a day, it requires an astonishing 2,000 to 5,000 liters of water to produce the food that the average person eats each day! Here are five ways companies, farmers and consumers can lessen the food system’s impact on water.
Daniel Vennard, director of the Better Buying Lab in WRI's Food Program, discusses the link between his work and social marketing, how your brain models taste while you're ordering and why "vegetarian" and "vegan" might not be the language that shifts the majority of the population to more sustainable diets.
Food and energy systems are behind most of the world's environmental problems. Achieving sustainability in these fields should be the focus of the environmental movement.
Here's some food for thought: We actually can feed almost ten billion people by 2050, but only if we start changing the way we grow and eat our food.
There are a lot of misconceptions swirling about beef—its environmental impacts, how it's produced and whether or how much to eat. We examined the latest research to separate myth from fact.
There are more than 570 million farms in the world. We know shockingly little about them.
One-third of all food produced ultimately goes uneaten. Retailers and others are responding with clever inventions that reduce food loss and waste in stores, supply chains and homes.
Valentine's Day and other holidays can mean big business for restaurants – and often big amounts of food wasted. It doesn't have to be this way. Restaurants can dramatically cut food waste and see a host of benefits from doing so.


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MANILA (Mabuhay) — The country’s largest business organization, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), has urged Congress to fast-track Competition Law in order to prevent unethical business and trade practices, anti-competitive mergers, and abuse of market power.
PCCI President Alfredo Yao said the Competition Law will have a significant role for the country upon entering the ASEAN integration in 2015, hence the group hopes that both Senate and House of Representatives will soon approve the pending bill.
“We hope that when it goes back to work for its May 5 to June 13 session, the 16th Congress would give top priority to approving competition bills now pending before it” Yao said.
“The economy needs a competition law to upgrade the country’s competitiveness and maximize the benefits of integrating the economy with those of other ASEAN economies by 2015. If we give our neighbors a difficult time to do business here, they will also give us a hard time accessing the ASEAN market of 600 million consumers,” the PCCI chief stressed.
He noted that the said law will further improve the local business environment here as the law will allow a more open playing field for investment, innovation, and pricing.
This will also attract new investors to enter the Philippine market and current market players to expand here.
“A competition law would be a landmark legislation whose significance to the economy would be underscored once the AEC and other economic partnership agreements come into play,” he mentioned.
Meanwhile, the Philippine Fair Competition Act of 2013 introduced by Senator Paolo Benigno Aquino IV in the Senate and Representative Mark Villar in the House of Representatives have already gone through first reading.
The PCCI is one of the business organizations in the country that has been pushing for the immediate ratification and implementation of Competition Law in the Philippines.(MNS)


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Led By Financial Sector, SP500 Index Trims Weekly Losses
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U.S. stocks rallied on Friday, as sentiment on risky assets was enhanced after a trio of U.S biggest lenders reported third-quarter results that topped markets’ estimates, although all three banks published sales and earnings fell from the same period last year.
All 11 sectors making up the SP500 were trading higher, led by 1.06% increase in shares of financial institutions.
Another factor that built up market’s confidence is the data on U.S retail sales. As stated by the Census Bureau, sales at U.S. retail stores rebounded to 0.6% in September, after declining 0.3% in August. The so-called core retail sales that strips out sales of automobiles also posted a gain of 0.5%
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Parents are scrambling to find pharmacies carrying EpiPens for the new school year as regulators and the drug’s manufacturer struggle to abate a continuing global shortage of the lifesaving devices.
EpiPens, the emergency epinephrine treatment for allergic reactions, have been in short supply since at least May, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration first declared a shortage. Some pharmacies around the country have been unable to restock the medication for weeks at a time because of the shortages.
A rival epinephrine injector product, a generic version of Adrenaclick made by Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc., is also in short supply, according to the FDA. That product is manufactured at a different Pfizer plant in Kansas, where production delays have caused shortages since the first quarter of the year, an Amneal spokesman said.
The scarcity is being felt more acutely now amid the back-to-school rush of August and September when demand for the devices is highest. For parents of children with food allergies, refilling EpiPen prescriptions, which are typically for sets of two in case the first injection doesn’t work, has become part of the annual back-to-school ritual.
Julie Cook has been unable to fill EpiPen prescriptions for her two teenagers since the beginning of August and is relying on a single unexpired set if one of them has an allergic reaction. When she called a Walgreens near her Wheaton, Ill., home a few days ago, the pharmacist said they may not have more until September.
On the first day of school this week, Ms. Cook split the unexpired EpiPen set and gave one injector each to her children. As a backup, she also gave each an old, expired injector from among the dozen or so she keeps just in case.
“It’s so frustrating,” Ms. Cook said. “Why is this happening in August? What’s going on? And what’s going to happen in the future?”
EpiPens are sold by Mylan NV and manufactured at a Pfizer Inc.-owned plant in Brentwood, Mo. Pfizer has been unable to make enough EpiPens because it is changing its manufacturing processes in response to an FDA inspection last year that found several violations, including a failure to investigate serious complaints about product quality. In a statement, Pfizer said, “We are working tirelessly to increase production and expedite shipments as rapidly as possible.”
Mylan referred questions about manufacturing delays to Pfizer. In a statement earlier this month, the company encouraged patients to call its customer service hotline for assistance in locating pharmacies with EpiPens in stock.
Rajiv Malik, Mylan’s president, said on an earnings call with analysts earlier this month that “Pfizer supplies to Mylan are inconsistent and inadequate in meeting global demand.” There are months where supply from Pfizer is good, and “then suddenly we get very erratic,” and supply is 30% to 40% off expectations “because of the quality issues,” Mr. Malik said, according to a transcript.
To help alleviate the effects of the shortage, the FDA on Tuesday extended the expiration date for certain EpiPen lots for an additional four months. The devices typically have a shelf life of 20 months, the agency said. The FDA has also been in touch with manufacturers of rival products to help ensure alternatives are available, the agency said.
Kaleo, the privately held maker of the Auvi-Q epinephrine injectors, has significantly increased manufacturing capacity to help meet demand in the U.S. and Canada due to the EpiPen shortage, said Kaleo CEO Spencer Williamson in an interview. Some 40% of all epinephrine injectors are purchased during the back-to-school season, he said.
However some patients have said they are reluctant to use Auvi-Q because it isn’t covered under their insurance or because it has a different mechanism that they and their children aren’t used to.
Patient access to EpiPens has been a controversial issue since the summer of 2016, when parents looking to buy the devices for their school-age children complained they had to pay hundreds of dollars out of pocket to meet insurance deductibles. Congress began scrutinizing Mylan for raising the list price of EpiPen 548% over several years to about $608 for a set of two. Mylan later began selling its own generic version of EpiPen for $300.
Earlier this month, the FDA approved the first generic EpiPen from a rival, which the agency said was part of an effort to inject more competition into the pharmaceutical industry and bring down prices. But Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., which will market the generic version in the U.S., said the product would be launched in “coming months.” Antares Pharma Inc., which is manufacturing the injection device for Teva’s generic, said the delay wasn’t due to manufacturing constraints on its part and that it has already shipped $22 million of product to Teva.
Meanwhile, Mylan issued a nationwide recall last year of certain EpiPen lots because of a potential manufacturing defect that could cause the devices to fail to activate. In a letter to Pfizer last year, the FDA admonished the company for “not thoroughly investigat[ing]” hundreds of complaints it received, stating that “EpiPen products failed to operate during life-threatening emergencies, including some situations in which patients subsequently died.”
Pfizer said in a statement that “there is no information to show that there was any causal connection between complaints of product failure and any patient deaths.”
Rosvold Pharmacy in Cinnaminson, N.J., hasn’t received an EpiPen shipment since July 19, said owner Thomas E. Stehr. The pharmacy tries to order more every day, but it is still on back-order, he said. “We have a pretty good school-age population here,” and “the parents start freaking out” when they can’t get EpiPens, Mr. Stehr said.
Wegmans Food Markets Inc., an East Coast supermarket chain, said its pharmacies’ supply of EpiPens has been spotty since April, and some of its stores have extremely limited quantities. A significant share of EpiPen prescriptions are filled between July and September, according to a Wegmans spokeswoman. To meet demand, the company will move product between stores or refer patients to another location, she said.
Tory Palenscar tried in early August to fill EpiPen prescriptions for her 7-year-old daughter, who suffers from severe food allergies. Her daughter’s school wants her to have four sets.
But there were no EpiPens at any pharmacy near Ms. Palenscar’s home in Beaumont, Calif. “I started panicking,” she said. Finally, Ms. Palenscar found a pharmacy 30 minutes away in San Bernardino that agreed to hold one set for her, but she is still waiting to buy more. She used a voucher from Mylan to cover the prescription’s $170 copay, she said.
She and her husband are keeping the new EpiPen set in an emergency bag. Ms. Palenscar also obtained two sets of Auvi-Q, which Kaleo provided to her free of charge because her insurance policy doesn’t cover the product. She has given the Auvi-Q injectors to her daughter’s school, along with two expired EpiPen sets.
“There’s been so many recalls and overcharging. It’s one thing after another, and it feels like we’re being taken advantage of and played with,” Ms. Palenscar said. “This is my daughter’s life.”


