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Great News! Study Says Eating Cheese May Lower Your Risk Of Death
If there are two things I love in life, it's eating way too much cheese and not dying. It turns out I might be on to something! You might have heard the talk lately about dairy being bad for you, and that cheese is essentially junk food. But researchers found that not all dairy is bad. Go on...
According to a new study of more than 660,000 people over 15 years, cheese eaters tend to live longer than the non-cheese eaters (if those even exist). The same goes with yogurt as well. On the flip side, drinking a lot of milk might lead to a slightly higher rate of heart disease and death, so it turns out dairy is a bit of a double edged sword.
But back to cheese - researchers are now arguing that health officials should change the guidelines about dairy consumption. I have an idea: Instead of "An apple a day keeps the doctor away," let's go with "A pound of cheese makes living a breeze." Put that on my tombstone!
You can read more about the study and its findings here.
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MILWAUKEE — Colectivo Coffee Roasters are celebrating all teachers and nurses this week by providing them with free coffee.
Any teacher that visits a Colectivo Coffee on National Teacher Appreciation Day on Tuesday can get a free medium cup of brewed coffee.
Any nurse that visits on National Nurses Day on Friday can also receive free coffee.
“Our communities depend on the talent and energy of teachers and nurses to guide, inspire and heal,” said Megan Suardini, Vice President, Branding, Marketing & E-Commerce. “Words can’t describe how much we value these dedicated professionals, but we hope some complimentary Colectivo Coffee can provide a small token of appreciation.”
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Did you miss out on getting your "Food Parade" ticket for the State Fair?
Don't worry, you're not the only one. Thousands of Minnesotans were left to search for tickets on Facebook marketplace and neighborhood group pages, only to come up empty handed.
But now, there's a company in Minnetonka that wants to put something in those empty hands- a box.
And what's in that box? Your State Fair food favorites.
According to StateFairToGo.com, your "to-go" box will include enough cheese curds, mini donuts, Sweet Martha's cookies, fresh corn and corn dogs for 5 people; and the box is only $59.95.
There's a limited amount available and they're on sale now; with shipping set to begin on August 17th. You can place your order here.
In other fair news, Bring Me the News says in addition to the food kits, there will also be online shopping and virtual competitions- including crop art.


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Apple wants to make it easier for you to use your phone instead of your wallet when it comes to treating your friends and family or paying them back when you owe them.
The tech giant on Tuesday rolled out its peer-to-peer payments system, which enables iPhone owners in the US to exchange money within iMessage, or by asking Siri to pay someone. The rollout had been expected next week.
The Venmo-style service uses the credit or debit cards you already have in Apple Pay. When you receive money, it's then added to an card in the Wallet app. You can then use it to make purchases online and in stores or pay someone back, or you can transfer the money to your bank account.
To use the service, iOS device owners will need to update to iOS 11.2. Restart your device if you'd already installed the update. Apple Watch users will need to update to watchOS 4.2.
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Fresno, Calif.-based Lotpath Inc. has become one of 10 finalists in the Thrive Accelerator program, an initiative sponsored by Forbes and SVG Partners.
More than 40 agricultural technology companies vied for the spots Dec. 11 at the program’s Seed Camp in San Jose. Judges included representatives of Forbes, Taylor Farms and Western Growers Association.
The program is expected to culminate in an AgTech Summit planned for Salinas, Calif., in July.
The Fresno software company provides apps, such as Lotpath Quality and Lotpath Inspector, to the fresh produce industry. Further work will use the Thrive Accelerator program to aid design and testing of apps in cooperation with Salinas produce companies.
“We were all extremely impressed with the quality and ingenuity of all the solutions presented during the Seed Camp,” Bruce Taylor, chief executive officer of Taylor Farms and a program mentor, said in a news release.
“We met ag tech people from all over the world and saw some very innovative ideas that will revolutionize agriculture in the coming years,” said Mike Dodson, Lotpath chief executive officer.


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The company is considering to postpone the release of the first iPhone line 5G, because the coronavirus pandemic threatens global demand and the timetable of production of smartphones.
This was announced by the publication the Nikkei Asian Review on Wednesday. After this news the market reacted with the fall in shares of Apple Inc. approximately 0.6% at the end of trading.
The publication notes that the company is discussing the possibility to postpone the planned September release of new smart phones for a few months. That is, see the iPhone 5G, it is possible that we will be able or at the end of the year, or, more realistically, at the beginning of 2021. However, the new launch date for the iPhone 5G are still unknown.
Apple is concerned that the current situation will significantly weaken the willingness of consumers to upgrade their smartphones, resulting in reaction to the release of the first iPhone 5G line can be restrained,
– tells one of sources.
Expected, Apple expects the new iPhone will be a hit, and the odds are less, given how the situation develops with the pandemic.
Apple shares finished Wednesday’s trading with a decline by 0.55%. However, during the additional trading they pared losses and rose 0.8%.
Apple will open stores in April
Meanwhile Bloomberg, citing a staff memo from the Vice-President of the Deirdre O’brien reports that some Apple retail stores will start to open in the first half of April.
Now we expect that some stores might open in the first half of April depending on conditions in their region. We will notify information for each store as soon as you will set a specific date,
the report says o’brien.
Top Manager said that the health and safety of employees is a priority for the company.
458 Apple closed its retail stores outside of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan as part of a campaign to reduce the spread of infection Covid-19. Before it was closed the Chinese point Apple Store, but soon was again launched.
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Cell phones aren't just for gabbing
September 30, 1999
by Valerie Thompson
(IDG) -- In the Philippines, a new phrase has emerged: "Text me." It refers to the practice of using cellular phones to send text messages.
Globe Telecom in the Philippines reports that it handles more than 17 million messages a day on its short-messaging service, or SMS, which is remarkable considering that typing messages on a phone keypad can be pretty laborious. Messaging is so popular among kids that the Philippine government has banned the use of mobile phones in schools because of fears they will be used to cheat on exams.
The phenomenon isn't peculiar to the Philippines. SMS traffic rates are climbing all over Asia and Europe. (Similar services haven't yet caught on in the United States, which uses a slightly different standard than the Global System for Mobile Communications, or GSM, that is popular in Asia and Europe.)
Although SMS has been available on digital-cellular networks for years, only in the past six to eight months has it taken off, a surge fueled in part by the growing popularity of the Internet in Asia and Europe. And with the advent of the newest mobile smartphones, which will make it easier to create messages with predictive text entry and handwriting recognition, SMS will only get more popular.
Short messaging is more than personal notes. In France, Switzerland, Finland and the Czech Republic, for example, Internet information services packaged for the thin-pipe network and small phone displays allow users to access their bank records, Internet mail and information services such as horoscopes, news and stock quotes. Swiss mobile phone subscribers can even access train schedule information via SMS.
The latest thing in Europe is SMS push services – broadcasting a single message to multiple subscribers. A number of software applications have emerged in the past few weeks. Swiss startup Minick lets subscribers use their own phone lists for closed group messaging. Minick also offers a "no spam" feature that allows those with a Swisscom mobile phone to remove their address from the broadcast list.
Now that SMS is taking off, a new data-service wireless-application protocol, or WAP, is taking hold for digital cellular networks. It expands the number and types of applications available on mobile networks by opening a direct gateway from the handset to the Web. Sweden's Telia subscribers with WAP phones, for instance, can bank online, book railway tickets, use the yellow pages and view news briefs. Singapore's SingTel Mobile plans to offer mobile stock trading on WAP-enabled phones.
One thing that has not emerged is a pricing model for mobile Internet access; customers are currently charged for SMS on a per-message basis. What about access to the Internet via WAP gateways? Flat fees with no extra telephony charge is the norm in most of North America. However, most of Europe uses a point-to-point, time-dependent fee model.
For now, SMS is more of a consumer feature than a business service, but that will soon change. A Swedish startup called Intentia is developing extremely thin clients for mobile access to its enterprise applications. Car-rental companies, for example, will be able to use mobile devices to inform their clients of their rental status, service requirements, lease extensions and other vital information in real time.
Analysts say enabling technologies like GPRS (a packet-networking upgrade for GSM networks) and WAP will spur the growth of data and multimedia services, as well as drive corporate use of mobile data services. GPRS can turn mobile devices into another node in the local network. And wireless apps will turn the smartphone into a remote-access device.
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National carrier RwandAir has partnered with Ecobank, Visa Rwanda and Global Travel Wallet to boost the country’s quest for a cashless economy.
The four companies last week launched a dream mile visa card that allows the passengers to earn miles and discounts as they purchase commodities using the card.
RwandAir’s dream mile programme was introduced in 2011 as a strategy to reward the airline’s loyal travellers.
