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May 20, 2013 – Cut Technologies introduced “The Sawmill Kahny”, its latest in automated saw tipping machinery. The sawmill kahny offers a high tooth bite, a fast feed rate, re-tips 10 saws per hour and more.
The company says that the new Sawmill Kahny is ideal for most filing rooms, and that many Canadian saw filers have been awaiting the release of the Sawmill Kahny.
“We had a excellent turn out at the latest show and a lot of interest in the Vollmer grinders and the Sawmill Kahny auto tipper,” says Mike Cloutier, president of Cut Technologies.
Terminal Forest Products bought the Sawmill Kahny for it’s sawmill in Vancouver. Cut will also be introducing the Predator Series carbide tip and Super Alloy saw tip at the Saw Filing show and convention in Kamloops, B.C.
For more information on the sawmill kahny and Cut Technologies visit, www.cuttech.com.
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As an open minded person, I’ve always been looking for opportunities to grow personally and professionally in a world where borders between countries and cultures are disappearing. In addition, today’s global society has highlighted the importance of communicating in multiple languages and, beyond the shadow of a doubt, English is the language preferred in our internationally integrated business
Ogilvy Brazil Wins Prestigious Digital Media Award and Reinforces Its Credentials in the World of Digital Advertising
Ogilvy Brazil and WPP won the Agency and Holding Company of the Year respectively at the Cannes Advertising Festival. Annual digital media awards go to honor creativity in the communications industries.
The agency created the effective "Real Beauty Sketches" campaign for client Dove Masterbrand. Earning a successful reputation in the world of digital advertising, the video has gone viral on the internet and massively praised amongst critics. Yet, by bringing home the Titanium Grand Prix, the campaign has gained precious recognition through the most important digital media awards in the industry.
Instagram, an app famous for photo-sharing, has recently added videos and other supportive features to its newest version. This new update has been considered a critical strategy by many social media experts. Some believe it just points out more online advertising opportunities in the future. While others think this has been one of the worst decisions ever made in the world of social media. Regardless of this, with the new Instagram, you are now able to delete snippets to re-record and also switch between the front and rear cameras. Supporting 13 custom filters just for videos, these new features are already available for iOS and Android at no cost to users.
How Social Media Can Cause a Revolution | The Hashtag #Changebrazil Helps Protesters Gain Attention in Brazil
Images showing police brutality in Sao Paulo have highlighted protests that have erupted against the local and federal government in Brazil. Peaceful protesters started the demonstrations earlier this month and social media has played a big role.
These demonstrations were originally motivated by a 10 cent increase in subway and bus fares.
Demonstrations organized via social media have created scenarios where Brazilians have lost their patience for dealing with high taxes, high prices, low quality public services and a corrupt government.
Over the last eight years, Google Maps has been updated and integrated with other technologies, increasing its functionality and converting it into one of the most important legacies that Google has created.
Last year, a new version for Androids and iOS technologies was launched, providing integration with Google Offers and optimizing the power of online advertising on Google.
Google is constantly looking for new opportunities to make changes and increase profit. One of the companies’ goals is to anticipate user’s needs by offering innovative products and features capable of building value for its image and branding. In retrospect, Google had more storage than any other email service when Gmail was launched and constant updates in Google Advertising have provided efficient ways to promote businesses virtually over the past few years.
Keeping in mind its innovative culture, Google Inc. has recently announced a new move that will impact more than new tools to optimize Google Advertising and Gmail. A Smartphone aware of its environment which will be sold at a fair price was confirmed as Google’s new company product and is going to be produced by the Motorola Handset division bought by Google in May 2012.
Picture of Taco Bell Employee Licking Taco Shells Forces The Fast Food Chain to Rethink Its Social Media Marketing Strategy
Many a worker has lost his job because of the inappropriate use of social media. A Taco Bell employee was fired after posting a picture on Facebook in which he licks a stack of empty taco shells. The picture has since gone viral and caused problems for the fast food chain that has a powerful Social Media Marketing strategy.
With more than 10 million likes on its Facebook page and over 500,000 followers on Twitter, Taco Bell’s social media marketing team has been managing this problem, dedicating time and effort to clean up its own image after numerous complaints.
Online advertising is an industry that has changed the way people promote businesses and services. Hitting $910.8 million in expenditure for the first quarter of 2013, its increasing growth creates numerous opportunities for those who want to get in on the benefits of online exposure.
One of the primary roles in the world of online advertising is currently played by Smartphones. Users have made this technology an extension of their desktop computers, creating a need for local and global companies to highlight mobile marketing when developing an online advertising strategy.
Far from what most people believe, an SEO strategy is more than finding a group of target keyword niches. An SEO strategy, or search engine optimization strategy, is a plan that creates an opportunity to gain an edge on competitors. A successful SEO strategy must be customized using the priorities and needs of a website as the starting point.
In addition, building an SEO strategy is also highly recommended where there is a need for improving brand positioning in the marketplace, given that this can increase exposure and a customer’s perception of specific products or services.
Seeking to get higher visibility for their online properties, companies can implement different strategies and develop internet marketing campaigns based on their own specific set of priorities. Basically, there are two strategies associated with search engine marketing that are capable of increasing a website’s exposure and create more opportunities for a business.
One is to highlight search engine optimization (SEO) by focusing on content, tags and links, while the second option is to pay for ads (sponsored links) on search engines. Both can produce good results, but organic listings can grab people’s attention in a more efficient way since 85% of all links displayed on Google SERPS (search engine results page) are organic.

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Homeform, owned by Sun Capital Partners, the American private equity firm, filed an "intention to appoint administrators" with the courts on Thursday afternoon.
Over 1,300 jobs are at risk and it is understood that 30 of the 160 showrooms were closed yesterday afternoon with immediate effect. The staff were told on a conference call by Peter Welsh, the operations director.
Those that worked at the 30 axed showrooms have lost their jobs, while those that remain with the company might not be paid their wages for June, sources at the company said.
It is unclear what will happen to the money of many hundreds of customers who have put down a deposit for a new Moben kitchen or Dolphin bathroom. If they paid for it by credit card sums up to £30,000 should be protected under consumer protection laws.
It is understood that the Sun Capital Partners hopes to arrange a pre-pack administration, shutting down or selling off Dolphin and Moben, and keeping hold of Kitchens Direct and Sharps, the bedroom retailer, after writing off the debts of the company. Staff at showrooms have been told to tear down all signs and posters for Dolphin and Moben by the end of business on Thursday.
The branches that have been shut include Croydon, Brighton and Muswell Hill in north London.
The company's statement said: "The Board of Homeform Group Limited have today (Thursday 23 June 2011) filed with the Court a Notice Of Intention to Appoint an Administrator. This process can take up to ten working days.
"At present, the Homeform Group remains under the control of its Directors.
"The Directors are close to securing a deal that will safeguard the future of the Sharps (Bedrooms) and Kitchen Direct businesses and have mandated advisers to seek a sale of the Moben and Dolphin brands. Further information will be provided in due course."
This is the latest in a long line of consumer companies to be hit by the consumer slowdown, including MFI and Auto Windscreens.
Nick Bubb, retail analyst at Arden Partners, said: "It was a disaster waiting to happen for some time. All big ticket item retailers are struggling, from Dixons downwards. It is tough, especially if you are mass market."
Homeform's latest accounts, filed at Companies House, indicate that the company made a pre-tax loss of £6.05 million in the year to March 2010, on a turnover of £151 million. It had debts of nearly £23 million falling within one year.
Though Friday, June 24, is a so-called "quarter day", the traditional time retailers pay their landlords, this is not the main reason why the company felt forced to act. The deterioration in consumer confidence, caused by the squeeze in workers' salaries, has caused many shoppers to shy away from committing to big purchases, especially new bathrooms and kitchens. This led to a sharp drop in sales over recent months.
The situation has been exacerbated by a moribund housing market. According the Land Registry housing transactions in April were 14 per cent lower than twelve months ago.
This is not the first time Homeform has hit the buffers. Sun Capital itself bought the company out administration in 2007.
A spokesman for Sun European Partners, its UK arm of the business, which also owns ScS furniture stores, said: "Unfortunately, the Company’s performance was severely impacted by the rising levels of unemployment in the UK and a very difficult housing market – all factors leading to a steep and continued decline in consumer demand."


