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DJ Murphy, Editor-in-Chief, Security Portfolio, at Reed Exhibitions
August 5, 2019
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Merchant and e-commerce organizations are no strangers to the struggles of fraud protection. Amazon, a recent target, noted that its merchants were hit by "extensive" fraud over six months in 2018. Hackers stole thousands of dollars from hundreds of merchant accounts by redirecting money to their own bank accounts. In addition, knowing that global digital commerce sales are forecast to skyrocket in 2020 and consumers are increasingly turning to mobile to make purchases and online transitions, businesses must consider the unique fraud threats they face on mobile devices.
Why Mobile Fraud Must Be Treated Differently
Businesses often approach mobile fraud prevention with the same tactics, technology, and mindset they use for traditional desktop e-commerce. The transactions that happen on mobile and the nature of the data captured are quite different than those that happen on desktop, which means merchants should consider a different fraud solution for each channel. For example, mobile orders can be purchased in various ways through a consumer's personal mobile device, website, or app. It is important for businesses to see where the transaction is made in order to identify fraudulent activity correctly.
One way they can do this for mobile is by taking a closer look at the consumer's device ID and geolocation, which provides a unique identifier for each individual, such as the type of phone they use, mobile carrier, and even the default language that's set on the phone. For example, if a consumer has never traveled abroad but has been making purchases internationally, this identifier helps catch fraud in the early stages. While it is possible for fraudsters to spoof a device ID, it is a less-common fraud method.
The Root of an Attack
While fraudsters continue to generate more sophisticated attacks, one of the most common types of mobile fraud is account takeover (ATO). ATO often results when people reuse usernames and passwords across multiple online accounts. If their login information is stolen in a recent breach, that username and password combination is often sold to any number of fraudsters who then test it across the Web until they are given access.
Combating Fraud with Mobile Fraud Prevention Technologies
One of the most targeted victims of mobile fraud are bank customers. A recent report from Javelin found that at least 1.5 million victims of existing account fraud had fake accounts opened by cybercriminals.
While mobile banking makes it easier for customers to access their bank accounts, this also makes them more susceptible to mobile fraud. Mobile banking is an appealing target for fraudsters because of the ease of access to customer information and the speed of electronic wire transfers to an outside bank account. Whether the customer falls for a phishing scam or downloads a malicious app, there are various schemes fraudsters use to infiltrate customer bank accounts. Financial institutions without the proper security measures in place risk putting their customers in the front lines of ATO or identity theft — issues that can be prevented with fraud prevention technologies.
Many financial institutions smartly require customers to go through multifactor authentication (MFA) in order to access their bank accounts. MFA reduces the chances of mobile fraud by putting multiple authentication and verification methods in place that require customers to approve every transaction made. This may include asking the customer for additional verification methods such as inputting their PIN, SMS text verification, answering security questions, or using biometric authentication, such as their fingerprints.
Other fraud prevention solutions include machine learning and artificial intelligence that predict the user's actions as well as behavioral biometrics that identifies how users behave with their mobile devices. These technologies help businesses identify and prevent fraudulent threats from occurring before it happens.
Whether you manage a mobile commerce platform or a financial institution, acknowledging that mobile security requires a unique solution is the first step toward identifying and preventing mobile fraud threats. And implementing the right fraud prevention technologies ensures that your business and customers are out of harm's way.
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Editor-in-Chief, Security Portfolio, at Reed Exhibitions
DJ Murphy is the Editor-in-Chief, Security Portfolio, at Reed Exhibitions, where he oversees all content. He also leads programming for CNP Expo, a leading event for the card not present and fraud prevention industry. He manages a staff of content producers dedicated to providing educational resources focused on the e-commerce and security industries. DJ is a media professional who has worked in television, online, and corporate roles.
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PhoneArena report that HTC is working on two new Windows enabled tablets. What makes them "special" is that they come with Windows RT Blue (ARM) instead of the regular x86 Windows 8 on board.
For a brief period, you could find an 8.1 inch Windows 8 powered tablet made by Acer at Amazon.com before it was taken down quickly off the online retailer's website.
Months after the release of Windows RT (for ARM tablets), we take a look at what has come of Microsoft's slightly less loved platform.
According to a report by PC management service Soluto, the best performing Windows laptop in a recent test was a MacBook Pro, created by Microsoft's arch-rival Apple.
Lenovo has launched the IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC in the US, allowing up to four people to use the 27-inch display for multimedia and games.
The PC market just got another reminder that its life force is getting much weaker. Some analysts are saying that the PC market may not recover and those mobile devices, which include tablets, will be the new mainstay of computing.
Microsoft has announced that it will be ending support for Windows XP and Office 2003 in one year's time, bringing to a close two of the most popular products the company ever created.
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Samsung has announced its latest portable Windows 8 PC, the ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T, and a Series 9 Premium Ultrabook.
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The European Commissioners heading the bloc’s ambitious Digital Single Market strategy met with the chief executives and general managers from technology firms in Brussels on February 11. The two sides discussed jobs and economic growth.
The executives and managers are members of the newly established Digital Advisory Council (DAC) that was set up by DIGITALEUROPE last summer. They include leaders of some of Europe’s most dynamic large and small digital technology suppliers and regional CEOs of some of the largest tech firms in the world.
The executives met with Andrus Ansip, Commission Vice President for the Digital Single Market, Günther H. Oettinger, Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, and Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality.
As reported in a press release issued by DIGITALEUROPE, the EU member states are grappling with the challenge of how to harness digital technologies to increase European productivity. Europe’s digital business leaders have an important role to play to keep politicians focused on the big prize: long-term jobs and growth creation.
“We want the DAC to provide long-term vision and strategic advice on the business, trade and investment frameworks needed to boost Europe’s digital growth, and its competitiveness globally,” said John Higgins, director general of DIGITALEUROP.
According to the European Commission, the Digital Single Market could boost EU gross domestic product by €415bn per year and create 3.8 million new jobs.


