text: The Chinese population is continuing its headlong plunge into the stock market, a second monthly surge that sustains the momentum behind one of the world’s best-performing major benchmarks this year. July’s new A-share trading accounts more than doubled from last year to 2.43 million, according to data by the China Securities Depository and Clearing (CSDC). That raised the total to 170.2 million accounts as of July 31 , making it the world’s eighth largest cluster of people, more than the population of Bangladesh and just behind Nigeria. While new stock accounts give legs to the bull market , having so many first-time investors – retail traders make up an estimated 70 per cent of China’s stock transactions – raise the political and socioeconomic stakes for the authorities, forcing them to do all they can to sustain prices and avoid scaring traders. Unlike markets elsewhere, short-selling is severely curtailed and offers very limited use to hedge against declines in China, which would almost certainly translate to a financial catastrophe in the event of the 2015 market rout that wiped out US$5 trillion. “The big number of new investors reflects the influx of fresh funds, which would sustain the market for a while,” said Ding Haifeng, a consultant with Shanghai-based financial advisory firm Integrity. “After all, strong runs on China’s stock market were often driven by speculative capital, rather than economic and company fundamentals.” For now, sage advice for restraint appear to have fallen on deaf ears, as the Shanghai Composite Index’s 11 per cent jump this year put it behind Copenhagen’s OMX20 and Buenos Aires’ Merval as the world’s third-best performing major index. In the first six months, 7.98 million new equity trading accounts were added on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, data showed. Bullish sentiments in China were boosted by an economy that reversed the first quarter’s contraction with a 3.2 per cent growth from April to June, as output and consumption creaked back into life in the first major country to emerge from its coronavirus lockdown. Since the establishment of China’s stock market in 1990 with its twin exchanges of Shanghai and Shenzhen, Chinese investors have been prone to trading on rumours, rather than valuation. The Communist Party of China, which dominates the country’s life and politics, has 92 million members at last count. The world’s second-largest capital market, only 3 per cent shy of US$10 trillion in capitalisation , is essentially a one-way bet that dispenses prosperity during rallies, but one which leaves countless investors ruing losses during slumps. “Unseasoned investors should learn that a roller-coast A-share market could cause them huge losses,” said Zhang Wei, who had been trading stocks for 20 years in Shanghai. “It is dangerous to play stocks now since the key indicator had already chalked up a stellar gain.” Dozens of retail traders - typically pensioners - gathering around electronic data boards to keep score of their investments is a common and enduring scene across thousands of stockbroking firms in the country. During market crashes, when large losses are incurred, these traders can also turn ruly, showing up in protest rallies outside regulatory offices to demand recourse and compensation. That is a structural deficiency that the market regulator had been trying to repair for decades, as it sought to create a bigger role for long-term, institutional investors like the sovereign wealth fund unit Central Huijin Investment to help infuse the market with discipline and informed investment decisions. Consumer stocks, beaten down during China’s coronavirus lockdown, are the odds-on favourites of the moment on China’s stock market, as retail investors took their cue from Huijin and the national pension fund as they bought into the segment. China Pacific Insurance said earlier that beaten-down stocks in consumer sector, which include liquor, clothing and daily necessities were good buys as mainland economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.


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Debating the Peak Age for Entrepreneurship
Is the peak age for entrepreneurship really 25? Or is it more like 40?
Those questions are the focus of a lively debate on TechCrunch, the widely read chronicler of tech industry news.
The hubbub started after TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington wrote an essay equating founders of consumer internet companies such as Facebook and Zynga, the online games site, with NBA players. Both peak around 25, the often-provocative Arrington argues. He cites a venture capitalist who found that young entrepreneurs are more creative, more imaginative and more willing to invest all their time in their startups.
Arrington, who is 41, backs up the observation with other anecdotes, noting that at Y Combiner -- an innovative venture investor that's backed Dropbox, Disqus, Bump, and other hit internet companies -- the average age of funded entrepreneurs is 26.
That doesn't sit well with many TechCrunch readers, who are debating the issue on the site's message board and beyond. Maybe, some argue, the age of venture-backed entrepreneurs has less to do with creativity and imagination and more with how much easier it is for an outside financier to control a 25-year-old company founder than tell a 45- or 55-year-old how to run his or her business.
"Obviously I don't agree -- since I founded a company that now has 250 million users, and I was well into my 30s when I did; it was my second startup, but I was older than 30 with the first one too," writes Gracenote founder Ann Greenberg. "So what if Y Combinator mostly invests in people who average under 25 -- they may just be reinforcing the stereotype, and therefore contributing to the skewing of any subsequent data. Besides, many investors just want to feel like they're the smartest folks in the room...they may believe that's easier to achieve by surrounding themselves with youngsters."
TechCrunch also published a rebuttal of Arrington's original argument from Adeo Ressi, head of The Founder Institute, a startup incubator that's helped spin off more than 350 companies. Ressi, who is 39, argues that ageism is the reason more venture financiers don't fund startups with older founders. He says when Founder Institute researchers studied data on company founders who'd cycled through the incubator, they found that "an older age is a better predictor of entrepreneurial success," along with intelligence, openness and agreeableness.
"It's clear that the stories of a few college-dropout turned millionaire (or billionaire) startup founders have clouded both the mass media and the tech industry from reality," Ressi concludes. "We have romanticized the idea of a young founder because, well, it's a great story, but these stories are not the norm. In the end, classic biases of gender, race and age need to be discarded for a real science of success."
Other research supports Ressi's conclusion. An August 2010 Newsweek article reports that the average age of high-tech startup founders is 40. Vivek Wadhwa, a senior research associate with the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, came up with that number by studying 549 successful technology ventures. Older entrepreneurs have higher success rates due to their experience, familiarity with customers' needs and well-established supplier networks, Wadhwa concludes. In fact, in 2009, TechCrunch published a guest post from Wadhwa titled When It Comes to Founding Successful Startups, Old Guys Rule.
Younger entrepreneurs may hog the spotlight, but baby boomers are becoming business owners faster than anyone. From 2007 to 2008 -- the latest data available -- new businesses launched by 55- to 64-year-olds grew 16 percent, faster than any other group, according to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a nonprofit group that studies U.S. business startups. All told, boomers in that age group started approximately 10,000 new businesses a month. The trend of people over 40 starting businesses is so strong, the Kauffman Foundation predicts an entrepreneurship boom not in spite of but because of the country's aging work force.
Other researchers and authors have noted a link between aging and creativity that could lead people to start their own ventures. Marc Freedman, CEO of Civic Ventures, discusses the subject in his new book, The Big Shift. Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell included a piece about it in What the Dog Saw, his 2010 collection of essays from The New Yorker. Gladwell discusses researcher David Galenson, an empirical economist at the University of Chicago, who discovered there were two spikes in creativity, both very young and after 60.
I'd love to hear your thoughts. Is there a peak age for entrepreneurship? If you've started a business after 40, do you believe age, experience, deeper pockets and an established network triumph over youthful ambition?
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It’s no secret we have a devastating national health crisis with obesity-related diseases, ranging from type 2 diabetes to cancers, costing our NHS a whopping £6bn per year. Over the past few decades, there have been dozens of attempts from the Government to tackle these issues… At least it looks like there has.
In 2008 the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition reviewed the links between certain food types and health problems, concluding excess sugar consumption (unsurprisingly!) is linked to a greater risk of overeating, tooth decay, and developing type 2 diabetes. They recommended a host of interventions.
And what’s happened since then? Childhood obesity? Up. Heart disease? Up. Diabetes? Up. Another dozen reports and recommendations later, our collective health is still in decline.
Then in 2016 Public Health England introduced the Sugar Reduction Programme. A voluntary initiative, challenging the food industry to reduce sugar content for children by 20% by 2020, with a 5% reduction in the first year.
Instead, there was a 2% reduction in the first year, followed by 2.9% in the second year, and 3% in the third. Only 17% short!
Graham MacGregor CBE, Chairman of Action on Sugar, summed it up "... it’s abundantly clear that the Government’s voluntary sugar reduction programme is simply not working, after reporting a dismal 0.1% reduction in sugar between 2018 and 2019."
But, then in 2018, the Government introduced the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, more commonly known as the Sugar Tax. The tax charges manufacturers 18p per litre for drinks with 5-8g of sugar per 100ml and 24p for drinks with more than 8g per 100ml. That's around 8p on a can of coke or 12p on a can of Monster.
There are some notable exemptions though. Both fruit juices and dairy products avoid the tax. With Rubicon, Innocent, and Tropicana all having ‘healthy’ drinks with more sugar than coke, the work is far from done!
(The Sugar Tax also exempts drinks with alcohol levels of 1.2% or higher. Which is why the morning after can feel particularly painful after a few too many. The double whammy of a sugar and booze hangover! But let’s not get side-tracked.)
As a result of the tax, some manufacturers decided not to change (coke), whilst some infamously did (Irn Bru). Consequently, Public Health England showed there had been a 28.8% decline in sugar per 100ml for drinks subject to the sugar tax. Another study showed the tax contributed to a reduction of 6,500 calories per person per year. It also raised £301m in tax revenue.
Graham was more optimistic this time, “The soft drinks levy has shown that this approach is both best for business, and best for everyone’s health, including people from more disadvantaged groups.”
So government intervention can deliver! The last thing we need is another dozen public reports telling us too much sugar is bad for our health. What we need is action. The sugar tax was step 1. But, in light of the worsening epidemic, isn’t it time the government did more?


