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| Dec 27, 2013
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Target Corp said PIN data of some customers' bank ATM cards were stolen in a massive cyber attack at the third-largest U.S. retailer, but it was confident that the information was "safe and secure."
The stolen PIN data was "strongly encrypted" when it...
| Jan 5, 2014
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In its bleakest days in the mid-1990s, Cherokee Inc. realized it had overlooked a key asset — its name.
The Cherokee brand, which began as a shoe line in 1973, evolved into a Van Nuys clothing manufacturing company focused on women and juniors...
| Feb 10, 2014
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I'm on board with the city's new plastic bag ban, but saving the environment isn't as easy or as tidy as I imagined.
Six weeks in and I'm still trying to navigate the lifestyle changes that going bagless requires.
I'm hauling around a half-dozen...
| Feb 18, 2014
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SACRAMENTO — Personal information collected from credit card shoppers would be better protected by upgrading the country's entire payment system to technology that has dramatically reduced fraud in Europe.
That was the consensus of a group of...
| Feb 19, 2014
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Safeway Inc. said Wednesday it is in talks about potentially selling itself, finally addressing buyout rumors that began last year after the grocery giant deflected a takeover bid.
The Pleasanton, Calif., company, which operates the Vons and Pavilions...
| Feb 24, 2014
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WASHINGTON -- After a spate of large-scale cyberattacks on large retailers, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. urged Congress to adopt a national standard for notifying consumers of a security breach.
Holder said creating such a law would bolster the Justice...
| Jan 22, 2014
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Target Corp. became the latest major company to say it will stop offering healthcare coverage for part-time workers, and experts said it won't be the last.
The Minneapolis company announced in a corporate blog post that it was changing its benefits...
| Jan 29, 2014
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it has launched a criminal investigation into the recent cybertheft of more than 110 million Target customers' data, including the credit card numbers of 40 million Americans.
| Dec 2, 2013
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Overnight delivery is no longer good enough.
As online shopping has exploded in popularity, one of the few remaining barriers for the industry is the lag time between when a customer orders an item and when it's delivered, typically days later.
| Dec 20, 2013
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Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is advising Target customers about how to protect themselves after a theft of consumer information from 40 million debit and credit cards used at the retail chain was reported.
She says Floridians who used their...
| Dec 20, 2013
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Instead of basking in holiday cheer, Target Corp. is spending the crucial shopping days before Christmas dealing with probes from several state attorneys general, infuriated social media comments and customer lawsuits over a massive data breach.


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Bananas in Latin America Crunch as Fyffes Plans to Raise Prices
Bananas, the world’s most-traded fruit, are getting more expensive after Latin American rains that were 60 percent above normal in Ecuador curbed output.
Exports from Ecuador, the world’s biggest shipper, may drop 10 percent this year, said Eduardo Ledesma, executive director of the Ecuadorean Banana Exporters’ Association. Rain damaged crops especially in Los Rios, the top producing province, he said. While Ecuador’s export prices have dropped 16 percent from a record in March, they are still 35 percent higher than the 10- year average, International Monetary Fund data show.
Banana exports rose to the highest in at least a decade last year, making it the most-traded fruit ahead of citrus, apples and pears, according to the World Trade Organization. Dublin-based Fyffes Plc (FFY) said this month it plans to raise prices because of higher fuel and fruit costs.
“Supply is relatively tight at the moment,” said Seamus Keenan, company secretary at Fyffes, Europe’s biggest banana supplier. “That’s to a large extent driven by some issues in Ecuador and Colombia, mainly weather issues.”
Ecuador declared a state of emergency in five provinces in March after above-average rainfall in the coastal region and southern Andean foothills washed away roads and houses and damaged more than 34,000 hectares (84,000 acres) of crops, including the top three banana producing regions in Los Rios, Guayas and El Oro.
Rainfall in Babahoyo, the capital of Los Rios province, was 60 percent higher than average in the seven months through August, according to data from Ecuador’s National Meteorology and Hydrology Institute in Quito. The region received 2.59 meters (8.5 feet) of rainfall in the February to August period, while the historical average is 1.62 meters, according to the agency known as Inamhi.
Latin American supplies were down “rather significantly” in the first quarter, David A. DeLorenzo, the chief executive officer of Westlake Village, California-based Dole Food Co., said on a conference call July 19. Low prices paid to farmers may crimp world supplies, he said.
Fyffes ranks globally behind Dole, Chiquita Brands International Inc. and Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., it said in a Sept. 3 statement. Keenan declined to comment on the size and timing of the price increase.
World production totaled 102.03 million metric tons in 2010, worth about $28.35 billion, according to the United Nations. Ecuador’s exports at 5.156 million tons accounted for 30 percent of global trade.
Ecuador produced 7.931 million tons of bananas in 2010, accounting for about 7.8 percent of world output, according to the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization. The Latin American country’s harvest was the world’s fourth largest, after India, China and the Philippines.
Fyffes distributes 51 million cases of bananas annually, about one third of leader Dole Food’s 154 million cases, according to a Sept. 3 presentation on the company’s website. Fyffes started in 1888 and gets most of its bananas under long- term contracts with third party producers. A case weighs 40 pounds and holds about 100 bananas.
Precipitation in Ecuador and Costa Rica has been near-to-above-normal in the past 30 days, and the pattern may continue through November, Dale Mohler, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc., said by telephone yesterday from State College, Pennsylvania. Costa Rica is Latin America’s third- largest banana exporter after Ecuador and Colombia, according to the WTO.
Export prices for Ecuador’s bananas rose 1.1 percent in July, the biggest increase since they climbed to a record in March, IMF data show. Demand tends to rebound during Northern Hemisphere fall and winter months because of declining competition from locally grown fruit, helping to support prices, said Keenan of Fyffes.
European wholesale bananas were about $1.04 a kilogram (2.2 pounds) in the week ended Aug. 26, 14 percent higher than a year earlier, according to data from the European Commission, the bloc’s regulatory arm. U.S. retail prices are little changed this year at 59.5 cents a pound after climbing 26 percent since 2004, Bureau of Labor Statistics data show.
Export prices in Ecuador during July were $966.85 a ton, down from a record $1,151.43 in March, IMF data show. Ecuador shipped 137.16 million cases in the first six months of this year, 10 percent less than in the same period a year earlier, according to the exporters group.
Wet weather “has considerably affected the plants,” Ledesma, of the exporters group, said Sept. 5 by phone from the coastal city of Guayaquil. “The excess of rain and the current cold climate keep the fruit from ripening and reaching the right grade.”
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Claudia Carpenter at email@example.com

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Mi Pay the UPI based Payments App was first launched in China back in 2016. Now Xiaomi has finally announced the Mi Pay payments app in India. The launching happens at the Redmi Go launch event on Tuesday. So the competition among all UPI payments app in the country is expanding. In India, this mobile payment service by Xiaomi is supported by ICICI Bank and PayU. Mi Pay has been certified by National Payments Council of India (NPCI) and is a safe way to make digital payments. Also, it will only work with Xiaomi phones that run on MIUI for now.
Features of Mi-Pay UPI Payment App
With Mi Pay, users will be able to make payments as similar to Paytm and other UPI payments apps. Users will be able to make payments to other Mi Pay users. The company says that this app will be integrated within the Contacts, SMS, and App Vault in MIUI. You can link your bank accounts to Mi Pay to do transactions using the UPI and virtual payment address. It will allow you to pay bills for electricity, gas, telephone and even recharge their prepaid phone numbers.
You can also transfer money to other UPI users and also request as well as get money from other UPI users. Also, Users can also make payments via QR codes. Now comes the best thing about this app which is related to our privacy. Xiaomi says that the data will be stored on Indian servers and not on servers in China. So that’s why it is very important in building the trust of users. The Mi Pay UPI-based payments app will also be available as a payments option on Mi.com as well as the Mi Store app.
Offers with the Mi Pay App
Xiaomi is offering some great deals for Mi Pay users. Those who use Mi Pay after the launch will get a chance to win 100 units of Redmi Note 7 and 50 Mi LED TVs.
How to Download?
App will be available to download on the Mi Store app for Xiaomi Users. But the framework of the app is on the working stage for next couple of weeks so that users will not need to open the Mi Pay app to make payments. So far, there is no revelation whether Mi Pay will be available for other Android or iOS phones.
The Mi Pay will have to face competition from popular UPI payments apps in India such as Paytm, PhonePe, etc. Also, WhatsApp’s in-built payment service is also based on UPI is on testing stage.


