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WDTN News | LOCAL NEWS | April 3rd, 2021 |
By Aliah Williamson |
Artemis Center in Dayton says they’re able to help more than 5,000 people a year with donations from generous donors. They offer resources and services to those dealing with domestic violence situations. Food, clothes and toiletries help these people start a fresh journey, but they recently realized that they didn’t have enough natural hair products for the people with naturally coily, curly or kinky hair that requires special attention.
“We typically get hair products for mostly white women and we know we serve a variety of individuals and we want to make sure we serve all our clients appropriately,” explained Jane Keiffer, executive director of Artemis Center. Read More


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Anhui Conch Cement earnings: here's what to expect
- On October 28, Anhui Conch Cement will release earnings for the most recent quarter.
- Analysts predict Anhui Conch Cement will report earnings per share of CNY 1.88.
- Watch Anhui Conch Cement stock price move in real-time ahead here.
Anhui Conch Cement will be reporting earnings from the most recent quarter on October 28.
3 analysts are predicting earnings of CNY 1.88 per share compared to earnings of CNY 1.63 per share in the same quarter of the previous year.
Analysts are expecting the company to report CNY 46.16 billion, an decrease of 7.63% over the prior year quarter.
With regard to the current fiscal year, analysts forecast a profit per share of CNY 6.47. Last year it was CNY 6.26 per share. In terms of sales, analysts estimate that the company will bring in CNY 186.36 billion in the current fiscal year, compared to CNY 176.24 billion in the same period last year.
This story was written by Markets Insider's RoboEddy, which automatically writes these stories based on data provided by our partners.

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Update: Ten months after we first saw Panasonic's 20-inch 4K tablet at CES 2013, the company held a launch event in Hollywood to show off the final product. It's undergone some changes since then, so we've updated our hands-on review to reflect that.
Panasonic chose to roll its 20-inch 4K tablet into its Toughpad line, dubbing it the Panasonic Toughpad 4K UT-MB5.
Since the first time we saw it, the tablet's RAM has been doubled to 8GB (with 2GB of VRAM). Its storage has also been doubled to 256GB, and its rear camera has been replaced by a front-facing one.
In addition, the tablet's back and bezel now feature an attractive and eye-catching lined pattern, though the texture remains smooth.
We've also learned that it runs Windows 8.1, has an optional Bluetooth stylus, and is designed to withstand a 30-inch drop to its back while operating and 12-inch drops at 26 different angles while it's turned off.
Other than those changes, the Toughpad 4K UT-MB5 remains largely the same as when we first saw it back in January. It's still an enterprise business-oriented tablet geared at architects, photographers, designers, salespeople, and executives, and it still looks and feels gorgeous.
The 20-inch Panasonic Toughpad 4K UT-MB5 tablet will release in the US in January 2014 for $5,999.
Original story below…
Panasonic introduced a uniquely massive tablet in its CES keynote on Tuesday, and TechRadar later got a chance to check out the prototype device in person on the convention floor.
It's a thing of beauty, though it's certainly not for everyone.
The tablet's display is 20 inches across with an Ultra HD 4K resolution of 3840 x 2560 and 230 ppi, which makes even the most minute details come out crisp and clear. To top it off, it runs a full version of Windows 8 Pro, though the Windows desktop (and several other functions) were not accessible on the prototype models at CES.
But even the most tech-obsessed consumer is going to struggle to come up with justifications for owning one, a fact that Panasonic seems well aware of.
For professionals only
In fact, the 20-inch 4K Windows 8 tablet is a professional-oriented device that won't be aimed at average consumers at all.
Panasonic had the large tablet set up at three kiosks at its massive CES booth, each of which showed off functions for different types of professional: architects (using Bluebeam software), photographers (using Photoshop) and marketers.
For marketers in particular, the 20-inch tablet will be meant to "replace paper," a Panasonic representative told TechRadar.
Lying sideways, the device's 20-inch screen is roughly the size of two pieces of printer paper, and Panasonic referred to it as a "virtual brochure" that marketers can use to show off their wares and ideas.
Panasonic representatives emphasized that the version of the 4K tablet that was shown off at CES is only a prototype, and that its specs are subject to change.
But the device is currently packing a 1.8GHz Intel i5 3427U vPro processor, Nvidia GeForce graphics, 4GB of memory (though that will almost certainly increase, TechRadar was told by a Panasonic rep), a 128GB solid state drive, 10 point multi-touch, 720p video capture from the rear camera, and space for a microSD card.
It's certainly got power; the Windows 8 OS, which can get somewhat laggy on lesser tablets, was as responsive as we've ever seen it, quickly switching functions without so much as a hiccup.
But the 4K tablet's considerable 5.5 lb weight and massive frame, not to mention a rather paltry 2-hour battery life, will make it less attractive to consumers looking for a large tablet to carry around.
The size problem
Practically speaking, the 4K Panasonic tablet's considerable size and resolution presented some usability problems.
Using Photoshop effectively, for example, was made nearly impossible by the prohibitively small size of the icons around the sides and top of the screen - despite the crispness of those icons (no complaints there) they were simply too small to easily tap with a finger.
To top it off, the tablet refused to acknowledge the taps of the Anoto digital stylus that was tethered to it, only recognizing actions like swiping and dragging. That may be subject to change as well, though in this iteration the pen was ineffective.
That said, another Panasonic representative assured TechRadar that application specific such as icon size will almost certainly be altered by the time the big tablet is ready for store shelves.
The tablet's virtual keyboard, on the other hand, accessed through a simple menu, was large and responsive enough to use without taking up too much real estate thanks to the enormous screen.
So far there's no word on pricing or release date for the 20-inch 4K tablet, though a Panasonic representative did hint to TechRadar that more prototypes could be ready later this year.
Until then, you'll just have to make do with your dinky 10-inch iPads.


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DC Comics isn't nearly as organized about making movies as Marvel. They claim that they're going to make a Justice League movie by 2015, but as far as we know Disney has made more progress on the new Star Wars. While DC's uncertain future may be unfortunate for certain projects, it leaves the door open for other, less conventional projects. Guillermo Del Toro, creator of fantastically weird, dark films, may be looking to take advantage of the situation: According to io9, the Hellboy director has been talking to DC about making a movie based on Justice League Dark, the company's supergroup comprised of darker heroes from imprint Vertigo.
Vertigo announced today that they are beginning a new series called Vertigo Resurrected, which they will use to showcase some of their impressive archive of "horror, crime, war, western, fantasy, urban memoir, science fiction or reality based" stories; resurrecting, if you will, some of their greatest "rarely seen tales." First off the bat is a story that actually can't be resurrected, because it was never published in the first place: Hellblazer: Shoot, written by Warren Ellis.
I've never bought an issue of Action Comics before, but that's all set to change. October's issue is going to have a very special guest star: Death herself. And yes, according to The Source, Neil Gaiman approves. Death is the second oldest of the Endless, and a major character in Neil Gaiman's Sandman, which, though neither Vertigo or DC mention it very often, is a part of the DC Universe. Apparently, she has a date with Lex Luthor.
DC Comics, the more senior half of the Big Two, announced that they are also going to be diving in to the realm of digital distribution, and doing so even more aggressively than Marvel. DC will be creating a iThing App, as well as partnering with Comixology.com and the PlayStation Network to bring comic books straight to your PSP, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or desktop computer. From The Source:
“At DC Comics, it has been a top priority that DC forges a meaningful, forward-looking digital strategy,” said Jim Lee, Co-Publisher, DC Comics. “As both a comic book creator and Co-Publisher, it was incredibly important that our plan includes not only creator incentive payments, but also an innovative component that supports comic shop owners. We see digital as an opportunity to grow our entire business.”Digital distribution that supports brick and mortar stores? People keep saying this, and we keep wincing.