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GameStopOne of the largest video game retailers in the industry, continues to dismiss staff at both sales and executive levels.
The company fired Chief Financial Officer Mike Recupero this week and continued to fire it. Casualties allegedly include staff ranging from corporate level, data integrity, customer service to Game Informer reporters. (Game Informer is owned by GameStop.) The full range of layoffs is unknown.
According to email CEO Matt Furlong, sent on July 7, staff reductions are aimed at improving the performance of the company to achieve its new vision.
“As we evolve our commerce business and launch new products through the blockchain group, changes will continue,” CEO Matt Farlon wrote in an email sent to staff on Thursday and subsequently issued. .. Kotaku.. “After making significant investments in personnel, technology, inventory and supply chain infrastructure over the last 18 months, our focus is on achieving sustainable profitability.
“This means exclusion [sic] It operates with excessive cost and a strong owner spirit. “
As retail game sales continue to decline, GameStop has begun pivoting to blockchain and cryptocurrencies, launching its own NFT marketplace and cryptocurrencies. Earlier this year.. Teams assigned to GameStop’s crypto venture were unaffected by layoffs, According to a Reddit post From a poster claiming to be an employee of GameStop.
This move is an interesting crossroads for the company, which recently announced a stock split. In other words, increase the number of shares without devaluing them.
Former CFO Recupero will receive a $ 1,965,000 “transformation bonus” in installments next year on behalf of Chief Financial Officer Diana Saadeh-Jajeh. She will also receive $ 1 million in new shares vesting next year, in addition to her annual salary of $ 200,000. On the other hand, many store-level employees are still struggling to earn less than $ 15 an hour.


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Subject: Smartphone Storage Deals Could Be Unfair
The UK competition watchdog has reviewed cloud storage services used by millions to store family photos, films and music.
The UK competition authority has ordered a shake-up of "cloud storage" services used by millions of Britons to store family photos, films and music via smartphones and tablets.
It found that unfair terms in some contracts could mean people losing access to content or facing unexpected charges.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that following its review of the sector, providers Dixons Carphone, JustCloud and Livedrive had committed to fairer terms for customers.
It said it was "continuing to work with a number of other companies" to make their terms and practices fairer and expected them to make similar improvements - warning that those that did not comply with consumer law risked enforcement action.
Nisha Arora, CMA senior director for consumers, said: "Cloud storage offers a convenient means of keeping family photos, favourite music and films and important documents safe, and accessing them quickly from any device.
"Our review found that people find these services really valuable.
"However, we also heard some complaints resulting from unfair terms in contracts.
"If left unchanged, these terms could result in people losing access to their treasured possessions or facing unexpected charges."
Cloud storage enables users of devices such as smartphones and tablets to store data such as music, films and photographs on remote servers.
The CMA said around three in ten British adults currently use cloud storage in a personal capacity.
A review of the sector heard concerns that some terms and practices in the industry could breach consumer law.
These included companies having the ability to change the service or terms without notice, being able to terminate a contract without notice for any reason, or automatically renewing a contract without notice.
The CMA has also published an open letter to companies, advising to review their terms and ensure that customers were given the right information.
Meanwhile, it advises consumers to check that services meet their needs before they buy, keep an eye out for changes, and challenge contract terms they think are unfair.


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October has passed and yet, there’s been no hint as to the whereabouts of the rumored Microsoft Surface Book 2. The reason why last month was supposed to be significant is because it marked the first anniversary of the release of the first-generation Surface Book. The 2-in-1 hybrid computer turned out to be a successful experiment by the American tech and software giant. So there’s no reason to believe that a second-generation device isn’t in the works.
According to Neurogadget, the recently concluded Windows 10 event from Microsoft didn’t really talk about the Surface Book 2, but at least there was an updated version of the original one, wherein it was officially named as the Surface Book i7. Unlike the first detachable, this one has a superb 16 hours of battery life and a significantly improved processor.
But this, too, was a bit of a surprise for Microsoft observers considering that it was widely believed that the tech company would rather wait for the seventh-generation Intel Kaby Lake chipset before it would make an announcement.
Now, the biggest decision consumers will have to make is to choose between the Microsoft Surface Book i7 and its main competitor, the Apple MacBook Pro equipped with a Touch Bar. Based on the price, would-be buyers will definitely lean towards the latter considering it has a starting price tag of $1,800, while the former starts at $2,400. By the way, the Surface Book i7 has yet to be officially released but Microsoft is already accepting pre-orders for it.
With the announcement of the Surface Book i7, it is highly unlikely that the Surface Book 2 will be hitting stores soon. Obviously, Microsoft will be focused on selling the updated version of the original Surface Book right before unveiling its potential successor. Therefore, the most likely arrival of the device will be late 2017 or early 2018.


