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Looking to capture a larger segment of the work truck market, Freightliner unveiled a new diesel-powered refuse truck – the 2018 EconicSD – at WasteExpo, a waste management and recycling conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Freightliner, owned by Daimler Trucks North America, currently dominates the long-haul heavy-duty truck market but is a smaller player in the refuse collection vehicle business, where many offerings are powered by natural gas.
The Euro-style low-entry cab-over-engine waste collection truck will be the third of the U.S. truck division of the Daimler, the German automaker that also owns Mercedes-Benz. One of its existing models handles smaller loads and the other uses a Cummins Westport natural gas engine.
The EconicSD cab and chassis are designed and manufactured in Woerth, Germany – Daimler’s largest truck plant. The company has made more than 125 modifications to adapt the truck for the North American market. Final assembly will take place at Freightliner’s factory in Gaffney, S.C.
“We borrowed proudly from the foremost automotive and commercial manufacturer in the world, Mercedes Benz,” said Richard Saward, Daimler’s U.S. work truck sales chief.
The refuse truck will be equipped with Daimler’s Detroit DD8 mid-range engine, which will produce up to 350 horsepower and 1050 pound-feet of torque.
Freightliner worked with Heil Environmental and McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, two waste collection industry truck equipment manufacturers, to modify the truck for U.S. sales.
“The cab-over-engine design for the North American waste collection market is a unique concept, so collaborating with Heil and McNeilus was critical to ensure a streamlined upfit process and efficiencies from the very beginning,” said Richard Howard, senior vice president, sales and marketing for Daimler Trucks North America.
Sales of the truck start later this year for deliveries in 2019.
The new Freightliner will operate in the heaviest Class 8 weight segment and compete against established players such as Peterbilt, Mack Trucks and Autocar, said Antii Lindström, IHS Markit trucking industry analyst.
However, it won’t be hard for Freightliner to muscle its way in, Lindström said.
“They have the horsepower to penetrate the market,” he told Trucks.com. “They can price their product aggressively.”
The new Freightliner diesel refuse truck will arrive when much of the industry is exploring alternative fuel systems and other technology for garbage collection. Cities and some countries are looking to ban diesel-powered trucks and the harmful emissions they produce.
Natural gas has become a popular alternative fuel option for refuse trucks in the U.S. It’s less polluting and easy for municipalities to use. They’ve built central fueling depots and yards where the garbage trucks are parked overnight.
But the push to natural gas trucks has lost some steam in recent years because low diesel prices make it less competitive, Lindström said.
Other truck manufacturers are experimenting with electric refuse trucks or hybrids.
Wrightspeed Powertrains, an Alameda, Calif. company, partnered with Mack Trucks to build a plug-in hybrid refuse hauler with a range-extended electric powertrain.
The vehicle’s motors are powered by batteries that can be recharged while the truck is operating via regenerative braking and through a turbine generator that can run on diesel fuel or natural gas.
Mack announced at Waste Expo that it plans to have a fully electric version of its LR garbage truck ready for the North American market in 2019. The Volvo division said the New York City Department of Sanitation will conduct tests of the vehicle.
The company said an electric garbage truck makes sense because it works “within a closed loop application, in which the truck returns home every night.”
“It’s clear that electromobility will be a part of the trucking industry’s future, and Mack is well-positioned to offer integrated, fully electric solutions for the North American market,” said Jonathan Randall, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Mack Trucks North America.
Volvo unveiled its all-electric refuse truck – the FL Electric – in Europe this month. The vehicle can travel up to 186 miles before recharging.
Peterbilt also showed off an electric garbage truck at Waste Expo. The company said its prototype vehicle can drive 80 miles and pick up 900 cans on a single charge.
“Electric is the perfect application for refuse trucks, city and school buses because they have fixed routes and return to the same depot every night to charge for the next day’s run,” Lindström said.
Truck makers also are looking at other ways to improve refuse trucks.
Volvo started testing a self-driving garbage truck in Sweden late last year.
When the truck reaches an area mapped in its database, the driver switches on the autonomous system and climbs out of the cab. The worker walks to the back of the truck and brings out the bins just as they would if they were driving the vehicle along the route. The truck empties the trash containers and then backs up to the next bin location. The driver walks alongside and makes sure the bin is in place for the truck to empty.