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Posts for the ‘Tablet PCs’
According to a press release by Asus, the recently unveiled Google’s first tablet the Google-Nexus 7 will officially launch in India market towards the end of September 2012 but has not hinted the expect price of the device.
Kobian, a leading computer peripheral vendor in India has announced the launch of its new mTab Rio Tablet that sports a 9.7-inch IPS LCD display that is considered far superior to traditional LCD panels and is powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich version of operating system priced for Rs, 11,990 in India.
Kobian, makers of Mercury brand tablet devices and a personal computer peripherals supplier has announced a very low cost tablet device called iXA Tab that is targeted to students and education community squarely pitched against the cheapest student oriented tablet device on the market, the UbiSlate from Datawind.
iBall has launched its brand new budget priced Slide i7218 Tablet device that is powered by 1GHz processor, runs Google Android v2.3 Gingerbread operating system and features a full USB port connection allowing users directly connect their mass-storage flash drives, 3G data card dongles and external USB based keyboard and even mouse devices.
All Huawei MediaPad tablet owners can now upgrade their device to the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich version of operating system giving consumers the advantage of new and improved camera application that can be accessed directly from the standby mode with the help of the unlock key or the slider button.
The new iPad, which for some strange reasons is not been called iPad 3, went on sale in India, just about a month and a half since it went on sale in The US and nine other countries in March 2012, and is now available for the starting price of Rs. 30,500 for a base [...]
Telmoco Development Labs, a Thiruvananthapuram based company has launched its low cost e Attitude Daksha tablet device targeted to education sector just for the price of Rs. 5,399 that features a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen display that is capable of playing full 1080p HD videos and is powered by Android Honeycomb v3.2 OS designed for tablet [...]
Apple has announced that the third iteration of Apple iPad tablet would hit stores in India starting 27th April 2012 at the starting price of Rs. 30,500 (inclusive of VAT). The new iPad tablet would come in black and white colors and is equipped with the highest quality Retina display on the market on any [...]


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The pound to Australian dollar exchange rate has fallen further away from the 2 dollar symbolic mark with rates currently trading at 1.9635.
As some economies such as Germany and the US begin to start relaxing lockdown measures that have been in place since March, this could be the start of further improvement for the Australian dollar. The Australian dollar as a commodity currency is directly impacted by the performance of other economies and usually suffers in times of economic uncertainty. Any major progress fighting the battle with coronavirus could see considerable market volatility for the GBP vs AUD exchange rates. Those looking to buy or sell Australian dollars would be wise to make contact and look at the options available.
Easing of Lockdown Measures Provides Support to the Global Economy
There is optimism building that a number of important parts of the global economy could be about to re-open. This is echoes by the fact that US President Donal Trump has produced guidelines for US states to re-open economies. There have also been reports that a biotechnology company has produced an antiviral drug and is successfully treating patients with Covid-19. The outlook for the global economy however still remains far from clear. France has extended its lockdown until 11th May whilst Britain too has extended by another three weeks. In the Eurozone European car sales have fallen at the fastest rate ever. It would only take a sudden rise in the number of cases and a further spreading of the disease to change the outlook once again. Germany for example which has relaxed some measures and will allow for non-essential shops to open has seen an uptick today in the number of Covid-19 cases.
Although China has reported its first plunge in Gross Domestic Product in decades there were some positive signs coming from the industrial production numbers for March as factories in China have started to come back online. There would be an expectation that the April figures will continue to look stronger still.
Whilst much of the focus globally remains on the most pressing matter of Covid-19 the Brexit negotiations will still need to continue. There is uncertainty as to whether or not there will be an extension beyond the end of the transition period which finishes at the end of 2020. There have been reports that the EU may seek to offer a better trade deal in light of the issues that the EU currently faces as a direct result of Covid-19. Any change in direction on Brexit could see considerable market volatility for the GBP to AUD pair.
If you’d like to discuss these factors and how they could impact an upcoming currency transfer, feel free to get in touch with me, James Lovick, using the form below.


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Social corporate responsibility basically says corporations choose to do the right thing sometimes at the expense of making a profit. We saw some corporations being socially responsible during South Africa’s apartheid era and Ben & Jerry’s along with Starbucks are some familiar names of today’s socially responsible companies.
Walmart fails to make this list. This time not for employee dealings or overseas manufacturers but for the mayhem they incite on what’s known as Black Friday.
Once again, Walmart found itself in the news due to people behaving badly in their stores all across the country. Remember a Walmart employee was trampled to death during one Black Friday sale just a few years ago.
The Worst of Us
Not everyone in search of the holiday’s best deals is looking for trouble. However, these late night, early morning shopping excursions bring out the worst of our society. One woman pepper sprayed fellow shoppers and thieves now lie in wait in parking lots for unsuspecting shoppers. My guess is this will only get worse; especially if our economy continues to sputter its way back to recovery.
I know companies are in business to make a profit. Ellis Valin Communications is in business not only to provide excellent service but also make a profit. But there comes a point where you have to evaluate at what cost do you continue to pursue profits.
I think Walmart should do the right thing and make some serious policy changes in how their stores implement and manage Black Friday sales events.
If violence continues to escalate, states may begin to weigh in and create legislation to protect consumers and employees. In the great state of Texas, we have laws on the books that prevent car dealerships from selling on Sunday, beer and wine can only be sold after noon on Sundays and no hard liquor is ever sold on a Sunday. If enough people get hurt…if a peace officer is every harmed whiled protecting civilians during one of these Black Friday events, my guess is the Texas legislature would create laws to control Black Friday sales events.
Walmart…do the right thing. Consider the well-being of your customers and employees.
I know there’s a way to make a profit that doesn’t include inciting people to riot and loss of life.


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IR Ventures: New hub bolsters Australia’s blockchain development
Australia is fertile land for blockchain firms, and hubs like these help them grow.
The Australian Digital Commerce Association (ADCA), Australia's leading cryptocurrency industry group, is already confirmed as a tenant.
On the move
"When we founded Independent Reserve in 2013, the blockchain ecosystem in Australia was non-existent; we knew something had to change. We had a vision of helping accelerate blockchain innovation in Australia which underlines our core purpose at Independent Reserve – helping foster a vibrant and thriving community behind blockchain entrepreneurship and innovation," said Independent Reserve CEO Adrian Przelozny.
"We began by building one of Australia’s first digital currency exchanges to ensure that the footprint of blockchain innovators across the country could be recognised and continue to spur on the adoption of digital currencies by making them mainstream. IR Ventures extends on that vision and our commitment of working towards one common goal: developing our local blockchain ecosystem and strengthening Sydney's credentials as a regional hub for blockchain innovation."
To that end, IR Ventures aims to offer a holistic development space for up to 24 Australian companies in early commercialisation stages as well as those building blockchain and fintech solutions and supporting Australia's expanding blockchain industry.
Beyond the physical space, startups can also access IR Ventures' cross-industry range of mentors, including representatives of the law firm Piper Alderman, venture capital firm KTM Ventures, accounting firm PKF and app security company Entersoft, as well as the team at Independent Reserve and the other hub residents.
“Every now and again you get to work with an amazing company and this is Independent Reserve," said KTM Ventures Innovation Fund chief investment officer Martin Rogers. "IR Ventures is the next leg of the journey, allowing for the iterative breed of start-ups to join on the success of Independent Reserve. We are honoured at KTM Ventures to be part of the journey and look forward to the next implementations of innovation."
Australia is turning into a bit of a blockchain centre of the Asia Pacific region, with many overseas firms coming in largely due to the relatively clear regulatory climate around digital assets in Australia. By setting up shop in Australia, some companies are hoping to "export" – in a manner of speaking – the benefits of this regulatory clarity.
According to the 2018 EY Fintech Australia census (PDF), Australia ranks 5th of 22 markets globally for rates of fintech adoption, while Australia's biggest banks, the ASX, several law firms, housing institutions and many more have all proven to be enthusiastic explorers of the crypto space so far. Also, overseas investment might be more willing to enter the space because of the wide breadth of cross-industry blockchain knowledge they can likely find Down Under.
Accelerators abound, mostly in Melbourne so far, but Australia's burgeoning blockchain industry can almost certainly benefit from more.
Disclosure: At the time of writing, the author holds ETH, IOTA, ICX, XLM and BTC.


