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Apple event slated for 15 March with a number of refreshes expectedBy Robin-Leigh Chetty 3 February 2016 | Categories: news
Apple doesn't do Mobile World Congress, and 2016 is no different. Instead of sharing stage time with other manufacturers in Barcelona, Spain later this month (22-25 Feb), the company has an event scheduled for 15 March. Although the exact venue is not known, that has not stopped the rumour mill from churning possible product debuts. Chief among them is a smaller iPhone, thought to be dubbed the iPhone 5se at this stage, along with a new iPad Air and possibly a preview of a second generation Apple Watch.
The aforementioned iPhone is said to measure 4" (diagonally), as well as house Apple's A9 chip at its core. It is also rumoured to feature the new 12 MP camera and live photos functionality. That appears to be the only changes though, as 9to5Mac says the iPhone 5se looks more like the iPhone 5 than its latest incarnation (6s).
The new iPad Air though, is an entirely revamped tablet as recent reports say it will integrate several business-focused elements seen in the iPad Pro. As far as the Apple watch goes, we will most likely see a new watchOS for the wearable, along with a range of new bands. Whether or not a new smartwatch is impending, is hard to confirm at this stage.
More details and clues will undoubtedly emerge when the official invites are sent out by Apple.
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Two reports have brought the healthcare community into the limelight. One revealed that CVS wants to procure Aetna, the health insurance giant. The other report uncovered that Amazon has acquired pharmacy permits in various states. The licenses covered distribution of healthcare equipment. These moves are related as Amazon is going to venture into pharmaceutical sales making it a formidable competitor.
The Amazon threats are forcing innovation on industry leaders like pharmacy benefits managers and CVS. CVS pivoting into health insurance is a defensive strategy against Amazon. The pharmacy plans to provide next-day prescriptions delivery nationwide. Both firms want to own the healthcare customer. CVS is improving its healthcare and retail outlets to combine pharmacy, routine care, and insurance services for comprehensive health coverage available at the nearby store. Amazon is known for storing everything, offering pharmaceuticals will be a normal addition to its broad consumer-facing channel.
Barack Obama appointed Aneesh Chopra who worked as the first US chief technology officer as the NavHealth chief executive. Chopra has contributed positively to the healthcare sector. He launched initiatives to invite innovation to the industry such as Startup America, Argonaut Project, and Open Data.
Mr. Aneesh Chopra remains focused on days where health information will be free from electronic vaults of record firms. The data will be accessible to innovators and patients to uphold value. The healthcare market has become attractive due to the changing culture and the regulatory trends that are creating market openings.
Drew Madden is a businessman and a seasoned healthcare IT executive. He is passionate about creating a unique company culture, high caliber teams, and trusted client relationships. In 2010, the entrepreneur joined Nordic Consulting Partner and worked as president until 2016. The entity is among the largest Epic consulting firm and winner of many KLAS awards for excellent consulting services.
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Home grown fruit and vegetables really are healthier and tastier, even if they aren't pretty enough to grace supermarket shelves
- Study found that home-grown tomatoes are sweeter and richer in nutrients
- Kew Gardens discovered they have more natural sugars and anti-oxidants
- Expert said mass-market tomatoes bred for their appearance, not quality
- She claimed results would be exactly the same in all fruit and vegetables
It has long been claimed by allotment-holders that their fruit and vegetables beat those from supermarket shelves.
Now scientists have proved home-grown produce is not just tastier but healthier too.
A study, carried out by experts at Kew Gardens, found that tomatoes are sweeter and richer in health-improving nutrients than those that are mass-produced.
Flavoursome: A Kew Gardens study found that home-grown tomatoes are sweeter and richer in health-improving nutrients than those that are mass-produced
The concentration of natural sugars, anti-oxidants and nutrient rich compounds called phenols peaked in the home-grown tomatoes, the study for a BBC show revealed.
Professor Monique Simmonds, deputy director of science at Kew, claimed mass-market tomatoes are often bred for their appearance rather than quality, that herbicides are used and that they are harvested early and artificially ripened to improve shelf life.
She said all these things can damage the flavour and the nutrient level in the fruit.
'Supermarkets are often looking for tomatoes that are a particular size because that's how the public want it,' she said.
'Some of these tomatoes are smaller and they don't grow in a uniform size, which makes them difficult for supermarkets to sell. It's about educating the public.
People don't mind if something grown in their garden is not beautifully round but would they buy it from a supermarket?'
One example is the Gardener's Delight cherry tomato, which was found to contain three times as much sugar as the shop-bought variety, giving it a far sweeter taste.
While this experiment was with tomatoes, Professor Simmonds said results would be similar in other fruits and vegetables.
Tasty: Professor Simmonds from Kew Gardens said results would be similar in other fruits and vegetables
Professor Simmonds, who led the research for BBC2 show Kew on a Plate, said: 'They are not going to be a cure for a disease but if you are eating them as part of a mixed diet they will definitely contribute to a healthier life – it's the Mediterranean diet effect, having natural anti-oxidants in your diet.
'If you're eating enough of these it will build up to have an effect.'
The show, starting on Monday, follows presenter Kate Humble, 46, and chef Raymond Blanc, 65, as they create a vegetable garden.
The experiment saw Professor Simmonds take the pulp from different varieties of tomatoes and analyse it using sophisticated machinery to work out the concentration of different sugars and nutrients.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Affiliated Foods Southwest, the cooperative wholesaler based here, has reshuffled its management after a brief credit crisis, according to local reports.
The company has promoted Randy Arceneaux to president, following the departure last month of John R. Mills, who had been president and chief executive officer. A search for a new CEO is under way, the reports stated.
The company could not be reached for comment last week.
Arceneaux, who joined AFS about six years ago from the Louisiana division of the former Fleming Cos., most recently was vice president and chief operating officer at AFS. He retains the COO role.
His promotion came after the company temporarily lost its bank credit line, although that issue was quickly resolved, one source told SN. Affiliated has also retained Chicago-based Keystone Consulting, according to a report in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
A spokesman for Keystone Consulting also could not be reached for comment last week.
Shortly before the departure of Mills as CEO, the company had named David Hendrix, operator of the Red Star convenience store chain and the Family Market grocery stores, to be the cooperative's chairman. Unlike many grocery cooperatives, AFS did not have an independent member serving as chairman until Hendrix's appointment. Mills had held the chairman's title, as had the previous CEO, Jerry Davis, who died in 2004.
Mills, a 24-year veteran of Affiliated, joined the company in 1985 as a controller.
“Affiliated, like other companies, is faced with unusual difficulties, most of which are directly tied to the fragile economy,” Hendrix was quoted as saying in a prepared statement. “We are currently reorganizing management in order to improve operational efficiencies. We feel very positive about the future of the company.”
Some local reports said the company had overextended credit to the independent retailers it serves.
Affiliated generates about $700 million in sales from retail members in five states.


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The Fed must abandon average inflation targeting
The writer is a visiting professor at Columbia University
The most egregious mistake made by a leading central bank in the pursuit of price stability has been the US Federal Reserve’s adoption of “average inflation targeting” in August 2020.
The 2 per cent annual inflation target for the personal consumption expenditure price index, introduced in 2012, applied to the inflation rate in any given period and the anticipated inflation rates for all future periods. AIT — even the flexible variety favoured by most members of the Federal Open Market Committee — calls for a deliberate overshooting following episodes of below-target inflation, so as to ensure that average inflation rates are closer to the target.
A 2020 statement by the FOMC commits it to achieving “inflation that averages 2 per cent over time”. But members of the Committee take different views of what that would mean in practice.
Atlanta Fed president Raphael Bostic considers targeting four- to eight-year moving averages of assorted inflation metrics. His counterpart at the Cleveland Fed, Loretta Mester, mentions five-, six- or seven-year moving averages for PCE inflation, or even a fixed starting point rather than a moving average. St Louis Fed chief James Bullard considers a five-year window to be realistic, while Charles Evans of the Chicago Fed mentions an asymmetric five-year averaging, with no correction required for past overshooting of the inflation target.
All these versions of AIT could mean many years of deliberately generated and quite unnecessary above-target inflation.
Arguments for AIT generally start with the correct observation that, because of the extremely low level of the neutral real rate of interest, the effective lower bound on the Fed’s policy rates has become a binding constraint. As a result, inflation in the US has been below target consistently from the start of the financial crisis until the first quarter of 2021. Fear of the so-called Japanification of the US economy — a combination of deflation and anaemic growth — has been driving the Fed’s decisions until the recent overshooting of the inflation target put monetary policy tightening back on the agenda.
It is bound to be the case that, when the economic system operates at the ELB for significant chunks of time, even the most effective pursuit of the conventional inflation target will generate an average inflation rate that is below target. Following the AIT approach of deliberately overshooting the inflation target (during periods when the ELB does not constrain monetary policy) is indeed likely to result in an average inflation rate closer to the target. But it would do so at the cost of higher average absolute deviations (and higher average squared deviations) from the target rate. Better to be below target when you cannot be on target and on target when you can be, than to be below target when you cannot be on target and above target when you could be on target!
AIT is a form of price-level targeting. Yet basic economics teaches us that the price level is irrelevant. Actual and anticipated future inflation rates matter. Inflation is a tax on nominal assets and distorts relative price signals. Anticipated future inflation influences expected returns on a range of assets.
Proponents of AIT care about past inflation, which can be indirectly relevant for monetary policymakers if there are causal relationships between it and the objectives of monetary policy. Contracts with lagged indexation clauses are one such channel. Past inflation can influence expectations of future inflation which can in turn drive actual current and future inflation. When he announced the adoption of AIT last year, Fed chair Jay Powell emphasised the inflation expectations channel.
But there are other drivers of expected future inflation: past, present, and anticipated future money growth, forward guidance, expected and unanticipated changes in the monetary and fiscal policy regime, supply side developments, among many others. Even poorly informed economic agents will learn to identify episodes when the ELB is a binding constraint on Fed policy.
Except in unlikely special cases, the role of past inflation in driving current and future inflation expectations, and through them actual current and future inflation, will not call for anything like an AIT rule.
The choice of average inflation targeting is economically illiterate. Why should unintended and mostly unavoidable inflation targeting failures in the past justify future deliberate failures? And the cost of adopting AIT could be serious: future periods of unnecessary, deliberate above-target inflation. It is time to get rid of this potentially costly nonsense.