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Radio frequency identification technology has been around for years, but it has never lived up to its hype.
As implementation costs go down, however, there are specific applications, including asset tracking and supply chain automation, where RFID technology makes sense, says Rebecca Wettemann, an analyst at Nucleus Research.
"There was a lot of excitement about RFID for a while, and then people took a step back and asked, 'Is this really ready for prime time?' in terms of being cost-effective and in terms of being a better alternative to the bar-code and scanning systems," says Wettemann. "As tags get cheaper and the infrastructure to manage all of that data gets cheaper, there are other areas where RFID makes sense, including in the retail environment."
Companies are also implementing RFID technology to track assets within their own walls or in their parking lots, says Louis Sirico, an analyst and chief technology officer at RFID Switchboard, a Web portal that offers companies information about deploying RFID technology.
Sirico, too, sees RFID becoming much more ubiquitous as costs decrease.
"I see RFID tags being built into assets; so it's not a question of tagging something, but there's already a tag built into the product," Sirico says. "I see that already starting to happen. The primary barrier is cost, but as volumes increase, more and more companies will start using it because its benefits can lead to ROI. As demand increases, the products are going to become better and less expensive."
Costs for passive RFID tags have dropped dramatically, Sirico says. In 2000, passive RFID labels cost about US$1 each; now they go for less than 20 cents. The price of active tags has also decreased, from US$75-$100 to US$15-US$20, he says.
"The ability to find something on that 300-acre site is critical to our ability to service our customers because ... they want to know which container is in which parking stall out of the 8,000 or 9,000 parking stalls we have," says Nathaniel Seeds, director of port operations at APL.
The WhereNet technology replaces tracking equipment that had been used to scan each row of containers since the facility opened in 1997, Seeds says. Using the old system, finding a container could take upward of three hours, he says.
"I describe that inventory system as 'Park it now, find it later,'" Seeds says. "But over time, as the business grew, it didn't respond quickly enough to the new pace of the operation."
So APL began to explore alternatives, including GPS-based technology, motion-sensor-based systems and RFID, ultimately settling on the WhereNet system because it enables APL to immediately locate its inventory in real time and is cost-effective -- although Seeds wouldn't provide specific figures.
APL affixed WhereTag transmitters to more than 30,000 chassis, which store the containers, and to its entire inventory of terminal trucks. A local infrastructure of more than 80 wireless WhereLAN locating access points and WherePort devices at 12 entry and eight exit gates enables the system to automatically recognize when a chassis is entering or leaving the facility, Seeds says. The system provides real-time tracking of each on-site chassis and automatically updates the chassis location when it is parked, he says.
Now, when a container is unloaded from an APL ship and placed onto a chassis, a clerk ensures that the IDs of the container, chassis and yard tractor are entered into APL's terminal operating software. A yard tractor driver then transports the container and chassis into the yard. The yard tractor is equipped with sensors, and when it disconnects from the chassis, the location of the parking stall where the associated container has been dropped off is immediately recorded.
"WhereNet's deployment at APL's terminal in L.A. was the first deployment at a marine terminal anywhere in world, so we were sort of building this as we went," Seeds says.
Even so, implementation was pretty painless, he adds. APL knew that the core technology -- active tags and the DTOA (differential time of arrival) location algorithms -- would be functional, but WhereNet had to develop some new location algorithms specifically for the APL site, Seeds says.
"So there were some engineering issues from WhereNet's side -- like how to trigger the sensors on the tractors and how to write the algorithms so we would locate a chassis that was moved from one space to another by something other than a sensor-equipped yard tractor," Seeds says.
Although the project has yielded a return on investment, Seeds says the purpose of the implementation was to improve customer service.
"Our focus is on the customer," he says. "We wanted to make our customers' experience as good as it can possibly be. We didn't do this to cut costs, but to improve the efficiency of the operation. We would have still done it had we not saved a dime."
Although it would be better to put the tags on the containers rather than on the chassis, that probably won't be happening very soon because there is so much disagreement in the industry about the best technology to use, says Robert Foppiani, an RFID analyst at ABI Research.
"So what WhereNet is doing is tracking the chassis that hold the containers, which means it's the handling equipment that's being tracked, not the equipment itself," Foppiani says. "So the whole issue is, they want to move these containers as little as possible because the more they move them, the more time is wasted and the more it costs. So being able to monitor [the chassis] at all times and what containers they're handling helps improve efficiencies at the ports and terminals."


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Cook brewing up Java developers
After three years of developing and refining, Memphis-based Cook Systems International Inc. is making FastTrack’D, an in-house Java training program, available on a national platform. In addition to training classes in Memphis, Cook Systems is offering courses in Columbus, Ohio and Richardson, Texas.
FastTrack’D was developed by Wayne Cook, chairman and CEO of Cook Systems, who recognized a shortage in Java developers.
Java, which is the basis for a good portion of software development, saw a dip in qualified American developers in the early 2000s. Cook said the shortage began after Y2K software fixes were completed. And for every 10 Java development jobs available, there was only one qualified person to fill them.
“Billions of dollars were spent on Y2K and everything worked, but there was a backlash,” Cook said. “Companies were looking for a cheaper way to do business and right about that time models began emerging from India and other places that were cheaper. That began the transfer of work offshore.”
As a result, fewer college students were learning to program Java. So Cook set out to develop a 7-week program that could teach promising students to program using Java. When they complete the program, Cook Systems hires them. So far, the company has trained and hired more than 100 developers who are able to service the company’s clients. Cook says the goal in 2014 will be to train and hire 600 people, and then grow that number to 1,000 people over three years.
The seven-week classes have a maximum of 15 students at a time and about 85 percent of students complete the program.
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Amid a steady stream of uncertainties flowing freely from the pandemic, there is at least one thing that is crystal clear: Going back to school is going to be a considerably different experience for students, teachers, and parents across the country this year. And so, too, shall it go for retailers, whose next tightrope balancing act will be suspended across a radically upended autumn selling season, the star attraction of which—back-to-school (BTS) shopping—ranks as the industry’s second-biggest sales event after the November-December holidays.
Interestingly, the gloomy fall retail forecast hasn’t seemed to stand much in the way of the in-store campaigns of the nation’s leading BTS retailers, which, based on recent visits conducted by yours truly, boast a decidedly business-as-usual vibe.
During an early July visit to my local Target, I was semi-astonished when I turned the corner to see the store’s entire seasonal section fully stocked with a plethora of back-to-school merchandise, circa 2019, ranging from backpacks, binders and folders to lunchboxes, locker accessories and dorm decor. Walmart similarly followed suit in mid-July with its familiar BTS headquarters approach, although not quite to the same degree in-store as Target, both of which have long generated significant value in their shared roles as the co-kings of the offline retail back-to-school sector.
As a longtime devotee of the Minneapolis-based retailer, I don’t necessarily fault Target for striving to put its best BTS foot forward. However, at a time when families are facing the gravest of reservations heading into the 2020 school year, as their state and local lawmakers toil mightily to decide the best course(s) of action for opening schools, the vast displays of traditional classroom-based SKUs struck me as off-putting and a tad tone-deaf.
Recent research reports offer additional insights into this season of uncertainty, such as Deloitte’s annual Back-to School Survey, which affirms that the way consumers approach back-to-school and back-to-college shopping is fluctuating dramatically. “With school formats still up in the air for many, the spend is shifting to tech as parents anticipate the possibility of remote learning and the need to supplement students’ education,” said Rod Sides, Deloitte’s vice chairman and U.S. retail, wholesale and distribution leader. “Retailers that can stay nimble and react quickly to changing needs for education amid the challenges of COVID-19,” he continued, will be best positioned to win with shoppers this season, when trepidation and thriftiness will both reign supreme in purchase decisions.
Recent data from WalletHub’s latest survey finds 44% of parents intending to spend less than they did during the 2019 back-to-school season, with some expecting to veto BTS spending altogether in light of how new school supplies may simply not be necessary for remote students, many of whose families are struggling financially.
The back-to-school spending blues mirror month-to-date advertising trends in July, which have spiraled downward nearly 50% versus a year ago, according to a recent study by Chicago-based Numerator, which recently launched a Back to School Index that will be updated weekly through mid-September to track how brands and consumers are navigating the uncertainty of school openings. Key findings of the market research firm’s first index compared how retailers’ delayed BTS advertising this year measures up to the third week of July last year, when Staples, Target, and JCPenney had already started heavily advertising for BTS.
Numerator data also shows that 2 in 5 households (41%) plan to primarily shop online and have their supplies delivered; 1 in 4 households plan to use curbside pickup as part of a partial BTS shopping experience. With fewer consumers expected to browse the in-store BTS aisles in the coming month, the research firm believes brands will bet big on TV advertising in the home stretch leading up to September, despite the slow start to the 2020 BTS ad season.
And if Numerator’s fall forecast holds true, retailers are looking at fewer opportunities to generate incremental BTS sales this year: It projects that 1 in 3 households (30%) plan to nix the venerable tradition of bringing their children to stores to choose their own school supplies. And though BTS expenditures will not see dramatic gains in 2020, the mix is on track to shift big time to include disinfectants, sanitizers, wipes and spray, on par with a similar number of households planning to buy BTS staples such as pens, pencils, paper and notebooks.
The projected sales boost for sanitizers and disinfectants dovetails precisely with RangeMe’s top keywords searched from Jan. 1, 2020, through July 21, 2020, “when retail buyers are more focused on COVID-19-related items versus seasonal items, such as back-to-school or even the holidays,” notes Isabel Ramirez, senior content marketing specialist for the San Francisco-based product discovery platform subsidiary of Solon, Ohio-based Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing Co. (ECRM).
While pandemic-related purchases are bound to continue at a rapid clip for the indefinite future, the back-to-school season will rapidly give way to what promises to be an equally unusual Q4 holiday selling season, when Black Friday blowout events will make the leap in earnest to online showrooms in lockstep with Walmart’s bold decision to close its namesake and Sam’s Club stores on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, this year. Target this week followed Walmart’s lead, as did Dick’s Sporting Goods, with other major retailers expected to follow suit.
In the meantime, all signs point to retailers shifting full throttle to holiday marketing shortly before or immediately after Halloween, which is also poised to see its seasonal success at retail haunted by COVID-19. And don’t look now, but Target has already kicked off the Halloween shopping season both in-store and online, and intends to get an equally early jump on holiday deals, which it plans to begin rolling out in October to prevent deal-hunters from mobbing the aisles in a year not meant for crowds.
Eric Belcher, Numerator’s CEO, spoke volumes when saying: “The lack of clarity on back to school is both understandable and frustrating. As consumers wait to see what back to school looks like, brands and retailers are waiting too.”