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Key Investors and Planned Expansion
The funding round was primarily steered by Blue Pool Capital, a fund that chiefly manages the wealth of Alibaba founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai, with additional participation from Animoca Ventures. Artifact Labs plans to channel these funds into the expansion of its operations, with a specific aim to increase its team of developers.
Preserving History with Blockchain
Artifact Labs distinguishes itself from the NFT hype projects by driving engagement with historically significant collections using Web3. “We aim to etch new spaces in the consciousness of the younger public for historical brands and artifacts,” Phillip Pon, CEO of Artifact Labs, shared in a press release. The company intends to aid crucial organizations with new revenue streams for their preservation work, while also strengthening immutable on-chain data preservation through NFTs.
A Journey from South China Morning Post to Artifact Labs
The journey of Artifact Labs began within the South China Morning Post (SCMP), a leading newspaper in Hong Kong. SCMP in 2021 introduced a non-fungible token standard named ARTIFACT for recording historical data. The newspaper enjoyed considerable success selling NFTs of its historical front pages, capturing significant events like the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, the Avian flu outbreak, the Asian Financial Crisis, and the death of U.K.’s Princess Diana.
Artifact Labs: A New Chapter
Now functioning as an independent company, Artifact Labs announced that it will be releasing NFT collections as a revenue stream for preservation organizations. It also plans to develop and release technology to help institutions preserve their archives on-chain.
Emerging as a Player in the NFT Space
Artifact Labs might be a small player in the NFT space currently, but its recent acquisitions and partnerships indicate a promising future. In April 2023, the company acquired the tech stack of NFT platform Refinable, which will allow it to expedite its product roadmap, including the creation of a niche-focused NFT marketplace.
Partnership with RMS Titanic Inc
In a recent partnership with RMS Titanic Inc, Artifact Labs will preserve approximately 5,500 artifacts recovered from the ocean liner, converting them into immutable NFTs on the blockchain. This partnership aims to foster a Web3 Titanic community and offer exclusive benefits to holders.
Ahoy Titanic fans! We invite you to join us on @RMSTitanic_Inc 's Web3 Journey.
Connect with like-minded community members in our Discord, and stay up-to-date with our latest news.
React to the pinned post in our Discord channel to unlock a special role with perks!
— Artifact Labs (@ArtifactLabs_) May 10, 2023
What is Artifact Labs?
Artifact Labs is a Web3 company that preserves historical records using blockchain technology and NFTs.
Who led the recent funding round for Artifact Labs?
The funding round was led by Blue Pool Capital, a fund that manages the wealth of Alibaba founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai.
What is the primary goal of Artifact Labs?
Artifact Labs aims to engage the younger generation with historically significant collections by using Web3, and solidify on-chain preservation of historical events through NFTs.
What significant step did Artifact Labs take in 2023?
In 2023, Artifact Labs acquired the tech stack of NFT platform Refinable, which will help them to build a niche-focused NFT marketplace.
Who has Artifact Labs recently partnered with?
Artifact Labs has recently partnered with RMS Titanic Inc to preserve about 5,500 artifacts recovered from the ocean liner, turning them into immutable NFTs on the blockchain.


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TOKYO — Japanese cosmetics maker Shiseido plans to sell a portion of its business, including hair care products, to European private-equity fund CVC Capital Partners for possibly more than 100 billion yen ($965 million), Nikkei has learned.
The move comes amid slumping sales during the coronavirus pandemic as more people stay at home. Shiseido aims to sell less-profitable businesses to focus on its core cosmetics business.
CVC will acquire Shiseido’s “personal care business,” which develops and sells daily necessities like skin care and body care products found in drugstores. It will also include its “Tsubaki” haircare brand of shampoos and conditioners as well as “Uno,” a popular men’s hair styling brand.
The business logged total revenue of 105.3 billion yen in the Asia region, including Japan and China, for the year through December 2019, accounting for 9% of Shiseido’s overall revenue.
According to people familiar with the matter, Shiseido will sell its business to CVC’s special-purpose company. Shiseido will hold a 35% stake while CVC will acquire 65%.
Shiseido said, “We are considering participating as a shareholder to the new company, which will operate the business and cooperate in future development and growth.”
The deal will be decided by Shiseido’s board of directors as early as this month, followed by the establishment of the SPC in March.
Shiseido’s sales, which have relied on the massive inflow of foreign tourists into Japan, have been hit hard by the pandemic, with its core cosmetics business slumping. As of November, Shiseido was forecasting a net loss of 30 billion yen for 2020. The company changed its accounting period for financial statements in 2015, but a net loss for the full year will be Shiseido’s first since the year ending March 2013.
Competition in the industry has intensified, with France’s L’Oreal strengthening its development of high-end cosmetics.
According to data by Quick FactSet, Shiseido’s operating expenses to sales ratio has stayed at around 70% for the past few years. That compares to L’Oreal at about 50% ratio and U.S. rival Estee Lauder at around 60%.
Its personal care business consists of many low-priced products, which has also put downward pressure on profitability. The emergence of startups in the hair care sector also prompted Shiseido to divest the business.
The time-honored Japanese company has already reviewed some of its other businesses. In 2018 it exited from its low-profit making hotel amenity business, then in 2019 it purchased U.S. skin care brand Drunk Elephant for about 90 billion yen in a bid to accelerate its efforts to grow a high-end skin care business.


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Product product Sales for the cannabis extract cannabidiol (CBD) have approximately doubled within the last couple of years in britain. However some are worried that CBD items are only a few they claim become.
Alongside reputable vendors, the fast development of the industry has attracted “CBD cowboys” – opportunists wanting to make an instant profit – based on Mark Reinders, president regarding the European Hemp business Association.
There are two main main substances found in cannabis – CBD and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol). Unlike THC, CBD is appropriate, does not allow you to be high and it is common on high streets and on line.
You will find now an approximated quarter of the million regular users into the UK, looking at CBD to aid general wellness, simplicity anxiety, sleep issues and chronic discomfort on top of other things.
Do we understand just what’s during these items?
CBD is often based in the kind of oil to be fallen beneath the tongue or e-liquids become vaped.
Utilizing the hype being assisted along by a-listers like Kim Kardashian, whom threw a CBD-themed baby shower celebration in April, it’s additionally discovered its means into services and products from lip balm to hummus, cappuccinos to sparkling water.
A report that is recent industry human body the Centre for healthcare Cannabis blind-tested 30 items marketing themselves as CBD, bought regarding the tall Street and on line. It found almost half (45%) had quantifiable degrees of THC, making them theoretically unlawful in the united kingdom.
The scientists additionally discovered the presence in seven items regarding the solvent dichloromethane, which could cause wheezing and difficulty breathing, at amounts above meals safety limitations.
Some CBD items also have almost no of the advertised ingredient.
One sample, purchased at a street that is high string, had no CBD with it after all and was attempting to sell for more than ?50. Just 38% associated with the items tested had amounts of CBD within 10percent regarding the quantity advertised regarding the container.
There’s absolutely no appropriate dependence on these items to be tested, while some businesses state they will have rigorous assessment regimes.
Prof Saoirse O’Sullivan, through the University of Nottingham, advises shoppers try to find brands that may supply a certification of analysis of these products.
Charlotte Caldwell became a campaigner for usage of medical cannabis (containing both CBD and THC) after struggling to acquire it on her behalf son Billy, who may have severe epilepsy. She launched her very own number of CBD-only items, called Billy’s Bud, before withdrawing it whenever she became worried that she could not locate just what was at them.
She felt she was in fact “naive” and wants CBD services and products to be much better researched and more obviously managed.
Exactly just What health claims are now being made?
Unless they will have them certified as being a medication, vendors are not allowed to make explicit wellness claims.
Regardless of this, increasing numbers of people in britain are searhing for out CBD services and products within the belief they will relieve anxiety, sleep disorders and pain.
Charlotte Caldwell states she’s got “hundreds, possibly thousands” of clients and parents contacting her about making use of CBD – in many cases for severe and conditions that are chronic.
A search of Instagram reveals claim after claim being made by vendors and promoters of CBD services and products – they could be a “solid alternative to antidepressants” that they ease pain, improve mood and even.
Great britain government’s medications and Healthcare items Regulatory Agency has contacted 180 stockists since 2016 over concerns these were making health that is unauthorised for CBD.
In http://cbdoilrank.com order to make wellness claims, manufacturers need to get items licensed through the Medicines that is european Agency.
Only Epidiolex, a drug that is cbd-based to stop seizures, has started this method. It really is near to being certified and it is currently being recommended to NHS clients – 80 at the time of March – as an unlicensed medication.
The nationwide Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), normally evaluating Epidiolex’s medical and cost-effectiveness for just two types of epilepsy – Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndromes. It shall come to a decision about whether, as soon as licensed, it must be recommended in the NHS as a matter needless to say.
The NHS will not suggest CBD for just about any other conditions.
What is the evidence?
On the web, “CBD happens to be touted for several afflictions which is why it’s maybe maybe not been studied,” in accordance with an evaluation from the University of Nottingham, posted in February. As well as for people with been studied in people “it generally speaking has poor or extremely poor evidence”, utilizing the notable exclusion of seizures.
There clearly was evidence that is pre-clinical CBD can alleviate pain and infection in mice but it hasn’t been verified in people. Human trials carried out to date have had little samples, yielding very blended outcomes.
Sleepiness is just a understood side-effect so CBD could have some use with regards to sleep disorders.
In terms of anxiety, there is certainly some controlled-trial evidence it might be efficient at dosages of around 300mg at once. In the high-street, an item containing 250mg for the whole bottle might cost around ?50.
These studies looked over the treating short-term signs before anxiety-provoking events like speaking in public. The day-to-day utilization of CBD to control continuing anxiety signs will not be examined.
Yet a search that is google raises sites suggesting ditching prescribed anxiety medicine for CBD oil.
And you can find concerns that much more casual individuals are being fooled.
Prof O’Sullivan points down that novelty items like CBD cappuccinos and ice-cream, frequently offered at reasonably limited, have therefore small CBD inside them that “there is simply no possibility it will have biological impact”.
This, she states, can lead to people being overcharged while sellers capitalise on its halo of health to bump within the cost.
Some claim, she says “the future could look very different” as for whether CBD could turn out to be a salve for the dizzying range of conditions.
There are early promising signs for some conditions but, for the present time, individuals are well encouraged to tread very carefully, do their research and wait for lots more proof.


