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Food producers in the Highlands and Islands are being encouraged to join the national discussion on the future of Scotland's food. At the Highlands and Islands Food and Drink Forum, Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead urged people in the area to get involved in the development of a national food policy.
The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust Limited Grouse & Hillkeepers' Course is widely regarded as one of the best practical and participative upland management courses in the UK, and it returns to the Angus Glens this spring. Held every two years, the five-day course will take place on the Invermark Estate by kind permission of Lord Dalhousie on 21st to 25th April 2008.
The news that Egg the Internet bank owned by Citigroup has told 161,000 customers that their credit cards will cease to operate in 35 days might send shivers through the credit card carrying world. Anyone who uses a credit card regularly might now think that their lives might be changed if their credit card was revoked.
Pulteney House, Wick, a care home for 18 older people, was officially reopened today (Friday 1st February) following a £431,000 refurbishment. This is the sixth Highland run care home to be refurbished under the Council's programme of improvements at a total cost so far of £2.3 million.
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FORT WILLIAM, Dingwall and Highland Marts Ltd., (November, 28th) sold 78 store cattle, 12 adult head of breeding cattle, 32 OTM cattle and 822 sheep of all classes at its Christmas Sale of store and breeding cattle and sheep. Bullocks (39) averaged 128.9p and sold to 192.1p per kg for 229kg Simmental crosses from No.
Noel Donaldson, reporter with the Caithness Courier and John O'Groat Journal, is the winner of this year's Barron Trophy, which recognises lifetime achievement in journalism in the Highlands and Islands. Noel (62) will receive his award from Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond at the Highlands and Islands Press Ball being held at Nairn on Friday 1 February.
The Highland Council is set to spend an additional £1 million in the new financial year in keeping Highland communities cleaner and tidier. The commitment to community works is a priority of the Council Administration and, subject to confirmation by the full Council on 14 February, communities will see:- Increased levels of education and enforcement in littering and dog fouling by employing three enforcement officers (£90,000); Increased standards of litter picking and street cleaning by employing an additional 17 street cleansing staff (£500,000); Increased standards of grounds maintenance by employing the equivalent of 34 additional seasonal grounds maintenance operatives (£410,000).
A footbridge, which forms an important pedestrian link to Thurso Cemetery, is to be replaced by The Highland Council at a cost of £400,000. The bridge was lost in the floods of October 2006 - and with it went one of the town's most popular walks.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) continues to lead by example and is on track to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 20%. A series of initiatives has resulted in Scotland's environment watchdog achieving six out of its seven environmental performance targets, according to an independently validated report1 published recently.
On Wednesday 6 February, farmers in the Highlands will have the opportunity to learn more about carbon footprinting and how they can use it to their advantage by realising areas where carbon emissions can be cut, and as a result savings can be made. The lunchtime seminar is being hosted by North Highland Products and will include speakers from SAOS and the Carbon Trust Scotland.
Automobili Lamborghini SpA has announced record sales figures for 2007, building and selling 2,406 cars worldwide: a 15% increase over the 2,087 cars delivered in 2006. A particularly strong sales increase of nearly 40% was recorded in Great Britain, with deliveries of 211 vehicles.
Small businesses say cold calls are time-wasting and infuriating….and it's mobile phone companies who top their 'most unwanted' list Telesales cold callers beware - they top the list of annoying phone callers to small businesses, according to a new survey of businesses in Scotland and the rest of Britain. Three our of four businesses in Scotland who took part in the survey said they are pestered by cold calls.
The Highland Council has this week received a note of the Scottish Ministers' decisions on two significant planning applications for retail outlets in Thurso. One was an application by Miller Developments for planning permission for a proposed foodstore at the Auction Mart Site, Ormlie Road, Thurso, which had been called in by Ministers following an appeal against non-determination (deemed refusal) of the application.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & highland Marts Ltd., (23rd January 2008) sold 496 store cattle and nine breeding cattle. Bullocks (308) averaged 135.7p (+4.1) and sold to 168.2p per kg for a pen of eight 318kg Charolais crosses from Torgormack, Kirkhill, and £755 for a pen of 571kg Charolais crosses from Hilton Farm, Tain.
First ScotRail has launched a January sale for those aged 55 or over. Its fantastic 'Club 55' ticket offer - travel anywhere in Scotland for just £15 return - went live on 21st January and runs all the way to 31st March 2008.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill today gave evidence to Holyrood's Justice Committee on proposed reforms to the licensing system. The fee regulations put forward by Mr MacAskill, under the new Licensing Act, set limits that allow licensing boards to fully recover their costs - whilst also preventing them from making a profit.
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The approvals list for HIE Caithness and Sutherland is in two sections. The first details assistance given to businesses, community groups and other public sector authorities to deliver specific projects.
In an age where technology makes virtually anything downloadable, a group of business trainers in the Highlands and Islands have become some of the first in the UK who are using it to chalk up some powerful results in customer satisfaction. The group uses a hand held device - known as Knowat - to gather real time feedback for 100k Welcomes, a national training initiative designed to equip Scotland's tourist industry to compete in the lucrative worldwide market by offering first-class customer service.


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Florida Cane will takeover the Ybor corner space formerly home to Row Boat.
Tampa City Council's craft distillery-specific zoning changes have prompted the Brandon-based
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With a tentative opening date of March 16, the 4-year-old distillery and tasting room at 501 S. Falkenburg Road will move to Ybor City's historic El Encanto Building on the corner of 15th Street and Eighth Avenue. In a news release, co-founder Pat O'Brien said Florida Cane scoped out potential sites around the Tampa area for more than a year.
"The Ybor location will allow us to open our doors full-time for tours and tastings, expand our production capacity, enable us to continue to launch new brands, and continue to experiment with new spirits," according to O'Brien.
Neighbors with Cigar City Cider and Mead and the soon-to-open Rock Brothers Brewing, Florida Cane is set to offer regular hours for bottle and gift shop sales, distilling classes and tours. The Brandon location will operate until the end of next month.
Co-founder Lee Nelson said he's excited for the distillery, known for using Hillsborough County and state resources in its products, to draw inspiration from Ybor's historic elements, as well as its artists and other creatives.
"When we embed our distillery into a creative community, particularly one that is surrounded by great bars and restaurants," Nelson said, "we'll be able to get immediate feedback on our ideas and new products so we can innovate quickly."