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In the center of Uzhgorod, a dump is being formed under the pedestrian bridge. Concerned residents of the city captured polyethylene bags with waste.
These bags are packed with empty juice boxes and empty sugar bags with the trademark "Medelin". The cafe "Medelin" is located nearby, on Pravoslavna embankment, where a leather goods shop used to be. It is because of this establishments that a new garbage "attraction" is now growing under the bridge.
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Finance and Law ministries discuss amendment to law
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 30
The Finance Ministry is considering an amendment in the law to raise penalties against companies that fail to pass on GST rate cuts to consumers.
At present, the penalty for such an act is ₹10,000 or the amount of tax evaded, whichever is higher.
“The proposal is to bring an amendment in the Finance Bill to raise the penalty from ₹10,000,” a senior government official told BusinessLine.
Earlier this week, officials from various ministries including Finance and Law discussed the proposal.
One of the key concerns behind this move is that companies often do not pass on the entire benefit of tax cuts.
“Sometime companies claim that the cost of manufacturing has gone up, which is why they are not able to pass on the tax cuts. In this process they make hundreds of crores of rupees unlawfully, which is not acceptable,” the official said.
There are also allegations that post rate reduction, companies sometimes lower prices selectively. For instance, they may cut the price of larger packs but not smaller ones, or cut the price of one brand but not the other.
“These practices have to be stopped and the required deterrents have to be created,” the official sad.
However, experts feel that though not all the arguments of the companies are valid, some could be.
MS Mani, Partner at Deloitte India, said the steep tax rate cuts made recently will necessarily need to be passed on to customers in the form of lower prices. However, the increase in petroleum prices and the declining rupee are bound to impact the pricing decisions of businesses.
After the introduction of the new indirect tax regime in July 2017, the GST Council has lowered the duties on 384 goods and 68 services, including the latest round of rate reduction on nearly 100 products and services last month. The government feels there is a need to ensure that consumers get the benefit of tax cuts not only now but in the future as well.
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BOSTON – Fall River’s total number of businesses licensed for recreational marijuana may grow from one to three pending a possible Thursday afternoon vote by the state’s Cannabis Control Commission.
State cannabis officials are scheduled to meet in Boston at 1 p.m. Thursday to discuss a list of pending applications from companies trying to open adult use marijuana dispensaries throughout Massachusetts. Appearing on that list are Hope Heal Health, which opened a medical dispensary on West Street in February, and Greener Leaf, which intends to convert a former laundromat on Rhode Island Avenue into a dispensary.
While both items are only scheduled for discussion, they are listed on the agenda under “staff recommendations on provisional license applications.”
For each application, the CCC has 90 days to determine whether a provisional license will be issued or denied. Before that decision is made, commission members have to determine if all four of each applicant’s submitted packets are completed. Applicants also have to undergo a background check facilitated through a security contractor.
Though a license means a dispensary has been approved for recreational sales, those sales won’t start immediately. Once approved, applicants are required to pay a license fee, undergo further inspection, and undergo more security requirements like fingerprinting staff and registering marijuana establishment agents. In the case of Greener Leaf, construction of the actual dispensary would still have to be completed.
If the businesses successfully complete these parts of the process, they go back before the CCC to receive their final license. Once approved, the commission would then issue a notice for the applicant to commence full operations.
Northeast Alternatives became the city’s first dispensary to be approved by the state for recreational sales and opened for adult-use retail in January.
Representatives of Hope Heal Health, which converted two floors of a 172,000-square-foot former mill into a dispensary and cultivation center, said upon opening for medical sales that they planned on expanding into recreational sales in May.
Because of the crowded field of businesses hoping to open dispensaries in Fall River, getting a license from the state serves as an advantage to applicants trying to get a head start on local competitors. Mayor Jasiel Correia II approved Aura Cannabis Company’s letter of non-opposition and community host agreement last month, bringing the number of locally approved marijuana retailers and processors to 11. If the CCC approves all of the applications, Fall River could have as many as eight marijuana dispensaries.
In a public meeting held last week, Giving Tree Health Center CEO Brian Bairos said construction of his proposed Pleasant Street dispensary could begin in May with sales beginning possibly as early as late summer.


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Data loss prevention firm Digital Guardian says it’s deepening its relationship with Amazon Web Services.
Digital Guardian has announced the general availability of their integration with Amazon Macie, a fully managed data security and data privacy service that uses machine learning and pattern matching to discover and provide more protection for customers’ sensitive data in AWS.
“Providing a seamless integration with Amazon Macie was a top product priority at Digital Guardian,” said Mordecai Rosen, chief executive officer at Digital Guardian, in a Feb. 24 news release. “We believe federation is critical to enterprise data protection programs providing the ability to see and manage sensitive data no matter where it resides. Amazon Macie is an effective service for identifying and securing sensitive data in Amazon S3, and with Digital Guardian’s integration we can offer our shared customers unified data visibility and protection from a single pane of glass.”
Dan Plastina, vice-president for external security services at AWS, wasn’t shy about admitting the added visibility into AWS environments is crucial to “inform policies” and ultimately better protect customer data.
“We are pleased Digital Guardian is now integrated with Amazon Macie, as this allows our shared customers to benefit from unified visibility of sensitive data stored in Amazon S3 buckets, on local network shares, and on endpoint devices,” he said.


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Mahindra will be revamping its entire product line-up in the coming months starting with the launch of XUV700. The company aims to keep its product line-up with SUVs positioned in various price brackets.
Mahindra also aims to cut off loose ends from its current product line-up. According to the report from Autocar India, the company will phase out the Marazzo MPV and the KUV100 micro SUV in the country. This is being done due to the low sales registered by both products in the past few months.
Looking at the sales numbers for Marzzo from January to April 2021, the MPV has registered only 711 units in four months. On the other hand, its rival, the Maruti Suzuki Ertiga managed to register over 37,000 units in the same period.
Coming to the KUV100 NXT, the micro SUV has just sold a mere 21 units in four months. Although not a direct competition, the Maruti Suzuki Ignis, which is a similar offering has registered a whopping 16,075 units in sales during the same period.
This has made Mahindra rethink its strategy for both the low selling models in the country. Soon both the Marazzo and the KUV100 will be discontinued. No further updates will be made to both models. Instead, the company will focus on a couple of upcoming models that are scheduled to launch in 2024 including the all-new XUV500 — here are all details.
The Mahindra Marazzo is a potent MPV that offers good space, features and a refined 1.5-litre diesel engine. Earlier, it was speculated to receive a new 1.5-litre turbo-petrol engine to widen the reach of MPV's customer base. However, the company has decided to end the production of Marazzo with no further updates.
The new 1.5-litre BS6-compliant turbo-petrol engine will likely make its debut on the upcoming all-new XUV500 that is scheduled to launch in early 2024. Ahead of its debut, the upcoming engine was showcased at the 2020 Auto Expo. The 1.5-litre petrol engine is expected to produce 162bhp and 280 Nm of torque.
Speaking about the KUV100, the micro-SUV offered more space than a conventional hatchback available at the price point. In an attempt to offer maximum practicality, the design of the KUV100 received a mixed response, which resulted in low sales numbers in the country.
However, the KUV100 will continue to live on as the company will soon launch an electric version of the micro-SUV. Called the eKUV100, it would be a perfect city car for private buyers and ride-sharing platforms. Its plucky design and decent range would make it an ideal daily driver in the electrification era. Mahindra will launch the eKUV100 sometime next year.
Thoughts About Mahindra Marazzo & KUV100 Getting Discontinued In India
The Mahindra Marazzo is not the first MPV from the brand to bite the dust. Its predecessor, the Mahindra Xylo also met the same fate and was not updated to BS6 standards.
Whether there will be a new MPV in the future introduced by the brand remains to be seen. As for the KUV100, it will live on but with an electrification update that is in tune with the time.