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David Beckham - My Fake Diary
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
The Yorkshire Post got it right, printing:
"David Beckham fronts H&M's bodywear range and yesterday launched a new advertising campaign for the partnership. The ads will coincide with a 'statue stunt' planned by the retailer with larger-than-life Beckhams going up in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. New products will be added to the collection later this fall."
Well I'm very happy that so far people seem to like it and the first season was incredibly successful, sales being up by 11%! The challenge is to keep it going and establish a brand that will last many years. That is my ambition."
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Topic: Apple Inc.
According to one newspaper, Google could soon roll out an Android tablet computer, escalating the battle between Google and Apple. But would a Google tablet really be able to knock the much-buzzed Apple iPad off its perch?
04/12/2010 04:02 pm
Are parents with iPads really going to let their kids use them for reading? The answer seems to be yes.
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At Thursday's Apple announcement, Steve Jobs rolled out a new operating system for the Apple iPhone and iPad. The highlights of the iPhone OS 4.0 include an advertising platform called iAd, a digital zoom for the iPhone camera, and multitasking capabilities.
04/08/2010 04:04 pm
A quick guide to current Apple rumors and options for an iPhone 4.0 liveblog.
04/08/2010 12:29 pm
IPad Wi-Fi issues abound. Apple has posted a troubleshooting guide, suggesting that users may need to reset their network settings to get a better Wi-Fi connection. But complaints about the iPad's connectivity have continued to pour into Apple forums.
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The high level of interactivity found in the Apple iPad could be a boon for advertising – and could encourage content providers to start charging for content.
04/05/2010 07:00 pm
Apple has confirmed its iPad sales figures. They don't match iPhone 3GS numbers, but Wall Street is happy.
04/05/2010 05:19 pm
A company has released an VoIP app that lets you turn your Apple iPad into something like an iPhone. No, this isn't a belated April Fools' Joke.
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The Apple iPad as next-great gaming device? Forget about it, says the Nintendo of America president.
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Now that’s truly crazy: Although plenty of Americans would love to see a permanent end to Cuban totalitarianism, nobody in Washington or anywhere else is talking about a shock-and-awe operation 90 miles south of Key West. The very idea of it is preposterous.
Yet the Castro brothers would be right to worry about a different kind of American offensive: rather than a military one of tanks and troops, an economic one of goods and services.
Last week, I made a case on national-security grounds for lifting the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba: Free trade fosters economic liberty, which in turn gives rise to political freedom and democracy.
This week, I’d like to make a strictly economic case, because I believe we’re letting an incredible opportunity slip away from us.
Based on personal observations when I was in Cuba a few years ago – a few facts and impressions have been etched in my mind.
More than 11 million people live in Cuba–about the same number that live in Ohio, which is our country’s seventh-largest state. Granted, they’re a lot poorer than the typical resident of Cincinnati or Cleveland, but they’re also part of an export market that is virtually untouched by American capitalism.
With the exception of Canada and Mexico–the two countries whose borders physically touch our own–plus the Bahamas, no nation is geographically closer to the United States than Cuba. In a world without politics, our economies would be deeply integrated.
The fact that they’re hardly linked at all, costs us money every day. Farmers feel the pinch to the tune of more than $1 billion annually, according to a study by the Washington-based Cuba Policy Foundation. “If the embargo were lifted, the average American farmer would feel a difference in his or her life within two to three years,” says C. Parr Rosson, a co-author of the report and a professor of agricultural economics at Texas A&M University.
The embargo’s overall effect on the U.S. is an economic loss of more than $3.5 billion per year. This is of course the mirror image of protectionism: Instead of refusing to let goods and services come into our country, we refuse to let them go out.
The Cubans themselves would love to trade with Americans. The embargo currently allows some food sales, worth around $400 million, according to the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council.
Yet the Cubans would like to do more. They already trade extensively among themselves in dollars, which they acquire largely through remittances sent by relatives in Florida and all around the United States. “We have more trust in dollars,” said a man who runs a small café out of his Havana home, in the Los Angeles Times earlier this year.
There are no official estimates of how many greenbacks Cuban Americans send to their ancestral homeland, but most experts think that it’s north of $1 billion each year. These funds go a long way toward propping up a crumbling socialist economy that limits the income of most people to about $15 per month. (My waiter in my hotel in Cuba was a lawyer who made about $50 per month, but about $50 per night in tips. He and his family wanted to live better, he said.)
If the United States were allowed to trade with Cuba, a lot of this cash would come right back here in the form of trade dollars. What’s more, a Cuban government that loosens its command-and-control grip on the island’s economy has the potential to unleash a torrent of foreign investment and domestic entrepreneurship. The ensuing boom would give Cubans ever more purchasing power–including the power to buy more and more from the United States.
But instead we’re stuck with a Cold War-era policy that has not even come close to achieving its most basic objectives and which remains in place because of special-interest pressures. It’s time to rethink this misconceived embargo, and to stop denying ourselves the opportunity of trading with a country that is a natural customer.
Dean Kleckner is an Iowa farmer. Mr. Kleckner chairs Truth About Trade and Technology (www.truthabouttrade.org) and is past president of the American Farm Bureau.


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Signarama, the biggest global sign provider in the world with over 850 franchises in more than 45 countries, is expanding yet again. According to Pierre Lachapelle, the president of Signarama's parent company, Gestion PER-LAC, the new Signarama sales outlet is located in St-Felicien, Quebec.
Signarama is already an established presence in Quebec with three locations, but the company has an aggressive plan in place to expand Signarama's base in the market. According to Roger Perron, Vice President of Gestion PER-LAC, the new location is part of an aggressive expansion model designed to increase Signarama's already significant market hold and share the immense experience Signarama has with franchisees and others in the industry.
Gaston Rathee of the city of Saguenay is the Signarama franchisee responsible for the investment in and opening of the new St-Felicien location. According to President Pierre Lachapelle, the outlet is another step in laying Signarama's foundation in the communication and signs industry in Quebec. The new location has a sizeable showroom, an experienced staff and the ability to offer graphics services customized to the needs of the client. The new franchise is also directly connected to Signarama's production center in Saguenay, creating a turnkey system for customers.
Signarama was founded in 1986 by father and son team, Roy and Ray Titus. The first location in Farmingdale, New York, was a success due to the knowledge of the Titus family and their recognition of the need for more efficient and convenient ways for businesses to obtain signage. By introducing clean, open showrooms and ingenuity into the signage business, they changed the way businesses ordered and received their signs.
The sign industry has grown rapidly over the last decade and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. Currently, the industry has an estimated value of 49 billion dollars, according to the State of Industry Report and studies have shown that sign buyers make repeat orders to the tune of nearly 80 times per year. Signage can increase revenues for a business by as much as 150 percent, according to a study conducted by the Small Business Administration.
The Signarama franchise has received many awards and worldwide recognition for its commitment to excellence and quality. Signarama has been ranked the #1 sign franchise 11 times by Entrepreneur magazine, placed in the top 200 Franchises list ranked by Franchise Times and received the Presidential "E" Award, given to American exporting companies by the United States.


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To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist households who not have a mains gas supply and are dependent on heating oil, as the cost of oil increases.
5 July 2022
The Government understands that fuel prices are an important component of UK household and business expenditures and understands the negative impact of domestic fuel costs on UK consumers.
The main drivers of changes in heating oil prices are the international traded prices of crude oils and refined products. BEIS continues to monitor the market closely and to work with the industry to mitigate any supply risks to ensure that prices stay as low as possible.
The Government recently announced a £15 billion package to support households with the cost of living, in addition to over £22 billion that had already been committed.


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Hearthstone's first single player adventure will be launching on July 22nd.
Hearthstone fans looking forward to diving into the game's inaugural single player adventure won't have to wait much longer. The Curse of Naxxramas expansion, originally revealed back in April, will be launching for Windows, Mac and iPad next week on July 22nd.
The release date reveal came via way of an announcement on the Hearthstone website where Blizzard re-affirmed its plans to release the game's five wings one at a time on a weekly basis following the expansion's initial launch. As previously announced, it will be begin with the Arachnid Quarter.
"The Arachnid Quarter will be free to play during the Curse of Naxxramas launch event, which will last roughly a month," said the announcement. "Those brave enough to step foot into the Arachnid Quarter during the launch event will unlock it permanently for free."
Each additional wing after that will cost $6.99 USD or 700 in-game gold. A bundle pack will also be available allowing Hearthstone fans to buy all five wings at once for a single $24.99 fee. While that price tag might not sit too well with fans who enjoy the game's free-to-play nature, we somehow suspect that the promise of 30 new cards may be enough to iron over an hard feelings.


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SERVICE FOR SMALL BIZAT&T Canada Inc. of Toronto has launched Small Office ADSL Internet, a dedicated high-speed access service targeted to small Canadian businesses.The service, which supports high-s...
November 1, 2001
SERVICE FOR SMALL BIZ
AT&T Canada Inc. of Toronto has launched Small Office ADSL Internet, a dedicated high-speed access service targeted to small Canadian businesses.
The service, which supports high-speed connectivity for multiple users over a single access for email and Web browsing, is capable of download speeds of up to 4.0 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 640 Kbps.
With connection to AT&T Canada’s national network, the new service will also give medium- and large-sized Virtual Private Network (VPN) customers with telecommuting employees or branch office locations the ability to access their LANs through a high-speed connection.
RCDDS IN DUBAI
Professionals working in the Gulf region can now become RCDDs without travelling to the UK or the US.
Cable Net Training, a leading European communications training provider, has announced it is gearing up to hold the first of several RCDD training programs and exams in Dubai in September. Andrew Stevens, CableNet’s sales and marketing director, says this will eliminate the need for professionals in the region to travel to other countries to undertake the program.
THE NAME GAME
What’s in a name? A lot, according to the folks at AI/FOCS Inc., who have decided to change the name of their company back to Advanced Interconnect.
“In preparation for the geographic expansion of our business we have decided to drop our somewhat cumbersome AI/FOCS, Inc. name,” says Brian Payson, president of the Franklin, Massachusetts-based interconnect product manufacturer.
AI/FOCS — a culmination of Advanced Interconnect and Fiber Optic Communication Specialists — was brought together by Woodhead Industries in 1994. Mr. Payson says the original Advanced Interconnect name will make for an easier moniker as the company grows within the U.S. and into Europe and Asia.
MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS REWARDS
In an effort to drum up new members, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE), Exton, PA has launched its 2001 Member-Get-A-Member (MGM) Campaign. The annual program, which encourages members to enlist their colleagues, runs through December 31, 2001.
Members who recruit others will help their local Society chapters compete for prizes, which include complimentary Cable-Tec Expo 2002 registrations and cash prizes donated by The Literature Library of Broadband Technology. In addition, for every five new members that a chapter recruits, it will receive one complimentary registration for an SCTE seminar.
For more information, call (800) 542-5040 or visit the SCTE Web site at www.scte.org/membership/mgm.
FROM EFOS TO EXFO
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. of Qubec City has made it official. The company has officially changed the name of EFOS Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, to EXFO Photonic Solutions Inc.
EFOS, a Toronto-based company that was acquired in March 2001, is a provider of precision light-based adhesive spot curing technologies andcuring process control for the global optical component manufacturing market.
“The key reasons behind the change in name are to help customers better understand the synergies between the solutions offered by EXFO and EFOS and to leverage EXFO’s strong brand name recognition throughout the fiber-optic industry,” said Mario Larose, VP of Marketing at EXFO.
EXFO is a designer and manufacturer of fiber-optic test, measurement and automation systems.