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Xiaomi has disabled the anti-theft feature offered on its flagship smartphone, the Mi MIX 4, under pressure from the Chinese government. There was a lot of talk about this feature on the phone at launch. The specialty of this feature is that in case of loss or theft, the phone can be easily detected even without a SIM card.
Xiaomi Weibo informed by post
According to the South China Morning Post, the Chinese government has ordered Xiaomi to remove the feature from the Mi MIX 4. Xiomi informed via Weibo Post about removing this feature. According to reports, this feature over the phone is a violation of applicable rules in China and has not been approved by Chinese regulators.
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Virtual SIM technology is banned in China
The feature offered on this phone by Xiaomi is based on E-SIM or Virtual SIM technology and there are strict restrictions on this technology in China. In this entire matter, Xiaomi has not yet made any official statement.
Features and Specifications of Xiaomi Mi MIX 4
The phone has a 6.67-inch Full HD + AMOLED 3D Curved Display with 2400×1080 pixel resolution. The refresh rate of this display is 120Hz and the touch sampling rate is 480Hz. One of the phone’s biggest features is the under-display front camera that users love so much.
The Snapdragon 888+ 5G SoC is offered as a processor on this phone with 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of internal storage. For photography, this phone has a triple rear camera setup with LED flash.
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It has a 108-megapixel primary camera with a 13-megapixel ultra-wide angle lens and an 8-megapixel periscope camera. For selfie, this phone has a 20 megapixel under-display front camera.
To power the phone, it has a 4500mAh battery that supports 120W wired and 50W wireless charging. For connectivity, the phone has options like Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, UWB, NFC, 5G and USB Type-C port.


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The latest Bitcoin, DeFi, NFTs and web3 news from CryptoSlate.
Jay-Z, Jack Dorsey launch Bitcoin education classes for Marcy Houses residents
The Bitcoin Academy initiative seeks to educate and empower Marcy Houses residents to become financially independent.
LimeWire to launch original NFT collection
The collection, the first to launch on LimeWire's upcoming NFT marketplace. will provide real-life utility to its holders.
Do Kwon accused of siphoning $80M a month from failed Terra project
Fresh allegations against Do Kwon claim he withdrew hundred of millions of dollars from the Terra ecosystem before its collapse.
Op-Ed: Overhyping crypto tarnishes more than the industry’s reputation
Opportunistic behavior's from crypto industry companies only helps to serve it's own developers over providing actual value, delaying the industry's growth and adoption
PGIM COO urges crypto investors to adopt a pick and shovel play
Long-term investments in the blockchain, smart contracts, and the companies that use these technologies will eventually pay off, says Taimur Hyat.
ApolloX suffers $2.8M hack after securing latest seed funding round
Hours after ApolloX confirmed that it had completed a new funding round, a hacker exploited a bug on the network to steal 53 million APX tokens, worth $2.8 million.
FatManTerra launches non-profit LUNA validator for UST compensation
The Dark Knight of Terra has launched a LUNA 2.0 validator at 10% commission in order to manage "restitution" for UST holders
imToken will focus on the realization of a Web 3.0 “Tokenized World”
imToken, a decentralized wallet, recently hosted an event in Singapore titled "Equal Access to the Tokenized World."
VeChain, UFC enter multi-year marketing collaboration
VeChain's branding will be integrated into UFC assets and events, giving the blockchain marketing visibility across millions of UFC fans.
Tether has announced that it will launch USDT on the Tezos network
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Shopping centre owners have proposed removing the iconic spires from High Barnet's high street under one of two designs for a major refurbishment.
The plans went on display at The Spires shopping centre, in High Barnet, last week, with shoppers invited to leave their comments.
The designs have caused a stir in the town centre, with many saying they want the iconic landmarks to stay, despite being supportive of a refurbishment at the centre.
Here’s what shoppers told the Times Series when we visited The Spires this week…
Mother-of-two Cherrelle Vella, 24, from Mays Lane: “The refurbishment definitely needs to be done. The shops are all looking a bit old and tattered and there are always empty units here. They need to bring some life back to the area.
“But they need to keep the spires, they are part of the heritage of the high street. Barnet would lose a bit of its history if they were to go and would make the area bland and uninteresting.”
William Brennan, 24, from the Dollis Valley estate: “They have redeveloped too many old buildings. Those spires are part of the history of Barnet. They need to just leave them alone – they do too much to old buildings these days.”
Marian Collins, from East Barnet: “They need to keep the spires but in the current climate we need to get shops and businesses going so the revamp is a good idea. It would be an unnecessary removal though – the spires have character. They’re nice and elegant, they’re not ugly structures.”
Alda Olafsdottir, who has lived in High Barnet for the past 25 years: “If they remove the spires I’m moving away. It is a horrible thought and would change the character of Barnet.
“I support the fact they need to upgrade the centre – there is nothing happening and the shops are closing. But this is not the city – don’t try and bring the city to Barnet.
“I’m passionate about this. We need to bring in more shops and people from outside of the borough but these designers need to have some ongoing dialogue with the people who live here if they are proposing this.”
Angie Hudson, from Whetstone: “What a waste of money – I don’t understand why it’s necessary. It is a familiar landmark but they just want to make it bland and boring.
“They need to bring down the rents for the shops to bring in new businesses. There is already quite a good variety here if you ask me though and I don’t see why it needs improving.”
Shirley Rowe, who has lived in High Barnet for 59 years: "I avoid going to places like Milton Keynes and Brent Cross and I come here because of the character of the place.
“If you remove the spires you could be looking at any old high street around the country and it is a shame we have allowed that to happen in other places – I feel very strongly about this.”