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Wyndham Hotel Group’s latest acquisition on the Gold Coast is a major boost for the city's sluggish tourism sector that has been hit by the high Australian dollar and stiff competition from near overseas destinations such as Bali, Fiji and Thailand.
The Wyndham Surfers Paradise, just one block from the beach, is the first Wyndham branded hotel in Australia and also the first mixed-use property resulting from the partnership between Wyndham Hotel Group and Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific.
The acquisition gives the resort and the Gold Coast access to more than 43,000 timeshare members around the world, as well as 820,000 vacation ownership participants in the US.
While timeshares have high occupancy rates, Wyndham general manager of acquisitions and business development, David Wray, says more promotion of the Gold Coast is needed to attract visitors to the region.
“Increasing the demand for accommodation on the Gold Coast continues to be an issue for all operators,” said Mr Wray. “There is more accommodation coming on-line in the region which will potentially add pressure on existing hotels and resorts.
“Increasing the promotion of the Gold Coast as a tourism and conference destination needs to be a combined effort between operators and tourism bodies at a local, state and national level to attract both domestic and inbound visitors.”
In July Wyndham bought the management rights to developer Robert Badalotti's Azzura Hotel and Resort on the corner of Markwell Ave and Surfers Paradise Boulevard, Surfers Paradise. The deal saw Wyndham acquire 40 of the 192 apartments in the $130 million Azzura development that was completed last year. The 40 apartments were transferred into Wyndham's vacation ownership club, WorldMark South Pacific Club by Wyndham.
Wyndham's Gold Coast-based chief executive Barry Robinson said he had been looking for seven-and-a-half years to get something in the centre of the Gold Coast. He said Wyndham Surfers Paradise offered guests to the Gold Coast brand new centrally located accommodation.
“Wyndham Hotel Group is one of the world’s largest hospitality companies offering hotel owners and travellers a global solution,” he said.
The company is expanding rapidly throughout Asia, last year adding 67 new properties with 9050 rooms in the Asia Pacific region.
“A committed effort in the South Pacific will ensure the network is enhanced rapidly in this region,” said Mr Robinson. “I have no doubt that Wyndham Surfers Paradise will become a flagship property for our company and will be popular with both domestic and inbound guests travelling to the Gold Coast for leisure or business.”
Mr Wray said Wyndham was attracted to the building because it was actively expanding its hotel group portfolio and was particularly keen to have a network of properties in key tourism destinations and capital cities.
“Wyndham Surfers Paradise is a new development (less than 12 months old) with self-contained apartments in an ideal location in Surfers,” he said. “We are very proud to add Wyndham Surfers Paradise to our portfolio.”
Being a new building there is not a lot of development required but Mr Wray said the company intended to expand the restaurant and bar facilities to give it more of a Gold Coast identity.
The 17 storey, 192 apartment property features well appointed, one- and two-bedroom self-contained apartments with balconies, air-conditioning, broadband Internet, cable TV, clock radio, direct dial telephone, dishwasher, fully equipped kitchen, ironing facilities, LCD TV, microwave, private laundry, satellite TV with DVD player, washer and dryer.
Most rooms have ocean or river and hinterland views. Guests sleep on Sealy bedding which is the sole approved bedding supplier to Wyndham.
The resort has a sandy edged pool, gym, spa pool, barbecue entertaining deck, boardroom, lobby bar and cafe. The property has been acoustically designed ensuring a tranquil interior, while being in the centre of activity in Surfers Paradise. Wyndham Hotel Surfers Paradise offers a full range of independently operated dining options in the complex’s 800m² ground floor retail strip that includes a pizza outlet, Italian and Indian restaurants, a cafe and a hairdresser with more restaurants to come.
Wyndham Surfers Paradise's central location provides guests with easy access to all the sights and experiences on offer from theme parks, beaches, waterfalls and wineries to first class.
Wyndham is one of the Gold Coast's biggest employers with about 500 employees at its Bundall headquarters. The company is focused on career development for its employees offering a range of internal training and professional development opportunities.
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation is one of the world's largest hospitality companies, Wyndham Worldwide offers individual consumers and business-to-business customers a broad suite of hospitality products and services across various accommodation alternatives and price ranges through its premier portfolio of world-renowned brands.
Wyndham Hotel Group encompasses approximately 7160 franchised hotels and about 606,800 hotel rooms worldwide. In the South Pacific region, Wyndham Hotel Group manages and/or franchises hotels under the brands of Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Ramada, Ramada Encore, Super 8, Days Inn, Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham.
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There are plenty of tours in Greenville for locals and visitors alike. You can glide down Main Street on a Segway tour, hop between restaurants on a culinary tour, or hear about the city's haunted past on a ghost tour.
Now, another option has entered the fold. Greenville Brew Tours, which will kick off on Saturday, Aug. 10, will allow visitors to observe and learn about the best that the burgeoning Upstate beer scene has to offer.
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Apple becomes first US firm to reach $2 trillion valuation
It took the iPhone manufacturer 42 years to reach a $1 trillion market cap but just two years to double it
Apple has become the first US-based company to reach a valuation of $2 trillion only two years after hitting a $1 trillion market cap, despite the coronavirus-fuelled economic turmoil that’s devastated so many businesses.
While Apple may dip below the $2 trillion mark in future, depending on its market performance, it’s is a major milestone and testament to the resilience of the company and its dominance against some of its major rivals.
The scale of its surge in valuation has also been extraordinary, with the company only taking two years to achieve a second trillion dollars in valuation versus the 42 years it took the firm to reach the $1 trillion market cap.
The company’s shares soared in value during 2020, gaining by roughly 60% in value despite the economic disruption caused by COVID-19, both to other businesses and even national economies. Over the last year, meanwhile, Apple shares have climbed more than 120%, according to CNBC.
The US economy, for example, contracted by 32.9% during the second quarter of 2020, while the UK GDP fell by 20.4%. Apple’s revenue, during the same period, was $59.7 billion, far exceeding expectations and forecasts, climbing 1% year-on-year. This growth was fuelled mainly by the sale of hardware, and profits from services.
This was representative of the performance of most tech and cloud companies during the ‘coronavirus quarter’, for the most part, defying the performance of the wider economy to achieve rising revenues.
While Apple’s hardware, especially its iPhones and Macs, has been a major source of revenue through the years, a massive expansion in its software and services businesses have been critical to its growth. Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olsen claimed Apple’s service business was worth approximately $502 billion in 2019, against an estimated $398.8 billion valuation attached to its hardware business, according to Investopedia.
To outline the scale of growth in the last decade, revenue from services during the 2019 fiscal year was $46.3 billion, including iCloud storage, Apple Music, and AppleCare warranties, as well as Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade most recently. By way of comparison, in 2010, Apple’s services businesses only generated $5.2 billion in revenue, although this doubled over the next two years to $10.2 billion, and has surged since then.
An area that Apple hasn’t explored in much depth against some of its trillion-plus-dollar US-based rivals Amazon, Google and Microsoft, is enterprise services, suggesting there's room yet for Apple to grow further in the coming months and years.
Ahead of the iPhone 11 launch in 2019, the company’s vice president of apps and services, Susan Prescott, discussed how the company does plan on beefing up its enterprise strategy, according to Forbes.
The strategy, Prescott said, would build on the momentum that Apple sparked with the launch of the iPhone in terms of ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) and the consumerisation of IT. Elements such as user enrollment, which allows two Apple IDs on a single device, represent the start of this strategy, making it easier to use devices like iPads and iPhones in a business environment where devices may be exchanged between staff regularly.
The growth in Apple’s enterprise business can also be seen in some of its recent moves, including the acquisition of the enterprise security company Fleetsmith in June 2020. The company, founded in 2014, specialises in management and security services that allows administrators to oversee their fleet of enterprise devices.
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Although Huawei is going through the worst time in the company’s history with the US ban, the company is not giving up on launching new devices. The Huawei has confirmed that it will launch smartphones series Nova 5 to 21 June in China.
Now, before the release, the protective cover of the Nova 5 has been revealed online by Slashleaks and shows us that the smartphone will feature a water drop shape on top of the screen. It also suggests that the phone has a fingerprint sensor on the screen, as there is no cutout for the traditional fingerprint sensor.
The information leak also shows that the phone will come with four camera sensors arranged vertically on the back panel along with an LED flash. The camera module in the phone is placed in the upper left corner. Shortly thereafter, Huawei Nova 5’s tempered glass was also revealed online, which also revealed that the phone will have a notch in the center of the screen.
Suggest a minimum of frames around the display. At the same time, a render of the Huawei Nova 5 Pro shows us its back panel. This confirms the configuration of the quad camera for an improved camera experience. There is also no fingerprint sensor mounted on the back and will probably house a fingerprint sensor on the screen.
As far as specifications are concerned, the Nova 5 is expected to be equipped with the company’s Kirin 810 octa-core chipset, while the Nova 5 Pro is expected to contain the Kirin 980 chipset. The Nova 5i, on the other hand, is expected to come equipped with the Kirin 710 octa-core processor. The Huawei P20 Lite (2019), which was recently released in Europe, is expected to come as Huawei Nova 5i.
In conjunction with the smartphones in the Nova series, the Chinese smartphone maker will also launch the Huawei M6 tablet in the launch event. To know the details of prices and availability of all these devices, we will have to wait until the official launch event in China, which will be held on June 21.
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Taco Bell and advertising agency Deutsch have collaborated with PlayStation and released this video. The spot takes place in a destroyed city, where a group of warriors are hunting the enemies. However, they find out that a bunch of guys has already done that. The video presents an exciting offer: Taco Bell will give away PS4 before its release on November 14.
Smithwick's Irish Ale and advertising agency Adam & Eve DDB from London have released this funny video ad. The spot is the first from the brand in seven years. The amusing video features a squirrel, that has slipped into a brewery. It runs around the containers, turns the taps and puts in flavor. Finally, the cute animal drinks a fine ale to his ancestors. Apparently, the squirrel family is the real founder of Smithwick's.
Volkswagen and Deutsch L.A. launched a new funny commercial for a VW Passat. The short video features two teenage guys looking at the crashed Passat. They look rather scared and lost. One of them says: “It’s my dad’s car. He’s gonna kill me”. And then we can see the note fading: “He can kill you only if you are OK”.