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Lee shared his recipe for green beans in brown butter and ginger sauce.
According to the report, Lee said the recipe, which is “amped up with chili, ginger, Vietnamese fish sauce and a scattering of peanuts — is always the first dish his guests finish off.”
Lee also made headlines this summer when he was a contestant on "Top Chef: Texas" program on the Bravo network.
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Toshiba is planning to bring the powerful Cell processor into consumer electronics and launch a TV based on the chip in the second half of 2009, it said Friday at the IFA electronics show in Berlin.
Toshiba promoted its two technologies, Extended Detail Enhancement (XDE) and Resolution+, for turning standard definition content into high definition, at the IFA electronics show on Thursday.
Pushing new boundaries in LCD (liquid crystal display) TV size, Sony will launch later this year a set that's considerably thinner than others on the market, it said at the IFA electronics show in Berlin on Thursday.
Philips has introduced a technology called LED LUX, which promises black levels that rival the best plasma sets, at the IFA electronics show on Thursday.
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Ahead of Kroger's (KR) investor day, analysts at Barclays have published a research note offering advice to the grocer whose shares have dropped nearly 40% year-to-date.
"The next several years will be very rocky and unpredictable for all players in the food retailing space - yourself included - given how rapidly the world is changing," Barclays noted.
And while the firm believes Kroger will ultimately "emerge victorious" it will not come out unscathed as the sector goes through a transformation.
Barclays contends that Kroger's "industry-leading historical comps will remain elusive," its "sales driving initiatives will result in higher expenses" and that further pressure will be exerted onto its debt ratings and its profit and loss statements.
Also "with exits and closures increasing" Barclays believes Kroger will find itself having to acquire additional real estate, but argues that no conventional retailer should be exploring that option.
"The days of 8-11% EPS growth are long gone," Barclays noted while stating that full-year 2018 financial estimates and beyond remain too high. "Absent a transformational event - it will be almost impossible to change the narrative on your story for the next several years."
The firm recommends Kroger revise down both its comps and earnings estimates over the long-run, slash all CapEx related to unit growth, and contemplate a meaningful and "transformative" acquisition or partnership.
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Garments that integrates digital technology isn’t brand-new– we have actually been seeing it on expert sports pitches and also at Olympic competitors for many years. Yet what is new is how obtainable these wise clothing are currently, as well as exactly how everything from medication to aerial engineering to digital technology is transforming what we understand as youngsters’ garments.
Baby garments that can deal with birth problems
Baby clothes with sensing units that track vital signs have been around for some time– however infant clothes that can treat typical birth complications? That’s new.
Suppose you could treat your infant’s jaundice in your home, instead of leaving them at the health center to lie alone, nude, as well as with their eyes covered for protection in the incubators? That’s the question researchers at Empa, a Swiss products scientific research as well as modern technology institute, have actually asked as well as currently answered, establishing an illuminated material that can be made into infant clothes– pajamas, babies suits or sleep sacks– that irradiate the harmful disintegration items of the blood pigment hemoglobin transferred in the skin of infants with jaundice.
To do this, the group produced textiles with optically conductive fibers woven right into them. Battery-operated LEDs serve as a light source for the light-conducting strings, which are woven with standard thread right into a satin product that disperses the light supply equally throughout the fabric, according to the group’s record in profession journal Biomedical Optics Express. The material radiates blue light inward, removing the need for eye masks to shield a child’s sensitive eyes.
” The photonic textiles are washable and also tolerated well by the skin,” said Maike Quandt, lead author of the team’s record, adding that the illuminated fabrics appropriate for daily wear. “The satin textile is smooth as well as matches the using comfort of a common child onesie.”
Clothing that grow with kids
An aeronautical engineer, irritated by the demand to continually get new youngsters’ clothing for his niece as well as nephew, asked a different question: What if kids’ garments could grow, too– broaden as youngsters get taller? It led 24-year-old Ryan Yasin to create an acclaimed, origami-inspired children’s clothing line. The garments is made from a lightweight, machine-washable and also recyclable fabric that has been intricately pleated to increase and also fit growth from three months to 3 years.
His clothes “functions by utilizing the supposed unfavorable Poisson’s proportion, which Yasin examined while at London’s Imperial University,” according to The Guardian.
” When stretched, materials that have this proportion– called auxetics– become thicker and also can expand in two instructions at the same time. … Yasin has actually caught auxetic residential or commercial properties in Petit Pli through making use of long-term pleating. The pleats move in both directions, either folding with each other or increasing, and enabling the garment to relocate with the youngster. Warm treatment repairs these properties permanently in place, also through the wash cycle; the garments are made to be resilient as well as can fold down small enough to embed your pocket.”
The clothes have a peculiar aesthetic someplace in between experimental style as well as upcycled crafting, but they additionally stimulate a feeling of simpleness, of the agitated, un-self-consciousness of kids in a manner that may be just what the world– and also moms and dads’ wallets– need now.
Garments that can track shed kids
A brand-new kind of clever fabric developed at the University of Washington can pave the way for clothing that keep unseen passcodes and open the door to an apartment or condo, office or college, without needing any kind of on-board electronics or sensors.
” This is a completely electronic-free layout, which indicates you can iron the clever fabric or place it in the washer and clothes dryer,” said elderly author Shyam Gollakota, computer technology teacher at the University of Washington. “You can think about the material as a hard disk– you’re in fact doing this data storage on the clothes you’re putting on.”
Many clever garments today incorporate conductive string– embroidery thread that can lug an electric existing– with various other types of electronic devices to produce outfits, stuffed animals or devices that brighten or interact. Yet Gollakota’s group understood this off-the-shelf conductive thread additionally has magnetic buildings that can be manipulated to store either digital data or visual info like letters or numbers. This information can be reviewed by a magnetometer, an affordable tool that determines the direction as well as toughness of magnetic fields and also is currently embedded in a lot of smart devices.
“We are making use of something that already exists on a smartphone and also utilizes nearly no power, so the expense of reading this type of information is negligible,” claimed Gollakota. In one instance, they saved the passcode to an electronic door lock on a spot of conductive textile sewn to a t-shirt cuff. They opened the door by swing the cuff before a variety of magnetometers.
Like hotel card secrets, the strength of the magnetic signal weakens by about 30 percent over the course of a week, though the material can be re-magnetized and re-programmed multiple times. In various other cardiovascular test, the fabric patch maintained its data also after machine cleaning, drying out and also ironing at temperatures of up to 320 levels Fahrenheit.
This remains in comparison to lots of smart clothes today that still need on-board electronics or sensors to function. That can be troublesome if you get captured in the rain or fail to remember to detach those electronic devices before throwing them in the washing machine– a prospective barrier to prevalent adoption of various other wearable innovation designs.
This type of clever textile leads the way for an ease of parental surveillance never before seen, as well as there’s a lot to be delighted about. Who wouldn’t love to replace their nanny camera with a smart onesie, track a lost child’s location by his clever clothes, or to simply shrug your own shoulders in a wise coat, as well as be able to review a teen’s Internet background.
However what makes life simpler can additionally make life harder in brand-new as well as various methods: These clever garments accelerate the demand for conversation as well as policy. A Net of Garments would not simply place children in jeopardy of hacking– it puts parents in danger of coming to be the cyberpunks.
The technology future will certainly hold wonderful points in the children clothing industry and also the way youngsters sweatsuits (παιδικεσ φορμεσ) for children as well as ladies (σετ φορμεσ παιδικεσ κοριτσι) are produced will certainly alter. It is likewise a possibility to see changes in even more typical outfits like for instance woman baptism clothing (βαπτιστικα ρουχα κοριτσι ).