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HDF is celebrating Nutrition Month as an opportunity to focus on helping people make healthy food choices as well as developing good eating habits. 🥗
The theme of this year's #NationalNutritionMonth is "Bite by Bite."
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Starbucks stumps up $100m for retail tech fund
Starbucks has invested $100 million in Valor Siren Ventures (VSV).
Managed by Valor Equity Partners, which has previously invested in Tesla and SpaceX, the new fund will identify and back companies that are developing technologies, products and solutions relating to food or retail. It will seek to raise an additional $300 million in the coming months from other parties.
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Starbucks will get first look at the startups identified by VSV. It’s the first time that the coffee giant has made this kind of investment. “We believe that innovative ideas are fuel for the future, and we continue to build on this heritage inside our company across beverage, experiential retail, and our digital flywheel,” says Kevin Johnson, Starbucks President and CEO.
“At the same time, and with an eye toward accelerating our innovation agenda, we are inspired by, and want to support the creative, entrepreneurial businesses of tomorrow with whom we may explore commercial relationships down the road. This new partnership with Valor presents exciting opportunities, not only for these startups, but also for Starbucks, as we build an enduring company for decades to come.”


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The Back to School Project held its annual Great Shopping Day Saturday with more than 150 local children shopping for new clothing, shoes and backpacks.
A total of 120 children in grades K-8 shopped at Walmart and 32 high school aged children shopped at Marshall’s.
Project Director Kim Berry says organizers weren’t sure if they could shop this year.
“Due to COVID worries, this year’s event was very different from years past,” Berry said. “Historically the children were partnered with a volunteer shopper who assisted with clothing selections but, in an attempt at reducing the number of volunteers at the event, the children and their parents were met at the cash registers by Back to School Project volunteers who provided $100 gift cards for the purchases.”
This significantly reduced the number of people involved.
Cornerstone Community Bank provided 150 backpacks stuffed with school supplies.
Since 2004, the Back to School Project has been taken thousands of local children on a shopping trip to send them back to school with pride, dignity and a feeling of self-worth.
Tax-deductible donations can be mailed to: P O Box 292 Red Bluff, Ca. 96080. For more info, visit www.backtoschoolproject.com, Facebook or call 815-8012.


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The Spanish company has invested in a second dry colouring system, the latest evolution of Easy Color Boost technology
The COLORJET 20 system, the innovative dry powder colouring technology developed and patented by CHUMILLAS TECHNOLOGY, is currently being installed on the new HALCÓN CERÁMICAS production line.
The Turkish company will adopt two Easy Color Systems to feed four high-tonnage presses.
CHUMILLAS TECHNOLOGY will supply its latest dry powder colouring solution for use in ARGENTA’s production facility
CHUMILLAS TECHNOLOGY has installed the latest dry colouring solution at the PERONDA GROUP’s plant.
The Indian company will adopt a second Easy Color system for the production of technical and glazed porcelain tile
LB’s dry colouring system has been chosen by Cerrad in Poland and by National Industries Ceramics in Kuwait
The Ukrainian ceramic group has ordered a complete reception, storage and press feeding plant for the factory in Kalush.
The new dry colouring plant will be installed in the Azulmed glazed porcelain tile production plant.
The Spanish ceramic company will use the LB system for the production of large slabs.
Keraben has reaffirmed its collaboration with LB by adopting Easy Color Boost for dry powder colouring.
Rocersa has ordered a new Easy Color Boost dry colouring system.


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New Look and H&M branches in Leicester's city centre seem to have permanently closed.
H&M in the Haymarket Shopping Centre and New Look in Humberstone Gate both look as though they will not be reopening once lockdown restrictions are lifted.
The New Look store has had its signage removed and posters in the windows say: "This store is now closed. You can still shop your fave styles online at newlook.com."
There is also another city centre branch of New Look, located in the Highcross shopping centre, which remains fitted out.
Although the H&M signs are still currently in place, a large message in the window reads: "This store has now closed, but you can find our nearest store at Leicester Highcross."
The Highcross branch again appears to be set to trade as normal from April 12 when restrictions ease on non-essential retail.
H&M revealed in October last year that it was set to close 250 of its 5,000 stores across the world, although it did not specify which shops would be affected.
It attributed the closures to the fact that the coronavirus pandemic had moved more shoppers online.
In November 2020, New Look announced that it had completed a major restructuring of its finances to reduce costs after sales were hit by the pandemic.
The Humberstone Gate branch of New Look and the Haymarket branch of H&M have both been removed from the brands' respective websites.
LeicestershireLive has approached both New Look and H&M for confirmation of these closures.


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PledgeMusic and BFM Digital have just reported a strategic alliance, one in which BFM Digital will take its high-profile artist campaigns to PledgeMusic, who will then support the campaign’s launch and marketing strategies.
PledgeMusic is a leading music company that nurtures talent through interactive innovations, particularly through its direct-to-fan campaigns. BFM Digital is a global digital music company that supports independent music companies and delivers quality music to leading online retailers worldwide.
Their first collaborative effort centers around drummer Steve Gadd, who has shared the stage with numerous legendary artists such as Paul Simon and Paul McCartney. The campaign is geared as an effort to support Gadd’s new record Gattitude.
The campaign is available at PledgeMusic.