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Windows 10 is finally receiving the upgrade everyone wanted and desperately needed. Or is it? Because now the details are being dug into, it is not what hundreds of millions of users will have expected.
Microsoft recently promised Windows 10 users "control, quality and transparency" for both minor updates and major upgrades with the release of Windows 10 1903. But the reality is actually far more complicated and it is Windows 10 Home users (who account for the lion’s share of the OSes 800M-strong userbase) who are hit hardest.
CNet breaks down the new rules, and Windows 10 Home users learn they “can't automatically defer any updates”. All you get is the option to manually pause updates for up to 35 days. Moreover, this is a process you must keep repeating every week to apply this delay to every new update. But the biggest complication and the one with very serious consequences is Microsoft will apply “end-of-service dates” to Windows 10 versions. When that date is hit, the next updates will be installed automatically, even if you have manually deferred them. In short: there’s nothing you can do about it.
How will you know when your version of Windows 10 has reached end-of-service? Again it’s a manual process: you have to find your version number (Settings > System > About) then locate that number on the official Windows 10 Release Information site. The vast majority of users are not going to know this.
And why should they? It’s grossly unequal. Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise and Education users can set automatic deferral policies for both quality updates and feature updates while the latter two versions get leeway of up to 36 months for some major upgrades.
So Windows 10 Home users, no, this is not the simplified process you wanted or, perhaps, expected. Instead, it’s a confusing mess. CNet describes it as akin to understanding “differential calculus” (and users were already baffled) while the ever-excellent AskWoody bemoans: “As usual, Windows 10 Home users come out on the short end”.
So Windows 10 Home users it’s time to study hard and spread the word if you don’t want to get caught out by the usual flurry of bad updates, including the one which deleted your personal data, the one which made Windows 10 downgrade itself, the one which broke app updates, the one which crippled gaming performance and the one which slowed Chromium browser speeds by up to 400%.
Windows 10 Home users deserve the same level of control over their operating system as everyone else. But, right now, it doesn’t look like they are ever going to get it.
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Gasoline is selling at levels not seen in almost six months as pump prices continue to fall.
The average price for regular unleaded gasoline has dropped an additional 12 cents a gallon since Tuesday, Sept. 12. The nationwide average today was $2.49 a gallon. That average is down 45 cents from one month ago and 32 cents from one year ago, according to AAA, of Hawthorne, Fla.
Prices for midgrade and premium fuel also are following the downward trend. Midgrade was selling for an average of $2.64 a gallon today, down 14 cents from one week ago. Premium was down 13 cents from a week ago, selling for an average of $2.74 nationwide.
Diesel fuel was selling for an average of $2.84 a gallon today, down 13 cents from one week ago. This price also is 1 cent lower than the average price one year ago.
AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report gathers data from as many as 85,000 filling stations nationwide and posts its findings on www.fuelgaugereport.com.
Crude oil prices have leveled off slightly. A barrel of oil was trading at $64.18 this morning.
Drivers in Lee Vining, Calif., were paying $3.69 for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline at one station. This was the highest price found in the nation. Meanwhile, in West Chester, Ohio, some drivers were paying less than $2 for a gallon of gasoline. One station was selling regular unleaded for $1.96 a gallon, the lowest price found in the nation.
GasPriceWatch.com uses volunteer spotters to watch gasoline prices nationwide. More than 437,000 prices have been listed this week.
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Lee Clow Awarded Yahoo! Big Idea Chair Award
May 18, 2004, 12:00 AM
Lee Clow, advertising industry veteran and longtime creative director at TBWA Chiat/Day, was awarded the Yahoo! Big Idea Chair as part of the Lifetime Achievement Award given to Clow at the Clio Festival. The award signifies Clow's achievements in advertising and creativity throughout his years in the business. The Yahoo! Big Idea Chair is a symbol of remarkable work in both advertising and creativity which is being awarded to companies, teams, individuals and specific work across the advertising industry.


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SINGAPORE - Singapore will not be using a contact tracing system jointly developed by tech giants Apple and Google.
In a Facebook post on Monday (June 15), Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan said: "We decided that it would be less effective in our local context."
The Apple-Google software, called Exposure Notifications System, uses wireless Bluetooth technology to trace the close contacts of Covid-19 patients while giving users control over whether to share their data with health authorities.
"Several people have asked why we are not using the Exposure Notifications System created by Apple and Google for contact tracing. It is a good and innovative system designed by some of the brightest minds in Silicon Valley," said Dr Balakrishnan, who is also Foreign Minister, in his post on Monday (June 15).
But "after careful consideration", the Government decided against using the system.
"There would be no way to identify how, when and whom the person was infected by or passed the infection to. The 'graph' would not be available to the contact tracers," Dr Balakrishnan wrote.
His post comes hours after former non-constituency MP Gerald Giam questioned the Government's multimillion-dollar plan to roll out a wearable device for contract tracing, known as the TraceTogether Token, instead of working with Apple and Google.
In his blog post on Sunday (June 14), Mr Giam wrote: "The TraceTogether app should be re-programmed to adopt Apple and Google's Exposure Notifications system. This will enable the app to run effectively on all smartphones, maximise adoption, protect privacy, enable cross-border interoperability and, most importantly, become a real weapon in our battle against Covid-19."
Mr Giam, who is a member of the opposition Workers' Party, added: "The wearable device then only needs to be issued to the 9 per cent of residents who don't own a smartphone, saving taxpayers over $100 million."
Locally-based electronics firm PCI has won a $6 million tender to supply the first 300,000 TraceTogether Token devices. This works out to $20 per token, which will be issued from later this month (June).
Rolling out the device to all 5.7 million residents here would potentially cost $100 million.
Developers of TraceTogether had said in April they would work with Apple and Google to allow "cross-border interoperability".
Dr Balakrishan's post on Monday, which was opposed to the initial stance that the TraceTogether developers took, was the first time since then that any official comments have been made about the integration of the Apple-Google technology.
Dr Balakrishnan said on Monday that not everyone can afford a smartphone, and not all smartphones would work well with contact tracing apps.
"In order to extend effective protection to as many people as possible, we had to consider tokens that would be simpler, more effective, more convenient and cheaper than phones. These tokens would interoperate with the apps on the smartphones," he said.
"By increasing the overall pool of participants, everybody would be safer. Every user of the app or token would benefit by being informed as early as possible if we have been exposed."
He added that the protection from contact tracing has to be made available as soon as possible and to as many people as possible to ensure no one is excluded.


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La Duni, a restaurant and bakery that combines Latin American recipes with European touches, has opened a new pop-up kiosk in Frisco’s Stonebriar Centre. The kiosk opened in December, replacing the location where Carlo’s Bakery closed last November.
This is the second time that La Duni has tested the market in Frisco after trying a kiosk concept at Stonebriar three years ago. Espartaco “Taco” Borga, co-founder of La Duni, says the kiosk concept has proven to be a bigger hit this time around.
“It’s very promising,” Borga says. “What we have there is one of our most experienced teams, and they provide all of our pastry goods and some savory items.”
Borga says the traffic and overall energy at Stonebriar has been better this second try, but the biggest challenge in Frisco ― and in the rest of Dallas ― is staff.
“There’s way too many restaurants and not enough people who want to work in them,” Borga says. “That’s why we’re looking at different alternatives to distribute our products other than full-serviced restaurants.”
Besides kiosks, La Duni is also looking into getting the technology for vending cafés that could work similarly to Amazon Go, where customers could use their credit cards to open a fridge that would automatically charge them for whatever they take.
“There’s equipment that can utilize the high-quality products that we provide without the need of an individual tending the place,” Borga says. “Everybody wants to be served, but not many people want to serve.”
The pop-up in Frisco is not only an experiment of more efficient modes of distributing food, it is also testing a few unique menu items not offered at NorthPark or other La Duni locations. Some new flavors of empanadas and specialty packaged salads are only found at the new Frisco location.
The kiosk also offers La Duni’s famous jar cakes in flavors like Cuatro Leches, Venezuelan Triple Chocolate Truffle, Panque de Limon and Nutella Milk Chocolate. The jar cakes have been the Frisco location’s most popular item, according to Borga.
“That’s our number one,” Borga said. “Our number two is the empanadas. We didn’t expect to sell as many empanadas as we’re selling over there. They seem to love the Argentinian empanadas that we have. We have six flavors at the same time, while at NorthPark, we only have two flavors.”
While La Duni continues to look for ways to automate their system and distribute food on a smaller, more efficient scale, Borga says the Frisco kiosk is a step in the right direction.
“In the meantime, we’re very excited to try this pop-up kiosk, because the location that the Carlo’s Bakery left was a beautifully appointed location,” Borga says. “We’re getting the benefit of maximizing its use and we’re getting a great response.”
La Duni’s pop-up kiosk is located on the first floor of Stonebriar Centre, 2601 Preston Road, Frisco. ladunihub.com.