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Over the last month, many Americans watched from a distance in horror or amusement as it became evident that the News Corporation regarded Britain’s legal and political institutions as its own private club.
That could never happen in the United States, right?
As it turns out, a News Corporation division has twice come under significant civil and criminal investigations in the United States, but neither inquiry went anywhere. Given what has happened in Britain with the growing phone-hacking scandal, it is worth wondering why.
Both cases involve News America Marketing, an obscure but lucrative division of the News Corporation that is a big player in the business of retail marketing, including newspaper coupon inserts and in-store promotions. The company has come under scrutiny for a pattern of conduct that includes below-cost pricing, paying customers not to do business with competitors and accusations of computer hacking.
News America Marketing came to control 90 percent of the in-store advertising business, according to Fortune, aided in part by a particularly quick and favorable antitrust decision made by the Justice Department in 1997. That year, the News Corporation announced it wanted to buy Heritage Media, a big competitor, for about $754 million in stock plus $600 million in assumed debt. The News Corporation said it would sell the broadcast properties and hang onto the marketing division, which serviced 40,000 groceries and other retailers.
The deal would make News America Marketing the dominant player in the business and, for that reason, the San Francisco field office of the Justice Department recommended to Washington that the News Corporation’s takeover bid be challenged on antitrust grounds. Typically, such a request from a field office would carry great weight in Washington and, at a minimum, delay the deal for months.
But the Justice Department brass overrode San Francisco’s objections and gave its blessing in just two weeks. So who ran the antitrust division at the Justice Department at the time? Joel Klein, who this year became an executive vice president at the News Corporation, head of its education division and a close adviser to Rupert Murdoch on the phone-hacking scandal in Britain.


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"I think that the demand itself for entertainment is increasing rather than decreasing."
"We have to take the approach that encourages consumers to retrieve information at their own will."
"We have never ever lost our passion for video games and will continue to make them."
"Our goal of the fiscal year ending March 2017 will be to make the video game business robust."
Four development divisions. Hardware: Takeda. First-party: Miyamoto. Second-party: Takahashi. System: Iwata.
"In addition, our development team has been testing various forms of amiibo other than plastic figures."
Digital is growing ever strong.
Nintendo had no idea amiibo would perform so well as to become a ground for scalpers.
The new games in the franchises completely outsold their previous iterations.
Given the "Same-Generation Hypothesis," I think we might see a comeback of GameCube IPs from Nintendo this generation.
The growth is real.
The 3DS is set for another big year in Japan.
Over 300,000 New Nintendo 3DS sold in the U.S. and Europe combined at launch.
Tomodachi Life sold even better in France than it did in the U.S. Merci Kev Adams, et merci Secret Story.
Three hence the majority of these Japanese double-million sellers are from third parties on Nintendo.
Back in black and up and running.
Yes indeed there are games from third-parties coming to Nintendo's platforms.
Yes: Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem is still happening.
4 Nintendo published Wii U titles sold over a million units in the span of the last nine months.


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The world’s biggest macaron factory, you ask? Well, it happens to be based in Belgium. PMSweet poured substantial investments in a 17,000 m2 state-of-the-art factory. Thereby driving up its production output from 700,000 to around 1 million high-quality macarons a day. An investment that rightly allows PMSweet to call itself the world’s biggest macaron producer.
A small treat with big plans
In 2015, Michaël Labro decided to drop out of medical school and devote his best endeavours to making macarons. In due course, “Doctor Macarons” met his new and current business partner Philippe Lhoest with whom he set up PMSweet.
That same year, macaron production already hit a new gear. The company has just kept growing ever since. By 2023, the company was turning out around 700,000 macarons a day from its two Liège workshops. Nowadays, PMSweet has a workforce of some 350 staff, effecting 60 million euros in annual turnover.
Small wonder the business has big plans: the ambition was to move up quickly to become the global market leader delivering top quality macarons. In late 2023, PMSweet built a state-of-the-art factory which is now up and running. “A crucial step to maintain our position as the world leader”, Michaël comments.
In early 2024, PMSweet relocated to a new location in Thimister, keeping things within the Liège region. The company is ramping up the pace, which now sees them make an estimated 1 million macarons a day.
In the meantime, its macarons are available from a string of Belgian supermarkets, with PMSweet exporting its products to over 30 countries.
From energy recovery to gender neutral dressing rooms
Michael Labro: “Our ambition is to also reduce down our environmental impact as widely as possible and to run our production operations in a sustainable manner. To do so, we are fitting 11,000 m² in solar panels, we are recovering energy to cool our fridges and freezers and to heat the water across the entire factory. We are reducing our packaging wherever possible and we are building sugar silos and chocolate tanks to pare down waste and transport.”
Their Food Heroes also occupy a central position in the way the company operates. The factory is highly ergonomic, involving automation technology to eliminate repetitive tasks.
In appointing a Happiness Officer, the company has even created a new post as the officer responsible for worker welfare. In addition, PMSweet is focusing on inclusivity, with the new factory home to gender neutral dressing rooms and a breastfeeding room.
From “Doctor Macarons” to Manager of the Year 2023
2023 was a year during which the company achieved a lot of its goals. In addition to the construction of their new production facility, Michaël Labro was singled out for praise as ‘Manager de l’année 2023’, an annual award that is handed out by weekly Belgian business magazine Trends-Tendances for which Michaël was up against six other nominees.
His story stood out from that of the other contenders. What started out in his grandparents’ garage developed into a business with 300 Food Heroes who produce artisanal, high-quality macarons on a day-to-day basis. And the remarkable thing is that Michaël is just 30 years of age.
“The title is a wonderful token of acknowledgement for the entire team. As we embark on a new chapter, we remain wholly committed to innovation, performance and sustainable growth. Our journey to the top continues unabated and our motivation to scale new heights is stronger than ever”, Michaël Labro concludes.