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Technology is the buzzword of this year’s top 100 startups in Britain, with firms that disrupt old industries, fintech companies and the new businesses behind new inventions dominating the list.
If you need evidence that the UK’s tech sector is booming, look no further than the Startups 100 Index for 2015 – it’s filled with tech entrepreneurs, tech disruptors and tech inventors.
The British government carved out a sizeable chunk of its budget for technology and science this year, including £100m for driverless cars, £40m for the Internet of Things and £400m towards investment in science infrastructure up to 2021. But the government isn’t the only investor sinking cash into technology.
According to a report from promotional firm London and Partners earlier this year, London’s tech firms attracted more venture capital financing in the first three months of this year than they did in the whole of 2012. In the first quarter, London companies won over £446m in VC funding, up 66 per cent on the first quarter of 2014 and beating the Q4 record of £269.2m.
This year’s top 100 startups list, compiled by the UK’s independent resource for new businesses, shows where some of that money is going. The biggest trend is the new technology firms that are disrupting old industries. The list features no less than two web-based house cleaning firms, Hassle and Housekeep, as well as firms muscling in on real estate (Purplebricks.com), the law sector (Lexoo), student accommodation (Uniplaces) and even dentistry (Toothpick).
Many of these tech disruptors are about connecting people more easily to the services they want and allowing them to compare these services online. Carwow compiles new car prices from approved dealers, while SalesGossip gathers information on fashion sales and promotions from a range of retailers. Then there are specialists like Snaptrip, which aims to be the lastminute.com of self-catering holidays, and MyShowcase, the online marketplace for beauty products from independent outlets.
Since the global financial crisis, people are increasingly likely to trust in small fintech firms over established major players. That’s created opportunities for firms like Currency Cloud and Whites Technology Group to deal in international transfers and currency exchange, and for firms like Ffrees to create an entirely digital current account aimed at those with no desire to deal with the big banks.
But tech firms aren’t just innovating in old industries – they’re also coming up with wholly new ideas. Captive Media is pitching urinal activated digital advertising; goo.ey is making smartphone cases that stick on to mirrors and glass; while Zerolight has created a 3D interactive virtual car showroom that automotive and aviation companies are using to help plan and build their latest models.
From new ideas to new niches knocked into traditional industries, it looks like tech will feature heavily in the UK’s startups for years to come.


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Transnet seeks partner for locomotives leasing unit
Transnet is looking for a partner in a venture to acquire and lease rolling stock to rail operators, it said on Tuesday, as it seeks to overcome logistics problems that led to its worst performance in a decade last year.
State-owned logistics firm Transnet has been struggling to provide freight rail services due to the shortage of locomotives, spares, as well as vandalism of its infrastructure.
It said in a statement that it is seeking a partner in a company that will jointly acquire and lease out rolling stock in response to “domestic and regional demand”.
Private companies, including mining giant Anglo American Plc and other mineral exporters, say they have lost billions of rand in potential export revenue due to Transnet’s poor performance. They have called for public-private partnerships with Transnet to fix the logistics problems.
Last year, Transnet invited private rail firms to operate some parts of its freight rail network under a government plan to expand rail capacity. However, only two private firms applied for the 16 available slots, reflecting lukewarm interest from investors amid concerns over unattractive terms and conditions.
Transnet hauled 173 million tonnes of cargo in the financial year ended March 2022, down from 183 million tonnes the previous year, the worst performance in a decade.


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TP-Link, a networking and connectivity solutions provider, has partnered with PC Express, a computer retailer, for the launch of its newest smart home security solution: the Tapo C211 Wi-Fi camera.
This partnership will offer consumers access to TP-Link’s Tapo C211 Wi-Fi camera, which will be exclusively available at PC Express outlets until Nov. 12, 2023.
The Tapo C211 Wi-Fi camera features a 2K 3MP camera, which offers a 360-degree panoramic view and a 114-degree tilt view for comprehensive coverage.
How Wi-Fi 6 will usher in a new era of connectivity
Smart home device shipments grew by 11.7% in 2021 — IDC
Easy In-app Set-up and Remote Monitoring: Easily set up, control, and access the camera through the Tapo App. In just a few clicks, tge security system will be up and running. The Tapo App also allows remote monitoring to see the camera’s view from smartphones and receive real-time notifications from home.
Two-Way Audio: Stay connected at all times with two-way audio communication, enabling interaction with family members, pets, or visitors remotely through the Tapo C211’s built-in microphone and speaker system.
Person and Motion Detection: The Tapo C211 can track and follow subjects, and detect motion in its view. Get a notification on the phone when motion is detected, from a car pulling up in the driveway, or a parcel delivery.
Advanced Night Vision: Ensure 24/7 security with Tapo C211’s advanced night vision lenses that that also works in low-light conditions for up to 30 ft.
The Tapo C211 Wi-Fi camera feed can be accessed by up to five separate TP-Link accounts through its Device Sharing feature, allowing families and team members to manage and monitor the same camera feed together. While ensuring collective accessibility. All data is securely stored locally on a microSD card up to 512GB or in the cloud when you subscribe to Tapo Care.
Enjoy Tapo C211’s hands-free experience through its voice control feature, compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
For a limited time, get a free 32GB SD Card upon purchase of the TP-Link Tapo C211 Wi-Fi camera.


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Ineos has announced plans to build a world-scale PDH (Propane Dehydrogenation) unit in Europe, to produce 750 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) of propylene for its units across the continent.
The multinational chemicals manufacturer said it is studying a number of possible locations, including its site at Antwerp in Belgium.
Additionally, the Swiss-headquartered company intends to increase the ethylene capacity of its cracker facilities at Grangemouth in Scotland and Rafnes in Norway to over 1m tonnes each.
Speaking to Plastics News Europe, an Ineos spokesman said the combined value of the projects was roughly at €2bn.
“These are exciting times for Ineos as we plan to further increase the capacity of our crackers in Europe and at the same time to build an entirely new PDH plant,” said Gerd Franken, CEO Ineos Olefins & Polymers North.
The expansions and new builds are expected to increase Ineos’ self-sufficiency in all key olefin products while supporting its derivative businesses and polymer plants in Europe.
“All our assets will benefit from our capability to import competitive raw materials from the US and the rest of the world,” Franken added.
INEOS currently produces nearly 4.5 million tonnes of ethylene and propylene across Europe, but remains the largest buyer of ethylene and propylene in the region.
With the three projects, however, Ineos expects to “significantly increase” the quantities of its propylene and ethylene production in Europe.
“These projects represent the first substantial investments in the European chemicals industry for many years,” Ineos chairman and CEO Jim Ratcliffe explained.
According to Ratcliffe, the European expansion has been made possible as a result of the company’s $2bn investment in its Dragon Ships last year, which import 800 ktpa of ethane and LPG from the US bringing shale gas economy to Europe.


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Mykmary.com, an online platform which aims to encourage made in Nigeria fashion products has been launched in Nigeria. Mykmary Fashion House is focused on developing an online marketplace for the trading of fashion products that are made in or are from Nigeria.
It’s not news that there are millions of Nigerian fashion designers and makers of fashion products, but only a few have been able to come to the fore. Due to this, many Nigerian have gotten used to purchasing foreign products and services. Not because same are not available in the Nigeria market but because the Nigerian fashion products are not given the necessary publicity.
A lot is being done to promote made-in-Nigeria fashion goods, as foreign products have taken over pushing local manufacturers behind the scene.
Mykmary.com is a platform contributing to this fight by providing local fashion designers and manufacturers an avenue to sell their products, without having to compete for attention with foreign-made fashion brands.
The platform was designed exclusively to allow users buy and sell made-in-Nigeria fashion goods. Categories on the platform includes almost all aspect of fashion.
The online platform helps with payment processing and delivery logistics. Customers can also rate and review the quality of products they have purchased.
The idea of Mykmary Fashion House is laudable and is sure to help strengthen the efforts to make Nigerians embrace locally made fashion goods.
How to become a vendor with Mykmary Fashion House
You must apply to become a vendor with Mykmary.com. Visit www.mykmary.com/vendor-registration/ to apply. Once your application has been reviewed they will respond to you within 24hrs as to how to proceed. They ask for applications to ensure that all products retailed on mykmary.com continue to be of the excellent high-standards that Mykmary Fashion House is known for.


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The year 2022 has begun exceptionally actively for our company. All because of the participation in the World of Concrete and the organization of our webinar. We don't want to slow down, so we are going to the United States again. The goal of our journey is the next edition of SXSW, which will be held from March 13 to 16.
After last year's success at The Big 5 and Gitex Technology Week in Dubai, Railwaymen is going to another event. This time our destination is Las Vegas and the annual World of Concrete trade show. It is a very important event for the construction industry, which has almost 50 years of history. Each year specialists from all over the world come to Las Vegas to discuss the future of the industry.
The construction industry has been booming for some time. This trend will continue for a long time to come, according to expert predictions. For this reason, many companies are opting for digital solutions. This is all to open their business to new opportunities.
The Big 5 is the largest and also one of the most important events for the entire construction industry. The next iteration of the show will take place from September 12 to 15 in Dubai World Trade Centre. It is an excellent opportunity to share knowledge and mutual experiences to enable continuous business development. We are particularly pleased that as Railwaymen we can be part of this event in an exhibitor role.


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Among the new product releases Mercury Racing has slated for the upcoming 2015 Miami International Boat Show in February are Bravo I XS four-blade outboard propellers in half-inch pitch increments. According to Scott Reichow, the Fond Du Lac, Wis., company’s performance propeller manager, Mercury Racing will display 23-1/2-, 25-1/2-, 27-1/2- 29-1/2- and 31-1/2-inch pitch Bravo I XS stainless steel wheels at its booth in the Miami Convention Center. Reichow added that although the props will be officially “unveiled” when the show opens, they have been validated and tested and can be ordered today.
“The new half pitch Bravo I XS owners to fine tune their smaller performance-oriented center consoles and bass boats,” said Reichow. “For example, we’ve run across situations where 29-inch pitch wasn’t quite enough and 30-inch pitch was too much. The new 29-1/2-inch pitch Bravo I XS would be the perfect solution for that particular boat. And, for some applications, the half-inch pitch will offer additional bow lift for enhanced efficiency and to speed. We’re really excited about this latest addition to our popular Bravo I XS propeller family.”
Reichow said demand for new Mercury Racing propellers including CNC five- and six- blade stern drive cleavers, the Bravo I FS, XS, OC & XC families as well as Maximus and Pro Max models is still strong. That demand forced the company to discontinue its customization and repair services for in-field propellers earlier this year, he said, and the company still offers those customization services in-house for new propellers.
“We continue to be extremely busy—even as we enter the “off-season,” said Reichow. “In fact, demand has been so strong that we’ve added propeller technicians this year with plans to add even more in 2015.”
Reichow was quick to emphasize that customers with existing propellers still have a Mercury Racing-approved option for tuning their props, as well as repairing damage to them.
“We certainly haven’t ‘abandoned’ our customers who prefer to customize or repair their existing props,” said Reichow. “Frank & Jimmies Propeller Repair Center in based in Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) is the only authorized Mercury Propeller Dealer focused on repairing and customizing Mercury Racing propellers. They’ve been in the prop repair business for a number of years—and Mercury Marine has been associated with them since 1992—with two locations in the U.S. as well as numerous locations in the Caribbean.”