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The recession has proven that chocolate is a comfort food that is not easily given up. Like other commodity funds, the cocoa exchange traded note (ETN) has been on the rise, but unlike other commodities, cocoa is backed by a lot of people with a sweet tooth.
According to Mintel, chocolate sales around the world didn’t miss a step during the recession, and sales growth are likely to increase. Marcia Mogelonsky, global food and drink analyst at Mintel, noted that consumers who cut back on spending still scrounged up enough cash to indulge on the small and affordable treat. [Cocoa, something sweet for your portfolio.]
China and the Ukraine, two countries not thought of as chocoholic, saw chocolate sales rise last year by 18% and 12%, respectively. Other countries also saw increased consumption, such as in Britain up 5.9%, the United States up 2.6%, Argentina rising 1.8% and Belgium increasing by 3.2%.
Mintel’s Global New Products Database (GNPD) reports that companies are offering more chocolate varieties, with more new products hitting Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Cocoa prices are now at a 30-year peak, and the price level could force confectioners to switch to milk chocolate, reduce bar sizes and use cheaper ingredients, reports David Brough for Reuters. Cocoa prices almost doubled in the past two years alone as dwindling supplies and low investment by West African producers helped drive cocoa futures prices up to a high of $3,510 per tonne on Dec. 16.
For information on chocolate, visit our cocoa category.
- iPath Dow Jones AIG Cocoa ETN (NYSEArca: NIB): up 20.5% in the last year
Max Chen contributed to this article.
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Supermarkets, motels, holiday parks and petrol stations are among more than 600 sites keen to host electric vehicle charging stations under the South Australian government's plan to boost the state's charging network.
The government will invest $13.4 million in the strategy designed to end "range anxiety" and make electric cars the preferred choice for consumers by 2030.
"Electric vehicles will lower motoring costs, air, noise and carbon pollution and help reduce the price of electricity for all South Australians by better using the grid," Energy and Mining Minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan said.
"Fast charging, particularly in regional and remote areas, will remove a big barrier to electric vehicles, fear of running out of power, or range anxiety.
"We want to make sure motorists know they can buy an electric car, and still enjoy the pleasure of travelling our highways and byways without fear of being stranded."
The government's plan includes the installation of 120 fast chargers in the Adelaide CBD and many more throughout the suburbs.
It also intends to expand the network across regional and remote South Australia, with more charging stations in key tourist areas in the Adelaide Hills, the mid and far north, on Eyre Peninsula and in the southeast.
Royal Automobile Association Technology Specialist Mark Borlace said member surveys had shown a lack of regional charging stations was a significant disincentive to buying an electric car.
"The roll out of electric vehicle charging stations is welcomed and will increase the uptake of these environmentally friendlier technologies,'' he said.
"RAA supports the government's desire to lead the nation in the uptake of electric vehicles and smart charging and reduce electricity costs for all South Australians.''
Property owners and businesses can still register their interest to become site hosts through the Department for Energy and Mining's website.


