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The proposal will be presented in 2021 and will serve as an example for each country to create its own rate
OECD prepares model Bitcoin tax that could be used worldwideNOTISES
A tax model for investment related to Bitcoin is to Immediate Bitcoin review be proposed in 2021 by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
According to the proposal in the OECD Secretary-General’s „Report on taxes for G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Presidents – October 2020“ released by the organisation recently, there is concern about the growth of the cryptomime market, which „has recently reached US$354 billion“.
„Cryptographic assets, and within them virtual currencies, are developing rapidly. The overall market capitalization of virtual currencies reached $354 billion in September 2020.
Bitcoins declared in Income Tax may be blocked by the courts
In this way, the OECD intends to present a new form of taxation that will support countries in creating fees for transactions and investments involving Bitcoin.
The market for cryptomorphs is expected to have a universal taxation model in the near future, which will serve as a guide for the development of local taxes. Thus, in addition to Brazil, other G20 countries may join the tax proposal being developed by the OECD.
Before it was introduced in 2021, forms of cryptomorphism taxation were requested in 2018 by G20 countries and central bank authorities around the world.
The IRS states that it will use IN 1888 information to identify income tax fraud
According to the report, there is concern about the impact of the cryptomorph market on the global financial system, and a proposal for a „Bitcoin tax“.
„Governors called on international organisations to analyse the risks presented in various policy areas – including taxation – in their March and July 2018 communiqués.
Regulation for cryptomorphs
Besides mentioning the creation of a tax model for the sector, the OECD report also talks about the regulation of the Bitcoin market. As in most countries, in the case of Brazil, for example, there is no legislation passed specifically for cryptomorphs.
Government confirms creation of ‚New CPMF‘ and 0.2% tax may affect transactions with Bitcoin
Thus, for the OECD, initiatives related to the regulation of cryptomorphs are still underway around the world. On the other hand, the organization has also outlined concerns about criminal practices such as tax evasion and money laundering.
„Regulators are still in the early stages of considering virtual currencies“.
The October 2020 OECD report provides information on how VOCID-19 impacted the global economy in the year, as well as talking about the creation of a tax for Bitcoin.
Although it is expected to be presented in 2021, the Bitcoin tax model developed by the OECD has not yet been formally presented by the organisation, and so it is not possible to scale up how the cryptomime market might be taxed through the intergovernmental organisation’s guidelines.


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Eastpointe-based engine parts maker CFE Racing Products Inc. could obtain a court order by mid-July barring BMF Wheels Inc. from using the BMF brand name, now that a jury has found it infringes on a trademark.
CFE, maker of aftermarket replacement engine heads and valve covers to refit vehicles for professional racing, along with a related line of clothing, obtained a verdict this month before Judge David Lawson in U.S. District Court against California-based BMF and its president, Brock Weld.
The jury found that CFE had a valid trademark on the BMF name and logo, which CFE launched in 2004 to market a line of aftermarket cylinder heads geared to nonprofessional drivers and that Weld's company had infringed on it. BMF Wheels had trademarked its name and some similar logos in 2008-09 to sell aftermarket wheel rims and grilles and has an online catalog on its website, bmfwheels.com.
"Our client doesn't market rims," said John Carlson, a founding partner of Birmingham-based Carlson Gaskey & Olds PC, who represented CFE. "But the names are both supposed to have the same meaning, and if you look at the two logos, it's hard to believe he came up with this on their own.
"The product logos are definitely related enough that, as a consumer, you would be left with the impression that these are two different product lines from the same company."
The jury awarded no damages in the case, but CFE brought a motion last week in federal court seeking an injunction blocking use of any logos, labels or product tags with the BMF Wheels name and halting use of the website name, based on the jury decision. BMF Wheels is supposed to respond to that request by July 3.
Robert Brandenburg, senior attorney at Southfield-based Brooks Kushman PC and co-counsel in the case for BMF Wheels along with law firm President Mark Cantor, said the company has not decided whether it will appeal.
Lawson also has several post-trial legal motions to sort out in court, Brandenburg said, and the company might not reach that decision until those matters are decided first. The BMF Wheels website and the logos addressed by the jury at trial were still online at press time.
"We're considering all of our options," Brandenburg said, "but I don't believe at the moment they have plans to change the company name."

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Netbot, a Seattle-based Web startup, plans to launch a beta version of its personalized online shopping technology called Jango
by monthend. The software can perform simultaneous searches for products available for sale online based on various criteria like price and stock levels at different online stores. Jango formally launches in June with 2,000 online retailers. The service will be ad-supported, although rates are not finalized.
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The study conducted by the environmental research firm PE International also concludes that cans are 2 percent lighter than in 2010 and the lightest beverage option available. They also require 14 percent less energy to manufacture compared with 2010. The new study updates a lifecycle assessment study released that year, according to a news release from the Arlington, Va.-based Aluminum Association.
The study surveyed can sheet producers and can manufacturers representing nearly 100 percent of production in 2012 in the United States and Canada.
“This new data reinforces the tremendous sustainability advantages when consumers choose to enjoy their beverage of choice from an infinitely recyclable aluminum can,” said Heidi Brock, president and CEO of the Aluminum Association.