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The business includes work on PS3, PS2, PS1, and the PlayStation network as well as
game titles. "TBWA/Chiat/Day is very proud of the contributions that we have made over the past 12 years to establish PlayStation as a legacy brand," the agency says."The current work in the
marketplace has had tremendous impact and speaks for itself. We wish them the best."
Sony hired the agency in 1994 for the launch of the first PlayStation, and it later handled the next generation of videosystems, winning numerous awards for its work. On the media side, Sony spent $94 million last year, according to TNS Media Intelligence.


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Yahoo may pay $1 billion for site / Offer for Facebook being considered, according to report
Yahoo Inc. is in serious talks to acquire Facebook Inc., the Palo Alto social networking site that allows users to post profiles online and gab, according to a published report.
If the deal is completed, Yahoo could pay up to $1 billion for the Web site, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Thursday.
The acquisition would give Sunnyvale's Yahoo a bigger presence in social networking, an increasingly popular diversion for young people who use the services to create personal Web pages and send messages to friends. The niche is particularly coveted by large media companies, which consider social networking to be a lucrative way of bombarding teens with advertisements.
Both Yahoo and Facebook declined to comment about any specific talks.
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The frenzy over social networking was ignited last year by News Corp.'s acquisition of MySpace, a Facebook rival, for $650 million. Almost overnight, the perceived value of many similar but smaller companies soared.
The risk for Yahoo buying its way into the category is that Internet users can be fickle. They can abandon a site for another one relatively easily. Furthermore, Facebook's growth depends on spreading beyond its roots among college students.
"It's not that Facebook can't do it, but the risk goes up tremendously," said Robert Goldberg, founder of Ridgelift Ventures, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park that has no financial ties to Yahoo or Facebook.
Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, then a Harvard University student. His site -- operated from his dorm room at the time -- was intended to be a digital version of college facebooks, booklets that feature student photos and contact information as a way to recognize classmates.
Zuckerberg's project quickly became the rage at campuses across the country. Eventually, he dropped out of school and moved to Silicon Valley, where he got millions of dollars in venture capital investment to fund his Web site's expansion.
In August, Facebook had 14.8 million unique visitors who viewed 437 pages on average, an unusually high number, according to comScore Media Metrix. That characteristic -- typical of social networking sites -- is especially valuable for the owners because it means they can display more ads and make more money.
Zuckerberg, 22, is known for maintaining a college atmosphere at his company by dressing in T-shirts and sandals. On Thursday, he posted a drawing of himself from the Wall Street Journal article and commented: "Mark is wondering why his pencil sketch has him wearing a collared shirt."
Several photos on his page show him holding a beer bottle and yukking it up in the office.
To register for Facebook, users originally had to have an e-mail account with a school that was part of the Facebook network. E-mails from certain companies and organizations were more recently accepted. Earlier this month, the company disclosed plans to allow anyone to join, though it gave no date for the change.
Jim Breyer, managing partner for Accel Partners, a Palo Alto venture capital firm that invested in Facebook, declined to say whether Yahoo has talked with Facebook about an acquisition. But he said Facebook's board, of which he's a member, regularly evaluates a range of proposals, from strategic and technical partnerships to "outright acquisitions."
Breyer added that he is pleased with Facebook's growth and said that he believes it has a chance to become an important independent company. But he also acknowledged that the company faces significant challenges in expanding its business, which he said will remain focused on college students, young alumni and individuals in their 20s.
Yahoo's efforts to create its own social networking destination, Yahoo 360, has had mixed results despite the company's base of nearly 500 million users.
Buying into Facebook would instantly make Yahoo a powerhouse in social networking. Yahoo executives have professed a commitment to social media in recent years and have backed it up by buying several Web sites that allow users to interact with each other, such as the photo sharing service Flickr and bookmark sharing service Del.icio.us.
Allen Weiner, a Gartner analyst, said Yahoo would be better off spending its money marketing its existing social networking service, which he praised. He called Yahoo's interest in Facebook a product of Internet industry hype and added that Yahoo would face a big challenge trying to integrate the acquisition.
"Maybe they're doing it to show the world that they are thinking creatively, or thinking out of the box," Weiner said. "I think it's a big mistake."
Yahoo's interest comes against the backdrop of Google signing MySpace to its advertising network in August. As part of the deal, Google guaranteed MySpace $900 million over three years.
Viacom Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have also talked with Facebook about an acquisition, according to the Wall Street Journal. Both discussions ended because of differences over the company's valuation, the newspaper said.
Talks with Yahoo are part of a long-term courtship dating back to last year, the report said. The on-an-off discussions started with a deal to buy a minority stake in Facebook that didn't work out and later evolved into an offer to pay roughly $1 billion that came to nothing.
In regular trading Thursday, Yahoo's shares fell 30 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $25.34.


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Now that the state has allowed for industrial hemp research, how will the Act (House Bill No 967) be implemented. The Department of Agriculture and stake holders need to carefully consider how to assist farmers and higher education to make a useful
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The conference, which runs May 23 to 25, is, in its own words, "all about startups."
"We’ve culled two dozen of the hottest startups from over 500 applicants to launch at the event," writes TechCrunch. "We are also bringing startups well on their way to disrupting existing markets onstage to share their experiences."
See the full list of speakers here. You can watch live via the streaming video feed below, or follow on Twitter using the hashtag #TCDisrupt.


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(By Balaseshan) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares gained more than 7% in regular trade after a Wall Street analyst said that the recent sell-off was "insanely insane.", and it might be the best time to build positions in the shares. Shares of Apple were struggling for the past weeks over iPhone 5 production issues and Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android biting into Apple's share.
Apple shares were trading at $570 levels before the iPhone 5 release, on the day of launch the stock touched an all-time high of $705.10, but after September 21 the stock slid and returned to the $550 levels.
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"The sell-off over the past eight weeks is overdone. New "blockbuster" products for the holiday season — including the iPad Mini — as reasons for buying the stock. Apple could grow its earnings per share at a rate of 20 percent to 30 percent per year over the next five years," Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White wrote in a note seen by the Wall Street Journal.
White is bullish reasoning: the depressed valuation, new blockbuster products for the holiday season, the attractive long-term growth opportunities that lie ahead and the company's ability to distribute significant cash flow to investors, the WSJ reported.
"Apple's shares are a 'discount' because of the recent drop," wrote Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty in a note seen by the Bloomberg. "Sales of the iPhone 5 and iPad mini are providing a current boost, while sales in China and other emerging markets such as Brazil will sustain the company's growth longer term."
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During the beginning on November, according to a Reuters report, iPhones assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry, the entity of parent Foxconn Technology Group, has been finding it hard to cope with the massive demand for iPhone 5 units.
Following the launch, the Wall Street Journal quoted an executive saying the iPhone 5 is "the most difficult device that Foxconn has ever assembled. To make it light and thin, the design is very complicated."
In addition, as previously expected by BMO Capital Markets analyst Keith Bachman, Apple guided the first quarter below the Street view as the tech giant is experiencing supply constraints related to iPhone 5, making it difficult to cater to the huge demand.
According to IDC, the Android operating system powered nearly three out of four smartphones shipped worldwide in the recently ended quarter. Analysts note that Android-powered gadgets are flooding the market, and eating into Apple's turf by feeding appetites for innovation and low prices.
AAPL is trading up 6.56% at $562.30 on Monday. The stock has been trading between $363.32 and $705.07 for the past 52 weeks.