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Mobile players of Blizzard's classic card battler Hearthstone have spent the equivalent value of 440 million card packs since the game launched in 2014, Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data reveals. That adds up to more than $660 million laid down for virtual goods in the title to date, excluding Android in China, with approximately $44 million of that grossed last quarter.
Speaking of China, players there have spent the most in the game at an estimated $161 million so far on iOS alone. The United States is a relatively close second with its players expending about $144 million in the title. South Korea was a distant third at about $64 million spent. Approximately 62 percent of this spending (again, excluding China's Android devices) has come from players on iOS.
All told, mobile Hearthstone players have spent an average of $400,000 per day in the game since April 2014.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. automated safety investigators have launched a new investigation into the million million vehicles manufactured by about two dozen car manufacturers, with potentially faulty takata airbag inflators, an official document found.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Friday began an engineering analysis of an estimated 30 million U.S. vehicles from 2001 to 2019 model years. On Friday, carmakers were warned about the investigation, which has not yet been made public.
The new investigation includes vehicles assembled by Honda Motor Co., Ford Motor (NYSE 🙂 Co., Toyota Motor (NYSE 🙂 Corp., General Motors Company (NYSE :), Nissan (OTC 🙂 Motor, Subaru (OTC :), Tesla (NASDAQ :), Ferrari NV (MI :), Nissan Motor, Mazda, Daimler AG (DE :), BMW Chrysler (currently part of Stellantis NV), Porsche Cars, Jaguar Land Rover (owned by Tata Motors (NYSE :)) and others.
Prior to the NHTSA announcement, carmakers on Sunday declined to comment or respond to requests for comment. The NHTSA did not immediately comment.
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The Burger Stand to move to Brookwood Shopping Center
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Burger Stand will find a new home in the Brookwood Shopping Center.
The Brookwood Shopping Center says The Burger Stand is moving from College Hill to Brookwood Terrace. It said in a Facebook post that the Topeka favorite would be opening its new home in March for carryout and “back to normal operations.” It said the location will offer indoor seating and a full bar in May.
Burger Stand management wants people to know that the move won’t change what they love about the restaurant.
“We’re really looking to redesign this place as the new Burger Stand,” Burger Stand General Manager Joanna Becker said. “There’s going to be a lot of those same elements. There’s going to be a lot of great food, a lot of great beers, a lot of the same vibes, we’re going to try to bring in some games, that kind of stuff. But, we’re also looking to do some new stuff.”
“It’s sad to leave College Hill. It’s where I grew up and we had 10 really good years there, but we’re only moving 6 minute away,” Owner Simon bates said.
The Shopping Center also said that SoulFire Nutrition would expand and move West into the space between Wheatland Antique Mall and Top City Tech.
According to Brookwood, Linen Tree & Co will expand as well to take over the space SoulFire will leave vacant. It said this will double the size of the shop and allow space for more gifts and goodies to be sold.
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A set of alleged photos of the rumored Huawei Ascend W3 has been leaked online with a claim that the Chinese electronics corporation will manufacture its 3rd Windows Phone 8. The latest photos were first posted on a Chinese website, WinP.
Surprisingly, the leaked photos also came with some technical specifications. From the calendar magnets through the mobile phone screen, we can expect that the device will be equipped with a 4.5-inch screen, the body size of 132x 67 x 10 mm. Further, it is also expected that the device will come with an 8MP camera and 1980p full HD video recording. From the leaked photos, we are also able to see the words “Real Tube concept”, which implies that the device is likely to be concept design works.
Few months ago, it was also rumored that Huawei will release its two devices, Ascend W1 and W2 running Windows Phone 8 operating system on the same day as Microsoft debuts its Windows Phone 8 Operating system. But on that day, no Windows Phone 8 devices were released by Huawei. Instead of releasing devices, another rumors reported that the Chinese mobile manufacturer were planning to release its Windows Phone 8 devices in 2013.
Even though the photos were posted on a Chinese website, till now the Chinese Company hasn’t confirmed or denied the existence of this device. However, if the device is supposed to be real, the company may launch the device including Ascend W1 and W2 running WP8 Operating system simultaneously.


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A Wausau shoe retailer that began with two entrepreneurs selling sneakers out of a van and became a multi-million-dollar enterprise will lay off 210 workers in central Wisconsin.
Foot Locker Inc. said this week it would close its Wausau-based distribution center. Layoffs will begin in late January; the center will close by the end of April. The company will retain a call center and some corporate positions in the city.
The Wausau-based Eastbay Inc. has been part of Foot Locker since 1997. It was founded in 1980, when entrepreneurs Art Juedes and Rick Gering held mobile “shoe clinics” around central Wisconsin. The company grew into a brick-and-mortar store, and then into a national mail-order retailer with glossy catalogs pored over by sneakerheads. The brand still has more than 400,000 followers on Twitter and millions of likes on TikTok.
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After Foot Locker acquired the company, corporate Eastbay employees managed e-commerce for Footlocker.com during the early growth of online retail, and online orders were filled out of the Wausau distribution center.
By the time Foot Locker acquired the company, it was one of Wausau’s biggest employers. At its peak, it would employ more than 2,000 people. As recently as 2015, it reportedly had more than 1,000 employees in the region.
But its presence in central Wisconsin has dwindled in recent years. Earlier this year, Foot Locker sold off a part of its sales team to a company that caters to high school athletes.
Rumors that Foot Locker would pull out of the city altogether have circulated for years, and last month Eastbay’s retail outlet in Wausau closed; signs at its entrance read “Store permanently closed.”
Jason Christensen has worked at the Wausau distribution center for about eight years. He said he’s seen signs in recent years that the company could be pulling out of central Wisconsin, including staff reductions, lower order volume and rampant internal rumors. He said he wasn’t surprised by the news, but is still disappointed.
“I understand that they need to do what they need to do, but it’s not really the business that’s the worst part about leaving,” he said. “It’s all the people I work with here.”
The company is offering workers the opportunity to move to another distribution center, but Christensen said he’s already gotten leads on new jobs that wouldn’t require him to move.
“We take these types of decisions seriously,” a Foot Locker spokesperson said in a statement to Wisconsin Public Radio. “We are working with the impacted team members to provide potential opportunities within the company, a competitive severance package, a stay bonus and career services support.”
In a statement, Wausau Mayor Katie Rosenberg, herself a former Eastbay employee, said Eastbay and Foot Locker “have been employment pillars in our community for decades, so this is understandably hard news for our community.”
Because of the company’s history, it’s also been deeply enmeshed in Wausau. Eastbay once sponsored a public 15-field soccer complex (now sponsored by a local bank) and an annual Turkey Trot running event.
The layoffs come as Wisconsin has seen consistently low unemployment rates and job growth in eight of nine months of 2022. And a recent report found the state’s manufacturers were generally optimistic about the economy in the coming year.
On the state’s Department of Workforce Development, which posts layoff notices, Foot Locker’s closure is one of only two new layoff notices this month. In new data released Thursday, the state’s unemployment rate was 3.2 percent.
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Royal Mail workers could be asked to check up on vulnerable residents during rounds, despite some postal staff relying on foodbanks and struggling to make ends meet themselves.
The scheme will be trialled in Northumberland, with Royal Mail's chief executive telling The Times their "great, trusted teams see things that others don't" because they "go everywhere, every day". Paul Chadwick, who's worked for Royal Mail in sorting and delivery for 42 years, agrees because "people get to know the customers, people get to know everyone in that little community".
The 58-year-old, who's been invited to meals and Christmas nights out by customers, added: "It's always been a matter of pride to have been treated like that. Now, obviously with people using foodbanks, it's now getting to the stage where people are rushing around to get the work done. They don't have as much time to speak to people on the ground. But they'll go back in their own time and they will help people."
Paul is secretary of the Warrington Mail Centre Branch of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), which is currently balloting its more than 115,000 members working in Royal Mail for strike action. The union said Royal Mail is imposing a 2% pay rise on workers, with the postal service saying it "offered a deal worth up to 5.5% for CWU grade colleagues". Both are below the current inflation level of 9%, set to rise above 11% in October, according to the latest Bank of England forecast.
Royal Mail paid £400m to shareholders in 2021, after making profits of £311m in six months of that year, according to the Mirror. Last year, chief executive Simon Thompson received a total annual pay and perks package worth £753,000. This included a "short-term" bonus of £142,000, even after industry regulator Ofcom said it had to look into the postal service's failure to meet delivery targets over the past year.
Meanwhile, the average Royal Mail driver and delivery worker is around £18,000 to £22,000, according to Indeed. Paul, who lives in Crosby, said the shareholder payouts and executive pay package are a "slap in the face" while some of his colleagues rely on foodbanks. He said one woman withdrew the last of her savings from a credit union to buy nappies for her baby. Having to direct people to food pantries "is a very sad state of affairs". Paul warned: "It's here amongst us now. People in poverty are people who are working."
He's "still very proud to work" for what he sees as a public service, even after the postal service was privatised in 2013. It "was a good company to work for", according to Paul, who said: "As a company, they have tended to pay us in line with inflation. Now what they've done, they've imposed a 2% pay rise, which in real terms is a pay cut. That leaves a bad taste in our members' mouths.
"For me, it means having to choose where I shop. It means having to choose where I eat. It means having to choose when I can put my heating on and when I can't put my heating on. It means having to choose how I travel to work. It means having to choose what bills get paid first. It's prioritising things unnecessarily."
Royal Mail managers, represented by Unite, voted to strike later this month in a dispute over jobs and pay. They're among many groups - including rail workers, criminal barristers, bus drivers, nurses and teachers - who have already gone on strike or are threatening to do so as their wages stay stagnant in the face of soaring costs.
Paul said: "I think this is a unique moment, that inflation is so bad, the fuel prices are so bad, everything is so bad. I mean, we haven't even touched the winter year when people are going to be getting these horrendous bills in. I think everyone can relate to this now."
A Royal Mail spokesperson said it "offered a deal worth up to 5.5% for CWU grade colleagues, the biggest increase we have offered for many years, which was rejected by the CWU". According to the Mirror, it said it's open to further negotiations to prevent a strike and wants to "secure jobs for the future and retain our place as the industry leader on pay and terms and conditions".