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The lower GST (goods and services tax) slab would make the fans a promptly accessible commodity for everyone by increasing grass-root level penetration, exceptionally in rural India, the Indian Fan Manufacturers Association (IFMA) said in a statement after its virtual Annual General Meeting.
The fan industry lost around 35 per cent of its annual sales due to the outbreak of COVID-19 this year during the peak sale period, causing huge financial losses for fan companies, said the association.
"The current GST rate standing at 18 per cent is adversely impacting the industry as well as the entire supply chain, from distributors to end-consumers," said IFMA chairman Atul Jain.
With income levels shrinking, the current GST rate on fans might result in consumers avoiding making any purchases, the IFMA said.
"So, reduction in GST rate will make this common man’s product more easily accessible to all – common man, as well as commercial, industrial and home users," it said.
IFMA represents over 500 fan and component manufacturing entities, having a distribution network of more than 1.5 lakh retail outlets. PTI KRH MKJ
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Bakery shops are the most popular of the specialist food retailers on the high street, according to new shopper research data from Harris International Marketing (HIM).The data, gathered in September 2006, suggests that eight million UK adults (or 17% of the UK adult population) visited a bakery in the past week, compared to seven million (15%) who visited a butcher’s and six million (13%) who visited a greengrocer.The data was gathered by market research company NOP on behalf of HIM. It also asked shoppers how often they visited market stalls and farmers’ markets, and its figures suggested that farmers’ markets are now used weekly by one in 10 adults.Fishmongers had been used by 5% of adults and delicatessens 3% in one week, when the data was gathered in September.HIM predicted that from now until 2010, the number of weekly visits made to specialist retailers will continue to grow, based on a growing focus on local sourcing and perceived quality advantages.According to HIM director Peter Segal, bakers should take advantage of this trend by building a marketing campaign on local issues. They should also seek to build a reputation of offering the best quality and service in the local area. And they should make sure they offer a full range of food-to-go including sandwiches, crisps and drinks, he told British Baker.HIM also advised that tastings and product samplings should be introduced. And ranges should be developed that embrace customer demand for both quality and convenience.
The last few months have seen extraordinary gyrations in grain prices. The quality wheat market has been especially affected as Canadian prices doubled between November and February before falling back in the first week of March.Looking forward, most expectations are for continuing volatility associated with uncertainties about the forthcoming harvest, amplified by the activities of investment funds. Index-linked funds are estimated to hold £200bn of commodity stocks today, up from £15bn in 2002. Funds are believed to hold up to 40% of wheat futures open positions in certain US markets.In the UK, the open position on the LIFFE wheat market has doubled over the last 12 months, while farmers have sold a lesser amount. This investment activity is likely to generate more volatility for traditional buyers and sellers.There is some good news. In the UK and elsewhere, wheat plantings are up. Current estimates suggest a global wheat crop of 645 million tonnes in 2008, 7.5% higher than in 2007. A similar increase is forecast for the UK, but there has been a shift away from better quality varieties.As a result, new crop prices are currently lower, but should harvests around the world fail to meet expectations – even if there is a good crop in the UK – all bets are off.
Multiple retailer Tesco is planning to move some of its freight, including baked goods, off road and on to rail. The plans coincide with the opening of a large distribution centre in Scotland, which will employ 1,700 people.A Tesco partnership with the Scottish government will see an estimated 13,000 road journeys avoided each year as the supermarket switches to a rail link.The rail freight will be operated by Stobart, which will collect goods from Tesco’s distribution centre at Livingston, West Lothian, and deliver them to Grangemouth where they will be loaded on to a train for Inverness. The journey will then be completed by rail.
Crantock Bakery has been in business now for 25 years making pasties to traditional recipes from its base in Cornwall. The company was originally founded in the village of Crantock on the north Cornwall coast by a butcher who realised the potential of his freshly baked pasties made to a 19th century handed-down recipe.The success quickly spread around the county to such an extent that the original butchery shop was closed and a new facility was established a short distance away. Over the course of the next 18 years, the business grew to cover most of the south-west of England and a reputation for quality and service was established. In 2002, the original founders decided to retire and a management buyout, led by Nick Ringer and Matthew Hurry acquired the business.== New ownership ==Ringer who had a marketing and general management career at Grand Met, RHM and Tetley, saw the business had potential to grow, based on its reputation for quality and service and the growing consumer interest in freshly baked handmade Cornish pasties. In partnership with Hurry, who handles the operations and finance of the firm, they invested their own money and sought venture capital financing to continue the expansion programme created by the original owners.The business since acquisition has more than quadrupled in size and has customers from the far north of Scotland to southern Spain and Cyprus. It focuses on the fast growing high street bake-off sector and has expanded its product range to include hand-raised pies, calzones, turnovers, sausage rolls and a long list of specialist pasties.The company has invested over £2m in upgrading its manufacturing facilities; the final flourish being the official opening of the expanded factory by HRH the Duke of York in 2007.Last year, already a good one for the business, culminated in the Bakery Food Manufacturer of the Year award, sponsored by ADM Milling, at the Baking Industry Awards.== So what makes a winner? ==Growth and investment have played their part, but at the end of the day, the product still has to be the hero. Innovation is also important and, at Crantock Bakery, they have not so much anticipated new flavours and fillings, they have driven the market.New product development (NPD) has been phenomenal. Yes, there is still the famous traditional hand-crimped Cornish pasty, made to the original Crantock recipe, comprising fresh Cornish potatoes, swede, onion, lean minced forequarter of beef and the company’s own secret-recipe seasoning. But there are now also up to 30 varieties, including seasonal specials such as a Christmas turkey and cranberry pasty. Machinery plays its part, but so do the 140 people who work there, because every single pasty is hand-crimped.All ingredients are locally sourced wherever possible; the vegetable fillings are fresh, diced by machine. The meat is prepared on-site and the various pastries – shortcrust, flaky and puff – are also made on site. All the products are blast-frozen and delivered ready to be baked, but random samples are picked off for test-baking and quality control.== Bakery Awards ==MD Nick Ringer says: “We prepared a presentation document for ADM, highlighting what we are achieving and gave the judges a guided tour. We positioned ourselves as a manufacturer of premium traditional hand-crimped Cornish pasties for the high street bakery retailer, and have over 500 customers. But we have branched out considerably to supply supermarkets and retail chains, as well as the travel sector including shipping.”We also supply sporting events and stately homes, dedicated pasty shops such as Cornish Bakehouse and The Cornish Oggy Oggy Pasty Co plus the overseas tourist market and communities in places such as Spain, Portugal and Cyprus.== Flexibility ==”One of the great attributes of the business is that we can be flexible,” adds Ringer. “One way we have developed is through fillings. We looked at the sandwich market and thought, ’There is so much scope for bespoke products’, so we translated that to pastry.”Now one of the best-selling pasties is Spicy Chicken with a blend of mixed spices, pickle, sultanas and yoghurt. And we’ve introduced a range of hand-raised pies, from our traditional pork pie using pork shoulder to new varieties such as chicken and ham and pork and stuffing. No jelly, it’s just full of meat.”But our sausage rolls, slices, scones and traditional ’Heavy Cake’ – a regional cake (made using butter, currants, candied peel and topped with a dusting of caster sugar), sell very well too.”He continues: “Since ADM awarded us Bakery Food Manufacturer of the Year, we have looked at the ’healthy’ market and brought out a calzone (folded pizza) with Bolognese sauce that is just 179 calories, less than most chicken sandwiches. And we ensure most pastry products are made from shortcrust pastry, using non-hydrogenated fats and with a low salt content.”All this has provided the scope to tackle new markets. “We discovered there are new markets within education, places such as universities and technical colleges and thought, ’This is an opportunity which is not high street related’.Customer serviceOne of Crantock’s customers is Morrisons supermarkets. Ringer says that the company’s national sales team has visited each of the stores to supply point-of-sale materials and make sure the products can be baked-off easily and correctly.The ability to provide an ever-increasing range of products and enlarge the size of the business was given a boost by Objective One, which provided a grant of 40% funding towards new capital equipment to grow the business further. But the growth initiatives – the drive towards launching new products and finding new customers – are all down to Crantock’s culture and staff and it is one that has made them a worthy winner of ADM’s Bakery Food Manufacturer of the Year.—-=== The judges’ view ===”Crantock Bakery really stood out, demonstra-ting operational excellence, product innovation, exceptional customer service and exciting marketing activity. This enabled the company to grow by 30%, generating opportunities in new markets, successfully launching new and innovative ranges in a traditional market, while maintaining the quality handmade pasties they are famous for. Without a doubt, despite fierce competition, they are truly worthy winners.”- Melanie Somerville, ADM Milling—-=== View from the awards night ===We took two tables at the awards for staff and customers. It’s a great night. We were so delighted to win; it reinforces what we stand for. We use the accolade on our publicity material.The lights on the stage are blinding. When we won, there was a lady jumping up and down and cheering. Kate Thornton said: ’I think it’s your wife!’—-=== Sales value ===Traditional steak pasties 50%Sausage rolls 11%Cheese and vegetarian pasties 10%Others 29%
The online learning site for bakers, confectionery makers, cake decorators and pastry makers worldwide, ’The Bakery School’, is to launch new categories and a new value, three-tier subscription rate on 21 September. Gold: (55 modules) plus 3 user licences free, for the cost of £250 for a whole year. Silver: choose any two categories, which may be bread, or confectionery, with approximately 12 modules in each category for £100 per licence per year. Bronze: targeted at cake decorators, with several modules in the package, or pastry chef. The cost of these is £50 each for the year’s licence. If there are production queries, there will also be an opportunity to ‘ask the expert’. The non profit-making site, pioneered by former bakery tutor Jean Grieves, with award-winning baker Albert Waterfield, features 55 modules that take English speakers, including tutors, learners and refreshers, through ingredients, recipe, method, troubleshooting and more. For further information contact Jean Grieves: [email protected] or visit www.thebakeryschool.com The three new tiers will comprise:
South Shields firm JW Rae Bakers has been rescued from liquidation by a division of Sunderland-based Monument Foods. Aspin Bakery, a division of Monument, has acquired the business, saving 16 jobs. Having passed retirement age, the directors at JW Rae had been looking for a buyer for over 12 months and had approached RMT Accountants and Business Advisors to put the company into liquidation. RMT issued the particulars of the firm to 10 interested parties, one of which was Monument Foods.Following the acquisition, Aspin Bakery will move into new premises in South Shields and plans to expand its product range to include cakes and pies, in addition to its existing portfolio of breads. Monument Foods director David Thompson said the business has increased its turnover from £1m to £2.5m in five years, since its inception in 2004.“As part of the natural progression of the business, we have been looking to expand our bakery division, Aspin Bakery,” said Thompson. “JW Rae Bakers has a very strong reputation in the region and we will endeavour to continue the hard work of its directors. This deal offers a real opportunity for Aspin Bakery to grow and expand, both now and in the future.”
Man found shot to death in Nappanee mobile home park identified By Jon Zimney – June 8, 2020 0 538 Google+ Facebook Google+ (“Police Line / Police Tape” by Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0) The man found shot to death in Nappanee this past weekend has been identified.It was around 12:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 6, when officers with the Nappanee Police Department were sent to Meadows Mobile Home Park in regard to a shooting.Upon arrival, officers found Thomas Campion, 45, of Lapaz, dead of an apparent gunshot wound.A second person, a 29-year-old from Nappanee, was transported from the scene to Elkhart General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries where he was treated and released.A forensic autopsy determined Campion died of multiple gunshot wounds.There have been no arrests made and this is considered an on-going investigation.Anybody with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the Elkhart County Homicide Unit at 574-295-2825 or 574-296-1888. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Previous articleDeadly shooting outside of Orchards Mall in Benton HarborNext articleUPDATE: Around 300 shots fired during weekend according to South Bend Police Jon ZimneyJon Zimney is the News and Programming Director for News/Talk 95.3 Michiana’s News Channel and host of the Fries With That podcast. Follow him on Twitter @jzimney. Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Pinterest IndianaLocalNews
WhatsApp WhatsApp Pinterest By Network Indiana – June 28, 2020 6 502 Google+ Facebook Mayor Wood: No intention of tearing down Christopher Columbus statue Facebook (Photo supplied/ABC 57) A peaceful protest took place in Mishawaka’s Central Park.On Friday, June 26, protesters called on the local government to remove the Christopher Columbus statue that stands at the entrance of the park.One of the protest organizers say Columbus is a ‘symbol of anguish to indigenous people.’ Others have argued the statue gives Italian-Americans pride in that they aren’t celebrating Columbus’ wrongdoings, but it is a symbol of how Italian-Americans have contributed to the country since the beginning.Mayor Dave Wood says they have no intentions of tearing the statue down. Pinterest IndianaLocalNews Twitter Twitter Google+ Previous articlePurdue close to offering affordable at-home COVID-19 testNext articleTwo people killed in crash at Lincolnway & Bendix identified Network Indiana
Pinterest By Network Indiana – December 23, 2020 3 1285 Twitter WhatsApp Previous articleFood safety tips from the USDA for your holiday tableNext articleIndiana seeking part-time help with COVID response Network Indiana Google+ Twitter Facebook (“U.S. Capitol Building detail” by Kevin Burkett, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic) Individuals are getting more stimulus checks and expanded unemployment benefits with the the new COVID relief bill that has been passed by Congress.The benefit for business, though, is likely even greater. The bill recharges the Paycheck Protection Program so businesses can get loans to help themselves stay afloat. But, the qualifications for getting a PPP loan may have changed compared to last time.If your business is not eligible for another PPP loan, the bill does have you covered in other ways.“Those businesses that have been hard hit, that have had declines in their revenue, but hang onto their employees can also get quarterly tax credits that are refundable for keeping their employees on staff,” said Leslie Boyd, a CPA in Fishers to WISH-TV.She said the bill also makes it so meals are tax deductible for employers that eat out. Such as a work lunch for their employees or for clients. Boyd said this is a great way to encourage employers to eat out and pump some money into struggling restaurants.This provision of the bill will last for the entirety of 2021. Facebook Google+ COVID-19 relief bill goes beyond $600 direct payments IndianaLocalMichiganNews Pinterest WhatsApp
From today (Monday 20 May), visitors from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the United States will be able to use ePassport gates at ports across the UK and juxtaposed controls in a move designed to speed up border controls for low-risk countries.There were over 10 million arrivals in the UK by nationals from these countries in 2017.Home Secretary Sajid Javid said: Our new global immigration and border system will improve security and fluidity for passengers coming to visit or work in the UK. Expanding the use of ePassport gates is a key part of this and allows us to improve the passenger experience of those arriving in the UK while keeping our border secure. The new system will help to drive our economy, cement our reputation as a global leader and send a clear message to the world – the UK is open for business. As airports prepare for the busy summer months, we know that no one likes to wait long in a queue for passport control. That is why airports work closely with Border Force to ensure the border is welcoming, while maintaining the UK’s security. Enabling more passengers to use ePassport gates is an important next step in our joint efforts to enhance the welcome at the border. It will demonstrate the UK is open for business, tourism and visiting friends and relatives. It will also free up Border Force officers for other duties, improving the experience of all passengers. The change means the government has delivered early on the commitment made in the Spring Statement, where the Chancellor announced that nationals from these seven countries would be able to use ePassport gates from June.ePassport gates have been available to British and EU nationals since 2008. EU nationals will remain eligible to use them once the UK leaves the EU.Chief Executive of the Airport Operators Association Karen Dee said: Additionally, the government is removing the need for all non-EEA travellers to fill in landing cards upon arrival in the UK, making for a smoother entry to the country.The move will reduce the burden on passengers while maintaining the UK’s border security, as exactly the same security checks will be in place.The UK is already a world leader in automated passenger clearance, allowing more nationalities to use ePassport gates than anywhere else. In the year ending September 2018, 51.9 million passengers used them across the UK and juxtaposed controls.The gates use facial recognition technology to compare the passenger’s face to the digital image recorded in their passport. They are monitored by Border Force officers and anyone rejected at the gates will be sent to a manned passport check to have their identity and passport checked.The gates can be used by those aged 18 and over, and who are travelling using a biometric or ‘chipped’ passport. Those aged 12 to 17, and who are accompanied by an adult, are also able to use them.There are currently 264 ePassport gates in operation at 15 air and rail terminals in the UK and juxtaposed controls.