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The events that have unfolded in the DA have shown that Zille has more influence than Maimane. He serves at her pleasure, writes Ralph Mathekga.
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Wheels24 correspondent Charlen Raymond drives the Mercedes-Benz X-Class through some of the harshest conditions on the planet.
The next Navara will roll off Nissan's new assembly line in Rosslyn, Pretoria in 2021. Could three more bakkies also be built there?
"Before X-Class there was a single cab E-Class," writes Lance Branquinho as drives a priceless Mercedes-Benz bakkie icon.
Mercedes-Benz has debuted its most powerful version of its luxury bakkie yet - the X-Class V6. The new 190kW six-cylinder bakkie is headed for South Africa!
Mercedes-Benz X-Class, Toyota Etios Sport and Isuzu mu-X are just some of the models to hit the SA market this week. And we tell you more about the Rolls-Royce Cullinan. Check out all the new models here.
Many owners now justify their double-cabs as a family vehicle.
'What will really differentiate the Mercedes-Benz X-Class is not pricing or specification,' writes Lance Branquinho.
Five models will be launched in May, take a look at what's coming from Mercedes, Isuzu, Volkswagen, Ford and Toyota.
"Expensive but capable. Could the X220d cut it as a farm bakkie?" asks Lance Branquinho.
‘Mercedes could market the first R1m bakkie but it’s Renault which has the big surprises for double-cabs in 2018,’ writes Lance Branquinho.
In 2017, Mercedes-Benz launched what it called the "world's first premium bakkie" but there are questions about whether it is a sales success.
Mercedes-Benz launches its most powerful X-Class bakkie yet - the new V6-powered X350d.
'Due in South Africa early next year, the X350d will be the apex of local double-cab ownership,' writes Lance Branquinho as he drives the new Mercedes-Benz X-Class V6.
Mercedes-Benz is launching its new X-Class V6 in Slovenia this week. Here's what we know about the new bakkie headed for South Africa.
'The biggest highlight about driving the new Mercedes-Benz X-Class bakkie, is the look on everyone's face when they realised what they were seeing,' writes Janine Van der Post.
The South African bakkie market could be radically transformed with the launch of the new Mercedes-Benz X-Class. Will the premium bakkie be a success locally?
Mercedes-Benz launches its new X-Class in South Africa this week. Here's 5 things you should know about the new bakkie.
With the highly-anticipated Mercedes-Benz X-Class expected in South Africa in May, we reflect on the history of the new bakkie.
Mercedes-Benz will debut its new X-Class V6 at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show in March.
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Yes, folks. Thanks to The N&O and a staffer for North Carolina’s First Lady, the latest social justice beat-down is targeting a Raleigh dental clinic:
A Raleigh dental office has apologized after facing backlash on social media for a local magazine ad with racial undertones.
Renaissance Dental Center, located in Raleigh, placed an advertisement in Midtown Magazine’s May issue featuring three Caucasian doctors, Anita Wells, Jill Sonner and Anna Abernethy, each wearing a dress of a different culture.
The headline reads, “Everyone smiles in the same language!” Underneath the photo of the three doctors, the text reads “Free whitening system.”
And below that, the ad says “No matter your accent or origin, everyone can appreciate a beautiful smile…”
Ilina Ewen, the chief of staff for North Carolina’s First Lady, Kristin Cooper, posted a picture of the ad on Facebook Wednesday, which garnered strong disapproval from other Facebook users, who objected to the word choice and unintentional irony, with comments like:
“Free whitening system indeed.”
“No excuse to be clueless anymore. This is shameful.”
“This is like if SNL did a parody on clueless white people.”
“Do not dress up in Native American or Japanese garb if you are white, like it’s some kind of whimsical joke. How hard is this? (It’s not.)”[…]
Nice. Roy Cooper spent much of his last campaign sabotaging economic development in North Carolina on behalf of HB2 repeal. Now, his wife’s chief-of-staff is going after a local WOMAN-OWNED business. (Why does the NC First Lady even HAVE a staff?)
This became news when the Cooper crony put it on Facebook.
A male dental colleague has offered up a defense of the ladies in the article’s comment section:
[…] In a statement emailed to The News & Observer, Connie Gentry, publisher of Midtown Magazine, apologized for the advertisement.
“The most important thing I have to say is how very sorry I am that an offensive ad was published,” Gentry said. “In hindsight, it’s obvious that this ad was in poor taste and should not have been allowed. I’m truly sorry this mistake was made; it simply never occurred to the team at Renaissance Dental or our team at Midtown that the ad would be perceived as anything other than how it was intended.”
“We have partnered with Renaissance Dental Center for several years and will continue our partnership, including working together to make amends for this ad. We know there was no ill-intent behind the ad, and we sincerely apologize to our readers and the community. “[…]
The “offensive ad” has been pulled from the magazine’s online addition and replaced with this:
Folks, we’ve GOT to lighten up.


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Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report issued on Monday.
According to Zacks, “Global Payments' shares have outperformed its industry year to date. The company incurred significant debt to fund the Heartland acquisition. This also pushed up interest expenses, which have dented the company’s bottom line. Further, an increase in interest expenses may reduce the company’s operating cash flow and could hinder its ability to fund operations, capital expenditures, acquisitions, share repurchases or dividends. Global Payments derives nearly 30% of its revenues from international operations, so it remains exposed to changes in currency exchange rates. Nevertheless, the company’s investment in future growth, efforts to progress with the Heartland integration and successfully refinancing its credit facilities bode well for the long term.”
A number of other analysts also recently commented on GPN. Mizuho initiated coverage on Global Payments in a research note on Tuesday, June 27th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $105.00 target price on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “buy” rating and issued a $90.00 target price on shares of Global Payments in a research note on Friday, July 7th. Credit Suisse Group restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $97.00 target price (up previously from $91.00) on shares of Global Payments in a research note on Thursday, July 13th. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Global Payments in a research note on Monday, July 24th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods restated a “buy” rating and issued a $100.00 target price on shares of Global Payments in a research note on Thursday, August 3rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and twenty-one have given a buy rating to the stock. The stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $100.21.
Global Payments (GPN) opened at 98.52 on Monday. Global Payments has a 1-year low of $64.63 and a 1-year high of $100.34. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $95.75 and a 200 day moving average price of $90.29. The company has a market cap of $15.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 76.43 and a beta of 1.11.
Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 3rd. The business services provider reported $0.94 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.87 by $0.07. Global Payments had a return on equity of 18.32% and a net margin of 6.65%. The firm had revenue of $847.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $837.76 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.76 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 18.4% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Global Payments will post $3.96 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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In other Global Payments news, Director Alan M. Silberstein sold 600 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $97.70, for a total transaction of $58,620.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 46,693 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,561,906.10. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider David E. Mangum sold 75,794 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $94.51, for a total value of $7,163,290.94. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 112,930 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,673,014.30. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 137,549 shares of company stock valued at $13,043,823 in the last ninety days. 0.93% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Point72 Asia Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Global Payments during the first quarter valued at approximately $200,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Global Payments by 162.0% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,284,298 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $296,636,000 after acquiring an additional 2,030,880 shares during the last quarter. Aviva PLC raised its holdings in shares of Global Payments by 0.6% during the second quarter. Aviva PLC now owns 93,792 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $8,472,000 after acquiring an additional 560 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Global Payments by 0.8% during the second quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. now owns 424,631 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $38,353,000 after acquiring an additional 3,167 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nationwide Fund Advisors raised its holdings in shares of Global Payments by 3.5% during the second quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors now owns 259,572 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $23,445,000 after acquiring an additional 8,821 shares during the last quarter. 97.84% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
About Global Payments
Global Payments Inc is a provider of payment technology services. The Company provides payment and digital commerce solutions. The Company operates through three segments: North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The Company’s segments primarily provide payment solutions for credit cards, debit cards, electronic payments and check-related services.
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It’s nearing time for you to gear up for the next—or first, as it is—Locust invasion. Microsoft and Epic have released a new launch trailer for People Can Fly’s Gears of War: Judgment, a prequel that sets in motion the events that occur in the main Gears trilogy. The footage reveals more of the game’s main campaign, showing just what the Bulletstorm developers have been up to as they tackle the popular series.
Gears of War: Judgment is scheduled to hit store shelves on March 19.
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As part of an international operation called Dark HunTOR, law enforcement arrested the administrators of Deep Sea Market, Berlusconi Market, and 150 vendors.
This will surely produce countless news articles in the future. Interesting how quickly they caught the administrators of DeepSea. The Italian Guardia di Finanza launched an investigation into the DeepSea suspects in July 2020, according to their own announcement.
Police forces across the world have arrested 150 alleged suspects involved in buying or selling illicit goods on the dark web as part of a coordinated international operation involving nine countries.
More than €26.7 million (USD 31 million) in cash and virtual currencies have been seized in this operation, as well as 234 kg of drugs and 45 firearms. The seized drugs include 152 kg of amphetamine, 27 kg of opioids and over 25 000 ecstasy pills.
This operation, known as Dark HunTOR, was composed of a series of separate but complementary actions in Australia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, with coordination efforts led by Europol and Eurojust.
Operation Dark HunTOR stems from the takedown earlier this year of DarkMarket, the world’s then-largest illegal marketplace on the dark web. At the time, German authorities arrested the marketplace’s alleged operator and seized the criminal infrastructure, providing investigators across the world with a trove of evidence. Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) has since been compiling intelligence packages to identify the key targets.
As a result, 150 vendors and buyers who engaged in tens of thousands of sales of illicit goods were arrested across Europe and the United States. A number of these suspects were considered as High-Value Targets by Europol.
These arrests took place in the United States (65), Germany (47), the United Kingdom (24), Italy (4), the Netherlands (4), France (3), Switzerland (2) and Bulgaria (1). A number of investigations are still ongoing to identify additional individuals behind dark web accounts.
In the framework of this operation the Italian authorities also shut down the DeepSea and Berlusconi dark web marketplaces, which together boasted over 100 000 announcements of illegal products. Four administrators were arrested, and €3.6 million in cryptocurrencies seized.
Might have buried the lede a bit by highlighting the vendor arrests instead of the DeepSea bust.
The investigation, launched in July 2020, made it possible to identify in the province of Modena a subject active in the recycling of cryptocurrencies as well as the creator and creator of a Black Market of the Dark Web, called DeepSea, and to bring him under arrest together to another subject.
During the operation, Bitcoin (BTC) and Monero (XMR) were also seized, for a value of approximately 3.6 million euros, n. 3 luxury cars for about 370,000 Euros, n. 9 branded watches for around 90,000 euros, as well as various computer devices used to commit the crimes.
The personal computers, notebooks and smartphones seized during the operation were examined according to the best forensic analysis techniques to reconstruct both the illegal activities carried out through the Black Market and the movements of virtual currency connected to illegal exchanges made with the platform. Bitcoins and Monero are in fact the virtual currencies very widespread in the world of illegality connected to illicit trafficking in the Dark Web and to the activities of laundering “dirty money”, activities capable of making earnings of thousands of euros per month.