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According to its Board of Directors, Matrimonial.com, India’s top online matrimony company, has inked definitive agreements to acquire a 100 percent investment in Boatman Tech Private Limited, the founders of ShaadiSaga.com (a Delhi-based fast-growing online wedding services company). The deal is subject to standard closing conditions as well as regulatory clearances.
Matrimony.com is not only the market leader in online matchmaking, but it is also a pioneer in the Wedding Services business, with continuing investments and a portfolio of offerings that includes WeddingBazaar.com and Mandap.com. Matrimony.com will be able to greatly expand its presence in the North and West as a result of this agreement.,strengthen its product capabilities and become the largest Wedding Services player across the country.
ShaadiSaga, which was founded in 2015, is a key participant in the wedding services sector, with over 40,000 merchants offering a variety of services and serving customers in 15 main cities around the country. ShaadiSaga has created a strong digital presence with strong social media and content marketing capabilities, and its technology-focused approach has resulted in sustained demand (over 1 million MAU, approach, ShaadiSaga offers a differentiated product experience.ShaadiSaga’s founders, Himanshu Kapsime (CEO) and Manish Garg (COO), as well as another important leader, Niraj Patel (CPO), will join Matrimony.com in senior leadership capacities following the acquisition.


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Artists around the world are getting excited about blockchain-based art ownership registries being developed by companies such as Ascribe.
How blockchain tech is inspiring the art world
Since its creation in 2009, bitcoin's blockchain has proved that value can be moved across a network that cuts out the traditional 'middle men'. While the broad strokes of distributed ledger technologies like bitcoin are a hot topic, it's not just Wall Street or multi-national corporations that are paying attention.
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Tata Motors warns on India operations profit for FY14
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Motors (TAMO.NS), India's largest automaker by revenue, said its domestic operations would likely not post a profit or would have "inadequate" profit for the fiscal year that ended in March, hurt by sluggish demand.
Slowing economic activity, weak consumer sentiment, increasing competition and high interest rates impacted the company's performance, Tata Motors said in a notice to the stock exchange on Tuesday.
The company's Indian operations posted a profit of 3 billion rupees ($51 million) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, a 75 percent fall from the previous year.
Tata Motors, part of the diversified Tata conglomerate, has grown reliant on its luxury Jaguar Land Rover unit over the last two years to make up for weak performance at home.
The company said it planned to launch new passenger vehicles from July to improve performance, without giving details.
Tata Motors had said in February it would roll out its Bolt hatchback and Zest compact sedan in the second half of the year.
The company will report its results on Thursday.
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The Japanese manufacturer has hardly any electric models yet, but now it is opening the door to competition.
Toyota was completely surprised by the fact that it introduced 15 electric cars at a time we hadn’t seen anywhere before. These include hatchbacks, sedans, RVs, SUVs, sports cars and commercial vehicles, a mix of Toyota and Lexus. Toyota will unveil 30 electric vehicles by the end of the decade, with more than half of that now revealed in one go, as it was the 16th vehicle revealed this spring that will be revealed this spring. bZ4X SUV is being.
Toyoda Akio announced that by 2030, the goal will be to sell 3.5 million electric and fuel cell vehicles annually, instead of the previously reported 2 million. This represents nearly a third of Toyota’s global sales. The head of the company also revealed that instead of the previously planned 1,500 billion yen, i.e. 5,720 billion HUF will be spent on battery development In the near future, Toyota and Lexus will be carbon neutral by 2035.
In addition to the already well-known bZ4X, other members of the bZ model family were introduced, a compact SUV, an Aygo-like small SUV, a large SUV and a mid-size sedan. These are huge models, but in addition to this, 11 other cars were pulled from the hood, including SUVs, vans, commercial vehicles and supercars.
Lexus will only sell electric models in Europe, China and North America after 2030, and is expected to sell 1 million units annually in the rest of the world after 2035. In 2022, the luxury brand will introduce its first dedicated electric car, which is Toyota bZ4X And Subaru Soltera– (e-TNGA platform) and later a full-size RX-sized SUV, a mid-size IS sports sedan and an exciting sports car.
Lexus president Koji Sato revealed that it will be a supercar that will have all the mandatory elements of the genre, from flat construction to aggressive looks to dynamism.
It will accelerate to 100 km/h in less than 3 seconds It could be a worthy successor to the legendary Lexus LFA, Which took 3.7 seconds to do so. Its high energy-density battery is expected to provide a range of about 700 km, providing enough reserve for its driver to occasionally press the throttle to the ground.
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California's food of the future may look very different
Farmers say food prices, shapes will be affected by state's drought
Big changes are coming for California's farmers, field workers and consumers with food prices likely to rise because of the state's drought.
Watch report: California drought impacting more than food prices
However, Yuba City farmer Corey Dietz told KCRA 3 that the shapes of food will also be affected.
"Consumers are going to have to change what they expect fruits and vegetables to look like," said Dietz, of Feather River Farms. "You know, we've been raised to believe that broccoli has a normal huge head and that if you see something smaller like this, it's bad. But this is just something that uses a little less water."
Some water-intensive crops, like cantaloupes and watermelons, could be in short supply this summer, and some consumers are already expecting to pay more.
"It definitely raises the prices because there's less food to go around, and the cost for farmers (is) going up," said Alex Stubblefield, a shopper at the Davis Farmers Market.
And because California feeds much of the nation, the impact will be felt from coast to coast, according to Richard Howitt, a professor of agricultural economics at UC Davis.
"Remember, California provides 50 percent of the fruits and nuts and vegetables, and so the cost of a healthy diet is going to go up," Howitt said.
Howitt's research shows that California's agricultural industry lost $2.2 billion last year from the drought, which also cost 17,000 people their jobs -- many of them truck drivers and farm workers.
Hundreds of those out-of-work farm workers came to Sacramento on Wednesday to press the state Water Resources Control Board to release more water.
"The water is what we need because we work in the fields," said Miguel Perez, a Central Valley farm worker. "That's our job. If there's no water, there's no agriculture and there's no work for us."
The farm workers brought political allies with them, including Joseph Riofrio, of the Mendota City Council.
Riofrio told KCRA 3 that Fresno County farm workers are "just worried and concerned about where they're going to work in the summertime, how they're going to provide, how they they're going to pay rent."
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While those of you in North America merrily fill your faces with Thanksgiving turkey, the majority of Europe is eagerly awaiting the arrival of the PlayStation 4. The next generation console may be old news by now in the Land of the Free, but the platform is poised to deploy in the Old World imminently. And writing on the PlayStation Blog, Sony has revealed that it’s expecting record breaking sales.
In a surprisingly candid message, the company stated that it will be dialling back the PlayStation Network a touch in order to help cope with the release day demand. “We want to make sure that your online experience is positive,” wrote blog manager Fred Dutton. “To help ensure that this happens, we have made the decision to switch off a couple of features for European customers on day one. These features will then be switched back on a few days later.”
Absent from the launch suite will be the ‘What’s New’ screen, which acts a social feed for all of your friends’ in-game activities, and the ‘Content Information’ area pertaining to each game. These are some of the format’s best features, but it makes sense to turn them off while the servers are getting hammered. After all, the platform holder has hinted that it’s expecting its system to break European records over the coming days.
“Following the successful launch of the PS4 in North America on the 15th November, we have seen an unprecedented influx of players onto PSN,” Dutton continued. “When we launch in Europe on Friday, once again, we are expecting record sales and record numbers of people logging onto PSN at similar times, alongside the North American players already on PSN.” We suppose that the fact that it's a public holiday in the United States doesn’t help.
We’ve also heard whispers that the PS4 is going to break a whole slew of records this weekend – especially in the UK. The Xbox One managed to move about 150k units during its first 48 hours on British store shelves – a figure that wasn’t quite enough to beat the PS3’s impressive 165k tally. Apparently, there’s a strong chance that the manufacturer’s latest console will smash that sum, though. We should find out for sure early next week.