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By Renée Friedman, PhD
The week in summary:
Welcome to Macro Insights #23. This week markets were on edge as equities and bonds had their worst monthly selloff in over a decade while all eyes remained focused on the US Federal Reserve rate rise decision. Concerns about a slowing economic growth and the ability of the Fed to engineer a “soft” landing, mixed earnings from some big growth companies, the continuing crisis in Ukraine, the potential banning of Russian energy by the EU and the impact it will have on those EU economies growth and inflation prospects, and supply chain problems continuing due to pandemic-related lockdowns in China, have all led to increased market volatility over the past week.
VIX 3 months: source: Refinitiv
On Wednesday the Fed, in a unanimous decision, set its target federal funds rate to a range between 0.75% and 1% with Chairman Jerome Poweel stating that further 50 basis-point hikes were on the table for the next two meetings. The Fed's balance sheet, which soared to about $9 trillion during the COVID-19 pandemic, will be allowed to decline by $47.5 billion per month in June, July and August and the reduction would increase to as much as $95 billion per month in September. According to Refinitiv, interest rate futures continued to reflect bets the Fed will raise its policy rate to the 3%-to-3.25% range by the end of the year. Nominal wage growth has been high over the past few months, particularly for those with wages in the lowest percentiles, with average wage growth at above 5% in Q1 2022. However real wage growth is not keeping up with inflation and this is reflected in recent consumer confidence numbers: the University of Michigan consumer sentiment for the US was revised lower to 65.2 in April from 64 in March while theThe Conference Board consumer confidence index nudged down to a reading of 107.3 in April from a slightly upwardly revised 107.6 in March.The most important concern for investors is whether the tightening in financial conditions will be fast enough to cool the economy enough without causing it to go into recession.
In the UK, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England (BoE) decided to raise rates for a fourth time, from 0.75% to 1.0%. The BoE said most policymakers believed "some degree of further tightening in monetary policy may still be appropriate in the coming months". The vote was 6-3 for the quarter-point rise from 0.75%. The three that voted against the 25bps rise actually called for a bigger increase to 1.25% to stamp out the risk of the inflation surge getting embedded in the economy. This was the BoE's fourth consecutive rate hike since December making it the fastest increase in borrowing costs in 25 years. The BoE said most policymakers believed "some degree of further tightening in monetary policy may still be appropriate in the coming months". It also revised up its forecasts for price growth to show it peaking above 10% in Q4. It said inflation in the UK would peak later than in other big advanced economies due to the cap on household energy tariffs, which jumped up 54% in April and will probably rise a further 40% in October. Real post-tax household disposable income - a measure of living standards - is forecast to fall 1.75% this year. While the bank predicts the U.K. will avoid a technical recession, it said output will collapse by close to 1% in the final quarter of this year. It kept its forecast for economic growth this year at 3.75%, but 2023 annual GDP is expected to shrink by 0.25%. It is only expected to grow 0.25% in 2024. The new forecast also saw wage growth rising 5.75%, and unemployment continuing to drop this year but rising to 5.5% by 2025. The BoE also said it would consider beginning the process of actively selling bonds purchased under quantitative easing, becoming the first major central bank to do so.
In Europe, the situation remains very different to the US. wage growth in Europe is still barely visible but underlying pressures are there as we saw this past week when a large influential trade union, IG Metall, in Europe’s largest economy, Germany, put forth a 8.2% wage rise demand. Many analysts are suggesting that the European Central Bank (ECB) may already have left it too late to stop wage growth feeding into inflation. ECB board member Isabel Schnabel said in an interview with the German newspaper Handelsblatt, “the data are backward-looking and we need to pursue a forward-looking monetary policy so we can’t afford to wait until a wage-price spiral has already set in before responding.” Unemployment is at a record low 6.8% across the EU and employment, at nearly 162 million, is higher than it has ever been. However, structural unemployment, particularly in how it impacts young people, is still an issue in Europe in a way that it isn’t in the US or the UK. However, there is an increasing likelihood that the ECB will be forced to take action. As noted by ECB chief economist Philip Lane on Thursday at a conference at Brussels-based think tank Bruegel, "I think it’s clear that at some point we’re going to be moving rates, not just once, but over time, in a sequence,". He did, however, emphasise that the entire process of normalisation and level of the neutral policy rate is a bigger issue than the date of lift-off.
Energy prices reacted to the European Union proposal to phase out Russian oil this year, a move that could boost demand for natural gas and coal. However, this is dependent on agreement by all 27 EU member states and the East European countries have already said they would find it particularly difficult to adapt in the suggested time frame; the plan, if agreed by member states, would take effect in six months for crude and in eight months for diesel and other oil products. Even if all states agreed to the ban, the EU could find it almost impossible to implement, given Europe's complex distribution network and challenges in tracking crude once it is blended or refined. And OPEC+ agreed on Thursday to maintain its plans for a gradual oil output increase amounting to 432,000 barrels per day in June. In short, no real relief should be expected in energy prices any time soon.
Things to look out for this coming week
- In Europe on Friday there is German industrial production data, Spanish industrial output data, and Italian retail sales data. On Tuesday there is Italian industrial output data. There is also the Eurozone ZEW economic sentiment survey, the German ZEW current situation survey, and the German ZEW Economic sentiment survey. On Wednesday there is German CPI and the German Harmonised Index of Consumer prices. The European Commission will also release its latest economic growth forecast on Wednesday.
- In the US on Friday look out for average hourly earnings, nonfarm payrolls, labour force participation, underemployment rate and unemployment rate data. On Wednesday there is CPI and CPI ex food and energy data as well as EIA crude oil stocks change data. In the US on Thursday is initial and continuing jobless claims data. PPI and PPI ex food and energy.
- In the UK on Tuesday there is the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Like-For-Like Retail Sales data. On Thursday there is GDP data There is also Industrial production and manufacturing production data.
Also on Monday there is Chinese import, export and trade balance data. On Wednesday is the Chinese CPI and PPI. The Chinese central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has been actively trying to support the economy through a series of rate cuts. Since mid-April, the renminbi has fallen sharply against the USD, by about 4%.
Are you still hungry?
Food prices and the cost of farming are going up. According to the International Food Policy Research Institute, recovery of global demand has been a key driver of the surge in international agricultural commodity prices, more so than COVID-related supply chain disruptions. Globally markets have tightened as a result of stronger-than-usual demand for animal feed and agricultural products for industrial use, with demand from China exercising major influence. And, of course, the prices continue to be driven by rising energy prices, rising wages, rising transportation costs, and rising fertiliser prices.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) revealed that food prices reached their highest levels ever in March 2022. The FAO Food Price Index *(FFPI) averaged 159.3 points in March 2022, up 17.9 points (12.6%) from February, making a giant leap to a new highest level since its inception in 1990. The latest increase reflects new all-time highs for vegetable oils, cereals and meat sub-indices, while those of sugar and dairy products also rose significantly.
The World Bank estimates the pandemic has led to an additional 97 million extremely poor people compared to pre-pandemic projections. Higher food prices could drive many to require food aid. The fact is that food-price inflation has a much greater direct impact on people’s lives. It also reflects more complex causes, and addressing it effectively requires a completely different set of strategies than just tightening monetary policy to combat inflation. Policymakers are concerned that increased food prices could create conflict elsewhere. According to a report by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) the main driver pushing 139 million people in 24 countries/territories into acute food insecurity is ongoing conflict followed by weather extremes, and economic shocks mainly due to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
And, although this may seem more of a problem for developing and emerging economies, the effects are being felt in Europe and the UK too. Agricultural commodity markets are suffering the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, notably in the price rise of fertilisers and the possible shortages on the cereal markets. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday the problem of global food security could not be solved without restoring Ukrainian agricultural production and Russian food and fertiliser output to the world market. Given that the Russian-Ukrainian crisis does not look like it will be resolved any time soon, what does that mean for consumers, farmers, food production and distribution companies, and for commodity markets overall?
It means that we could see governments imposing new trade restrictions, as is already happening in the cases of Russia (wheat), Argentina (beef), Indonesia (palm oil) and China (fertilisers) with the consequent effect that these commodities prices will remain high on global markets, reduce the margins of food production and distribution companies, and heighten geopolitical tensions. It also means that governments may be more tempted to step in and provide direct subsidies or other support. The EU (and US) have been increasing their own domestic agricultural subsidies; in the case of the EU the increase is reflected in a support package agreed in March of €500 million for farmers most affected by higher input costs and the closure of export markets (EU countries can complement this support up to 200% with national funds). The EU has also (temporarily) granted farms the right to produce t crops on land set aside within the EU, while maintaining full greening payments for farmers. This will affect the biodiversity goals set forth in the EU’s Green deal and thus set the EU up for an internal struggle over the next few years. It may also affect the development of biofuel production in the EU, which would, inadvertently, keep the EU more dependent on imported energy sources. So the (relatively) rich governments of the EU, may face the same situation as many poor people, heat or eat?
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Disney and McDonald’s Are Teaming Up To Offer Happy Meal Toys Once Again
After more than a decade, McDonald’s and Disney will once again team up on Happy Meal toys. The newly announced collaboration follows the Golden Arches’ recent decision to scrap cheeseburgers as a part of its kids’ menu offerings. The last time either megabrand worked together was back in 2006, after Disney officially passed on renewing a 10-year-deal allowing McDonald’s to offer Happy Meal buyers Disney-licensed toys. The split was a result of Disney’s decision to associate both its characters and its brands with more nutritionally balanced foods as it became the first major media company to establish nutrition guidelines.
Disney claimed that its then-new standards, developed using experts and science-based resources, were meant to align with the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The company used three criteria to assess food items: does the food contribute to a nutritious diet, encourage kid appropriate portions, and limit nutrients to avoid, including sodium, sugar, saturated fat, and trans fat. This was at one point accompanied by a “Mickey Check,” or a visual tool placed on all Disney-licensed food products that were being sold at retail. The check could also be found on certain Disney.com and Family.com recipes, as well as at various locations throughout both the Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts. The standards have since been updated to offer guidelines for several countries.
As a result of the new multiyear deal between McDonald’s and Disney, Happy Meal purchasers can expect to see toys based on Disney live action, Pixar Animation, Marvel Studios, and Lucasfilm properties. Ad Age confirms that two properties will “kick off” the new collaboration: this year’s Incredibles 2 and Wreck-It Ralph 2. The non-exclusive deal could also see movie promotions in ways that go beyond toys such as space on the restaurant’s digital menu boards and within the McDonald’s app.
McDonald’s evolution towards healthier Happy Meal options started as far back in 2011 when apple slices were added to the kid’s menu. In 2013, soft drinks were pulled off of McDonald’s Happy Meal menu board, followed up last year by the addition of Honest Kids organic apple juice drink. Beyond this month’s reveal that McDonald’s was removing the cheeseburger option, a Happy Meal staple since the kids’ menu option was introduced back in 1979, the franchise also announced that all Happy Meal combinations would begin totaling 600 calories or less in June.