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Six Senses Ninh Van Bay (Vietnam) will launch its most spectacular villa this autumn. The opening of the super-sized Hilltop Reserve, measuring 7,826 square metres and sleeping ten guests.
Suspended on the hillside above the resort’s beachfront villas, the Hilltop Reserve benefits from staggering 180-degree views over the secluded bay and mountains beyond.Offering total privacy and blending discreetly into the surrounding nature, the villa is only accessible by off-road buggy or a healthy hike through the jungle.
As Vietnam’s popularity continues to, so Six Senses Ninh Van Bay continues to expand the resort’s offering at the highest end – now pleased to unveil its most impressive accommodation offering yet.
Though the resort’s white sand beaches, dramatic rock formations and lush forests invite exploration, there’s actually no need to leave the Hilltop Reserve. Inside, the villa is the epitome of laid-back luxe with exposed beamed ceilings, natural materials and vast wooden bathtubs.
Its infinity pool measures a massive 76 square metres and there’s plenty of room for everyone to sunbathe all day on the surrounding sun deck. There’s a fully fitted kitchen, a resident chef to serve up Vietnamese dishes in-house day or night, and a private wine cellar stocked
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BB Foodservice Head of Marketing said millions in extra revenue is up for grabs for operators during this holiday.
BB foodservice (Bestway Wholesale) head of marketing Salih Sheikh said, “Christmas is the biggest event in the foodservice calendar – worth hundreds of millions of pounds to operators every year. And it’s far from alone. Easter, Pancake Day, and Mother’s Day are all key for pubs, restaurants and hotels. But the industry is behind when it comes to commercialising Ramadan. It’s the biggest untapped opportunity in foodservice.”
Muslims make up 4.8% of the population in England and Wales. The Muslim Council of Britain estimate the demographic is worth £20.5bn to retailers every year.
Sheikh added, “And judging by the spikes we see in Halal products during Ramadan – it’s not only Middle-Eastern, Asian, and North African restaurants that see extra demand. The fact is the modern British Muslim – and what they like to eat – has changed over the years, with 47% now UK-born]. As a result, Ramadan has quickly become a mainstream opportunity for operators.”
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Tissue World is preparing to welcome the tissue industry’s key personnel to its world-leading exhibition and conference on Miami beach, as Kimberly-Clark (K-C) North America’s Group President Kim Underhill is confirmed as keynote speaker.
Bringing the world’s largest tissue market the very latest in innovation, technology, ideas and networking, the trade show will be held at the Miami Beach Convention Center between 10-13 March 2020.
The four-day conference and three-day exhibition is expected to draw more than 2,500 attendees for the largest gathering of the international tissue industry in North America.
The conference – ‘Ready for Reinvention, Ripe for Disruption: Will the 20s Roar for Tissue?’ – will explore geopolitical, technical, legislative and behavioural forces at work in this dynamic market.
Opening the Senior Management Symposium on 11 March, K-C’s Underhill will address the challenge of achieving sustainable growth in a competitive but mature market.
She will consider the opportunities which arise from the evolution in consumer behaviour, the supply side risks, human factors and need for resilience which face tissue businesses at the dawn of a new decade.
Additional speakers include –
- J.D. Irving’s Vice President, Woodlands, Jason Limongelli;
- Sofidel Group CEO Luigi Lazzareschi;
- Blue Earth Network founder Udaiyan Jatar;
- Fastmarkets RISI Principal Esko Uutela;
- Suzano Pulp and Paper America General Manager of América Marina Negrisoli;
- Afflink Vice President Strategic Brands Jenifer Maxwell;
- Valmet Global Business Manager-Nanotechnologies David Cowles;
- Fabio Perini North America President, North America and Latin America, Pete Augustine.
… plus many more!
Agnes Gehot, Tissue World’s Deputy Event Director, said: “The fundamentals of the U.S. tissue business have changed significantly in recent decades, and the rate of change continues unabated.
“The country with the most advanced tissue machines and highest tissue consumption per capita is seeing the rise of private label, changes in consumer preferences and an intensifying trade war that is shaping the industry’s future.
“Tissue World Miami brings together an unparalleled line-up of experts who will deliver thought-provoking and actionable insights for tissue business leaders.”
Tissue World Miami is part of the Tissue World international tissue industry event portfolio established in 1993.
The portfolio includes trade shows and conferences serving the tissue industry in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
Tissue World publishes Tissue World magazine, the leading independent news resource for the global tissue business.
Tissue World is owned by Informa Markets, the leading global platform for industries, specialist markets and communities to trade, grow and engage.
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decrease in dwelling commencements compared to the previous year.
“Exports of Australia’s wood products are higher than ever, reaching a record $3.4 billion on the back of strong demand for roundwood, newsprint and miscellaneous forest products,” he said.
The Chinese market accounted for the majority of total wood product export growth and nearly half of Australia’s exports went to China. TASMANIA bucked the national trend for milk production in September by increasing its output.
While the national total decreased by 0.6 per cent for the month, Dairy Australia’s milk production report shows Tasmania increased production in September by 1.5 per cent,.
Year to date production from July 1 in Tasmania has lifted by 0.7 per cent to 1,129,000 litres.
National year-to-date production was up 1.0 per cent to 2,280,998 litres.
DairyTas executive officer Jonathan Price said the state was on track to produce about 876,000 litres of milk for the year, which would be about 4 per cent up on the 2016-2017 total of 835,000 litres.
“The extended cool and wet conditions in early spring last year delayed pasture growth and milk production, then in October it really Mr Price said.
“The dry in the dairy farming area in the North-East is causing some mid-term concern. The majority of dairy areas are considering irrigating.”
Meanwhile, milk powder exports from Australia to China are expected to hit 43,000 tonnes this year after a surge in out-of-cycle buying.
Rural Bank general manager of agribusiness Andrew Smith said in 2012 China imported 20,000 tonnes of milk powder, then 29,000 in 2014 and 30,000 last year.
Rural Bank’s Ag Answers dairy update shows exports to China rose 53 per cent for January to August compared with the same period last year.
In July China imported 2.8 times more milk powder compared with July last year. In August, it imported 3.4 times the volume of August last year. kicked on,”


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Italian human fintech Opyn goes international and seeks M&A opportunities. Opyn Pay Later, its proprietary 'buy now, pay later' B2B solution, is now available for merchants in the European Union, United Kingdom and Switzerland
MILAN, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Opyn, the leading Italian lending-as-a-service platform, expands in the European Union, Switzerland and the United Kingdom with its patented 'buy now, pay later' solution for B2B, Opyn Pay Later, and points out opportunities for mergers and acquisitions.
Founded more than 10 years ago by Antonio Lafiosca and Ivan Pellegrini, Opyn offers through its patented all-in-one technology, fast and digital financial services that allow companies and financial institutions to grow and innovate. In particular, Opyn Pay Later offers BNPL opportunities through an innovative and fully digital service, which includes all the financial tools necessary for sales management in the B2B field. Opyn Pay Later allows flexible and modular payment deferrals for any type of business, without interest or spending limits. It guarantees an end-to-end service that supports the entire sales process, satisfying the new needs of corporations and SMEs. It has no fixed costs, can be customized, speeds up payment management and minimizes exposure to the risk of non-payments.
The access point to the service is the new website opyn.eu, developed in Italian, English, German, French and Spanish.
With its expansion strategy abroad, Opyn creates the conditions to take advantage of the full potential of Buy Now, Pay Later in its strong expansion phase. With an expected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 10% over the period 2023-2028 in Europe, BNPL gross merchandise volume is expected to double to $326 million in 2028 (Research and Markets, September 2023). The B2B market will lead the growth phase, which now finds in installment services a concrete alternative to the demand for capital, access to which, on the contrary, is increasingly expensive.
With internationalization, Opyn also intends to significantly expand the current volume of around €2 billion of credits managed by the platform so far in Italy alone. The Italian lending-as-a-service platform, with a turnover of more than 40 million euros, is now targeting M&A opportunities, both in Italy and abroad, between strategic players in the credit sectors, points of sale (PoS ) and payments, as well as in management and control systems. The goal is to identify EBITDA-positive companies that can seamlessly integrate with Opyn's buy now, pay later lending-as-a-service platform to generate significant synergies in terms of customers and cost efficiencies.
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Nokia has just released its fiscal Q2 2012 financials. It’s reported €7.5 billion ($9.2 billion) in net sales, a slight increase from the €7.4 billion last quarter but a 19 percent drop on a year ago. Lumia sales are up to 4 million, and basic devices were also up to 73 million units. But it’s being done at a great cost: net sales are down by five percent, and the operating loss is almost twice the value it was last quarter: €826 million ($1.01 billion) compared to €487 million a year ago. Earnings per share are at -$0.09, failing to meet analyst guidance.
Analysts expected the company to report a loss per share of between $0.10 and $0.11, a drop of nearly 220 percent on the same quarter a year ago. Revenue estimates were $7.3 billion for the quarter, down slightly from the $7.4 billion reported for last quarter.
It’s disappointing, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise. In June, Nokia had issued an update on its guidance for the quarter to revise down expectations. It said it expected higher restructuring charges — €1.9 billion for the next two years — along with unprofitability in the devices unit with operating margins at more than negative three percent (before it had been a straight negative three percent).
Here are some of the numbers in today’s earnings:
Smartphones: Four million Lumia phones sold, in line with estimates. Overall 10.2 million devices sold, meaning that even now Symbian is still outselling the new Lumia range built on Microsoft’s Windows Phone. The total number sold is a decline both on last year (down 39 percent) and the last quarter (down 14 percent). The average selling price on the devices is up by a bit and is now at €151 ($185) but gross margins are getting hit hard: they are now just at 1.7 percent compared to 15.6 percent last quarter and 23 percent a year ago.
Net sales for devices — $5 billion (€4.023 billion) in total — are down by 26 percent on last year, but interestingly the U.S., where it only sold 600,000 devices in the quarter, is the only market where they have increased sales by value in the last year:
Feature phones, meanwhile, led by Nokia’s Asha range, the company has managed to hold up numbers much better. Its total sales there, $2.8 billion, is only down one percent on last year, and volumes have grown by two percent to 73.5 billion units.
Operating margins for the devices and services is now at -9.1 percent.
The company’s gross cash position is now at €9.4 billion ($11.5 billion) and net cash is at €4.2 billion (5.1 billion). The company is thought to be sitting on patents worth some 6 billion and may look to sell some of those to shore up its position going ahead through what look to be ongoing tough times.
Looking ahead to Q3, Nokia says that it expects operating margin to be the same as it is in Q2, “plus or minus four percentage points.” In what Nokia says will be a “challenging quarter” for smartphones “due to product transitions,” it cites ongoing competition in smartphones (namely Android and Apple very much dominating the landscape at the moment); consumer demand for Lumia products not strong enough and the general macroeconomic environment.
For a slightly heartbreaking backstory on a company that might have been looking to innovate too much before its time, and too slow to move with changes in the industry, check out this feature in the WSJ.
We’ll be covering the analyst call at 8am Eastern and will post highlights from that as it happens.