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Hold Amazon Accountable
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, millions of people around the world are getting seriously ill and millions more are finding themselves out of work. So far, more than 200,000 people have died from this new virus and before the pandemic passes hundreds of thousands more will likely die.
Meanwhile, some big corporations like Amazon are finding ways to profit off of the pandemic, while the rest of us suffer. In the first four months of this year, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos boosted his net worth by $25 billion dollars
Workers in more than 100 Amazon warehouses around the country have been diagnosed with COVID-19 but the company has refused to idle any of its precious fulfillment centers for adequate cleaning to protect workers. Communities in major logistics hubs like California’s Inland Empire or Will County, Illinois have long struggled with increased rates of asthma and other respiratory illnesses as a result of the massive quantities of diesel emissions released by the constant streams of tractor trailer and air cargo traffic moving through their neighborhoods. Now, those underlying repertory illnesses are increasing the severity and death rates of people infected with COVID-19
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Apple is planning to release three new iPhone models this year, including a new version of the XR — the budget-friendly phone with an LCD screen that's facing sagging sales.
The Wall Street Journal reports that it can't scrap the planned released of the new XR because because it's been in the pipeline for months and Apple's plan "can’t be altered easily."
Apple can't end production of the LCD model until 2020, the report said. Apple eventually wants to sell only iPhones with the bright OLED-powered screens.
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When Samsung launches its major flagship smartphones, it does so at an event called unpacked, presumably because there is so much news to unpack, and because unpacking it all is a better description than unboxing.
Unboxing is what customers, reviewers and bloggers do once they get their hands on Samsung's latest and greatest, or that of any company.
In any case, Samsung's S10 will be where X marks the spot of Samsung's first device with a 10 designation, and as per usual, multiple versions are expected.
Whether Samsung will also surprise with a 1TB MicroSD card is yet to be seen, but it seems clear that Samsung will, at the very least, tout its flagship smartphone will be able to pack at least 1.5TB of storage, which is certainly impressive, and triple the storage of the highest capacity iPhones.
As GSMArena notes, there are three initial S10 models that have already started mass production, with 6.1 and 6.4-inch models featuring curved screens and "more accurate" Qualcomm ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint readers, while a 5.8-inch non-curved screen will have an "optical" in-screen fingerprint reader.
You can also see from the leaked image above, sourced from 91 Mobiles (which also has more S10 info including purported S10 Plus specs) that there will be three cameras, and an in-screen cutout that is Samsung's answer to Apple's notch.
We're told the two curved screen models, with the curves at the right and left edges of the screen, will come with screen protectors factory installed, something we've seen from other smartphone brands, and which is handy given the apparent fiddly-ness of applying curved screen protectors.
Presumably this will eat into the profits of smartphone, case and screen protector kiosks in shopping malls, but there's still plenty of smartphones out there that will need the services of those companies.
We're also told that the three models will offer 4G, with a Galaxy S10 X offering 5G and Samsung's foldable phone (presumably also offering 5G) to come later this year, while Samsung's Note 10 model is expected in August.
Whether Samsung will offer a foldable Note 10 is not yet known, but if you're going to offer a flagship foldable phone with the lot, then styling it with a stylus would seem to make the most sense.
So, Samsung's twice yearly flagship smartphone keynotes are to start being unpacked in less than three weeks, and whether these premium models will sell in larger quantities than were reported for the S9 is yet to be seen.
Until then, there will be endless speculation on all fronts imaginable, with the keynote able to be watched live via Samsung's websites worldwide - in the US that's here, while in Australia, that's here, with YouTube live streams and more presuambly to become available, too.
Will you buy one of Samsung's new models, or are you an iPhone person? Is a more affordable mid-range smartphone your style, or are you a Nokia 3310 person who eschews smartphones smarts and just wants the basics?
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New Study Shows iPhone Interest is Plunging
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Nearly as many smart phone buyers now want an Android phone as want an iPhone.
Android has posted incredible growth since last year.
Google's OS also rivals the iPhone's iOS in satisfaction these days, as well.
(Source: (All graphs in this article are from Changewave))
Android is winning consumers' hearts, has now pulled neck-and-neck with Apple
went on sale people were wildly enthusiastic after hearing about the stunning new display, inclusion of video chat, and a host of other new features at Steve Jobs' keynote introduction of the device. As the phone launched with a slew of quality issues including
proximity sensor problems
and began to face superior hardware Android competitors, that enthusiasm has been waning.
According to a
by ChangeWave, the number of smart phone buyers intending to buy an iPhone dropped from 50 percent in June to 38 percent in September. Meanwhile Google Android surged from 30 percent to 37 percent, pulling roughly into a tie with the Cupertino gadget maker.
The news is a huge victory for Android, which two years ago was virtually unknown, with only 1 percent of smart phone buyers in June 2008 saying they wanted an Android handset.
Google is also doing well in satisfaction. While Apple's fans have long been
, leading to
sky-high satisfaction numbers
even when the company's products have problems, Google is seeing increasing enthusiasm among its customers as well. Apple's smart phone OS ranked first with a 74 percent customer satisfaction rate, while Google's Android was close behind with a 65 percent satisfaction rate.
Both operating systems are far ahead of Palm OS/webOS (32 percent) and RIM OS (31 percent) (commonly found on BlackBerry handsets). And Windows Mobile showed a rock-bottom 24 percent satisfaction rate, showcasing how desperate the company needs its
new Windows Phone 7 OS
Overall the ChangeWave study shows no real major surprises. Rather, it's just one more measure that shows that Android is
surging towards surpassing Apple
(and competitors RIM and
) as the most popular and best-selling smart phone in the world.
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It is a given that many people have purchased an iPhone, not because they wanted a phone that has more functionality, but because they are the "me too" type of customer. They buy into the HYPE and perceived popularity of the iPhone, so they ran out and bought one. That isn't saying that every iPhone user out there didn't buy it because they prefer the iPhone over other devices, but there are a LOT of people who buy whatever is the most popular or most hyped item out there.
This is why Apple and AT&T encourage people to buy devices right at launch, when the Apple hype machine is at its strongest. If people do not buy the iPhone right at launch, there will be a slow loss of interest since the hype fades after a few weeks of a new iPhone launch.
Android on the other hand has been drawing those who are not as caught up in the hype, but rather, are looking for a new phone/device and pick the one that fits the needs of the buyer. There is a fair amount of Android hype as well, but it tends to be more of a steady demand rather than a rush because a new product just came on the market.
What many people did not see is that there was a fair amount of hype when the Blackberry Torch was launched, from people just as clueless as many of the iPhone crowd. Those who buy based on TV advertisements rather than because they have done some research all fall into the same category of customer, who believe in hype and advertising, rather than looking at the devices out there and picking the best one.
The real issue is the TYPE of consumer who ends up buying each of these devices. The Pet Rock sold well too, all because of advertising. If a ROCK can sell well because of advertising, what does that say about the intelligence of the American consumer? Yes, there are intelligent iPhone owners, but the perception is that there are a LOT of clueless iPhone users who ONLY bought an iPhone because of the hype, and the Apple name. These are the people who get looked down on by the more technical.
Android is breaking away from being the "anti-iPhone" platform and is getting more interest from those who really do just look for a device that does what THEY want, in the way they want it to work. Palm would also fall into this category, but due to no really new devices in over a year just hasn't gotten the hype needed to draw attention to WebOS.
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Hard Numbers: Bombardier blasts Ottawa, Freight flows fall, Canada-Taiwan trade pact framed, Titanic racket rocks Kiwis
4: Total cross-border freight shipments between the US and Canada fell 4% in annual terms in August 2023, according to newly released data. The drop was part of a broader slowdown in North American trade — freight flows between the US, Mexico, and Canada fell 1.7% over the same time period.
70: Canada and Taiwan have hashed out a free trade and investment pact that they hope to have in place in the coming months. Taiwan hopes the agreement, which comprises more than 70 provisions, will help its bid to join the CPTPP, a major transpacific trade grouping that Canada will chair in 2024. The Canada-Taiwan pact is sure to strain already-fraught Canada-China ties, as Beijing does not recognize the sovereignty of Taiwan.10: If ever you doubt the reach of Canada’s soft power, know that there’s a place in the world where people mount 10 emergency sirens on their cars for the purpose of blaring songs by French-Canadian superstar Celine Dion louder than other cars fitted with sirens for the same purpose. This occurs regularly at 2 a.m. (yes, A.M.) in the town of Porirua, New Zealand. Local residents and officials have tried to stop these “siren battles,” but like Dion’s heart, they go on