The new RwandAir Dream Miles Loyalty Programme, according Jean Paul Nyirubutama, the acting chief executive, provides features and benefits that enhance value to its members while combining the functionality of a reloadable payment card with the benefits of dream miles membership.
“The card includes a reloadable prepaid visa account feature that lets travellers earn dream miles as they shop at visa merchants worldwide, a first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa,” Nyirubutama told The New Times.
The reloadable visa prepaid card feature facilitates payments and currency exchange.
“The new card is a testimony to loyalty to the airlines’ customers; it allows passengers to earn miles while spending using the card,” he added.
The card, according to Lucy Mbabazi, the Visa Rwanda country manager, adds value to the country’s drive toward achieving a cashless economy.
“It is designed in a way that allows users to earn a dream mile with RwandAir for every Rwf5,000 spent,” Mbabazi said.
It equally allows convenience and efficiency, perfect ingredients for a cashless economy, she added.
Ndiaye Maareme Mbaye, the managing director of Ecobank Rwanda, said it was the first time a leading airline is entering into a partnership with a pan-African bank like Ecobank to create a unified payment and customer loyalty solution.
“Ecobank will continue to power flexible and convenient payment solutions to all travelers and its customers. The strategic alliance represents more than just provision of a unique product but also value to our customers,” Mbaye, said.
The partnership is a ground-breaking milestone as the loyalty card adds a reloadable visa prepaid card feature that lets travelers earn miles every transaction, including shopping at Visa merchants worldwide.
The RwandAir Dream Miles lLoyalty Programme started with about 5000 members and has since grown to 30,000.
Segun Oni, the managing director of Global Travel Wallet, said the product was designed with the customer in mind, to get a chance to win free tickets and discounts.
Respect for customers is critical for a successful business, he added.
The national carrier was this year recognised as one of the safest airlines by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) after passing the operational safety audit.
It later became a member of IATA, joining a club of 250 airlines in more than 150 countries.
RwandAir flies to more than 18 destinations.
As part its expansion strategy, the airline expects the delivery of two brand new triple class Airbus A330-200 and 300 next year for Asia and Europe flights.


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Tinmouth plant sale is SaturdayMay 10,2013Tinmouth’s plant
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TINMOUTH — The town is holding its 29th annual plant sale from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Old Firehouse.
The sale will include a selection of locally grown perennials and shrubs, as well as an assortment of young plants donated by Greenleaf Nursury.
Public viewing will begin at 7:30 a.m. and sales will start at 8 a.m.
The sale benefits the Tinmouth Community Fund’s scholarship program.
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Klarna has expanded tools for retailers and creators as it aims to help efficiently increase growth and engagement with audiences while enhancing the shopping experience for consumers.
The buy now, pay later company has created marketing and ad solutions to open revenue channels for large and small retailers — especially to stimulate business growth, drive traffic and increase sales.
With a mission to accelerate e-commerce, Klarna’s marketing and ad solutions open new revenue channels for large and small retailers, especially during times when they’re looking for extra support to grow their businesses, drive traffic and increase sales.
The rollout of its Creator Shops, now introduced to the U.S., offers content creators their own customizable storefronts. The Ad Manager, which is already in the U.S. and will roll out to all of Klarna’s global markets over the next few months, has launched in the U.K. and Sweden to help retail partners engage with Klarna’s high-intent audiences.
Consumers voluntarily share their information with Klarna, which then provides them with a more personalized shopping experience. The Ads Manager makes sure that relevant content is shown to shoppers by allowing retailers to find customers searching for similar brands and products. While other platforms have search queries or other forms of consumer intent, Klarna’s sole focus remains on helping retailers find shoppers at the point of purchase, according to the company.
After a successful run in Europe, Creator Shops has enabled its growing network of 500,000 creators to create a consistent shopping experience. A recent Klarna survey found that 68 percent of Generation Z and 59 percent of Millennials get their shopping inspiration from social media.
Helping consumers shop from their favorite content creators is the goal. The platform allows content creators recommendations of products from thousands of retailers and shoppable videos are set to be shared on the Klarna app, to its 27 million monthly users.
“Building on our suite of marketing and ad solutions for retailers, Klarna’s Creator Shops and Ads Manager continues to transform the company beyond buy now, pay later into a growth partner and retail media network within the industry,” said David Sandstrom, chief marketing officer at Klarna. “Our combined network of over 1 million retail partners and creators globally now have even more powerful ways to reach Klarna’s 150 million high-intent shoppers, while consumers can enjoy a more relevant and personalized shopping experience.”


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Gas prices fell to their lowest monthly average last year in November, and are expected to continue to decline.
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This week, tensions eased between Syria and the United States as it looked like a Russian-brokered deal might lead to peaceful removal of chemical weapons. The potential for peace caused a sell-off in gold, crude oil, and related commodities.
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In an internal staff memo sent to store security, Barneys New York says it will start monitoring the police as they monitor shoppers in its flagship New York City store, the Associated Press reports.
According to the memo obtained by the AP, Barneys will start keeping a log of which police officers use its security room and also maintain video and audio surveillance of the room used by the officers to monitor video of the store.
In addition, the memo states that any officer using the room to watch customers must provide "a reasonable description of the individual or individuals that they wish to place under surveillance and the reason the police wish to place such individuals under surveillance."
These changes in security at the high-end retail store come after two black shoppers said they were racially profiled earlier this year.
Trayon Christian sued Barneys after he says he was accused of fraud when using his debit card to buy a $349 Ferragamo belt in April. Kayla Phillips filed a notice saying she would sue after she was stopped by detectives outside the store when she bought a $2,500 Celine handbag in February, the Associated Press reports.
Last week Barneys released findings of a commissioned probe that found that the luxury store did not have a written or unwritten policy of profiling customers based on race and did not initiate any police action against the two customers, AP reports.
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has said that officers don't just hang out at department stores but are there investigating crimes, and that in both cases, the NYPD took action against the shoppers after conferring with store employees.
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News coverage about Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) has trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Sirius XM earned a media sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media coverage about the company an impact score of 45.9935141634151 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the near future.
These are some of the news headlines that may have impacted Accern Sentiment’s scoring:
- BRIEF-SiriusXM, PGA Tour Agree To 4-Yr Extension To Their Broadcasting Agreement (reuters.com)
- Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (SIRI) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest (americanbankingnews.com)
- Joan Lordi Amble Sells 73,961 Shares of Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (SIRI) Stock (americanbankingnews.com)
- Sirius XM (SIRI) Touches a Fresh 52-Week High: Here’s Why (finance.yahoo.com)
Sirius XM (SIRI) traded up $0.06 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $6.60. 12,999,644 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 22,680,000. The company has a quick ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 0.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of -4.42. Sirius XM has a fifty-two week low of $4.73 and a fifty-two week high of $6.61. The stock has a market capitalization of $29,380.00, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.14, a P/E/G ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 1.10.
Sirius XM declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Tuesday, January 23rd that permits the company to repurchase $2.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.
SIRI has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. BidaskClub raised shares of Sirius XM from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded shares of Sirius XM from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $5.36 to $5.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 2nd. Barrington Research downgraded shares of Sirius XM from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 2nd. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Sirius XM from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, January 5th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada set a $6.00 price objective on shares of Sirius XM and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, twelve have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. The company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $6.12.
In other Sirius XM news, CEO James E. Meyer sold 172,704 shares of Sirius XM stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5.68, for a total value of $980,958.72. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 3,377,085 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $19,181,842.80. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Joan Lordi Amble sold 73,961 shares of Sirius XM stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $6.50, for a total transaction of $480,746.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 101,174 shares in the company, valued at $657,631. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 1,286,012 shares of company stock worth $7,803,480 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 1.06% of the company’s stock.
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Fisher & Paykel wins battle over 'trust'
A battle with the Advertising Standards Authority over the use of the word ''trust'' was well worth winning, according to the boss of Fisher & Paykel Finance.
Managing director Alastair Macfarlane said the ASA's decision to backtrack on an earlier ruling that FPF had advertised itself unfairly was the right one, considering the company's track record.
''We've been in this business a long time, we've weathered the storm of the global financial crisis, we've weathered the storm of the finance companies all going broke.''
FPF was defending itself against a complaint that the company had been misleading by using the phrases ''invest with confidence'' and ''for a quality investment with a company you can trust''.
The phases were used in an advertising banner on Yahoo! and on FPF's website.
S Hood's objection was based on the fact that FPF had a BB rating with Standard and Poor's, which the complainant said was defined by Wikipedia as having ''junk bond'' status.
FPF argued that BB was reasonable for non-bank deposit sector and that getting a rating to meet Reserve Bank requirements in 2009 did not make it any less trustworthy.