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Book early, pay more. That’s the one message consumers can take from some new Expedia research which shows that room rates in regional Australia were 30% more expensive three months out than the night before. Shouldn’t it be the other way around?
Expedia also said demand in key regional markets more than doubled during the first half of 2016 – contrasting with slower growth in the five major metropolitan markets.
Regional Victoria grew fastest at 140%, just ahead of North Queensland and regional New South Wales at 130%. Most of the demand is coming from locals rather than international tourists.
The major booking trend has been that consumers are planning ahead more as “booking windows for regional accommodation providers rose by 4.6 days from last year.
“Booking windows in primary markets increased by only 1.2 days.
“Such longer booking windows also correlates with higher average daily room rates.
“For example, the ADR of a room booked 91+ days out was nearly 30% higher than a room booked with an arrival date less than a week away.”


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Eighteen market stalls will offer a wide range of festive food. From hog roast to paella, there will be something for everyone to enjoy. Other tasty treats include local cheeses, breads, meats and many more.
Local businessman, James Payne, event organiser, said: "With its great range of shops and community atmosphere, we thought it would be fantastic to provide a Christmas Food Market at Ashley Cross. We have gathered the very best of local producers to bring you some delicious products, not only to indulge yourself this Christmas but they also make ideal gifts for food lovers everywhere."
Councillor Xena Dion, Cabinet Portfolio Holder for the Local Economy, Borough of Poole, said: "We are really keen to support local businesses in the run up to Christmas. Ashley Cross is a thriving, vibrant area of Poole and we are sure both shoppers and businesses alike will welcome the benefits that this new initiative has to offer."
Free parking will also be available in all district car parks from noon until 6pm on 15 and 22 December, including the remainder of the Commercial Road car park where the event takes place.
The market is also easily reached by bus and is just a short walk from Parkstone train station.
Councillor Tony Woodcock, ward member for Parkstone, said: "This is wonderful news for the area and I am delighted that Mr Payne's initiative has now got off the ground. Parkstone ward councillors have been asking for a farmers' or a Christmas market to be set up at Ashley Cross for a number of years and we hope it is the first of many."
The event is supported by Borough of Poole, Poole Chamber of Trade and Commerce and local traders.
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[JAKARTA] Indonesia's annual inflation rate in December picked up pace for the first time since June as consumers shopped for year-end holidays, the statistics bureau data showed on Tuesday.
The headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.61 per cent in December from a year earlier, compared with a near one-year low of 3.30 per cent in November. Analysts in a Reuters poll forecast annual inflation at 3.40 per cent in December.
The central bank had estimated Indonesia's inflation to be at around 3.0-3.5 per cent by year-end.
On a monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.71 per cent in December.
Prices of food and transportation contributed to the pick-up in inflation, according to the statistics bureau.
The annual core inflation rate, which excludes volatile food and administered prices, was 2.95 per cent in December compared with 3.05 per cent in November.