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Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, the US-based quick-service restaurant, has signed a master franchise agreement, enabling the company to enter the Canadian market – the brands first agreement for outside of the USA.
Freddy’s have reached the agreement with the franchising pair of Jim Werschler and Gregg Most (Company Name: North 49 Frozen Custard and Steakburgers) – the two of them have an array of franchising experience in Canada (this includes operating multiple Boston Pizza outlets across North America). The franchisees are already operating Freddy’s restaurants across the USA.
As part of the new development agreement, North 49 Frozen Custard and Steakburgers have acquired the rights to opening Freddy’s across nine of the ten Canadian provinces (the agreement does not cover Quebec).
There are currently over 400 Freddy’s store in the US.


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HONG KONG (Nikkei Markets) -- Hong Kong shares fell to a four-month low on Thursday, dragged down by losses for technology companies amid indications that Sino-American trade relations were souring further.
The Hang Seng Index shed 1.6% to 27,267.13, its lowest closing level since Jan. 24. The gauge has now fallen in four of the last five trading days. Internet services company Tencent Holdings declined 3.8%, its sixth day lower. Nomura said the weak stock price may be due to mixed quarterly results, and fresh concerns over China's macroeconomic outlook amid deteriorating trade talks. The stock has shed 12.8% since it reported first-quarter earnings last week.
Sunny Optical Technology Group slid 7.7%, resuming losses after an advance on Wednesday, as concerns over its customer Huawei Technologies remained after the U.S. added the Chinese smartphone maker to a list of entities banned from buying components and technology from American companies without government approval. AAC Technologies Holdings, also a supplier to Huawei, fell 6.4%.
Brokerage CGI-CIMB said it expects Huawei's overseas smartphone sales to decline about 70% in the second half of the year, but China sales will likely rise 20%. The brokerage expects Sunny Optical's earnings to be more severely affected than those of AAC.
The U.S. government is considering similar restrictions on Chinese video surveillance company Hikvision, according to media reports on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, personal-computer maker Lenovo Group declined 2.7% despite reporting a more than tripling of its fourth-quarter net profit to $118 million.
BOCOM maintained its "buy" rating on the stock, but said it expects a 1% to 2% hit to Lenovo's annual PC shipments amid market concerns over the Sino-American trade conflict.
Trade tensions between the world's two largest economies escalated this month, with the U.S. raising tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods and Beijing announcing a planned retaliation. U.S. President Donald Trump has also threatened to impose tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods.
Nomura on Wednesday said "it is more likely than not" that the Trump administration will move ahead with the final tranche of import tariffs of $300 billion of Chinese good at a 25% rate.
"Altogether, the U.S.-China relationship has moved further off track over the past two weeks," Nomura economists, including Lewis Alexander and Aichi Amemiya, wrote in a note. "We do not think the two sides will be able to get back to where they seemed to be in late April."
Meanwhile, U.S. Trade Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC on Wednesday that he had no plans to visit Beijing at the moment. The last round of trade talks between the two sides took place in Washington on May 10.
"The U.S.-China relationship has worsened, with more sanctions coming from the U.S. and spreading fast to other technology sectors," said Jason Chan, senior portfolio manager at South China Asset Holdings. It is "very likely" that the U.S. is using blacklisting as a "bigger bargaining chip" before Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet at a G-20 summit in Japan next month.
"It is hard to say if worries are overdone," he added.
In the mainland, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.4%, while the yuan traded onshore declined 0.2% to 6.9181 against the dollar.
In Hong Kong, television maker TPV Technology declined 1.7% despite swinging to a profit in the first quarter. Revenue during the three months ended in March fell 8.6%.
Oil-and-gas drilling equipment maker Hilong Holding added 2.3% after saying its Nigeria-based unit signed a drilling rig service agreement with Shell Petroleum Development of Nigeria (SPDC) for $27.66 million.