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Endless West entered the reverse-engineered food and beverage scene in 2018 with Glyph, a “molecular whisky” made to taste like aged whisky while boosting sustainability without years in a barrel. The foodtech startup achieved this feat by breaking down a beverage to its molecular level and replicating what they found without the time or resources required to make the original, often more expensive product. Now, Endless West is looking to work with spirits brands of all sizes, to help them cut back on production costs while boosting sustainability. With $60 million in new series C funding announced Wednesday, it's expanding production capabilities by 10x to 20x to do that.
“The original inspiration was very much being able to archive and share famous vintages of wine and spirits,” cofounder Alec Lee tells Forbes. He and future cofounder Mardonn Chua had the skills to make this happen. Both worked at stem cell startup Extem and spent their nights and weekends working on developing the biological blueprints which would allow them to recreate copies of existing products, but also make their own from scratch. Glyph, the first commercial product to emerge from their efforts, went on to win numerous awards. But these days, Endless West is more focused on building out its ability to use this tech to work with other brands and spirit makers through its research and manufacturing outfit, Blank Collective.
“We built a core tech that isn’t fundamentally about wine or whiskey — or any fundamental product itself,” Lee says. Blank Collective looks to help upstart spirit companies, retailers and global manufacturers find ways to spend less money, create more sustainable products or digitally document their offerings. “Our hope and our belief is that ultimately what matters isn’t how much we control the brands themselves but how many they will utilize this approach and reap the advantages from the accessibility, quality and sustainability.”
The $60 million series C round brings the startup’s total funding to $95 million. This latest round is a return engagement for James Stewart, partner at Level One Fund which co-led the round with funds managed by UBS O’Connor. While Level One is sector agnostic, Stewart tells Forbes that he was personally interested in the foodtech space and reached out to Endless West before its Series B round after discovering the company online and finding its goal really compelling. He wrote a small check at the time, but doubled down for the Series C round because he felt the company had de-risked itself against its fellow foodtech competition. “What makes us excited about the company is that they have this unique technology and production process,” Stewart says. “In foodtech, there are so many players focused on the same playbook, what Endless has created is a new process.”
The way it works is that once a product has been broken down to its molecules, a brand or company can evaluate the ingredients and look at ways to change them based on other materials found in nature with similar molecular makeup. Lee says the makeup of wine is a great example. “A grape grows slowly and requires a huge amount of water and care — and frankly pesticides — often in drought prone regions,” he says. “Those molecules you ultimately get that turn into the sugars and the flavor molecules are found in other plants that grow faster and grow more sustainably.” Another aspect is aging. Instead of aging a whiskey, which requires large amounts of water and produces less liquid than it starts with, Endless West can infuse the wood molecules directly into the spirit for a faster and more sustainable way to achieve the same result.
Lee says they were originally worried about how the market would react to their tech and initially heard feedback from a sushi chef in San Francisco that the tech would contribute to consolidation of distributors in the market and could enable brands to copy each other’s recipes. Lee agrees that if used irresponsibly, that could easily be the outcome. But Lee compares the process more to the digital documentation of music. It’s meant to create a record of it so that it can be recreated without its original form or in a more sustainable or cost-effective way than the original. “Digitization initially seems scary but it’s a path for immortalizing these great works of art and that I think to the industry is much more comforting,” Lee says.


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Canada's labour productivity advanced in the first quarter as output rose at a faster pace than hours worked.
Labour productivity among the country's businesses rose 0.7 per cent in the first three months of the year, thanks to increases in the manufacturing and construction sectors, after increasing 1.2 per cent in the previous quarter, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
Canada's sluggish productivity record has long been a source of concern for economists, who fret the country's living standards will suffer unless improvements are made. Labour productivity tracks real GDP per hour worked.
In a shift from previous quarters, Canadian productivity gains outpaced the U.S., where productivity slowed to 0.6 per cent in the first quarter.
In Canada, output of businesses accelerated to 1.8 per cent in the quarter from 1.4 per cent in the fourth quarter as firms spent more on consumer goods and services, shelter, and inventory accumulation.
Hours worked in Canadian businesses rose 1.1 per cent in the quarter, the highest growth rate since the second quarter of 2004, as employment rose 0.7 per cent and hours worked per job increased 0.4 per cent.
The bulk of the productivity gains stemmed from goods-producing industries, which posted a 1.5-per-cent gain. Factories tallied their fourth straight quarter gain, and construction also increased.
Productivity in services-producing businesses slowed to 0.2 per cent in the first quarter after growing 0.9 per cent in the prior quarter.


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The skyscraper-sized ship has been stuck there for almost a week.
The so-called Ever Given, a 224,000-ton, 1,300-foot-long container ship registered in Panama, was freed from the shoreline as its course was corrected by 80%. The engineers, who have been trying for days to pull the fully laden vessel with tugboats, are expected to resume their efforts later Monday morning as the water level rises to its maximum, “allowing the ship’s course to be completely straightened,” according to a statement from Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority.
Traffic has since come to a complete halt as the ship remains stuck sideways across the Suez Canal, one of the world’s busiest trade routes that provides the shortest maritime link for goods traveling from Asia to Europe by connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
Shoei Kisen Kaisha, the Japanese company that owns the Ever Given, said in a statement last Thursday that it was working with local authorities to resolve the situation but that was proving “extremely difficult.”
“We sincerely apologize for causing a great deal of worry to ships in the Suez Canal and those planning to go through the canal,” the company added.
As the blockage nears the one-week mark, there are growing concerns over how it could impact the global economy and supply chains. About 12% of the world’s trade volume passes through the Suez Canal, including approximately 1.9 billion barrels of oil per day.
ABC News’ Catherine Thorbecke contributed to this report.