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The Great Debate
Here’s a tale of two factories and the way the public feels about those who labor there. Nothing could be more iconic than an automobile factory where workers put in eight or more hours a day on the assembly line. The work is boring, the pace unrelenting and injuries are not uncommon, but the pay is better than working in fast food or at Wal-Mart. Volkswagen’s modern, efficient Chattanooga factory is such a place.
On Wednesday through Friday, 1500 autoworkers at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee will vote on whether to join the United Auto Workers union in a landmark National Labor Relations Board election. Like other U.S. outposts of foreign auto companies, the facility, which opened in 2011, has never had a union.


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Can increasing consumer interest in biometrics stem $43B lost to digital identity fraud in 2020?
The 2021 edition of the Identity Fraud Study was released by Javelin Strategy & Research, revealing $56 billion of losses caused by fraud in 2020, prompting consumers to reconsider biometrics and other ways to strengthen user authentication.
Out of the total losses, $43 billion was caused by digital identity fraud scams, and $13 billion by traditional identity fraud.
Commenting on the report findings, John Buzzard, lead analyst of Fraud & Security at Javelin, said the pandemic has caused a consistent shift in how fraudsters act, particularly online.
“Identity fraud has evolved and now reflects the lengths criminals will take to directly target consumers in order to steal their personally identifiable information,” Buzzard explained.
In fact, as customers were forced by lockdown restrictions to spend more time at home, they performed fewer in-person transactions, favouring instead spendings on streaming services, digital commerce and payments.
In addition, to maintain social distancing measures, these individuals also interacted with each other less in-person, and more via text and email.
The new trends consequently caused fraudsters to abandon their traditional criminal methods, and employ new, digital ones, aimed at interacting directly with their fraud victims via email and text messages.
“Criminals follow current events, and unfortunately the pandemic has provided them a host of new storylines to employ online,” said Kathy Stokes, director of the AARP Fraud Watch Network.
Many of the fraud attempts mentioned by those surveyed referred to economic stimulus payment, unemployment benefits, and identity fraud.
“Helping consumers know how to spot the red flags of scams is an important step in stopping fraud before it has a chance to happen,” she added.
However, according to the new study, many financial institutions struggled to keep up with this rapid increase in digital fraud attempts, with almost one-third of identity fraud victims claiming their banks did not resolve their issues.
The impact of these failed resolutions was severe, as the new data also shows that 38 percent of victims closed their accounts due to lack of resolution and fears of further economic losses.
To counter the increasing rate of these new forms of online criminal activity, the 2021 Identity Fraud Study suggests increasing consumer awareness of biometrics and other stronger forms of authentication.
“Static forms of consumer authentication must be replaced with a modern, standards-based approach that utilizes biometrics,” said David Henstock, vice president of Identity Products at Visa.
The point was echoed by Cindy White, chief marketing officer at Mitek, who mentioned the importance of consumer’s digital account engagement to adopt safer digital identity solutions.
“Consumers are willing to do their part to let go of traditional methods and leverage advancements in AI and new biometric technology such as facial scanning,” White said. “This is good news for them and for their financial institutions.”
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YouTube has walked back a statement claiming that picture-in-picture support would be coming in "days" to its app on iOS.
Earlier on Monday, YouTube Support said in a tweet that picture-in-picture mode would be arriving on iOS 15 devices in a matter of days. That statement closely followed the company disabling the feature on its iOS app on Sunday.
However, later on Monday, YouTube clarified that it meant picture-in-picture mode would be coming to its paid YouTube TV service for iOS — and not YouTube. YouTube also deleted the tweet mentioning that picture-in-picture support would be returning to iOS devices.
Additionally, the company then said that picture-in-picture mode for the standard YouTube app was only available to Premium members on Android mobile devices.
The feature, which allows users to watch YouTube content while browsing other apps on iOS, first arrived on iPhone and iPad devices for YouTube Premium subscribers in August 2021. At the time, however, the feature was only experimental.
After a nine-month trial run of being offered on YouTube for iOS, the video streaming platform was scrubbed from the iPhone and iPad app. YouTube says that the feature has been "turned off."
Back in March, YouTube said that picture-in-picture support would be rolling out to all YouTube TV users later in 2022.


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Social Responsibility of Nanny State?
Healthy food labels and warnings are a topic that is constantly in the news. But does the industry have a responsibility to influence consumer choices?
Obesity is at record levels, particularly among the UK’s children, and there are widespread calls to “do something” to counter the epidemic. Sedentary lifestyles, unhealthy diets and poor decision-making in food purchasing decisions are all contributory factors. But perhaps the biggest question of all is whether food manufacturers have the responsibility, or even the right, to influence the purchasing decisions we make.
A key component in this debate surrounds the custom labels that are becoming an increasingly common sight. We are accustomed to seeing them on cigarette packages, with the written warnings now accompanied by increasingly disturbing images depicting the worst-case consequences of smoking. Should similar warnings appear on bottles of beer, packets of crisps, even sugary breakfast cereals? Or do consumers have a right to make their own choices without being berated by messages on the packaging telling them what a bad decision they are making?
The traffic light system
Lurid images aside, one simple, and apparently effective, measure that was introduced in 2013 was the “traffic light” image that is becoming a steadily more common sight on the front of food packages. It appears as a circle divided into five equal sectors, each of which relates to a potentially unhealthy parameter such as sugar, salt, fat and so on. As well as giving the quantity per serving, each sector is shown in green, red or amber to provide an instant indication of whether it is good, bad or indifferent from a health perspective.
The problem, at least according to some campaign groups, is that this type of labelling is purely voluntary. Ultimately, this means food companies will be far more likely to include it if it is a good news story. It is a little like the health food shops and cafes that are happy to provide calorific value, fat content and so on for their wares – information that is far less likely to be publicised at a burger bar or kebab shop.
Having said that, however, there are changes afoot. Big name manufacturers such as Kellogg’s have recognised that being seen to do nothing could be more damaging for their brands than sharing information that shows their products to contain unhealthy quantities of salt and sugar. They will include the traffic lights on all their products from January 2019.
Drinks sector following suit
This type of self-regulation is being seen across other industries, too. There are similar voluntary systems when it comes to alcohol labels, and over the course of 2018, there has been a steady increase in the number of drinks manufacturers who provide information regarding safe consumption levels.
None the wiser, but better informed
This does not answer our initial question of whether these companies have an obligation to provide these kinds of warnings, or whether consumers should be free to make their own decisions.
Surely the answer, however, is that both are correct. Of course we should all be allowed to make our own choices. But when those choices influence our health and that of our children, it is vital that we make them from an informed standpoint. And that is where the food and drink companies need to step up to the plate.


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Keanan Duffty has joined the San Francisco fashion, art and designer publication, Soma magazine, as senior contributing fashion editor.
Duffty will continue as senior director of fashion merchandising at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and as the global design director for Moods of Norway, a European fashion brand.
Duffty, a graduate of Central Saint Martins in London, has designed his own collections and consulted for brands including Ben Sherman, Reebok, Dr. Martens and Target. In 2009, Rizzoli published Duffty’s first book, “Rebel Rebel: Anti-Style,” and he is putting the finishing touch on a documentary about Malcolm McLaren called “Spectacular Failure.”
“I am [pleased] to have Keanan on board,” said Soma’s publisher, Ali Ghanbarian. “He will be an enormous asset in helping the Soma team to continue our tradition as a worthy cultural voice for all that is creative and avant-garde, providing a platform for emerging talent and balancing each issue with profiles of icons and legends of the creative community.”