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Google is taking one of the most significant steps yet by a big tech company into healthcare, launching an AI-powered tool that will assist consumers in self-diagnosing hundreds of skin conditions.
Derm Assist is the first of its kind and will launch in Europe this year before being aimed at the nearly 2bn people globally suffering from skin conditions ranging from acne to melanoma.
Users will have to sign into their Google accounts, upload images of their medical condition via the Derm Assist website and answer questions about their symptoms.
An AI model then analyses the information and generates a list of possible matching conditions. The service will be free to all Google users.
“The tool is not intended to provide a diagnosis . . . rather we hope it gives you access to authoritative information so you can make a more informed decision about your next step,” Google said.
The launch follows three years of development at the company, which has long viewed healthcare as a market ripe for disruption by advanced artificial intelligence. It comes as rivals Apple, Amazon and Microsoft are also pushing into the potentially lucrative space, building healthcare services for consumers, physicians and pharmaceutical companies.
Google chose dermatology as its first target for AI-driven healthcare because of the huge number of people affected by skin conditions. Roughly 10bn Google searches are done each year related to skin, nail and hair issues, and studies have shown that people only diagnose themselves correctly 13 per cent of the time, the search giant said.
“Skin diseases as a category are an enormous global burden — people are turning to Google to research their skin concerns. Most cases are curable, but half the world’s population faces a critical shortage of dermatologists,” said Dr Peggy Bui, product manager at Google Health and an internal medicine specialist at the University of California, San Francisco.
The Derm Assist system is based on a machine-learning algorithm trained on more than 16,000 real-world dermatology cases. According to a study from last year, the tool is able to identify skin conditions as accurately as US board-certified dermatologists.
Some of the information provided to users is reviewed by human dermatologists. If a user mentions any alarming symptoms, such as being unable to breathe, additional alerts advise that they see a doctor immediately.
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that the AI tool also significantly improved diagnostic accuracy of non-specialists such as GPs and nurse practitioners, who used it to help them make diagnoses of skin conditions.
“Our observations suggest that AI has the potential to augment the ability of [generalist doctors and nurses] . . . to diagnose and triage skin conditions more effectively,” wrote study author Yuan Liu and her team in the peer-reviewed paper. “Improving the diagnostic accuracy of non-referred cases . . . could have enormous implications for healthcare systems.”
Eric Topol, a professor of molecular medicine at Scripps Research Institute, and an expert in AI and healthcare, said: “This was bound to happen at some point, as it was the first major deep-learning AI use case in medicine with some validation in 2017.”
To avoid missing cases of skin cancer through false negatives, the algorithm was designed to be cautious in its decision-making. “When we designed this, we said we want to optimise for high sensitivity, particularly for alarming or scary conditions,” Dr Bui said.
To address privacy concerns about users’ health data, Google said it would not use uploaded images to target advertising, and would only save images in order to further train the Derm Assist algorithm, if users gave them explicit permission to do so.
“Users have control over their data with the option to save, delete or donate data for research,” Dr Bui said. “We hope to encourage donation, as algorithms are only as good as the data it has been trained with . . . We will continue to improve the model by sourcing other data sets from other sources, in addition to donated data.”