Macfarlane said there was a changing mood in the marketplace and regulators obviously wanted to see financial institutions using language that was easier to understand.
All the same, he said the company might be ''more selective'' about how it used the word ''trust'' in the future.
Last week the consumer lending company issued a prospectus to raise $300m in first ranking secured debt securities.
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Tesla gets incorporated in India.
Tesla got incorporated with the RoC in Bengaluru on 8th January 2021. Appoints three Directors for Tesla India.
Elon Musk’s electric car company- Tesla, has made its official entry in India, with the name Tesla India Motors and Energy Pvt Ltd.
CM of Karnataka Mr. B.S. Yediyurappa tweeted yesterday, informing everyone about this. Tesla got incorporated with the registrar of companies in Bengaluru on 8th January 2021.
The R&D unit of the company is also in Bengaluru. The registered office of Tesla India is on Lavelle Road, Bengaluru.
Tesla India Directors
Tesla has named Vaibhav Taneja, Venkatrangam Sreeram, and David Jon Feinstein as the directors of Tesla, India.
Mr. Vaibhav Taneja is the Chief Accounting Officer. He is working at Tesla since 2017.
Mr. Venkatrangam Sreeram is also an ex-Tesla member. He was the Project Manager for about two years at the company’s China office.
Mr. David Jon Feinstein is the Global Senior Director, Trade Market Access, at Tesla.
Gaurav Gupta, principal secretary, commerce & industries of Karnataka, said, “We have been interacting with Tesla for the last few months, and it is a happy news that they have decided to incorporate their company here. We have impressed upon them that Bengaluru is not only the technology capital but also the aerospace and space capital. For any kind of technology collaboration, it has the right kind of talent pool”.
Tesla is the biggest automobile company in the world in terms of market cap. It has a market capitalization of $805 B.
It was founded in July 2003 by JB Straubel, Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning, and Ian Wright.
Elon Musk is currently the CEO of this company.
Apart from electric cars, it also makes battery energy storage, solar panels, and solar roof tiles.
According to reports, Tesla will launch the Model 3 in India first.
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What's the status of the digital divide between traditional banks and neo-banks? Mark O'Keefe, Founding Director at Optima Consultancy published an extract of one of their analysis on LinkedIn. It's worth the read:
"In a recent survey, nearly 40% of respondents said that since the COVID outbreak, they had discovered digital channels to be more useful than they previously thought and 44% of said they used their mobile banking apps more frequently after the COVID-19 outbreak began...
User experience and digital design have never been so important and whilst consumers are attracted to brands for different reasons, they will only stay if experiences continuously meet their rising expectations. With this in mind, we have seen the traditional players up their game, finally closing what had been a growing disparity in feature support compared to their fintech rivals."
Read more here.
Check out WhiteSight's three minute read on the Top 20 Neo-Banks of 2020. Their research aims to highlight the exponential momentum in the neo-banking space. The study ranks the neo-banks on the basis of valuation and compares them across various parameters such as user base, funding, investors, among others. Read more here.
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Online finance start-up SoFi is set to go public by merging with a blank-check company run by venture capital investor Chamath Palihapitiya. The merger with Palihapitiya's SPAC, Social Capital Hedosophia Corp V, will value SoFi at $8.65 billion. SoFi was last valued at $5.7 billion in private markets and has raised cash from venture capital giants such as SoftBank and Peter Thiel. Link here.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the first four digital banks approved by the regulator. Link here.
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Revolut and Lune experience dramatic surge in demand and the first agricultural bank to open its doors in nearly 100 years is set to launch.
Fintech companies such as Revolut and Luno are experiencing a dramatic surge in demand from customers who are rushing to invest in Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital currencies amid record-breaking and unprecedented cryptocurrency price increases. Fintech app providers that offer crypto trading, like Revolut, eToro, and Luno, are witnessing a sharp rise in demand for virtual currencies on their platforms, following a rise in the Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH) price (along with other altcoins). Link here.
Revolut had more app downloads in 2020 than Monzo Bank and Starling Bank combined. Revolut’s app was downloaded 5.8 million times last year, according to data provided by Sensor Tower. This is reportedly more than two times the number of total downloads of competing banking challenger apps. Link here.
Also, as part of a complete overhaul of its paid plans, Revolut now offers its customers an innovative embedded insurance solution provided by Qover all over Europe, supporting them in their daily lives. On track to building the world’ first truly global financial super-app, Revolut was looking to integrate a range of innovative digital insurance products that deliver added value to the daily life of their customers. Link here.
B-North, an upcoming Manchester-based challenger bank for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has raised £250,000 in funding. It also inked a deal with Channel 4 Ventures. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GCMA), a seed investor in B-North, provided the investment. Channel 4 signed an advertising-for-equity deal. B-North, which has yet to receive a banking license, is hoping the latter will help it raise awareness. Link here.
Cashplus signed a definitive agreement to acquire the current account portfolio of icount for an undisclosed sum. The deal will see five thousand accounts and £2 million in monthly transactions migrated from icount to Cashplus and is expected to close in early 2021 as the first UK fintech acquisition of the year. The consolidation deal comes with Cashplus in the final stages of its application to become a full UK bank. Link here.
Oxbury Bank Plc, the specialist lender for farmers, says it will be the first new agricultural bank to open its doors in nearly 100 years. Wheatsheaf’s investment in Oxbury, first reported by The Telegraph, means that the Duke of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor, is indirectly a shareholder in the venture. Oxbury’s launch comes just under 12 months after Oxbury, led by CEO and ClearBank® co-founder James Farrar, received its banking license from the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority. Link here.
Unicorn Alert (Mambu), Orange Bank acquires Anytime, and TagPay raises €25 million.
Mambu, the market-leading SaaS banking platform, announced its latest funding round of €110 million in new capital. This round was led by TCV, whose investments include Netflix, RELEX, Spotify, and WorldRemit. Additional investment was received by Tiger Global Management and Arena Holdings, as well as existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Runa Capital and Acton Capital Partners. Link here.
Orange Bank has acquired French neo bank Anytime, extending its app-based services to the freelance and SME market. The acquisition gives the telco a foothold in the small business banking market, having launched three years ago as a pure-play consumer bank. Profitable since 2018, Anytime has grown by offering business accounts, payments and expense management tools that make life easier for small businesses, including automated accounting and invoice management. Link here.
Russia’s Tinkoff Bank has announced the launch of a new 2.0 version of its voice assistant Oleg. The updated voice assistant will enable customers to develop their own mobile concierge along with custom features. Users can also choose the assistant’s name, voice and gender, set up instructions to handle different calls from people on their contact list, as well as calls from unknown numbers, create their own greetings, etc. Link here.
TagPay, a core banking provider in which Société Générale holds a minority shareholding, has secured an investment of €25 million from Long Arc Capital to strengthen its sales, product and technical teams and to fund growth. The investment gives the New York-based private equity firm a majority interest in TagPay, which has previously raised €7 million since launching its first core banking product in 2016. Link here.
Green Dot launches mobile bank, BBVA to shut down Simple Finance, and Oxygen raises $17 million in a Series A.
Green Dot Corporation launched a mobile bank, called GO2bank, targeting the two in three Americans "living paycheck to paycheck". GO2bank customers will get up to $200 of overdraft protection, access to their pay or government benefits early, high-interest savings, and the chance of a credit card with no credit check. Link here.
BBVA told users of Simple Finance — the pioneering mobile and online banking app that it acquired for $117 million in 2014 — that it is planning to shut down the service, moving accounts to BBVA’s USA business in the process. The move is part of an ongoing effort at BBVA — which had been an active investor and acquirer of startups — to streamline its business as it works on closing a merger with PNC. Link here.
Debuted last month, Chase's in-app virtual assistant will be rolled out in full throughout 2021. The Digital Assistant allows users to type out inquiries and commands related to balances; account and routing numbers; replacing, locking, and unlocking cards; and paying bills and transferring money, among other functions. The assistant will then provide answers or perform the requested actions. Link here.
US-based digital banking platform Oxygen has raised $17 million in Series A funding from a raft of investors. Among “celebrity” endorsements, its backers include from Runa Capital, S7V, 1984, EFG Hermes, Rucker Park Capital, and Inventures. Oxygen “is designed from the ground up” to provide banking services to consumers and small businesses. Link here.
Chime and Current used their balance sheets to make select clients' stimulus payments available to them on December 29—the day the federal government started sending payments to banks, meaning that those customers got their payments before clients of established incumbent banks. Providing early access to stimulus funds is a reputation-boosting move for neobanks and could be a potent customer retention and acquisition tool. Link here.
Venmo has rolled out a feature that lets some customers cash paper cheques - including government stimulus cheques - within its app. Available to "select" customers, the Cash a Check feature will allow people to cash printed, payroll and government cheques directly from the Venmo app. Customers take a picture of the cheque and send to their account for review using the Venmo app, after which the money is deposited in their account, within minutes. Link here.