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DEVOTED customers of a city centre Indian restaurant insisted on getting their curry “fix” even when it was shut for refurbishment.
Bosses at the Sultan Palace arranged for chefs from the Victoria Street restaurant to cook dishes from temporary kitchens during the closure to curb withdrawal symptoms.
The special measures were sorted by owners Peter and Josh Gambhir after their regulars begged for a curry life-line.
In return for receiving the monthly dose of their favourite food, in places as diverse as Aigburth cricket club, customers acted as taste testers as Palace chefs updated their menu.
Now the eaterie has re-opened after undergoing a £200,000 refit.
Peter Gambhir said: “We were very aware that we had to turn potential business interruption into something positive. The answer came to us from the customers themselves.ŠThey didn’t want to miss out while the restaurant was closed.
“We do Indian food, which is different from Bangladeshi food which most Indian restaurants in the UK actually serve. We are challenging the English palette to adapt to pure Punjabi food which is essentially proper Indian.”


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Following a successful launch in Basel, the doors of the Las Vegas Salon Couture were opened to the Slyde, with one of the most experienced distributors in the industry in the US. In Asia, Japan and Singapore, proudly shown off as retailers’ latest hit product, the Slyde has been at the centre of a number of events in luxury boutiques. The worlwide launch of the Slyde has continued at the Salon Internacional Alta Relojeria in Mexico where the Brand has received a very warm welcome.
The Slyde will be available in New York on Fifth Avenue, and in Aspen, at Colette in Paris, as well as in St Martin, in the Bahamas, Venice, Madrid, Lisbon, Moscow, Dubai, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney, to name but a few. This revolutionary item is already on the roster at more than 80 points of sale across the world – an ever growing success that continues to exceed expectations.
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Wynwood Kitchen & Bar Now Open for Lunch
|The Wynwood Salad, new to the menu at WKB.|
You'll get a choice of three mains -- chicken, beef, or vegetarian -- and then pick from the sides, whether it's those pork-saturated Brussels sprouts or chorizo-chunked potatoes with caramelized onions (yes, we play favorites and it almost always involves pork).
We got a sneak peek of a few items that are still in the works; Chef Aguilar promises they will soon appear on the menu. The Wynwood salad has red and yellow beefsteak tomatoes, aged Manchego, diced piquillo peppers, and baby arugula purée (we tried to get him to tell us everything in it, but he glossed over the ingredients, beyond citing "really good olive oil").
Also offered is a rotating slider program. "It's going to be meat of the day at market price. One day it will be chorizo and pork, another it will be turkey with lemon and lime zest, one day it will be a chicken burger" ($7 to $9). Aguilar says he's not making any beef burgers, "because you can get that anywhere."
They've also created a new happy hour, titled "Beers & Bites," which runs Monday to Friday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Naturally, the menu features a selection of bite-size items ($2 each) and 30 percent discounts on a full range of artisanal beers as well as "select house brand liquors and wines."
It'll be a scene during Art Basel, where a pop-up shop and plenty of artist-themed drinks will keep crowds coming. Let's hope locals don't get shut out -- that bar is going to be busy.
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FDA Bans Anti-Bacterial Soap Chemicals, Says They Are Useless And Possibly A Danger
When you’re shopping for liquid soap, scanning the row upon row of jolly, bubbly colors and bright labels, what do you look for?
For most people, picking up something that says anti-bacterial on the label is fairly standard practice–after all, who wants bacteria on their hands or body?
The truth is that bacteria are vital to our health, some of them anyway. they help protect our immune system and perform many other vital functions.
However, in a rare moment of standing up to big corporate interests, the Food and Drug Administration has announced that it will no longer allow the supposedly anti-bacterial chemicals, known as triclosan and triclocarban, to be sold in soap.
For one thing, the FDA has said that marketing antibacterial soaps as somehow cleaner and more sanitary than regular soap is simply false.
“There’s no data demonstrating that these drugs provide additional protection from diseases and infections, said Theresa M. Michele, MD, of the FDA’s Division of Nonprescription Drug Products. “Using these products might give people a false sense of security.”
Michele went on to reiterate that plain old soap and water do just fine.
“Following simple handwashing practices is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of many types of infection and illness at home, at school and elsewhere,” she said.
“We can’t advise this enough. It’s simple and it works.”
Aside from false advertising, the other concern is that those antibacterial chemicals can be harmful to human and environmental health.
Triclosan and triclocarban have been shown to disrupt hormone cycles, as well as harm the environment. Triclosan is particularly troubling, as it breaks down into cancer-causing dioxins.
So these chemicals at long last have been banned from consumer products, although manufacturers have a year to comply with the directive. Be aware though that restaurants and hospitals will still be able to use them even after the ban goes into effect.
Also good to know is that these products will still be on store shelves until the year is up. So read the label carefully before buying.
While it is a relief that the FDA has finally stepped up and put a stop to the sale of these dangerous chemicals, what is simultaneously infuriating about the whole debacle is that the dangers of these chemicals have been known for years, and manufacturers simply declined to remove them from their formulae.
When it takes a supine, toothless agency like today’s FDA to say enough, you know these are truly bad chemicals–that we’ve all been happily scrubbing with for years, without a clue as to how dangerous they really are.


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WESTPORT, Conn. -- The minute Thanksgiving is over it's time to think Christmas. Which is where the actress -- and Westport resident -- Melissa Joan Hart comes in.
Her new Lifetime movie, "A Very Merry Toy Store," which used Connecticut as its backdrop, airs Sunday, Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. Most scenes were shot in Bristol and New Britain (See previous Daily Voice story HERE .)
Hart plays Connie Forrester, a single mom who, along with Will DiNova (Mario Lopez), each run their own small, family-owned toy stores in Connecticut.
Similar to their families, the two have been business rivals for years, until both of their livelihoods fall into jeopardy when the big box toy store "Roy's Toys" has its grand opening right before Christmas.
In order to save their livelihood, Connie and Will band together to save the stores that have defined their families for generations, and in the process, might just find love in time for the holiday.
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Memorial Day is typically considered the unofficial start of summer, and it’s coming up quickly! With that in mind, we surveyed Americans aged 18+ to learn about their Memorial Day plans after a year in some sort of lockdown.
When asked about their upcoming Memorial Day weekend plans, the most common activity will be hosting or attending a cookout. And what’s a cookout without a delicious variety of food and drinks? For those hosting, the majority plan to serve their guests burgers (92%) and hot dogs (80%). Also likely to make it onto the grill are chicken, corn on the cob, sausage/bratwurst, other vegetables, and ribs.
When it comes to beverages, hosts plan to provide their guests a range of options, including soda (86%), water (81%), beer (75%), iced tea (52%), and cocktails (34%: don’t forget your margaritas!) to name a few. Solo cups look to be the preferred brand of drinkware for cookout hosts, with over half opting to make these available!
Never one to show up empty-handed, almost all of those attending summer cookouts plan to contribute food or beverages with the most common items to bring being beer (28%), dessert (27%), burgers (27%), or chips & dip (26%).
Almost all of our consumers who plan to host a Memorial Day BBQ will be purchasing their items in person at a grocery store (72%). We can target your offers to these shoppers in-store! Reach out to firstname.lastname@example.org to learn how. Also, if you’re curious about what other items will be purchased to kick summer gatherings up a notch, we’ll dive into that in an upcoming post.
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Knox™ captivates visitors during demo days
Rijk Zwaan’s location in Fijnaart hosted this year’s demo days from mid-September until the end of October. One of the particular highlights this year was Knox™, a trait in lettuce varieties which slows down the leaf discolouration process caused by oxidation.
Rijk Zwaan promoted to Hillenraad 500+
This year, for the very first time, Rijk Zwaan has made it onto the Hillenraad 500+, the annual list of companies with revenues of more than 500 million euros or with more than 1,000 employees in the Netherlands.
New lettuce discolours less rapidly thanks to ‘Knox™’
Rijk Zwaan introduces a trait in its lettuce varieties that ensures that the leaves discolour pink less rapidly after cutting: ‘Knox™’. Today, it presents this ground-breaking innovation during their Lettuce and Leafy Vegetable Conference in Antwerp, Belgium.
Rijk Zwaan wins Grüner Merkur 2015
On Friday 18 September, during the Deutschen Obst & Gemüse Congres in Düsseldorf, Germany, Rijk Zwaan received the Grüner Merkur award for their achievements in boosting the fresh produce category.
Rijk Zwaan app enhances demo field visits
Rijk Zwaan has developed an app to improve the efficiency and personalisation of visits to its demo fields around the world. The app is now available for download in Android and iOS versions.
Innovating the fresh produce category at Asia Fruit Logistica
From 2-4 September, Rijk Zwaan will once again be exhibiting at Asia Fruit Logistica. By presenting a variety of innovative products, Rijk Zwaan demonstrates to its Asian chain partners that broadening the fresh produce category can boost fruit and vegetable consumption.
‘Looking to the future of melon and watermelon’
On 8 and 9 July Rijk Zwaan organised the Global Melon & Watermelon Event in Spain, with a focus on global trends and how to fulfil the requirements of the whole food chain.
Gherkin world gathers in Germany
Rijk Zwaan held the Global Gherkin Days on 6 and 7 July 2015. More than 200 participants from 22 countries gathered in Germany to exchange knowledge and ideas about gherkins.
Rijk Zwaan South Africa starts sales activities
As of today, Rijk Zwaan South Africa has taken over the sales activities from its former distributors Javelin Seeds and Filmflex Plastics. Rijk Zwaan expects to be able to serve the South African vegetable market even more effectively.
Demo field Fijnaart completely up to date
Rijk Zwaan’s demo field in Fijnaart once again opened to visitors. For the next three weeks, growers, plant raisers, processors and other business partners are warmly welcome to see the open-field assortment for themselves.