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After a year of pressure, U.S. law enforcement officials announce a major success in their phone anti-theft push
The first ruling of its kind in the US is being hailed by privacy advocates
The Theft Alert featured introduced to the Lookout Premium mobile app Wednesday sends an email alert anytime it detects that someone's doing something suspicious with your smartphone.
After failing to pass a bill mandating kill-switch technology for every smartphone sold in California, the state's Senate OK'd the proposal Thursday.
Get your mobile device to a DryBox Drying Station within 36 hours of its unexpected dunk in the drink, and you stand a 75 to 80 percent chance of reviving your phone. And now the company is looking to expand into self-service units.
Another baseball season is underway, and tech-savvy fans have more ways than ever to stream high-quality video and audio at their command. Here are all the options available so that you never have to miss a single pitch.
It looks like a regular smartphone case. But Wello is embedded with a plate containing sophisticated sensors that can detect vital signs as you hold your phone.


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Sales of soju, a South Korean distilled liquor, are growing at a brisk pace in Southeast Asia and are likely to touch $10 million this year helped by the ever-growing popularity of Korean pop culture in the region.
Hite Jinro Co., the country’s top soju maker, said Sunday that soju shipments to Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand reached $5 million in the first half of the year, up 51.5 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Soju exports to the region, driven by its main soju brand Chamisul, have posted double-digit growth in recent years, from $4.9 million in 2015, $6 million in 2016, to $8.8 million last year, the distiller said.
“Interest in Korean food and drinks has been rapidly spreading among young Southeast Asian consumers thanks to the sweeping popularity of Hallyu, or the Korean wave, including music, drama and movies,” said an official from Hite Jinro. “At the current pace, we’re likely to hit a sales milestone of $10 million in Southeast Asia this year.”
Hite Jinro has been intent on expanding its presence in Southeast Asia after setting up its first regional outpost in Hanoi, Vietnam in March 2016. To accelerate its push into the burgeoning Vietnam market, it established a second entity in Ho Chi Minh City in February.
Soju is attracting a growing consumer base in Cambodia as well. Hite Jinro said it sold $700,000 worth of soju in the country in the first six months of the year, more than threefold what it sold a year ago. It also saw sales in 2017 more than double on year.