Onfido, announced a new version of its award-winning identity verification and authentication service on Salesforce AppExchange, empowering Salesforce customers in financial services, insurance and trusted marketplaces to integrate remote identity verification and authentication into their existing workflows. In today’s climate, it is important for banks and insurers to expand their branchless experiences in order to continue to scale their customer base. Link here.
N26, a German digital bank, received authorization from the Central Bank to operate in Brazil. The company, which had announced plans to operate in the country in 2019, has been offering a waiting list on its website for a few months. Almost two years after announcing that it would come to Brazil, the German digital bank finally received the authorization. Link here.
Digital lending and payments provider WLTH has announced its official launch, in an effort to refresh the financial services industry in Australia. The neo-financial services company will launch with high ambitions for the market, with growth projections of $1.23 billion worth of residential and commercial loans by the end of FY22. Link here.
Listed neobank Douugh hopes to tap into the growing Millennial investment space with the proposed acquisition of Australian FinTech Goodments for $1.5 million. Under the all-scrip deal Douugh would purchase the entirety of Goodments and see the fintech’s founder and CEO Tom Culver join the neobank’s management team as head of Douugh Wealth. Link here.
Neat, a Hong Kong based FinTech company, announced it has become a member of the Visa network and will issue its own Neat Visa card for businesses incorporated in Hong Kong. Link here.
Citi and Grab expanded their partnership in consumer lending with the launch of the bank’s first API-enabled lending capability with Grab in Asia Pacific. Beginning with Singapore with more markets in the region to follow, existing and eligible Citi credit card customers can apply for a personal instalment loan (or Citi Quick Cash) through the Grab app via API. Link here.
TrueLayer, the leading technology company building financial infrastructure that’s open to everyone, has announced that James Morton has joined the firm as UK Country Manager. A highly experienced commercial manager and payments specialist, James will define and manage commercial strategy in the UK, alongside Truelayer’s Chief Revenue Officer Max Emilson. Link here.
Contis announced the appointment of Andrea Ramoino as Chief Strategy Officer. Andrea joins the executive team with responsibility for corporate strategy and global expansion. Andrea is an expert product and marketing transformational leader, with over 15 years’ experience across many industries including Fintech, Crypto, AI and SaaS. Link here.
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Three Flint business owners accused of food stamp fraud
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Three Flint business owners are charged with food stamp fraud following an investigation by the Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Chips Supper Club in Flint is known for its live music and cheap eats. Its owners now face felony charges.
"You can imagine how one could maximize profits by this illegal scheme,â?? Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said.
Paul Verdun and Reginald Clements â?? who own Chips Supper Club and Chips Shrimp and Fish â?? are accused of paying EBT Bridge card holders pennies on the dollar to use their cards at Kroger and other grocery stores to buy food for their restaurant and catering business.
"This is an egregious example of abuse for people that need a safety net,â?? said Al Kimichik, director of the OIG.
Beverly Biggs-Leavy, who owns a catering business, is also charged with food stamp fraud. Investigators were tipped off by certain red flags such as her bulk purchases and a call she made to the OIG when the fraudulent cards didn't work.
"She called in and complained about Bridge cards that she had purchased. Gave a false name when she called, we tracked her down, and that's what led to this,â?? said OIG agent Craig Carlton.
The biggest losers in this crime are those who rely on food stamps every day. â??Not because they don't get their Bridge cards,â?? Leyton said, â??but because the program costs go up and all of the individual taxpayers in Michigan suffer as a result of this kind of activity."
The charges are part of an ongoing investigation by the OIG. Prosecutors say more suspects will be charged, including people who allegedly sold their EBT cards to the businesses.
All three defendants have been arraigned in 67th District Court in Genesee County and were given personal recognizance bonds. Pre-trials are set for Friday with preliminary examinations tentatively scheduled for July 18.


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Pigments Petrochemicals WasteRecycling
Unilever (London / UK; www.unilever.com) has signed up to Nextloopp, an ambitious scheme developed by environmental consultancy Nextek (London, UK; www.nextek.org) to create food-grade recycled polypropylene from post-consumer packaging waste.
Nextloopp said its vision is to use this circular rPP in consumer products and cosmetics. Around 210,000 t/y of PP used in the UK is food-grade packaging, according to Nextloopp, “and yet no food-grade recycled PP is currently available for re-use into new packaging. To date, one of the main barriers to unlocking PP’s huge potential has been a lack of technology and a reduced infrastructure to produce food-grade recycled PP”.
Sanjeev Das, global packaging director at Unilever’s foods and refreshment division, said his firm supported the advancement of mechanical recycling infrastructure to produce food-grade rPP to complement other technology routes. “Unlocking the mechanical recycling route to produce food-grade rPP will help boost our efforts to keep plastics in a loop and out of the environment.”
Coming to the end of June, The traditional off-season is about to pass halfway, but some sectors of the nylon filament market have never been like in off-season. The average operating rate of nylon 6 textile filament plants has been kept as high as 87%, close to 90%, and there are so far no any scaled-plants have turnaround plans. But of course, the off-season characteristics of some nylon filaments are quite obvious, as their inventory has been accumulated high still. In a word, nylon 6 filament plants have maintained a high inventory and high operating rate still. What is this situation compared to other fibers? Pigments Petrochemicals WasteRecycling
The inventory of nylon filament was still growing in June, but slower than the previous month. Inventory accumulated was controlled mainly by two facts. First, some semi-dull nylon 6 high-speed-spinning chip plants had switched their production to dull chips, and thus expanded the supply of previously tight supply. Some filament plants had adjusted their production accordingly, to meet the robust demand for dull filament. Second, some filament plants altered product to fine-denier filament, and thus lubricated the general sales condition of NFY market. These methods helped NFY producers to roughly balance their high production and sales in the traditional off-season.
Coca-Cola Great Britain (GB), in partnership with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), has today (30 June) announced that it is set to reach a significant milestone by using 100% recycled plastic in all on-the-go bottles across its entire range, as it continues its progress towards fully sustainable packaging.
The move means that all plastic bottles of 500ml or less in GB are to be made with 100% recycled plastic and will continue to be fully recyclable. The rollout commences in September, when the first 100% recycled 500ml bottles will start appearing on shelves.
It means Coca-Cola Great Britain will increase the amount of recycled plastic material in smaller bottles from 50% to 100%. Pigments Petrochemicals WasteRecycling
Coca-Cola’s use of recycled plastics in Great Britain now saves 29,000 tonnes of virgin plastic each year – the equivalent of 2,292 double decker buses, the company says.
The move part of Coca-Cola’s target towards 100% recycled or renewable plastic in all its bottles, and the creation of a circular economy for its PET packaging.
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ChemistryCan Driving the Circular Economy Pigments Petrochemicals WasteRecycling
From the ‘take, make, dispose’ model to ‘make, use, return’. A circular economy aims to maintain the value of products, materials and resources in the economy for as long as possible, and to minimise the generation of waste.
Chemistry is central to the ideal of the circular economy. Whether one’s talking about paper, battery or plastics recycling, the process is fundamentally chemical.
Biodegradable plastics are meant to be environmentally friendly. However, they cannot be recycled as they are specifically made to degrade rapidly.
In the journal Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, scientists from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand have designed a technique to convert biodegradable plastic forks, spoons and knives into foam that can be utilized as insulation in flotation devices or walls. Pigments Petrochemicals WasteRecycling
The cutlery was positioned by the investigators, which was earlier believed to be a “nonfoamable” plastic, into a chamber loaded with carbon dioxide. With the increase in pressure, the gas dissolved into the plastic.
When the pressure in the chamber was suddenly discharged, the carbon dioxide expanded inside the plastic, thereby creating foaming. According to author Heon Park, this process is similar to opening a can of soda and discharging the carbonation.
- VALERAS™ represents BASF’s plastic additives’ offerings with a high sustainability value;
- It includes the new range of products that help close the loop in plastics’ circularity;
- New website with emphasis on sustainable solutions.
VALERAS bundles the company’s longtime experience, innovative solutions, and regulatory support with the aim to increase the sustainability of plastics along the entire polymer value chain. Later this year, the portfolio will expand to include the company’s additive packages for mechanically recycled plastics and their applications.