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Hollywood businessman Lawrence Austin, described by his attorney as a young man in a hurry, was convicted Monday in the first of a series of credit card theft and fraud trials.
Austin, 36, who three years ago announced plans to build a $70 million film studio in Hollywood, was convicted of two counts of grand theft from American Express stemming from his failure to pay $57,000 on a gold card he was issued in 1981 and $1,500 on a green card issued in 1984. Both cards were obtained with false credit information, the jury decided.
Austin, who ran corporations in Canada, New York and Florida, including one of Broward County`s largest advertising firms, was sentenced by Broward Circuit Judge Miette Burnstein to 30 months in prison, the maximum penalty for the crimes. He was held in custody in the county jail to await a similar credit card fraud trial scheduled to begin Thursday.
In fact, two more trials on credit card theft involving about $11,000 are pending. Austin also has been charged on about 30 racketeering, fraud and theft counts stemming from an alleged boiler room operation in Broward that authorities say bilked telephone customers nationwide of about $4 million for inferior quality gems between 1980 and 1983.
On Monday, the central question was whether Austin set out to defraud the credit card company.
Prosecutor Kent Neal said conflicting information between the first and second applications -- including a different name, a false Social Security number, incorrect information about past employment and a different signature -- was an indication that Austin had attempted to intentionally cheat American Express.
But defense attorney Joel Hirschhorn claimed the prosection`s case was built on inferences and assumptions. The case against his client was ``weaker than the soup you would make from the shadow of a starving chicken,`` he said.


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Filling stations, particularly those operated by independent marketers, now dispense Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at prices that are higher than the bands approved by the Federal Government, with some filling stations in the North selling as high as N685/litre.
In July, the pump price of petrol was raised from between N537 and N550/litre to N617/litre at filling stations operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in Abuja and many states in the North.
The price of PMS was also increased from between N488 and N500/litre in Lagos and other South-West states to around N580/litre. In the South-South, the price rose from N515/litre to about N600/litre.
Oil marketers confirmed at the time that any shift in price by NNPCL stations was an indication of a rise in the pump price of PMS as approved by the Federal Government, because the NNPCL, being a national oil company, was also the major importer of petrol.
The NNPCL is now the sole importer of petrol into Nigeria. Other marketers stopped importing the commodity due to their inability to access the United States dollars, which is required for fuel imports.
“The price of petrol at NNPCL stations is believed to be the approved price by the government. So once the NNPCL raises its price, every other marketer adjusts his own,” the Secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abuja-Suleja, Mohammed Shuaibu, stated.
President Bola Tinubu during his inaugural address on May 29, announced that subsidy on petrol had ended, a development that led to the jump in the price of the commodity from N198/litre to over N500/litre on May 30, 2023.
But rather than dispense petrol around N580/litre and N617/litre bands in the South and North respectively, it was observed that dealers of the commodity were selling petrol for as high as N685/litre, particularly in some states in the North, such as Sokoto, Taraba, among others.
In Abuja, independent dealers jacked up their pump prices to as much as N630/litre, as black marketers who hawked the commodity in jerrycans sold theirs at about N850/litre.
At the Aso Energy Resources Station in Kubwa Phase 2, it was observed that fuel was dispensed at N630/litre, against the approved rate of N617/litre.
A.A Rano filling station at the Jabi Garage, Abuja, dispensed PMS at N625/litre. Meanwhile, NNPCL filling stations at Wuse Zone 6 and Garki Area 10 dispensed the product at the normal pump price of N617/litre.
Lagos, Ekiti stations shut
Petrol has not been available in most filling stations in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, for some days, as queues are seen in many outlets in the state.
While the commodity was sold at the approved rate of N580/litre at NNPCL stations, independent marketers, for instance, Matrix located along Poly Road in Ado Ekiti, dispensed petrol at N610/litre.
In Lagos, several filling stations including those belonging to the NNPCL were shut down on Sunday, as findings showed that prices had since climbed to between N600 and N620/litre in retail outlets belonging to independent marketers.
It was observed that some retail outlets belonging to the NNPCL and other independent marketers did not have products on Sunday, thereby shutting their gates against customers.
NNPCL stations around Gate, Jakande Estate Oshodi/Isolo and along 2nd Rainbow did not have any product as of Saturday and Sunday, and did not open to customers.
The stations belonging to IPMAN had raised the price to between N600 and N620/litre, while those belonging to the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria still sold within NNPCL retail price of N585/litre.
It was observed that Fatgbems stations increased their price to N600/litre, Jezco sold its products at N620/litre, AP dispensed petrol at N593/litre.
NorthWest stations sold products at N595/litre, while Eterna Plc also sold products at the same price.


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September 23, 2015
Owners Jared Rutledge and Jacob Owens of Waking Life Espresso in West Asheville are under attack after it was revealed they published podcasts, a blog and a Twitter account expressing misogynist and sexist viewpoints concerning their sexual conquests in Asheville.
The news first broke on AshevilleBlog.com from an anonymous source, including screen caps of the offending Twitter account and blog, as well as recordings of their podcasts.
Under the pseudonym “Holistic Game,” both men published graphic descriptions of consensual and nonconsensual sex acts.
“Putting the sweet D in the tender V since 2013” is the title used for their online blog.
Other tweets included a yearly count of sexual encounters with women.
Local businesses began pulling Waking Life’s iced coffee from shelves Sunday, less than 24 hours after the blog’s creators were revealed.
At French Broad Food Co-Op, four male staff members made a unanimous decision to remove Waking Life products from shelves before board members came to their own conclusion, General Manager Bobby Sullivan said.
“I listened to part of a podcast. They were talking about women within the age group of my four daughters,” Sullivan said. “As a man, it’s alarming to me there’s men out there promoting this type of behavior.”
Two of Sullivan’s daughters are currently applying for jobs and potentially could have secured employment at Waking Life, he said.
In order to sell the remaining Waking Life iced coffees from their store, Orbit DVD in West Asheville donated $50 to OurVoice for every $4 spent on a bottle, Marc McCloud said, Orbit general manager.
OurVoice provides counseling services to individuals affected by sexual abuse and assault.
After selling out, Orbit approached West Village Market for more bottles to sale. The store raised around $750 for OurVoice.
Other businesses are following suit, donating at least ten percent of their sales from Monday or the entire week to OurVoice, including Battlecat Coffee Bar, Patton Avenue Pet Company, Business 420 Screenprinting and Harvest Records, McCloud said.
“I have a professional relationship with these guys,” he said. “I was just shocked they would flush a good business away.”
McCloud has a 21-year-old daughter, and he said the social media posts hit close to home for him.
In a statement posted on Facebook, Jay Weatherly and Kim Hunt of High Five Coffee said they are donating all profits from sales this week of a special beverage, the Barista’s Choice, to OurVoice.
Some patrons of High Five have agreed to match total sales of the drink.
“We are appalled by Jared and Jacob’s dehumanization, violence, and lack of respect for women, even further their general reflections on humanity and definitions of what it means to ‘be a man’,” the statement from High Five said. “There is no place for this in our, or any community, and only serves to perpetuate a rape culture.”
With signs in tow, protesters have lined up outside of Waking Life since news broke Saturday of the blog and podcasts. Most of the participants are members of West Asheville Exchange, a Facebook group created by Mikki Fox.
“This isn’t a witch hunt. We don’t have our pitchforks out,” Fox said. “I was so incensed when I read what they had said that I immediately grabbed some signs and my kids and came up here.”
Fox did not anticipate such a huge community outcry, she said.
“I didn’t expect all their stuff to be pulled,” Fox said. “This has really brought a lot of people together.”
Asheville resident Simeon Cogswell, who started protesting outside the coffee shop Monday, is also proud of the community’s response to the scandal.
“I think it’s been really great the community was quick to react,” Cogswell said. “I’m pretty happy everyone came together to deal with a really shitty situation.”
Fellow protester Pamela Lalik is also proud of local businesses reaction to Rutledge and Owens’ comments.
“I feel like I have justifiable feelings of displeasure about the situation,” Lalik said. “All the places around town are dumping their stuff and cutting ties, sending a message that our community is not going to tolerate this.”
Sonya DiPalma, assistant professor of mass communication at UNC Asheville, said an online persona must be in sync with one’s life, considering anonymity no longer exists within social media.
“You can’t post under any alias; it’s traceable and it all comes back to you,” she said.
Rutledge and Owens believed their content was posted anonymously and unassociated with Waking Life, an assertion that is incongruent, DiPalma said.
“At the end of the day, it has a permanency to it, and this follows them. They will need some really good people to help them clean up their image online and that’s going to have to start with them from the inside out.’
DiPalma believes Rutledge and Owens should remove themselves from the community and take time to reflect on their actions before returning to offer heartfelt aid and support.
“With social media, we are about authenticity and transparency, and people will find you out if you’re not,” she said.
Both men have issues apologies via online press releases and a letter posted on the door of Waking Life, which closed on Monday.
The owners offered to donate their business profits from the rest of the year to OurVoice, but the organization is not accepting donations from Waking Life.
A Facebook group titled “We Like Our Coffee Like We Like Our Women. Not at Waking Life” is organizing protests outside of Waking Life everyday this week from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m.