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Google is facing fresh scrutiny over its UK tax arrangements following reports of inconsistencies pertaining to the way it does business.
The web giant previously stated that its Dublin headquarters handles all advertising sales to British clients, a move that minimises its tax liability in the UK.
However, a Reuters investigation appears to have uncovered evidence of London-based sales staff with duties that include "negotiating deals", closing "strategic and revenue deals" and meeting "quarterly sales quotas".
The news organisation complied the evidence by conducting interviews with Google customers and former staff, as well as analysing job advertisements and employee's LinkedIn profiles.
Google's head of northern European operations Matt Brittin told MPs in a previous hearing that the firm's London staff "encourage" potential advertising partners to enter deals, but insisted all final transactions are completed in Dublin.
Brittin will now be called before the Public Accounts Committee once again, along with Google's auditor Ernst & Young, but the search engine is adamant that it has not violated UK tax law, dismissing the Reuters article as "wilfully misleading".
"As we told them in our statement, Matt Brittin clearly explained the roles of UK staff in hours of evidence to the Public Accounts Committee," said a Google spokesperson.
"If [customers] want to buy advertising from us they are encouraged to do so by our people in the UK - they will buy it from our expert team in Dublin.
"As we have said many times, we comply with all the tax rules in the UK and in every other country in which we operate."
However, Margaret Hodge, the Labour chair of the Public Accounts Committee described the alleged inconsistencies as a "very serious" matter, and said the Google executives will be grilled for a second time in light of the new developments.


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Pokemon artist blows minds with insane theory about Brock’s Gym
The Pokemon community was left stunned after an artist’s mind-blowing recreation of Brock’s Gym from Red & Blue gave them a new theory and perspective on the Gen I location.
Despite releasing two decades ago, Pokemon fans still obsess over Red & Blue for the Game Boy. Kanto is one of the most beloved regions in the Game Freak franchise, even eight generations later.
A talented artist blew fans’ minds after giving them new look at Pewter City Gym. The incredible perspective has players seeing the iconic location in a whole new light.
Mind-blowing new look at Brock’s Pokemon Gym
Pokemon fan and digital designer Matthieu Normand went viral on the r/Pokemon subreddit after sharing their amazing reimagining of the Rock-type Gym in Pewter City.
“Did you think he was alone? (This time there is a real twist),” the artist wrote as a caption for the concept. The clip shows the camera panning across the familiar 8-bit location before warping into a side 3D view.
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In an epic surprise, the concept shows that the wall behind Brock is actually his Onix. The line of boulders curl up around the Trainer, revealing the towering Gen I Pokemon.
The artist’s creative take on the Gen I location blew the community’s minds. “This is one of the coolest thing I’ve ever seen!” a fan wrote. Another player replied, “This surprise hit my guts with joy and amazement. My internal kid would love to see something that in a movie.” Someone else said, “Omg I can never unsee this now. Wish we get a game in the future where a concept like this is used.”
This isn’t the first time Normand has given fans a new look on a signature Pokemon location. A few weeks earlier, the digital designer also gave Professor Oak’s lab a similar treatment.
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While the artist’s take on Pewter City Gym is not officially canon, their creative theory on what the wall behind Brock could actually be wowed many fans.
Given that the anime and films have often depicted battle locations with a lot of depth, it’s cool to see how the Red & Blue could have been designed if it hadn’t had limitations.


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Payments round-up: 23 January 2018
Singapore, Italy, the US – a payments round-up calling on three continents. Features DBS Bank, Xero, WeChat Pay and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Singapore’s DBS Bank and Xero have expanded their partnership with a real-time digital solution for SMEs. The bank says with this API-driven banking service, payments can be initiated on Xero and approved through its corporate internet banking platform, DBS Ideal. The idea is to remove the “tedious paper-intensive process that take up the bulk of SME owners’ time”.
It will be made available to existing DBS-Xero customers in Singapore at no cost. The bank also plans to introduce this solution to SMEs in Hong Kong by the end of the year. On a different note, in the Banking Technology Awards 2017, DBS won “Best Use of IT in Retail Banking” with its video teller machine.
On the other side of the world, WeChat Pay is to launch in Italy. Chinese consumers will be able to purchase both online and in store through the app due to the partnership signed between the Italian company Digital Retex and Docomo Digital, the European subsidiary of digital payment provider NTT Docomo.
Merchants can have either a dedicated POS or add WeChat Pay to the till systems, while customers will need a smartphone and a WeChat account connected to their bank account to pay via the scan of a QR code. The firms also cite data released by Istat-Confturismo, that last year Italy registered 3.79 million Chinese visitors, an increase of more than 5% compared to the previous year.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Merrill) has launched an enhanced virtual card capability that uses APIs to enable commercial purchasing clients to connect directly to the bank’s virtual card system.
The bank says this solution, known as BofA Merrill Virtual Payables, also can create single-use account numbers in real time. Clients can initiate payments via batch file delivery from its accounts payable/enterprise resource planning system or via the user interface. BofA Merrill adds that While Virtual Payables is offered globally, these specific enhancements are currently available for the North America market only.