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More weapons, more aggression used in thefts, crime prevention company says
Retailers report thefts are getting more aggressive, as Auckland has been hit by a series of ram raids in the last fortnight - one involving an 11-year-old driver.
In the early hours of Monday morning, Gucci and Louis Vuitton stores in Auckland's centre were also hit by ram raids.
Crime research and prevention company Auror pulls together reports of retail crime for most major retailers in NZ, and its CEO Phil Thomson said more weapons were being used.
"In New Zealand it's knives, screwdrivers. We've seen broken bottles and Tasers being used in Australia and much worse further afield, as well as just aggressive behaviour, so that's yelling, swearing at staff members as part of getting away with your shoplifting crimes."
Thomson said criminals were now gambling that most retail workers would no longer attempt to interfere with violent actions.
"We're seeing a change in health and safety laws across the world which goes in line with company policy of standing back and letting people go if they're getting too aggressive or violent, because it's, importantly, keeping people safe.
"It's now being used as a tactic to get out of the store faster with more goods."
Criminals knew what the rules were, he agreed.
"Retailers are being smart around protecting their own people but it just changes that risk/reward ratio for offenders.
"Off the back of Covid it's definitely escalated further. I think part of that is the anonymity that comes with wearing masks."
But most of the ram-raid robbers were not opportunists and instead were methodically planned attacks, Thomson said.
"The majority of what we're seeing is coming from organised and repeat offenders.
"They're actually four times more likely to use violence and aggressive behaviour versus your opportunistic shoplifters.
Organised retail crime qs "people's paid jobs, effectively," Thomson said.
"They will move from shop to shop stealing and then sell those goods online or in marketplaces. Gangs are often involved, too.
"What we're seeing is that 10 percent of offenders are actually causing about 60 percent of the loss.
"It's a small number of people causing a lot of damage to our retail communities but they're also involved in much more serious crimes around the community as well.
"I think there's an actual overall down trend in the physical harming of retail staff members which is a positive, but the use of that aggression and violence is increasing overall."
So how can it be stopped? One way is by stores sharing information with both police and other stores, and using technology in new ways to track crimes.
Another method - which may seem counterintuitive - was simply greeting customers as they entered a store. Someone either at the door or counter interacting with customers made a real difference, Thomson said.
"By saying hello to someone it actually can reduce their offending by up to 80 percent," he claimed.
"Removing their anonymity from them helps."
Thomson said retail shoplifting and its effects cost "nearly $800 per household a year".
"It is costing us as consumers and as the community a whole lot more, not only from the price of goods, but actually dealing with this right through the justice system as well."


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Gen Z and millennial Canadians are really digging gardening right now
Garden centres, seed companies report huge spike in demand during pandemic
Gardening — a hobby once associated with grown-ups or senior citizens — is trending hard among young Canadians. At least, according to some vendors who have temporarily suspended sales to deal with a backlog of orders.
Make a call to the company that describes itself as Canada's largest mail-order gardening outfit, and you'll be greeted with the following recording:
"Thank you for contacting Veseys," said a female voice. "Due to the overwhelming demand for seeds during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing an increase in orders, emails and phone calls."
A business fixture in Prince Edward Island since 1939, Veseys Seeds is easily one of Canada Post's largest private-sector customers in all four Atlantic provinces.
Even so, the company's director of sales John Barrett says he's never seen the kind of boom he's seeing now — not in his own 25-year career, or Veseys 81-year history.
"There was a bit of a blip toward the end of 1999," said Barrett, recalling the Y2K millennium bug fears of the time.
"A lot of people thought the world was going to come to an end and we even had requests to buy all of the brown bean seeds. So there was a bit of a buying frenzy but nothing anywhere near close to what we've been seeing since March ."
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Barrett said orders have increased by about 450 per cent, compared to the year before. The spike was so unexpectedly high, Veseys had to temporarily stop selling all seed items on its website, halting online transactions while employees worked overtime to clear the backlog.
"We've added double shifts to our picking, gathering and shipping department," said Barrett. "We increased the wages to all hourly employees by 25 per cent because of the additional strain that they're under both due to the volume and because of the uncertainty of the COVID-19 situation."
Younger customers driving growth
The Veseys website has been back up and running at full capacity since May 9. The company told The Cost of Living that according to Google Analytics, the largest cohort of their digital buyers now falls between 25 and 34 years of age.
"Typically your mail-order gardening customer demographic follows in that 50- to 65-year-old age group, and the second most popular group might even be 65-plus," said Barrett, adding he hopes the younger generation will fall in love with this new hobby.
It's been people even as young as their early twenties and late teens that are coming in and they want to buy seed starter kits.- JC Ingram, Cobblestone Garden Centre
Garden centres that largely remained open through March and April, in provinces where they were deemed an essential service, also say they're witnessing a surge in interest.
"We've just been flooded with new gardeners and a new demographic," he said. "It's been people even as young as their early twenties and late teens that are coming in and they want to buy seed starter kits."
People want to grow both food and flowers
Both Ingram and Barrett said the pandemic has triggered a growing desire among Canadians to grow their own vegetables.
"I would say a customer favourite right now is definitely our tomatoes," said Ingram. "We've actually cordoned off an entire section of our greenhouse just for tomatoes."
What Barrett said surprised him was a similar demand he said was almost insatiable for spring flowering bulbs among Canadians.
"I think it's a reflection on people deciding to spend more money at their home in their garden in their yard because they probably wouldn't be going anywhere this summer," said Barrett.
Fundraisers lose out
While Barrett is excited about the sudden uptick in gardening, he said there is a dark side to the current trend in that community organizations are missing out on fundraising opportunities.
"One of the programs we run here at Veseys is a nationwide fundraising program where groups, primarily schools, across the country receive catalog collections from us that they sell and keep 50 per cent of their sales," said Barrett.
"It's a tremendous fundraiser, but now with schools being closed and social distancing, people are not able to go door-to-door. It's unfortunate for these organizations that depend upon our fundraising program to raise the money they need every year."
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Music tourism is an emerging niche tourism segment in the world of travel and tourism and there are not too many specialist operators who curate travel itineraries around such festivals. JOL is one such specialist which has started curating interesting packages around popular music festivals around the world for discerning travellers.
EXIT music festival in Serbia, which frequently tops lists of the best European and International music events, is the latest festival JOL is partnering with to promote and sell packages around it in India.
JOL has exclusively partnered with several travel boards and agencies to facilitate easy access to the EXIT music festival in Serbia and has curated an exclusive travel package comprising premium hotel accommodations, experiencing local food and culture, and 2 days of VIP access to the festival venues.
“Nowadays, travelling to attend a music event has become increasingly popular as hundreds of travellers in past years have attended music events such as EXIT music festival and many more. The main goal of JOL is to spread awareness about these niche segments like music tourism in India and worldwide as well,” says Bajaj.
The trend is catching up among youth in India as well, he says. “With music forming a large part of this population’s interest, travel is the new medium that is bringing these two forces together to revive travel and tourism to pre-Covid levels”
JOL enables GOLD PASS privileges to guests that include VIP entries to opening and closing parties at the best nightclubs in Belgrade, wine tasting, and a 7-course lunch at an elite Serbian vineyard, VIP access to the EXIT music festival, and many more unprecedented privileges at unmatched prices.