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Pandora Raises Pay for U.K., Ireland Retail Employees
Bonus incentives include an allowance for Pandora jewelry and a chance to visit Thailand, where its manufacturing facilities are located.
The jewelry company boosted hourly pay for employees in these regions following the third pay review in the last 12 months, said Pandora.
In the past year, sales assistants in London have received a 10 percent increase to £11.95 ($14.84) per hour. In the rest of the U.K., sales assistants have seen a 14 percent raise to £10.90 ($13.53) per hour.
In Ireland, there was a 12 percent raise to €13.85 ($15.13).
Employees in management positions, meanwhile, received an average raise of 12 percent, including the implementation of new minimum pay levels.
The company also has introduced new incentives for its retail employees, including a monthly bonus incentive for all store teams.
Retail employees also will receive a personal allowance to buy Pandora jewelry, up to £500 ($620). There is also a trip to Thailand up for grabs, where its manufacturing facilities are located.
Pandora will not be giving U.S. retail employees a raise or bonus incentives, a company spokesperson said.
Pandora said the changes are part of its plan to invest in its team of employees who have contributed to the company’s success. Sales in the U.K. and Ireland were up 11 percent year-over-year in fiscal 2022.
“We have an exceptional team at Pandora who put an incredible amount of passion and energy into making the customer experience so unique,” said Rasmus Brix, managing director for the U.K. and Ireland at Pandora. “It’s a key reason millions of people put their trust in our brand every day and a major contributor to our overall success as a business.”
“Investing in the growth and fulfillment of our retail teams has been a top priority for us and we’ve put a great amount of effort into fostering a healthy workplace culture, one where our employees are not only rewarded competitively, but also where they feel heard, valued and supported through the right tools, platforms and policies.”
Pandora said it has been increasing the learning and development opportunities available to its staff over the last few years.
As a result, several of its store-based employees have been promoted to roles in the regional head office in London, as well as to other markets.
Its focus on employee satisfaction has meant higher levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, said Pandora.
More than 250 gem, jewelry, and mineral companies are expected to exhibit, including the American Gem Trade Association.
This year’s Design Atelier is full of gems.
They’re a testament to the power of excellent design.
The most trusted diamond report, available in print or the GIA App.
This year’s honorees include one of Florida’s largest independent jewelers and two multi-store independents in the Chicago and New York areas.
The industry’s most influential contemporary designers are showcasing their latest jewelry designs.
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The jewelry trade show also will debut educational content centered around social media.
Luxury kicks off today, with the full show in swing on Friday.
One of the three new collections was inspired by the legend of a woman who traded her mansion to Cartier for two strands of natural pearls.
With the app, customers receive a 15-day insurance offer on new purchases while their coverage needs are being evaluated.
It is in House of Showfields, a bazaar-style retail space in the borough’s Williamsburg neighborhood.
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Signature pieces from Cartier and David Webb will appear in the June jewelry auction.
They will be celebrated at the annual dinner dance and gala in the fall.
Gemologists have long used machines in diamond grading but technology has made it possible for them to “learn” how to do it on their own.
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The company has plans to revamp the Movado brand and offer less expensive watches this year.
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The Pittsburgh jeweler is redoing the lighting and showcases, and adding a full hospitality bar as well as new shop-in-shops.
The Yurman Family Crystalline Pass is inside the museum’s brand-new Richard Gilder Center.
Zale has more than 40 years’ experience in the diamond industry, including 17 years as Stuller’s VP of diamonds and gemstones procurement.
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NEW YORK – Innovative financial technologies have grown rapidly in the last five years, including commission-free investing apps like Robinhood and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. In any industry, the emergence of technology that offers enhanced efficiency can displace human labor. Companies and jobseekers alike remain unsure of how fintech will disrupt established financial institutions’ outcomes and threaten the number of jobs available for finance employees. In new research, Columbia Business School Professor Wei Jiang, the Arthur F. Burns Professor of Free and Competitive Enterprise, analyzes fintech disruption and finds that it has significantly reduced the demand for jobs overall. However, this bad news for employees does not spell trouble for shareholders, whose companies remain largely unharmed by the fintech disruption.
To the detriment of jobseekers, companies who had folded fintech into their work more frequently displayed significantly lower labor force growth than other companies. Specifically, demand for intermediate-level positions shrank the most and traditional financial hubs like New York City, San Francisco, and Chicago lost the most fintech jobs to new tech hubs in North Carolina and Texas. In the face of these losses for jobseekers, businesses have not suffered from the so-called fintech disruption. In fact, sales growth, return on assets (ROA), and research and development (R&D) investment remained steady. Despite this tradeoff between employees and companies, Professor Jiang and her colleagues discovered a win-win situation for both jobseekers and businesses who pioneered their own fintech innovations. These businesses both hired more employees whilst also enjoying higher sales growth, ROA, and R&D investments than companies who had merely integrated fintech into their work. Therefore, job candidates found more opportunities at fintech-inventor companies than at fintech-adopter companies.
“Technological advancement in any industry is enough to make employees and companies uneasy about what the future holds,” said Professor Wei Jiang. “But, companies can find comfort in that the so-called fintech disruption hasn’t impacted their outcomes. Employees, on the other hand, should be looking towards fintech innovators themselves, rather than fintech adopters, as they explore new jobs in the field of finance.”
Professor Jiang and co-authors University of Florida Associate Professor Yuehua Tang, Georgia State University Professor Vincent Yao, and Georgia State University PhD Candidate Rachel (Jiqiu) Xiao assessed the relationship between fintech and demand for jobs by cross-analyzing the text in over 40,000 job task descriptions and fintech patent filings from 2003 to 2017 to measure similarity. Looking at employment levels alone does not reveal much movement in the labor force. However, a review of the U.S. Department of Labor official job listings reveals how fintech is reshaping expectations for job candidates. The study is also unique in its focus on patent filings, which enabled the researchers to identify the select group of new fintech innovations that companies are adopting or developing. The extent of textual overlap between companies’ job descriptions and fintech patent filings thus demonstrates the extent to which companies had integrated fintech into its practices.
- Companies that created new fintech innovations – including cybersecurity, mobile transactions, data analytics, blockchain peer-to-peer (P2P) computing, robo-advising, and internet of things (IoT) technologies – offered more opportunities for jobseekers and experienced increased sales growth, ROA, and R&D investments.
- The most fintech-integrated companies experienced the least amount of employment growth than those who had adopted fintech technologies to a lesser extent.
- Demand for intermediate-level positions decreased the most, and fintech jobs shifted from being concentrated in CA, NY, and IL to newer tech hubs NC and TX.
- The fintech disruption did not harm companies’ outcomes, their sales growth, ROA, and R&D investments did not decrease as the result of new fintech technologies.
This research provides some much-needed answers for companies and jobseekers who are concerned about how the rapid growth of fintech will impact their future success. While shareholders and companies need not worry about their outcomes, job candidates will have better luck finding steady employment with companies who are driving new fintech inventions rather than those that are merely adopting them.
You can read the full study, Surviving the Fintech Disruption, here.
To learn more about the cutting-edge research being conducted at Columbia Business School, please visit gsb.columbia.edu.
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‘While the needs of consumers are changing, the desire for personalised, meaningful communication will never fall out of favour, and we believe it to be the best way to form lasting connections with people of all ages and backgrounds’.
Sydney, New South Wales (PRWEB) June 30, 2017
Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) population clock ticked over to 24.5 million, meaning that at the present rate, the country is welcoming an additional net person every one minute and 22 seconds. If this rate continues, Australia will hit a population boom of 25 million by October next year.
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This increase has sparked fresh debate about immigration in Australia, especially in the aftermath of the Governments plans to change the 457 Visa system. The ABS estimated that in Australia there's a birth every one minute and 40 seconds, a death ever three minutes and 18 seconds and a gain of one international migration every two minutes and 18 seconds, resulting in the overall one person increase every one minute and 22 seconds.
While this figure may concern some, especially regarding international migration, Credico Australia believes the current population gain to be highly beneficial to businesses. As specialists in field marketing and outsourced sales, Credico Australia has recognised the huge market advantage a population increase can create. "In marketing terms, a population increase, especially one that involves migration builds a more varied and vibrant audience for businesses to cater to; this opens up so much opportunity for growth, innovation and getting under the skin of new consumer needs, which if done well could be incredibly lucrative," stated a spokesperson for Credico Australia.
Credico Australia is urging businesses to reach out to these increasingly diverse demographics through in-person communication if they are to successfully tailor their services to align with the country’s changing markets. "When facing such significant diversity, there is no better way of understanding people than to meet with them face to face," Outlined Credico Australia. "While the needs of consumers are changing, the desire for personalized, meaningful communication will never fall out of favor, and we believe it to be the best way to form lasting connections with people of all ages and backgrounds."
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Mexican model and Instagrammer, Yanet García, in one of her latest publications gave a lecture on her attractiveness in a trip to the beach in a very sexy swimsuit, which caught the attention of her followers on the social network.
Yanet Garcia A. showed his fascination with monumental figure It created a huge sensation and went viral as it was uploaded in their official accounts.
Mexican It has been featured as one of the most active models on the digital platform thanks to its great content, which hasn’t stopped since becoming a figure internationally.
She is one of the most outstanding beauties in the world today and of Instagram influencers in India Mexico It is ranked as one of the five best of all time.
Her last post was on a trip to the beach, showing off her curvy figure, which took longer than 100 likes And endless comments praising her sculpted body that paralyzes hearts.
With this, the Mexican is making it clear that her content is tenuous while maintaining a huge number of followers on her social network with a total of 14 million.
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As the saying goes, change is inevitable, but sometimes it comes a little slower to the meetings and trade show industry. This week however, several major changes are in the news. It was only a matter of time once McCormick Place announced free WiFi that other convention centers would have to follow suit. This week, the Georgia World Congress Center announced it will have free WiFi in all public areas.
The International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) announced their new leader this week. David DuBois, current president and CEO of the Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau will replace Steven Hacker, who has led IAEE for the past 20 years. DuBois previously held leadership positions at Sheraton and Ritz-Carlton Hotels, the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) and Meeting Professionals International (MPI).
Meanwhile the debate on whether or not to move the Outdoor Retailer show out of Salt Lake City took a new twist this week. Now an ultimatum has been given to Utah Governor Gary Herbert to change some of his policies on environmental issues, especially related to public land policies.
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With experiences as both an exhibitor and a show organizer, Marlys Arnold has a unique perspective on trade show exhibiting. As an exhibit marketing strategist, she travels the country consulting and training on how to create experiential exhibits that produce significantly higher numbers of qualified leads. She’s led workshops for events ranging from local consumer expos to some of the largest trade shows in the U.S. She hosts the Trade Show Insights
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You’ll be able to pre-load Andromeda on March 17th. That’s just a little over two months away, which is interesting because I still feel like the game hasn’t been properly demonstrated yet. There is also talk of controller support (which were absent from the sequels), but I have found that keyboard and mouse works perfectly for the series.
آ…the game can be pre-loaded on March 17 at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm UK. That will definitely save you some time downloading files on launch day. EA Access and Origin users on Xbox One and PC, respectively, will also get to play Mass Effect: Andromeda early for a limited time. Usually, folks who pre-order the game can play EA titles through these services early, sometimes up to a week. Bioware hasn’t stated how early folks can play it, as far as we are aware, but we suspect the same time frame آ– or close to it آ– will apply.