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Spain’s inflation accelerated for the second straight month in September, data from the statistical office INE showed Thursday.
Inflation rose to 1.8 percent in September from 1.6 percent in August. This was the highest rate in four months.
Month-on-month, consumer prices gained 0.2 percent in September. During the same period of last year, prices had remained flat.
Meanwhile, inflation based on the harmonized index of consumer prices, slowed slightly to 1.9 percent from 2 percent a month ago. On a monthly basis, the HICP climbed 0.6 percent.
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EBay-owned classifieds website Gumtree is understood to be in negotiations to buy the Australian automotive classifieds businesses Carsguide and Autotrader.
Sources told The Australian Financial Review that the US marketplace giant eBay and Cox Automotive, the majority shareholder in the business that owns Carsguide and Autotrader, have been locked in talks for months looking to do a deal. The price being discussed is believed to be less than $100 million.
A purchase of the Carsguide and Autotrader brands would be in line with a global strategy eBay has been implementing over the past 12 months. In February this year, Gumtree completed the acquisition of British car classifieds business Motors.co.uk, another subsidiary of Cox Automotive.
If a deal is to be done at all, it's believed the parties would like the protracted negotiations to be done before Christmas. EBay is also understood to have run the ruler over ticketing, live events and analytics business TEG, which was sold by buyout firm Affinity Equity Partners to another private equity business, Silver Lake, in September for more than $1.3 billion.
A Cox Automotive representative declined to comment. Representatives for eBay in Australia did not return calls.
Carsguide and Autotrader come under the banner of Cox Automotive Media Solutions.
Last month, eBay announced the $US4 billion ($5.8 billion) sale of its off-market ticket sales business Stub Hub to Swiss-based reseller Viagogo.
Access to the dealer market
Carsguide and Autotrader are 70 per cent owed by Cox Automotive and 30 per cent owned by a group of major Australian car dealers. The 30 per cent stake is held via a company registered as DealerMotive, owned by a number of dealers.
The eBay-owned Gumtree has been the market leader in private car sales listed on its website, an area into which overall market leader Carsales is pushing aggressively. An acquisition of Carsguide and Autotrader would give Gumtree access to the dealer market.
Carsguide was previously 50 per cent owned by News Corp before it exited the business in late 2016. News Corp sold its stake via a merger with the local operations of US-based Cox, where it was combined with auctions business Manheim. As a result of the deal, Cox took a 70 per cent stake in the new business, while the group of dealers were diluted down to 30 per cent.
The $2.5 billion ASX-listed car dealerships giant AP Eagers holds a 12 per cent stake in the business, and its holding has increased following the merger with fellow listed car dealership firm Automotive Holdings Group, which was finalised in September.
AP Eagers runs 229 car dealership locations in Australia. The company has a 12 per cent market share of the new car market in this country and has been overhauling its own network as it prepares for a shift away from the ''glass box'' automotive showrooms common on many arterial roads in Australia.
Rich Lister Nick Politis, the chairman of the Sydney Roosters National Rugby League team, is a 28 per cent shareholder in AP Eagers. The company has been experimenting with setting up smaller retailing outlets in shopping malls in Brisbane to capture the extra foot traffic, using just a handful of vehicles on site.
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Government preparing to sell its last stake in Royal Mail bringing to an end 500 years of state ownership
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The wheels were set in motion yesterday for the last government stake in Royal Mail to be disposed of, bringing to an end 500 years of state ownership.
A ministerial statement was handed to Parliament to confirm the remaining 1 per cent of Royal Mail stock in public ownership would be returned to the company’s 140,000 employees.
The final disposal of shares was announced in October, and follows on from a public sell-off of a 60 per cent stake in 2013 which was criticised for being £1billion too cheap.
A spokesman for the Department of Business Innovation and Skills said: ‘The Government made a public commitment to dispose of all of its shares in Royal Mail this year.’
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It appears that big multinational companies are now signing up for the Paris climate change agreement.
First it was German automobile manufacturer Audi & Volkswagen group. Now tech giant Amazon has signed up.
To underscore its seriousness, Amazon has set an ambitious target of using 80% Renewable Energy by 2024 and 100% Renewable Energy By 2030.
Tough, but necessary
For Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, it wasn’t an easy decision.
“We’re done being in the middle of the herd on this issue—we’ve decided to use our size and scale to make a difference,” he said.
“If a company with as much physical infrastructure as Amazon—which delivers more than 10 billion items a year—can meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early, then any company can. I’ve been talking with other CEOs of global companies, and I’m finding a lot of interest in joining the pledge.
“Large companies signing The Climate Pledge will send an important signal to the market that it’s time to invest in the products and services the signatories will need to meet their commitments.”
Christiana Figueres, the UN’s former climate change chief and founding partner of Global Optimism, praised Amazon for ‘raising the bar’ in the battle against climate change.
“Bold steps by big companies will make a huge difference in the development of new technologies and industries to support a low carbon economy,” she said.
“With this step, Amazon also helps many other companies to accelerate their own decarbonization.
“If Amazon can set ambitious goals like this and make significant changes at their scale, we think many more companies should be able to do the same and will accept the challenge. We are excited to have others join.”
The U.S company has tried to tailor its operations in a bid to show it is “environmentally friendly.”
Amazon has in recent years turned attention to renewable energy by launching 15 utility-scale wind and solar renewable energy projects that generate over 1,300 MW of renewable capacity.
Similarly, it has launched the “Right Now Climate Fund“, committing $100 million to restore and protect forests, wetlands, and peatlands around the world.
Not done, Its $440 million investment deal with Rivian will accelerate the production of electric vehicles critical to reducing emissions from transportation.
This will see 10,000 of the new electric vehicles on the road as early as 2022 and all 100,000 vehicles on the road by 2030—saving 4 million metric tons of carbon per year by 2030.
Environmentalists say the big leap by blue-chip companies in signing up to the Paris climate change agreement will help to de-carbonize on a faster time horizon, thereby stimulating investment in the development of low carbon products and services that will be required to help companies meet the pledge.


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SAN FRANCISCO Apple Inc acknowledged on Wednesday it needs to address manufacturing partners' carbon emissions and its own rising water consumption, though the iPhone maker said it had cut back sharply on greenhouse gas output.
Apple last year hired former Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson to push cleaner initiatives, amid past criticism over its emissions and use of toxic materials. Observers say it has improved its practices and earned better scores from groups such as Greenpeace.
On Wednesday, Apple released its 2014 environmental responsibility report, saying investments in renewable energy helped slash its carbon footprint from energy use by 31 percent from fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2013. That's despite power consumption soaring 44 percent over the same period. (here)
But the company, which is building its future main campus not far from its current base in Silicon Valley, said water usage had spiked as a result of general construction and expansion. It also blamed production partners for the largest portion of its carbon footprint, without naming them.
Foxconn and Pegatron in Asia are among the companies Apple contracts to build devices like the iPad and iPhone.
"Carbon emissions from our manufacturing partners remain the largest portion of our carbon footprint, an area we’re committed to addressing," the company said in a blog post.
(Reporting by San Francisco newsroom)
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New Labelling Rules Would Demand Information on How The Animal Lived and Died
Vets have lent their weight to the Labelling Matters campaign in calling for more rigorous labelling of meat and dairy products to show method of production and slaughter.
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has added its voice Labelling Matters, an ongoing partnership project led by Compassion in World Farming, Eurogroup for Animals, the RSPCA and the Soil Association.
The increased regulations would have major repercussions for all companies involved in the packaging, processing and sale of meat and dairy products. Existing labelling requirements are stringent, and this campaign gives an example of how these requirements can change over time. Affected businesses need to choose their partners carefully when it comes to label printing services, to be sure that all the necessary information is provided and the most recent regulations are met.
The Labelling Matters partnership is led by Compassion in World Farming, a campaigning and lobbying organisation that has been around since 1967 and has grown from small beginnings to a global movement with high-profile media and celebrity endorsements.
The campaign calls for mandatory labelling as to the method of production for meat and dairy products across the EU. It argues that only mandatory labelling can be truly effective and provide real choice, as under a voluntary scheme, only those using organic and non-intensive methods would be likely to provide the information.
Research published by the campaign indicates that more than three quarters of EU consumers support mandatory labelling.
A UK Focus
The campaign itself is EU-wide, but in the wake of the EU Referendum, Brexit has been seen as an ideal opportunity to step up the campaign within the UK.
Lorraine Platt, Co-Founder of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation, commented, “Brexit offers an unprecedented opportunity to take back control of British food production and for more farmers to shift from volume to quality production and help safeguard the future of British farming.”
Platt’s words may strike a chord with many UK farmers, who have found it increasingly difficult to compete with overseas competition on price alone. The Labelling Matters campaign dovetails well with positioning British meat and dairy brands based on quality values.
Campaigners are quick to remind us that similar regulations have been in place for eggs for more than ten years – again, as a result of a campaign led by Compassion in World Farming. The results of that are clear to see – brands are differentiated and quality has become almost synonymous with production methods.
The British Veterinary Association’s backing in September added further momentum to the campaign. BVA President Sean Wensley stated that the majority of people feel animal welfare is an important consideration when buying meat products and want to know that the animals reared have a good life and a humane death.
This ties in with the BVA’s own position that non-stun slaughter should be prohibited on animal welfare grounds, a stance that they have held for a number of years.
Better Information, Better Choice
The CWAF has called on the British Government to add its support to the campaign, and there seems little doubt that it is more a question of when than if the new rules will be implemented. As Lorraine Platt said in her closing remarks, “Labels drive demand, and add value. They empower us to drive standards more effectively and to reward farmers who invest in better farm animal welfare.”