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“Chpwn” — a young developer of apps for jailbroken iPhones — says I’m wrong that Apple is not fighting jailbreaking:
If that was actually how Apple felt, they would not block
downgrading to 4.0.1. They would continue to sign the SHSH hashes
required for a downgrade. Their SHSH system — which prevents any
unapproved firmware installation — is direct proof that they are
strongly against jailbreaking. There is not other benefit to the
server-side firmware signing mechanism they are using except
preventing us from freeing our phones. […]
I also want to point out that a jailbroken 4.0.1 with saurik’s
PDF fix is no less secure than 4.0.2 from Apple.
It’s not about jailbreaking. It’s about security and support. Once 4.0.2 was released, it became the only supported version of iOS 4. Apple isn’t going to support downgrading to an older version of the OS with known security vulnerabilities. And they’re certainly not going to support or trust a fix for the vulnerability from a jailbreak developer.
Put another way: I know that many App Store developers wish that Apple were “fighting jailbreaking”, because App Store piracy depends upon it.
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Friday, February 20, 2015
By Kriti Gupta
Hyderabad International Auto Show 2015: Starts in Hyderabad from today
Hyderabad the city of Charminar once again witnessed the organization of mega event the Hyderabad International Auto Show – 2015 (HIAS). Alike Indian Auto Expo HIAS offers the residents of Hyderabad witness the launch and unveil of latest cars and two wheelers in front of their eyes. Organized under the auspice of Vista Entertainments the three day event will continue till February 22, 2015.
The major four and two wheeler manufacturers which will display their vehicles during the show are TOYOTA, MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LIMITED, HYUNDAI MOTORS INDIA LIMITED, NISSAN MOTORS, GENERAL MOTORS, TATA MOTORS, HONDA CARS INDIA LIMITED, JAGUAR, HONDA BIKES, YAMAHA, ENFIELD, TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES, YAMAHA, ENFIELD, HARLEY DAVIDSON AND BENTLEY.


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Young innovators Ammar al-Rawahen and Sanan al-Said found a creative way to promote Jordanian culture: sell hand-knitted, traditional socks in recycled bean cans.
The two students offer socks with designs inspired from daily Jordanian life such as drawings of gas tanks Jordanians use for cooking or famous Jordanian dishes and sweets such as cotton candy.
Expressions like "Peace" and "Love" are included, as well as “Tea?” — an everyday reference to one of the traditions of the Middle East.
The two students launched the initiative in June 2019 in an attempt to promote Jordanian heritage abroad by selling local products that would be attractive to tourists.
Rawahen, who graduated in marketing from the University of Jordan, said he came across souvenir socks during his trip to Lithuania in 2018. Meanwhile, Said had seen the same thing in Italy. “We saw that many tourists bought socks as souvenirs from the country. We decided to bring the same idea to Jordan by designing cotton socks that would reflect Jordan’s popular culture and its heritage. So we came up with the idea of The Good Socks,” he said.
The two young men also wanted an attractive package in which to place their new product, so they designed containers from recycled bean cans with the hope this would also draw attention to poverty — with the reference being to those who can put little, including cheap beans, on the table. Rawahen and Said announced that part of the profits from each item sold would go to feeding the poor in cooperation with Tkiyet Um Ali, a charity fighting hunger in Jordan.
“We are trying to help those in need by donating part of the profits made from the sales of the socks. The cans are gathered from factories, then recycled and designed. This is also a message about the importance of recycling," Rawahen told Al-Monitor.
They also involve local women in designing the drawings. “Women from the Jerash Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan — informally known as the Gaza Camp because all of its residents are from the Strip — participated in designing the socks,” he said.
The women knit socks that reflect both Jordanian and Palestinian designs. The Palestinian heritage is reflected in the red and black checkered prints used on some of the socks, with the same prints on these socks’ cans.
“The importance of refugee women from Gaza designing the work is to remind the consumer that the product is helping donate food to the poor. Every can sold supports the local community,” Said told Al-Monitor.
The two men display their products through social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram and use international cargo services. “Both foreigners and locals are buying The Good Socks. We did not expect this popularity,” Said admitted.
The socks are priced between $8 and $14.
Director-general of Tkiyet Um Ali Samer Balkar told Al-Monitor he was happy with the social responsibility project. “Under our agreement, The Good Socks donates a percentage of its sales to support the families of Tkiyet Um Ali. Our aim is to free Jordan from hunger. We provide monthly food packages to 30,000 families living below the poverty line. The total number of individuals with no food security in the kingdom is 150,000,” Balkar said.


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The Dayton region is in the midst of alcohol boom. More than a dozen new breweries have opened or are in the process of opening. But the region also is seeing more potent businesses opening, with several new distilleries making vodka, whiskey and other spirits.
And based on demand for liquor, they are positioned to thrive.
U.S. vodka sales jumped 4 percent in the past year, according to IRI, a Chicago-based market research firm.
And U.S. whiskey sales climbed 12 percent in the same period.
The Dayton region has had several distilleries, most notably Buckeye Vodka, which opened in downtown Dayton several years back. It has since upped production and expanded its sales into other states.
Recently Flat Rocks Distillery opened in Fairborn.
The next distillery to open will be Belle of Dayton distillery at 122 Van Buren St. in the Oregon District. The distillery held its first tour and tasting late last month.
Its first product will be a small-batch vodka, but the distillery also will produce rum, bourbon barrel-aged rum and four-grain, white corn bourbon.
These places not only employ local workers, they also give the region name recognition, not to mention interesting places for locals or outsiders to visit.
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Students at BYU-Idaho will begin testing an NFC microSD solution from Rfinity in September.
Students equipped with the Rfinity microSD solution will initially be able to use their phones to make purchases at the campus bookshop. Plans then call for the project to be expanded from January 2010 to include up to 1,000 participants and additional functions, including peer-to-peer transactions and others that will be developed by Brigham Young students.
Rfinity was founded by two ex-US Department of Energy mobile security experts, Aaron Turner and Steve McCown, who worked together at the DoE’s Idaho National Labs on analysing mobile phone security vulnerabilities — and which led the pair to investigate ways of enabling mobile phones to securely handle mobile payments. Backers include Gideon Yu, former CFO of both Facebook and YouTube, and Rajiv Dutta, former president of eBay Marketplaces and an EVP of eBay Inc.
The core of Rfinity’s technology rests, as the founders’ backgrounds might suggest, with its encryption technology, rather than with the microSD card itself. This enables a secure one-time token to be generated each time a transaction takes place and ensures that a user’s credit card details never need to be transmitted, even in an encrypted form.
Although the company has a patent for its microSD-based solution, the token technology could equally well also be built into the secure element of an NFC phone, Steve McCown, Rfinity’s CTO, told NFCW.
In fact, the company’s ultimate goal is to become what McCown describes as a ‘Mobile Open Encryption Platform’, an underlying combined hardware and software encryption technology that other companies could use as a platform on which to build their own solutions.
One reason for the choice of a microSD solution comes from the founders’ experiences at the DoE, McCown explained. Given his knowledge of cellphone vulnerabilities, he says, the idea of a SIM-based NFC system in which the mobile operator is in control is not one that fills him with confidence. “Here in the States, the telco always seems to get my bill wrong,” he told NFCW. “So there’s an access control issue that I’m not entirely comfortable with.”
The Brigham Young University field trial will be “the first public shakedown of the technology,” says McCown, giving Rfinity the opportunity to tweak the technology based on feedback from the trial, ahead of a planned commercial launch in mid-2010.