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“The locks from the estate of Monroe super-fan Frieda Hull, who had obtained the hair from the Tinseltown starlet’s hairdresser, sold for a whopping $70,000 combined. Julien’s originally expected the hair to sell for only a few thousand dollars.
One of the bidders on Monroe’s golden tresses was Remi Gangarossa, a 31-year-old Chicago financial professional. Despite his relatively young age, Gangarossa told CNBC he’d been ‘infatuated’ with Hollywood and one of its most tragic icons for most of his life.
Fate may have intervened to grant Gangarossa one of his biggest wishes. He explained that Julien’s was originally scheduled to auction a slate of Monroe’s former property in November, but decided to auction just a few of her items off in a separate event, which took place last weekend.
The Chicago resident said he had already received offers to buy the hair, but ‘I said absolutely not,’ Gangarossa told CNBC. ‘It’s an interesting thing to know my investment was worth it, but it’s not for sale.'”


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The news that Toyota outsold Chrysler in August to take the No.3 position in U.S. car sales for the first time is the latest reminder of the vulnerability of Ford, General Motors and Chrysler to foreign competition. In addition, it focuses attention on a growth area where all three U.S. manufacturers are lagging several years behind – the market for gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles.
Although hybrids currently represent a tiny fraction of the market, they are being developed by both Japanese and U.S. manufacturers who are seeking to replicate the performance characteristics of conventional vehicles while producing sharply higher fuel economy and lower emissions.
The crucial difference between the Japanese and the Big Three is that Toyota and Honda have been selling the vehicles in the U.S. since 1999 while the first model from a U.S. manufacturer – the Ford Escape compact sport utility – isn’t expected until the third quarter of 2004.
All manufacturers recognize that high-volume hybrid sales will depend on their ability to make hybrids that look, feel and perform just like regular gasoline-powered cars. Relying on sales to drivers who make their purchasing decisions on the basis of emissions, fuel economy or energy security is never going to create a mass market, analysts say.
The three models on the market now – two from Honda and one from Toyota – are in the compact category whose sales aren’t likely to demonstrate public demand because they are too far out of the mainstream.
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“So much hinges on power and performance,” said Wharton management professor John Paul MacDuffie, co-director of the Reginald H. Jones Center for Management Policy, Strategy and Organization. “The real test is going to be whether people buy bigger cars with hybrid engines.”
As a result, the 2004 version of Toyota’s hybrid Prius model is bigger and more powerful than its compact-sized predecessor yet is more fuel efficient, offering a combined 50 miles per gallon and producing fewer emissions. It is being sold for a base price of $19,995, the same as the first version which was launched in the U.S. in 2000. The 2004 hybrid version of the Honda Civic, priced at $19,650, officially consumes a gallon of gasoline every 51 miles overall. Those figures compare with 29 and 38 miles per gallon, respectively, for the Toyota Corolla and 30/38 m.p.g. for the conventional Honda Civic.
The superior fuel economy is achieved by the use of an electric motor that drives the car at low speeds or when idling. The gasoline engine automatically kicks in when higher speed or sharper acceleration is needed. Energy generated during braking is captured and stored in the battery.
U.S. manufacturers’ planned hybrids cater to the same public demand for bigger, more powerful cars. The first General Motors hybrids in the showrooms, for example, will be the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, both full-size pickups expected in late fall next year.
But Detroit has little immediate incentive to play catch-up with the Japanese for several reasons. First, the market is small – an anticipated 50,000 U.S. sales this year in a total market of about 16 million. Second, tax incentives fail to offset purchase prices of $3,000-$4,000 more than equivalent conventional models, and third, consumer choice is very limited.
The Big Three, whose share of the U.S. market fell to a 22-year low of 57.9% in August, are also loath to spend scarce funds on a commercially unproven technology at a time of financial hardship. Both Ford and GM second-quarter profits were lower than a year earlier while Chrysler posted a loss for the period. “They are preoccupied with their own survival,” said MacDuffie.
There’s little expectation of regulatory pressure for cleaner, more economical vehicles from the pro-business Bush administration which has signaled its skepticism about global warming by pulling out of the Kyoto Treaty and has endorsed hydrogen fuel cells – a distant prospect – rather than hybrid technology as the key to future green transport.
And that’s fine with the U.S. automakers who are not anxious to invest in new technology for which there is no proven mass demand. “They have managed to put the environmental issue on the back burner,” said MacDuffie. “Ford was the one that announced a goal of more green technology but they have backed away from that.”
The Big Three are also constrained by their dependence on economies of scale, a factor that is less important to the Japanese. “Japanese producers have managed to minimize economies of scale,” said MacDuffie. “It’s more feasible for them to do low volume.”
High Cost of Hybrids
The Japanese lead in the hybrid race is also explained by their apparent willingness to subsidize each car that comes off the production line. “The costs of developing hybrids are extremely high,” said Rex Parker, vice president of Autopacific, an industry consultant based in Los Angeles and Detroit. “It’s entirely possible that the first few units cost half a million dollars each. A lot of this is being done as an investment in future technologies.”
The high cost of hybrid development may be the reason behind Toyota’s decision to offer just 36,000 of the new model Prius, a number that’s unlikely to meet demand, said Parker. “They have achieved their political statement and their technology statement; to go beyond those costs becomes uneconomic.”
Toyota will produce more of the new Prius if demand warrants, said Dave Hermance, executive engineer for environmental engineering at the company’s technical center. All high-volume Toyota models are likely to have hybrid options within the next 10 years, Hermance noted. He declined to say how much the company has invested in hybrid development overall.
For their part, the Big Three are planning to launch 10 hybrid models in the next five years, and claim there is increasing interest from potential buyers. Angela Coletti, a spokeswoman for Ford, said the company had received some 15,000 requests for information about the hybrid Escape SUV within a week of inviting requests on its website. “We definitely think the market demand is growing,” said Coletti, who added that Ford has plans for further hybrid models after the Escape and the mid-size sedan Futura (expected in 2005). She declined to say how much money Ford has invested in hybrid development so far.
But with Detroit’s first hybrid still a year away, the Big Three may yet get cold feet about the whole project, said MacDuffie. “If they are way behind in being able to have prototypes that work, they may be ready to write it off.”
U.S. automakers will also be keeping an eye on Europe, where sharply higher fuel prices and tougher clean-air rules suggest there’s scope for hybrids to take off. But they will have to overcome competition there from the widely used diesel engine that gets better mileage than the gasoline version.
Estimates of the market’s potential depend partly on being able to dislodge public misconceptions that owning a hybrid doesn’t mean “having to plug it in every night.” It will also be influenced by how many states follow the California’s lead in enacting clean-air regulations that have the potential to boost demand for hybrid and other low-emissions vehicles. So far, four other states have adopted similar measures.
David Friedman, research director of the Clean Vehicle Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) in Washington D.C., estimates hybrid sales could reach 1-2 million a year, or up to 40 times their current rate, in the next 10 years. That rate will partly depend on whether Congress passes measures currently under debate to provide tax incentives that would cut up to $3,000 off the price of a hybrid, bringing those vehicles into line with their conventional counterparts.
Missing a Market Opportunity
Under a scenario advocated but not expected by the UCS, the United States could stop the growth in oil consumption at 2010 levels if hybrid sales rose to between 4-5 million a year. But Friedman concedes the market doesn’t yet have that potential. “The drivers are not there yet for rapid growth.”
Even without the most optimistic projections, there’s a danger that U.S. manufacturers are getting left behind in the hybrid competition, Friedman said. General Motors, for example, is preparing to offer some “half-hearted” models that use conventional technology to achieve fuel savings. “GM is already hedging its bets on hybrids.”
It may regret doing so if hybrid technology fulfills its potential to offer better performance than conventional gasoline engines, suggested James Winebrake, chairman of the Public Policy Institute at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y. “Hybrids are going to have an incredibly big impact. Some will be able to outperform conventional vehicles while being efficient and clean. By dragging their feet, I fear that the U.S. companies are missing a huge market opportunity.”
Winebrake declined to forecast the size of the market, but predicted hybrids will become very attractive to consumers when they combine economy and efficiency with performance that is actually better than that of conventional gasoline vehicles.
The dual nature of the hybrid engine allows greater scope for technological advances than the conventional version because engineers have the flexibility to develop both the gasoline and electric components of it, he argued. “This is the beginning of the technological curve; in a few years’ time, hybrids’ performance will be better than regular cars,” he predicted. He dismissed as “extremely low” an estimate by the U.S. Department of Energy that hybrids will comprise only 4% of the market by 2025.
But some evidence indicates that automakers will have to work hard to create significant demand for hybrids. A 2002 survey by auto industry consultant J.D. Power and Associates found only 37% of respondents said fuel efficiency influenced their vehicle choice, the eighth-most important factor. The most important factors were drive, handling and performance, cited by 69%.
Consumers’ top concerns about hybrids are that they have insufficient power and performance, cited by 34%, that they will cost too much to own and maintain, and that they won’t be reliable, the survey found.
Respondents were also more inclined to buy diesel-powered vehicles – provided they include clean-burning technology – in the search for fuel economy, the survey found. Demand for clean-diesel vehicles exceeds that for hybrids as fuel prices rise.
But at times of heightened concern about energy security, more people seem willing to at least think about buying a hybrid car. In late September 2001, shortly after the 9-11 attacks, almost two-thirds of consumers said they were likely to consider buying one of the vehicles.
J.D. Power has recently reduced its forecast for hybrid sales to 531,000 or about 3% of the market, by 2013 compared with a previous estimate that the half-million mark would be reached in 2008. The reduction is because of the settlement of a case in which General Motors and Daimler Chrysler sued the California Air Resources Board over its zero-emissions rule. The settlement effectively reduced the fuel economy requirements of the law and so is expected to result in decreased demand for hybrids and other low-emissions vehicles, said J.D. Power auto analyst Walter McManus.
For now, attention is focused on the new Toyota Prius, to be launched Oct. 17, for any signs of a new level of demand for hybrid vehicles. “The new Prius would appear to be a substitute for the Corolla,” MacDuffie said. “Larger hybrids will be the key to this market.”