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- Facebook is staying quiet about its crazy vision for the future.
- At its F8 conference in previous years, it has discussed how it is building science-fiction-esque mind-reading tech.
- But in 2018, bruised from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the company avoided the controversial subject entirely.
- Instead, its focus was on ensuring its products keep users safe — but it still made a slew of new announcements.
SAN FRANCISCO — At Facebook's annual F8 conference in 2017, attendees were greeted with a wild vision of the future and how Facebook was rushing to build it — from mind-reading to technology that lets you hear through your skin.
But chastened by months of scandals, Facebook's 2018 F8, held earlier this week, was a more subdued affair.
Sure, Facebook discussed subjects that, by most other companies' standards, are practically science fiction, including the future of virtual reality and avoiding biases in artificial intelligence. But it has reined in its its wilder impulses at it attempts to put its best face forward to the world, and to demonstrate that it is still a trustworthy and responsible company.
For the last few months, the conversation around Facebook has centered on successive crises, from its use in the spread of misinformation and Russian propaganda to the misappropriation of tens of millions of its users' data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Taking to the stage to open F8 on Tuesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the same apologies he has been making ad nauseam. But he also made clear that Facebook won't stop launching new products and features just because it needs to fix its existing ones. "We will keep building," he declared to a cheering crowd of developers.
There was a bevvy of new announcements around products and features, including a dating service, augmented reality features in Instagram, new analytics tools, and tools to help big businesses use WhatsApp.
But the focus of the event was squarely on safety and responsibility: How can Facebooks apps and services ensure "meaningful" connections and identify any negative unintended consequences. "We could build technically perfect, secure products and bad things would still happen," chief security officer Alex Stamos observed in a speech on Tuesday.
This meant the smart-speaker Facebook is reported to be developing — a would-be rival to the Amazon Echo or Google Home — was a no-show, despite earlier rumours that it would be unveiled at the conference. Announcing an always-recording microphone that lives in customers' homes probably isn't the wisest PR move after a bruising privacy scandal, after all.
And it meant that Facebook's stranger and quirkier projects were nowhere to be seen. Back in 2017, Regina Dugan, the then-head of Facebook's experimental projects lab Building 8, revealed the social networking company has 60 people working on mind-reading tech, and is also developing far-out tech that lets people hear through their skin.
In contrast, the day two keynote on Wednesday was a more grounded affair — announcing new AI development tools and teasing advances in virtual reality hardware technology.
Facebook isn't giving up on its futuristic ambitions. At F8, Zuckerberg reiterated the company's commitment to its 10 year roadmap, which (if you look closely) still includes BCI: "Brain computer interfaces."
But smarting from a Congressional hearing and a deluge of bad press, Facebook seems to be trying to get its house in order and convince the public of its contrition before it starts shouting about its sci-fi visions for the future again.


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GRAND THEFT Auto fans have been left wondering if Rockstar Games has stealth teased GTA 6 to one of the biggest TV audiences around.
By DION DASSANAYAKE PUBLISHED: 14:34, Tue, Feb 4, 2020 | UPDATED: 16:03, Tue, Feb 4, 20200
The GTA 6 release date is one of the biggest mysteries in gaming (Image: ROCKSTAR GAMES)It’s 2020 and Grand Theft Auto fans are still none the wiser as to when GTA 6 will be coming out. Currently fans of Rockstar Games blockbuster series are enduring the longest wait ever for a new entry, with it being over six years since GTA 5 came out. It had been thought that more news on what Rockstar are working on next, which is thought to be GTA 6, would be revealed after RDR2 was released.Biggest sign yet Grand Theft Auto 6 news is coming soon RELATED ARTICLESGTA 6 release date news: Rockstar Games secretly teases new GTA?But in the year that followed Red Dead Redemption 2’s launch no official word came from Rockstar Games on what their next project would be.It had been claimed that Rockstar’s next game could be GTA 6, Bully 2 or a brand new open-world medieval IP.Fans are hoping they will find out definitely what the Grand Theft Auto makers are working on next in 2020 ahead of the next-gen console launches.


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HP Confirms WebOS Tablet
After the HP and Palm deal it was very evident that we may very soon get to see a WebOS based tablet from HP and now, all the speculation turned out to be true. A couple of weeks back we heard about a tablet called the HP Hurricane but it was not official.
It is not yet confirmed whether this tablet will be called the HP Hurricane but I believe it would be called something else. Anyways we expect to hear an announcement in a few weeks and we can expect more details during that time.
As soon as we get to know more on this webOS based tablet by HP will let you in on more. So stay in touch and you can let us know in the comments whether you believe that this tablet will be as awesome as the Apple iPad and if so, why?


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Consumers Overwhelmingly Blame Businesses for Breaches
The majority of consumers—70%—would stop doing business with companies following a data breach; yet they fail to take any responsibility for their own poor data security habits.
According to a Gemalto survey of more than 10,000 consumers worldwide, only a quarter (27%) feel businesses take customer data security very seriously, and 70% would take their business elsewhere after a breach.
While 62% of consumers feel businesses are responsible for data security, many have their own poor security hygiene. For instance, 41% fail to take advantage of security measures available to them, such as two-factor authentication for social media accounts. In addition, more than half (56%) still use the same password for multiple online accounts.
This state of affairs is resulting in businesses being forced to take additional steps to protect consumers and enforce robust security measures, as well as educate them on the benefits of adopting these. Retailers (61%), banks (59%) and social media sites (58%) were found to have a lot of work to do, with these being sectors that consumers would leave if they suffered a breach.
“Consumers are evidently happy to relinquish the responsibility of protecting their data to a business, but are expecting it to be kept secure without any effort on their part,” said Jason Hart, CTO, Identity and Data Protection at Gemalto. “In the face of upcoming data regulations such as GDPR, it’s now up to businesses to ensure they are forcing security protocols on their customers to keep data secure. It’s no longer enough to offer these solutions as an option. These protocols must be mandatory from the start—otherwise businesses will face not only financial consequences, but also potentially legal action from consumers.”
Despite their lack of secure behavior, consumers’ security concerns are high, as two-thirds (67%) worry they will be victims of a data breach in the near future. Consequently, consumers now hold businesses accountable—if their data is stolen, the majority (93%) of consumers would take or consider taking legal action against the compromised business.
When it comes to the businesses that consumers trust least, over half (58%) believe that social media sites are one of the biggest threats to their data, with one in five (20%) fearful of travel sites—worryingly, one in 10 (9%) think no sites pose a risk to them.
On the other hand, a third (33%) of consumers trust banks the most with their personal data, despite their being frequent targets and victims of data breaches, with industry-certified bodies (12%), device manufacturers (11%) and the government (10%) next on the list for trustworthiness.
Hart continued, “It’s astonishing that consumers are now putting their own data at risk, by failing to use these measures, despite growing concerns around their security. It’s resulting in an alarming amount of breaches—80%—being caused by weak or previously stolen credentials. Something has to change soon on both the business and consumer sides or this is only going to get worse.”
Source: Information Security Magazine


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The British Chambers of Commerce has increased its 2014 GDP to 3.2% from 3.1%, the highest growth rate since 2007. It has also upped its forecast for 2015 to 2.8% from 2.7% and left 2016 unchanged at 2016.
The increase reflects stronger employment figures and higher than expected growth in Q3 and Q4 2014 than previously forecast in May.
The business group, which represents thousands of companies across the UK, is forecasting a moderate slowdown in growth from 2015 reflecting a deceleration in household consumption and falling public spending as a share of GDP.
BCC Director General John Longworth says we must do everything possible to ensure the strong growth in 2014 is not a flash in the pan. He calls the expected slowdown in 2015 and 2016 a warning sign for the UK which is currently too reliant on consumer spending as a growth driver. He added “We must make sure the stellar growth in 2014 is not a flash in the pan.”
The BCC is forecasting GDP growth of 0.8% in Q3 2014 but has reduced its estimate of exports of goods and services to 0.8% for 2014 from 1.9% and to 4.1% from 4.2% in 2015.
The group is still forecasting the first rise in UK interest rates in Q1 2015 to 0.75% with interest rates reaching 2.25% by Q4 2016. It also expects the unemployment rate to continue to fall to 5.5% in Q2 2015, 5% in Q2 2016 and to 4.9% in Q2 2017.