“The trend towards sustainability has been accelerating, driven by consumer demand and more stringent legislation. Our customers are facing increasing pressure regarding sustainable innovations and challenges of plastics recyclability,” says Dr. Thomas Kloster, President, Performance Chemicals, BASF. “With VALERAS, we create new value for plastics by supporting our customers on their sustainability journey with novel solutions and services. VALERAS shows our broader ambition: to establish a platform that covers all our additive solutions that contribute to the sustainability goals of our customers.” Pigments Petrochemicals WasteRecycling
NIFA invests over $5.4 million in bioprocessing and bioengineering to fund projects aiming to stimulate new trade opportunities for the U.S. bioeconomy. Image courtesy of Getty Images.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced today an investment of $5.4 million in bioprocessing, bioengineering, biofuels and biobased products research. NIFA recently awarded $4.8 million for 12 Bioprocessing and Bioengineering grants(link is external) under NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, and more than $600,000 for six Biofuels and Biobased Products grants(link is external) under NIFA’s Small Business Innovation Research program. Pigments Petrochemicals WasteRecycling
“NIFA’s Bioprocessing and Bioengineering awards fund projects that will stimulate new trade opportunities for the U.S. bioeconomy,” said NIFA director Dr. Carrie Castille. “Additionally, these Small Business Innovation Research projects focused on biofuels and biobased products strengthen America’s entrepreneurial spirit and support a robust economy by guiding research and development needs across agriculture.”
Spanish plastics technology centre Aimplas (Valencia; www.aimplas.net) has helped develop a mobile chemical recycling plant capable of producing viable plastics feedstock from currently non-recyclable waste from the automotive, electrical and electronic, and packaging sectors.
Aimplas said it worked with the European “Life Ecomethylal” project on the pilot plant, which is capable of extracting up to half a kilo of methylal from every kilo of non-recyclable waste. Methylal can be used as a solvent and as a raw material to produce new polymers.
DIC Corporation has closed on the acquisition of BASF’s global pigments business, known as BASF Colors & Effects (BCE).
The acquisition brings together the complementary portfolio of technologies, products, manufacturing assets, supply chain and customer service of the two companies to serve customers globally. Pigments Petrochemicals WasteRecycling
“We’re excited to close our acquisition of BCE and expand our product offering as one of the leading pigment suppliers globally” said Kaoru Ino, President and Chief Executive Officer of DIC. “BASF’s pigments portfolio is an important strategic addition in expeditiously meeting the goals we’ve outlined, which provide a clear growth path for DIC with the target to increase our sales to 1 trillion yen (approximately €8 billion) by 2025.”
The purchase will broaden Sun Chemical’s portfolio as a global manufacturer of pigments, including those for electronic displays, cosmetics, coatings, inks, plastics and specialty applications, by creating a world-class pigments supplier that offers customers an even wider range of versatile solutions.
“We’re pleased to welcome the valued and trusted expertise and engagement of BASF’s employees in the pigments business,” said Myron Petruch, DIC Executive Officer and President and CEO of Sun Chemical, a subsidiary of DIC Corporation. “This deal allows us to compete in the global marketplace more effectively going forward, while strengthening our pigment footprint in Europe. It underscores our commitment to delivering solutions tailored to meet the needs of our customers.”
Chinese automation engineering firm Miracle is on track to build a production facility for battery grade lithium carbonate and lithium-ion battery ternary precursors in Ganzhou city in south China’s Jiangxi province. Pigments Petrochemicals WasteRecycling
The 5bn yuan ($774mn) project will have designed capacity of 12,000 t/yr for battery grade lithium carbonate and 30,000 t/yr for ternary precursors. The firm’s subsidiary Jiangxi Miracle Jintaige Cobalt will be responsible for developing this project in the Longnan economic and technological development zone of the city.
The facility will be built in two phases, with the first phase scheduled to start construction in the fourth quarter of 2021 and launch production by the fourth quarter of 2023. The second phase is projected to begin construction in the fourth quarter of 2022 and start production by the fourth quarter of 2024.


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Just as Macy’s reimagined its traditional July 4th fireworks display, the retailer will host this year’s annual Thanksgiving Day Parade celebration in a pandemic-friendly format.
Reimagining a safe production of the annual holiday tradition will also allow Macy’s to use the event as a marketing tool to keep its name at the forefront of consumers’ minds during a period when social distancing, and maybe even quarantine fatigue, are wearing Americans down.
The celebration will shift to a television-only presentation, which Macy’s said attracts more than 50 million viewers nationwide on Thanksgiving Day. The parade will still have its signature mix of giant character helium balloons, floats, street performers and the arrival of Santa Claus.
Instead of the traditional 80 to 100 balloon handlers, they will be flown attached to specially rigged anchor vehicles. The event is skipping the usual balloon inflation event along with the traditional 2.5-mile parade route. Also, out-of-town high school and college marching bands selected for this year’s parade celebration will be deferred to the 2021 Macy’s Parade. Local professional marching and musical ensembles will take over musical duties in the lineup, and staging for the television-broadcast-only production will be focused in and around Manhattan’s Herald Square.
“Macy’s believes in celebration and the joy of marking milestone moments with family and friends. The Macy’s Parade is our love letter and gift to the City of New York and the nation,” said Susan Tercero, executive producer of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. “Under the unique challenges of these unparalleled times, we felt it was important to continue this cherished holiday tradition that has been the opening act to the holiday season for generations of families.”
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio noted that the city’s pride in joining “Macy’s to ring in the holiday season with New Yorkers and viewers around the world.”
“We’ve worked closely with the Macy’s team on a safe and creative plan this year,” he added, “and we look forward to keeping this tradition going on Thanksgiving Day.”
To safely produce the parade in the wake of a global pandemic Macy’s partnered with the City of New York to create a safe plan that would keep the tradition alive. Following the success of this summer’s reimagined Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks show, the Macy’s said its team looked at every area of the Thanksgiving Day playbook to put in place enhanced health and safety practices that align with CDC guidelines, as well as local and state government protocols.
At the Goldman Sachs 27th Global Retailing Conference last week, CEO Jeff Gennette said the department store retailer is “ready for holiday 2020.”
“America comes to Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s for gifting [and] we have a strong gifting plan with about 50 percent of our content that will be brand new,” he said. “We’ve done lots of preparation. We’ve look at lots of contingency planning for both upside as well as downside challenges.”


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Weekly Digest – 26 July 2023
Welcome to our Weekly Digest – stay in the know with some recent news updates relevant to business and the economy.
Explaining rising interest rates
At the moment there is confusion about how banks have raised their fixed mortgage rates recently despite the Reserve Bank stating in May that it didn’t feel rates needed to go any higher. Independent economist Tony Alexander on how the banks fix mortgage rates.
Fonterra offers dairy farmers help to meet a new emissions intensity target
Fonterra is announcing a new “credible” target to reduce supply chain emissions, after executives criss-crossed rural New Zealand with a roadshow to win the support from farmers.
Minimum pricing practice hurts Kiwi consumers and retailers
The Commerce Commission is reminding grocery suppliers that requiring retailers to charge above minimum prices for their goods can breach the Commerce Act.
Luxury New Zealand Mānuka Honey makes world history – again!
The True Honey Co. has toppled its own record, harvesting a mānuka honey that has achieved the highest grade ever documented.
Government helps to unlock the doors of St James Theatre
The Government has committed to doing its part to support the restoration and revival of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s much loved, nationally significant, and historic St James Theatre, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni announced.
Here’s where biggest rent price rises might be
The pace of rent increases has picked up and that is likely to continue, particularly in places where supply is stretched, BNZ chief economist Mike Jones says.
Dairy exports help right balance of trade
A $1.1 billion drop in imported goods and 1.3% improvement in exports by value of $1.6bn saw the monthly trade balance move into a surplus of $8.8 million for June, according to Statistics New Zealand. Exports of $6.3bn were led by a $170m increase in the value of milk powder, butter and cheese to $1.8bn.
Scientific breakthrough harnesses mRNA technology to develop powerful Malaria vaccine
Trans-Tasman research collaborators have developed an mRNA-based vaccine that can effectively target and stimulate protective immune cell responses against the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium in preclinical models.
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Dell Inc. says it will close a desktop computer manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina by the end of January.
The computer maker said Wednesday that 905 people will be laid off, with around 600 to be let go next month.
The plant closure is part of a plan to save $4 billion a year at Dell by 2011.
In June, Dell sold its Lebanon, Tenn., remanufacturing plant to Genco.
In January, Dell said the company would move its Ireland manufacturing operations to Poland, a process that is still ongoing.
Dell has plants in Miami, Nashville, Austin, Texas, Brazil, Ireland, Poland, China, Malaysia and India.
It also partners with other manufacturers to make certain products.
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Daimler Truck will present its zero-emission Mercedes-Benz eActros and Fuso eCanter models at TruckShowX in May, both as an exhibitor and drive day program participant.
The all-electric models feature class-leading technology and are the first electric trucks in Australia to feature e-axles, which save weight and boost efficiency.