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Twitter reportedly plans to embed customers' tweets alongside advertisements
The brand new platform, a “model fanatic gallery”, will home model-associated tweets for corporations to select from. Twitter will apparently get in contact with anybody who tweets one thing that a model likes, and ask for permission to repost it. Engadget’s sources have confirmed that the gallery software is already being examined. Velocity and ease are apparently two of the factors Twitter is trying to promote. As Digiday reviews, advertisers are already utilizing celebrities and Twitter customers with substantial followings to advertise merchandise inside Twitter. These are often dealt with by third-social gathering businesses, but when the brand new device occur, it might pull a few of the promoting energy again to Twitter — and away from Huge On Social Media stars.


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A Cheeto that bears a resemblance to slain gorilla Harambe has sold for nearly USD$100,000 (3.5 million baht) on eBay.
Bidding on the cheese snack the seller said he found in a bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos began at $11.99 on Jan. 28. It ended early Tuesday morning with a winning bid of $99,900. The listing showed a picture of the Cheeto side-by-side with a gorilla climbing a tree.
Harambe has become fodder for internet jokes since his death last May. He was shot dead by handlers at the Cincinnati Zoo after dragging a small boy who had gotten into his enclosure.
Sadly shipping to Thailand was not available for the auction.
Harambe Lives: Killed Zoo Gorilla Gets a Second Life Online
Director: Zoo Safe Despite Shooting of Gorilla to Save Boy (Photos)
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More evidence to suggest that fortified drinks could contribute to aiding dietary deficiencies in developing countries emerged this week when a US scientist reported that a cheap, fortified, orange-flavoured drink could reduce deficiencies in micronutrients such as iron, iodine and vitamin A.
The researcher, a Cornell University physician and nutritionist, claims that a recently formulated dietary supplement could ease the "hidden hunger" that affects more than 2 billion people worldwide and particularly affects pregnant and nursing mothers and young children.
Studies by Michael C. Latham, professor of international nutrition at Cornell, and his research team three years ago showed that the drink improves the health, nutritional status and physical growth of children in the developing world.
His latest research shows that the drink can also influence the nutrition and the health of pregnant and lactating mothers and their infants, reducing the risk of disability, ill health and, consequently, low productivity.
In a study carried out last year and reported on this month, Latham tested the specially formulated supplement, manufactured by Procter & Gamble and led by food scientist Haile Mehansho, on 439 pregnant Tanzanian women, some of whom continued to be monitored after giving birth.
At the Micronutrient Colloquium, which Latham chaired, in Cincinnati on 10-11 October, he reported that the supplement significantly improved the iron and vitamin A status of the women, compared with a control group of those who did not consume the fortified drink. The risk of anaemia dropped by 51 per cent in pregnant women who consumed the drink.
"A simple powdered drink, which is very well liked and taken regularly when available, is convenient, simple to use and could be easily manufactured locally and widely distributed," said Latham, previously director of Cornell's Programme in International Nutrition for 25 years.
"What started as an important but relatively small study in Tanzania a few years ago has mushroomed into trials in the Philippines and Bangladesh and the successful marketing of the product in Venezuela (under the brand name Nutri Star), which is likely to be expanded in Latin America," Latham added.
The drink is made by mixing about two tablespoons of a powder fortified with 11 vitamins and minerals in a glass of water. It supplies 30 per cent to 120 per cent of the US recommended dietary allowances for 11 nutrients. Specifically, the fortified orange-flavoured powder contains iron, zinc, iodine, vitamins A, C and E, folic acid, niacin, thiamin, riboflavin and pyrodoxine.
Latham noted that about two-thirds of pregnant women in the developing world suffer from anaemia, and many do not take iron pills regularly. In addition, many infants in developing countries are at risk for vitamin A deficiency.
It was found that the breast milk of new mothers in the Tanzanian test group consuming the fortified supplement showed improved vitamin A levels in their breast milk compared with the control group.
Although more research is required to investigate this formulation drink, early findings suggest that this cheap orange drink could have a very real effect on the physical make-up of people of the developing world.


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Today, FireFin Poke Shop—the chain from the company behind Furious Spoon ramen and the upcoming Lakeview food hall—quietly opened its fourth location, this time inside the Ogilvie Transportation Center in the West Loop. Sushi bowls should be convenient for Metra commuters looking to liven up their routines. The opening shows that Chicagoans have yet to see the apex of poke popularity with raw fish bowls appearing on more menus.
The first FireFin opened a little more than a year ago in the Loop, and chef Rodelio Aglibot has since come up with new items to expand his offerings. However, the Ogilvie location is smaller than the previous three and due to the limited space, the menu will also be limited. The menu include nine preset poke bowl combos. Customers can customize their bowls, too.
FireFin has announced upcoming locations in Fulton Market and Lakeview. A rep said the company is planning even more in the future. For now, commuters traveling from the suburbs can bring home a fresh catch. FireFin Poke Shop is open inside the Ogilvie Transportation Center.
FireFin Poke Shop, Ogilvie Transportation Center at 500 W. Madison Ave., (312) 207-2007, open 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays.


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The fourth-generation iPad is the most powerful tablet Apple has shipped to date, providing screaming fast performance and graphics in the same 9.7-inch package.
Apple announced on Monday that it sold 3 million iPad minis and fourth-generation iPads in the devices' first weekend of availability.
Wreck-It Ralph may draw heavy inspiration from video games, but it's not the first movie to do so. Our staff looks at the hits and misses -- mostly misses -- of when games jump from consoles and handhelds to the big screen.
Apple on Thursday released the iOS 6.0.1, the first update to the latest version of its mobile operating system. The release patches a handful of bugs and makes a few other improvements.
Apple has delayed the release of the next major update to iTunes, which is now expected before the end of November.
Jason Snell and Dan Moren spent time with Apple's iPad mini Tuesday. Here is their hands-on report.
Apple will hold a press briefing on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 10 a.m. PT. Jason Snell and Dan Moren will be on hand as the company unveils its latest creation.
It's pretty much a done deal that Apple will unveil a new, smaller iPad at Tuesday's event. Senior writer Lex Friedman and senior editor Dan Moren have a dialogue about what that device might look like, how Apple might position it, and who might want it.
Apple's planning to show us a little more of what's up its sleeves at a media event on October 23 in San Jose.
Starbucks has rolled out a promised update to its iOS app which allows you to add your stored-value card to Apple's new Passbook app.
Astronut is one of many games set in space, but this arcade-style sort-of platformer stands out for its cool physics and great design.
Dan Moren is in the studio to chat with us about Diaspora, audio books, sock puppets, and mother#&$n pie.
Ready for a new iPhone? Apple will hold a press event at 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday, Sept. 12, and we'll be on hand to cover everything Tim Cook and company have planned.
Need to access a command-line interface via your iPhone or iPad? Prompt is here to give you a helping hand.
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General News of Saturday, 30 December 2017
A Ghanaian based American man known as Muguyalo, is calling on the Food and Drug Board Authority, (FDA) to as a matter of urgency to check the influx of fake Choco milo on the Ghanaian market.
Muguyalo in a video made available to ghanacrusader.com, is pleading with the FDA to as a matter of urgency, alert the public on the influx of the fake product known as Romeo & Juliet.
According to him, the fake Romeo product was just like a detergent and see no reason why Ghanaians should become victims of consuming that.
Muguyalo who is seen in an Adidas jacket, in the video, indicated that, with the high chemicals in the Romeo & Juliet Choco milo, consumers are likely to die as soon as they take it.
He said, “You cannot even give birth, if you don’t take care, this is poison they have brought to Ghana.”
According to him, the product is produced by some Chinese tricksters who shipped it to the Ghanaian market.
“I bought the product in Kumasi market, and this is food poison and I don’t think authorities at Tema Harbour are doing their work well.”
“This is sickness, please save life, burn all the products shipped to Ghana. This is Dettol.”
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Source: Press TV
As concerns grow about a slowdown in the global economy, fears of the depreciating dollar value have led to an unprecedented increase in gold price.
The price of gold crossed the $1,900 per ounce mark for the first time, the state-run BBC reported Tuesday.
The price of the precious metal rose by one percent to $1,911.46 an ounce in early Asian trade.
Fears of a meltdown in US economy as well as an economic crisis in Europe have increased the demand for gold in global markets, leading to a rise in the price of gold.
This comes as analysts say that the price of the yellow metal could further increase.
They say that demand for gold has been increasing based on speculation that the US Federal Reserve may inject more fiat money into the market in an effort to boost the country's economy.
They say that a new stimulus injection of liquidity into the market means that the United States will have to print more money and that the US dollar will further weaken.
"The underlying driver of gold prices is the depreciating US dollar value," Colin Whitehead of Fat Prophets told the state-run BBC.
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Which is the best and worst smartphone?
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Zippo is the biggest and most popular smartphone maker in the world.
Now it’s offering a lighter version of its famous lighter, the Supreme Zipp.
The new lighter, called the Zipplite, is available in four colors and comes in the new Zipp series of light and dark, but is also the first Zipp smartphone to have an integrated headphone jack.
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The Zipp Lite is available for £39.99 (around $47.00), which makes it the most affordable smartphone on the market.
It’s powered by a Snapdragon 821 chipset, the same one used in the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus.
The Zips flagship is powered by Android 7.1.1 Nougat, a brand new operating system from Google.
It features Google Assistant, which has been revamped in Android 6.0 Marshmallow to include Google Now.
The phone’s fingerprint sensor also has a fingerprint scanner, which is a big deal, as it allows you to unlock the device with just a swipe.
The company says the Zips smartphone is also waterproof, which means you can put it under the sea and still get it to charge.
The smartphone comes in three colors, but you can choose between a light blue, navy blue or rose gold.
Check out the full specs below.
The Samsung Galaxy Zipp has a 5.2-inch 1080p AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.
It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, a f/1.8 aperture and an 8-megapixels front-facing camera.
The device has 3GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 64GB of expandable storage and a 3000mAh battery.
There’s also a microSD slot that can hold up to 64GB cards.
It comes with a 1.3-megabyte RAM and a 2,000mAh battery, which Samsung says is enough for a full day of usage.
The iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 Plus, and Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus also have fingerprint sensors.
The Galaxy Zips battery is 3000mAh and the iPhone 7 and S9 are 3000mAh.
Zipp said the new device will be available in May.