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Global tech leaders gather for three days of surf, fun and networking after local bid secures event
SLIGO, the home of Irish surfing, is to host the influential Surf Summit, which takes place after this year’s Web Summit in Dublin’s RDS. Today’s announcement confirmed that the global event will take place in Sligo between November 6-8, 2015.
Surf Summit will take place straight after the Web Summit with hundreds of tech investors, startups, entrepreneurs and industry enthusiasts travelling to Sligo to do business in a dynamic, fun and unique environment.
Senior executives from some of the world’s biggest tech brands along with future industry leaders will spend three days engaging in a range of outdoor activities which will include surfing, kayaking, kite surfing and more – while also discussing new business ventures and making deals.
More than 200 people attended the event in Westport, Co Mayo last year but the Web Summit hopes to “dramatically increase” that figure this year. Sligo’s surf culture is long established and Strandhill has been a mecca for surfing since the 1970s. Every year, the huge swells at Mullaghmore attract pro-surfers and international headlines.
“We are delighted that Sligo is going to host Surf Summit. In big business, deals are done over golf courses; but in the startup, technology industry and the Valley, it’s all done over adventure sports,” said Fintan Gillespie, Co-Host of the Surf Summit and Google Industry Lead.
“We wanted to give Web Summit attendees the chance to deepen the network they have been working on all week, experience the Wild Atlantic Way and enjoy what the west coast has to offer,” he added.
A major collaborative effort was involved in securing the event and included Sligo’s thriving adventure and surf community. The bid was led by marketing consultants Allan Mulrooney and Denise Rushe and strongly supported by Sligo Chamber of Commerce.
“Sligo is the natural home and the perfect fit for the Surf Summit with a huge surfing culture, the right infrastructure and all the amenities right on the doorstep to host a world-class event,” said Allan Mulrooney.
Sligo Chamber of Commerce estimates that the event could be worth millions to the local economy.
“To have Sligo profiled internationally as a place to live, work and do business in such a setting that is attractive to the tech community worldwide offers enormous potential,” said Chamber CEO Paul Keyes.
In four years, the Web Summit has grown from 400 to 22,000 attendees coming from over 100 countries. The event has previously been described by Forbes as ‘the best technology conference on the planet’. Some of the speakers at this year’s event include Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation Studios; John Collison, President and Co-founder of Stripe and Mary Aiken, Producer of CSI: Cyber.
The Web Summit Team will make further announcements regarding the Surf Summit at www.websummit.net


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Microsoft Expedia deal and large gain delayed
Published 6:30 am, Tuesday, December 18, 2001
NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. said today that the sale of its stake in Expedia Inc. to USA Networks Inc. has been delayed, along with its projected $650-million gain on the deal.
The deal -- now expected to close during the March or June quarters as a result of USA's deal with Vivendi Universal -- was expected to result in a pretax gain of about $650 million. It was initially slated to close in the quarter ending December 31, Microsoft said in a statement.
Other than the delay in the timing of the expected gain on the sale of its stake in online travel firm Expedia, Microsoft declined to provide any update to the financial guidance it released in October.
Expedia delayed a shareholder vote on USA Networks' plans to buy up to a 75 percent stake of the company following Vivendi Universal's purchase of USA Network's film, cable and TV assetsMonday.
Shares of Expedia were last down 4 cents to $37.32 and shares of Microsoft were last up 26 cents at $69.24.


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Most of the details related to the next-generation version of the Nissan GT-R sports car have so far been a mystery, but at least one source calls it a "foregone conclusion" that the car will move to a hybrid powertrain within the next few years. That's not to say the model will go soft. In fact, the Japanese automaker may be eying the Porsche 918 or McLaren P1 as performance targets.
The big news on the electric vehicle front today is that Nissan is considering slowing down EV battery production in the US and UK and source all of Nissan's big packs come from Japan. Nissan may also buy some batteries from the Korean company LG Chem. This is apparently causing dissent within Nissan, but it follows what Alliance partner Renault is doing in the hunt for 180-mile EVs. This
Nissan reported its Q1 financial results through the April-June period, and Bloomberg reports that the Japanese automaker beat analyst expectations. The outlet averaged income estimates provided by 11 analysts to come up with a figure of 130.2 billion yen ($1.3 billion), while Reuters' analyst survey returned a estimate of 163 billion yen ($1.6 billion) in operating profit. Nissan easily beat
When you talk to people in the plug-in vehicle industry, one theme you hear repeatedly is that the more plug-in cars that are out there, the better things are for everyone. One reason is that more EVs build a need for more public chargers, and more chargers mean more people see that plugging in is feasible. But there's still something to be said for old-fashioned competition, and in the sales


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Hosted by Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo International Exhibition Co.Ltd, the Largest Asian (world's 2nd largest) Vending Show - The 15th China International Self-service, Kiosk and Vending Show (CVS) will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Center from April 26th to 28th, 2018. The exhibition will showcase various products including self-service terminals and solutions, comprehensive vending systems, kiosk, currency identification systems, self-service printing equipment, mobile payment terminal equipment, smart card reader, vending machine related accessories and services etc.; It aims to present the newest technology, host the most valuable tech communication forum and launch an international grand event with the largest influence in the self-service and vending industry.
The 15th CVS will display a specialized thematic arena called Retailing World. The Retailing World is a tailor-made thematic exhibition that's specially designed for the retail industry. This Pavilion consists of five sectors including chain stores, retail design and equipment, self-service and devices, cleaning, and property management. Activities like brands road show, investment matchmaking for startups, C-Star international retailing forums, the World Self-service Terminals Summit and many others will be taking places during the entire exhibition period. With its authority, professionalism and innovation, the 15thCVS has attracted many domestic and foreign mainstream exhibitors to attend the fair.


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The only U.S.-flagged cruise ship, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Pride of America, is back in service nearly new after an extended dry dock. The ship received stem-to-stern enhancements including new public spaces and venues and refreshed décor in all staterooms.
“This is much more than just a fresh coat of paint and new drapes. Pride of America is now essentially a new ship, and the only one to offer this incredibly unique way to experience the Hawaiian Islands with 100 hours of time in port.” said Andy Stuart, Norwegian’s president and chief operating officer.
Every stateroom aboard Pride of America received new bedding, furniture, flat-screen televisions and updated flooring. New spaces include Soho Art Gallery, that features original works of art available for purchase; the new Perspectives Photo Studio and Dolce Gelato.
Pride of America’s renovation is a part of The Norwegian Edge program, a $400-million investment in upgrades to all the ships in Norwegian’s fleet.


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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
TheBouqs Gets $1.1M To Fix Online Flower Delivery
Tired of not getting what you expect--and paying more than you want--for online flower delivery?The Bouqs Company thinks that online flower delivery is broken, and that it has what it takes to reshape what consumers expect from online flower delivery services. And, it now has $1.1M in seed funding to make it happen. The Venice-based startup said today that it has raised $1.1M in a seed funding round, from Quest Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, and angel investors, including Mich Mathews (former CMO of Microsoft), Dennis Phelps (Institutional Venture Partners), Andy Dunn (Bonobos), and and Brian Spaly (Trunk Club). The firm said the new funding will go towards technology, infrastructure, and to help expand its team.
TheBouqs.com has created an online flower delivery company which cuts-to-order and delivers farm direct flowers from South America, directly to consumers. The firm's pricing includes both the flowers and shipping, via a simple and direct ordering process, and which also includes a number of subscription options--automatically shipping flowers on birthdays or anniversaries, or for regular recurring flower deliveries for both consumers and businesses. The firm was founded by John Tabis. Tabis said in an interview that TheBouqs saw that the big, online brands were ignoring the younger, more tech-savvy, more hip crowd, and that the company is trying to make a service which appeals to them because of its transparency, pricing, customer service, and user interface.More information »


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Payment solutions start-up, PayGlocal has raised $12 million in its Series B funding round, co-led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India, it announced on Saturday. The company plans to use these funds to scale its cross-border merchant payments solution and hire more people.
PayGlocal enables merchants to accept and collect payments from customers outside India in the currency of their choice. It also allows them to use their own cards or even avail non-card payment options, too.
Its Series B round also saw participation from existing investors like BeeNext, Pinelabs’ Amrish Rau, Jupiter’s Jitendra Gupta and White Ventures’ Sweta Rau, its existing investors. Credit card payments portal, CRED’s Kunal Shah too participated in the round.
In December 2021, the company had raised $4.9 million in its Series A round. So far it has raised nearly $17 million and claims to facilitate transactions for over 100 merchants across India. “Merchants are happy with the increase in international payments success rate and a reduction in the risk associated with the processing of cross-border transactions. We look forward to expanding our current team of 50+ to 100+ by the end of this year,” said Prachi Dharani, co-founder and chief executive officer, PayGlocal.
The company was founded in 2021 by Prachi Dharani, Rohit Sukhija, Yogesh Lokhande and Ruby Jain.
“As India becomes increasingly important to global commerce, there remains a significant need for innovation on cross-border payments. We believe PayGlocal’s platform will make it easier for millions of Indian businesses to reach customers globally,” said Alex Cook, Partner, Tiger Global.