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CINCINNATI - About 1,200 Macy’s Inc. employees in San Francisco have authorized a strike against the Cincinnati-based retailer, after voting 88 percent against the company’s latest contract offer.
Meanwhile, in Massachusetts, 41 employees in the cosmetics and fragrance departments at a Macy’s store in Saugus have won the right to bargain as a so-called “micro-union,” after a ruling Thursday by the U.S. Labor Relations Board.
Both events are part of a trend toward more labor activity at retail companies nationwide, said Ken Margolies, senior associate for The Worker Institute at Cornell University's School for Industrial and Labor Relations.
"We’re starting to see more labor action because the economy is improving," Margolies said. "Historically, labor action happens when expectations rise and people also are less fearful. When the economy is in total dumps, you’re afraid of taking action that will cost you a job. Now, there is pent-up demand. People have been living without raises for a long time and they see light at the end of the tunnel."
The California labor dispute is confined to two Macy’s stores at Union Square and Stonestown shopping center, where employees are represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union .
The union said 1,000 members voted July 17 on a Macy's contract proposal, with 880 voting against a deal. No strike has been called. A two-day bargaining session is scheduled to begin Aug. 11. The union has been working on a day-to-day contract extension since last month. The extension allows either side to terminate the contract within 72 hours.
Among the contested issues is a Macy’s plan to cap sales commissions for existing employees and scrap them for new associates.
“The company’s proposal is to take a sales person’s three highest years and average them and keep them at that rate. It really doesn’t give the sales person any incentive to sell more because you’re capped no matter what you do,” said Mike Henneberry, spokesman for United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 5.
Employee scheduling is another unresolved issue. The union is fighting for work rules that allow Macy’s to call in or call off workers “at a moment’s notice,” Henneberry said. “It’s very disruptive.”
Macy’s declined to comment on contract specifics, but calls its latest offer “fair and equitable.” Spokesman Jim Sluzewski said the company “prides itself on being a good employer in all locations with competitive pay and benefits in an engaged and service-oriented work environment.”
The NLRB ruling is the latest in a series of decisions to allow the formation of smaller bargaining units within the work forces of larger companies. The trend follows a 2011 ruling which a group of nursing assistants at Specialty Healthcare were permitted to pursue unionization at a long-term care facility.
Labor groups have applauded this developing case law, as it makes it easier to organize unions. Companies have complained that it will lead to a fractured work force that will prove cumbersome and costly to manage.
The Macy’s ruling involves non-supervisory beauty advisors, counter managers and on-call employees who work on a “base-plus-commission basis” at Macy’s cosmetics and fragrance counters. Sluzewski said the company is disappointed by the decision and may appeal.
"Organizing a selected portion of a store's selling associates into multiple collective bargaining units is impractical and an impediment to providing a consistent level of customer service,” he said.
Cornell's labor expert, Margolies, said the UFCW has been aggressively targeting large retailers like Walmart and Target as part of a larger defensive strategy to protect wage rates at union-shop grocery chains like the Kroger Co.
"It's more difficult for them to maintain the wage rates they bargained for over the years if there is competition not paying those rates," Margolies said. Even if their organizing campaigns aren't successful, "the pressure keeps Walmart raising their wages and benefits."
Margolies thinks Macy's may be a UFCW target because it's a national chain with a recognizable name. But he doubts the activity will be much of a game changer for the company.
Macy’s annual report estimates that about 10 percent of its 172,500 employees are union members. The percentage hasn’t changed in the last five years but the number of employees has grown by 5,500, or 3 percent.


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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The nation's chicken producers faced more bad news Thursday as Russia said that 19 U.S. poultry producers will be barred from exporting their products there, a move that would deprive them access to a key market.
Meat producers are already grappling with high costs for grain and fuel and an oversupply of meat that is keeping prices down. They're focusing on exports, which are seen as key to offsetting domestic weakness and they're benefiting because of the weak U.S. dollar.
Russia is an important market for many poultry producers, including the nation's largest chicken producer, Pilgrim's Pride Inc., as well as Sanderson Farms Inc. and Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat company.
Shares of many meat producers, including top hog producer Smithfield Foods Inc., tumbled Thursday on worries about potential cuts by Russia to chicken and pork import quotas. On Wednesday, Russia's top agriculture official was quoted as saying import quotas could be cut by hundreds of thousands of tons, with that country's producers making up the shortfall.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, said 19 U.S. poultry producers will be barred from exporting their products to Russia. Putin, the country's former president, told CNN that the unidentified American producers had ignored warnings from Russian inspectors who examined poultry companies last year. He said the move had nothing to do with tension over the recent war in Georgia and was purely economic.
The U.S. industry's trade group that focuses on exports wasn't so sure.
"We try and keep our industry out of politics and into marketing opportunities, but sometimes it's very difficult to separate the two," said Jim Sumner, president of the U.S.A. Poultry & Egg Export Council.