HVIA Chief Technical Officer and TruckShowX Technical Program Manager, Adam Ritzinger, welcomes Daimler Truck as the latest big name to sign up to the ground-breaking event that will be held at RACV Cape Schank in Victoria on May 13 and 14.
“The buzz that TruckShowX is generating throughout the trucking industry is truly extraordinary,” he says.
“We are announcing new exhibitors and speakers every week, adding to an already rich event program.”
Daimler Truck is committed to helping its customers achieve their sustainability goals with advanced workhorse models that get the job done without producing emissions.
Attendees will be able to experience Daimler Truck technology first-hand via the event’s drive day program, with the eActros and eCanter available.
TruckShowX driving opportunities will take place on the incredible coastal roads near adjacent to RACV Cape Schank.
TruckShowX attendees will have the unique opportunity to experience Daimler Truck zero-emission technology first-hand via the event’s drive day program, with the eActros and eCanter available
Daimler Truck Australia Pacific Sales and Marketing Vice President, Andrew Assimo, says TruckShowX is an exciting opportunity to feature zero-emission truck products and services.
“We are really thrilled to present our class-leading electric trucks and discuss the benefits our advanced technology such as e-axles and active safety features that are so important in this field,” he says.
“I’d call on everyone to take advantage of the opportunity to grasp this opportunity to learn more about zero-emission vehicles at TruckShowX and to experience the fantastic eActros and eCanter – we know they will come away impressed.”
Daimler Truck Australia Pacific Head of Regulatory Affairs and Emerging Mobility Sales, Romesh Rodrigo, will also present as part of the event’s technical program.
Alongside the driving opportunities, TruckShowX will unpack the interconnected ‘ecosystem’ of equipment, infrastructure, services, regulations, policies, and people that must exist for them to work as a solution.
The two-day event will feature keynote presentations from global leaders in LZEV adoption, supported by practical case studies of local operators leading the decarbonisation effort.
TruckShowX is supported by Research Partner National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO), Industry Partner NatRoad, Gold Sponsors NTI, Caltex and Hyzon, Networking Partners Geotab and NewVolt, Charity Partner Healthy Heads Trucks & Sheds, and Media Partner ROADBOSS.


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- India surpasses China as the world’s most populous country, according to UN data.
- The Indian market is the fastest growing in the world, attracting international companies.
- India’s population will account for 19% of the global population by 2050.
India surpassed China as the most populous country on the planet, according to data published this Wednesday, April 19, by the United Nations (UN).
In this way, the historical fact of the crossing in the population curves for Asia’s largest neighbors and geopolitical rivals occurred.
According to the UN Population Dashboard, India’s population passed 1.428 million people, surpassing the 1.425 million in China, historically the nation with the most inhabitants on the planet.
The pass-through occurs even as India’s population growth rate is at 1 percent per year, very far from the maximum of 2.4 percent that it reached at the beginning of the 1980s.
What’s more, India also surpassed India in population despite the fact that in 31 of its 36 states that rate is now on the decline.
However, as fertility rates in the other five states continues to increase, the total population of India continues to advance.
According to the India representative of UNFPA, the world body that tracks population trends, India will see population growth in the next two to three decades, before it starts to decline.
Although India has not carried out a census since 2011 and postponed the one scheduled for 2021 (due to the pandemic), the UN updated the country’s population projections based on country-specific data on fertility, mortality and migration. In this way, it is estimated that it has already surpassed China in this aspect, publish the Financial Times.
India, retail and growth
The Indian market is the fastest growing in the world, it is effectively “the China” of the second decade of the 21st century.
Not for nothing, retailers and technology companies from different backgrounds are targeting there to generate more business. Suffice it to say that this Tuesday, Tim Cook himself arrived in Mumbai to inaugurate the first Apple Store in that country (this Thursday he will open the second, in New Delhi.
India has more than 1.4 billion people and more than 50 percent are under the age of 25, making it not only a hugely attractive market today, but even more so in the future.
For example, Ikea, which opened its largest store in the world in that country, Walmart –in association with Flipkart– and Amazon, are just some of the large international companies that are setting foot in India.
By 2050, India’s population will account for 19 percent of the global population.
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Finance Breaking news Synechron acquires Australian payments technology provider Attra last financial news
Breaking-Finance.Com - Financial consultancy Synechron is continuing its acquisition streak with a deal to take over Australian-based payments provider Attra.
Breaking-Finance.Com - Financial consultancy Synechron is continuing its acquisition streak with a deal to take over Australian-based payments provider Attra. This acquisition of Attra marks the second deal Synechron has closed in the past six weeks, following the October takeover of Citihub Digital, a London and New York-based financial technology consulting firm for the financial services industry.Founded in 1995, Attra's card and payments technology complements the digital, consulting, and technology services that Synechron currently provides for its clients, adding 2000 employees and expanding its global footprint.Faisal Husain, co-founder and CEO of Synechron, says: "Attra’s end-to-end payments technology services will blend nicely with our digital transformation capabilities.
. The enhanced competencies that Attra brings will allow us to further advance our clients’ banking & digital payment technology services while ensuring regulatory compliance.” Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Avendus Capital is Attra’s financial advisor on this transaction.
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Naivas Supermarkets has moved to reassure customers that their data shared with the supermarket chain following a ransomware attack on the firm’s systems. In a statement, the supermarket said that it “regrets to announce that alongside many corporates and organisations in and outside Kenya,” it had been a victim of ransomware attack an online criminal organisation.”
“This unlawful intrusion may have compromised some of our data. Naivas has contained this attack, and our systems are secure and our operations are normal… On becoming aware of the attack, Naivas took immediate steps to prevent external access and engaged leading cybersecurity experts CrowdStrike to ensure system integrity. This process is complete and our systems are secure. We are cooperating with the relevant law enforcement agencies, as they investigate this and the many current ransomware attacks in Kenya,” Naivas said, adding, “Naivas has been made aware that the Threat Actor has claimed to have stolen some of our data and is alleging that this may be published in due course. We and law enforcement agencies are monitoring this closely. Naivas has also informed the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner Kenya of this incident.”
Naivas Supermarktets, which now has 80 outlets in the country, has also stated that it does not hold any credit card/debit card information on its systems, and that such payment information is handled securely and protected through Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption.
“At this moment, we are not aware of any malicious use of stolen data. However, it is recommended in the face of this type of situation to pay particular attention to any phishing attempts – by phone, SMS or email – as well as to the sufficient security of passwords,” added Naivas. “We take the protection of personal information very seriously. Please accept our deepest apologies for the worry and inconvenience that this criminal activity may cause.”
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Bucherer, one of the world’s biggest companies in the luxury goods field, has acquired digital authentication startup Adresta, with the takeover taking immediate effect as of September 30th. Adresta, which will be fully integrated into the Bucherer Group immediately, uses blockchain technology to provide fool-proof authentication services, which will be used to complement Bucherer’s existing “certified pre-owned” service. Bucherer runs 70 proprietary retail shops all over Europe, as well as the UK and USA.
Apart from blockchain-based certificates, the acquisition is also expected to improve Bucherer’s online shopping experience. Guido Zumbühl, CEO at the Bucherer Group stated:
“We are taking a few big steps forward in implementing our digital strategy with the integration of Adresta to offer our customers a comprehensive shopping experience. We look forward to integrating this innovative company into the Bucherer Group”
A match made in heaven
A spin-off from Helvetia Insurance, Adresta develops blockchain-based digital certificates for luxury goods. Users can then access said certificates at any time on the Adresta website and app. This enables, among other things, forgery-proof proof of ownership and authenticity, especially for buyers of pre-owned watches.
According to Mathew Chittazhathu, Co-Founder and CEO at Adresta, the platform has plans to expand upon the aforementioned service in the future and to create an ecosystem for various blockchain-based certification services and tools. The acquisition and integration into the Bucherer Group is a key step towards this goal. Chittazhathu said:
“Our platform solution not only offers easy access to blockchain-based certificates but is the basis for a continuously expandable ecosystem. We have found the ideal partner in Bucherer for us to develop our solution further and establish it optimally on the market for the benefit of customers,”
Adresta is making strides
The swiss blockchain startup Adresta was founded by former ETH Zurich and Helvetia workers. Upon founding, the startup received funding from Helvetia, which was, at the time, the second-largest life insurer in Switzerland.
There are allegedly two knock-offs for every genuine Swiss watch, and Adresta was created to address this issue. In the future, it is very likely luxury watches will come with an associated identity that will be guarded by the immutable nature of blockchain technology. Startups like Adresta are at the forefront of this future and will make it far harder to sell stolen watches or create counterfeits.
The startup initially used non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Ethereum network in order to track original watches. In July of last year, it partnered with communication provider Swisscom to implement its solution on the Swiss Trust Chain. The partnership has allowed it to use a more scalable enterprise blockchain network with a trusted Swiss provider.