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Mercedes-Benz is reportedly working on a battery-powered electric rival to the Tesla Model S.
In an interview with Germany’s Auto Motor Und Sport, Mercedes development boss Thomas Weber revealed that the German automaker is developing an EV to challenge the Tesla Model S. Weber said the planned electric model will have an all electric range in the 400-500 kilometer (249-311 miles) range.
More specifically, Weber said the vehicle’s chassis will be scalable to underpin several different models, so don’t expect this to be the first and last Tesla competitor. It’s worth noting that Mercedes-Benz was actually a stakeholder in Tesla, owning 9.1 percent of the EV automaker in 2009 and using its batteries in its B-Class Electric Drive before ending its relationship in 2014.
A Mercedes-Benz-badged Tesla Model S is no surprise of course as BMW, Audi, and Porsche are all planning new electric models to scoop up customers in the inflating electric vehicle market.
Audi will serve up an electric SUV to challenge the $100,000 Tesla Model X, BMW is working on an i5 sedan with carbon fiber construction in both full-electric and hybridized flavors, and Porsche is developing an electric Pajun with the R8 e-tron’s drivetrain.
With more resources and established brand credibility, Germany’s new crop of electric vehicles could put a damper on Tesla’s sales success, though perhaps more of a challenge will be commandeering Tesla’s “cool” factor as of the last few years.
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FREE parking on Saturday mornings, coupled with reduced rates and service charges, could help save jobs in struggling Cork city centre retail businesses.
Cork Business Association chief executive Donal Healy cited one Patrick Street retailer as paying €800,000 in annual rates and service charges to Cork City Council.
He was joined by Cork Chamber, IBEC Cork and the Vintners Federation in calling on local and national authorities to ease the pressures being placed on Cork businesses.
These bodies collectively welcomed the recent publication of the Local Government Efficiency Review Group, identifying €511 million in potential nationwide savings for local authorities.
The business bodies stressed, however, that savings must be used to reduce the burden placed on businesses and the thousands of people they employ.
Mr Healy said: “We have expressed our concerns to Cork city manager Joe Gavin and county manager Martin O’Riordan. The rateable valuation was €50.75 per square metre in 2000. It is €74.05 today. For one city centre department store, that adds up to €800,000 a year, with rent, service charges and water charges on top.
“There are 45,000 people unemployed in Cork, a 20-year high. We have seen the closure of numerous long-established businesses, people who are now left with long-term debt. There is no bailout for the people or their employees.”
Mr Healy said the consumer price index is down almost 8%; electricity prices are down; everything is coming down, bar rates. He said Cork shops selling goods at 60% or 70% discounts are a common sight and more retail closures and job losses seem inevitable.
Meanwhile, Cork businesses pay €60m of the €200m annual cost of running Cork City Council. Cork’s business bodies are calling on local authorities to reduce rates and service charges and to open up Cork as a market on Saturdays to bring people into city centre shops. Free parking is key to this idea.
In a written reply, Mr O’Riordan said: “I am very aware of the difficulties businesses are facing. Cork County Council has had to deal with significant reductions in funding. The council’s revenue budget of €324.7m for 2010 is down 9.2% from 2009, when it was €357.6m. We have reduced staff numbers by 578. There is a tough stance being taken to reducing the local government cost base.”
Mr Healy said he accepts the difficulties facing local authorities. However, he also cited such issues as waivers on bin charges in underprivileged areas, at a cost of €3m, among other cost-cutting measures.
These views were echoed by other business groups, who said the business community has for too long been viewed as “the funder of last resort”.
Cork Chamber president Ger O’Mahoney said: “All business organisations in the region are calling for the cost savings which can be achieved to be passed back to businesses in the form of reduced rates and other charges. The payment of commercial rates and other local authority charges is a significant burden on businesses, many of whom are... at risk of closure.”
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Challenges within logistics supply chains have become more difficult to navigate over the past few years. Understaffed logistics hubs throughout the supply chain due to persistent labor shortages and the ongoing COVID-19 fallout in China continues to create chaos for consumer goods and manufacturing segment companies. Ongoing labor disputes have resulted in shifting lanes and ports and threaten further disruption, potentially driving supply chains to a standstill.
According to a recent Forbes article, risks to supply chains are expanding, highlighted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which is affecting global trade, as well as economic inflation that is hitting the U.S. One industry executive summed up the supply chain crisis by saying it was “affecting not just day-to-day operations, but also causing us all to reconsider our Supply Chain Risk Management Strategies.”
These persistent challenges facing shippers and manufacturers makes it critical that they embrace a holistic approach to collaboration that works across the entire supply chain. Even so, obstacles exist that complicate improved relationships. Outdated technology holds supply chains hostage to slow manual processes, makes data transference into actionable insights difficult, and provides poor visibility between shippers and optimized operations.
An ocean freight container tracking API enables shippers to overcome these issues through improved communication, streamlined data processes, and bolstered supply chain relationships.
So How Does Ocean Container Tracking Bolster Supply Chain Relationships?
Freight logistics happen with tremendously less friction when automated; processes, full data analytics, and real-time visibility are components of the process. Together, these three components create a revolution in shipping, smoothing out variability, exceeding customer service demands, and significantly lowering costs.
By Eliminating Manual Processes With API Logistics
Investors have taken note of the value of technology in supply chain logistics. Funding in the supply chain technology sector almost doubled from 2020 to 2021, reaching $37 billion for the year and $9.4 billion in the first three months of 2022.
APIs give logistics partners the ability to automate manual processes, which are time consuming and prone to human errors. This helps companies reduce the time and costs associated with exchanging documentation, data, and other essential transportation information. Automating data exchange and documentation processes results in secure access to critical information, streamlined communication, and greater efficiency while lowering overhead costs throughout the supply chain.
Communication is the priority, not the paperwork—more outstanding communication and accountability results.
By Streamlining Data Analytics in Logistics
Shippers generate a lot of data about their supply chains which can be analyzed to find ways to improve efficiencies and operational performance. While crucial to enhancing operations, surfacing those data points is a cumbersome process.
When properly processed, that data has information that leads to understanding and cutting shipping rates, enhancing process efficiency, knowing which carriers produce the best results, and finding opportunities to improve customer service. The most significant barrier to best using their data is the amount to sift through, as just one shipment could generate thousands of data points.
One industry expert shared that “organizations continuously face the challenge of better leveraging the data they have to make informed decisions. While the volume and nature of data available to organizations has exploded in the recent years, the ability to translate that into meaningful, actionable, and real time insights is still lacking…”
The data is there, but is it seeing its potential? Only if it is efficiently harvested and processed into a format easily read that shows where opportunities exist.
An ocean container API harvests the raw data, translates it, and presents it as actionable insights, easily shared with others across the organization and with logistics collaborators. Optimized operations and improved supply chains result when data opens the possibility of understanding and sharing data among partners.
By Building Exceptions Resilient Supply Chains With Real-Time Visibility in Logistics
Using actionable insights provided by an ocean container tracking API certainly helps shippers avoid exceptions. Still, some exceptions do happen. A shipping exception means something has gone awry during container transit, causing schedule changes that might result in a missed deadline.
Some reasons exceptions happen include the following:
- Loading delays
- Equipment shortages
- Additional port stops
- Late container discharge
Exception management is crucial regardless of the cause, and shippers must act quickly to assess the situation and work toward a resolution. Emails and phone calls are outdated communication methods that don’t get the job done due to failure to notify logistics partners as quickly as needed. Ocean container tracking software is the answer.
Automated notifications from an ocean container tracking API ensure that all partners in the supply chain have immediate access to the latest exception information. That the information is unified and visible, resulting in a single source of truth, ensures all partners have the same information simultaneously when they need to track ocean containers.
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A hula hoop artist who starred in reality TV show Britain’s Got Talent performed at a Big Circus event at Slough’s Queensmere Observatory Shopping Centre.
Lisa Sampson wowed the judges as she made it to the semi-finals of the ITV talent contest in 2015.
She showed off her skills in front of excited children on Saturday as the shopping centre put on a day of free circus activities.
Youngsters twirled around as they got the chance to play with the hula hoops themselves.
They also tried their hand at juggling and made their own clown masks in a craft session.
The workshop was the second in a series of free events taking place in the shopping centre this summer.
Centre manager Chris Shaw said: “All the activities are free and it’s just for families to come along and enjoy their day here.
“It shows that you don’t have to pay to have a good day out here.”
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Vaping giant Supreme posts revenue growth of seven per cent to £130.8m in its full year results thanks to fresh acquisitions and customer momentum for 88vape.
Despite Juul crack downs in the US, vaping, which is the firm’s largest and most profitable category, continues to perform strongly and is expected to deliver revenue growth of around 30 per cent in the coming year – half of which driven by new product development, continued market growth and further distribution expansion and the other half from the Liberty Flights acquisition.
The company has been growing the vape’s market share by expanding its presence in the likes of Sainsbury’s and Morrisons, as well as in convenience retail via Core Communications.
The group expects to deliver another solid, profitable year in the full year but revenue and EBITDA are both expected to be below FY22 levels and below previous market expectations, driven by a recent marked decline in the Lighting category following a slow-down in sales compounded by customer overstocking in FY22.
However, Supreme said it expected this slowdown to be “temporary and limited to the Group’s Lighting category”.
The company notably launched two vitamins brands; Millions & Millions and Sealions, which accounted for £9m in revenue, and a 132 per cent growth year on year.
However, the firm did warn that “short term commodity price increases are expected to affect demand and profitability” of this space, with Supreme taking steps to mitigate this.
Commenting on the results, Sandy Chadha, Chief Executive Officer of Supreme, commented: “Batteries and Lighting have performed strongly and although customer inventory levels within Lighting will hold back our progress in the short term, I believe this minor setback should not detract from our operational progress to date.
“We are more excited than ever about the potential for Vaping. Our 88vape range is now well-established across our discount channel and has now started to penetrate grocery and convenience retail as well. With increasing levels of government support for vaping, we expect the revenue growth to continue.