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BURLINGTON, Vt. –
Vermont’s economy may not be improving as fast as we think according to a new metric developed at the University of Vermont.
The Genuine Progress Indicator or GPI takes into account social and environmental factors of our economic growth. It places a monetary value on how what we buy impacts our lives and our environment. Traditional indicators– like Gross State Product– only measure economic transactions.
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After a while, all of the lists of greatest Super Bowl commercials start to look the same — the Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird "nothin' but net" ad, Apple's 1984 spot, etc. At least CBS is doing something (slightly) different this year. A while back, the network ran a competition where people could vote for their favorite ad. Tonight, they'll reveal the winner during "Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials 2007."
Viewers then can head online to decide whether it beats the classic Mean Joe Greene Coke ad, which has been voted the best for several years running. Voting starts at 9:30 p.m. Eastern, and you can get a jump on things by watching the potential winners. To see the ad they're all up against (warning: grainy 1970s video ahead!),


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Disturbing pictures of an injured kindergartner from Pascagoula have made a mother's call for action go viral online.More >>
Disturbing pictures of an injured kindergartner from Pascagoula have made a mother's call for action go viral online. Friends and family of a Pascagoula kindergarten student have created a Facebook page and GoFundMe.com account claiming the girl was attacked on the playground this week by another student.More >>
The Ohio Attorney General is suing a Monroe, Michigan car dealership for circulating what he calls "deceptive advertisements."
Attorney General Mike DeWine's office announced the lawsuit Friday, saying the Monroe Dodge Chrysler Jeep Superstore violated Ohio's Consumer Sales Practices Act by advertising prices for which not all consumers qualified, failing to disclose all required terms, and failing to clearly disclose important exclusions or conditions of a sale.
DeWine says the dealership is still subject to Ohio laws, even though it is located in Michigan.
"Businesses that advertise to Ohio consumers must follow Ohio's rules," said DeWine. "Otherwise, it's not fair to consumers or to businesses that do follow the rules. The office has worked with this dealership on many occasions to address advertising violations, but the problems continue to resurface."
The lawsuit seeks an injunction to stop further violations, reimbursement for any affected consumers, and civil penalties, DeWine's office said. DeWine's office says it has entered into agreements with the dealership to stop the deceptive advertisements in the past, but that the ads continued.
The Ohio Attorney General's Office provides a publication titled "Guidelines for Motor Vehicle Advertising," to help car dealerships avoid lawsuits like this. Download it here.
If you think you've been treated unfairly or deceived by a car dealership or other advertiser, call the Attorney General's Office at 1-800-282-0515.


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Synergy uncertain of carbon tax impact on bills
Western Australia's biggest energy retailer says it is too soon to say what impact the carbon tax will have on customer's power bills.
Synergy also says it is too early to tell how its green energy incentives for customers will be affected by the tax.
The electricity retailer offers customers a range of green options, aimed at reducing or offsetting carbon emissions.
Under the scheme, customers can opt to pay extra for renewably sourced energy or for carbon emission offsets.
A spokeswoman from Synergy said the carbon tax could affect the initiative but the company will need to see the details before it can make an assessment.


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Business Ins & Outs: Streets Market, Dig, Ever/Body, Fangyan
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A well-stocked grocery store opened in the former 7-Eleven space at the northwest corner of P and 27th Streets on Friday afternoon, April 21. It is the seventh Streets Market store in Washington, D.C.
“I was elated the moment I walked into the new Streets Market,” educator and former advisory neighborhood commissioner Monica Roaché told The Georgetowner, reflecting the sentiment of many of her neighbors. “It is an attractive, well-designed market full of all of my favorite cooking ingredients. I’m so appreciative that Streets management met with neighbors to hear what we would love to see in their market. Welcome to the neighborhood!”
Working with neighbors and the incoming business, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Gwendolyn Lohse (ANC 2E06) organized an April 4 meeting that Streets held with residents before the opening to hear their concerns on such day-to-day problems as trash removal and rodent control — as well as potential traffic dangers of having the front door on the corner of the store, as with the previous business. On hand for the cordial get-together at Apero’s across the street were Campbell Burns, vice president of Streets Market, along with Jessamine Lee and Dania Escalante of the company, who also took notes on neighbors’ favorite foods they’d like to see at the market.
Streets will also sell beer and wine, when its ABC license is approved.
In: Dig, in This Week
Dig is set to open later this week. Long awaited at the old Paolo’s side space (once a Little Tavern hamburger joint) at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and N Street NW, Dig is on a mission of mindful sourcing for its ingredients — with bowls of salads or main dishes of chicken or meatballs with names like the Autumn Harvest or Lime Leaf Salmon. Adam Eskin opened the first Dig Inn restaurant in New York City in 2011. Among Dig’s investors is restaurateur Danny Meyer.
On Thursday, April 27, the Citizens Association of Georgetown will host a Dig Early Access Preview Mixer, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at 1301 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
In: Ever/Body in May
Ever/Body — “a pioneer of a first-of-its-kind approach to cosmetic dermatology that combines an unparalleled industry standard of medical expertise with a convenient and modern client experience,” the business tells us — is set to open at 1242 Wisconsin Ave. NW next month.
“Ever/Body offers a unique approach to cosmetic dermatology by combining the highest level of medical expertise, and individualized treatment plans with an unparalleled level of client service. Ever/Body has a proprietary education program which ensures that our Providers can personalize the treatments for all ages, skin tones, body types, and gender,” said Amy Shecter, CEO of Ever/Body.
In: Fangyan in June
Fangyan is coming to 1057 Wisconsin Ave. NW in the ground floor space which once held the AT&T store. The clothing store will feature collections from more than 15 Asian designers and labels such as Mukzin, ZI II CI IEN and Fansilanen, in addition to its own brand of silk, wool and cashmere styles including, outerwear, swimwear, dresses and more.
“Currently, Fangyan is targeting a June 3 opening,” a company spokesperson told The Georgetowner.
Moving: Say Cheese!
The 2900 M project has forced the neighborhood favorite Say Cheese! at 1132 29th St. NW to move out because of major reconstruction that will begin at the southern side of the 2900 block of M Street NW. Business owner Suzy Nabil is seeking a new place for serving her grilled cheese sandwiches, salads and soups. Nearby stores will be emptying soon — including Ike Behar. Nabil is looking to move to Prospect Street, she says, but is still uncertain.
Out: Olive Oil Co.
Owners Emil and Hristina Merdzhanov — owners of the Georgetown Olive Oil Co. with its rows of bottles of extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar — have shuttered their store at 2910 M St. NW, having moved five years ago from 1524 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The 2900 M project forced the move.


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) A bill to regulate social media platforms such as Facebook and address foreign interference in local elections on social media will become law in Maryland without Gov. Larry Hogan”s signature, the governor said Friday, citing “serious constitutional concerns” relating to the First Amendment.
Maryland officials who support the measure have called it a first-of-its kind law in the country for its expansiveness and the powers it provides the Maryland State Board of Elections to investigate social media ads. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, signed a similar measure to bring transparency to online political ads into law last month.
Maryland lawmakers passed the bill in April in the aftermath of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race. Hogan, a Republican, wrote that the Maryland measure seeks to achieve “a number of laudable goals” he strongly supports. They include modernizing state election laws to regulate electronic communication on the internet and requiring additional disclosure and transparency for those advertising on social media platforms. But Hogan said the bill raises constitutional concerns, because it will force news media websites to publish ad purchases.
Hogan noted opposition from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association, which says forcing media organizations to publish violates the First Amendment. The governor also wrote that the press association representing the state”s daily newspapers asked him to veto the bill.
“The free press is a cornerstone of our republic, and the press corps” concern that this legislation would compel speech by news outlets is a precedent I am deeply concerned about establishing,” Hogan said.
The bill is similar in some respects to one introduced in Congress that would require digital platforms with at least 50 million monthly visitors to maintain a public file of advertisers who spend more than $500 in ads on the platform. But the Maryland measure goes much further, because it would apply to digital platforms with 100,000 monthly visitors. Maryland does not have a monetary threshold, though the law would only apply to platforms that reach more than 500 people.
Rebecca Snyder, executive director of the press association, said the organization remains concerned that the law is unconstitutional. She said she has heard from some members of the association mention a potential legal challenge.
“I do not know if that will happen, but it has been raised,” Snyder said, adding that the lower monthly visitor threshold “reaches down very deep” in terms of how many websites will be affected.
The law requires platforms to create a public database identifying ad purchasers within 48 hours of purchase. Online platforms would need to retain digital copies of the ads.
Sen. Craig Zucker, a Montgomery County Democrat who was one of the bill”s sponsors, said the measure basically extends disclosure rules now applying to political ads for radio, television and print to social media.
The law, which will take effect July 1, also will prohibit the use of foreign currencies in buying ads in Maryland elections. It creates a regulatory structure at the Maryland State Board of Elections to regulate and investigate complaints about online advertising or voter suppression. If the board finds ads may have been purchased by a foreign entity prohibited from buying them, the board will have powers to seek the removal of the ads from the platform.
Facebook supported the measure.
“We believe this bill will be a national model for the other 49 states to follow,” Will Castleberry, Facebook”s vice president of state and local policy, said last month.
This story has been corrected to show that a New York measure was signed into law last month.