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Just ignore the fact that it’s based in Liverpool, organisers say.
The IFB, which features 240 events across the North throughout June and July, is being hailed as the biggest event in the UK since the Festival of Britain in 1951 and the biggest business bash in the world in 2014.
Overseas buyers can now access UK government-backed finance in 62 pre-approved local currencies when they buy from the UK. Overseas buyers of UK exports can now access UK government-backed finance in 62 pre-approved local currencies, Minister for Investment Graham Stuart MP announced today. The support is…
At the two-day event more than 500 people will attend a manufacturers’ dinner on June 24. And there will be a conference, with more than 1,000 delegates, and all-day exhibition with up to 120 stands – double that of last year – at the AMRC training centre on June 25.
UK Export Finance (UKEF) is launching a new partnership with five major high street banks to allow smaller businesses to access millions of pounds in government-backed trade finance. UKEF, as part of the Department for International Trade, provides financial support to help UK companies sell…
Part of the latest set of emerging markets MINT, it is projected that Indonesia will become the 5th largest economy in the world by 2030. It offers an immense opportunity due to the fact that their middle class is larger than the whole population of Australia and is growing. This makes it the ideal market for British companies who want to export into Asia.
Part of the UK’s International Festival for Business, the Global Manufacturing Festival (GMF) is specifically designed to help SME’s understand the supply chains for a broad range of high growth market sectors, how they might access them, and where to focus investments to gain future business.
UK and Turkey will co-finance projects and contracts as part of an agreement to strengthen trade co-operation and boost investment between the two countries.
Seeking new business opportunities and partnerships in new markets is not an easy task, especially for SMEs. However, support is available through local organisations that work in cooperation with UK Trade & Investment. Among these, the British Chamber of Commerce Turkey is a great resource…
When Anne Wilson joined Numill as a book-keeper in 2000, exports accounted for less than a fifth of the tool reclamation company’s business. A management buyout and a recession later, Anne has built international trade into half the business “and that proportion is likely to rise still further”, she says.
Worldbank data reveals that the top five counties with the highest investment commitments are Brazil, Turkey, Peru, Columbia and India are top. These five countries together attracted US$78 billion, representing 73 percent of the investment commitments in the developing world in 2014.
European Enterprise Network Yorkshire are advising selected business around the region to save the date and look to visiting Italy for Expo 2015 with fully paid missions to develop exporting opportunities.
The four special missions for Expo which come fully paid with flights and accommodation, and are organised by EEN Sicily with the Regional Government of Sicily.
You may have seen in the news that Sheffield Chamber, in partnership with New Era Development, University of Sheffield and Creative Sheffield have announced plans to develop the Chinese “Gateway to the North”. This is an exciting development building on existing and recently announced investments…
Three were honoured for international trade – Dismatec, Melett and Abbey Forged Products – and one for innovation – Roy Hatfield Ltd. This year a total of 162 awards have been handed out – 110 for international trade, 39 for innovation and 13 for sustainable development. Previously known as the Queen’s Awards to Industry, the first awards were given in 1966.
Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber Awards The Awards are open to organisations with an ‘S’ postcode (located within South Yorkshire) and all members of Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce regardless of location. The category I would like to draw your attention to is the Excellence…


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Blizzard's launched the new-look Battle.net. Actually, it launched last night, but we were asleep. We should take more drugs.
"Beginning with World of Warcraft, the new Battle.net account grants access to Blizzard Entertainment games, websites, and online services - all with a single e-mail address and password," says the service's blurb.
The service's revamp paves the way for the launch of StarCraft II, which Blizzard has always said would be a tandem affair to Battle.net's facelift.
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In collaboration with the Department of Creative Design and Fashion of DI.PA.E., the "Confucius Institute" of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki announces the launch of the "Made in China-中国制造" Project, consisting of three parts: "Hand-made," which involves the creation of 25 garments inspired by Chinese culture, "Custom-made," an interdisciplinary conference on Chinese culture, and "Tailor-made," an exhibition featuring the designed garments.
The conference titled 'Made in China-中国制造' will take place online on September 17-18, 2021, and will be complemented by a fashion show on September 16, as well as an exhibition of garments and designs at the Teloglion Foundation of Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in Thessaloniki.
With the starting point being Chinese culture and in the context of the "2021, Year of Culture and Tourism between Greece and China," the conference aims to foster productive reflection and creative dialogue regarding the role and significance of the principles governing modes of product production in China throughout the centuries. It will shed light on aspects of Chinese culture and tradition, as perceived by researchers from both the Western world and researchers of Chinese origin.
The clothing to be presented was designed and constructed by graduates of the Department of Creative Design and Fashion, School of Design at the International University of Greece (IUG).


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Amazon Sale: Get Up To 80% Off on Home and Kitchen Clearance Store
Amazon Sale 2023 is a great time to save money, with exclusive discounts and deals on various products. With the new features, it promises to be bigger and better than ever before. So, get ready to shop and save during this Amazon Sale 2023.
Unprecedented shortage of wheat may lead to anarchy in Pakistan
The ongoing economic crisis in Pakistan is a classic example of this phenomenon where poor citizens have been battling backbreaking inflation and food crises for months now without any support from various custodians of power.
Yemen stampede during charity distribution kills 85
At least "85 were killed and more than 322 were injured" after the stampede in the Bab al-Yemen district of the capital, a Huthi security official said. "Women and children were among the dead," he said on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to journalists. A second health official confirmed the toll.
At least 78 killed in stampede for donations in Yemen
The stampede took place during the distribution of charitable donations by merchants in the final days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Houthi-controlled Ministry of Interior's spokesperson said in a statement. Hundreds of people had crowded into a school to receive the donations, which amounted to 5,000 Yemeni riyals, or about $9 per person, two witnesses involved in the rescue effort told Reuters.
Four elderly people killed while collecting free flour in Pakistan's Punjab province: Officials
The deaths were reported after several people flocked to the government distribution points after the cash-strapped Pakistani government introduced a free flour scheme for the poor especially in Punjab province to beat the sky-rocketing inflation.
Stampede deaths: BJP leader Jitendra Tiwari remanded to eight days' police custody
BJP leader Jitendra Tiwari was on Sunday remanded to eight days' police custody in connection with the death of three persons in a stampede during a blanket distribution programme at Asansol in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district in December. Tiwari was arrested from Noida in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday by a team of the West Bengal police.
Best Top Load Washing Machines in IndiaWe probably don't have time to perform household duties because of the tight schedule. Automatic top load washing machines are practical since they can handle the majority of tasks on their own and guarantee clean clothes with little effort. Explore the models of the top-rated fully automatic top-load washing machines that are available online and select the best one for you.
Four women die in Tamil Nadu stampede during free distribution of sareesPolice said that around 1,000 women reached the place where the saris were being distributed. An stampede ensued leading to many women getting injured. Several women were admitted to a hospital in Vaniyambadi Taluk and four of them, who were serious, died in the hospital.
Temple tours, smart TVs & silver idols mark arrival of the spring of the poll season in KarnatakaThe three-hour journey is free, but not exactly so. Users are expected to take note of the name and portrait of the young politician displayed on the body of the bus and return the favour by voting for him in the upcoming assembly polls.
Pakistan facing net wheat deficit of 2.37 million metric tons, says food ministerAt present, Pakistan is facing its worst-ever flour crisis with parts of the country reporting a shortage of wheat and stampedes reported from several areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan provinces.
E-commerce players who can connect Bharat and India will surely find successAs the latest festive season showed, people shopped for everything from apparel to home decor to mark new beginnings. New-age ecommerce platforms will play an important role in connecting consumers in tier-2+ towns with products of their choice, no longer limiting online shopping to the metros and relatively affluent consumers who buy branded products.
Pakistan flour crisis worsens; prices skyrocket amidst wheat shortage, stampedes reportedTens of thousands spend hours daily to get the subsidized bags of flour that are already short in supply in the market. Chaotic scenes are often witnessed as people gather around vehicles pushing each other as the mini-trucks and vans escorted by armed guards go about distributing the flour.
ET Explainer: All you need to know on Pakistan's worst flour crisisThe prices of wheat flour, which is one of the key constituents of the staple diet of people in Pakistan, have skyrocketed amid the ongoing crisis. In Karachi, flour is being sold for Rs 140/kg-160/kg. Meanwhile, in Islamabad and Peshawar, a 10kg bag of flour is being sold at Rs 1,500 and a 20kg bag at Rs 2,800.
Yet another stampede at TDP event in AP, three killedA police official said that as soon as the organisers started distributing gifts, including sarees, the crowd swelled and they pushed the barricades away leading to a stampede. The gift distribution began after TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu left the venue upon addressing the public meeting at Guntur, about 33 km from here.