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Fan Yogo Ghana has signed hip hop and hip life singer Joey B as brand ambassador.
Taking to to their Instagram page, they posted;
“Happy to announce that we’re officially friends with Darryl!
Say hello to the GOAT and latest addition to the FanYogo family.”
Joey B has now joined Kwesi Arthur and Deborah Vanessa to push Fan Yogo (Yoghurt) as brand ambassadors.


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“We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Today, we celebrate our Independence Day.”
So said President Thomas Whitmore during his rousing speech in 1996’s monumental summer blockbuster Independence Day; a film in which Will Smith drops an alien with a single punch to the chops.
Indeed, today, our Stateside cousins celebrate their independence and it reminded us that they have some truly amazing cars over there which for some reason or another haven’t reached UK roads.
Here are just some of them:
Ford Taurus SHO
Fuel costs have a big say in why certain models aren’t available in the UK and Ford’s Taurus SHO (short for ‘Super High Output) is one such example.
It’s a bulky, overpowered full-fat sedan with little to no mind paid to running costs or fuel economy. That’s why it would stick out like a sore thumb in Europe where sedans (sorry, ‘saloons’) are notably friendlier.
As well as cheaper fuels, the Yanks have wider roads too and vast deserts where a high-performance pick-up like the Ram Runner can be let loose without the threat of levelling small towns.
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
‘Ahh, but you can get the Camaro in the UK’ chime the smart Alecs out there. That’s true; while the bowtie badge has ceased trading in the UK and Europe entirely, Brits can still ship over this muscle car in right-hand drive. But the ZL1 variant? Nuh-uh.
While the 6.2-litre 446bhp V8 available to Brits can clear 0-62mph in 4.6 seconds, the 641bhp ZL1 does it a whole second quicker.
Ford Mustang GT350
RHD Mustangs may now be a thing in the UK but the GT350 remains strictly reserved for the US. Which is just as well because by all accounts, it is ridiculously overpowered with the capacity to make mincemeat of any UK motorway.
BMW M5 Manual
We’ll be getting an all-new M5 some time in 2018 but most likely, only with flappy paddles. For a stick option, you’d have to head Stateside, but even then, you’d have to venture into the used market after the manual M5 was discontinued in April 2016.
Yet again, the prospect of running a stupidly overpowered retro sedan/coupe on UK roads promises to be financially heavy, both getting it over here as well as running it. That’s why even the people capable of importing them don’t get many takers.
Brits have warmed towards pick-ups lately, as illustrated in our recent best pick-ups round-up, and in the US, the F-150 is the biggest selling automobile. It’s the equivalent of the Fiesta over here, but if you saw an F-150 on UK roads, you could almost hear the tarmac gulp in fear.


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Making the ad world work more like financial markets has made Jeff Green a billionaire.
Green, 41, co-founded Trade Desk in 2009, seeing it as the Goldman Sachs of online advertising. The platform offers a marketplace that lets buyers place specific ads in front of a precisely targeted audience.
That’s proved lucrative. Trade Desk posted a profit in every quarter since going public in 2016, including a record $19.3 million for the three months ended June 30. Revenue surged 52 percent to $308 million last year, and analysts surveyed by Bloomberg predict sustained growth at least through 2020, fueled by burgeoning demand for mobile video and connected TV.


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There are two factors that impact payment technology adoption: Whether users can use it and whether merchants can accept it. Tap to phone payments make both easier.
Why the Stage is Set for Tap to Phone
Consumers have embraced contactless EMV payments. Visa found in a 2020 survey found contactless transactions increased by 150 percent over the previous year.
Visa also found that U.S. consumers had 175 million contactless cards, and eMarketer reports that in-store mobile app payments surpassed the 100-million milestone in 2021, and predicts half of all smartphone users will use mobile wallets by 2025. Consumers can easily wave or tap their contactless cards or mobile wallets near a contactless-enabled payment device to make payments.
But it’s more difficult for some merchants to accept contactless payments, particularly small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and mom-and-pop shops and micro merchants that may not have the budget for new payment devices. Accepting contactless payments can also be a challenge for field teams, like cab drivers, food truck operators, and home service and repair businesses when it’s not practical to carry a payment device on the job.
Tap to phone has the potential to disrupt the industry and give smaller businesses and companies on the move a practical way to accept contactless payments.
How Tap to Phone Works
Tap to phone offers a way for businesses to accept contactless payments using only a smartphone. Merchants download an app, and then their smartphones act much like a payment terminal.
The solution leverages near-field communication (NFC), which is available on virtually all smartphones and tablets. This technology wirelessly reads data on contactless cards or mobile wallets when they’re within a few centimeters of the merchant’s smartphone – no dongle or other device attached to the phone is required.
Additionally, tap to phone is secure. The Payment Card Industry (PCI) has developed standards for contactless payments on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) devices, PCI CPoC, which provides solution developers with detailed security requirements and test objectives, monitoring procedures, and software security standards.
Benefits of Tap to Phone for Businesses of All Sizes
Tap to phone is a game changer for SMBs and micro merchants. It allows them to offer best-in-class contactless payment experiences wherever they interact with their customers – at the counter, in the aisles, curbside, at a remote location, or at the front door. It also allows them to compete with larger competitors who meet consumer expectations by accepting contactless payments with more traditional solutions.
However, benefits aren’t limited to small merchants. Enterprises can add tap to phone to their capabilities so that they can provide on-the-spot service and streamline checkout experiences.
What’s the Outlook for Tap to Phone?
With PCI supporting tap to phone with security standards and card brands like Discover fully embracing this technology, it’s likely that it will quickly become widely available.
According to Tim Dziubek, Director of Product Strategy at Discover Global Network, “Tap on Phone meets merchant demand, offering a cost-effective solution that allows business to be conducted nearly anywhere while enhancing the buying experience for consumers. Research commissioned by Discover Global Network shows 82% of merchants surveyed globally state mobile point of sale has helped drive new sales opportunities, while 85% of the same merchants say acceptance of contactless payments improved customer satisfaction. Given positive merchant sentiment, we anticipate significant growth in Tap on Phone over the next few years."
Furthermore, the cost savings, easy implementation, and convenience tap to phone offer merchants will enable merchants to capture sales at more touchpoints and enhance those customer experiences. And when more merchants accept tap to phone, more consumers can use them, and adoption will grow.
To learn more about how to be on the cutting edge of this emerging payment method, contact us.
Beatta Steffy is a Sales Director at Ingenico, North America


