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Melbourne, February 24th 2011
Australian wine preservation system to feature at Singapore Wine Celebration led by Mr Burghound, Allan Meadows
The Wandering Palate and Heritage Wines Singapore – organisers of
the forthcoming Burghound in Asia hosted in Singapore from 7th-11th
April – have chosen winesave™ as the official wine preservation system
for the great celebration of pinot noir and chardonnay.
The four day event to be led by Burghound Allan Meadows - the
world’s leading commentator on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay – will be a
roll call of the world’s leading producers of these two great varieties
with participating wineries from France, USA, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Austria and Italy.
Curtis Marsh, principal of The Wandering Palate says choosing winesave™ was easy.
“There is simply nothing else available in the wine preservation
marketplace which has winesave’s effectiveness and ease of use. We had
already worked with them on the Ultimate Parker in Asia event of 2010
and the success and critical acclaim the product received from
participating wineries and consumers made them a “no-brainer for Burghound in Asia,” enthuses Marsh.
winesave™ founder and Chairman Mr Daryl Davies is thrilled about this latest honour.
“It has been an extraordinary year for winesave™, with this
appointment the latest in a long list of acknowledgments which include
the Robert Parker event in 2010, winesave’s use at Penfolds Red wine
clinics in Canada and Australia, and a very positive review by one of
the world’s leading MW’s Jancis Robinson and now the Burghound in Asia
Mr Davies said the level of export interest for winesave™ was very
gratifying and based on current orders, winesave™ will be represented in
more than 26 countries by the end of this financial year.
winesave™ is manufactured in Melbourne Australia by Vinotech Pty.
Ltd. and is the wine preservation system of choice for leading
restaurants and consumers around the world.
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It’s official: Michael Kors is getting into the wearables scene with the launch of his first smartwatch. Dubbed the Michael Kors Access, this new timepiece will retain the classic, chunky design the brand is known for, but it will be updated with some impressive, new technology.
The watch, which will be compatible with both iPhones and Androids, will flash with notifications from texts, emails and various social media apps. It also has a built-in fitness tracker and a voice-activated feature from Google. These watches were developed in partnership with Google and Android Wear technology.
Of course Mr. Kors wants his customers to have options, so display faces can be changed with the swipe of a finger. Timepieces can transition from a cardio accessory at the gym to a glittery accoutrement for a big night on the town. “I’m in the business of making people’s lives easier through fashion,” Mr. Kors said in a statement. “After all, technology is impacting life more and more. It should reflect your personal taste as much as anything else, but it should also give you access to all the experiences that you want.”
Two designs, a flashy gold version with a pave crystal design for women and a sporty silicon banded one for men, were unveiled at this year’s Baselworld in Switzerland. Both styles will retail for $395 and will land in stores this coming fall.


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Nissan has unveiled the Indian version of its global compact SUV, the Nissan Kicks. The model for India will be very different from the international model, which has already been on sale globally for some time. It is expected to go on sale in January 2019, reports NDTV.
In India, the Nissan Kicks will be based on the B0 platform, the same as the Terrano; the international version of the SUV is based on Nissan’s V platform. The NDTV report also says that the Indian version of the car will be slightly bigger than then global version.
On the front, the Kicks gets Nissan’s signature V-motion grille and LED projector headlights with daytime running lights. Adding to the style of the SUV are the shark fin antenna and the boomerang tail lamps. It also gets R17 five-spoke alloy wheels.
The Kicks will feature Nissan Intelligent Mobility, which is the company’s approach to changing how cars are powered, driven and integrated with society, designed to strengthen the link between car and driver.