Knitting a success story: How yarns connected wives of air warriors; gave wings to aspirationsAll participants were members of the Air Force Wives Welfare Association (AFWWA) and as part of its 'Knittathon 2022' held over nearly three months, they knitted 41,541 caps of varying colours, which would eventually be distributed to the needy ahead of winter. On Saturday, AFWWA members, who call themselves 'Vayu Shakti Sanginis', created a Guinness World Record with an attractive display of all the 41,541 knitted woollen caps in the verdant lawns of the IAF auditorium campus here.
‘Bodhon, Sandhi Puja & Dhunuchi Nach’ are some Durga Puja rituals Bengalis adhere to a tee (to this day)When it comes to Durga Puja rituals, the default Bengali mentality is, was and will always be- ' the more, the merrier!'
Loan write-offs for the rich are freebies, not welfare schemes: RJDAt a time when a large section of people in this country are struggling to achieve financial empowerment, there are two types of ideologies running parallel in the country. One is to provide help to people who are financially deprived and the other is terming it "Muft Ki Revari" freebies.
How Titan Company's expansion plans may impact its marginsTitan Company Limited is primarily engaged in the manufacturing and selling of jewellery and has also penetrated into segments such as watches, eyewear, sarees, Indian wear and accessories & products. As of the end of Q1 FY23, it had 2,303 stores with a total retail area of more than 2.9 million sqft under operations, with a presence in 366 towns, 10 manufacturing and assembly facilities and around 9,500 employees.
View: GoI should have announced a minimum support price and a new stocking policy to tackle inflationIn an ideal world, GoI would have announced a minimum support price (MSP) and a new public stocking policy, focused on vegetables, pulses and edible oils, to help manage unseasonal price hikes. Instead, citizens find it cheaper to buy a pint of beer in Goa than buy a kilo of tomatoes.
Reliance Entertainment CEO looks to buy Anil Ambani film firm via US SPACShibasish Sarkar, the group chief executive of Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd, is in discussions with Anil Ambani to buy the private movie studio and content distribution company owned by the industrialist and his family, as a management buyout (MBO), said people aware of the matter.
After EC warning, parties says political campaigning as important as Covid-19 controlOn Friday, the Election Commission of India reminded political parties to follow Covid-19 protocols while campaigning, after finding instances where social distancing and mask wearing norms has been flouted.
7 devotees killed in stampede during temple ceremony in TNThe tragedy occurred when hundreds of people gathered for the 'padikasu' (temple coin) distribution ceremony at the 'Karuppasamy' (a rural deity) temple in Muthiampalayam village.
RK Nagar by-poll: High Court dismisses plea to disqualify key candidatesOver 40 cases were registered and 82 persons involved in such malpractices were arrested, the petitioner said.
32 newly elected under-35 MPs & what they intend to do for their constituenciesET Magazine profiles this youth brigade of winners to see how they got here and what they intend to do for their constituencies. Read on
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Massive cash seizure ahead of electionsOver 2.13 crore litres of liquor and Rs 283 crore cash have been seized in the run-up to the elections, with the maximum recoveries made in Andhra Pradesh.
Scam alleged in pass distribution of Lusofonia Games in Goa; Chief Minister deniesVijay Sardesai alleged a massive pass scam in the organisation of these Portuguese Commonwealth games held across six stadiums from January 18-29.
Nearly 1,000 lives lost in temple stampedes in past decadeStampedes at temples and other religious places in India have claimed nearly 1,000 lives in the last 10 years in the country.
Tragedy in UP: 65 die in ashram stampedeAt least 65 people — nearly all of them women and children — were killed and 28 others injured in a stampede on Thursday in a local ashram after a collapse of its gate triggered panic among about 10,000 people who had converged for a ritual.Load More
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NEW DELHI: Korean tech giant LG is betting on new India-first 'W' series of smartphones to woo consumers in the hyper-competitive Indian phone market, and grab double-digit share over the next two years. LG will introduce five devices under its W series, which will be available online in partnership with Amazon.in, as it aims to sell about one million units by December-end.
Competing against majors like Xiaomi and Samsung, LG will also bring in smartphones from its global portfolio to the Indian market.
"We reached out to our headquarters about a year ago to request them for an India-specific portfolio and after deliberations, they allowed us. So, India is the first country where LG will have its own portfolio of smartphones," LG Electronics India Business Head Mobile Communication Advait Vaidya told .
He added that the first two devices from the W series will be available from July, followed by another sometime in August and two more around Diwali.
The W series – manufactured in India – will be priced between Rs 8,000-15,000.
"Our aim is to sell one million units of the W series by the end of the calendar year. In the next 18-24 months, assuming that 5G comes in, we are aiming for a double-digit market share in India," Vaidya said.
India is one the biggest markets globally for smartphones.
According to research firm IDC, India's smartphone market grew over 7 per cent year-on-year to 32.1 million units in the January-March 2019 quarter.
Xiaomi led the market with 30.6 per cent share, followed by Samsung (22.3 per cent), Vivo (13 per cent), Oppo (7.6 per cent) and Realme (6 per cent).
Talking about LG's strategy, Vaidya said the company will focus


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MSI ELECTRONICS REPORTS RESULTS WOODSIDE, N.Y., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- MSI Electronics Inc.
(NASDAQ: MSIE) a New York based manufacturer of semiconductor and electronic instruments today reported results for the year ended Sept. 30, 1991.
MSI ELECTRONICS INC. Year ended Sept. 30 1991 1990 Sales $1,918,977 $1,218,706 Net income (loss) 29,665 (75,118) Net income (loss) per share $.03 $(.06) Weighted average number of common shares and equivalents outstanding 1,164,770 1,191,016 -0- 12/30/91 /CONTACT: Albert Lederman, president of MSI Electronics, 718-672-6500/ (MSIE) CO: MSI Electronics, Inc. ST: New York IN: CPR SU: ERN
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- Dec 11, 2018
Someone smashed a window and broke into Jack Holder's in San Jose over the weekend, days after they provided free meals to more than 200 first responders.
The thieves stole tablets that linked the restaurants to DoorDash, a lifeline for a business surviving entirely on to-go orders.
“All our restaurants are down at least 80%,” said Hodler.
A burglar also broke into Loft Bar and Bistro in Downtown San Jose Friday morning. Straling alcohol and electronics and causing an estimated $5,000 in damage.
Some restaurant owners feel they are being targeted now because there are few witnesses around and they are one of the few businesses still operating during the shelter-at-home order.
In the East Bay, burglars recently broke into Slow Hand BBQ in Pleasant Hill grabbing a cash register.
Bay Area restaurants, already seeing a devastating drop in business during the shelter-at-home order, are not getting hit by burglars.
However, restaurant owners are discovering that during recent break-ins there is a new trend in what's being taken.
Saira and Monica Gomez have a hard time watching the 20 different security videos recorded at their restaurant, Crossroad Pizza from a rash of 5 break-ins spanning 3 days.
"They took toilet paper, garbage bags, any household items we had and our Clorox wipes. Our cleaning supplies, bleach and everything for cleaning! They took sodas, booze, they tried to take our coffee machine and coffee blender too. I'd rather have that food go to our employees who aren't working now!" exclaims Saira.
Aldo Blasi, owner of Ristorante Milano in Russian Hill shared video of a recent attempted burglary where suspects not only used tools like wire cutters and a blowtorch to try and gain entry through the front door, they also tried the back, where the supplies are kept.
"I think it's a kind of desperation. These are desperate times as you say they can get supplies. All you can do is leave supplies and change them and secure them all the time." Says Blasi.
SFPD says they've seen a double-digit decrease in property crime compared to last year due to the shelter-in-place but are "aware of changes in crime trends" and say they'll adapt to the "ever changing environment."
"They took toilet paper, garbage bags, any household items we had and our Clorox wipes. Our cleaning supplies, bleach and everything for cleaning! They took sodas, booze, they tried to take our coffee machine and coffee blender too. I'd rather have that food go to our employees who aren't...


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AT&T (NYSE: T) has been busy. The company is shoring up content deals left and right in preparation for the roll out of DirecTV Now – AT&T’s major foray into the streaming TV business. CEO Randall Stephenson ratcheted up the conversation recently when he dropped a few new details at a communications conference.
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AT&T Inc. – which is expected to premier its streaming service DirecTV Now later this year – reportedly will work to make streaming its primary TV platform by 2020. AT&T last year acquired satellite-TV service DirecTV, which has a large Colorado footprint. Under the timeline, as reported by Bloomberg , DirecTV set-top boxes and satellite dishes could be obsolete in three to five years.
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