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Hospitality and retail industry software maker Agilysys Inc. will move its corporate headquarters from Solon, Ohio, to Alpharetta, Ga., in fiscal 2012.
The company made the announcement Tuesday as it reported earnings for fiscal 2011. Agilysys (NASDAQ: AGYS) said its sales rose 6.5 percent to $675.5 million, but it posted a $55.5 million net loss after asset impairment and restructuring charges.
Alpharetta has become a magnet for tech companies. Last year, RedPrairie Corp. moved its headquarters there. And Since 2007, more than 30 tech companies, from telecommunications giants to cable providers to software makers, have either moved to North Fulton, expanded, or committed to long-term leases there, according to research compiled by Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.
Interim President and CEO James Dennedy:
"A major theme of the ongoing restructuring is to tighten our cost controls and better align corporate functions with our operating businesses. To that end, today we also announced that the board of directors has approved a restructuring plan, as well as the relocation of the company's corporate functions from Solon, Ohio, to Alpharetta, Ga., during fiscal 2012."
In a conference call with investors, company officials called the move to metro Atlanta a strategic alignment, saying the company is examining its facilities footprint and is reducing its corporate footprint. The Solon office, with about 100 employees, will be shut down. There are no plans right now to change company management
The company already has its Hospitality Solutions headquarters in Alpharetta at 1000 Winward Concourse. It has a total of about 1,200 employees at offices across the world.
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John Lewis is celebrating a financial triumph these past few weeks, which the company attributes to the powerfully emotive ‘hare and bear’ advert. In the week following the launch of this advert (which cost approximately £7 million); the company took £101.45 million sales revenue.
Much of this success can be attributed to the clear and effective use of marketing strategies and social media campaigns, with the first airing of the John Lewis advert placed tactically between the X-Factor. Overnight, the firm achieved over seven thousand new Twitter followers, and has recorded a staggering eighty-six thousand Tweets which discussed, or re-posted the advert, as highlighted by ‘The Drum’. These results are interesting to consider, since Mihkel Jaatma at Realeyes, has calculated that the emotive response from this year’s Christmas advert is less emotionally commanding than those aired throughout 2011/2012. Despite this, the statistics and sales revenue tell a different story, since the John Lewis ‘hare and bear’ merchandise has sold out from popular demand.
The figures, which cover the week ending on the 16th November 2013, demonstrate that the company is up almost eleven percent on 2012. These have raised the hopes of retailers for a festive shopping boom, after a series of disappointing Decembers in previous years. As stated by Chris Hooper, Head of Retail at John Lewis: “If the launch of the Christmas television advert was a sure sign that we are into the Christmas trading period, the fact was fully reinforced by our reaching the £100 million barrier”. Indeed, this time last year, the firm had achieved just over £90 million sales revenue. But, following this year’s media storm, financial takings are up, with online sales having seen an increase of almost twenty-five percent. The new iPad Air remains the best seller after spending a consecutive three weeks in the coveted position as Christmas draws closer.
But the success isn’t exclusively for John Lewis; Waitrose, the sister business of the retailer, has predicted a “bake off” Christmas, with revenue from baking utensils up fifty percent. Overall, sales are up by over five percent for the supermarket chain, with partnership sales reaching £220.6 million. Sharing also in the successes, is singer/songwriter Lily Allen, whose cover of Keane’s ‘Somewhere Only We Know’, which features in the advert, has topped this chart this week, beating off Gary Barlow and his new single ‘Let me Go’. In addition, rival firm Marks & Spencer has equally pulled out all the stops this Christmas to produce an impressive Christmas ad, which was released just prior to that of John Lewis. With model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley at the forefront of the campaign, which has been called ‘fantasy and fashion’, the firm continues to market to a mass audience. Harvey Nichols, on the other hand, has adopted a different approach, with its humorous ‘Sorry, I spent it on myself’ range.
Nevertheless, this does not mean that this Christmas will be an inevitable success for the high-street. Howard Archer, from HIS Global Insight, has suggested that a good Christmas is “far from guaranteed”. It has been confirmed, however, that Archer later called it “very promising”. But retailers are criticising the decision not to close Oxford Street off to traffic in the run up to Christmas this year, which has been a tradition since 2005. Previously, as a result of these road closures, retailers have witnessed dramatic increases in sales. Whether this decision will have a substantial effect on retail takings will become clearer in the New Year. But overall, financial analysts at New West End Company have revealed that the run up to Christmas, so far, has shown positive signs, with sales in October up over five percent. This news is highly encouraging across the industry, following a government warning towards the end of October that economic recovery had stalled.
Whether or not this retail success will continue remains to be seen, however, with Christmas now less than a month away, and adverts dominating all television channels, it appears that the race for retailers to out-compete each other is well underway. We will have to wait until the New Year for a full financial examination, but until then, John Lewis, among others, are hoping for continued rewards over the coming weeks.


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A classic French Pastry shop has opened on Eastman Street in Downtown Cranford that specializes in all sorts of authentic pastries, including decadent chocolate eclairs. Delice Macaron also offers custom cakes, coffee and a slew of other goodies.
The chef at the helm grew up in France and said he is passionate about creating sinfully delicious creations that one would find on a trip to Paris.
“I became a pastry chef because I love making people happy. It’s wonderful to see their smiles after taking a bite of one of our pastries,” said Pierre Chahine in a recent interview with the Downtown Business and Economic Development Office. “I have a true passion for pastry and I’m so happy to share that with the community.”
Delice Macarons takes over the space formerly occupied by Le Petit Temptation, a modern French restaurant best remembered for its prix fixe menus and intimate dining space.
Photo courtesy Delice Macarons.