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Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza has opened its newest location in Culver City, Calif., at the Culver Crossroads. To celebrate, the company is offering free pizzas to Blaze Pizza's Facebook fans today between 6 and 9 p.m.
Those who like the Blaze Pizza page on Facebook can print out a screenshot, or present it on their mobile device to obtain their free pizza at the new restaurant, located at 4114 Sepulveda Boulevard.
Additionally, Blaze Pizza — Culver City has developed a turnkey in-restaurant fundraiser program that returns 20 percent of an event's proceeds back to local organizations. Local schools, sports clubs and other local organizations are invited to host fundraising events at the new restaurant.
The Culver City Blaze Pizza is operated by Culver City BP LLC, a franchise group led by Peter Korral and Daniel Driz.
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Domecq toasts profits gain
DRINKS giant Allied Domecq today shrugged off its disappointment at losing the battle for winemaker Peter Lehmann by uncorking full-year profits at the top end of City expectations.
The company, whose brands include Ballantine's whisky and Beefeater gin, posted pre-tax profits of £495m for the 12 months to 31 August, 3% ahead despite tough markets and higher pension costs.
The results come a week after the group conceded defeat in the fight for Peter Lehmann. The Australian firm rejected Domecq's £62m offer in favour of a bid by Swiss group Hess.
Chief executive Philip Bowman said the profits growth showed its resilience and the benefits of a strategy to shake up its spirits and wine portfolio.
The company has spent more than £1bn in recent years on deals that have transformed its wine business, taking in New Zealand's leading wine company Montana and the Perrier Jouet/Mumm champagne brands.
Bowman said: 'We have delivered increased profits, strong brand growth and excellent cash generation across the business after dealing with the pension and foreign exchange issues we reported in the first half.
'Early indications are that the 2004 financial year has started well and we are on track to meet expectations.'
Underlying sales volumes across the core brands rose 5% with Canadian Club up by 9% on market share gains in the US. Acquisitions lifted premium wine volumes by 18%.
Shareholders will receive a total dividend of 14p, against 13p last year.
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* Fed's Powell says economy still needs Fed support
* Growth stocks resume slide
* Tesla falls as bitcoin sell-off weighs
* Home Depot slips on consumer spending outlook
* Indexes down: Dow 0.53%, S&P 0.97%, Nasdaq 2.47% (Adds comments, updates prices to early afternoon)
By Devik Jain and Shreyashi Sanyal
Feb 23 (Reuters) - The Nasdaq index fell in volatile trading on Tuesday as investors sold off mega-cap growth stocks on valuation concerns, although Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's comments on the economy helped ease some selling pressure.
In his testimony to the Senate Banking Committee, Powell pushed back on suggestions that the U.S. central bank's support for the economy risked inflating a dangerous asset bubble.
Fears of a potential spike in inflation from a raft of stimulus measures and a rise in bond yields have triggered a selloff in the technology-related stocks, which were at the heart of a stunning rally that drove major indexes to record levels this year.
"What the market has been digesting for the last week or so is what it means when the yield on the U.S. 10-year rises? That clearly suggests that either we are going to get some stronger economic activity or inflation is on the rise," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at National Securities in New York.
"And if you made the assumption that inflation is on the rise and sold off some stocks, and then you hear that the Fed plans to stick to lower rates and quantitative easing then it might assuage some of those fears."
Shares of Netflix Inc, Alphabet Inc, Microsoft Corp, Amazon.com Inc and Apple Inc slipped between 0.5% and 3.3%, while Treasury yields remained elevated.
"As the economy reopens, rates are going to rise and that's going to especially hit the high valuation of tech stocks, where earnings and cash flows are much farther out in the future than some of the more economically sensitive areas of the market," said Ross Mayfield, investment strategy analyst at Baird, in Milwaukee.
Six of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors were in the red, with consumer discretionary, technology and communication services among the biggest decliners.
Value stocks, which are poised to benefit from an economic rebound, have outperformed growth shares in February.
The S&P 500 banks index rose 0.6% to a one-year high, somewhat offseting the tech drag that sent the benchmark index down as much as 1.7% before Powell's testimony began.
A slump in bitcoin hurt shares of Tesla Inc , which had invested $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency recently. The electric-vehicle maker slid 5.8% and was set to plunge into the red for the year.
Cryptocurrency miners Riot Blockchain Inc and Marathon Patent Group Inc plunged more than 24% each, while bitcoin bank Silvergate Capital Corp slid 22.2%.
At 12:47 p.m. ET the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 165.56 points, or 0.53%, at 31,356.13, the S&P 500 was down 37.72 points, or 0.97%, at 3,838.78 and the Nasdaq Composite was down 334.00 points, or 2.47%, at 13,199.04.
Home Depot Inc fell 4.2% after the home improvement retailer warned it was unable to predict how consumer spending would evolve this year.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers for a 2.78-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and a 5.09-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P index recorded 45 new 52-week highs and no new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 133 new highs and 54 new lows. (Reporting by Devik Jain and Shreyashi Sanyal in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva and Shounak Dasgupta)


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HTC stock rally to be investigated
- From: AFP
- November 14, 2012
TAIWAN Stock Exchange is investigating a sudden surge in the share price of leading smartphone maker HTC before it had announced a patent settlement with US technology giant Apple.
HTC's shares temporarily soared up to their daily 7.0 per cent limit on Friday before the announcement of the global patent settlement with the iPhone maker, triggering speculation that the news might had been leaked.
An official at the Taipei bourse confirmed it has started looking into several cases of suspected unusual share surges, including the rise in HTC's shares, and will contact the financial regulator if irregularities are found.
HTC was not immediately available for comment.
On Monday, HTC shares ended limit-up 7.0 per cent at $TW241.5 ($7.97) although it fell 6.83 per cent to $TW225.0 on Tuesday.
Sunday's 10-year licensing agreement comes at an important time for HTC as it is hit by competition from Apple and South Korea's Samsung.
The world's leading technology firms have routinely pounded each other with patent lawsuits. Apple had accused HTC and other smartphone makers that use Google's Android mobile operating system of infringing its patents.
HTC last month said net profit in the July-September quarter tumbled 79.1 per cent from a year earlier to $TW3.9 billion, while revenues were down 48 per cent to $TW70.2 billion year-on-year.
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Katie Price has been accused of fat-shaming her customers by only stocking her clothing range in small sizes.
The former glamour girl, 40, has teamed up with JYY London to create a collection that includes tracksuits, swimwear and cover-ups.
Her fans have rushed to snap up the pieces, but many were left disappointed to find the sizes only go up to a 14, which is advertised as a large.
They've flocked to Twitter to accuse Katie or promoting an unhealthy body image by only catering to small sizes.
One wrote: "A large is considered a 12/14? No wonder girls think they're fat!"
Another replied: "Couldn't agree more. nearly choked on my chocolate when I saw it."
A third added: "It’s a joke, making girls feel even more insecure about ourselves. I was going to order a bikini but I’m not bothering because of the sizing Probably small made.
It comes after Katie has been subjected to angry rants from her followers for continuing to promote diet products online after undergoing weight loss surgery.
She recently got back from a trip to Turkey, where she underwent liposuction, a tummy tuck, faceflit and a Brazillian bum lift.
Katie has been busy showing off her banging new body online, as well as plugging weight loss products on Instagram .
One follower commented: "If this worked why have you just gone and had the fat sucked out your body?"
Katie is now said to be considering another boob job after noticing her chest is wonky following the latest op, which left one breast an entire cup size bigger than the other.
However, a top surgeon has warned her not to go back under the knife for another two years – or she could risk death.
"She's had so many boob jobs in the past and the surgeons have always warned her to not have anymore procedures but she always ignores it and then ends up with lumpy breasts or infection," a source said this week.
There's now an increased risk of hypertension because Katie has repeatedly gone under anaesthesia for all of her other plastic surgeries.
"It’s frightened Katie, but not enough to shy away from getting it done. If he won't do it, she'll find another surgeon who will," the insider added.
Mirror Online has contacted a representative for Katie and a rep for JYY for comment.
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Key takeaways from Lost in Transaction: The end of risk?
Our latest research report examines consumer appetite for biometrics to replace passwords in CNP payment authentication, and how voice-activated payments will have an impact on eCommerce
The growth of mCommerce is already driving biometric authentication
48% of consumers have already authenticated a payment using some form of biometric authentication, rising to 54% in the UK. There is strong evidence to support the theory that this adoption is being driven by the growth of mobile commerce, and particularly by consumers under the age of 40.
The correlation between mCommerce and biometric identification is marked, with 18-24-year-olds (75% adoption of mCommerce; 69% adoption of biometrics) and 25-39-year-olds (79% adoption of mCommerce; 61% adoption of biometrics) being the greatest adopters in both areas.
Consumers think biometric authentication is more convenient, but are still unwilling to move away from passwords
When asked which authentication factor they felt most comfortable using, passwords were the most popular choice of consumers, ahead of biometrics and SMS code authentication. This choice was based on concerns about security, rather than convenience.
61% of consumers believe that using biometrics is a much quicker and more efficient way of paying for goods or services than traditional online payment methods, and 57% of consumers agree that being able to verify their payments using biometric technology will make shopping on their smartphone more convenient than traditional desktop eCommerce.
However, consumers are less aware of the security benefits of biometric authentication. Only 37% of consumers believe that biometrics are more secure than other verification methods and 66% of consumers said they would be worried if they were able to make purchases without being prompted for a password.
Consumers have strong concerns about the security of their financial data, which is preventing adoption
53% of consumers believe that voice-activated payments are quicker and more convenient than traditional online payment methods, but only 37% feel comfortable that their financial details remained secure when making a payment via a Smart Home device.
Traditionally consumers in Germany and Austria are less prepared to accept risk when making payments online, and this is reflected in their willingness to make payments using voice-activated technology. Only 36% of German and Austrian consumers said they would use a Smart Home device to buy goods or service, whereas 50% of Bulgarian consumers said that they were comfortable making payments this way.
Consumers are more comfortable re-ordering low value items and buying entertainment services than making high value or one-off purchases
There is a clear distinction between consumer appetite for ordering and shopping. More consumers are prepared to order lunch (35%) or groceries (31%) from merchants that they shop with regularly, but fewer are prepared to make one-off purchases from stores they are less familiar with such as Christmas and birthday gifts (22%) or furniture (17%).
Consumers are also less willing to make high value purchases using voice-activated technology. Only 18% of consumers are currently prepared to book a holiday or pay for a flight using a Smart Home device.
33% of consumers will not consider using voice-activated technology for any type of payment.
Generation Z is more willing to use voice-activated technology to make payments than any other age demographic
When it comes to both Smart Home and Internet of Things enabled purchases, 18-24-year-olds appear much more willing to embrace voice-activated technology than older generations. More than half of consumers in this age bracket would sign up for a subscription service such as Netflix (52%) or make a one-off entertainment purchase (51%) using voice-activated technology, and 43% would be prepared to pay for groceries using voice command to their Smart Fridge. 39% of 18-24-year-olds would make payments using their voice through their car’s entertainment system.