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TX Whiskey recently launched its Blended Straight Bourbon, the third expression in its TX Experimental Series.
Previous releases from the TX Experimental Series include TX Experimental Rye and TX High Rye Texas Straight Bourbon.
For this expression, the TX team focused on what they say is the art of the blend, using different components to create a completely new expression.
The 100-proof blend includes a four-year rye bourbon finished in Cabernet Sauvignon wine barrels for an additional three years; a four-year wheated bourbon finished in a new char oak barrel, double oaked for two years; and a two-year wheated bourbon finished in a maple smoked, new char oak barrel.
“We wanted to create a product that would not have been possible without blending and finishes,” said TX Master Blender Ale Ochoa in a prepared statement. “The warmer flavors of smoke, red wine and maple complement the current season, showing a spectrum of what can be created by combining different styles and flavors.”
Only a thousand bottles of TX Experimental Series Blended Straight Bourbon Whiskey will be available for purchase for $39.99 at TX’s Whiskey Ranch. The limited release will only be available in 375ml bottles.
Along with the growing TX Experimental Series, TX is re-launching its Bottled-In-Bond Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey, a single barrel expression of TX Straight Bourbon bottled at 100 proof.
With its recent interest and quick sell out, the TX distillery team identified another barrel to use specifically for Whiskey Ranch. This expression made its mark at TX Whiskey just under 10 months ago, now making its second appearance on the market within a year of its original launch date.
The Bottle-In-Bond is available to purchase for $49.99 at the Whiskey Ranch, in Fort Worth, Texas as well.
Established in 2010 by Leonard Firestone and Troy Robertson, and now part of the Pernod Ricard spirits family, TX Whiskey is an artisanal distillery and the brand’s Whiskey Ranch sits on 112 acres of historic golf grounds making it one of the largest whiskey distilleries.
For more information, check out www.frdistilling.com.
Gary Carter has been at the helm of metro newspapers, magazines, and television news programs as well as a radio host and marketing manager. He is a writer/editor/photographer/designer by trade, with more than 30 years experience in the publishing and marketing field. Gary enjoys working to build something great, whether...


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Tesco PLC (yes, that Tesco) has announced a new tablet, the Hudl. It will feature a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 16 GB of storage, and the Android 4.2 OS. Only a WiFi version has been confirmed, while the existence of a microSD expansion slot is somewhat vague. The press release cites that the 16GB storage can be increased to 48GB, but doesn’t say how. It might be safe to assume that this is being done the traditional way.
What the supermarket intends to do with the tablet is unknown, mainly due to the selling price of GBP119 (RM607); which is lower than what most manufacturers consider profitable. That being said, Tesco is no stranger to getting the jump on new ways to sell things to the public. Their online store campaign in South Korea is considered a textbook example of how to use technology to get ahead. Not to mention that they were the first to introduce online grocery shopping to several markets (Malaysia included).
The Hudl will be available in the UK from 30 September 2013. But there is no word on whether it will arrive in other markets.


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China and the rhino horn trade
By Julian Rademeyer
Li Zhifei was the unlikely leader of an international crime ring. According to his business card, Li owned a small antique business in Jinan, the capital of China’s Shandong province. It was called “Overseas Treasure Finding” and Li was its treasure hunter. He boasted a small, but exclusive clientele of wealthy men who, for the most part, collected porcelain, bronze and rarities from long-dead dynasties. But there were three of Li’s customers with more illicit tastes. And, for close on two years, he eagerly obliged them.
On January 30, 2013, Li was arrested in a hotel room in Miami Beach in Florida. A grainy framegrab from a surveillance video (shown, right) shows an earnest, bespectacled and utterly unremarkable man in his late twenties sitting uncomfortably in a chair. He is dwarfed by the oversized television fixed to the wall above his head. A bag is slung over his right shoulder. To his left, on a side table, is wad of cash; about US$60,000 in all. In his hands he holds a rhino horn. Unseen is the undercover federal agent who lured him to the room with the promise of cut-price contraband.
For some time – as part of a broader investigation into the illegal trade in rhino horn, codenamed Operation Crash – the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) had been piecing together Li’s movements and business dealings. Li, they later said, had overseen an international “black market network” that had smuggled at least 25 “raw” rhino horns (many from trophies brought back to the US by big game hunters) and a variety of carved ivory and rhino horn objets d’art – worth around US$4.5-million – from the US to China.
Three US antique dealers had conspired with Li, buying up “raw horn”, ivory, libation cups and other carvings at his behest. The items would be shipped to Hong Kong, often thickly wrapped in duct-tape to conceal their appearance or hidden in vases or packaged with false customs and shipping documents. From there they were eventually smuggled to China.
But how great is the trade with China? How much horn is being trafficked? And is the horn being used for medicinal purposes or, as the Li case suggests, carved and sold to collectors? And what of Chinese organised crime syndicates? Are they becoming involved in what has proved to be such a lucrative business for kingpins in Vietnam, Laos and Thailand?