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'I don't like muscle boys... a man has to be a man': Giorgio Armani criticises men who work out too much or 'dress homosexual' and women with breast enlargements
- In an interview, Armani, 80, described cosmetic surgery as idiocy
- Believes women 'should not be desperate to look younger than her age'
- The Italian designer also said he didn't like men who looked too muscly
You don't become one of the most successful designers that Italy has ever produced without causing some controversy.
But Giorgio Armani's latest comments will undoubtedly raise a few eyebrows.
The 80-year-old fashion designer, who has dressed everyone from Beyoncé to Adele, has made a name for himself putting A-listers of all shapes and sizes in his creations, but it turns out he has harsh criticism for a few body shapes in particular.
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Giorgio Armani, 80, admitted in an interview that he disapproved of women with breast enlargements and men who worked out too much
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the Milan-born designer spoke of his disapproval of women who resort to breast enlargements, as well as men who work out too much.
Armani, who has amassed a personal fortune of £5billion over the length of his 40-year-career, emphasised his appreciation of a 'healthy' look.
He said: 'I don't like muscle boy. Not too much gym! 'I like somebody healthy, somebody solid, who looks after his body but doesn't use his muscles too much.'
Interestingly, the aesthetic for the brand seems to somewhat differ from the designer's views - with several of the Armani underwear adverts featuring
Kelly Brook's ex, David McIntosh, 29, is one celebrity that may not agree with Giorgio Armani's disapproval of men who work out too much
Jodi Marsh, 36, is another celebrity that would lock horns with Armani and his view of plastic surgery as 'idiocy'
Interestingly, Cristiano Ronaldo, 30, has modelled underwear for Giorgio Armani before, showing off his unashamedly
The designer himself, who has never denied claims that he is gay, was also outspoken about the way that certain gay men dress.
Mr Armani declared that a homosexual man doesn't need to dress in a camp manner..
He said: 'When homosexuality is exhibited to the extreme to say, "Ah, you know I'm homosexual," - that has nothing to do with me - a man has to be a man.'
The Milan-born designer has never denied that he is gay, but in the interview he condemned men who 'dress homosexual'
A Beyoncé fan! In the interview, Giorgio Armani admitted that he preferred the 'natural look' on women, rather than women with breast implants
And his criticism wasn't only reserved for men.
In the interview, the designer highlighted his appreciation of women with natural beauty, in
He said: 'I prefer to look at a natural woman. A woman should be courageous to become older, not be desperate to look younger than her age.'
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Apart from having fine and natural acting skills, South Indian film actors are also popular for their fine taste in cars. And given the current rage of owning Lamborghinis by popular celebrities in India, they too aren’t far behind in the race. Five actors from the South Indian movie industry who are proud owners of different Lamborghinis.
Telugu actor Prabhas already had an exotic car collection comprising of elite names like Rolls Royce Phantom VII, Jaguar XJ R and Range Rover Autobiography. In 2021, the ‘Bahubali’ star added the most extravagant of them all – an Arancio Argos (bright orange) Lamborghini Aventador S Roadster. This is one of the last open-top versions of the Aventador to have landed in the country and shares its 6.5-litre V12 engine with the coupe version. The car is no longer on sale in India.
The latest South Indian film actor to join the elite club of Lamborghini owners is Junior NTR. And what makes him even more special is his choice of wheels. Junior NTR is India’s first person to buy the Lamborghini Urus Graphite Capsule soon after its launch. The Urus owned by Junior NTR is finished in an exclusive Nero Noctis (matte grey) coupled with Arancio Argos (orange) as the contrasting colour.
Harris Jayaraj is one of the most popular musicians in the South Indian film industry and has scored music in numerous Tamil and Telugu movies in the last two decades. He is the only musician in the country to own a Lamborghini, and that too is an iconic one. Jayaraj has a Lamborghini Gallardo Bicolore, which has a dual-tone paint shade of Bianco Monocerus (white) and Nero Aldebaran (gloss black).
Malayalam actors are known for their excellent taste in cars, and we have already read a lot about cars owned by Mohanlal, Mammooty and Dulquer Salmaan. The next big name on the list is Prithviraj Sukumaran, who owns a Lamborghini Huracan. The actor bought a Nero Aldebaran (gloss black) coloured Lamborghini Huracan LP 560-2 in 2018, the rear-wheel-drive version of the sports car.
The Lamborghini Urus has already become a talk of the town among Bollywood celebrities, with celebrities like Kartik Aaryan, Ranveer Singh and Rohit Shetty already owning one. Another name in this list of Urus owners is Kannada actor Darshan, who bought a Giallo Auge (bright yellow) coloured Lamborghini Urus in 2019. Apart from this, he already has a Lamborghini Aventador Roadster in the shade of Bianco Monocerus (white).
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New fungi for tastier cheese
New fungal strains created by BBSRC-funded researchers have been used to make brand new blue cheeses and are now going into commercial production.
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Using sexual crossing technology developed using previous BBSRC funding, Professor Paul Dyer at the University of Nottingham used BBSRC Follow-on funding1,2 to create new strains of Penicillium roqueforti, a fungal species essential for making blue cheeses such as Roquefort, Stilton and Gorgonzola. Dyer collaborated with cheesemakers to make cheeses using these fungal strains. Excitingly, some of the new cheeses scored better in taste tests than those made entirely with existing, commercially available strains, generating great interest from supermarkets and producers.
The University of Nottingham patented the new fungal strains, and Dyer helped establish start-up company Myconeos Ltd in 2018 to produce and market the novel strains for cheese production.
- Fungal strains created using new sexual crossing technology have generated great interest from supermarkets and producers for blue cheese production.
- The strains were patented by the University of Nottingham, and spinout Myconeos Ltd was established in 2018 to produce them commercially.
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Discount Retail Chain Lidl Italia (owned by the German Schwarz Group), the country's leading supermarket chain, in collaboration with LC3 Trasporti and Scania, invests in sustainable technological development by equipping itself with the first battery-powered electric industrial vehicle.
In detail, the new Scania BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) , in circulation since September, has an autonomy of about 250 km and is equipped with a refrigerated box of 23 Europallets refrigerated with liquid nitrogen, a combination supplied by LC3 Trasporti which makes it possible to completely reduce CO 2 , fine dust and NO X emissions and to eliminate noise pollution. The 3-axle chassis has an electric motor with a continuous power of 230 kW (313 HP) and 295 kW (401 HP) peak, while the refrigerated box provides the possibility of obtaining two distinct areas for the transport of goods to different storage temperatures.
Luca Ros, Logistics Director Lidl Italy commented on Lidl's commitment to increasingly green logistics: "Our long-term goal is the decarbonisation of transport and the launch of this new battery electric industrial vehicle is an important step forward in this direction. The operation does not end here, as in the coming months an expansion of the fleet is also planned to serve other Lidl logistics centers in Italy." A choice made possible thanks to the technologies developed by Scania, a leading company in the production of industrial vehicles, as reported by Enrique Enrich, President and CEO of Italscania : "We are convinced that this partnership will establish a reference point for the logistics system of the future and we are proud to be part of it. LIDL and LC3 are showing the courage to take the path of innovation, towards a new direction, that of electric transport. We at Scania support them in this unprecedented transition, not only as vehicle suppliers, but also in the crucial activity of analyzing operational dynamics, defining the charging infrastructure and, of course, with our services and the widespread network throughout the territory".
Michele Ambrogi, President of the LC3 Trasporti Group continued by highlighting that : "In the first half of 2021 alone, thanks also to the company's commitment to guaranteeing increasingly sustainable and environmentally friendly freight transport, the means of LC3 Trasporti traveled millions of kilometers by exploiting alternative and renewable energy resources, such as Bio-CNG and Bio-LNG, with a significant reduction of polluting emissions."


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Shocking TikTok Video of Woman Losing Her Mind at Duluth Walgreens
Check out this TikTik video that was just shared that includes the phone conversation with the police while the incident was happening at a Walgreens store in Duluth.
The video was shared by TikTok user 'hrdunt' and includes the 911 audio of an employee at the Plaza Walgreens store at 1131 E Superior St. in Duluth. The incident took place last February and appears to show a very angry woman destroying the checkout area of the store.
In the 911 call, the employee is heard saying that he has a customer attacking him in his store and saying that the woman was throwing pop cans and destroying everything, and as you can see by the video, that is accurate.
The original video of the incident was posted on 4-14-2021 and the video was updated with the 911 audio on 1-23-2022. The woman appears to be ushered out of the store by someone with her and it seems the incident ended there.
A search of court records did not result in any further information about this incident, so I'm assuming charges weren't filled or were dropped.
The video ends by saying, "I quit the next day."
Incidents like this are far too common and it's unfortunate that people need to act this way, I'm not sure what started this, but destroying property and trying to attack people is way out of line.