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Mum Claire Fitzpatrick from Somerset in the UK has caused a stir with her unconventional birthday prank.
This is what the Jam Press news agency wrote.
Son Leo recently turned 11 years old. For his birthday he wanted an Apple Macbook.
Packaged apples and book
Claire saw it as an opportunity to keep her son’s feet on the ground.
Thus, she packed an apple (Apple), a package of pasta (Mac) and a book (Book) in an Apple MacBook box.
– This idea came to me a few days before his birthday. I always joked with my sons, Leo and his brother Nico.
– Keeps them grounded
As the 11-year-old was unwrapping her birthday present, she picked up her camera and captured the moment.
– We give them what they want, but first I joke with them, she explains.
This is justified by the following:
-I do this to keep them consistent, so they don’t assume they always get what they want.
I got a MacBook
She says she already had an apple, pasta and a book at home before, so the joke didn’t cost her anything.
– It was just funny. We know that our children can take a joke. His aunts, uncles and cousins were there too. Everyone took it as a joke.
For the record: After the prank was over, Leo was handed his actual birthday present in bubble wrap: an Apple Macbook.
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A BIG CHEESE: In Chicago, Lauren Zumbach writes the "Graterhead" -- a cheese grater-shaped hat designed by Bears fan Jeran Dahlquist -- is the "latest craze in Packer Cheesehead-hater fashion." Dahlquist said that about 90% of the couple thousand Graterheads sold since Bears-Packers on Nov. 4 "have gone to Bears fans." He and his business partners, Seth Neal and Dean Donlon, "introduced the Graterhead at the first Bears-Packers game of the regular season." Dahlquist said that their marketing plan was "simple -- splurge on 11th row, 50-yard-line seats, cheer like crazy and hope the TV cameras noticed -- and it worked." They sold 500 Graterheads that day, "despite a website that struggled to keep up with the flood of traffic" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 12/27).
HAVE A DRINK: SFX Entertainment on Monday announced that it has "struck a global marketing partnership with Anheuser-Busch InBev." Stifel Nicolaus analyst Benjamin Mogil estimated that A-B's sponsorship "could be worth as much" as $25M in '14 and $35M in '15, as SFX’ roster of events grows. Terms of the deal were not disclosed (N.Y. TIMES, 12/24).


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A new type of computer memory which could solve the digital technology energy crisis has been invented and patented by scientists from Lancaster University in the UK.
The electronic memory device — described in research published in Scientific Reports — promises to transform daily life with its ultra-low energy consumption.
In the home, energy savings from efficient lighting and appliances have been completely wiped out by increased use of computers and gadgets, and by 2025 a ‘tsunami of data’ is expected to consume a fifth of global electricity.
But this new device would immediately reduce peak power consumption in data centres by a fifth.
It would also allow, for example, computers which do not need to boot up and could instantaneously and imperceptibly go into an energy-saving sleep mode — even between key stokes.
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The device is the realisation of the search for a “Universal Memory” which has preoccupied scientists and engineers for decades.
Physics Professor Manus Hayne of Lancaster University said: “Universal Memory, which has robustly stored data that is easily changed, is widely considered to be unfeasible, or even impossible, but this device demonstrates its contradictory properties.”
A US patent has been awarded for the electronic memory device with another patent pending, while several companies have expressed an interest or are actively involved in the research.
The inventors of the device used quantum mechanics to solve the dilemma of choosing between stable, long-term data storage and low-energy writing and erasing.
The device could replace the $100bn market for Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), which is the ‘working memory’ of computers, as well as the long-term memory in flash drives.
While writing data to DRAM is fast and low-energy, the data is volatile and must be continuously ‘refreshed’ to avoid it being lost: this is clearly inconvenient and inefficient. Flash stores data robustly, but writing and erasing is slow, energy intensive and deteriorates it, making it unsuitable for working memory.
Professor Hayne said: “The ideal is to combine the advantages of both without their drawbacks, and this is what we have demonstrated. Our device has an intrinsic data storage time that is predicted to exceed the age of the Universe, yet it can record or delete data using 100 times less energy than DRAM.”
Provided by: Lancaster University
More information: Ofogh Tizno, Andrew R. J. Marshall, Natalia Fernández-Delgado, Miriam Herrera, Sergio I. Molina, Manus Hayne. Room-temperature Operation of Low-voltage, Non-volatile, Compound-semiconductor Memory Cells. Scientific Reports (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45370-1
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But the firm will continue to develop technology originally destined for its 2021 car
Dyson has scrapped its plans to build what it called a “groundbreaking” electric vehicle because it doesn’t feel that the project is commercially viable. The firm established a new Dyson Automotive division that was developing a large crossover-style EV saloon ahead of a planned launch in 2021. Billionaire inventor James Dyson had vowed that the new technology and design methods would make it stand apart from every other EV. However, in an email to staff, James Dyson confirmed the automotive project has been closed. His email said the team “has developed a fantastic car; they have been ingenious in their approach while remaining faithful to our philosophies.
However, though we have tried very hard throughout the development process, we simply can no longer see a way to make it commercially viable.” The firm is still committed to the £2.5 billion it vowed to put into the car project, including developing technology such as solid-state batteries and robotics that can now be used elsewhere in the firm.
The design and development was being undertaken by about 500 workers in Hullavington, Wiltshire. It’s believed a working version of the car already existed. The firm was also due to build a large factory to make the car in Singapore. It is understood that many of the team working on the car with be redeployed in other roles within the company and Dyson will look to licence the technology it has developed to other firms. Dyson had even tried to find a buyer for the project, which “has, unfortunately, been unsuccessful so far”.


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Sept. 26, 2012—Sunland expanded its recall of almond butter and peanut butter to include cashew butter, tahini and roasted blanched peanut products that were manufactured from May 1, 2012, through Sept. 24, 2012. The products might be contaminated with salmonella. Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and individuals who have weakened immune systems.
This recall applies to products that have “best by” dates between May 1, 2013, and Sept. 24, 2013. The best-by date is stamped on the side of the jar’s label below the lid, and the UPC is located on the label below the bar code. Consumers can find a list of the recalled products’ UPCs at sunlandinc.com. The original recall was announced Sept. 25, 2012.
The products were distributed nationally to large chain supermarkets. Food and Drug Administration is investigating 29 reports of salmonella-related illnesses in 18 states, but the reports might not be related to Sunland products.
For more information, consumers may call Sunland at 866/837-1018.