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Google has acquired Upstartle, the Silicon Valley-based maker of online word processor Writely. It gives Google yet another tool in its kit of applications to take on Microsoft — and brush aside its dominance through the desktop.
There are many similar products out there, in case Microsoft gets desperate to buy one. But then Microsoft would hardly want to cannibalize its sales of Microsoft Office.
But Om, who first sniffed out the acquisition, puts it nicest here, writing before the news was confirmed:
So you all know that Google’s got designs for a G:Drive and doing an end run around Microsoft? Now what if you can simply store and save data on that drive, but that’s not clearly as much fun. What if you could write a document in a browser, much like you write on Microsoft Word, but then save it directly to the G:Drive? That would increase the utility of G:Drive tremendously. Maybe that explains why Google is rumored to be in talks with Writely, a browser-based document processing application, for a possible acquisition.
..Now buying Writely is in line with Google thinking of using browser for everything. I mean an online word processor, and online excel spread sheet make a lot more sense than making people switch to OpenOffice.
And poor VCs. This is another example of the big three (Yahoo, Google, Microsoft) swooping in to buy cool companies before venture capitalists can even invest. Are VCs getting shut out from making money on the best Web 2.0 features? Beginning to seem so.
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Security cameras have been installed on street lights along Tokyo’s high-end shopping boulevard, Omotesando-dori, situated in Shibuya Ward, due to an increase in pick-pocketing and camera voyeurism.
Ten surveillance cameras were installed this week along the boulevard lined with brand retailers, boutiques, and restaurants following persistent requests by an association of Omotesando retailers, Fuji TV reported.
The Tokyo equivalent of Paris’ Champs-Élysée, Omotesando is constantly bustling with Japanese youth, brand-name shoppers and foreign tourists.
However, an increase in crimes from pick-pocketing to voyeuristic photos and videos spurred the association to urge the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to equip the chic shopping district with security cameras.
In addition, on Jan 1 this year, the nearby Harajuku fashion district was the site of a crime scene when a 21-year-old man plowed his minivan into a crowd along Takeshita Street. Eight people were injured in the attack.
A police spokesman said: “We want to further strengthen our security measures with the combined efforts of local government officials, businesses and the public.”© Japan Today


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Sia, a nine-time Grammy nominee, is the newest investor in Bond Pet Foods, a Colorado company that is striving to transform the pet food sector by reducing animal agriculture’s dependency. Sia has long been a vegetarian and has used her celebrity to promote animal rights in a variety of ways, including co-narrating the animal-rights documentary Dominion with Joaquin Phoenix.
“We’re honored to welcome Sia and her deep passion for animals into the Bond family… We believe her voice and creativity will help us further educate and excite the world about a new, better, more sustainable way to feed our pets,” stated Rich Kelleman, co-founder and CEO of Bond Pet Foods.
Bond Pet Foods, founded in 2017, brews cultured proteins for companion animal foods using precision fermentation. In 2020, the biotechnology business utilized its approach to generate a chicken protein prototype using a one-time blood sample from Inga, a heritage hen living in Lindsborg, Kansas, which was inspired by the rise of cultured meat companies focused at humans. The business mixed Inga’s genetic code with food-grade yeast and enabled it to ferment, resulting in meat proteins free of the negative effects of industrial animal husbandry.
Sia will join Bond Pet Foods as an adviser and will take part in numerous projects to convey the company’s vision to a wider audience, in addition to investing in the company.
“As a devout animal and environmental advocate, I’m inspired by Bond Pet Foods’ mission and believe their company is the future for sustainably-led protein in pet food…If America’s dogs and cats were their own country, their consumption of meat products alone would rank fifth in the world. I am eager to lend my voice and support to a brand that’s re-imagining a cruelty-free future for all animals,” Sia stated.
Bond Pet Foods’ other investors include Saudi Arabian Prince Khaled Alwaleed bin Talal—Chief Executive Officer of asset management firm KBW Ventures—who joined in the company’s $1.2 million Seed investment round in 2019.
Removing Animals From Animal Foods
Dogs (omnivores) and cats (obligate carnivores) both consume a lot of animal products, usually in the form of low-cost pet food manufactured with lower-quality meat, which offers health risks owing to bacterial contamination, antibiotics, and the possibility of zoonotic disease dissemination. Dogs and cats in the United States eat as much nutritional energy as 62 million Americans, or one-fifth of the population, according to one peer-reviewed research. Their consumption, on the other hand, is frequently left out of environmental effect estimates.
Bond Pet Foods is one of a number of businesses attempting to decouple the companion animal food sector from animal agriculture in order to develop it. A comparable method has been developed by Wild Earth, based in California. The company released a dog treat made with cultured koji, a type of fungus that it produces in a lab using an unique technology that provides more protein than steak, in 2019. Wild Earth is also working on cultured beef for pet food. Last year, an all-star team led by Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban, vegan actor Paul Wesley, and a few investment companies invested $23 million in the venture.
At the SuperZoo trade event in Las Vegas last year, another company, Because, Animals, debuted its first cell-based product: a mouse meat biscuit treat for cats. Since 2016, the company has been striving to refine the cell-based product, and it has been able to eliminate the need of fetal bovine serum (derived from pregnant cows) as a growing medium for its mouse meat, resulting in a cat-friendly source of protein. Because, Animals offers plant-based items such as dog treats made with nutritious yeast while waiting for regulatory permission for its cultured meat products.
Singapore is now the only country in the world to allow the sale of cultured beef. Other nations, including the United States, are anticipated to follow suit shortly, ushering in a new age in which farmed animals are no longer needed to feed companion animals in large numbers.
Source: “WHY MUSICAL ARTIST SIA IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT MEAT IN PET FOOD” by VegNews
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NEW YORK (Fortune) — Zhu Zhu Pets, the inexplicably cute robotic hamsters that have grow to be this year’s right away holiday getaway toy feeling, are marketing out across the place.
A caller to the Instances Sq. Toys R Us in Manhattan on a recent Wednesday early morning was informed that the shop was out of the hamsters and wouldn’t be obtaining its subsequent shipment until eventually Friday. Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500) and Goal (TGT, Fortune 500) shelves are also bare of the toys, analysts explained.
The Nationwide Retail Federation a short while ago listed Zhu Zhu amongst the best 10 holiday toys. Zhu Zhus are even exhibiting up on eBay, priced at $60 to $100. The runaway results has developed a desire arrive correct for Cepia, the little, St. Louis-primarily based organization that created the motorized animals.
Cepia founder Russell Hornsby, 56, who got his commence in the toy field as a designer for Mattel 35 yrs in the past, grew to become persuaded that the toys would be a residence operate following viewing thousands of YouTube films of reside hamsters.
The plush Zhu Zhu hamsters, which market for $9.99 apiece and have names like Mr. Squiggles and Pipsqueak, look remarkably lifelike. They wiggle their noses and shimmy and shake by their hamster habitats just like the true detail.
Operating with a factory in Shenzhen, China, Hornsby intended the to start with Zhu Zhu prototype in November 2008 and then commenced the uphill battle of making an attempt to persuade shops to put orders. That was for the duration of the depths of the money crisis and numerous major chains have been unwilling to gamble on an not known item, but Hornsby at some point confident Toys R Us to take a look at-sector Zhu Zhu — which means “very little pig” in Chinese — in a handful of Phoenix outlets. All the Zhu Zhus marketed out in two months.
“It was so very hot, we could not think it,” suggests Gerald Storch, the CEO of Toys R Us. “We promptly bought as substantially as we could.”
Despite the fact that quickly popular, Zhu Zhu could have easily failed as thousands of new toys do each and every year. The unexpected results of Zhu Zhu comes soon after a very long occupation of ups and downs for Hornsby.
Right after Mattel (MAT, Fortune 500), Hornsby worked for a series of corporations, including Hyman Goods, which offered novelty merchandise, these types of as items of the Berlin Wall. In 1981, Hornsby started Trendmasters — a toy business that held the license to make toys under the “Star Wars” and “Godzilla” names amid some others — and marketed it to greater rival, Jakks Pacific (JAKK), in 2001.
A yr later on, Hornsby begun Cepia to make garden and back garden solutions these kinds of as automatic trigger sprayers. Hornsby applied some of the technology he had created for the back garden solutions to Zhu Zhu, which helped give the animals their lifelike quality.
“What can make them so great is that they are unpredictable,” claims his daughter Natalie Hornsby, 23, who heads Cepia’s advertising and marketing office. The underside of every single hamster is protected in molded plastic — called bump codes — that retains the furry creatures from repeating the exact same moves over and above all over again.
The moment orders for Zhu Zhu begun pouring in, Hornsby turned to his buyers — largely household customers, including his oldest daughter and wife, who also do the job for the firm — to increase more revenue. Natalie states Cepia, which has 16 staff members, expects to market as numerous as 10 million hamsters this 12 months, and predicts Zhu Zhu could be a $500 million merchandise by 2010.
“It really is the solitary most important hit he’s experienced,” says Needham & Firm analyst Sean McGowan, who has identified Hornsby for 10 yrs. McGowan points out that Zhu Zhu had an underground next from the extremely beginning, even with limited advertising, while other scorching toys didn’t come to be popular right up until celebrities identified as them out. Fisher-Price’s Elmo, for instance, took off only right after Rosie O’Donnell featured the doll on her tv present.
Hornsby, who was traveling in Asia and unavailable for comment, is starting up to appeal to curiosity from significant toy organizations, some of which have floated likely delivers to buy Cepia, resources said.
Natalie also declined to remark on a probable sale of the company, but she reported her father is a born chance-taker: At the time when Hornsby was in Las Vegas, a mate of his remarked on the fact that he was not gambling. “I you should not have to have to gamble in Vegas,” he informed the buddy. “I gamble each individual working day of my lifetime.”