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Motorola has announced pre-orders for its foldable Moto Razr (2019) phone are being held back slightly, amid high demand for the reborn clamshell handset.
The company said the originally-planned pre-sale date of December 26 has been pulled, as Motorola seeks to ensure more fans have the opportunity to buy the phone.
Moto has reassured customers that there are no technical faults with the phone, such as those which caused months of delays for the rival Samsung Galaxy Fold. The company says it doesn’t anticipate a large change from plans to release the phone on January 9.
In a statement (via The Verge), the company wrote: “Since its announcement in November, the new Motorola Razr has received unparalleled excitement and interest from consumers. Demand has been high, and as a result, has quickly outgrown supply predictions.
“Motorola has decided to adjust Razr’s pre-sale and launch timing to better meet consumer demand. We are working to determine the appropriate quantity and schedule to ensure that more consumers have access to Razr at launch.
“We do not anticipate a significant shift from our original availability timeline.”
Announced in November, the clamshell phone features a 2.7-inch, 800 x 600 external display (aspect ratio 4:3) and an internal 6.2-inch, 2142 x 876 OLED display (aspect ratio 21:9). It folds horizontally across the centre.
The idea here is to interact with and respond to incoming notifications via the smaller Quick View display. You can even take selfies with the phone closed. For everything else, you can flip open the clamshell and reveal the full Android 9 Pie UI on the Flex View display, in order to interact with the smartphone as you normally would.
in the UK, the Moto Razr is an EE exclusive, but we don’t have a solid release date for the handset yet – but you can register your interest here. The US the pre-order price is $1,499 (which is approximately £1165).


text: The New Mahindra Thar has garnered a strong demand since its launch in October. The reports have indicated that the new off-roader's waiting period is the highest at 10 months. The company has also decided to further ramp-up its production to cater to its customers' needs.The SUV received over 15,000 bookings in just 18 days post-launch, and the number crossed the 20,000 mark in October 2020. Hyundai's Creta was one of the top-selling SUVs in India in February. The company sold nearly 12,500 units in February with a year-on-year growth of 1675%. Media reports indicated that for the lower variants, like the base E trim, the waiting period is as high as 9 months, whereas, for other variants, the waiting period is around 3 months. The recently launched Maruti Ertiga is one of the best selling multi-purpose vehicles in the Indian market. While Maruti saw tepid sales growth in February, the company sold nearly A total of 10000 units of the Ertiga in February 2021.The waiting period for Maruti Ertiga is reaching up to 8 months for select variants in a few cities across India. Nissan launched its Magnite last year in December in the Indian market. The car has received quite an overwhelming response from the buyers.Reports suggest that the waiting period for Nissan’s Magnite currently stretches up to 7 months for certain variants in the country. Kia Motors India saw an unprecedented demand for its SUV Sonet since its launch in September. The car priced at around ₹6.7 lakh saw demand for nearly 38,000 units in just 4 months of its launch till December.The demand continues to swell in the Indian market and the waiting period for Kia Sonet stretches up to 5 months.


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The appeal of print: Why millennial and GenZ bloggers demanded tear sheets of their blog promotions, and four other new and immutable print attributes driving its resilience.
(This article originally appeared in fourth quarter 2021 edition of"Print & More", the German-language publication of the German magazine association.)
By John Wilpers
Katahdin Media Management
What appeal could print media possibly have for digital natives like millennials and Gen Zers?
A lot, as it turns out.
For example, BostonNOW made media news (the NYTimes, National Public Radio) when its editor convinced 4,000 bloggers, mostly millennials, to host their blogs on their website. Whenever the editors saw a great post, they promoted it in the print edition with a headline, an excerpt, and a QR code to the full post.
The next morning, the newspaper got calls from those digital native authors begging for tear sheets from the print paper. The editors would suggest that they print out a PDF. “NO!” they’d indignantly reply. “I want the real version to send to my mother and post on the refrigerator and put in my scrapbook.”
Wait! What? Why?
“One of the appeals of print is permanence, having a touchstone that is real, tangible, and credible, a physical proof of achievement and value,” said Ruud van den Berg, Senior Vice President Sales, UPM Communication Papers.
That newspaper was victim of the global 2007 recession. But at the time, the number of bloggers on the site and in the paper was actually growing in leaps and bounds, and the young bloggers’ deep desire for “real” evidence of their achievement was timeless.
And that’s just one example of how the immutable print qualities resonate with every generation.
Print has also begun resonating, especially with the young, for reasons we didn’t see coming as recently as two or three years ago.
Everyone knew paper was recyclable, but few knew about the negative environmental impact of digital publishing. Journalists used to be accused of working in a polluting industry but today people are coming to understand the damage digital does.
For example, according to a recent study, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector accounted for 3–3.6% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. That’s more than the fuel emissions for all air travel in 2019 (2.5%).
Meanwhile, paper companies like UPM are contributing to the protection of the environment, not its destruction. “Paper is a renewable material and can be recycled efficiently,” said van den Berg. “Products are sustainable over their entire lifecycle, from forest to recycling. The wood raw material is sourced from sustainably managed forests and the production process complies with the occupational health and product safety requirements, and minimises impact, waste and consumption of water and energy.”
Consider safety and privacy.
Print readers do not have to worry about invasions of privacy, data theft, pop-up screens, spam, power outages, viruses, trust issues, obnoxious interruptions, and too much screen time.
Consider digital burnout.
Since the pandemic hit, we have been tied to our digital screens for hours a day. Our tolerance for more digital in our lives, especially after work, is very low.
Print lets people disconnect from tech. “Print is more than just an alternative to digital; it’s an antidote, a calming experience, an escape, a relief,” said van den Berg.
Consider, too, the double appeal of luxury.
First, niche luxury magazines about high-end fashion, home decor, lifestyle, and other topics are experiencing a renaissance. “But also consider the luxury experience of a highly produced print product,” said van den Berg. “The elegance of the photo spreads, the feel of the high-quality paper, the statement such a magazine makes on a coffee table.”
This is not theoretical happy talk. Print subscriptions and cover prices are on the rise. Print subscriptions have risen 25-30% during the pandemic, according to Samir Husni, a Mississippi University Journalism School professor and self-titled “Mr. Magazine”.
“Although uptake in digital magazine subscriptions has risen, interest in print subscriptions has risen by at least twice as much as digital since the start of lockdown,” said Carola York, VP/Publishing at marketing company Jellyfish.
Media preferences swing like pendulums. “Print was declared dead not so long ago,” said van den Berg. “Today it is a robust tool for publishers in their diverse portfolio of platforms for delivering high-quality content and advertising.”
Welcome back to the future.


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CES, a week-long journey with an overload of electronics, and a lack of sleep. For those that aren't too familiar this is the largest event around, the Consumer Electronics Show 2012! For everyone waiting to see the next great Tegra 3 quad-core powered tablet and everything else CES has to offer don't worry, our entire team is here live to capture it all.
seen shelves overseas, the US has been ready for it since its initial launch. It seems that time is coming near, because over at CES we've spotted an AT&T branded Galaxy Note poster! It was laying on its side behind a counter, but we've managed to get a sneak shot of it while passing by.
CES Toshiba aims to change that. The Toshiba AT200 (Excite) we've seen plenty of in the past is set to make a big splash this year, coming in as one of the thinnest Android tablets on the street. We are now seeing pictures of a new budget 7" tablet that could be roaming the CES halls.