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World’s biggest Digital asset manager Grayscale Investments is planning to expand its product offerings into Europe
executive CEO of the world’s biggest digital asset manager Grayscale Investments, Michael
Sonnenshein confirmed that the company is planning to launch expansion beyond
its North American base by expanding its product offerings into Europe. This will
support the growing institutional demand for cryptocurrencies in the region.
In an interview, executive Michael Sonnenshein said that to discuss the process in which Grayscale’s suite of products would be rolled out in the region and the launch timeline, the world’s biggest investment vehicle for cryptocurrencies was holding a series of meetings with various possible local partners. No concrete plan has been made regarding which exchanges, which products, and which countries would be supported initially. Although there is a plan to launch a series of pilot tests in several different markets across the European Union.
According to Michael Sonnenshein, the company is not viewing the entire European market as in fact one market although the EU is unified. He said, “Instead we’re going to be very thoughtful, very methodical about each of the financial centers and financial hubs that we ultimately launch in because we recognize the differentiation of investor behaviors and attitudes, and of regulatory regimes.”
Grayscale has over $35.7 billion in assets under management. The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which has the ticker symbol GBTC, has nearly $25.8 billion in assets. The fund manager has $36bn of assets invested in funds tracking digital tokens such as bitcoin and Ethereum. For determining now its product rollout Grayscale which till the world’s largest crypto fund manager, is looking at investor behaviors and local regulations.
The company is trying to convert its flagship GBTC product into a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) which Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the U.S. has not accepted and is yet to do so. The company has expressed a willingness to take legal action against the Securities and Exchange Commission in case it denies the application. Recently smart contract fund launched which excludes Ethereum has more than $3.7 million under management.
As per publication European market has over 80 exchange-traded crypto products that are listed in Western Europe. It also includes 60 that were launched before 2022. This move into Europe came when the UK and EU took steps to set up a regulatory framework that will both protect investors and encourage them to see the benefits of owning and trading digital assets.
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The lower house of the Indian parliament has approved the bill required to bring in India's Goods and Services Tax (GST), which has the potential to transform the country’s domestic logistics and make it easier for manufacturers to move freight across internal state borders. It is expected to be ratified by the upper house and become an official act by March 2017.
The passing of the GST, which has been discussed in India for at least a decade, follows the commitment made by the government of Narenda Modi to replace the existing tax system when he came to power in 2014.
The GST is an indirect tax that will be imposed on all goods and services either produced in, or imported to, India, and will replace India’s archaic tax structure under which states and central governments impose taxes separately. That outgoing structure is somewhat convoluted with indirect taxes involving a sales tax at the point of consumption levied by individual states, along with excise fees at the point of production and customs duties at point of import. There is also a Central Sales Tax (CST) levied by the Centre for Inter-State Sales.
Under the incoming regime, which the government plans to implement starting April 1st, 2017, various central and state level taxes will be replaced by GST, with rates to be finalised at a later stage.
For India’s automotive sector and its supply chain, leading figures and analysts have touted benefits, pointing out that it will finally turn India’s economy into more of a ‘single market’. For example, the price of a particular model should become uniform across all states in a win-win for manufacturers, dealers and customers. There are expectations that it will be easier to store parts and finished vehicles in one state of the country and distribute them to another without paying extra taxes. That could make it easier to use distribution centres to consolidate flows of vehicles and then transport them by rail, for example.
However, while a net positive for manufacturers, services could become more costly once it becomes law, according to other analysts.
According to Anil Sharma, principal analyst for the world markets automotive division at IHS Markit, stakeholder discussions so far indicate a consensus on rates of 12% for essential goods and service, 18% for general items and 40% for luxury goods.
The present service tax is 15% and VAT on most goods is 12.5%.
“Although the tax rates are still subject to debate and deliberation, the new tax regime has wide-ranging implications for the automotive industry,” said Sharma. “Among the most important ones is the expected moderation in tax levels for manufacturing entities which are effectively paying taxes in the range of 25-30% currently. At the same time, the GST is aimed at bringing more services, specifically in the unorganised market, under the tax umbrella, which effectively means services currently untaxed will be subject to tax going forward.”
Currently, IHS forecasts a 5.3% growth in light vehicles in India in 2016 and 12.8% in 2017 on the assumptions of general economic buoyancy and GST implementation by April 2017.
Pros and cons of incoming systemExperts expect that GST could promote further use of multimodal and rail transport, especially since it would encourage the consolidation of vehicles for onward distribution across longer distances. The introduction of the GST is also expected to allow manufacturers to centralise their inventory or create larger, regional distribution centres. The tax is expected to bring specific benefits to warehousing because where inventory is re-invoiced it will not have to undergo the 2% Inter State Tax (CST).
The automotive supply chain is expected to benefit more widely under GST, according to Jasjit Sethi, chief executive officer of TCI Supply Chain, India's largest automotive logistics provider. The cost of production should be reduced, which should make products more competitive for export. “For domestic distribution, we could see more yards and compounds coming up, reducing inventory at the retail end,” he said.
However, the introduction of the GST is in danger of bringing with it its own risk of disruptive bureaucracy for logistics.
For example, because the GST is consumption based it will involve logistics providers collecting a transit pass on the way in when transversing a state and reporting at the exit checkpoint of that state as they leave it to prove they have not sold the goods there.
“We are fighting this as it could lead to worse queues than today at the borders,” said Sethi. “Only a handful of states have a transit pass system but all would need it under GST. The answer is an electronic data exchange and electronic check points.”
Also, while the GST promises to make taxes more uniform than the current system, which should make life easier for automotive companies, it does not solve the problem of different registration rates across Indian states. According to Sethi, the same car charged with the same tax is still costlier to register in Maharashtra than in Delhi, for example. Furthermore, some Indian states also have a higher rate for cars registered in corporate names – generally double that of personal rates.
“Initially life would be more complicated, both in understanding and software readiness, making it a good time for consultants and IT companies,” said Sethi. He added that the system should eventually become simplified.
There also remains the question of how to divide the GST given that, as indicated above, some taxes were levied by individual states while others were centralised. According to Sethi, this is being tackled by having two parts to the GST: one for the state (sGST) and one for Centre Sales Tax (iGST).
“In our study, a GST rate between 16%-20% would be neutral for now, [but] above that it could lead to inflation in the medium term, for example two years from now,” said Sethi.
The passage of the bill through its final stages and the likely impact on the automotive sector in India will be under discussion at this year's Automotive Logistics India conference which takes place in Gurgaon in November this year.


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By Matthew Yglesias | Posted Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, at 12:29 PM ET
‘Tis the season for food drives. It’s a holiday tradition as storied as Christmas trees, awkward conversations with the in-laws, and embarrassing drunken moments at the office holiday party. Your employer, your church, and your kids’ school put out the boxes and ask everyone to drop off excess canned goods for the needy. Then the boxes are collected, sorted, and handed out to the poor. Everyone feels better about themselves, the hungry get fed, and you get to free up some much needed shelf space. It’s win-win-win. The problem is that, economically speaking, it’s totally insane.
Read the full article on Slate.com.


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At its PAX East panel, Firaxis put a release date on the Brave New World expansion for Civilization 5, and revealed a cool little crossover.
StrategyInformer reports the expansion – which adds civs, wonders, diplomacy and culture options, as well as allowing for colonisation scenarios – is due on July 9.
At least one additional detail was released – according to Kotaku, either the DLC or an upcoming update will add a cute crossover. Instead of normal paratrooper soldiers, you’ll see XCOM members.
Full details from the panel are yet to be released, but the 2K Games Twitter did confirm that Ashurbanipal of Assyria will be one of the nine new rulers.
Cilvization 5 launched in September 2010, and its first expansion – the well-received Gods and Kings – released in June 2012.