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‘We know times are hard… NOT for your CEO!’: Customers blast British Gas over ‘condescending’ cost-of-living email on when government’s £400 will kick in to ease bills burden
- Email was sent to customers to explain rollout of Energy Bills Support Scheme
- It shows a woman in distress alongside a caption: ‘More support is on the way’
- British Gas parent company Centrica saw £1.34bn profits in first half of this year
Fed-up bill payers have blasted British Gas for a ‘condescending’ cost-of-living email in which the energy giant told its customers: ‘We know times are really hard’ – just weeks after its parent company posted bumper half-year profits of £1.34 billion.
The energy firm, owned by Centrica, had contacted customers to let them know how they will receive the government’s upcoming £400 payout via the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS).
The grant is designed to help the average household tackle soaring energy costs, as watchdog Ofgem is expected to set the price cap at £3,586 in October, before rising it again to a predicted £4,266 in January.
It comes after inflation officially hit 10.1 per cent in July, a new 40-year high, while the rapidly rising cost of food and other everyday items has led experts to predict some 18 million households will struggle to pay their energy bills in the coming months.
British Gas, which services more than seven million homes across the UK, revealed that as part of the EBSS, its customers will see between £66 and £67 taken off their monthly bills between October 2022 and March next year.
However the amounts will not be automatically deducted, but paid back into the homeowner’s account ‘a few days’ after they pay what they owe in full.
But in a ‘tone deaf’ email sent to bill payers explaining the policy, a woman can be seen in clear distress while appearing to look at a bill, as a caption next to her reads: ‘More support is on the way.’
Customers brand British Gas email ‘tone deaf’, ‘patronising’ and ‘condescending’ as they blast the energy supplier for increasing prices after seeing sky-high profits this year
The email then reads: ‘We know times are really hard at the moment, with rises in living costs putting pressure on your budget. And some of our customers may find it difficult managing their energy bills.’
It adds that the new price cap increase, expected to be announced by Ofgem at the end of the month, will likely be ‘difficult news’, but that ‘regardless of your circumstances, more support is on the way.’
However the advert has stoked fury among cash-strapped Britons, who took to social media to brand it ‘patronising’ and ‘shameful.’
‘How condescending?’ one wrote on Twitter, ‘We know times are hard at the moment… not for your shareholders and CEOs.’
One fumed: ‘Fake sympathy email from British Gas telling me about the energy grant from the government and saying they know bills are stressful… how about reducing your f*****g profits then?’
Another branded the email ‘laughable’, adding: ‘They have no shame British Gas, while posting record profits.’
Others took aim at the policy itself, saying they feared £67 off their bills would not be enough to cover the huge increase forecast over the winter months.
‘Looking at the rises that are supposed to be coming, I’m not sure how much help it’ll be,’ one said.
MailOnline has contacted Centrica for comment.
Chris O’Shea (pictured centre, with Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak last September), who has headed Centrica since 2018 and earns £875,000 per year, revealed on July 28 that operating half-year profits at the firm had risen five fold to £1.34billion
The headline CPI rate reached 10.1 per cent in July – well above analysts’ predictions of 9.8 per cent. It was up from 9.4 per cent the previous month
British Gas, owned by Centrica, has contacted customers to let them know how they will receive the government’s upcoming £400 payout via the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS).
But the email has been branded condescending and patronising by some customers online.
The email reads:
Hello [customer’s name],
We know times are really hard at the moment, with rises in living costs putting pressure on your budget. And some of our customers may find it difficult managing their energy bills.
As you may have seen in the news, your energy prices are likely to rise in line with the new price cap, which we are expecting to be formally announced at the end of this month.
We understand this is difficult news. Once Ofgem release more information we’ll be in touch to let you know exactly what this means for you.
We’re contacting you to let you know that, regardless of your circumstances, more support is on the way. The government has recently announced the new Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS), which will give households a £400 discount off their energy bills from October. You can find out more about the scheme and how it will work on our website.
Energy watchdog Ofgem is expected to set the price cap at £4,266 for the average household in the three months from the beginning of January – around £650 higher than its previous forecast issued at the start of August.
It comes after gas prices spiked again on Monday and unless they drop in the coming months, average households could be facing an annual energy bill of £4,650 from January and £5,456 from April.
Meanwhile Chris O’Shea, who has headed Centrica since 2018 and earns £875,000 per year, revealed on July 28 that operating half-year profits at the firm had risen five fold to £1.34billion.
Centrica’s bumper profits for the six months to the end of June far outpaced the £262m recorded in the same period last year.
The firm, which produces energy as well as selling it to households and businesses, announced it would restart its dividend at 1p per share after suspending it for three years – sparking a backlash from critics.
Energy giant Shell joined Centrica in reporting bumper profits of £9.4bn in the second quarter – more than double last year’s figure of £4.5bn.
It comes as it was revealed today how pub, restaurant and business owners are being forced to close their doors as the crippling cost of living crisis continues to take hold over the country.
Small businesses in particular have been unable to cope with the soaring cost of energy and food bills – and are now calling for immediate government intervention.
It comes as inflations hit double figures for the first time in 40 years, the highest it’s been since 1982, at 10.1 per cent.
Now, an estimated 45 million people will struggle to pay energy bills this winter with predicted rises in price cap.
The new study, by the University of York, shows that 18 million families will be left trying to make ends meet after further predicted rises in the energy price cap in October and January.
Martin McTague, the national chair of the Federation of Small Businesses, has warned that the ‘toxic cocktail’ of rising taxes, energy costs, inflation and shrinking economic growth means ‘action is needed right now’.
‘The cost of living crisis can’t be solved without addressing the cost of doing business crisis,’ he said.
Yorkshire restaurant boss, Marco Di Rienzo has been forced to close his business after five years because of a £2,000 monthly bill.
Yorkshire restaurant boss, Marco Di Rienzo (pictured) has been forced to close his business after five years because of a £2,000 monthly bill
The upmarket Italian restaurant, Santoni, on Airedale Road, Keighley (pictured) remains popular, but with the worsening cost of living crisis means the owner has no choice
The upmarket Italian restaurant, Santoni, on Airedale Road, Keighley remains popular, but with the worsening cost of living crisis and rising prices in general, Mr Di Rienzo has been left with no choice.
‘The main factor is what’s coming ahead,’ he told Yorkshire Live.
‘I think there is a tough year or two ahead….with higher food prices, gas and electricity.’
With his business facing rising gas and electric bills of up to 40%, the monthly bill would be rising from roughly £1,200 a month in the summer to £1,800, he said.
Winter monthly bills would be closer to £2,000.
Food bills for the restaurant are also reaching crippling levels, says Mr Di Rienzo. Since March, a 20-litre drum of vegetable oil had risen from about £20 to £42.
Imported Italian mozzarella cheese had also gone up from £6 per kilo to more than £7 and San Marzano tomatoes had gone up from around £8.70 to £11.20 per kilo.
A slew of supermarket items have also far outpaced the inflation rate, with the cost of low fat milk rising by 34 per cent on average over the past 12 months, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS)
The latest stats reveal the headline CPI rate reached 10.1 per cent in July – well above analysts’ predictions of 9.8 per cent. It was up from 9.4 per cent the previous month, driven largely by fuel and food prices.
It is the highest inflation has been since February 1982, when the measure was estimated to have been 10.4 per cent, and comes amid a cost-of-living crisis that is seeing prices spiral on everything from package holidays to fish and chips and even toothbrushes.
A slew of supermarket items have also far outpaced the inflation rate, with the cost of low fat milk rising by 34 per cent on average over the past 12 months, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
Other dairy products also topped the list, with whole milk surging by 28.1 per cent, butter by 27.1 per cent and cheese by 17 per cent over the same period.
Other essentials such as olive oil, jam and honey and eggs rose by 23.6 per cent, 21.2 per cent and 14.6 per cent respectively.
Susannah Streeter, analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, told the Evening Standard: ‘The relentless rise upwards in prices continues, with little sign of a break for consumers who are desperately trying to make ends meet.
‘With more painful hikes in energy bills to come, and prices rising rapidly in supermarkets, many consumers are already having to make some hard choices about how to spend their dwindling budgets.
‘The path is set for a scorching summer of price rises to merge into a pretty awful Autumn and a winter of woe as households struggle against this tide of inflation.’
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The art and science behind how you buy your latte, pick up a box of cereal at the supermarket or splurge on a luxury item is up for discussion Monday and Tuesday at Whistler.
The International Council of Shopping Centers’ annual conference gets into full swing with thousands of developers, marketers and retail operators — plus architects, designers and purveyors of all kinds of software — coming together.
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They’ll attend keynote presentations, meet in smaller sessions and many will be hawking their latest wares.
Mall development is always on the agenda and this year, on the sidelines of the conference, Westbank Corp. and QuadREAL will be talking about their big-picture plans for Oakridge Centre.
The development at 41st Avenue and Cambie Street in Vancouver is still in the process of getting permits, with plans to break ground on construction in late 2018, but executives will be sketching out a vision for what retail experiences and city living will look like there in 2025. The site is of interest because Oakridge is the most-profitable mall in B.C., according to the Retail Council of Canada, which examined productivity, size and traffic at 30 malls across the country.


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Microsoft could be about to launch a competitor to Apple's Magic Trackpad device, called the Arc Touch Mouse.
The tweets, coming from Microsoft's Hardware division, have drip fed pictures of a flat, black device that has lead some to believe it could be a new internet tablet from the Redmond based company.
However, Microsoft's Hardware division only deals with keyboards, webcams, and mice meaning a new tablet isn't on the cards:
"Here’s a hint for you: “Don’t be so touchy…flat is where it’s at”, said the feed. Before once again stating: "Love the excitement about our next product! Just remember, we make keyboards, webcams and mice…"
Details of the Arc Touch Mouse began surfacing in early July as several European retailers began publishing listings for a "Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse".
Company officials registered arctouchmouse.com on Tuesday 30 March this year and according to an insider that spoke to Neowin, the device will launch in September.
Apple launched a touch enabled trackpad earlier in the month that allows users to replicate movements on the trackpad in the same as a MacBook laptop.
Would you want an Arc Touch Mouse? What do you think the touchy flat device is? Let us know in the comments below.


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Strong sales of medium duty commercial trucks reportedly are prompting General Motors to add a second production shift at its Flint truck assembly plant.
The Detroit News said the plant, which also builds full-size pickup trucks, currently operates on a single shift, employing 3,370 workers.
However, GM won’t be hiring any new workers to staff the second shift, company spokesman Dan Flores told the newspaper, but will draw from a pool of idled workers and employees from other plants.
It’s not clear, he reportedly said, how many additional positions would need to be filled when the second shift goes into operation in September.
The Detroit News said demand for GM’s medium duty commercial trucks is running far ahead of last year’s sales pace – about 12,500 units have been sold this year – while Flores told the paper that, in 2003, GM sold 20,906 medium duty trucks.
“Commercial trucks are used as a tool by businesses to generate revenue,” Flores reportedly said, “so it’s just one sign the economy is picking up, because businesses are starting to spend more money.”


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Mirum, the new global digital agency created by J. Walter Thompson Company, with a global force of 2200+ people, across 20 countries and 46 offices, now extends it footprint to India. As India’s leading social media and digital agency, Social Wavelength, becomes part of this global digital network. It will be known as Mirum India.
Mirum India will be a digital agency rooted in the disciplines of design, innovation, data, marketing and technology that will transform how businesses communicate and grow.
Mirum India, will utilise digital technologies and creativity to offer solutions in Business Transformation, Marketing Innovation and Commerce. It will bring in Mirum's global expertise in the field of technology development (Web / App / Mobile) as well as content production and marketing.