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Samsung mentioned that 60% of the pre-orders for the Galaxy S23 smartphone sequence had been for the S23 Extremely, the most costly machine within the lineup. Samsung is searching for double digit development for its premium, larger priced smartphones in 2023.
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BARCELONA, Spain — Gross sales of Samsung’s Galaxy S23 flagship smartphone have outstripped final 12 months’s S22 in a comparative interval with the vast majority of consumers choosing the most costly model of the machine, an government on the South Korean know-how big instructed CNBC.
Samsung launched the Galaxy S23 this month. The sequence options three fashions: the usual S23, a barely costlier S23+ and the top-of-the-line S23 Extremely. The S23 Extremely begins at $1,200.
Patrick Chomet, government vice chairman at Samsung Electronics, instructed CNBC in an interview that in comparison with final 12 months, S23 gross sales are a lot better thus far than the S22. The S23 went on sale on Feb. 17.
Chomet added that Samsung has dedicated to “double-digit development” within the premium phase of its smartphones in 2023, which incorporates the Galaxy S23 sequence but additionally its newest foldable telephones which had been launched final 12 months.
“So we’re on the premium phase, regardless of the tough financial setting, we see a gradual alternative for us. And the reason being we’re very aggressive, as a result of we’ve introduced a variety of innovation in that phase,” Chomet mentioned in an interview on the Cellular World Congress in Barcelona on Monday.
Chomet revealed that the most costly model of the flagship telephones — the S23 Extremely — accounted for about 60% of worldwide S23 pre-orders.
“We count on, form of, a wholesome portion of the combination, to be skewed to towards the premium,” Chomet mentioned.
The preliminary gross sales of the S23 will likely be welcome information for Samsung which had a tricky 12 months within the smartphone market in 2022. General smartphone shipments final 12 months recorded their worst 12 months since 2013, in accordance with analysis agency IDC. Samsung shipments fell greater than 15%, IDC mentioned. The hunch was attributable to inflation and a worsening outlook for the economic system.
Working revenue within the firm’s cell and networks enterprise fell 16% year-on-year in 2022.
However there’s nonetheless demand for costly smartphones. Excessive-end smartphones, those who value over $800, accounted for 18% of the entire handset market in 2022, up from 11% in 2020, Canalys information exhibits.
That is the place Samsung is hoping to develop its smartphone enterprise which might provide the corporate probably larger margins and higher earnings.
Chomet mentioned the upper share of S23 Extremely pre-orders is an “indication that despite the fact that persons are extra cautious” within the premium phase of the smartphone market there are nonetheless lots of people “who need the perfect of the perfect.”
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Uh oh. Hold onto your wallets.
Many people still haven’t realized Nikola is built on a mountain of bullshit, but as more dominos start to fall the market is slowly catching on. Remember that huge garbage truck deal Nikola hyped up, in which Republic Services agreed to buy 2,500 – 5,000 electric Nikola garbage trucks based on the Nikola Tre? Yeah, […]
Congratulations Nikola! Finally, an achievement the entire company can be proud of. You’ve earned your place in the history books. Nikola Motor Company (NKLA) is the worst company of the year, according to Yahoo Finance users, who chose the company in a poll. Nikola received almost five times more votes than the second-place company, with […]
Wow, who could have seen this one coming? GM is backing away from an agreement to take a stake in electric automaker Nikola Corp., marking the collapse of a deal that has been problematic since it was announced just two months ago. Nikola shares fell nearly 25% on Monday. TechCrunch After the Hindenburg report, Jonny […]
Do we need to state the obvious? Legacy auto sucks at software. So how do our friends at General Motors plan to deal with the increasing importance of software in a world of electric vehicles? General Motors plans to hire 3,000 employees by the first quarter of 2021 to accelerate electric vehicle production and enhance […]
Someone wrote a stupid article recommending Nikola stock, so here’s my response. On one hand I feel like I probably shouldn’t be wasting my time on this, but on the other hand somebody’s gotta do it. Here’s the title of the article: Don’t Bet Against Innovation and Nikola Motors Nikola stock will ride innovation to […]
For those who haven’t taken a good look at Nikola, you have to check out Gali’s latest Hyperchange video with Matt Joyce. This is Gali and Hyperchange at their best: they dig into the details you need clearly for 40 minutes, and the story for the company is so bad its entertaining. Check it out […]


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Rows of roses that bloomed on a farm in Kajiado, are being packed up to be sent out to lovers worldwide. Love is in the air ahead of Valentine’s Day in Kenya.
Isinya Roses and Porini Flowers grows standard roses and red roses; Valentine’s day is a big event for the company. But despite being a busy period – they are also feeling the impact of the war in Ukraine and high inflation.
“All our exports to Russia were passing through Netherlands, and now since there is a restriction from Netherlands, there is no export to Russia. We are facing a big problem and bigger challenges. We also had five percent of our volumes going into Ukraine, which has completely stopped now. With the restriction of Netherlands transporting to Russian countries, even the Russian orders have dropped drastically. That volume, we are trying to see where we can sell, which countries can take that which is still a struggle, we are still struggling on that,” explains Ananth Kumar, group marketing manager, Isinya Roses, and Porini Flowers.
Around 60 percent of the company’s flower harvests is bought by the European market. The rest is bought by Australia, the Middle East, the UK, Russia, and Asia. But with the weakening of the Euro, the company is feeling the impact of the economic downturn. Coupled with the rise in the cost of living worldwide, households are cutting down on their spending – sales have dropped significantly, says Kumar.
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(Update: Sony says the PlayStation Network is on its way back to full service.)
Back on April 26th, when Sony’s PlayStation Network outage was less than a week old and we didn’t yet know how bad the security breach was, I said it might be the worst outage ever. Some commenters argued that I was exaggerating, pointing out that the 2007 Xbox Live outage was, at that point, longer.
Okay, it’s close to three weeks later. The PlayStation Network outage continues, it involves the leakage of personal data, and we don’t know when it’ll end. Anyone want to argue that it’s not the single worst fiasco of this type ever?
For kicks, I decided to see how it compared to other well-known service interruptions that impacted millions of people and which lasted for at least a couple of hours. Here’s a chart…


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Trump's Mexico tariffs would hurt Borderplex cross-border trade economy, leaders say
Leaders in El Paso and New Mexico said President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on goods coming from Mexico would greatly hurt the regional economy, which is fueled by trade and manufacturing ties with Mexico.
Trump on Thursday said the United States would impose a 5% tariff on goods imported from Mexico to the U.S., beginning June 10, and increase it up to 25% by October until Mexico takes adequate steps to help stem the unprecedented flow of migrants from Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Jon Barela, chief executive officer of the Borderplex Alliance, a regional economic development organization based in El Paso, said in a statement that "Trump's misguided plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico is a consumer tax on Americans that will lead to job losses in the Borderplex region and throughout America."
"The Borderplex region is the fourth largest manufacturing hub in North America and the president's actions will have a devastating impact on our local economy," Barela said.
Much of the manufacturing in this area is done in maquiladoras, or factories, in Juárez, which are run by companies from the United States and other countries. Many El Paso-area companies support the maquiladoras by making parts for the Mexican plants and operating warehouses and other logistics operations for the assembled products coming out of Mexico.
Alan Russell, co-founder and CEO of El Paso's Tecma Group of Companies, which manages 35 maquiladoras in Juárez, agreed that the tariffs "would be a devastating impact to the economy on both sides of the border."
However, Russell said, he believes Mexico and U.S. negotiators, who are already meeting in Washington, D.C., will be able to come up with a better solution.
This is the way Trump often starts negotiations — by proposing dire consequences, Russell said.
Also, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has avoided sparring with Trump since he became president in December because "he sees value" in Mexico's relationship with the U.S., Russell said.
Trump has yet to define what Mexico has to do, and whether the tariffs would be imposed only on Mexican-made products, or on products that contain foreign components, which would include products assembled in maquila factories, which would have the most devastating effect, Russell said.
"The American consumer will pay the bill. But companies are not going to uproot factories (in Mexico) and move to other countries because of this," Russell said.
Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, of El Paso, now a Democratic candidate for president, tweeted Friday that the tax on Texas alone would be $27 billion, based on a possible 25% tariff on the $107 billion in goods Texas imported from Mexico in 2018.
"But no state would be spared," O'Rourke said.
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Besides getting a lot of goods shipped into El Paso from Mexico, El Paso companies also ship a lot of products into Mexico. El Paso was the 10th largest exporter among U.S. cities in 2016, and 85 percent of the goods went to Mexico, according to the latest data from the U.S. Trade Administration.
If Mexico were to retaliate with its own tariffs on U.S. goods, the resulting trade war would have a "chilling effect on our bilateral relationship," Borderplex Alliance's Barela said.
San Antonio banker Eddie Aldrete, chairman of the Texas-Mexico Trade Coalition, a business group formed in 2017 to provide input into the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, said in a statement that imposing tariffs on Mexico "undermines the (Trump) administration's effort to get Congress to ratify the new NAFTA agreement, now called the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA."
"Immigration and trade are entirely separate issues and need to be treated as such by our administration," Aldrete said. "The U.S. does not need to be distancing themselves from Mexico but working with them in a united effort at the southern borders."
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a statement: “The president is threatening the employment of tens of thousands of New Mexicans whose livelihoods and families absolutely depend on a mutually beneficial relationship with our neighbors to the south. These tariffs have the potential to be economically catastrophic."
Trump "has carelessly left border communities to deal with a humanitarian crisis of his own making. And now he would take away jobs in those communities," Lujan Grisham said.


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Xbox One and PC owners can finally get their hands on Resident Evil 7's Banned Footage DLC.
During a recent Fan Festival, Square Enix revealed a new trailer and information for Final Fantasy XIV's Stormblood expansion.
The question of who fathered Pharah in Overwatch just got a little more mysterious.
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