text: General Electric announced it is working on a holographic storage medium that resembles a typical optical disc and allows it to store the equivalent of 100 DVDs. Holography, used for the three-dimensional images on some older credit cards for security, can also store binary data in the form of 1s and 0s. The next step involves GE making the technology usable in hardware that can be mass-produced at affordable prices. Holographic storage has the potential to more densely pack data that traditional mediums, including DVDs and Blu-ray discs. The data is encoded in light patterns that are stored in light-sensitive material, with the holograms acting like microscopic mirrors that refract light patterns when a laser shines on them.


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Crusader Kings 3 is the latest sequel in the popular simulation series.
Publisher Paradox says Crusader Kings 3 will “enhance the experience” of veteran players while at the same time offering a more welcoming experience to new players.
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Downgrade rights for Windows 7 will be "hugely important," an analyst said Thursday, but he's not optimistic that Microsoft will let users continue to install Windows XP on new machines.
Microsoft warned enterprise customers this week that the migration path from XP to Windows 7 won't be any easier than it is to Vista, and offered recommendations for how companies can move from older versions of Windows to one of its newer client OSe...
Chip vendors Qualcomm and Nvidia have thrown their support behind the Windows 7 OS for netbooks, announcing efforts to bring better graphics and continuous 3G connectivity to the devices.
Microsoft has shut off the Windows 7 beta spigot, but will allow users who have started the download process to wrap it up by Thursday.
In a vote of confidence for Windows 7's suitability for use on netbook PCs, Hewlett-Packard says it likely will offer at least three different editions of the upcoming operating system on future models of its Mini netbooks.
Microsoft will not offer "Ultimate Extras" in Window 7, the company has confirmed, saying it abandoned the heavily-criticized concept to focus on "existing features."
The turbulent economy could hinder enterprise adoption of Windows 7, even though many companies opted to skip Windows Vista and are still running the outdated Windows XP OS, analysts said.
Microsoft changed the default settings of one of its most important security features for Windows 7 because users balked at clicking more than two prompts a day, a company executive said Thursday.
Microsoft Tuesday confirmed that it will sell what it calls "upgrades" for Windows 7 to users running the aged Windows XP operating system.
While it plans to focus on marketing two versions of Windows 7, Microsoft will offer six editions of its next operating system to better satisfy PC makers and end users, an executive said this week.
Microsoft is denying that there is a security hole in the User Account Control (UAC) feature of Windows 7 after a blogger reported it last week and posted what he said was a fix for it.
Although the beta of Windows 7 quickly grabbed one-tenth of 1% of the operating system market share last month, Microsoft's OS continued its downward trend, a Web measurement company reported Sunday.
The head of Microsoft's Windows development confirmed Friday that Windows 7 will take the unusual path of moving straight from a single beta, which was launched earlier this month, to a release candidate.
A change that Microsoft made in Windows 7 to improve its controversial User Account Control security feature has left the new OS less secure, according to a blogger who follows Microsoft closely.
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As a result of the break-in, Microsoft advised beta testers to change their passwords late last week. However, company spokesman Rick Miller downplayed the significance of the incident, saying the online trespasser didn't get access to the company's crown jewels: its source code.
"They are not grabbing code; they are grabbing product, and it's going to be buggy and it's going to have problems," he said. "This is obviously not good, but it's not terrible either."
However, the system does contain yet-unreleased versions of Microsoft Windows products. In addition, the hacker would have had access to comments posted by beta testers, as well as the key used by beta testers to activate their software, said Miller.
This is not the first time Microsoft's network has been breached. Microsoft's source code may have been accessed two years ago, when a hacker broke into some of the company's systemsover three weeks. In January 2001, online vandals prevented many people from accessing Microsoft's network with data.
At least one beta tester questioned the security of Microsoft's products.
"We were right in the middle of beta testing its .Net server and that's going to be a centerpiece of Microsoft's future," one tester told TechTV, which first reported the incident.
Microsoft has been laboring to improve the security of its products for several years now, but the efforts were given a higher priority infrom co-founder Bill Gates to the company's employees. The products being tested on the server include some of that work.
The software giant is treating the breach as a criminal investigation but Miller refused to comment on whether any law enforcement agency had been called in on the case.