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The Southern Nursery Association (SNA) has announced that The SNA Conference will be delivered through a virtual platform in 2021. After careful consideration, the decision was made by the board of directors based on both current and projected limitations due to COVID-19.
The new format will allow broader participation as well as a wider range of topics. The conference will offer industry professionals a dynamic and interactive experience through the 18th SNA Plant Conference and the 65th SNA Research Conference, Keynote Sessions and Panel Discussions and Networking. In addition, SNA will be conducting annual business as well with 122nd Annual SNA Business Meeting.
“I am excited about the unlimited potential for our audience – and the future of the conference,” said Karen Summers, SNA Executive Vice President. “Pivoting to a virtual platform can have many benefits and allow participation from across the country – or the globe. The primary focus of the conference has been new plants and research. Going forward, we will expand the range of topics to include business-related sessions,” she added.
This new virtual experience will provide opportunities for learning, sharing, and collaborating with peers and experts through Q&A, breakouts, social engagement, and more – all recorded so you can replay a session or share it with other staff. Program content will feature the hottest new plants coming to market, the best practices for growing, and the latest horticultural research from top researchers from across the country. And new for 2021, business related topics will be included as well. Dates, schedule and program details will be announced in the coming weeks.


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The Monster Hunter series has really become one of Capcom’s most important over the last few years, with each entry selling quite well across the world. It has spanned a number of different platforms over the years, but the Nintendo 3DS has been its home for a few years now. This also includes the upcoming Monster Hunter Stories, which now not only has a release date in Japan, but also its own amiibo.
According to Gematsu, it was announced during an event overnight in Japan that Monster Hunter Stories will be coming to Japan on October 8 exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS.
The more surprising news came later when it was revealed that we were also getting three brand new amiibo based on the game that will release alongside it. This includes a One-Eyed Rathalos and Rider (Male), a One-Eyed Rathalos and Rider (Female), and a Nabiru, with them saying that a second set of Monster Hunter amiibo would be coming this winter as well.
The first two will be retailing for 1,800 yen each in Japan, while Nabiru will be a bit cheaper at 1,200 yen. While it is hard to compare these to US with exchange rate differences, it is likely that the higher end figures would be more in the range of the Yarn Yoshi’s to maybe even $19.99, while the other will probably be your typical $12.99 amiibo price.
This game has no US release announced yet, but with amiibo coming, it appears they will really be pushing this game and will very likely end up making its way to the US as well. Hopefully more news comes of this at E3 next month on a possible US release date for both the game and the amiibo.
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Governments around the world, The World Economic Forum, and the International Monetary Fund are proposing the movement to a global currency. How likely is this proposal and what can YOU do about it? How is deficit spending devaluing the dollar? With government spending out of control, the dollar clearly isn’t a stable store of value. How can everyday Americans protect themselves from dollar decline? To help make sense of the chaos in the economy, Savage speaks with expert Philip Patrick. He spent years as a private wealth manager at Citigroup on Lombard Street and joined Birch Gold Group as a Precious Metals Specialist in 2012.
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Publishers and developers are willing to do almost everything to gain more and more money. Did PSN and Xbox Live made them lazy and greedy? Let's see the cons and pros of modern network services.
N4G is a community of gamers posting and discussing the latest game news. It’s part of NewsBoiler, a network of social news sites covering today’s pop culture.


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Whether she’s wearing plunging Elie Saab or fluoro pink Valentino, Emma Stone‘s red carpet game is second to none, a fact which Vogue celebrated this year by putting the actress on the cover of their annual “Best Dressed” issue. But Stone shrugs off the suggestion that her fashion sense is really all that worthy of the attention.
U-S-A! U-S-A! Vogue‘s annual Best Dressed issue has a “Style Across America” theme for 2012, a wise choice with all of the Election-inspired patriotism in the air these days. And, diverse citizenry that we are, that means that the unlikely pair of Michelle Obama and Kate Upton both get Anna Wintour‘s seal of approval.
Every year, the editors at Vogue dedicate the January issue to women with seriously good style. This year, like every year, the magazine’s staffers were “overflowing with ideas, photos, and candidates—and there just isn’t room for all of it,” as the magazine’s style director, Alexandra Kotur explains. So they decided to release a special issue that focuses just on the women who they’ve anointed the best dressed women in the world.


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Two Bethlehem convenience stores have been penalized by the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs for overcharging customers on fuel prices last summer during a gasoline shortage caused by Hurricane Katrina.
The settlements actually involved three corporate entities, two of them representing the same filling station, said Bill Cloud, spokesman for the consumer affairs office.
MIR Enterprises and M&I Enterprises, both doing business as Shell Food Mart at 925 Georgia Highway 81, and KR&R LLC, doing business as the Shell Convenience Store at 830 Ga. 81, signed agreements with the consumer affairs agency, Cloud said.
Shell Food Mart's two parent corporations were fined $1,000 each and agreed to repay customers who have receipts for the purchases between 5:45 p.m. Aug. 31 and the close of business Sept. 28. The period to obtain restitution runs through Jan. 15.
The Shell Convenience Store did not have to pay a fine, but did agree to offer reimbursement to customers. The reimbursement period ended Dec. 12.
The Shell Food Mart has to repay customers the difference between a base price set by the consumer affairs office and the price they actually paid for the gas during the month-long period, Cloud said. A customer must have a receipt for the period to get reimbursed.
The base prices for the Shell Food Mart are set at $2.699 for self-service regular unleaded; $2.799 for self-service premium unleaded; and $2.899 for self-service diesel.
Cloud said the station must put up a sign in plain view for customers and explain the reimbursement policy, then send the consumer affairs office a list of names of the people who bring in receipts.
Earlier this month, Barnett Shoals Chevron, 2285 Barnett Shoals Road in Athens, agreed to a $4,000 fine and to reimburse customers under a similar settlement with the consumer affairs office.
Cloud noted that the agreements do not constitute an admission of wrongdoing by the gasoline retailer.
Cloud said his office is expecting a settlement with another Athens gas station within the next week. A total of seven Athens-area retailers have been accused of gouging, or selling gas at a higher price than what was being charged immediately before Gov. Sonny Perdue declared a state of emergency that included suspending the state gas tax in September.
At least 17 retailers across the state, including Harry's BP Station, 2207 W. Spring St., in Monroe, already have settled with the consumer affairs office.
The office received more than 3,300 complaints of price gouging after the gas tax was suspended.
Settlements can include fines up to $10,000.
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Johnson Matthey, known for making catalytic converters that clean up car exhaust fumes, said it would sell its battery materials business after concluding it could not compete with rivals.
The company said returns “will not be adequate to justify further investment” as the market was “rapidly turning into a high volume, commoditised market.”
The company had once hoped battery technology for electric vehicles could replace its reliance on catalytic converters. Johnson Matthey set up the battery division in 2012.
It said today: “Whilst demand for battery materials is accelerating, so is competition from alternative technologies and other manufacturers.”
Johnson Matthey will now look for a buyer for the division, which has been valued at £340 million. Charlie Bentley, an analyst at Jefferies, said Johnson Matthey may struggle to find a buyer at that price.
The decision to exit batteries “demonstrates the challenges in replacing earnings in the automotive catalysts as these fade mid-term,” he wrote in a note
Catalytic converters account for around half of the company’s business but this will decline as diesel and petrol cars are phased out.
Bentley said: “The key issue is JM has an overweight EU diesel car catalyst franchise that is going to zero.”
Johnson Matthey is investing in other sustainable businesses like hydrogen fuel and CEO Robert MacLeod said the sale would “allow us to accelerate our investment” in these areas.
In the same update, Johnson Matthey warned full year revenues would be “towards the lower end of market expectations”. The company blamed semiconductor shortages and other supply chain issues in the automotive sector, sky-high precious metal prices, and “acute” labour shortages in the US that are hitting its health business.
Bentley said the update suggested a 5% cut to forecasts. Hargreaves Lansdown said Johnson Matthey’s revenue was now likely to be around £4 billion next year, with operating profits near £475 million.
Finally, the business today also said MacLeod will leave the business next year after eight years as CEO. He will be succeeded by Liam Condon who joins from German chemicals giant Bayer.
Johnson Matthey shares sunk 522p or 18.9% to 2241p.