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Yes, you read that headline correctly. The economic downturn of 2008 and 2009 is often referred to as “the Great Recession” because the U.S. had not experienced economic pain of that magnitude since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Millions of Americans lost their jobs, mortgage defaults soared and Wall Street was shaken to the core. But as bad as things were during the last recession, things are even worse now. To say that what we are witnessing is “unprecedented” doesn’t do it justice, because what is happening to the U.S. economy in 2020 is truly, truly horrifying, and many believe that what we have experienced so far is just the beginning.
ADP has been tracking private payrolls in the United States for many, many years, and each month their payroll report is watched very carefully by economists.
Prior to this year, the worst month in the history of the ADP report was in February 2009 when 834,665 jobs were shed from U.S. private payrolls. Needless to say, that old record just got completely shattered…
Private payrolls hemorrhaged more than 20 million jobs in April as companies sliced workers amid a coronavirus-induced shutdown that took most of the U.S. economy offline, according to a report Wednesday from ADP.
In all, the decline totaled 20,236,000 — easily the worst loss in the survey’s history going back to 2002 but not as bad as the 22 million that economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting. The previous record was 834,665 in February 2009 amid the financial crisis and accompanying Great Recession.
So what this means is that the number of private payroll jobs lost in the United States last month was more than 24 times greater than the previous all-time record.
In fact, the number of private payroll jobs lost last month was more than double the total number of jobs lost during the last recession…
“Job losses of this scale are unprecedented,” said Ahu Yildirmaz, co-head of the ADP Research Institute, which compiles the report in conjunction with Moody’s Analytics. “The total number of job losses for the month of April alone was more than double the total jobs lost during the Great Recession.”
We have never seen an unemployment spike like this ever before, and we may never see a spike quite like it ever again.
Of course there are some people out there that have been quick to remind me that many of these job losses are “temporary” and that millions of Americans will soon be going back to work.
Yes, as states begin to end their lockdowns the U.S. economy will regain millions of the jobs that have been lost.
But there are also millions of jobs that we aren’t ever going to get back. The following comes from a Bloomberg article entitled “Layoffs Start Turning From Temporary to Permanent Across America”…
Plenty of layoffs that just a month ago were labeled “temporary” are now tagged “indefinite” or “permanent.” Alongside announcements of sweeping staff cuts by major employers such as Boeing Co. and U.S. Steel Corp. and the accelerating pace of downsizing in brick-and-mortar retailing, such notices are a sign that even as businesses continue to hope for a speedy recovery, they are starting to plan for a slow one.
I personally know quite a few people that have permanently lost their jobs, and you probably do too.
This week, we learned that Lord & Taylor plans to start the process of liquidating, and all of their employees will soon be out on the street on a permanent basis…
Venerable U.S. retailer Lord & Taylor plans to liquidate inventory in its 38 department stores once restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus are lifted as it braces for a bankruptcy process from which it does not expect to emerge, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Lord & Taylor’s preparations to liquidate its inventory as soon as its stores reopen offer a window into the grim future of a high-profile retailer – a storied department store chain founded in 1826 and billed as the oldest in the United States – that does not expect to survive the pandemic’s economic fallout.
But much, much, much more importantly, we are about to see a wave of small business failures in the United States that will absolutely dwarf anything that we have ever seen before in our history.
Governors all across America can end the lockdowns, but they can’t order people to go out and spend money. For many months to come, fear of COVID-19 is going to prevent millions of consumers from resuming their normal economic patterns, and so small businesses all over the country will be facing greatly reduced revenues for the foreseeable future.
Needless to say, many of them aren’t going to make it and those that fail are going to have to let all of their workers go. In an article that I just posted, I discussed a stunning new survey that discovered that 52 percent of all small business owners in the United States “expect to be out of business within six months”.
We are talking about millions of businesses that may soon be saying goodbye to all of their employees for good.
Giant corporations have the resources to make it through an extended downturn, but most small businesses do not. It is hard enough to try to run a profitable small business even when conditions are ideal, but now this pandemic has made that task nearly impossible in many cases.
So yes, the U.S. economy will recover some of the jobs that were lost during the lockdowns, but we will also continue to bleed more jobs in the months ahead.
I know that a lot of my readers are quite eager for a return to “normal”, but we have to realize that the “old normal” is gone.
Instead, a “new normal” is starting to emerge, and on Tuesday California Governor Gavin Newsom warned that we won’t fully get there “until we get to immunity and a vaccine”…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said as many counties around the state prepare to reopen retail for curbside pickup Friday, maintaining physical-distancing measures will be crucial to reduce the risk of coronavirus spread.
“We’re not going back to normal,” said Newsom, who gave Tuesday’s press briefing from the site of a Sacramento business called Display California. “It’s a new normal with adaptations and modifications, until we get to immunity and a vaccine.”
Unfortunately, it is exceedingly unlikely that we will reach “herd immunity” in the United States before 2021, and the quest for a “vaccine” is not going to be easy.
If you doubt this, just do some research and find out how many other successful coronavirus vaccines there have been in our history.
When they tell you that an easy solution is right around the corner, they aren’t being honest with you.
Meanwhile, the U.S. economy is literally imploding all around us, and this is just the start of our troubles.
The good news is that COVID-19 is not as deadly as many were originally projecting. Instead of millions dead, the final death toll in the U.S. will probably only be in the hundreds of thousands.
As this pandemic eventually begins to subside, use it as an opportunity to get prepared for what is coming next, because COVID-19 is definitely not the worst thing we are going to face.
Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder
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Indian pharmaceutical company Strides Arcolab has entered
into a licensing agreement with US-based Gilead Sciences to manufacture and
distribute latter's low-cost HIV drug, Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF), in
In a BSE filing, Strides Arcolab said, "It has entered into a licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences, Inc under which Gilead has extended non-exclusive rights to Strides to manufacture and distribute Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF), both as a single agent product and in combination with other drugs."
Strides said that the license being granted to it extends to 112 countries.
TAF is an investigational product in the US and have not yet been determined safe and efficacious in humans.