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November 10, 2021 | By Joyce DiMascio
With direct flights between Australia and Thailand starting early next month, the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) is gearing up to put business events back on the radar of Australian and New Zealand event planners.
Thai Airways direct services between Australia and Phuket start on December 8 and Qantas Sydney to Bangkok services will resume on January 14, 2022, more than two months earlier than scheduled.
Representing TCEB, Nicole Tingey of Clockwise Consulting says the introduction of new direct services between Sydney to Phuket with Thai Airways holds enormous appeal.
“Initially these flights will service the leisure market, which will in turn create confidence for the business events market to consider off-shore destinations like Thailand for their events,” she said.
“Many planners are familiar with the ‘Phuket Sandbox’ initiative which effectively created a destination ‘bubble’ with high vaccination levels of locals and an early introduction of international travellers in 2021.”
This resumption of flights and the new Thai Airways direct service is good news for TCEB which has launched a new incentive campaign to attract business events.
It is called the “SMILE” campaign and offers financial support including bonuses for incorporating sustainable elements into an event.
“Many Thai suppliers are participating to provide value-added support for business events in 2022,” says Tingey.
Tingey believes that direct flight access was key. Point-to-point travel means there is minimal time spent in transit.
“This is why the new direct flights to Phuket hold so much appeal.”
She said their first groups travelling from Australia to hold their conference in Bangkok are in May 2022 and to Phuket in July and August 2022.
Asked about concerns around COVID or cancellations, Tingey says that Thailand had been on the front foot of reopening since early 2020. As Thailand had now opened up to selected international destinations and restrictions on business events had eased, they’d be well-practiced in managing both the movement of delegates and the facilitation of events.
“I think this has created a sense of confidence amongst those planners considering Thailand as early as 2022.”
She says through TCEB they’d been working with suppliers to ensure they understood the concerns and expectations of groups travelling out of Australia and New Zealand for business events.
Tingey says they were working on site inspections for early January 2022 for incentive group travel in August 2022. She said she would also be able to assist clients with their requests for support through the new SMILE campaign.


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SpearUAV unveils encapsulated Viper loitering munition
SpearUAV has launched a Viper loitering munition designed to strike ‘soft’ targets and built within a ‘smart’ capsule.
Israeli manufacturer SpearUAV has announced the release of its new micro tactical Viper loitering munition encapsulated within a ‘smart’ capsule and designed to strike soft targets using precision strike capabilities.
The portable and wearable system can be launched in seconds based on integration with the Ninox Ground Control System (GCS) and offers users enhanced force protection through aerial target detection and tracking.
‘Soft targets like non military vehicles, SUVs or pick up trucks which are now very common, are of interest,’ said Boaz Ben-Chaim, director of business development at SpearUAV.


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There has been a severe password outage this week thanks to the already famous ‘Heartbleed’ breakdown. Millions of passwords, credit card numbers and other sensitive data have been revealed so it is strongly advised that you change all your passwords immediately. Other security news updates pale in comparison to this threat, so you need to act fast.
Heartbleed exposes tons of personal data to hackers
This breakdown affects the encryption technology used for secure logins (namely the HTTPS). Apparently, this threat has been present for more than 2 years now. Most of the major services like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook and more are susceptible here so it is advisable to change all passwords as soon as possible. Read more here.
18 million email addresses and passwords stolen in Germany
In yet another incident of password leakage, close to 18 million passwords and affiliated email accounts have been stolen in the Germany city of Verden. The stolen addresses were being used to send spam emails, and only about 3 million of these addresses are based in Germany. Read more about this case here.
Samsung adds anti-theft features to its devices
New Samsung models like the Galaxy S5 will now come with anti-theft features like “Find my Mobile” and “Reactivation Lock”. As smartphone security becomes more of an issue, it is good to see popular manufacturers like Samsung providing such features. Hopefully, more devices come with such features soon. Read more about these features here.
Xbox One hacked by 5 year old boy
Microsoft is resting its next-gen console hopes on the Xbox One, so you may presume that the machine is highly secure right? Well, apparently not. In fact, a 5 year old boy was able to hack into his father’s Xbox One and bypass the security measures in place. When notified of this, Microsoft rewarded the boy with a $50 gift card and a year-long subscription of Xbox Live. Explore more about this story here.
Facebook in the news again
In a slew of now routine Facebook news, the social network has removed the messaging feature from its iOS and Android apps. They now want users to switch to using a separate Messenger app. Simultaneously, they are also preparing a trio of new privacy tweaks to their platform. Meanwhile, in news that was always known but never confirmed, the Facebook app causes an insane drop in the battery life of iPhones. The solution, switch off the app’s location services.
Google removes ‘Virus Shield’, a fake anti-virus app from Google Play
This app reached the top of the chart for free apps over Android, so if you installed it at any point, get rid of it now. This is a fake anti-virus app that successfully fooled plenty of Android users (close to 10,000) and raked in about $40,000 for its developers. Read more here.
This news update ends with yet another reminder that everyone should mandatorily change all their online passwords with immediate effect.