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TikTok ban passes legislature
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Montana is closing in on becoming the first state in the nation to ban the social media platform TikTok. The House of Representatives passed a bill 54-43 last week that would penalize app stores for providing anyone within Montana's borders access to TikTok. The Senate passed the bill on a 30-to-20 vote last month.
The bill would carry fines of $10,000 per person able to access the app, compounded daily. The bill would not fine Montanans who access the app, just the app store they used to download it.
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Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, recorded a strong first quarter with 2269 cars delivered i
International Automotive Components (IAC) Group has appointed James K. Kamsickas as Chief Executive
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Ssangyong Motor Company has announced that it had held a commemorative planting ceremony at its main
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Asia Motor Works (AMW) unveiled its new range of military vehicles called ‘AMW Defence’ at the 6th I
Tata Motors has showcased a new Micro Bullet-Proof Vehicle (MBPV) at Defexpo India 2012, a highly m
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Nissan Motor Limited has announced changes to its senior management team in India and in the region
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A greater number of tiny firms are concerned about inflation and future organization circumstances, according to a survey introduced Tuesday by the Nationwide Federation of Unbiased Business enterprise.
If even extra enterprise owners become concerned about inflation in the coming months, then that could possibly be a dilemma for the Federal Reserve — which is attempting to tamp down inflation still jogging effectively above the central bank’s 2% target, even nevertheless price increases have slowed in the past year.
The Fed keeps a close eye on inflation expectations to know whether or not or not US people have grow to be made use of to a specified level of inflation. If they have turn out to be made use of to a bigger amount of inflation, it could be very difficult to convey down, eroding Americans’ residing benchmarks. Officers look at a large selection of sentiment surveys to make the perseverance such as an additional recent study that showed that consumers’ in close proximity to-phrase inflation expectations fell in Might to their lowest stage in two decades.
“Overall, smaller organization entrepreneurs are expressing problems for foreseeable future business enterprise conditions,” Invoice Dunkelberg, NFIB’s chief economist, reported in a launch. “Supply chain disruptions and labor shortages will keep on to restrict the skill of quite a few compact corporations to meet up with the desire for their products and expert services, whilst significantly less extreme than previous year’s practical experience.”
The survey showed that all round small small business optimism enhanced in May, however it remained beneath its historical normal for the 17th thirty day period in a row. The share of compact organization homeowners anticipating far better small business conditions in the future declined in Might whilst the share reporting that inflation “was their single most essential difficulty in running their business” elevated.
Inflation has slowed from its 40-calendar year peak a year back to 4.9% in the 12 months ended in April. The Bureau of Labor Stats releases its Purchaser Rate Index for Could afterwards Tuesday. The Fed’s chosen inflation gauge has in the same way proven that inflation has cooled in the earlier quite a few months, while its looking at for April confirmed a surprise uptick.
The Fed has lifted curiosity prices 10 times considering the fact that it commenced lifting rates in March 2022, and it is succeeded in bringing down inflation so considerably with no throwing the labor industry off a cliff.
Employers have nonetheless been choosing, and the NFIB’s May possibly survey confirmed that 44% of homeowners “reported task openings that had been tough to fill, down 1 stage from April and remaining traditionally incredibly high.”
Other surveys have proven the same detail.
“A textile maker was having difficulties to employ the service of the ‘next generation’ of workers to swap retiring staff, as the common age of new hires is in the fifties,” claimed the Fed’s most new Beige Guide, which is a compilation of survey responses from firms all over the place.
The NFIB’s May perhaps study most likely will not raise any eyebrows at the Federal Open Market Committee, which is the Fed team that sets monetary coverage. Officials are confident that inflation anticipations stay in check out. The Fed announces its up coming interest rate transfer on Wednesday.
“Despite elevated inflation, for a longer time-expression inflation expectations show up to keep on being very well anchored, as mirrored in a wide vary of surveys of households, organizations, and forecasters, as perfectly as measures from financial marketplaces,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell explained in a information meeting just after officials voted to raise the benchmark lending price by a quarter point last thirty day period.


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Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz to step down after 36 years
World renowned coffee chain Starbucks has revealed its Executive Chairman Howard Schultz is set to step down after more than 36 years at the company.
“It seems like yesterday that I first walked into the Pike Place store, stepped across the threshold, and was swept into a world of coffee and community,” Shultz said in a personal letter addressing the company.
Schultz has been with the firm throughout its entire growth, overseeing a 21,000% gain in the firm’s stock price since its initial public offering (IPO) in 1992.
During this time, the Starbucks has grown its footprint from 11 US outlets to 28,000 stores across 77 countries globally.
“I set out to build a company that my father, a blue-collar worker and World War II veteran, never had a chance to work for,” Schultz said. “Together we’ve done that, and so much more, by balancing profitability and social conscience, compassion and rigor, and love and responsibility.”
The leadership changes will be effective 26 June, where after Schultz will be named Chairman emeritus of Starbucks.
An interview with The New York Times has revealed that moving forward, Schultz may openly consider pursuing a political career that could include a bid for the White house.
Schultz has already been spoken of as a potential Democratic candidate, and previously heavily endorsed Hilary Clinton during her 2016 presidential campaign.
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On January 23, 2021, Vyapaar Jagat, India’s fastest growing business digital platform, recently conducted the felicitation ceremony for the winners of Vyapaar Jagat Convention and Awards. The grand ceremony was held at Radisson Blu Hotel in Ahmedabad and saw a turnaround of business heads and entrepreneurs across fields such as technology, electronics, energy, engineering, FMCG, to just name a few. The winners were presented with a trophy, certificate and gift hamper as recognition of their achievement, in the presence of the chief guest, Dr. Mona Desai, President of National Chairperson Indian Medical Association Women Doctors Wing, Shri Nachiket Joshi- politician & director of Khaddargram International Pvt. Ltd, Shri Shankarbhai Dalwadi – Chairman Gujarat State Handloom & Handicraft Dev. Corporation Ltd, Mr. Ankur Vaid – CEO of Concord Biotech Limited, Shri Sharvil Sridhar – Cofounder of A.Shridhar Group, Mr. Manish Bhimani -Director Rplanet & Ms. Shalini Singh – VP Rplanet
Dr. Pravin Kumar, the founder of Vyapaar Jagat expressed his joy and said, “Vyapaar Jagat was established with the idea to create a platform of recognition for all kinds of businesses and entrepreneurs. This has been a great experience for me to be in the front seat at the place where best ideas meet, so we can propel the vision of Aatma Nirbhar together and create the future. It’s my honor to be surrounded with the brightest of talents and be able to recognize their contribution in this endeavor. I am determined more than ever to create opportunities of exposure and feel confident that VJCA 2021 will be a grander success than the first edition.”
The awardees were Ms. Neha Lal as Backline Medical Hero of the Year, Mr. Yash Vasant-Executive Director – BNI as Change Maker of the Year, 92.7 Big FM as Media Hero of the Year, Dr. Himanshu Talwar as Best Influencer of the Year, Dr. Manoj Ramsharan Gumber as Best Use of Social Media of the Year, Prof. Dr. Mohsin Wali as frontline Medical Hero of the Year, Dr. Geetika Saluja as Most Valueble Webinar Series of the Year, Neha Ved of PenVmedia as Content Strategy Consultant of the Year, to name a few.
The event also served as a networking event for business owners to tap onto modern industry trends, initiative collaborations and create partnerships to leverage business operations. A massive success, the award ceremony was attended by nominees from all the categories and adhered to safety and health protocols as prescribed by the Government.
About VyarpasJagat.com –
VyapaarJagat.com is India’s fastest growing digital business platform that honors and supports budding entrepreneurs and showcases their exemplary stories to the world. The brainchild of Dr. Pravin Parmar, VyapaarJagat.com delivers distinctive stories of business leaders, ingenious thinkers and pioneers across the spectrum of businesses celebrating each individual’s entrepreneurial journey. VyapaarJagat.com realizes that our nation’s economic growth is dependent on the brilliance, innovations and resilience of entrepreneurs as they pave the way to an Aatma Nirbhar Bharat. VyapaarJagat.com is a subsidiary of Vyapaar Jagat which also houses Vyapaar Jagat TV, Vyapaar Jagat Academy and Vyapaar Jagat Awards making it a complete platform for aspiring entrepreneurs and a treasure trove for the business community.


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Latest WhatsApp Beta Introduces ‘Username’ Feature
WhatsApp has just rolled its latest beta release for Android through the Google Play Beta Program, introducing a new WhatsApp username feature.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has just announced that EC2 M1 Mac instances are now available in preview, which will allow developers to access machines with Apple’s M1 chip and re-architect their apps to support M1-powered Macs natively.
Developers building for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV will also benefit from faster builds. EC2 M1 Mac instances deliver up to 60% better price performance over the x86-based EC2 Mac instances for iPhone and Mac app build workloads, according to AWS.
EC2 M1 Mac instances are powered by a combination of two hardware components:
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Brand Doctors: McDonald’s food. More questions
Industry experts suggest that perceptions about the QSR’s menu items won’t change any time soon.
Four lessons from mobile content creators (column)
From Nike to “Dam Daniel,” Pound & Grain ACD Scott Lew breaks down what marketers can learn.
From Russia, with love
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Why do ‘big ideas’ seem so elusive?
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Red Lion wins The Brain Project
Toronto agency gets a shot at driving research funding through Baycrest Health Sciences’ arts initiative.
Welcome to the sharing economy of advertising
KBS Canada head Nick Dean reflects on talent in the agency world and what’s ahead for 2017.
Confirming speculation, Blammo and Extreme merge
Dubbed Arrivals + Departures, the new agency is aiming for nothing less than becoming one of Canada’s top indies.
Stereo+ unveils brand overhaul
Refreshed design, a new platform and modernized stores aim to help the audio retailer win younger customers.
Cineplex elevates the magic of film
The follow-up to “Lily & The Snowman” finds another heartwarming way to get Canadians to prioritize the things they love.
Kit and Ace says keep calm and shop on
The fashion retailer’s shoppable video promotes a more chill Black Friday.
SapientNitro, Razorfish merge
Publicis Groupe combines the digital shops as part of its ‘power of one’ strategy.