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Yida Gao: Investing in Crypto and Blockchain Industries
Yida Gao has found a ton of success early on with Shima Capital. After launching in 2021, they have over $200 million in investments from several big names in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.
Expectations come with that amount of money, as Shima Capital hopes to invest in various industries. While they all have some connection to Web3, Yida Gao believes it’s essential to look at numerous sectors out there.
These are a few of the most extensive subcategories Yida Gao and his venture capital firm already invested in. Finding the right opportunities early on in the process has a chance to pass huge dividends later on.
Ultimately, consumers will have to buy into disruptive crypto and blockchain technology companies fully. That’s why winning the consumer over is such a huge focus.
From Lunacrush to MyCointainer, any company hoping to enhance the customer experience innovatively has caught the attention of Shima Capital. As time goes on, no movement is going to 100% happen without support.
A community-led entity with no proper authority is what makes DAOs so appealing. Companies are working to make everything as autonomous and transparent as possible.
To keep everything properly audited, companies are growing the industry and hoping it becomes more mainstream. Finding solid investments in this field has helped the venture capital firm grow its investment portfolio.
Since its launch, the DeFi industry has been a big focus for Yida Gao and Shima Capital. Companies looking to reimagine financial transactions using blockchain technology see this as the future. For Web3 to take off and cryptocurrency to be big, DeFi needs to happen.
A lot goes into the DeFi movement, and companies are bringing innovations to the table. The company already has a couple of dozen investments in this industry, with more on the way.
The gaming industry looks to evolve with everything Web3-related growing. The only way to take off smartly is to have quality investment money to make necessary moves.
Gaming has a chance to not only hold onto existing gamers but also bring in new players. That’s what some companies, such as AAG, Community Gaming, Kingdom Quest, and Moxy, are hoping for with the help of their investment money.
Infrastructure will always be a very safe investment in Web3 companies. Without proper infrastructure, it can be challenging for any industry to grow.
It’s no surprise that Shima Capital has spent a lot of time and energy finding the right infrastructure companies to work with directly. Proxima and Chainport were two of the first companies, but now they have close to 20 working in infrastructure directly.
The Metaverse continues to grow at a fast rate. Shima Capital is well invested in the industry, working with roughly ten companies and growing.
Wilder World, Metaprints, ChapterX, and Oorbit received backing from the firm shortly after launch. It’s a bit of a race to establish territory in the Metaverse, so companies are working hard to craft a reputation for newcomers looking to learn more about what lies ahead.
Yida Gao and everyone at the firm believe that the NFT industry has a real chance to grow with the right leaders making decisions. While some NFT companies are giving the industry a bad name, investing in the right ones can make a huge difference.
Monkey Kingdom, Only Gems, and reBASE are just a few NFT companies Shima Capital has invested in so far. With so much still unknown about NFTs, excellent opportunities for companies exist to find their niche and excel in the short and long term.
Where Does Shima Capital Get Its Money?
Shima Capital works a lot like a lot of other global venture firms. They go through a series of raising funds, with this initial one called the Shima Capital Fund I. They’ve raised around $200 million. Investors like Dragonfly Capital, Animoca, OKex, and Bill Ackman have joined many others to get the money together.
Yida Gao has received a lot of praise for how his venture capital firm is put together. There is a blend of outstanding investors, hard-working operators, and founders willing to work with every company they invest in.
To have all this streamlined in a year speaks to the hard work and dedication he has to make this more than just another venture capital firm.
Currently, investments can range from $500,000 to about $2 million. Carl Hua, Alex Lin, and Chris Adams are the big names joining Yida Gao and making his idea a reality. They all run different parts of the firm to ensure that only the best investment opportunities are presented to investors putting up the money.
With just a year of experience, Yida Gao is confident that other investors will come on board and new funds will form. Focusing on disruptive blockchain companies offers a lot of new ideas and opportunities all the time. The good rises to the top, allowing consumers to trust this movement more and more.
What’s Next for Shima Capital?
With growth comes a need for more investment money. That means bringing on more investors and looking for the right opportunities. When success becomes consistent, more people and firms become interested in joining Shima Capital and seeing what happens.
It also takes a lot of effort to decide who to invest in. Many companies hope to receive considerable funding, but they don’t quite have ideas that are appropriately hashed out.
Yida Gao believes that his team has the opportunity to make a significant impact on the industry in the coming years. Having this investment opportunity already speaks volumes about what type of hard work Yida Gao puts into running his venture capital firm.
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The US has imposed tariffs valued at £25bn on Chinese goods - as well as on imports from Canada and Mexico. Beijing has vowed to retaliate with its own tariffs on US soybeans and other farm products in a direct shot at US President Donald Trump's supporters in America's heartland.
The European Union (EU) on Friday levied tariffs on estimated $3.2 billion worth of American goods, in retaliation for tariffs US President Donald Trump's tariff imposition on imported steel and aluminium.
"We do not want to be in this position", EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said in a statement, adding that the "unilateral and unjustified" USA decision had left the EU with no choice.
It had previously registered the move with the World Trade Organization (WTO). So the size of the tariff would dwarf the steel and aluminum tariff, which hit a little over $7 billion worth of European Union exports to the US.
The U.S. tariffs hit some $7.5 billion of European products; the EU says that today's measures target almost half that figure, and that it plans to impose a slightly larger block of tariffs later - either in three years, or if/when the WTO rules in its favor.
Mexico placed tariffs on American products ranging from steel to pork to bourbon two weeks ago.More news: Compulsive video-game playing could be mental health problem
Some of the products chosen are created to target the states controlled by Republicans, who are seeking to retain control of both chambers of Congress in November elections.
They also threatened a second round of tariffs on some $4.3 billion worth of U.S. products if the dispute was not resolved. Trump is also looking at new tariffs on auto imports, opening a new front in the trade war.
"No, because the USA is both an important export market and a strong production base for us", Mattes said.
That hands the Chinese side room to impose penalties such as Customs delays, tax audits and increased regulatory scrutiny.
South Korean and Japanese companies have all felt this effect, with their businesses in China hurt as part of a dispute between states. "The logic of that is what companies throughout the country are feeling".
In total, the USA imported over $43 billion worth of vehicles for the transportation of people in 2017.
Mattes also said that German automakers could not subsist without access to the USA market.


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Hey again, Tampa Bay! Katy here with some exciting news about one of our fabulous partners. Cigar City Brewing is buying a canning line from fellow craft beer canner, New Belgium and have announced that they are going to start selling canned beer in March 2012.
Their ever so popular local craft beers such as, Jai Alai IPA, Maduro Brown Ale, Tocobaga Red Ale, Hotter Than Helles Lager and Florida Cracker White Ale will be sold in a six-pack of cans in local shops for an average price of $9.99.
Cigar City Brewing is hoping to eventually phase out bottles entirely and only offer cans for sale. Be sure to be on the lookout for Cigar City Brewing canned beers in early 2012!
That's all for now, but check back for future partner news and things to do in Tampa Bay!


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Apple has announced that it has finalized a deal to acquire magazine subscription service Texture, which is known as the “Netflix of magazine publishing.”
The acquisition puts the Cupertino-based company in a good position as a purveyor of trusted information and quality content, amid the continued spread of fake news in various digital platforms. The amount that the company paid in order to acquire Texture has not been disclosed.
“We’re excited Texture will join Apple, along with an impressive catalog of magazines from many of the world’s leading publishers,” Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, said in a statement. “We are committed to quality journalism from trusted sources and allowing magazines to keep producing beautifully designed and engaging stories for users.”
Texture, which is formerly known as Next Issue, will continue to operate without any changes. Its app will continue to be available for mobile operating systems iOS, Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, and computer operating systems Windows 8 and Windows 10.
“I’m thrilled that Next Issue Media, and its award-winning Texture app, are being acquired by Apple,” said John Loughlin, CEO of Next Issue, in a statement. “The Texture team and its current owners, Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, Rogers Media and KKR, could not be more pleased or excited with this development. We could not imagine a better home or future for the service.”
Since it was launched in 2010, Texture has become of the leading multi-titles subscription service that gives users access to some of the most widely-read magazines in the world. It features digitized versions of over 200 popular magazines, including Rolling Stone, People, Forbes, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, and Sports Illustrated.
This is not the first time that Apple has made an acquisition in magazine publishing. In 2014, the company acquired PRSS, which led to the creation of Apple News.
Previously, Apple had a Newsstand app of its own, but the service never took off, and Apple decided to just terminate the service.