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Airbnb Neighbors is an additional tool in the company’s ratings function. It serves as a platform that allows dissatisfied neighbors to publicly disclose their issues with listings situated nearby to them. (Shutterstock.com/Have a nice day Photo)
Due to a growing number of complaints from neighbors of Airbnb hosts about unpleasant strangers entering their vicinity, the accommodation-sharing site has introduced an avenue for them to give feedback.
Airbnb Neighbors is an additional tool in the company’s ratings function. It serves as a platform that allows dissatisfied neighbors to publicly disclose their issues with listings situated nearby to them.
According to The Verge, neighbors can visit Airbnb Neighbors and choose from four categories to voice their concerns. These categories comprise noise and parties, problems with common space (parking and trash), criminal activity or general concerns about the hosts. Their comments will be anonymous and the company has confirmed that it will respond promptly to the opinions of neighbors.
"We’ll treat each case seriously and ensure that we give hosts and their neighbors the opportunity to resolve their concerns themselves, wherever possible," stated Airbnb.
The company also said hosting was a “big responsibility” and that misbehavior would eventually lead to “suspension or removal from the Airbnb community”.
According to The Wall Street Journal, "complaints were previously handled through the General Help section on Airbnb’s website, which is built primarily for renters and hosts.
This led to many neighbors of Airbnb hosts taking to social media platforms like Twitter and Reddit to complain. (nik/kes)
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Today's Apple unveil is expected to break the Internet, so be prepared.
An updated iPhone 6 -- the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus -- is the main event.
Apple will broadcast the event live on a dedicated live streaming site that can be reaached here. The event begins at 1 p.m. EDT.
The experts are saying a lot of what is happening today is refinement. A day for Apple to take its core top sellers and polish them with hardware updates, more power and new features.
The iPhone upgrade will come with more power, an even better camera (is that possible?) and Force Touch, technology that reacts to the amount of pressure placed on the glass.
RELATED: Apple's pressure-touch glass.
The two phones are expected to stay the same size.


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Ubisoft has confirmed its acquisition of THQ Montreal in an auction of THQ’s assets before it was dissolved.
The publisher has announced that aside from the THQ Montreal team, which will be integrated into the Ubisoft Montreal studio, the acquisition also includes a new, unannounced IP that was in development at THQ.
This unannounced IP was listed in the auction filing under the name Underdog, but no other details were made available. Another game, 1666, is also said to have been in development at THQ Montreal, with THQ having filed a trademark for it last March.
However, Ubisoft’s press release clearly mentions that its acquisition only includes one unannounced IP, which probably means that 1666 fell by the wayside somewhere over the past year.
Ubisoft also confirmed that it has acquired publishing rights for South Park: The Stick of Truth, which is being developed at Obsidian. However, while THQ had pegged the game for a 5th March release, Ubisoft’s press release gives a vague calendar 2013” release window, signalling a possible delay.
Ubisoft reportedly paid $2.5 million for the acquisition of THQ Montreal, while the South Park publishing rights cost it $3.26 million. Ubisoft had also put in a bid for Volition Inc, but its $5.4 million offer fell well short of Koch Media’s winning bid of $22.3 million.
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In April of 2017 Mashable ran a story with the headline “The end is near for cinema. Go to the movies while there is still time.” The author, Josh Dickey, was sounding the death knell for the cinema. “The movie theater is poised to die a slow, mostly peaceful death. But it is certain.” Dickey’s dire forecast was based on the availability of movies on demand on your home TV and personal devices.
It’s not the first time that we’ve heard predictions like this. In the 1950’s, many thought the proliferation of TV’s meant the end of movie theaters. And in the 80’s it was the VCR that was supposed to put the cinema out of business. But now, two years after Mashable printed its obit, the future of cinema is not so bleak. According to an IBIS World industry market report the movie theater industry has grown at an annualized rate of 3.1% in the last five years. Some 1.35 billion tickets were sold in 2018. While that number has had its ups and downs through the years, it compares to 1.22 billion in 1995. The increase in the box office is more substantial: $8.97 billion in 2018 versus $4.35 billion in 1995. That is due to the increase in the average ticket price from $4.35 to $8.97.
While the outlook for the overall movie industry is relatively stable, that’s not the case for all movie theaters. The old-school downtown movie theater, the grand urban movie palace and the drive-in are all declining. While the number of screens in the U.S. has jumped from 28,000 in 1995 to 41,000 in 2018, the number of movie theater sites where those screens are located has declined from 7,700 to 5,800 over the same period. The downtown movie theater has gone the way of the downtown department store. Just as the Walmart on the highway knocked out the mom and pop local variety store, the movie chain megaplex knocked out the town cinema with its single-screen double feature.
In New York City two dozen of the grand movie palaces that were built between 1910 and 1932 have been closed down. Some have been razed. Some others have been turned into concert venues or retail stores.
Drive-ins have also suffered a steep decline. If you are in an area with enough people to support a theater business, you need a lot of valuable land to have a drive-in and it’s hardly the most profitable use of that land, compared to say a condo complex. There were 2,084 drive in screens in the U.S. in 1987. There are now 524
One of the reasons the Mashable author gave for his dim view of the future of cinema is: “The magic of the movies has been, is, and always will be exclusive content.” I think he’s missing something. For me the magic is the giant screen, the surround sound, and even the popcorn. I am fortunate to live in an area with a few movie theaters nearby and a healthy selection of movies playing. If I didn’t I might feel differently, but when I want to watch a movie, I want it to be in the theater. I want to see and feel the cinematography and I don’t want to have to answer the phone or the doorbell or be reminded it’s garbage night. Personal devices? No thanks. How would you like to have watched Black Panther on your phone?


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For marketers, the college and NFL action during football season translates to major ad spend, and as the action heats up, fans jump online to stay in tune. According to Compete.com, football sites saw a sharp uptick in seasonal traffic in August, with Unique Visitors (UVs) to the Compete Football category up 92.2% over July, […]Read More Web Street Journal: College and NFL web site traffic up
The Nielsen Company reported that U.S. advertising for the first half of 2009 fell 15.4% compared to the first half of 2008. Preliminary figures show that U.S. ad expenditures declined over $10.3 billion to a total spend of $56.9 billion in the first two quarters. Cable Television ad spending was the only medium to show […]Read More Nielsen says, ad spending declines for the first half of 2009
I got my September 2009 issue of Vogue and boy is it large, but this issue is nothing (in terms of volume) compared to the issue I received two years ago. The September 2007 issue of Vogue with Sienna Miller on the cover had a record of 727 pages- the largest and heaviest issue of […]Read More The REAL Devil Wear Prada comes to life in new movie, The September Issue
One of the main purposes of advertising is to help consumers decide what products and services they should buy or use. With so many different types of advertising being used today the question becomes what types are considered most helpful, that is they help people decide what products or services to actually purchase and which ones are most likely to be ignored or disregarded? These are some of the results of a new AdweekMedia/The Harris Poll of 2,521 adults surveyed online by Harris Interactive between June 4 and 8, 2009.Read More Which types of advertising are considered most helpful?
Bloomberg reports that Google Inc.’s YouTube will let users get a portion of the site’s advertising revenue when a video goes “viral” and draws a wide audience. A clip will qualify for the program if it meets certain criteria, including the number of views and its so-called virality, the company said today. Users who regularly […]Read More If your video goes viral, you can make money on YouTube
In short, value-message and recession-themed ads did not break through TV ad clutter at higher than ordinary rates.Read More The impact of value-themed ads | Nielsen Wire
Expect a 2.4% rebound in newspaper advertising in 2010, and continued single-digit increases over the next several years.Read More Newspaper ad revenue will increase, says forecaster