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Theresa Might is visiting China to strengthen enterprise ties between the 2 international locations this week, however are British manufacturers nonetheless valued abroad?
For BBC 5 Live’s Afternoon Edition, Nihal Arthanayake and Sarah Brett have been assembly companies throughout the UK to find extra about their place on this planet.
From tech start-ups within the Metropolis of London to established meals processing companies like Tate and Lyle, the present toured the nation taking a look at whether or not Made in Britain is a model that provides worth to the products and companies the UK exports.
Shoemakers Grenson, in Northampton, promote high-end sneakers to each home and worldwide markets. They have been making sneakers within the East Midlands for 150 years however have needed to transfer with the instances.
“The corporate had tried to depend on the truth that it was ‘made in England’ and it didn’t realise that it needed to be a contemporary enterprise,” says managing director Tim Litte.
“The craft of constructing sneakers was intact however an enormous a part of it was telling the story of the corporate.”
‘Heritage has worth’
Gloucestershire-based engineers Renishaw make industrial measuring gear. It was hit onerous like many by the worldwide recession in 2008, however since 2009 then has seen its orders strongly rebound.
In 2011 it purchased a former Bosch manufacturing unit in South Wales and it now employs 350 individuals and exports the world over.
“Manufacturing is not only about making issues, we’re providing a report 50 apprenticeships this 12 months in extremely expert areas,” says Renishaw’s Chris Pockett
Many companies say that it is typically expertise that decide the worth of the “Made in Britain” model. In different phrases, heritage has a worth however provided that services are in demand.
Former CBI director normal, Lord Digby Jones, says: “We can not compete on worth, our function on this planet relies upon colleges, college students.
“We bossed the 19th Century, it was Britain’s time; America bossed the 20th Century – the 21st Century belongs to Asia, in the event you take a look at it in a worldwide method.
“You may solely the drive the financial system on promote on the standard of what you do to markets that need it and also you want expert individuals to try this.”
Abilities in demand
On the so-called Silicon Roundabout in east London, Simon Hay runs Flyfire, a tech start-up specialising in training. He says demand for expert expertise is big.
“We’re all working in a worldwide market place. We’re competing with one another for high expertise, who can select the place they need to reside and work – cities and international locations are having to combat onerous for them”.
Simon began the enterprise from scratch and it now operates in 35 totally different international locations the world over: “As we change into extra world the place you staff is predicated turns into much less of a difficulty.”
Commerce and export minister Rona Fairhead says that “we now have plenty of expertise that I’ve seen as I’ve gone up and down the UK that actually are in demand elsewhere on this planet”.
She provides: “What I’ve seen within the months that I’ve been on this function is actual power within the UK to export and actual urge for food from international locations world wide to purchase British.”
In fact the background to discovering how properly British services will promote throughout the globe is Brexit. There can be new challenges and alternatives for the UK.
The place as soon as the European Union Fee negotiated commerce offers on behalf of the UK and the remainder of the member states, UK commerce coverage will now be the accountability of the federal government.
Which implies in negotiations with international locations for brand new offers decisions need to be made.
One space of concern is meals requirements.
Within the autumn the US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross recommended commerce cope with Washington would hinge on the UK altering its guidelines on accepting chlorine-washed US hen.
However the authorities says it has been clear on this: “There is no such thing as a expectation that we are going to be compelled to decrease meals requirements,” says Baroness Fairhead.
“In reality, the federal government has been actually clear that we now have raised the bar on meals requirements and we’re completely going to keep up these requirements.”
For one of many UK’s oldest manufacturers, the sugar cane refiner Tate and Lyle, Brexit can not come quickly sufficient.
Gerald Mason, who runs Europe’s greatest sugar refinery on the banks of the Thames subsequent to London Metropolis Airports, says UK meals coverage goes to be one of the vital difficult elements of the Brexit talks.
“You have got very excessive safety from tariffs, farming will get a big proportion of earnings from funds of the EU, the federal government have gotten it proper, designing a meals coverage that’s proper for the UK and never the common EU member state.”
However while the federal government highlights the advantages of buying and selling with Britain as soon as it has left the European Union subsequent 12 months, the problem for a lot of firms trying to do enterprise with the UK just isn’t the potential for fulfillment, however the lack of certainty on what the brand new guidelines can be.
Adam Mansell, chief govt of the UK style and Textile Affiliation says “we now have concrete examples of individuals not putting orders with UK firms as a result of they have no idea what the longer term perhaps”.
As Theresa Might and President Xi Jinping sit down for talks seen as essential for the way forward for the UK financial system, it’s clear from the companies that Afternoon Version has spoken to that “model UK” does rely – however provided that the services or products are in demand.
Tim Little from shoemakers Grenson sums up many UK companies strategy to the longer term: “We are going to it make it work,” he says.


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Spanish smartphone maker Zetta is under the gun this week as they’re being accused of passing off a Chinese smartphone as their own creation. The Zetta was a welcome product in Extremadura Spain due to the low price tag of €145 EUR in store and €155EUR online ($160USD/$170USD). The Zetta was supposed to be a high end affordable smartphone and people were excited as the phone shipped 1,200 units in the first few weeks. The phone was doing well enough that the company opened seven stores in Extremadura and several other locations across Spain itself.
Over the weekend the news broke that Zetta founders haven’t been forthright about the origins of their high end smartphone. The phone they had been selling was actually a cheaper Xiaomi brand phone which they purchased at a discount and resold for a higher price. The founders simply altered the look of the phone adding some aesthetic differences, most notably the acorn on the back with a bite out of it.
Erik Cui, Antonio Ribera and Juan José Cortés, the brand developers, offered their Zetta Smartphones on their website zettaeuropa.es. In an interview just a few months ago on the regional Canal Extremadura Televisión, Zetta representatives said that “this phone is innovative because there is nothing like it on the market. “We have pampered this phone like it was our child,” they added.
Now that these allegations of a phony phone have surfaced, the company’s website and social media outlets have gone dark.
“Our website is being attacked and is unavailable at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience,” was the latest available message on Facebook from the company. Neither one of the founders could be reached for comment.
The Spanish consumer association Facua, has issued a statement saying that if you purchased one of these phones the company will owe you a refund should you want it.
— FACUA (@facua) October 17, 2016
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The “Troubleshooter” sells to Dish Network
Satellite-TV provider Dish Network is in the process of acquiring Liberty-Bell Telecom, a tiny Denver-based CLEC that offers phone and Internet service in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. The companies already have a reseller agreement.
Tom Martino, aka “The Troubleshooter,” co-founded Liberty-Bell in 2003 and owns 11 percent of the company. The Post ran a story in 2004 questioning the fairness of Martino blasting competitors like Qwest while owning his own phone company.
Martino calls himself a consumer advocate on his referral list website, a listing of companies in which he gives his “seal of approval.” On Liberty-Bell’s website, Martin declares that “I’m an owner at Liberty-Bell and I recommend Dish.”
Though terms of the deal with Dish haven’t been released, Liberty-Bell disclosed its financials as part of its acquisition of Boulder-based Affinity Telecom in 2008.
Prior to that deal, Liberty-Bell had $5 million in annual revenue, 10 employees and 7,000 customers, according to FCC documents. Affinity had $3 million in annual revenue, five employees and 4,000 customers.
Today, Liberty-Bell has about 10,000 customers and 25 employees, and based on those Affinity figures, generates about $7 million in annual revenue.


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Supplier of the Year 2011
Solus Garden and Leisure has won the Klondyke Group Ltd Dry Goods Supplier award for 2011.
The award, which was presented by the garden centre group at this year’s Glee Exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham, recognises the contribution of outstanding suppliers to the 25 Klondyke/Strikes outlets across England, Scotland and Wales.
David Yardley, Group Operations Director and head of buying at the Klondyke Group said, “Solus have fully merited this award for their continued product development and excellent customer service. Their product availability and short lead time have helped us maximise sales in a difficult retail environment.”


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Privacy Coin Zcash Community to Develop Wrapped Token for Ethereum
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A spike in buy orders around the $7,800 level could allow BTC rebound to $8,600.
At Devcon, Bitcoin Developer Amir Taaki Foresees a 'DarkTech Renaissance'
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