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Solae Raises the Bar on Soy Protein Nuggets
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
ST. LOUIS, MO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/26/10 -- Solae has a history of ingredient innovation in the food industry. The company was the first to introduce soy protein nuggets (or crisps) into nutrition bars, helping to build a category that is now more than a billion dollars in sales and growing, thanks to the popularity of high protein bars. Taking the soy protein nugget to new levels, Solae is introducing a new protein multigrain nugget -- SUPRO(R) Nugget 173 -- using patent-pending technology for use in a variety of products including bars, snacks, baked goods, cereal, and more.
SUPRO(R) Nugget 173 is comprised of 60 percent soy protein and 40 percent multigrain (rice, oat, and barley.) This is the first soy nugget on the market that combines protein and grains in a single nugget.
“We are able to leverage our extensive soy protein expertise, extrusion capabilities, and application knowledge to create offerings that enable us to move into new and exciting market segments,” said Michele Fite, vice president of global marketing and strategy and specialty business. “This new soy protein nugget provides food manufacturers with the opportunity to deliver more nutritious, great-tasting products to consumers.”
According to Mintel, consumers understand the value of incorporating more grains into their diet. The challenge is finding convenient ways to do this. When Solae conducted consumer testing through its sensory science program, consumers indicated an overall liking of 7.3 on a 9 point scale for a multigrain protein bar product concept using SUPRO(R) Nugget 173. Additionally, 60 percent of consumers responded that they would be “definitely” or “very much” interested in purchasing this product concept.
Solae(TM) SUPRO(R) Nugget 173 provides the following benefits to food manufacturers:
-- Ease of use with delivery of protein and grains in a single nugget -- Formulation flexibility -- Natural shape provides a different texture in comparison to other
sources of protein and grains
In 2009, Solae introduced another new nugget -- SUPRO(R) Nugget 570 -- the first and only nugget in the marketplace that is 90 percent protein on a dry weight basis, making it the highest soy protein containing nugget currently on the market. This nugget can be used for nutritional bars, snacks, bakery products, cereals and more.
Solae developed these new nuggets to help food manufacturers meet the growing needs of the health and wellness consumer seeking protein and grains.
About Solae Solae, LLC is a world leader in developing soy-based ingredients for nutritious, great-tasting products. Solae provides solutions that deliver a unique combination of functional, nutritional, economical and sustainable benefits to our customers. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, the company was formed through a joint venture between DuPont (NYSE: DD) and Bunge (NYSE: BG). Solae is a recipient of Ethisphere(TM) Institute’s 100 “World’s Most Ethical Companies” in 2010. For more information, visit www.Solae.com, or follow the company on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/SolaeLLC and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/SolaeLLC.
SUPRO(R) is a registered trademark of Solae, LLC.
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The concepts in the CES video were introduced by GM design chief Mike Simcoe, who described the VTOL as "the Cadillac of urban air mobility".
GM also showed off a rectangular-shaped Cadillac Personal Autonomous Vehicle (PAV) that provides a social space for passengers - similar to a limo but without a driver at the wheel.
The new sedan will go by the name Celestiq, and during an online presentation General Motors held Tuesday as part of the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show, the automaker teased some features of the Celestiq, including a four-panel glass roof.
"VTOL is a key to GM's vision for a multimodal future", the narrator said, voicing over a simulation of the aircraft in flight. As per a senior executive from the company, the new concept vehicle is a "reimagining the future of personal transportation".


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Eclipse Secondary Sales Brisk
Although Eclipse Aviation has yet to actually deliver an airplane, there are dozens of Eclipse 500s for sale as the secondary market picks up. And, according to analyst Michael Press, Eclipse itself is dabbling in the market, selling an unconfirmed number of early positions for $1.75 million, well above the $995,000 that Eclipse spokesman Andrew Broom said it would have originally realized on the sale of a so-called Platinum position. Press suggests the Albuquerque, N.M.-based start-up manufacturer might have even undervalued those sales, since the owners of positions No. 3 and 19 are currently asking $1.85 million and getting interest. There are now 39 Eclipse positions listed for sale on Controller.com.
While some of the activity is due to speculators profiting from the impatience of those who want their Eclipses sooner rather than later, Press says patience will be rewarded for those willing to wait a year or more for their airplanes. Year 2008 positions have sold for as little as $1.4 million, he said. Eclipse’s highly publicized development glitches in the past month have intensified the sales activity, and Press said there are good buys available. Broom acknowledged the company's activity in selling Model 500s on the secondary market, but he didn't comment further.


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In November there was a meeting of the directors of the Association of Health Tourism and the Alanya Association of Touristic Business Managers in Alanya. According to the World Tourism Organization, the aggregate number of tourists who go to other countries in order to have medical treatment is going to reach over 20 million people. And Turkey has become one of the most popular destinations for medical treatment. According to the last figures, the number of tourists visited Turkey for medical tourism is more than 200 thousand people. It was prompted at the meeting that it is one of the perspective ways to get more foreign currency to Turkey's economy. Moreover, people who go on health tourism are mostly famous that can be rewarding to the country.
What are the popular medical procedures among foreign tourists?
As it is known, Turkey attracts millions of tourists by the gentle sun, the warm sea and beautiful landscape. But among those tourists there are people who prefer to combine their holidays with having medical treatment. A large percentage of medical tourists come to Turkey for:
- thermal spa treatments,
- cosmetic plastic surgery,
- dental care,
- eye surgery,
- cancer treatments.
What makes Turkey a popular health tourism destination?
- Medical care savings. People from western European countries like the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Canada and the United States are attracted by 50-60 percent price difference when compared with the same treatments in these countries.
- Western-trained doctors, modern healthcare services, JCI and ISO-accredited hospitals and clinics. It is worth mentioning, that there are at least 47 hospitals and clinics which are JCI-accredited. They provide internationally-recognized standards of care. People from less-developed countries are attracted by the skilled healthcare staff and the newest systems and devices.
- Convenient geographic location. The region is situated between Europe and Asia which enables a quick access and shorter flight times almost from any destination in the world.
- Opportunity to enjoy the cultural and historic wealth of the country, beaches and shopping while having treatment.
Healthcare tourism in Turkey is a great chance to combine affordable treatment with vacations.