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Last year, VC investment in cannabis startups hit an all-time high (pun intended). Today, it’s clear that cannabis is both a threat to, and a huge opportunity for, the beverage industry. Not since Apple decided to get into the phone business has the marriage of two industries been as disruptive and transformative as the alliance between alcoholic beverage makers and the burgeoning cannabis trade.
Better understanding about the health benefits of cannabis and its consequent legalization across so much of the U.S. and beyond, as well as anticipation of consumers' shifting demands, have moved the product from the margins of society to the center of commerce, leading not only to a wave of cannabis-based start-ups but also to established industries and brands looking to get in the game.
As with any disruption, there is bound to be skepticism. While some may fear that the long-term loyalty enjoyed by beer and spirits brands may be in jeopardy as a result of the rise of the cannabis industry, nothing could be further from the truth.
Evidence suggests that the two industries can and do coexist quite naturally, and actually serve to bolster rather than harm one another.
Take global beverage giant Constellation Brands -- whose products include Corona, Kim Crawford and Svedka -- which made news everywhere last summer after it invested $4 billion in the leading Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth. The investment enabled Canopy to bolster its global leadership position (notably, funding efforts in dozens of countries opening up to medical cannabis and the edibles segment of the business) and benefit from the beverage maker’s retailing and marketing might. The deal was also viewed as a savvy move for Constellation, which gained a powerful foothold in the growing cannabis market and multibillion-dollar health and wellness space.
Constellation is not alone. Within the last year, Anheuser Busch InBev partnered with Canadian cannabis company Tilray to research cannabis-infused beverages. Heineken-owned Lagunitas Brewing announced it was coming out with a cannabis-infused sparkling water, while Molson Coors partnered with Hydropothecary Corp. to produce cannabis-based drinks for the Canadian market.
And while brewers move in on cannabis’ turf, cannabis companies have, in turn, developed quite a thirst for beverages. Recess, a new brand of CBD-infused sparkling waters, was launched last year, following in the footsteps of such brands as Dirty Lemon and Mood33.
It is interesting to view what’s happening as a struggle between startups and incumbents. The battle will be whether startups get distribution before the incumbents innovate.
Beverage marketers see cannabis as an opportunity more than a threat. Rather than fight a losing battle against a rapidly expanding industry, beer and spirit brands have embraced it -- becoming an essential player in an exciting, emerging market.
There is a history of companies that have successfully expanded their footprint and made themselves over when up against a potentially potent rival.
Faced with a decline in tobacco usage and the rise of vaping, Philip Morris International/Altria embraced smoke-free products and radically made over its business model, and public image in the process. The Coca-Cola Co. isn’t just about carbonated beverages anymore, having expanded into a dizzying variety of bottled and flavored waters, tea, coffee, dairy drinks, sports beverages, smoothies and more.
These are brand leaders that successfully navigated the disruption of their businesses, turned a threat into an opportunity, and led a transformation of their industries.


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I hate fake, an NGO started by MM Satish is still attacking piracy, adulteration and terrorism in India and worldwide by focusing on the food products supplied to the Indian army. Apparently, Indian soldiers in the army who put their life on the line everyday are been fed fake or in some instances, out dated foods. This is an issue that we feel is a major threat and knowing these products exist in our retail sector in India also raises fear and we advice people to be very careful on what they buy from their local shops by checking the dates given on the packaging and the authenticy of the products they consume. MM Satish is known for his activities around piracy and is also the man to tear down the notorious Dawood Ibrahim’s operation in India that was producing millions of illegal movies and music through Sadaf, an illegal buisiness empire.
MM Satish is making such an impact on this movement that various celebrities including the Guru of Indian Theater, Alyque Padamsee was seen at an I Hate Fake awareness program on Carter Road in Bandra talking about Mr. MM Satish’s efforts and his cause addressing the various problems surrounding this Menace.
MM Satish will be organizing more activities all across India to build more awareness around this subject which Bombay Hott Radio will inform you about first.
Knowledge is Power and Education is the Key.


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Qzina Specialty Foods, an importer and distributor of specialty chocolate, pastry and desserts, has opened a training and R&D facility in Irvine, Calif., for chocolatiers and pastry chefs called the Qzina Institute of Chocolate & Pastry. The institute is not yet open to the public.
Pioneered by Qzina founder and CEO Richard Foley, the $3.5 million Qzina Institute features a state-of-the-art demonstration auditorium with a fully-equipped test kitchen where presentations led by top pastry chefs and master chocolatiers will be held. The institute also features a showroom displaying Qzina’s industry-leading brands where customers can select and order products.
“The vision of the Qzina Institute is to provide a place for professionals to experience the best of the chocolate and pastry industry,” said Foley in a press release. “Our goal is to help chefs expand their dessert repertoire and bring new creations to their guests. Customers who visit the institute will be inspired and surprised with what they can make and learn.”
The institute also offers a Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Lab where participants can make their own chocolate from start to finish in a two-day chocolate production program. During an exciting two-day program, Qzina takes guests through the history of chocolate, from the Mayan origins to modern day production.
To celebrate the grand opening of the Qzina Institute, which coincides with the company’s 30th anniversary, Qzina is planning a large unveiling event. For more information, visit www.qzina.com.


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eBay has commissioned research and strategy agency, BritainThinks, to conduct quarterly reputation tracking in the UK, Germany and France to inform and evaluate their communications strategy.
Vanessa Canzini, Head of European Corporate Communications for eBay, said: "With the help of BritainThinks we have enhanced our approach for measuring our reputation to give us greater understanding and insight. The research has become central to our strategic thinking and how we hold ourselves to account through target setting."
BritainThinks Director, Viki Cooke said "We are delighted to be continuing our partnership with eBay as they seek to improve their already excellent reputation among consumers."
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TOKYO — Uniqlo, the Japanese cut-priced fashion brand, announced Tuesday it will open its first store in Denmark in the spring. It will be located in Copenhagen city center.
The news follows announcements earlier this year that Uniqlo will be launching in Sweden and the Netherlands this fall. Denmark will become the retailer’s ninth market in Europe. Uniqlo will also be entering the Indian market in the fall of 2019. Tadashi Yanai, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Fast Retailing Co. Ltd., Uniqlo’s parent company, has said his aim is to become the world’s number-one clothing retailer.
The first Uniqlo store in Copenhagen will be situated on the Strøget, one of Europe’s longest pedestrian avenues, in a historic building called Louises Hus, which dates back to the 1700s. The 15,000-square-foot store will occupy three levels in a part of the building that once housed a dress shop in the 1840s run by clothier Louise Christine Rasmussen, who later married Denmark’s King Fredrick VII. Both the facade and the interior of the store will feature elements from the building’s original classic style of architecture.
”We are pleased to be announcing our next phase of growth in Scandinavia with the launch of our first store in Denmark next year, on the renown Strøget in Copenhagen,” Taku Morikawa, ceo of Uniqlo Europe, was quoted as saying in a release. “We look forward to introducing the Uniqlo brand and our LifeWear concept to Danish customers, who appreciate well-designed, functional and high-quality clothes.”


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As expected, the release of BioWare shared-world shooter Anthem has been pushed into early 2019.
EA announced the delay by not calling it a delay: “It’s not a delay,” EA’s Blake Jorgensen told the Wall Street Journal, even though the game was previously announced for "fall 2018".
Rather, Jorgensen said that the game's release is being pushed back to make room for a new Battlefield title that is coming this October. Development is on schedule, he added.
Last week, developers speaking anonymously to Kotaku expressed anxiety around the game thanks to issues with the Frostbite engine (which also caused massive headaches in the development of Mass Effect Andromeda), and also because the failure of Andromeda led to the closure of BioWare Montreal and the beloved series being shelved.
The dev team also copped to being very aware of player anger over loot boxes and microtransactions in EA’s Star Wars Battlefront II, and player frustration over Activision's Destiny 2 – a game that Anthem appears to be very similar to.
In addition, a couple of developers said big YouTubers spreading misinformation about EA has had a demoralizing effect on some people working on Anthem.