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Learn How to Mix at MyCryptoMixer.com
The IMF released its quarterly Globe Economic Overview file on June 24, illustrating the COVID-19 lockdown, the most awful economic downturn since the past 90 years and projecting a loss of 9 trillion bucks by 2022, international growth is estimated to be a 4.9 percent in 2020, as well as the globe economic climate is actually anticipated to encounter an economic slump of 3%, as economic activity falls in 170 countries.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has additionally issued a severe foresight that the continuous global financial recession triggered by ‘the significant lockout’ will definitely even the score worse. In the meantime, the impending international recession will very likely increase motivation for the prevalent approval of decentralized money management, the modern technology responsible for blockchain as well as other digital settlements as well as financing advancement.
The previous international economic recession has actually spurred onward fintech advancements. The monetary dilemma in 2008 showed individuals that economic intermediaries are certainly not constantly trustworthy. This led to the progression of the bitcoin network. Right now, the world encounters additional financial problems, as well as there is no doubt that Bitcoin will thrive in these economical ailments, offering services to actual issues.
As the international economic condition weakens, Bitcoin will end up being a reliable asset and an alternate bush alternative for retail as well as institutional real estate investors, as apparent by the revived enthusiasm in cryptocurrencies in 2020, combined with the halving activity. Before considering Bitcoin or various other cryptocurrencies, it is actually great to first and foremost know the underlying innovation responsible for the cryptocurrency.
The Immutable journal has actually subjected the shortage of privacy in Bitcoin
While Bitcoin is designed to offer a straightforward and also unalterable ledger, it is without the ideal privacy procedure for the Bitcoin consumer. It is actually commonly known today amongst the crypto area that Bitcoin, like other cryptocurrencies, is actually of pseudonymous attribute. Anyone with accessibility to a blockchain evaluation device like the publicly offered blockchain explorer tools will manage to check out as well as track the deal task of any sort of Bitcoin handle. Experienced individuals and blockchain analytics agencies manage to track and identify Bitcoin ownership and accounts with the purchase history and important information circulated journal.
Additionally, lots of well-known as well as centralised cryptocurrency trades and also settlement companies are currently required to adhere to the regulative technique of confirming individuals’ individual relevant information usually through the Know-Your-Customer (KYC) method. As a result, it absolutely eliminates any sort of type of anonymity or even personal privacy Bitcoin or even every other popular cryptocurrencies or even (Altcoins). As mediators may trace any Bitcoin purchase as well as also personal details online.
Bitcoin mixers can alleviate these personal privacy concerns.
To solve Bitcoin’s (or other cryptocurrencies) personal privacy problems, a crypto personal privacy called Bitcoin blenders are made. The top blending service providers are actually MyCryptoMixer.com, a trusted Bitcoin blender that has actually been largely made use of through users who are aiming to eliminate their transaction signs in Bitcoins, and also a budget-friendly and reputable Bitcoin mixing resource that MyCryptoMixer has the capacity to deliver.
Banks seem to be interested in this and MyCryptoMixer has additionally experienced rise in blending quantity due to stricter laws implemented through governments, which affects bodies that manages cryptocurrencies like Binance and Coinbase, to adhere to Financial Action Task Force (FATF) referrals as well as enriched Anti-Money Washing (AML) guidelines. Typically, such policies do borrow the personal privacy of people.
Hence, knowing how to mix Bitcoin can ensure user anonymity and privacy on Bitcoin purchases. To essentially, a Bitcoin mixer could “blend” your coins coming from your Bitcoin wallet, while taking out all achievable traces, as well as subsequently relocate your combined coins (of equivalent volume) to a various group of Bitcoin deals. In this scenario, the Bitcoin Mixer had safekeeping of the customer’s Bitcoin in the course of the blending process and also sent back the user along with recently combined Bitcoins with a safe and anonymous algorithm.
MyCryptoMixer’s significance blending market
In addition to that, no account is needed to be created to access the blending solution, which comes in both major clearnet browsers e.g. Firefox, Opera, and TOR browsers, making the purchase considerably tougher to become mapped later while keeping its own pledge of the consumer’s personal privacy and anonymity. Because of safety explanations, logs are actually just had for around 24-hour before they are actually immediately removed by the provider, in the unexpected situations where the database resides causes the leakage of their users’ purchase activities.
How to mix Bitcoin in 4 simple steps
There is actually a great explanation that MyCryptoMixer.com has been complimented for the previously mentioned user-friendliness, and credit scores were credit scores as a result of, and a simple as well as clean interfaces around, providing the consumer a smooth mixing knowledge without a lot distraction. To progress your own know-how of Bitcoin blending, it aids to know a summary of just how to blend Bitcoin. Here’s a brief overview of their widely known 4-step mixing method:
- Confirm the web handle
Initially, the individual shall go to the Bitcoin Image that can be found on the homepage (https://mycryptomixer.com/ and also http://mymixerxtukle6mo.onion).
- Establish your destination addresses
Next, configure as much as 5 places (or the recipient) Bitcoin addresses, Transactions Dead time, Dollars Circulation, and also the user-defined service charge (in between 0.50% to 5.00%). MyCryptoMixer’s simple user interface allows the customer to finish the pertinent fields effortlessly, either through text message or adjusting the market values via a slider.
Furthermore, the blender will certainly produce a random “MyCryptoCode”, which makes it possible for the user to boost the personal privacy process by protecting against earlier combined coins from coming back in their subsequent combined purse handles.
- Sending funds to Bitcoin Blender
In order to improve the undisclosed process, users would certainly be actually revealed the required BTC quantity as suggested due to the mixer. This is actually to make certain that every purchase is unique, eradicating any opportunities of tracking these purchases with the user’s task trend.
- Finalising the mixing process
Lastly, the user will be presented a standing web page that indicates the combining standing. No activity is demanded from the customer point at this moment. So long as all details as given by the consumer is correct, the mixing procedure is considered to be completed.
A Bitcoin tumbler allows consumers to blend the purchase for accomplishing complete privacy as governments as well as regulators secure their grasps on KYC as well as AML compliances on cryptocurrency markets as well as solutions. For customers that are actually trading in particularly big quantities of Bitcoins, it is actually also advised to incorporate privacy wallets, VPNs and TOR web browsers, and a Bitcoin blender to absolutely shield on your own versus actors with malicious intent (and continual government surveillance) in a safe, private and undisclosed technique Read more on how to mix Bitcoin on MyCryptoMixer.com for a comprehensive overview for anybody aiming to create your Bitcoin deals untraceable and safer than before.


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Nordic Choice Hotels implements face masks for employees
For employees who are in direct contact with hotel guests, it will now become mandatory to wear face masks. This is the latest of a number of infection control measures Nordic Choice Hotels have implemented, to ensure a safe stay for its hotel guests during the Covid 19 outbreak.
–Since the beginning of the corona outbreak, we have been implementing initiatives to reduce the spread of infection at all of our hotels concurrently with the recommendations from the authorities. This includes a number of visible and invisible initiatives. The latest initiative is the use of face masks among the members of our staff who are in direct contact with our guests. Our guests and employees can be assured that we do everything in our power to make sure their hotel stay is safe and secure, says Torgeir Silseth, CEO of Nordic Choice Hotels.
All employees who are in direct contact with hotel guests must already from next week wear face masks while at work. However, face masks should not be seen as a replacement for previously implemented infection control measures. They are an addition to social distancing, good hand hygiene and thorough cleaning of common areas.
Face masks offered to conference attendees
– We know that many feel the need to meet again. The conference market is slowly opening up, and it is important to us to be able to offer safe meeting spaces. Therefore, one of our initiatives is that conference attendees are offered conference kits with face masks, gloves and hand sanitizer. These kits will also be available for purchase for our regular hotel guests. Our main focus is to get us all through these challenging times. We do that by thinking in new, alternative ways and by implementing a number of initiatives to protect both our employees and guests, says CEO Torgeir Silseth.
Safe Stay is the name of Nordic Choice Hotels’ continuous effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This includes internal training in the use of personal protective equipment and correct use of face masks. Soon, it will also be possible for hotel guests to purchase face masks, hand sanitizer and gloves at the hotels. In periods with high occupancy, dedicated employees will be appointed as Safe Stay Crew. Their task will be to ensure that the initiatives for minimizing spread of infection are followed.
Nordic Choice Hotels on yksi Pohjoismaiden ja Baltian suurimmista hotellitoimijoista 200 hotellin ja 16 000 työntekijän kokonaisuudellaan. Nordic Choice Hotels muodostuu Comfort, Quality ja Clarion Hotel -tuotemerkeistä sekä 20 itsenäisestä hotellista. Kaikilla ketjun hotelleilla on ISO 14001 -ympäristösertifikaatti.


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