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Apple and Google, this year has finally launched their most awaited Flagship smartphone, iPhone X and Google Pixel 2. Apple launched the iPhone X in September 2017 while Google launched the Pixel 2 in October. These two phones are tagged at incredibly high prices, and if your budget is big, then you can go for one of them. We have observed most of the customers are confused whether to go for the iOS or the stock Android. They could not determine which of this two devices will be a better choice? Therefore, I am writing this article targeting those customers so that I can give you guys the best comparison between the iPhone X and Pixel 2( iPhone X vs Google Pixel 2).
Apple iPhone X vs Google pixel 2( Comparison with detailed specifications):
|Specifications||Apple iPhone X||Google Pixel 2|
|Display||5.8 inch OLED||5.0 inch OLED|
|Resolution||2436 X 1125||1920 X 1080|
|RAM||3 GB||4 GB|
|Storage||Internal- 64 GB|
Expandable- 256 GB
|Internal- 64 GB
Expandable- 128 GB
|Processor||Hexa-core A11 bionic||1.9 Ghz Octa-core Snapdragon 835|
|Rear Camera||12 MP dual camera||12.2 MP|
|Front Camera||7 MP||8 MP|
|Battery||2716 mAh||2700 mAh|
Price of the iPhone X and Google Pixel 2:
As both the devices are flagship smartphones of the two companies this year, hence the price will be pretty much high. Apple has set a price tag of Rs 89,000 ($999) for the iPhone X. While Google has tagged the Google Pixel 2 for Rs 61,000 ($649). Considering the specifications of the phones, the price for both the devices are not reasonable. Though Apple has given some cool features on the iPhone X such as Facial recognition, Aniemoji, display with two million pixels yet the price could be much lower.
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Which is the better option? (iPhone X vs Google pixel 2)
As both the smartphones are different from each other, hence giving a direct conclusion regarding the best option to buy is difficult. Apple’s user interface is different from that of an Android device. Comparing the specifications of both the devices, the iPhone X has got a more powerful and faster processor than the Pixel 2. Moreover, there is a new way of unlocking the iPhone X(Facial recognition) which is not supported on the Pixel 2. The camera on the Apple iPhone X is also pretty much standard in comparison with the Pixel 2.
While in case of the Pixel 2 as it runs on pure Android, the device will get the latest updates. Moreover, voice assistant in the Google Pixel 2 is more improved and refined than Siri. Therefore, if your budget meets the Apple’s latest phone, then I prefer you should go for the Apple iPhone X.
NOTE– The iPhone X is still not available for sale. The company announces that the phone will be on the stock from November 2017.
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CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — A new Aerie store concept is opening early next year at the Walden Galleria mall.
Offline by Aerie, an activewear sub-brand of Aerie that launched in 2020, will open in January 2022 on the upper level of the mall outside of Dick’s Sporting Goods, according to a mall spokesman.
The existing Aerie, located on the upper level across from Old Navy, will move next door to Offline by Aerie. The two stores will have entrances from the hallway, and customers will also be able to cross between the shops once inside.
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Illinois, December 6 (RHC), scientists at the Northwest Illinois University, United States, have developed a small device that reveals the amount of ultraviolet light (UV) that a person has suffered during the day, and is therefore able to protect Sunburn and It helps prevent skin cancer, as reported by the Chicago Tribune.
Depending on the information, the device is a small button size. "It's a bit smaller than a coin, it's a bit slower than a credit card," he describes one of its co-creators, Professor Steve Xu, adding that "it can stick or be anywhere, people customize it."
The device has a high storage capacity for data and the definition of UVA and UVB radiation can be specified, as well as light.
It uses solar energy without battery, so it does not require any charge. In addition, it is synchronized with an "mobile phone" application, where our exposure data can be detected in harmful rays in the open air, with water and our clothing or with our sunscreen application.
Today's inventions are very important, since sun is the main cause of skin cancer, as it has become an epidemic worldwide. Among the weakest groups are men, among them the death rate of this disease is significantly higher, because men use less than protective measures for women.
According to data from the Skin Cancer portal in the US. Every year, skin cancer diagnosis increases and surpasses other types of cancers. Also, a person dies every day because of the melanoma in the world. Over the last decade (2008-2018), the number of cases of melanoma diagnosed every year increased by 53%.


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By NATALIA HAWK
Do you participate in an outdoor fitness group?
Beach pilates? Group kayaking? Bootcamp in the park? A running team? All of the above?
If your answer is ‘yes’ – prepare yourself. You may soon be saying goodbye to your beloved outdoor fitness group, because they’ve just been SLAMMED by one of Australia’s leading authorities on fitness and health.
Professor Garry Egger, who has previously advised the federal government on exercise and weight control, has said that outdoor fitness groups are a “middle-class”, “indulgent” and “high-cost” activity that might be “embarrassing to onlookers”.
He reckons that councils need to crack down on trainers who are taking advantage of parks, beaches and other “common recreational services” by holding group fitness sessions in these locations.
According to Fairfax, Egger said: “We need better programs to appeal to the majority of the population who are inactive, rather than visible high-cost programs to a small minority who can afford it.”
I know that outdoor fitness groups can be hugely polarising.
Some people swear by them. Other people agree with Garry.
But after all the slurs that have been thrown their way, I kind of feel like it’s my duty to defend them.
So let’s unpack Garry’s points, one by one: