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Samsung Electronics Co. is developing a wristwatch as Asia’s biggest technology company races against Apple Inc. to create a new industry of wearable devices that perform similar tasks as smartphones.
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“We’ve been preparing the watch product for so long,” Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, said during an interview in Seoul. “We are working very hard to get ready for it. We are preparing products for the future, and the watch is definitely one of them.”
Lee had no comment on what features the watch may have, how much it would cost and when it would go on sale. The Suwon, South Korea-based company already plans to release three high-end smartphones this year — including the Galaxy S4 unveiled last week and one using the Tizen operating system — as it competes with Apple for customers in a slowing global market.


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Land Rover has just announced the recall of 46,000 vehicles across the United States and Canada due to an airbag issue.
More specifically, the front passenger airbag might not deploy due to a possible fault with the restraint control module. As part of the recall, the module will be replaced with a fully-functioning one.
Affected vehicles are the 2010-2015 model year Land Rover LR2 (Freelander) as well as 2012 and 2013 Range Rover Evoque models. All up, 40,551 vehicles are being recalled in the U.S. with a remaining 6000 in Canada.

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Uganda is still grapples with the deadly Coronavirus that brought COVID-19 where by many people are suffering and the economy bouncing.
The economic experts said that it’s just the beginning, because the worst is yet to come and the biting recession will be felt long after the COVID-19 pandemic has passed.
However, as individuals and companies struggle to stay afloat amidst the COVID-19 pandemic that has ravaged lives and economies world over, Kampala mogul Dr Sudhir Ruparelia, of the Ruparelia Group of Companies, has come up with expert advice on how to survive the looming economic recession.
According to Dr Sudhir, who is an accomplished businessman, entrepreneur and hotelier, everyone, both individuals and companies, can emerge out of the COVID-19 economic recession stronger than ever, because this is not the end of the world, no matter how difficult the situation is.
Suffice it to note that we are currently entering into recession period globally and the exception is likely to be India and China with approximately 2% GDP growth in 2020, which is way below the 5% – 8% seen in the past several years.
What will change during the Economic Recession:
According to Dr Sudhir, like the economic recession of the 1930s and the credit crunch of 2008, the COVID-19 economic recession is bound to bring about lots of changes in the patterns of consumption and purchasing power.
For instance, spending on luxury goods will come down drastically; Long-term / Capital expenditure such as construction, technology, will be almost cut to nil.
Lifestyle expenditure such as salary, rent, infrastructure, entertainment, will be minimised;
Working capital will be under tremendous pressure. Businesses will go out of business especially those who are riding on borrowed working capital, whereas new innovative business models, with potential to attract funding from investors, will evolve and thrive.
What will NOT change during the Recession:
Despite the economic pressures brought about by the COVID-19 economic lockdown, there patterns that will not change and these include;
People’s consumption on essentials will continue. A rise in investment on ideas/technology solutions that will improve efficiency will be witnessed. Short-term trading businesses with healthy cash flow practices will thrive.
There will also be a rise in investment on spiritual/self-learning practices, which are not drastically affected by unforeseen calamities like COVID-19 or climatic changes.
Besides all the above, Value for money products / services/intellectual property will shine.
What You Ought To Do As An Individual To Overcome the Situation:
Hold back any luxury / high-risk investments where visibility of returns is difficult to predict;Minimise expenditure on the routine stuff – keep a watch on your lifestyle spends – ask the yourself question, is it really necessary?
Develop yourself on improving competency and developing skills to become sharper and efficient;Share the financial situation with your family members and educate them on the family financial position and the plans to improve;Invest – yes invest in the right things. History repeats itself. Take risks based on thorough research. This is not the time to follow tips.
How To Survive the Recession As An Entrepreneur:
Take care of your employees – communicate more than ever. Be reasonable and transparent with them;Use the slowdown to improve your processes / people;Invest in technology / systems that will accelerate your reach in adding value to your customers;Be frugal in working capital decisions and operating expenditure so as to scale down on costs of operation.
Capital expenditure to be on hold unless there is clear visibility on the associated returns;Let us get smarter by helping ourselves and the economy to bounce back stronger.


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‘This truck can’t do normal truck things’: YouTube star says towing with Ford’s new electric pickup is a ‘total disaster’ in viral video — but Wall Street still likes these 3 EV stocks
It’s no secret that electric cars are becoming more and more popular these days. But will the EV trend carry over to pickup trucks?
According to Tyler Hoover — who runs the Hoovie’s Garage YouTube channel with 1.4 million subscribers — an electric pickup truck might not be a great option if you need to tow something.
In a recent video, Hoover tried to tow an old 1930s Ford pickup with his brand new Ford F-150 Lightning. The test didn’t go well, as the new electric truck used up way more range than expected.
“If a truck towing 3,500 pounds can’t even go 100 miles … that is ridiculously stupid. This truck can’t do normal truck things,” Hoover says.
The video, titled “Towing with my Ford Lightning EV Pickup was a TOTAL DISASTER!” has now amassed more than 2.3 million views.
“You would be stopping every hour to recharge, which would take about 45 minutes a pop, and that is absolutely not practical.”
But does that mean it’s time to ditch electric vehicle stocks? Not necessarily. Although EV stocks have largely pulled back this year, Wall Street still sees big opportunities in quite a few of them.
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Hoover might not be pleased with his recent towing experience with the F150 Lightning, but the electric pickup truck is still selling like hotcakes.
In September, Ford delivered 1,918 units of the F150 Lightening, which means the model continues to be America’s best-selling electric pickup. Year to date, it has sold 8,760 units of the model.
The F150 Lightning isn’t the only EV in Ford’s lineup. The company also sold 2,324 units of the Mustang Mach-E SUV and 449 units of the E-Transit van in September. That brings Ford’s EV sales to 4,691 units for the month, representing a 197% increase year over year.
“Ford continued to see high-demand vehicles turning at record rates in September while developing electric truck and van leadership and extending our overall truck leadership,” Andrew Frick, a Ford VP said in a press release. “Demand remains strong with new retail orders rapidly expanding.”
Ford shares are down a painful 42% year to date. But Bank of America analyst John Murphy sees a glorious revival on the horizon.
Murphy has a ‘buy’ rating on Ford and a price target of $28, implying a potential upside of 123%.
When you think about pure-play EV stocks, Tesla is probably the first one to come to mind.
Sure, its shares have gone on a rollercoaster ride — they are down nearly 40% in 2022 — but Tesla’s EV sales are still booming.
Earlier this month, the company reported that for Q3, it delivered 343,830 EVs (18,672 Model S/X and 325,158 Model 3/Y). The amount represented a 42% increase year over year.
Tesla also substantially ramped up its production. In Q3, it produced 365,923 EVs (19,935 Model S/X and 345,988 3/Y), or 54% more than its production in the year-ago period.
Still, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas points out that the company’s Q3 delivery figure missed the consensus estimate. But he still sees upside in the stock.
Jonas has an ‘overweight’ rating on Tesla and a price target of $383 — roughly 61% above where the stock sits today.
ChargePoint Holdings (CHPT)
ChargePoint Holdings doesn’t produce any electric cars, but it’s still solidly positioned for the EV boom.
The company has one of the largest EV charging networks in the world. It has around 5,000 commercial and fleet customers, including 80% of Fortune 50 companies. Since its inception, ChargePoint has delivered more than 133 million charging sessions.
Of course, given that EV stocks haven’t been market darlings this year, it’s no surprise that this EV infrastructure play was caught in the sell-off as well. ChargePoint shares have fallen 22% year to date.
That could give bargain hunters something to think about.
In the fiscal quarter ended July 31, ChargePoint generated $108.3 million of revenue, marking a 93% increase year over year. This was driven by a 106% increase in networked charging systems revenue and a 68% increase in subscription revenue.
JPMorgan analyst Bill Peterson has an ‘overweight’ rating on ChargePoint and a price target of $20 — around 28% higher than the current levels.
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CNN pulled a story on the massacre of Thai preschoolers and apologized Sunday over criticism its journalists entered the day care where the children were slain and filmed the crime scene without permission. The two CNN journalists involved were fined after authorities found that they had been working in the country after entering on tourist visas, but cleared of wrongdoing for entering the day care center where more than 20 children were killed, deputy national police chief Surachate Hakparn said.
U.S. president Joe Biden has signed an executive order attached to reupping a flagship data transfer agreement with the European Union — with the goal of making life easier for businesses that need to export EU user-data to the U.S. for processing. The White House announced the development in a statement today — saying that the “Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities” would “direct the steps” that the U.S. will take to implement its commitments under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), as the new arrangement is being called.
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If you went to high school in the United States anytime since the 1960s, you were likely assigned some of the following books: Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” “Julius Caesar” and “Macbeth”; John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”; F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”; Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”; and William Golding’s “The Lord of […]
First lady Jill Biden recently discussed helping her friend recover from an abortion in Pennsylvania in the late 1960s when the procedure was illegal and warned that “extremist Republicans” will push for more restrictions on abortion now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned.
A proposal to include “love and marriage” values in the curriculum for all universities and colleges is gaining traction in China. The National People Congress (NPC) deputy had earlier recommended that family education be made a compulsory course in tertiary education to encourage “vast and enthusiastic cultural activities on campus” and guide students in establishing “the correct view of love, marriage and family.” In March, NPC deputy Huang Xihua put forward a motion to professionalize the field of family education and teach college students the skills needed to maintain family relationships.


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Stephanie Gilmore is a professional surfer who happens to also be a pretty beautiful woman. Which of those things do you think Roxy focused on to create its commercial for the Women’s World Championship Tour of Surfing..
Several people have criticized Roxy this week for creating a commercial that focuses more on Gilmore’s sex appeal than her ability to surf.
Disgusted Roxy fans took to the company’s Facebook page to complain about the ad.
One person writes: “Utterly disgusted that a brand which promotes natural beauty with vast female base clients focus so much on sexualizing a female athlete’s body when promoting a world surfing event.”
The Stephanie Gilmore Roxy commercial was supposed to promote the Women’s World Championship Tour of Surfing. It was supposed to showcase strong women athletes and promote a female sport and its amazing athletes.
Several people criticized Roxy for missing that opportunity.
Others said that the commercial’s tagline, “Women are complex and multi-dimensional,” was hypocritical since the Roxy ad, which never shows Gilmore’s face, only focused one one aspect of the surfer.
One user writes: “Women are complex and multi-dimensional. To ignore this fact is to ignore who we truly are.” You only showed one dimension of women (how they look) so therefore you have ignored who we truly are. There should be surfing in the ad, cause in case you forgot, you’re running a SURFING contest soon! Lost respect for roxy!”
Here’s the new Roxy commercial featuring Stephanie Gilmore. What do you think about the ad?
Roxy responded to the criticism today saying that you “don’t have to be sexy to be an athlete” but that doesn’t mean that an athlete can’t be sexy.
Roxy writes: “Obviously, there’s been much conversation around the video we recently released. We believe all athletes are naturally beautiful, in and out of the water. You certainly don’t have to be sexy to be an athlete, we also believe it’s not wrong to be an athlete and to be sexy, if you choose to be. We don’t judge one to be better than the other. We don’t believe in excluding one for the other.”
The company also released a new ad. Stephanie Gilmore could still be considered a sex object in the new ad but at least they show her face. Oh, Gilmore actually surfs in the new video too.


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LONDON—As the U.S. continues its campaign against Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese telecom-equipment maker’s two biggest rivals are battling each other to take advantage.
On Wednesday, Nokia Corp. of Finland and Ericsson AB of Sweden said they would become the primary providers for Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Group Corp.’s network upgrade to 5G, the latest generation of super-fast-mobile networks. It isn’t the first time a carrier has snubbed Huawei in favor of its older, Nordic competitors.
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Remember Wear24, that LTE-enabled Android Wear device that came out of nowhere alongside the LG Watch Sport and Watch Style? If you completely forgot about it, that’s fine. It definitely didn’t take the market by storm. In fact, after just a few months of being available, it looks like Verizon has already axed the device […]
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Yesterday Samsung began a new service to test drive one of its newest flagships for only $ 1 so long as you live in the U.S. and have an iPhone under contract. Today we are getting a report from Samsung that apparently the test drive went so well, the company is already out of test units.
I’m sure this is just what the company wanted to see. Samsung says the service was more popular than it examined and has promised to add more units to the service shortly. In case you have forgotten here is how the service works:
iPhone users living in the United States can get a brand new Samsung flagship smartphone of their choice for only $ 1 for 30 days. The smartphone will include a pre-installed sim card for testing purposes. After the 30 day trial ends, users will be given 5 days to return the handset if they don’t like it. If they decide to keep the smartphone, Samsung will send owners a manual containing information on how to easily transfer files from your iPhone to your new Samsung smartphone for easier convenience. As long as the condition of the smartphone is kept to a minimum, users won’t be charged anything additional when handing it back.
Apple seemed to have gained a lot of Android users when switching over to the larger screened iPhones this year and Samsung believes it can win Apple users back over with their new service. If you’re looking to get a test drive, Samsung says the best thing you can do right now is keep checking the page, which can be seen at the source link. From what we have heard so far, the service almost seems to good to be true.
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A Canadian inventor has gone four times further on a hoverboard than anyone ever has before — though we don’t know much more about his futuristic mode of transportation or how it works.
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Pebbles and shells aren’t the only sparkly items you’ll find in Mykonos this summer, as Cartier has opened a seasonal store on the Greek island, just one of many temporary boutiques that luxury houses are now operating here and elsewhere. exclusive beach places. like Capri, St. Tropez and St. Barts.
“Luxury brands are following the consumer,” Sarah Willersdorf, global head of luxury at Boston Consulting Group, wrote in an email, “and that consumer is spending more time than ever in vacation spots, with some going as far as shopping. second and second category products. third homes.”
Scheduled to operate until September in the Mykonos village of Nammos, the Cartier boutique has a typically Greek look: it’s housed in a whitewashed structure surrounded by olive trees. Inside, the store features a mural by Greek artist Konstantin Kakanias depicting a Mediterranean landscape of whitewashed houses against a blue sky and sea (as well as a ship carrying a Cartier panther and one of the house’s red jewelry boxes). .
Both the Mykonos store and another boutique in East Hampton, New York, opened in May as part of the Cartier D’Été retail program. The name, which means Cartier during the summer in English, is also a pun on the French expression quartier d’été, or summer house.
“We felt there was a need to interact with a nomadic audience and we thought it was a good way to test the location,” Cartier marketing director Arnaud Carrez said during a video call. He noted that half of the store’s initial sales went to Americans and about 30 percent to Europeans.
And what did they buy? Cartier Classics: pieces from the Love and Juste Un Clou collections, as well as panther-themed jewelry.
The Parisian jewelry house began experimenting with pop-up boutiques more than a century ago, on the French Riviera. Since 1975, the company has also had a seasonal store in the Swiss ski resort of St. Moritz, and other temporary boutiques are planned under the umbrella of Cartier d’Hîver, or Cartier during the winter.
Bulgari has also followed the example of its founder, Sotirio Bulgari. In the early 1900s, he opened seasonal outposts in St. Moritz and another Swiss resort, Lucerne, as well as Sorrento, Italy. For several years, the house has operated vacation boutiques in glamorous Italian destinations such as Capri and Porto Cervo, a city on the island of Sardinia; last year, Bulgari added new stores in Bodrum, Turkey, and in Mykonos.
Each Bulgari boutique tailors its product assortment to its location (some offer pieces from the high jewelry collection, others don’t), but this summer, all pop-up stores offer what the brand calls a “resort collection” of raffia accessories that Jean-Christophe Babin, its chief executive, said he was inspired by the vibrant colors of the Mediterranean.
“After years of enduring lockdowns and living behind screens,” he wrote in an email, “the resort collection celebrates this return to normalcy.”
Seasonal stores are also a fixture at Chopard, which has them in Mykonos and Santorini, as well as St. Moritz and the French ski resort of Courchevel. Glenn Spiro, whose main showroom is in London’s Mayfair neighborhood, has temporary boutiques in St. Tropez and Los Angeles, and plans to open a third in St. Barts. “People think I’m crazy to only have stores open a few weeks a year, but it works for me,” Spiro said in a phone interview.
And every summer since 2015, Eugenie Niarchos’ Venyx brand has operated its only store stocked exclusively with Venyx jewelry at the Belvedere Hotel in Mykonos.
Ms. Willersdorf, of the Boston Consulting Group, said profound changes in the global population, driven by taxes, regulations and consumers’ desire to live different lifestyles, started before the pandemic, but then those changes They were accelerated by covid.
The outage has also prompted some luxury names to convert their temporary sites to permanent locations. Boghossian, for example, operated a series of temporary stores in Monaco, but later decided to open a permanent boutique at the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo.
And Sotheby’s has made permanent the galleries it opened in 2020 in the Hamptons and Palm Beach, Florida. “Now we’ve become part of the fabric of those places, and customers come to Palm Beach and the East Hamptons, too, because we’re there.” David Schrader, global head of private sales at Sotheby’s, in a phone call. This summer, the East Hamptons gallery will feature creations from two London-based jewelers, Solange Azagury-Partridge and Cora Sheibani.
The lingering effects of the pandemic, including the absence of Chinese tourists trapped in their country’s zero-Covid policies, have luxury brands chasing customers wherever they are, said Achim Berg, head of the apparel group, fashion and luxury from McKinsey & Company.
“A strong dollar and a weak euro are helping,” he said, but the bottom line is that after two years of waiting, “people travel and want to dress well.”


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Nokia mocks Samsung !!
There’s a saying that “people living in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones at others”, but it seems that throwing stones has become a trend in the Nokia’s marketing department. Nokia which was recently sold to Microsoft has tried to mock Samsung and the latest version of Android 4.4 that goes by the name Kit Kat. The image was created by Nokia Deutschland and shows the words “Have a break. Have a….” with a red background and Samsung Galaxy SIII being cut in half; which may be the shot at Samsung’s all-plastic design.
Its another move from long string of childish antics by Nokia who is seemed to be most desperate to gain buzz for their Lumia line. Recently they also showed some nerve by blocking the billboard ground ad of Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom by a truck which featured an ad of Lumia 1020. It seems that Nokia can do anything to get their chances up in the market with unstoppable ever increasing Android and iOS devices.
The ad campaign image which was revealed on Twitter sparked quite a lot of discontent from users. They have criticised Nokia for a desperate attempt and stated that this is what a “bottom 2%” company has to resort to. Of course things aren’t that bad for Nokia but they certainly aren’t as big as they used to be. Maybe an all-out assault on its leading Android rivals might be the way for Nokia and the Windows Phone OS to snatch a much more favourable market position?


text: Upgrades likely to spark price war, squeeze out smaller rivals ParknShop will spend up to $150 million upgrading 15 of its superstores in a move that is likely to spark a new round of competition with arch-rivals Wellcome and China Resources supermarkets. The upgrades, aimed at providing one-stop shop services with more variety, will see the competition spill over into bakeries, fast food and Chinese roasted meat outlets and sushi stalls, with ParknShop planning to launch separate retail chains for these products. 'It is a new format of superstore, which expands the variety of products and organises them in a more shopper-friendly manner,' said Victor Tsang Kam-keung, the retail director of ParknShop, which is part of the Hutchison Whampoa conglomerate. 'We are targeting sales of the first upgraded superstore to grow at least 30 per cent after the upgrade.' Following the launch of the first upgraded superstore in Tai Po today, 14 more superstores will be revamped to include a specialised bakery, Chinese roasted meat, sushi, fast food, seafood, fresh meat and vegetable counters. The cost of each upgrade is between $8 million and $10 million. 'We see the potential of spinning off the bakery, sushi and Chinese roasted meat counters from ParknShops by setting up standalone chain stores,' Mr Tsang said. He added that the first store of a separate bakery chain was scheduled to open for business next year, with a floor space of about 1,000 square feet. A price war is looming in the already punishing food-retailing sector, with prices of Chinese roasted meat, fast food and vegetables about 10 per cent cheaper on average at ParknShop superstores than at traditional wet markets. A lunch box at ParknShop is available for as little as $9.90. Mr Tsang played down suggestions that ParknShop's initiatives would further lower the survival chances of smaller market players, saying that the market share of the supermarket chain accounted for only 10 per cent of fresh-food retailing. 'We're creating healthy competition,' he said. 'Competition will help lift industry standards.' In an aggressive diversification into sales of fresh pork and beef at discount prices recently, ParknShop was blamed for forcing smaller retailers of fresh meat out of business. It has also expanded into 24-hour convenience stores in prime tourist areas such as Tsim Sha Tsui and Causeway Bay. To cement its dominance in Hong Kong's supermarket segment, ParknShop planned to open 15 to 20 stores next year, Mr Tsang said. It already has 219 stores here, of which 52 are superstores.


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Half Way There!
Believe it or not, we are already halfway through 2020. It seems like this is a year that many people want to be able to get past for more reasons than we could list and more reasons than we can count. At the end of the day, we hope that everyone is enjoying some of these higher copper prices, as well as a relatively stable iron market. As we have watched the markets and the prices coming in online we have noticed more upward trending markets and increases from yards.
We are looking forward to having a couple of burgers and hotdogs this weekend to celebrate America’s birthday and hopefully pause for a minute to realize how lucky so many of us are to be able to have the ability to talk about Scrap and learn more from each other as so many people enjoy this industry and learning that comes from it.
- Quarter – Copper had its best quarter in over 10 years.
- ,800 – Gold hit ,800 an ounce briefly on Tuesday, June 30th.
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We love seeing questions asked about grades of scrap metal and we really love to see people asking advice from others. iScrapper Laurence C. posted about how much to dismantle a shed and getting advice from other scrappers on how much to charge and go from there.
Copper Prices Are Highest of 2020
As we have seen pricing on copper increasing over the last couple of weeks it has been a little scary because we expected a large decrease coming afterward. The good news is going into July we have the highest prices of the year right now and we have seen the prices of copper increasing throughout not only the trading markets but also the reported prices and the scrap yards that are buying across the country and Canada. We have seen fair trade prices increasing, as well as insulated copper wire grades and that’s especially important as the insulated copper wire market was so heavily dependent on China for so many years.
Now that we have seen the tariffs in effect for the last two years we have seen multiple new markets emerging, as well as copper chopping lines here in the US that have had a large effect on the insulated copper wire markets.
No good news for aluminum or nickel…
While there has been a lot of positive and good news about the copper market and the related metals like Brass and insulated copper wire, we have not seen much good news coming out of the nickel market, or the aluminum market which has continued to get prices hammered down over the last few weeks months and years. Unfortunately, it does not look like this market has any large signs of recovery on the horizon and we might be seeing depressed prices for items like stainless steel, aluminum sheet, and all other grades of aluminum or nickel base alloys. One of the big problems with the nickel market is that the aviation and aerospace industry is in such turmoil because of the lack of flights and travel both domestically and internationally compared to five or six months ago.
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With these markets being hit so hard, a lot of the metals that go into these industries and are almost exclusively used in them have been heavily impacted as many buyers either stopped purchasing or are processing and not paying customers as people are waiting for the markets to improve. On top of that, we have heard of multiple large suppliers of scrap holding on to very large amounts of material which will flood the market when a price increase does start to happen, and that will hurt some of the smaller buyers/sellers.
Reported Non-Ferrous Scrap Prices (6/24 – 6/30):
|Lafayette, LA||Brass||$1.15 / lb|
|Rockaway, NJ||#1 Bare Bright Copper Wire||$2.40 / lb|
|Columbus, GA||Electric Motors (Copper)||$0.12 / lb|
|Maricopa, AZ||Aluminum Breakage||$0.08 / lb|
|Hatboro, PA||Sheet Aluminum||$0.18 / lb|
|Ocala, FL||Aluminum Cans||$0.31 / lb|
|Newport, KY||Insulated Copper Wire||$0.65 / lb|
|Wheat Ridge, CO||Low Grade Boards||$0.05 / lb|
|New Haven, CT||#1 Copper Tubing||$2.00 / lb|
|Garland, TX||THHN Wire||$1.65 / lb|
|Forest Hills, MD||Romex Wire||$0.95 / lb|
|Cornwall, Ontario*||#3 Roofing Copper||$1.67 / lb|
A downward trend of steel & iron…
With the oil market getting hit over the last few weeks, we have continued to see the downward trend on steel and iron prices. Unfortunately, these markets have continued to weaken and we have seen a $10-$20 per ton drop across-the-board for all levels of ferrous materials. On top of this, we have heard of more large scale buyers holding onto a lot of their grades of material and that will affect the market when prices increase which is not expected to happen anytime for the rest of 2020.
We continue to recommend moving all of your material as quickly as possible, so you do not get stuck with any type of large amounts of light iron or heavy iron as the markets don’t look to be showing any signs of life going into the rest of the summer.
Reported Ferrous Scrap Prices (6/24 – 6/30):
|Lancaster, PA||Shreddable Steel||$0.03 /lb|
|Clarksville, IN||Light Iron||$70 /ton|
|Portland, OR||Shreddable Steel||$95 /ton|
|Alvin, TX||Scrap Iron||$0.04 /lb|
|Douglasville, GA||Shreddable Steel||$0.04 /lb|
|Hot Springs, AR||Scrap Iron||$70 /ton|
|Fenton, IL||Shreddable Steel||$0.025 /lb|
|Marshall, MN||Shreddable Steel||$30 /ton|
|Winchester, KY||Shreddable Steel||$90 /ton|
|Haddon Twp, NJ||Light Iron||$0.055 /lb.|
|Coshocton, OH||Prepared HMS||$145 /ton|
Other Metal Markets
$1,800! We saw gold head over $1,800 an ounce which has not happened since 2012. With the all-time record price of gold hitting $1,917 per ounce back in 2011 we could be pushing those levels over the next few weeks as more consumers and investors continue to be scared about the market and possible increases or decreases over the upcoming months as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Catalytic Converter Market News
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Amid rumours that a new Fable might be in the works, Microsoft has been spotted renewing its Fable trademark.
The application was filed back on June 26th, and while it doesn't really give much away, it suggests the trademark isn't for "current use" but rather "intent to use," which Microsoft has also added to trademarks such as "Grounded," "Everwild" and even "Xbox Series X" in recent months.
It's nothing new for companies to renew trademarks for the IPs they own, so we suggest keeping expectations in check. That said, YouTube channel Dealer Gaming reported back in April that it "knew for a fact" that a Fable reboot is on the way at some point, so let's hope it's finally revealed later this month!
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Microsoft revealed some of its Minimum PC Specs for Windows 10 VR headsets. The minimum specs mean that most modern PCs will be able to run the Windows 10 VR but some games and apps will vary depending on the specs required to power them.
Below is the full Specs:
- CPU: Intel Mobile Core i5 (e.g. 7200U) Dual-Core with Hyperthreading equivalent
- GPU: Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 620 (GT2) equivalent or greater DX12 API Capable GPU
- RAM: 8GB+ Dual Channel required for integrated Graphics
- HDMI: HDMI 1.4 with 2880×1440 @ 60 Hz or HDMI 2.0 or DP 1.3+ with 2880×1440 @ 90 Hz
- HDD:100GB+ SSD (Preferred) / HDD
- USB: USB 3.0 Type-A or USB 3.1 Type-C Port with Display Port Alternate Mode
- Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0 for accessories
These are the specifications which are a part of the partnership Microsoft is having with Intel which has been codenamed as Project Evo. Microsoft said that it is working in partnership with Intel to bring Mixed Reality to life through the Windows 10 PCs.
Microsoft has also confirmed that it has already submitted HoloLens to the Chinese Government for Approval and plans to make the headset available to the Chinese Developers at the start of 2017.
Microsoft is also planning to allow developers to start testing Windows 10 VR headsets in February. Developer kits will be available the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, ahead of retail headsets from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo.


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Consumer prices fell 0.44% in March on a month-on-month basis, down from the 0.25% decline in February. Significantly cheaper transport prices underpinned the latest print.
Meanwhile, consumer prices fell 0.8% in March compared to the same month a year earlier, contrasting the flat reading in February. The average change in consumer prices in the 12 months leading up to March was negative 0.3%, as in February.
FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast panelists expect inflation to end 2020 at 0.3%, which is down 0.2 percentage points from last month’s forecast, and to end at 0.8% in 2021.
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Economic activity increased 1.4% in year-in-year terms in March, which followed February's 1.7% increase.
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Like any new government program, the Affordable Care Act has created an opportunity for scammers to conceive and perpetrate patterns of fraud and abuse. It is important to remember that, if you’re shopping in the expanded Health Insurance Marketplace, do it at HealthCare.gov. People who try to sign you up elsewhere just might be scamming you. The following links have more information on how to protect yourself from fraud and report suspected fraud to authorities.
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Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is now evolving from a small electric car maker into an international luxury automaker. The company has expanded its business in Europe, started deliveries in China, and has started taking pre-orders in Australia. Of course, all eyes are set on China because it’s the world’s largest luxury automobile market – that’s where Tesla’s biggest opportunity lies.
Will United States accept and recognize Tesla’s direct sales model?
While China is a land of opportunity for TSLA, the San Francisco-based company has two major hurdles which could very well determine Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s success or failure, says Fray Financials of Seeking Alpha. The company uses a unique direct sales model that allows it to sell vehicles directly to end users. Its sales model has caused much uproar throughout the country. Many states in the country have banned its direct sales model including Texas, Arizona, Virginia, New Jersey and Maryland. Many other states like Colorado, New York, Ohio and North Carolina have put restrictions on how many stores Tesla can operate and cars it can sell in a particular state.
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If Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) wants to generate massive revenues by producing mass-market electric cars in the long run, its direct-to-consumer sales model must be widely accepted and recognized in the United States. Today, only a few states have banned or restricted its sales strategy, but many fear that other states may pursue similar paths.
Tesla needs to build solid infrastructure in China
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is seeking growth in Asia and Europe. The company discussed growth opportunities in China during its first quarter earnings call. The world’s most populous country is undoubtedly the biggest opportunity for Tesla. The company is using a bottom-up approach to penetrate this market. The EV maker is constructing Superchargers and service centers in the country. Currently, the company has only three Superchargers in China. But Elon Musk has made it clear that he will rapidly build the electronic infrastructure to support huge demand in China.
There have been concerns around whether Chinese electronic grid could handle the charging of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s cars. The second hurdle before the company is to build a strong infrastructure of charging stations in China to support massive demand with efficient timing. The problems in China are more about efficiency, technology and execution, which Elon Musk could easily overcome. In contrast, the challenges in the U.S. involve politics and lobbying.
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Question by Graham Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what consideration she has given to banning shark fin imports.
Answer by Richard Benyon (MP and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Defra) :
The UK Government is aware of the conservation implications of the international trade in shark fins and the need for more stringent controls to ensure any such trade is rooted in sustainable fishing practices. While the UK has banned shark finning (removal and retention of shark fins at sea, but discarding the carcass), the Government does not oppose fisheries for species where scientific advice indicates that they can be sustainably exploited. However, we do promote the full utilisation of the shark.
The UK cannot unilaterally take action to ban shark fin imports without contravening EU trade agreements and World Trade Organisation (WTO) obligations.
However, we are not complacent. We believe the market for shark fin products in the UK is on the decrease and we will continue to support campaigns like ‘Bite-Back’ that raise public awareness and change consumer and retailer behaviour.
We will also continue to work closely with the Shark Trust to ensure sharks are properly managed and conserved globally. We consider that the most effective means of protecting sharks is by continuing to press for a range of international conservation and management measures within the appropriate bodies. This includes pushing for changes within the EU and internationally to ensure all sharks are landed with their ‘fins naturally attached’ (thus removing the possibility of shark finning occurring) and supporting scientifically robust proposals for regulating the international trade in shark products through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
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Johnson & Johnson is considering the creation of a new subsidiary to absorb its widespread asbestos liabilities, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets.
The J&J subsidiary would then declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy, potentially saving the multinational corporation billions of dollars.
Reuters News Service also reported the subsidiary possibility, citing unnamed personal injury attorneys who learned of the option while negotiating their current claims with J&J officials.
A spokesperson for Johnson & Johnson would not confirm the reports.
“Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. has not decided on any particular course of action in this litigation other than to continue to defend the safety of talc and litigate these cases in the tort system, as the pending trials demonstrate,” the company said in a statement.
The controversial legal strategy could help settle thousands of pending claims linking J&J’s iconic talc-based baby powder to ovarian cancer and malignant mesothelioma.
For plaintiffs, the move would likely result in protracted bankruptcy proceedings and reduced compensation for those who have not settled previously. Much would depend on how the subsidiary was funded.
If it becomes a reality, plaintiff’s lawyers likely would challenge the maneuver vigorously in court.
Number of J&J Lawsuits Growing
A small segment of those involve mesothelioma, a rare cancer caused predominately by exposure to asbestos. The naturally occurring, toxic mineral is often found in close proximity to where talc is mined.
J&J continues to insist its talc products are safe and do not cause cancers, citing numerous studies that established no clear link between the use of talc and ovarian cancer.
Other studies have shown opposite results. An investigation by Reuters in 2018 revealed J&J officials knew for decades that asbestos had been found in its talc products yet ignored the warning signs.
Jury verdicts have been mixed in recent years. Some have sided with J&J, and others have awarded large amounts to plaintiffs, although some have been reduced on appeal.
The company has been steadfast in its claim that its talc-based products are safe to use and continues to aggressively fight the lawsuits and verdicts against it.
That could be changing soon.
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from J&J to consider overturning a $2.1 billion award to 22 women who blamed contaminated talc for causing ovarian cancer.
The rejection was no surprise to J&J, which had set aside $3.9 billion earlier in 2021 for future talc-related litigation, according to regulatory filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The amount was almost double what the company reported in filings the previous year.
In 2020, J&J announced that it would stop selling its iconic talc-based baby powder in the U.S. and Canada, citing a decline in consumer demand and “misinformation” about the safety of the product.
The stoppage was less than a year after the company recalled 33,000 bottles of its baby powder when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that a laboratory test found small traces of asbestos in one sample.
Bankruptcy Filing Could Change Everything
Filing for bankruptcy after creating a new subsidiary would effectively halt the ongoing litigation. Other companies have used it effectively in recent years, according to the Reuters report.
Georgia-Pacific, for example, used a similar strategy to reorganize and limit liability in 2017 when it created Bestwall LLC, shortly before it filed for bankruptcy in North Carolina.
The bankruptcy maneuver allows a company like Johnson & Johnson to avoid the potentially huge settlements or jury judgements. It will put numerous lawsuits in one court as a bankruptcy proceeding. They often take several years to settle.
J&J, which has an estimated market value of $445 billion, is facing potential litigation on many fronts beyond asbestos.
It recently agreed to pay $263 million to resolve opioid claims in New York state. Earlier this month, it recalled sunscreens products Aveeno and Neutrogena from U.S. stores after the cancer-causing substance benzene was found in samples.


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The campaign by MEC Interaction, MEC’s specialist digital, social, search and direct response business, has been designed to drive awareness and ticket sales for the new action film, directed by Sylvester Stallone and starring Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke.
The takeover will integrate 3D and available video content from 'The Expendables' trailers on Yahoo!’s web and mobile homepages. When users log on to the Yahoo.co.uk homepage, they will see a plane loop around the screen, before it crashes into a video box out.
The Yahoo! takeover is supported by trailers running across Facebook, YouTube, Gaming sites and Sky sports. The digital campaign supports TV, radio, press and outdoor activity.
Ross Cunningham, head of marketing at Lionsgate, said: "Our team at MEC Interaction has a proven track record of ground-breaking digital marketing solutions, and we look forward to developing a truly creative and targeted digital plan with them to launch 'The Expendables' in the UK."


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There was a time when online crime and click fraud seemed to exist outside the consciousness of most online shoppers. Those days appear to be long gone.
A new survey released by privacy research firm the Ponemon Institute and fraud prevention services provider ThreatMetrix says as much, with a whopping 85 percent of respondents indicating that they worry about becoming a fraud victim as a result of their online usage.
By comparison, 80 percent of those polled expressed similar concerns the last time the two entities ran a similar study.
Ponemon and ThreatMetrix polled 607 regular internet users for the latest survey, and included a wide range of activities under its definition of “online fraud”, including credit card scams, identity theft, phishing, and spam as well as attacks that target personal information and account details under false pretenses.
“A lot of fraudulent activity goes unreported today, making it difficult for online businesses to fully understand the prominence and seriousness of the problem,” says Reed Taussig, ThreatMetrix CEO. “With a rise in online transactions and activities across devices, more needs to be done to educate online merchants, banks, social outlets and other businesses on how to decrease fraudulent activity.”
With that increased awareness of the threat of online fraud comes a desire on the part of most web users to see more protections from e-tailers, even if that means giving up some of the privacy they enjoy while shopping online: almost three-quarters of those polled in the survey said they’d be okay with trusted online businesses placing cookies on their computers in order to authenticate them; 82 percent said they expect businesses to offer alternative authentication measures if cookies proved ineffective.
“Consumers expressed much more willingness to share data like Internet Service Providers, computer serial number, type and make, rather than information like date of birth and telephone number,” says Larry Ponemon, chairman of the Ponemon Institute.
The pool of respondents used in the survey was certainly a good one to speak on the issue of online fraud in general: 42 percent of those questioned said they have already been the victim of fraud before.
Unfortunately, their responses also make clear that most fraud victims don’t do much in response to being duped. Only 19 percent of those who had suffered from fraudulent activities actually notified the involved online business directly of it, while the rest didn’t report the crimes at all.
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Targeting these types of cash-only merchants is the benefit that Square brings to the payments market, one analyst says.
“This is exactly where Square is positioned, and they’ve made no bones about the fact that this is where they want to be,” says Todd Ablowitz, president of payment consulting firm Double Diamond Group. “Square is starting to ‘electronify’ payments that have always been cash or check.” Square says it has shipped more than 500,000 card readers to retailers across the country.
In terms of cost, the rate is relatively low, and Square’s service is easy to understand, Ablowitz says.
In February, Square changed its service fee from a 15-cent per-transaction fee to 2.75% of the sale (see story).
Ablowitz also lauds that folks who want to accept credit cards for payment do not need a merchant account, only their own bank account to receive the payments. “Square took a page out of the PayPal book and brought it to the face-to-face payment market,” he says.
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Details Dished On Regulatory Pathway US FDA’s Developing For Lawful Hemp In Supplements
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Whether lawmakers will favor legislation aligning with FDA’s thinking or hemp industry’s preferences isn’t known, says Jonathan Miller, US Hemp Roundtable general counsel. “We're feeling pretty confident that something's going to happen.”
Virginia Republican Morgan Griffith has same message for FDA he’s previously stated about hemp ingredients. Agency “has dragged its feet in properly regulating CBD and hemp-derived products on the market, creating confusion about its legal uses,” he says.
States’ histories with legalizing cannabis aren’t good models for an hemp regulatory pathway, says FDA hemp and cannabis policy chief Norman Birenbaum. Influence from those models already seen in US with ingredients including delta-8 THC marketed as hemp as defined in federal law de-scheduling it as a controlled substance.


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From the American Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) in San Diego, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has announced that it expects to open another 70-80 high quality new-build and conversion hotels in 2011, coming off of the 72 opened and 96 new deals signed in 2010. Propelled by unprecedented demand for hotels in the world’s fastest growing markets, Starwood, the world’s most global hotel company, will open nearly 70% of its new hotels outside North America, with the majority in Asia Pacific.Asia Pacific is Starwood’s Leading Growth Market
Robust demand in Asia Pacific remains a key driver of Starwood’s growth, accounting for more than half of all Starwood hotel openings in 2011. Starwood will open 40 new hotels in Asia Pacific this year, resulting in a portfolio of over 220 hotels in the region by year end.
Over half of the new Starwood hotels opening in Asia Pacific are slated for Greater China, where Starwood expects to increase its current portfolio from 70 to over 115 hotels by 2012. Openings will include 19 Sheraton hotels, ten Westin hotels, and two St. Regis hotels.
Demand continues to accelerate in India where Starwood is the largest five-star hotel operator. Starwood plans to grow its existing portfolio of 30 hotels in India by 40% in the next two years. Starwood’s stylish, new Aloft brand will more than double its footprint in India by year end with the opening of three more hotels, and four additional hotels will open under the Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton and Le Méridien brands.
Growth for Starwood’s high-caliber brands is also picking up in Thailand, where it will add four Starwood hotels to its portfolio this year, including two Four Points by Sheraton hotels, an Aloft hotel and The St. Regis Bangkok. Starwood is also growing its footprint in Malaysia, with two Four Points by Sheraton hotels scheduled to open in 2011.
Starwood Accelerates Growth in Latin America
Starwood will open five new hotels in Latin America this year, joining the 62 currently open in 12 countries. Key openings include the first Westin in South America in Lima, Peru, the fifth Starwood hotel in Panama, which is emerging as a key financial hub in Latin America and Starwood’s first all-inclusive resort, The Westin Playa Conchal Resort & Spa in Costa Rica. Starwood will also debut its Aloft brand in Latin America with the opening of Aloft Panama, in addition to increasing its presence in Chile, Mexico and Colombia.
Select Service Brands and Conversions Drive Growth in North America and Europe
Half of Starwood’s current portfolio is in North America, where it will open more than 20 additional hotels this year. Fueling growth is an influx of conversion opportunities and strong demand for Starwood’s select service brands. This year, milestones will include the opening of the 60th Starwood hotel in Canada and the 50th Aloft hotel.
Starwood will increase its substantial portfolio of 247 hotels in Europe, Africa and the Middle East with almost a dozen new hotels opening in this division in 2011. Key openings in Europe include the first Aloft in London and three W hotels, including the long awaited debut of W in London and Paris.
Strengthening its position as one of the leading luxury hotel operators in the Middle East, Starwood will debut its ultra-luxury St. Regis brand this year with the opening of the St. Regis Doha and the St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort in Abu Dhabi. Starwood’s total portfolio in the Middle East will grow to 50 hotels in 2011, with another 25 in the development pipeline.
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“How will we survive?” Liverpool family taxi firm faces its toughest fight in 50 years
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A family-run Liverpool taxi company says it is facing the toughest time in its 50-year history and a desperate fight to survive as lockdown measures decimate its business.
The owners of Village Taxis in Garston say they are losing drivers daily and with the 10pm curfew still in place, and bars and pubs about to close altogether, an already grim situation could get worse.
“With the new Tier 3 restrictions coming in this week, I don’t know how we’re going to get through,” Sharon Hanson admits.
“Taxi firms weren’t mentioned in the measures, but so many other businesses like ours are going to feel the knock-on effect of them. We’re a family-run business, all the drivers are self-employed so we rely on their rental of our equipment, but we’ve lost so much work it’s been horrendous.”
Sharon’s dad Charles Hunter started Village Taxis in 1970. He had one car and set himself up in Church Road, Garston, in an old fruit and veg shop.
From there, he grew a successful Liverpool company which Sharon, her brother Paul, sister Diane and niece Sarah now run.
Before the first lockdown in March, they had around 150 drivers and a team of telephonists were taking bookings round-the-clock.
“They’d be answering calls constantly, we were always busy. Now we have one person on.”
The downturn in trade started in the spring, explains Sharon. “We were getting equipment handed back to us left, right and centre.
“We didn’t just lose the hospitality side of our work, it was the airport drop-offs and pick-ups, the doctors and hospital runs, and shopping trips. We have a lot of elderly clients who use us two and three times a day for hairdressing appointments, supermarket visits, hospitals – we are a lifeline for some people, it’s their only way of getting out of the house, but then they weren’t going out because a lot of them were shielding.
“We started doing deliveries, dropping off washing powder and other essentials to some of our regular customers. We contacted them and said, ‘anything you need, anything you want, let us know’. We weren’t charging them, we were just trying to let them know we were still here and we could help them because people weren’t picking the phone up.”
When lots of businesses reopened in July and then the Eat Out To Help Out scheme came in, Sharon says they began to see signs of recovery, but the 10pm curfew put an end to that.
“It’s taken another nosedive and now we think, what do we do? What can we do?” she adds.
“If only they’d staggered the curfew so everything didn’t close at 10pm it would have helped. Maybe they could have introduced a wristband system which allowed customers a set time in pubs, and use that to limit their drinking, but as it is no-one’s moving about after 10pm. We have to employ staff throughout the night because we operate 24-hours 365 days a year, but we’re really just keeping someone here on the off-chance that the phone might ring.
“We do have an app which people can book through and that has grown because a lot of people feel more secure using it instead of cash, but at the moment it’s not enough.
“We have the added issue of the council still allowing taxis from Manchester, Wolverhampton, Bradford, all over the country to come into Liverpool to work.
“Liverpool’s on a red lockdown but other council-plated taxis can come here with fares and then work the streets in our city. We’re paying our fees to this council, they’re not, but they’re taking what little work there is which is just wrong.
“And it doesn’t help having the likes of Uber coming into the city. They’re a massive company with millions in the bank – how can we compete with that? We’re a small fish in a big pond now, but how many small fishes will survive when all this is over?”
Keeping the business going over the past few months has put an enormous strain on Sharon’s whole family.
“I haven’t had a good night’s sleep since it all started,” she says. “I get constant alerts from the Government which I’ve had to sign up for because I need to keep in touch with what support is available and what changes are being made, so I can never switch off.
Lots of ways you can support local business right now.
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“Even though we’ve been financially battered, we won’t qualify for any help from the Government unless we close our business, but we’ve got to think about our staff and protect people’s jobs. Customers will just go somewhere else if they can’t come to us.
“We’ve already had a lot of drivers who’ve gone to do other work, things like food delivery, and a couple have retired because they didn’t want to put their own families at risk.”
With Tier 3 measures coming in from Wednesday, Sharon says she fears for the future.
“Village Taxis survived the ‘80s in Liverpool which was really tough, but this has been our worst time in the 50 years.
“I just don’t know what we can do. Pray – pray that the people who are in control get a grip and come up with some initiative that is going to save our city and our economy.”


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You are what you eat – and if what you’re eating is yogurt, then there’s good news in store. Research shows that postmenopausal women who eat at least one daily serving of yogurt tend to have lower body mass index (BMI), less fat, and higher bone density than women who never eat yogurt at all.
Emmanuel Biver, M.D., Ph.D., chief resident at the Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland, authored a study which analyzed the effects of aging on bone and muscle health. Participants consisted of 733 healthy postmenopausal women who underwent baseline bone-mineral-density (BMD) screening, and repeated BMD screening three years later. Participants also completed food frequency questionnaires and physical activity assessments.
Researchers evaluated total calcium, protein and energy intake. Yogurt consumption was classified as never, less than one serving per day, and one or more servings per day.
At baseline, women who reported eating yogurt had 4.4 percent higher BMD in the lumbar spine, were 6.4 percent leaner, and had a 10 percent lower prevalence of low trauma fractures compared to women who never ate yogurt.
At the three year follow-up, researchers found that loss of BMD in the total hip and at the distal radius was attenuated in yogurt consumers, and these results were independent of outside factors such as BMI, physical activity, and calcium and protein intake.
“Yogurt is a source of nutrients, in particular calcium and protein, but it also contains fermented daily products and probiotics, all of which are potentially beneficial for bone health,” explained Dr. Biver at the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research 2016 Annual Meeting.
“So we hypothesized that yogurt consumption might attenuate bone loss in postmenopausal women, and this benefit would be independent of total dietary calcium and protein intake,” he continued.
“And our data suggest that there is a possible protective effect of fermented dairy products on postmenopausal cortical bone loss,” he concluded.
Biver suggested that yogurt consumption may simply be indicative of a healthier lifestyle, which can contribute to greater bone health. However, fermented dairy products are also known to support healthy gut microbiota, which could positively influence bone health. Researchers plan to continue their studies to further investigate this hypothesis (Source: Medscape).


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NVIDIA is offering a three-month PC Game Pass trial with the purchase of a new GeForce RTX 40 Series card across the MENA region.
Microsoft officially launches the new Xbox Game Pass Core, upgrading the Xbox Live Gold with a new set of perks and a calatogue of games
PlayStation Arabia is firing up their Summer Sale in the Middle East with gaming deals and a temporary price drop on the PS5 standard edition.
PlayStation players in the Middle East and North Africa region will get to enjoy the Days of Play 2023 sale until June 12, covering both the PlayStation Store and PlayStation Plus service.
Want to try out PC Game Pass? A new Friends Referral feature is launching for existing members in the MENA region, giving new users a 14 days trial.
After more than a month of testing with Insiders, PC Game Pass is officially launching in more countries across the Middle East and North Africa. This brings the service to a total of 86 countries.


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Kendall Nicole Jenner is an American fashion model and TV reality star has officially joined the Adidas family as their newest brand ambassador.
The 21-year-old super model is set to join the likes of Pharrell Williams, Karlie Kloss and Hannah Bronfman in the Adidas family. (more…)
Kendall Jenner took to her official Instagram account to announce the major deal via saying; “officially joining the adidas fam! @adidasoriginals #adidasAmbassador #adidasOriginals”.
WATCH HER ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW:
Adidas added, “A longtime fan of the brand, Kendall embodies the spirit of Adidas Originals as a creative force shaping the world today by challenging the status quo in her very own way. A classic icon, Kendall is a true Original and we welcome her to our family.”


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Coty Inc has relaunched Kylie Cosmetics with new and improved formulas that are clean and vegan, along with refreshing packaging.
The beauty giant is also revamping the brand's direct-to-consumer website, which will be released on July 15. The launch marks the first time that consumers have been able to purchase both Kylie Skin and Kylie Cosmetics in one place. The site will be the number one destination for all new product launches and collection screenings, and will also feature new educational content and selections of favorite Kylie products to buy.
It has since expanded across multiple categories and has added the skincare line, Kylie Skin. It has gone on to become the most-followed beauty brand in the world with 25m Instagram followers.
“I’m so proud to relaunch Kylie Cosmetics with all new formulas that are clean and vegan,” said Kylie Jenner.
“Innovation has come far in the past few years. When creating this line, it was so important to me to commit to using clean ingredients across the board, but to never sacrifice performance. My new lip kit has 8-hour wear and is so comfortable on the lips, and all my new formulas are amazing. I’m excited for everyone to try the new products,” she added.
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The Middleburg Film Festival brought film lovers and business owners to town last month on the opening night of the Middleburg Film Festival.
Elizabeth Baker Keffer of The Plains hosted a private dinner to welcome Bertha Gonzalez Nieves, founder and CEO of Tequila Casa Dragones to the festival. Gonzalez Nieves, a rare woman in a male-dominated industry, spoke to the guests about her tequila which can be found locally.
“We believe that today, the consumer interacts with spirits or wines, you no longer drink one whiskey, one cognac, or one rum, when you love one of those categories you tend to research and learn and want to know about different producers,” said Gonzalez Nieves.
“What we are trying to do is really have a strong point of view, and deliver tequilas that expand the repertoire. And we believe if we can expand that repertoire, then, we have the chance to entertain the tequila adorer.”
Casa Dragones, a super premium sipping tequila based in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, sponsored a late-night pouring event at the Salamander Resort & Spa on Friday, Oct. 18. ML
This article first appeared as a Middleburg Life November 2019 online exclusive.


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NEW YORK (AP) The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local):
Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street, led by gains in the technology sector.
Apple was up 1.4 percent in early trading Tuesday, the biggest increase in the Dow Jones industrial average.
Darden Restaurants was also among the early gainers after the company, which owns the Olive Garden chain, reported that its earnings and sales jumped in the most recent quarter. The company also raised its forecast for the year said it would buy back more stock.
The Dow rose 41 points, or 0.2 percent, to 18,295.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 3 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,164. The Nasdaq composite climbed 19 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,319.
Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.63 percent.


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Just Look At The Queue Outside The Hyderabad Restaurant That Sells 2000 Plates Of Biryani A Day
If you are a Hyderabadi you know that you don’t bleed red, you bleed Biryani! And it’s just not the scenario of every Hyderabadi, everyone loves the Hyderabadi biryani. Hyderabadi biryani is all about - Basmati rice, saffron, marinated meat, cardamom and what not! (While I write it, I can smell it too!)
Proving just how much we Indians are fond of biryani, Zomato recently shared a picture of a sea of its executives queuing up outside a restaurant to collect the orders of Biryani.
If you are a true lover of Hyderabadi biryani, then you also know the restaurants that are famous and serves delicious biryani. The tweet showed executives outside Bawarchi Biryani outlet, waiting patiently to pick up their orders.
Which restaurant from your city deserves this kind of a queue? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/dua2Yge7C1— Zomato India (@ZomatoIN) April 10, 2019
The immensely popular restaurant received as many as 2000 biryani orders each day from Zomato, the food delivery app revealed in its annual report.
The picture made its way to Reddit and people started making memes out of it:
When a restaurant provides free taste for all Zomato delivery guys— Chowkidar Pappu (@0FFICE0FPAPPU) April 10, 2019
Rajiv Chowk Metro Station— Vyom Mathur (@mathurvyom) April 10, 2019
How do we know they are not outside a liquor shop one evening before a dry day 😆 #Theka— Vineet Chugh (@vineet_chugh) April 10, 2019
some last date for getting Aadhar done?— Anupam Gupta (@b50) April 10, 2019
More like delivery assistants called in for traffic violation ;)— Amit Prabhu K (@amitprabhu) April 10, 2019
I hope they are not in queue to collect their salary!— Srishti Dudeja (@srishtidudeja46) April 10, 2019
Liquor Shop, after 10pm....— Chandan Pandey (@Chandanpandey00) April 10, 2019
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An article just out from Automobile Magazine crams an awful lot of information into a relatively small space. In the course of his conversation with writer Georg Kacher, Porsche AG CEO Oliver Blume made news about three new Porsche vehicles and what could be ahead for a fourth. What does Blume have to say about the road ahead and what might we see in coming years at Porsche of Nashua?
Porsche Mission E: Development continues on the concept that was unveiled about a year ago at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Blume explained that the EV’s underlying platform (codenamed J1) is actually scalable. In addition to the Mission E, it can — and soon will — be scaled to a smaller companion to the Mission E. In fact, that smaller version is being referred to as Pajun E. Given that the same architecture can be scaled up. Expect it to be the basis for larger cars or crossovers too.
Porsche 960: As we noted back in May, the Porsche brand is hard at work on its next entrant for Le Mans. Of course, any car that competes there needs a homologation model. And in this case, that car is expected to debut under the Porsche 960 name. If you had your hopes pinned on a Porsche supercar in the near future, it seems you’ll be waiting a bit longer. The company has de-emphasized work on the 960 in favor of the Mission E.
Porsche Compact Crossover: The company is considering a compact crossover that would slot in below the Porsche Macan. As it stands now, plans are to design the crossover that can use a traditional gas or diesel drive train, hybrid drive or electric, even if all of those options aren’t available simultaneously when the vehicle makes its way to dealerships.
And Finally: If all of that doesn’t convince you that Porsche is serious about electric vehicles, maybe this will. Oliver Blume says that eventually, even the Porsche 911 will be electric.
While we’d caution that it’s going to be a while before any of these cars come to New England Porsche dealers, we’re glad to see such an ambitious plan from Porsche. While we’re waiting on these ground-breaking cars, why not see what the company has already given us? Come to Porsche of Nashua today to test drive the Porsche 911 or Porsche Macan. We’re located at 170 Main Dunstable Road in Nashua, New Hampshire, and we’re always just a phone call away at 888-695-4130.


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Google has announced that they are forcibly migrating everyone to their “new” and “improved” Universal App Campaigns (UAC) in Google AdWords. You can read the propaganda, oops I mean the announcement, here. Google states:
To help more advertisers take advantage of these benefits, we’ll be focusing our efforts and moving all AdWords app install campaigns to UAC later this year. Starting on October 16th, all new app install campaigns created in AdWords will run on UAC. Existing Search, Display and YouTube app promo campaigns will stop running on November 15th, so it’s important to start upgrading to UAC as soon as possible.
And this is echoed in the trade press, as for example on TechCrunch:
This has turned out to be such an effective service — thanks in large part to the company’s advances in machine learning — that Google is moving all app install campaigns to UAC over the rest of this year. Starting October 16th, all new app install campaigns created in AdWords will run on UAC, and starting November 15th, all existing Search, Display and YouTube app promo campaigns will stop running.
Well, I am only one person, and I have only one advertiser that is actively using both UAC and the older App Install campaigns in AdWords. But guess what? The older App Install campaign FAR outperforms the UAC campaign in terms of the cost per conversion. And you get to control which network (display vs. search) and which device (tablet / phone) you run your campaigns on. Not to mention, you get much more control over the ad creative… But now Google is saying, “Let us think for you” with our UAC campaigns. The problem is that there is no transparency in UAC campaigns (you get little to zero reporting as to where your app was promoted, where installs are coming from, etc.), and you have the general conflict that Google gets paid “by the click” and you make money “by the conversion,” so you (as the advertiser) want MORE transparency into what’s going on with your ads so you can fine-tune them. But that’s not Google’s way.
All well and good, but do we really need TechCrunch buying Google’s explanation hook, line, and sinker? I am just one person, and this has not been my experience. Well, at least Google isn’t forcing us all into some new convoluted user interface on AdWords (oops………………………)


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The ocean is a vital part of our planet and we are running out of time to save it. Every minute, the equivalent of a dump truck of plastic enters the oceans.
In Stella McCartney’s continued commitment towards sustainability, the designer also celebrated her collaboration with Parley for the Oceans to raise awareness for ocean conservation by launching two new products made of Parley Ocean Plastic materials, yarn and fabric: The new adidas by Stella McCartney Parley Ultra BOOST x shoe for Fall 2017 and the limited edition ‘Ocean Legend’ Falabella Go back pack in honor of Captain Paul Watson to benefit Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for their 40th anniversary. Both are made of upcycled marine plastic debris and will be launched in stores in early July.
Parley for the Oceans is the space and network where the creative industries come together to raise awareness about the oceans and collaborate on projects that can end their destruction. The ocean is a vital part of our planet and we are running out of time to save it.
The Parley Ocean Plastic Program – led by the Parley AIR Strategy (Avoid, Intercept and Redesign) – combats marine plastic pollution; one of the biggest threats to the ocean today.
Also highlighted at the event is the recent launch of the POP Bluebell fragrance, an intriguing new twist and follow up to POP. The scent celebrates a new generation of pioneering young women with a deeper purpose: embracing sustainability, individuality and a new kind of beauty. Alongside the launch is a POP Bluebell scent is a capsule collection including a backpack, makeup case and sunglasses.
The new women’s Spring 2018 collection “celebrates Stella’s irreverent style, while embracing a sense of individuality as showcased in the 20 looks presented on models in playful island themed vignettes,” announced the fashion brand, a 50/50 joint venture partnership between Ms. Stella McCartney and Kering Luxury Group established in 2001.
The brand’s women’s ready-to-wear and accessories, lingerie, swimwear, fragrance, kids, adidas by Stella McCartney collections and the recently launched menswear range are available through 49 free-standing stores around the world.
“Fashion is an industry that makes a significant impact on the health of the planet, and on its life support system — the oceans. Our goal has always been to challenge ourselves and the industry to do better, to continually ask ourselves how we can improve. We want to be responsible and accountable for the items we make and the ways we make them. And we need to start somewhere in order to progress. This partnership with Parley is another chapter in our journey,” commented Stella McCartney.
“We are at war with the oceans. And if we win, we lose it all. It’s time to make peace between mankind and the sea. No social group is suited better for this challenge than the creative class. Stella McCartney is not only a fantastic designer; she is a pioneer of creative activism. Her work has changed the industry. She will expedite our strategy of making Ocean Plastic the new standard for the fashion and luxury industry,” commented Cyrill Gutsch, founder of Parley for the Oceans.
DOUG AITKEN X PARLEY: UNDERWATER PAVILIONS
Underwater Pavilions is artist Doug Aitken’s large-scale installation and collaboration with Parley consisting of three temporary sculptures submerged beneath the water’s surface as a symbol and catalyst for the oceans cause.The living artwork’s first destination was off Catalina Island, California.


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The rain stopped flamboyant millionaire Richard Branson from pulling one of his usual publicity stunts but it didn’t ruin the opening day fanfare for the Hollywood Virgin Megastore.
Branson, who was wearing a kilt, planned to scale the front of the 5-story building, promoting the new store’s product lines as he ascended. Once on the roof he was to introduce Inxs, with its new lead singer, who were to perform a set for customers and fans gathered on the closed off street below.
“Mother nature wasn’t on our side,” says the Krysty O’Quinn, of SJ Communications, the outside publicist for the Virgin Entertainment Group North America. “But we still had a great turn-out and great sales.”
Branson and 40 look-alikes, who were all dressed as Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose, stormed the crowd to the tune of “Paradise City” and showered them with champagne and Jack Daniels for the opening montage celebrating the chain’s new West Coast flagship store.
Along the way, Branson managed to moon the crowd, which apparently discovered that his posterior was tattooed with the Virgin logo, something that would have been revealed if he scaled the front of the store.
The opening’s planned performances by Inxs and Gang of Four were cancelled but they did stay to meet fans.
The new Hollywood store as well as the chain’s recently refurbished Times Square store are key ingredients in the chain’s turnaround, which began in 2005, after the chain suffered a $3.7 million operating loss in the fiscal year ended March 2004.


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Chinese herbal medicine “Weiss” is gaining popularity in China.
It has a similar scent and taste to some Chinese herbal remedies.
The name means “sour almond” in Chinese.
It was first introduced in the 1970s in northeastern China, according to the British botanist Peter J. Wittenberg.
Since then, it has spread to other parts of the country.
Weiss is a Chinese herbal remedy that is a mixture of a herb and water.
Its popularity has led to its being imported into the United States and other parts.
In China, the Weiss remedy is called “Hanoi’s Weiss,” which is the name of the city in Vietnam where it was first discovered.
It is a “green tea” that contains a large amount of green tea (green tea leaves) and has a high concentration of anthocyanins, an antioxidant.
The herb’s high antioxidant content helps ward off cancer.
The chemical is present in green tea and other plants that are used for cooking.
It’s also in some herbal products sold in supermarkets.
Weisse is a blend of a number of herbs and water, according the Weisse Foundation, which is dedicated to supporting and promoting Weiss and other Chinese herbal products.
It also offers a “health-boosting” tea extract that is meant to aid the body’s detoxification process.
The herbal remedy has been found to be effective in a number a cancers and inflammatory conditions, including type 2 diabetes, obesity and inflammatory bowel diseases.
We have seen many positive studies with Weiss, said Dr. Stephen M. Zang, an associate professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health who has researched Weiss.
Some Chinese herbalists believe Weiss will help patients with cancer recover from their condition.
In 2014, the Chinese herbalist Zhang Xinqing said that the treatment works by “protecting” the cells that are damaged by the cancer.
In the past, the treatments had been ineffective for certain types of cancers.
We don’t have enough evidence to prove it, said Zhang, who is also a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Zhang said in the past two years, Chinese herbal companies have begun producing and selling Weiss-based medicines.
But he added that Weiss has only been available for a short period of time in China and that the Chinese government is not actively promoting its use.
Some other countries have introduced a Weiss supplement as well.
In Australia, a supplement called Weiss Elixir is sold as an herbal supplement.
In North America, Weiss herbal supplements have been made available in China, Germany, the Netherlands and Britain.
But Chinese herbalism has been in the spotlight lately.
In October, Chinese authorities ordered herbal products to be banned from sale, including Weiss extracts.
Authorities in Hong Kong banned the sale of Weiss extract products after a case of Weisse-induced breast cancer was discovered in a patient there.


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Myanmar pulse trade urges India to increase annual import quota for tur and urad
Anticipating higher production of tur (pigeon pea) and urad (black matpe) in 2022, Myanmar’s pulse exporters want the Indian government to increase its annual import quota for these products. Last year, India – the world’s largest producer and consumer of pulses – signed a five-year memorandum of understanding with Myanmar to import 2.5 lakh tonnes of urad and one lakh tonne of tur from annually. neighboring country. According to the Overseas Agro Traders Association (OATA) Myanmar, the association of legume exporters based in Yangon, the production of tur in Myanmar is expected to more than double to around 2.5 lakh tonnes, while the crop size d ‘urad increases by about eight percent to 6.75. lakh tonnes in 2022.
“We would like to urge the governments of India and Myanmar to consider doubling the import quantities of tur and urad as part of the MoU,” said Vatsal Lilani, President of OATA Myanmar, at the meeting. ‘a recent webinar on the outlook for tur and urad in Myanmar. “If the quotas are not increased to five lakh tonnes for urad and two lakh tonnes for tur by the Indian government, it is possible that farmers will turn to other cash crops which have a ready market. across Myanmar’s land borders. If the Indian demand in the following years is for larger tonnages and they are not available, we could see dramatic price increases, ”said Lilani.
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Nidhi Khare, Supplementary. The Secretary of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs said: “Myanmar is a very important partner when it comes to supplying urad and tur. It contributed 69% and 98% of total imports in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021. We are dependent on imports because there is a huge gap between demand and supply. The five-year MoU is an important step towards a stable and predictable import policy for pulses and assured availability regardless of short-term policy changes and adjustments. “
Hitesh Jain of AGT Foods and Secretary of OATA Myanmar said that every policy India takes on urad will have a direct impact on Myanmar farmers. This year, urad’s production is expected to be 50,000 tonnes or more higher than last year, as plantings have increased, meaning that production estimated for 2022 would be around 675,000 tonnes. With the Indian government extending the OGL regime until March 31, 2022, and Myanmar’s harvest looming, it will be interesting to see how the markets react in both countries. harvests to wean them would be difficult, he said.
Lalit Pant of Viterra India said urad production in India this year is expected to be around 27.50 tonnes lakh (according to early early estimates), but taking into account possible crop damage due to excessive rains during harvest. , production could be similar to last year. . India’s annual requirements are between 30 and 33 tonnes lakh, creating a gap between supply and demand, leaving room for import.
Nitin Kalantri of Kalantri Food Products said production of tur, which has been affected by excessive rains this year, is expected to be 15-20% lower. The Ministry of Agriculture, in its first advance estimate, estimated the harvest of tur at around 44.30 lakh tonnes.
Kalantri said that India’s total annual turk consumption is around 39-40 lakh tonnes, which is met by domestic production and imports. “So far India has imported around five lakh tonnes, of which around 3 lakh tonnes have been consumed. Thus, we have 38 lakh tonnes of this year’s production plus 1.50 lakh tonnes of carry over with NAFED, 1.20 to 1.30 lakh tonnes of carry over with private actors and around 1.75 lakh to 2 lakh tonnes on imports expected from Myanmar by the end of June. Right now the farmers are among the biggest stockists and we don’t expect them to sell the meal at distress prices. Kalantri added that Turkish prices are expected to be between 5,700 and 6,500 per quintal.
Anant Chhajed of Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprise said the expected opening stock of tur is around 10,000 tonnes and production during the year will be around 2.5 lakh tonnes.
Myanmar mainly depends on India for Turkish exports with very little amount exported to Nepal, UAE and others. A more coherent India import policy will certainly help Myanmar production and the five-year MoU will also help bilateral trade by ensuring trade stability. “There is a demand deficit in the figures for India, therefore, the governments of India and Myanmar should consider increasing the amount in the MoU for tur and it should be to at least two lakh tonnes since the increase in quantity and the MoU also help the Indian government to control retail price inflation, ”he said.