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Intel has announced a new lineup of the processor; Intel 8th Gen Core i7, i5, i3 ‘Coffee Lake’ processor for desktops. All the six announced processors are based on Intel’s ’14nm++’ Coffee Lake architecture.
Intel 8th Gen Core i7, i5, i3 ‘Coffee Lake’ CPU
The new high-end Core i7-8700K and Core i7-8700 feature six cores and twelve threads, while the new Core i5-8600K and Core i5-8400 also have six cores but without Hyper-Threading and the Core i3-8350K and Core i3-8100 have four physical cores again without Hyper-Threading.
The Core i7-8700K has base and boost speeds of 3.7GHz and 4.7GHz respectively, and the Core i7-8700 runs at 3.2Ghz to 4.6Ghz. The Core i5-8600K runs at 3.6Ghz to 4.3GHz, while the Core i5-8400 runs at 2.8GHz to 4GHz. The Core i3 models do not support Turbo Boost clock speed scaling, so the Core i3-8350K runs at a constant 4GHz while the Core i3-8100 runs at 3.6GHz.
Inside Coffee Lake Processors
The Intel Core i7 models have 12MB of cache, while Core i5 models have 9MB and Core i3 models have 6MB. Core i7 and i5 CPUs now support up to dual-channel DDR4-2666 RAM while Core i3 ones are limited to dual-channel DDR4-2400.
Intel rule out the top-end Core i7-8700K as its “best ever” gaming CPU, although this overlap the previous-generation high-end Core X-Series parts like Corei7-7740X, Intel says that its X-series chips are still better for “megatasking” applications such as encoding video and playing games simultaneously.
The Intel 8th Gen Core i7, i5, i3 have the same number of pins as 6th and 7th Gen models but will need new motherboards and a new platform controller. The company has announced only one model, the Z370, which supports up to DDR4-2666 RAM when paired with a Core i7 CPU.
So, all the major motherboard vendors including ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock are expected to announce a refreshed version of their Z270 motherboards to support these new processors.
Details and specification of all the six newly announced processors are already available for pre-orders. It will go on sale on October 5, but branded desktop PCs featuring these processors will come down this year.


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At the beginning of 2020, SPAR in Jyderup (Denmark) got a new owner. In connection with the takeover, the new owner introduced a major upgrade of the store. New initiatives must give customers an improved experience. Among other things, this includes electronic shelf labels.
The grocer, Steen Olsen, has taken over SPAR in Jyderup together with his wife, Dorthe Olsen. This is their fifth store under the SPAR chain concept, so the role as store owner is certainly not new – the grocer got his first store back in 1992.
When it was decided that Steen Olsen should take over the SPAR store in Jyderup, he also decided to introduce electronic shelf labels (ESL), as he had done the same in his previous store. The solution itself is cloud-based and is developed by the IT company Delfi Technologies.


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According to this article “The best digital ads do get looked at – but they tend to be simple, elegant, beautiful ads that a creative department would be proud of, rather than moving direct mail pieces"
In the ever evolving digital world, do we really think it's not working? Are organisations investing millions of pounds developing for little mind share?
Not sure of the absolute accuracy of this data however, it is eye opening, perhaps we are missing a trick and sidelining more traditional press methods by automatically switching to digital?
What ever the stats today, suffice to say that as time goes on digital will be the default for sharing content...maybe some will have to be dragged kicking and screaming!
It found that only 44% of digital display ads received any views at all. And, of those, only 9% of ads received more than a second’s worth of attention. Only 4% of ads, meanwhile, received more than 2 seconds of engagement.


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Swiss dairy and infant nutrition group Hochdorf has confirmed plans to invest CHF90m (US$88.5m) in a major expansion of its site in the town of Sulgen for the production of “premium baby food”.
Hochdorf said the investment will cover the cost of building new storage and production facilities at the site, in the canton of Thurgau, over the next two years. The project will include the creation of a new bottling line and an additional spray tower.
The Lucerne-based company said around CHF54m will be spent on facilities and infrastructure. The project is expected to create an extra 80 jobs at the expanded Sulgen site, which is expected to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2018.
More than 1m kg of milk per day is processed at the Sulgen plant, Hochdorf said. The expanded facility will have the capacity to process more than 100 tonnes of infant formula per day and fill around 250,000 400g containers every 24 hours.
In October, Hochdorf signed a contract to acquire a controlling stake in African infant formula manufacturer Pharmalys Laboratories. Hochdorf said the deal marked “a big step towards greater proximity to consumers in the infant care sector”.
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'Tis the season to go shopping
To kick off the final few days of the holiday shopping season, the Birmingham Eccentric captured some shopping photos in downtown Birmingham last week.
This year, local stores are seeing more foot traffic and feeling more optimistic about the holiday shopping season. And yes, there are still a few days left for those 11th-hour bargain hunters.
All you have to remember about December 2013 is the weather was arctic cold and it was snowing all month.
This December, in comparison, feels like Hawaii. Enjoy it while you can.


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Pragmatic Play has secured a partnership with Betsson Group brand Jalla Casino, agreeing to supply the Sweden-facing casino platform with its branded Live Casino solution.
Through this collaboration, Pragmatic Play will use its proprietary Chroma technology that supports ‘bespoke customisation’ to allow Jalla to deliver Roulette games that use a ‘dedicated brand environment’ to its player base.
“Pragmatic Play is always looking to consolidate partnerships with leading operators,” commented Irina Cornides, Chief Operating Officer at Pragmatic Play.
“Our Chroma solution offers a unique, customisable product offering to online casinos, and we are thrilled to expand our Live Casino reach even further in Sweden with Betsson’s popular Jalla brand.”
With this deal, Pragmatic Play has continued its relationship with Betsson Group and its brands while adding to a busy start to the year for the supplier, following on from a recent deal to extend its outreach in Brazil via Jacare.bet made earlier this month.
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Snarled supply chains, rising energy costs and skyrocketing commodity prices have caused inflation to spike. But what you think about prices will help determine whether inflation stays elevated or quickly drops.
That’s right. Economists believe that our collective expectations for inflation play an important role in determining future prices, forcing central banks to pay close attention to what households and investors are thinking.
It works like this: If inflation expectations rise, consumers will buy more goods today instead of waiting until they are more expensive. At the same time, workers will demand higher wages and companies will put up prices.
All of which causes inflation to rise.
As a result, central bankers spend lots of time trying to get inside the head of consumers. But the psychology of prices remains poorly understood.
Our attitudes about inflation appear to be shaped by factors including politics, and whether the party we support is in power. Inflation expectations can also be influenced by time and age — some Americans can’t remember a period of high inflation, while others have been scarred by the experience.
The big question for central banks, including the US Federal Reserve, is whether inflation expectations will become “un-anchored,” which happens when long-run inflation expectations move away from their inflation target.
That’s what happened in the 1970s and 1980s in the United States. Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker was ultimately forced to jack up interest rates to unprecedented levels to get inflation under control.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week that he doesn’t believe inflation is a runaway train. So far, the Fed thinks inflation is manageable and mainly caused by the supply chain crisis and the labor shortage. But the central bank doesn’t exactly have a great track record on predicting when inflation will ebb and flow.
US consumer price inflation rose by 6.8% over the 12 months ended November, a level not seen since 1982.
What do people think will happen in the future?
One measure of expectations is the breakeven inflation rate, which compares the yield on US Treasury bonds to similar securities that are protected against inflation. The difference tells you how much inflation investors expect.
The five-year breakeven inflation rate stands at 2.7%. The 10-year breakeven inflation rate is 2.4%. Both of those figures are higher than before the pandemic, but they’re not too far off the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.
Do everyday Americans have the same view as investors? Survey data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that consumers expect inflation to be 6% a year from now, but only 4% in three years time.
Age is a big factor. Americans under the age of 40 expect inflation to be 3.5% in three years, while people over the age of 59 — many of whom are on fixed incomes — expect 4.7% inflation.
Where do you think inflation is headed? The Fed wants to know.
China’s economic growth will slow sharply in 2022
The World Bank has cut its forecasts for China’s economic growth this year and next, as the world’s second largest economy faces headwinds from the Omicron variant and a severe property sector downturn.
The numbers: The World Bank now expects China’s GDP to expand 8% in 2021 compared with a year ago — that’s lower than its previous forecasts. In October, the bank expected China to grow 8.1% this year. In June, it projected a growth of 8.5%.
It also cut its 2022 forecast from 5.4% to 5.1%, which would mark the second-slowest pace of growth for China since 1990 — when the country’s economy increased 3.9% following international sanctions related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. China’s economy grew 2.2% in 2020.
“Downside risks to China’s economic outlook have increased,” the World Bank said Wednesday in its latest report on China’s economy.
Risk profile: Renewed domestic Covid outbreaks, including of the Omicron variant, could lead to more “broad-based and longer-lasting” restrictions and cause further disruptions to economic activity, it said.
In addition, “a severe and prolonged downturn” in the highly leveraged property sector might have significant reverberations across the economy.
China was the only major economy to record growth in 2020, but this year it has been dealing with pandemic-related curbs, an energy crunch and an unprecedented crackdown on private enterprises.
Cooking is out. Campbell’s soup is in again
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, everybody stuck at home tried their hand at cooking. People posted photos of their elaborate dishes on social media with hashtags like #Coronavriuscooking, and baking sales boomed.
Almost two years later, people have given up on their dreams of being a celebrity chef, reports my CNN Business colleague Nathaniel Meyersohn.
Consumers increasingly are opting for speedy meals and on-the-go bites as they commute back and forth from their offices, spend more time outside their homes and kids go back to schools, say top food brands like Campbell Soup, Conagra, General Mills, Kellogg, Amy’s Kitchen and others.
“We want all the yum without as much fuss,” said Emily Porter, who lives in Charleston, West Virginia. “The abundance of free time we had in spring of 2020 is pretty much nonexistent now.”
Food manufacturers are attempting to respond to this shift in behavior by offering more convenient, healthier meals and snack bars.
The trend: Campbell has noticed a shift in cooking habits based on surveys it conducts with consumers. While many people are still eating more at home than they were before the pandemic, Campbell says consumers are indicating that they want quicker lunches while they work from home or eat at the office. They also want easily prepared dinners after a long day. Campbell says consumers aim to make dinner in an average of under 18 minutes.
In response, Campbell is advertising its Chunky soup brand as a lunchtime meal — “Lunchtime Is Your Halftime” — and Prego sauces as a quick recipe option. It’s also creating more versions of Well Yes! microwavable soup bowls and Crunch Ins, a line of crackers and soup.
Don’t forget snacks: This shift is also showing up in sales growth for foods like snack bars, which declined 4.7% in 2020 but are back up about the same amount so far this year, according to data from IRI.
General Mills CEO Jeffrey Harmening said in September that the company has “seen an uptick” in categories such as snack and cereal bars as “consumers get to be more on the go.”
Earnings from CarMax are out before the opening bell.
- US consumer confidence for December at 10:00 a.m. ET
- US existing home sales at 10:00 a.m. ET
Coming tomorrow: US initial jobless claims and personal income


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Voting opens today (March 20) for The People’s Projects – a partnership between the Big Lottery Fund, ITV, STV and The National Lottery that gives the public a say in awarding National Lottery funding to local projects across the UK.
Three million pounds of National Lottery funding is up for grabs this year, which will be distributed across 19 regions in the UK, with three prizes of up to £50,000 being awarded per region and a further two discretionary prizes of up to £5,000 available.
National Lottery outlets should already have received an initial POS kit in support of the campaign. An additional Playstation wing and window poster will be distributed this week. Select stores will also receive up-weighted POS items such as a banner, window vinyl and bunting.
On top of this, Camelot staff will be out and about, distributing additional POS and promotional items. They will also talk to retailers and Lotto players about The People’s Projects, and encourage as many people as possible to get online and vote for their favourite project.
Retailers and their customers can go to thepeoplesprojects.org.uk and search by their postcode to find and vote for projects in their area.
James Pearson, Head of Retail for Camelot, said: “The People’s Projects really gets people involved in how National Lottery funds are distributed in their local area. It’s a great opportunity for retailers to engage with their customers and actively involve them in the voting – reinforcing that important link between the money people spend in stores each week on their National Lottery tickets, and the massive difference that National Lottery funding makes to communities up and down the country.”


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How are retailers prioritizing food safety strategies in the face of more attention from the media, consumers and the government? “I think [food safety is] probably more critical than it’s ever been in our history. It’s just the right thing to do,” says Randy Edeker, FMI Connect chairman, and president, chairman and CEO of Hy-Vee, as SN’s kicks off a five-part FMI Connect 2015 video series.
Other retailers offering their views in interviews by SN’s David Orgel and Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert are Maria Brous, director of media and community relations, Publix Super Markets; Natalie Menza, manager of health and wellness, Wakefern Food Corp.; Neil Kudrinko, president and CEO, Kudrinko’s; and Nicola Farinetti, CEO, Eataly USA.
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London Food Link strengthening our local food web
On Tuesday 9 May, around 45 people at the heart of the capital’s good food movement gathered at St. JOHN Maltby for the launch of LFL’s crowdfunding campaign.
Hosted by St. JOHN co-founder Trevor Gulliver in London Food Link’s fifteenth anniversary year, the event was the latest in the series dating back to 2002.
A highlight was a taster of the crowdfunding campaign, launched officially in June, to help improve the way LFL connects, supports and promotes the people who grow, make, forage, cook, save, sell and simply enjoy good food in the capital.
Guests heard inspiring stories of work from:
- Sutton Community Farm general manager Charlotte Steel
- Mercato Metropolitano community manager Vicki Exall
- Global Generation head chef Nick Wilkinson
- Sustainable Restaurant Association supply chain consultant Yeshna Mistry
- GrowUp CEO and co-founder Claire Hubbard
- St. JOHN co-founder Trevor Gulliver
This was followed by a community noticeboard, which welcomed anyone there to jump up and talk for 60 seconds about what they’re up to, plus any offers or asks related to their good food activities.
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The battle over Whiteclay beer sales is heating up in the final weeks before a planned showdown in front of the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission.
The state attorney general’s office recently accused Whiteclay’s four beer stores of committing 22 violations of state liquor laws, including selling to bootleggers, keeping inadequate records and selling alcohol after hours.
Meanwhile, lawyers for the beer stores are trying to prevent the liquor commission from potentially denying reissuance of the stores’ licenses.
The activity comes as beer store owners prepare to face off next month with critics who want them shut down. A hearing is scheduled April 6-7 at the Capitol on whether law enforcement in Whiteclay is adequate to let beer sales continue.
The liquor commission scheduled the hearing and ordered the beer stores to reapply for their liquor licenses last year, citing concerns about law enforcement in the unincorporated village in northwest Nebraska.
Whiteclay is home to about a dozen permanent residents and sits just 200 yards from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where alcohol is banned. Yet the four beer stores sell millions of cans of beer and malt liquor each year, much of which is consumed by people on the reservation.
Hobie Rupe, the Liquor Control Commission’s executive director, said an audit of the stores that began in fall 2015 uncovered “significant irregularities” that ultimately resulted in the citations from the attorney general’s office, which were filed Feb. 27.
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“We consider these serious violations and are prepared to provide evidence in support of the allegations,” Attorney General Doug Peterson said in a statement.
Rupe said the liquor commission won’t consider those citations until at least May or June, after it has weighed in on renewal of the liquor licenses.
Wednesday, attorneys for the beer stores asked a judge in Lincoln to block any action by the liquor commission other than to quickly reissue the licenses, arguing renewal is their clients’ constitutionally protected right.
The request was made in a filing in Lancaster County District Court. The beer stores made a similar motion with the liquor commission Tuesday, which Rupe will discuss with the parties involved in a phone conference March 21.
Andrew Snyder of Scottsbluff, an attorney representing the beer stores, did not return a message left at his office late Thursday.
Rupe said he assumed the hearing will still take place as planned next month, but declined to comment further.
Activists who have fought for years to have the stores shut down celebrated the attorney general’s decision to pursue legal action against the stores.
“The other shoe may have finally dropped in Whiteclay,” said John Maisch, a lawyer and former liquor regulator in Oklahoma who produced a documentary film about the impacts of Whiteclay alcohol sales.
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Women launch more than 1200 businesses a day, according to new report
The rate at which women start businesses has doubled in the past 3 years, according to the 2014 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report commissioned by American Express OPEN.
The report further found that since 1997, women-owned firms have:
- Increased in number by 68%
- Grown revenues by 72%, and
- Added 11% more jobs.
During the same period (from 1997 to 2014), businesses owned by women of color climbed 216% from about one million to an estimated 2,934,500.
This is great news for an economy in recovery: Women-owned businesses generate more than $1.4 trillion in revenues, employ 7.9 million people and account for 30% of all enterprises.
The report also included interesting stats about the states where women are starting businesses. These are the states where women have the most economic clout (in terms of growth in number, revenues and employment):
- North Dakota
- District of Columbia
- Arizona (tied for fourth)
- Georgia (tied for fourth)
Check out the full press release here!