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Not just in Colorado, but all across the country, more people are moving from rural towns to cities. Since it takes fewer people to run farms these days, what’s the role of one of rural america’s the highest profile institutions: the state fair?
Originally published on Sat August 31, 2013 10:57 am
A week without water can easily kill the average person.
But a garden that goes unwatered for months may produce sweeter, more flavorful fruits than anything available in most mainstream supermarkets — even in the scorching heat of a California summer. Commercial growers call it "dry farming," and throughout the state, this unconventional technique seems to be catching on among small producers of tomatoes, apples, grapes, melons and potatoes.
Across the High Plains, many farmers depend on underground stores of water, and they worry about wells going dry. A new scientific study of western Kansas lays out a predicted timeline for those fears to become reality. But it also shows an alternative path for farming in Kansas: The moment of reckoning can be delayed, and the impact softened, if farmers start conserving water now.


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Cosmetology school to host fashion show
Students at the Salon Professional Academy in Iowa City will have the chance to show off what they've learned during a fashion show Tuesday night at the First Avenue Club, 1550 S. First Ave. in Iowa City.
More than 40 students from the cosmetology school have been working for weeks with models to develop outfits, hair and make-up for the show.
"It's basically an evening where students showcase their work through fashion," said Emily Hesseltine, director of admissions at the academy. "It's a big celebration."
During the Night of Fashion and Style fashion show, students will bring to life different music genres, including hip-hop, reggae, disco, opera and others, Hesseltine said.
The program offers students a chance to show off their abilities to local business owners and network with potential employers, she said.
It also gives them a chance to think outside the box and get creative with their work.
"The industry right now is very artsy," Hesseltine said. "It gets them thinking differently and expressing who they are."
Hesseltine expects more than 200 people to attend the second annual show.
The Professional Salon Academy opened four years ago and has nearly 50 students.
Student Cortnie McCleary, 22 of Muscatine, said the fashion show is exactly the type of event she hoped to become involved with by attending the school.
"I'm really excited," McCleary said. "Fashion is what made me get into the industry. I really like fashion and the runway part of it. Now I'll get to see what that's like rather than being in a salon."
In addition to showcasing student work, the school will celebrate another major milestone.
Administrators learned earlier this month they have been approved to begin accepting federal financial aid for students.
To accept financial aid, a school must become accredited by a recognized accrediting agency and receive an official signature from the Department of Education, said Mary Watson, partner and financial aid officer at the school.
It is a significant step because it allows students more options for funding their education, Watson said.
"It definitely benefits the students for a school to be able to offer federal aid," Watson said. "They're going to be able to have tuition costs and living expenses met much easier."


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The Patrick-Murray Administration today introduced another online convenience that will make it easier for Massachusetts drivers to go online for MassDOT RMV services and avoid waiting in line at branches.
Online customers at www.mass.gov/rmv can now pay by electronic check to renew their license, order a duplicate license or MA ID, order a driving record or crash report and pay for a road test exam.
"This newest feature on our website means a sizeable population of our customers will no longer be forced to visit a branch for these registry services because they don't have a credit card," said MassDOT Registrar Rachel Kaprielian. "The new payment option is secure and as easy as writing a check."
Customers will only need to enter their checking account and bank routing numbers to complete the e-check transaction online. The feature is expected to be especially useful for drivers who often wait until their license has expired and believe they have to go to a branch to renew. E-mail confirmations of online payments can also serve as proof they have renewed their license in case they are stopped for a motor vehicle violation.
Go Online Instead of Waiting in Line-Electronic checks is just one of more than a dozen new services added to the MassDOT RMV website in the last two years increasing customer transaction traffic by 40%. In addition to renewing a license or registration, customers can also complete all license paperwork online and make an appointment to complete the application in a branch as well as register to be an organ tissue donor, book a road test and sign up for a free reminder service.
MassDOT Launches Two Improved Traffic Websites posted on Jul 1
MassDOT today announced the relaunch of two improved live traffic websites to provide motorists with better access to real-time traffic information, including access to more than 350 live streaming traffic cameras across the Commonwealth. The enhancements are part of MassDOT’s effort to provide drivers with information …Continue Reading MassDOT Launches Two Improved Traffic Websites
Fall River Milestone: New Route 79 Southbound Roadway Open posted on Jul 1
MassDOT contractors in Fall River have reached another milestone with the opening of the new Route 79 southbound roadway. The temporary off-ramp from Route 79 South to South Davol Street has been closed. Southbound traffic from Davol Street will continue to use South Davol Street …Continue Reading Fall River Milestone: New Route 79 Southbound Roadway Open
Plan Ahead for July 4 Travel posted on Jun 29
MassDOT encourages the public to travel safely on the 4th of July holiday weekend, drive during lower volume times on major roadways, and use public transportation where possible. MassDOT suspends all construction work on major arterial roadways from 12 p.m., Friday, July 1, through the …Continue Reading Plan Ahead for July 4 Travel