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Dollar Shave Club Starts Selling Wipes, Aims to Become Number One in Number Two
Dollar Shave Club set out to be number one in shaving, now they want to be number one in how you wipe your butt.
Last year startup Dollar Shave Club launched to bring cheap razors to your door every month. A mail-order razor service is a good idea, but it really caught our attention because of the launch video. It let everyone know how “f**king great” DSC’s blades were. Now the DSC is moving into a new market — butt wipes. As we’ve come to expect, their video for new One Wipe Charlies is also pretty great.
The video has DSC founder and Upright Citizen’s Brigade-trained comedian Mike Dubin explaining the new product. It also has a bear and an awful lot of poop jokes. See for yourself:
DSC has already grown to 200,000 active members with their razor, so they think it’s time to dominate the entire bathroom. What better way to do that than to get a piece of the $9 billion a year toilet paper business? After all, as Dubin says, “More people wipe butts than shave.”
Dubin seems like a savvy businessman, so he didn’t jump into the wipe business without being prepared. DSC asked 1,000 men in a survey about their wiping habits, and found that 51% of them use wipes, but that 23% are embarrassed by it. Having wipes mailed directly to your home seems like a pretty good way to overcome that embarrassment.
A 40-pack of One Wipe Charlies will cost members of Dollar Shave Club $4, and it looks like they’re being offered to members only. I’ve been on the fence about joining DSC for a while now. This could finally get me on board.
- We love the DSC’s first video
- Some of our favorite geeks talk about how Superman shaves
- But why would he? Beards are sexy, and science proved it
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US Should Compromise With Brazil on Free Trade
US-Latin American relations, once filled with cold-war acrimony, have been harmonious throughout the 1990s. From fighting drugs to liberalizing trade, cooperation has blossomed.
Yet, within this sea of reconciliation and growing prosperity, Brazil and the United States, the hemispheric giants, are heading toward a showdown over the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The 34 countries participating in the FTAA are meeting May 13-15 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
The push toward regional economic integration was given priority during the 1994 Miami "Summit of the Americas." In Miami, the FTAA's final implementation was set for the year 2005, but the US is now pressing for a faster time-table. Brazil opposes any acceleration, and President Fernando Henrique Cardoso says the US is impinging on Brazil's sovereignty.
Despite its enthusiasm during the Bush administration, the US also has been critical of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), which includes Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. US trade officials have expressed concern that Mercosur works against the goal of regional free trade.
Brazil doesn't deny that some trade restrictions remain but argues that some domestic industries require time to adjust to the rigors of the global market. Mercosur's goal is to maintain barriers on imports from outside Mercosur, which will slowly be removed in time for the 2005 FTAA deadline.
"Instant" free trade, the Brazilians say, hurt their auto industry. Because of a tariff reduction on auto imports mandated by Mercosur, carmakers with manufacturing facilities in Brazil have been uncompetitive and have lost market share. To avoid a collapse of the industry, Mr. Cardoso gave the industry a multi-year moratorium. In return, auto companies pledged to invest $20 billion in Brazil to increase production efficiency and become more cost competitive.
BRAZIL and the US also disagree on how FTAA should be negotiated. The US prefers bilateral negotiations, while Brazil wants the discussions to be among trading blocs (Mercosur and NAFTA). To do otherwise, Brazilians say, would allow de facto US economic dominance of the region.
Stuart Eizenstat, US undersecretary of state for economic affairs, challenged Brazil to reciprocate US trade openness. Brazil retorted by citing a US $2 billion trade surplus with Brazil and called for greater US trade openness. The US imposes tariffs on many of Brazil's primary exports, including orange juice, meat products, tobacco, steel, textiles, shoes, and an array of agricultural products. Brazil lost an estimated $3 billion last year from such restrictions.
French President Jacques Chirac's visit to Brazil in March reinforced the Brazilians' negotiating position. Mr. Chirac, eschewing the idea that Latin America lies within the US sphere, proposed biannual summits between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur to create a new transatlantic partnership. Such discussions would undoubtedly slow progress in the FTAA talks, perhaps even end the process. Cardoso endorsed the Chirac idea by counterproposing that the first EU-Mercosur meeting be held in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil's growing confidence will make the Belo Horizonte summit unlikely to succeed unless the US demonstrates a willingness to compromise on trade issues. Brazil's self-assurance stems from a stabilized currency and the belief that US businesses would continue to seek out the Brazilian market even if divergent views prevail at the FTAA meeting.
Despite Washington's rhetoric, chances are good that it will seek a compromise. The US can't jeopardize its increasing trade with Brazil. In 1997, US investments in Mercosur are estimated at $18 billion - 60 percent going to Brazil. The US also realizes the potential of the Brazilian market; last year Brazil received $27 billion in foreign investment, a 91 percent increase from the year before.
Whether or not consensus is reached in Belo Horizonte, trade in the American hemisphere will grow. If the US is reluctant to compromise, Latin Americans will interpret this as a renewal of traditional US behavior and will recoil from US pressure. The US can choose to shepherd regional consensus or once again polarize the hemispheric debate. Brazil and our other Latin American friends are too important to allow the latter.
* Matthew R. Slater is a PhD candidate in international studies at Old Dominion University.


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Apple to Boot Google Maps in iOS 6 for New Maps App
May 11, 2012 3:34 PM
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Apple is expected to show off the new Maps app at the company's World Wide Developers Conference in June
Apple is reportedly ditching Google for its Maps application once iOS 6 comes around.
Since 2007, Apple's Maps app has used a Google backend. This means that Apple has had full control of the application design, but Google owned the backend. The iPhone, iPad and iPod touch have all been
running Google Maps
since each device's launch.
But this is all about to change, according to
9 to 5 Mac
. Apple is now looking to launch an all new Maps application with an Apple backend that is reportedly faster and more reliable than Google Maps.
The decision to go solo was based on Apple's acquisition of Placebase, an online mapping service with special customizations and features; C3 Technologies, which provides detailed 3D city models for the web mapping industry, and Poly9, a Canadian company that creates interactive 3D software designed for use in a browser.
With these new mapping services in Apple's back pocket, the tech giant is ready to launch a whole new application once iOS 6 debuts. The app will have a new logo, but more importantly, it will offer 3D mode for a stunning view of any location the user chooses. The 3D mode feature was built by C3 Technologies.
Users can choose
much like they currently select pin, traffic and map buttons: just by pushing a new "3D" button. Once doing so, the user will receive realistic images right on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
Many expect Apple to show off the new Maps app at the company's World Wide Developers Conference in June.
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There has been a conscious effort in implementing stricter crypto regulations all over the world. Blockchain analytics will play a crucial role in decision-making processes for organizations dealing with crypto and blockchain technology.
PALO ALTO, Calif. (PRWEB)
July 05, 2022
The crypto sector is evolving at a frantic pace as global financial regulators adapt and bring in tighter regulations to ensure compliance with AML regulations. HashCash Consultants CEO Raj Chowdhury asserts that blockchain analytics will be essential in bridging the gap, and establishing order while promoting areas of maximum growth.
The mainstream adoption of crypto has also resulted in a sharp increase in cybercriminal activities and money laundering. As a consequence, financial task forces around the world stepped in, pointing to the existing fallacies. Enterprises dealing with crypto need to step up and adapt to the compliance updates. Blockchain analytics will be instrumental in keeping track of all occurring transactions while remaining versed with the upcoming trends.
A noted blockchain pioneer, Chowdhury acknowledges the significance of blockchain analytics in the upcoming days, stating, “There has been a conscious effort in implementing stricter crypto regulations all over the world. Blockchain analytics will play a crucial role in decision-making processes for organizations dealing with crypto and blockchain technology.”
Enterprises offering blockchain analytics services investigate digital asset transactions among global financial institutions. The delivered solutions offer actionable insight helping organizations to comply with the existing protocols placed by regulators in regard to cryptocurrencies.
“The playing field required for innovation must not compromise the achievements we have made so far. Like any technology, blockchain is not immune to misuse. Hence the regulation is a necessity not only for AML compliance but also for developing blockchain research and the global crypto-community,” remarked Chowdhury, who had previously commented on the role of crypto education in preventing high-APY DeFi scams and how the upcoming crypto evolution depends upon balance and active association.
The Chowdhury-led HashCash Consultants has been a global frontrunner in white-label blockchain solutions with an unmatched commitment to excellence, trust, and transparency. The company enjoys strategic alliances with global corporations and financial institutions in more than 26 countries across 6 continents. Winning top honors in blockchain development, HashCash has made notable contributions in Brazil, the US, UAE, and more.
Blockchain’s impact as a disruptive technology has been universally accepted. However, it is imperative not to get swayed in the waves of innovation and work out the improvement areas using blockchain analytics.
About Raj Chowdhury:
Raj Chowdhury is the Managing Director of HashCash Consultants and Paybito. Raj pioneered the first interbank Trade Finance and Remittance implementation of Blockchain Technology between two of the largest global banks. Raj is an eminent voice in the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency space and actively engages with policymakers in this area. He is a contributor to Economic Times, Business World, CNNMoney and advises industry leaders in the adoption of Blockchain. He is a member of Asha Silicon Valley, a nonprofit committed to education for children in emerging countries. Author of the book ‘The Dark Secret of the Silicon Valley’, Raj is an investor in blockchain and cryptocurrency companies and an active member of the philanthropic community.
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Airtel Africa, a leading telecom service provider in the African continent with a presence in 14 countries, has announced a $125 million credit pact with Citi. It is a revolving credit pact that will stay in place until September 2024. Airtel Africa has made this strategic announcement in line with the company's goal of raising debt for its local operating companies. The credit will include both local currency and US dollar-denominated debt. Airtel Africa will utilise this credit to support investments in its four subsidiaries and also boost operations.
Airtel Africa said that this facility would provide the company with potential interest rate savings in exchange for achieving social impact milestones. The company wants to transform the lives of the communities where it operates. Airtel Africa would be able to fuel its sustainability strategy as well with this money.


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The CyanogenMod allows Android smartphone users to swap the official version of Android for one that gives them more control over their device which can vary from a smartphone to a tablet , provided it is powered by an Android OS. It is reportedly mentioned that it has been installed on over seven million Android devices.
Coming over to the funding perspective , the $7 million investment has helped found a company to employ the coders who have been working on the project which was non monetary. Cyanogen Inc will be based in Seattle and have as its technology Chief Steve Kondik, who has worked a lot on the same as per his dedicated work online.
Moving on to installions sequence and minor details installing the mod lets Android owners clean out unwanted apps and programs put on a phone by manufacturers and mobile operators. In inclusive addition , it gives all users access to apps and features developed solely for Cyanogen.