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An editorial from The Register-Herald
BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has set two dates for public hearings on a proposed American Electric Power rate increase that would, if approved, raise power bills significantly.
AEP serves almost 500,000 people in 23 counties, including Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Raleigh, Summers and Wyoming.
On average, customers who use an average of 1,000 kilowatt-hours pay a power bill of about $94 per month. With the rate increase, they would see their power bill go up to $115.
It is a significant increase, especially for retirees and other households that may be on fixed incomes.
AEP says it needs the additional money to recover costs from dealing with the derecho and Hurricane Sandy, both in 2012.
Utilities of course are not the same as most businesses. If a local business decides to raise rates for its products and services, consumers have the option of not buying those products or buying them from a competitor who has lower prices.
There really is no second option when it comes to purchasing electricity to run and heat our homes and businesses.
Which is why it is important for customers of AEP to make their voices heard…


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The sagging US economy has put a hit on plans for Sunday’s Super Bowl, not that visitors to Tampa for the game and hundreds of millions watching on TV will be able to tell the difference.
The bacchanalian bash in honor of American football will still roll for the TV cameras with all of its over-the-top glitz. Yet there are signs — fewer and smaller parties, maybe not quite so many reporters and traveling fans — that the shine will be a little less bright this year.
The game will still be sold out. The town will be crawling with party-hopping celebrities. Hotels will be busy, fans wearing Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals gear will be ubiquitous on the streets, and hundreds of media members will descend to cover the event, which will still likely be the nation’s most-watched TV broadcast this year.
The Super Bowl Host Committee had to lower its fundraising goal by US$1 million. Corporations that are sponsoring the game are sending fewer bigwigs to town. A couple of the big Super Bowl parties and other events were bagged, others are downsizing, and some media companies — especially hard hit by the downturn and the changing habits of news consumers — are sending fewer scribes to cover the game.
The committee lowered its local fundraising expectation from US$8 million to US$7 million after sponsorships lagged, but it will still meet its financial obligations to the NFL, Sigmon said. The committee started early and raised a lot of the money before the economy took a hard turn in late summer, he said.
The auditing firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers predicted the economy would be a factor on game week, resulting in “fewer visitors and media, a shorter average length-of-stay per visitor, and less spending in the hospitality and related industries throughout the Tampa Bay area.”
The projected US$150 million in direct spending tied to the game will be about 20 percent off what it would have been if the economy were stronger, the company said in a report this week.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league tried not to spare any expense for this year’s event, adding that “we’re bullish on the Super Bowl and what it means to America.”


text: The Chinese embassy in Malaysia has warned its citizens not to engage in street protests following reports that scores of its nationals had staged a demonstration outside the building claiming they had lost their life savings to a local investment company. “The embassy understands that there are many Chinese nationals who are still in Malaysia because of the case, and reminded [these people], who are on a tourist visa, not to demonstrate as it is illegal,” the embassy said in one of two statements released on Wednesday. In its second statement, it explained that on October 17 about 100 Chinese nationals had approached the embassy to complain of being “cheated” through a Malaysian online pyramid scheme, demanding that the company, MBI Group International, return their money. The embassy said it had attempted to help by recommending Malaysia-based lawyers and holding legal consultation sessions. It urged Malaysian police to pay greater attention to the case and launch investigations as soon as possible. In an earlier statement, the embassy said that on October 20 it had invited Chinese lawyers in Malaysia to hold a legal dialogue with “about 200 Chinese nationals who have come to Malaysia because of the MBI case”. It also urged Chinese citizens not to participate in any “unsecured investment channels”, and reminded Chinese demonstrators that protesting in groups is illegal in Malaysia and that it hoped Chinese nationals would abide by Malaysian laws. Earlier this month, local media reported that between 100 and 300 mainlanders from different provinces had gathered outside the embassy. The protesters demanded Malaysian authorities assist in investigations and allow them to meet the relevant parties to settle the dispute. Malaysian woman tried to scam US$700 out of grieving Australian parents A local Chinese-language newspaper said a demonstrator claimed “three million Chinese nationals” were victims of the scam, and that the protesters would make full use of their 15-day tourist visa to seek justice. Another protester told China Press, a popular Chinese-language daily, that his “whole village has come to Malaysia in hopes of the founder showing up”. Senior Assistant Commissioner Adlan Ahmad, the principal assistant director at the Royal Malaysia Police’s Commercial Crime Investigation Department, said his department had not received any report from the Chinese MBI protesters yet. “However, this case has already gone to court last year and falls under the purview of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs. If we receive any report, we will hand it over to their enforcement team,” he said. Last year MBI founder Teddy Teow Wooi Huat, MBI International and its subsidiary Mface International were charged in court with various offences including issuing electronic payments unrecognised by Malaysia’s central bank, promoting pyramid schemes, and involvement in money laundering. Although he initially pled not guilty, Teow later changed his plea and was fined 3 million ringgit (US$715,000), Mface 7 million ringgit, and MBI 2.5 million ringgit. Malaysia bans controversial belt and road comic for cultural insensitivity This came a year after MBI was red-flagged by the central bank, the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs and enforcement agencies for setting up pyramid schemes under the guise of investments, some involving unlicensed virtual currency. Under these schemes, investors could purchase MBI’s cryptocurrency with real money and a year later spend it at MBI-linked establishments, including a shopping centre called M Mall in the Malaysian state of Penang that was reportedly popular among Chinese tourists . According to news reports, this is not Teow’s first brush with the law. In 2011 he was slapped with a 160,000 ringgit fine for misleading investors.