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Facebook fans are sitting on the edge of their seats as Mark Zuckerberg the head of Facebook has announced that something ‘awesome’ is going to happen next week to the social networking site.
With over 600 million users on Facebook, anything he launches is going to be seen and used by that many people.
Speculation abounds as some feel he’ll be launching features for mobile devices, starting a new search engine, adding live video to posts, who knows what it is but whatever it is, Zuckerberg will make a fortune at it.
Most people just want the Facebook apps for their mobile devices but there’s no telling what this new surprise might be.
Needless to say the media and Facebook users will be chomping at the bit as the suspense grows and markets look for opportunities to capitalize on anything that Facebook does.
Facebook has so much money now that it’s like a country unto itself. One company makes that much money, far more than most countries in the world and not only that, if Facebook was a country it would be the third largest only after China and India.
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The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has promoted Jane Hertzmark Hudis to executive group president. Her portfolio of brands will include Estée Lauder, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, Aerin, Origins, Aveda, Bumble and bumble, Dr. Jart+ and Do The Right Thing. She will continue to report to ELC president and ceo Fabrizio Freda.
The group has also appointed Stéphane de La Faverie to group president. He will also continue serving in his role as Estée Lauder and Aerin global brand president. As group president, de La Faverie’s new portfolio of brands will include: Jo Malone London, Aramis and Designer Fragrances, Le Labo, Darphin, Lab Series, By Kilian, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, Rodin olio lusso and Prescriptives.
He will report directly to Freda in his group president position, and will continue to report to Hudis for his global brand president responsibilities for Estée Lauder and Aerin.
Executive group president John Demsey will see his portfolio of brands evolve. He will continue to oversee MAC Cosmetics, Clinique, Becca, Too Faced, Smashbox, Glamglow and Tom Ford Beauty, and will serve as a key adviser to the company’s new brand integration process. He will also continue to lead the Creative Organization and report directly to Freda.


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The a2 Milk Company chief executive David Bortolussi has a tough job ahead as he tries to stabilise the baby formula maker after its fourth earnings downgrade in nine months.
Mr Bortolussi is hunting for a replacement for a key executive, head of Asia, Peter Nathan, who is leaving after 14 years with the Kiwi company. A2 Milk also flagged a review of its key China business and a blowout of more than $NZ100 million ($92.9 million) in provisions for old stock.
Unimpressed investors wiped $690 million off the group’s market capitalisation on the ASX on Monday, after a2 Milk revealed the level of inventory in the daigou channel is too high and the ageing inventory is a major problem.
This forced the company to take a $NZ80 million to $NZ90 million stock provision, with the blowout now standing at least $NZ103 million this year.
Mr Bortolussi, who took up the top job in early February, told The Australian Financial Review Mr Nathan’s departure was unexpected, and that he did not lose control of the business, pointing to extreme market volatility over the past 12 months.
“Peter was very close to the business. Peter and has his team did the best job they could in the circumstances,” he said. “It’s been a really challenging time, and we’ve been working on this together, but it’s his decision (to leave).”
Mr Bortolussi added there is no strategic disagreement with Mr Nathan, who helped to grow a2 Milk from $NZ7 million in sales to $NZ1.73 billion in the last full financial year.
The CEO will now aim to reduce sales over May and June, and swap the ageing inventory of English label formula dated last July. Typically baby formula tins need to be in market with 18 months of shelf life left. As it nears 12 months of shelf life, it becomes a major concern.
This will impact full-year sales and earnings, and may spill into the first quarter of 2022.
The former market darling is now targeting full-year revenue of between $NZ1.2 billion to $NZ1.25 billion, compared with its prior lowered expectations of about $NZ1.4 billion.
The company, which also makes fresh milk, said that while its third-quarter trading was broadly in line with expectations, it was clear actions taken to support the daigou and cross-border e-commerce channels were insufficient, forcing it to slash full-year guidance again.
A2 Milk’s share price has fallen by nearly two thirds the past 12 months with the shares tumbling 92¢, or 13 per cent, to $6.10 on Monday.
Lower sales, the stock provision and $NZ8 million in one-off costs due to a new cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system mean margin of earnings before interest, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) to sales for the year has been crushed by half to between 11 per cent to 12 per cent from already lowered expectations.
Mr Bortolussi admitted that there is high uncertainty and a lack of visibility in the daigou channel, whose participants buy products such as formula and vitamins outside China for customers in China.
“There are multiple holding points around the market for the corporate daigou that we deal with so that’s where the visibility becomes more challenging,” he said.
The retail daigou channel - made up mostly of tourists and international university students - in Australia disappeared overnight last year when COVID-19 struck and roughly $NZ250 million in sales vanished.
Mr Bortolussi said corporate daigou sales are down nearly 10 per cent in the third quarter, and he is not factoring in any improvement in the retail daigou trade in the future.
Infant nutrition sales in the ANZ reached $NZ99.5 million and in the cross-border e-commerce channel stood at $NZ22.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2021, declines of 11 per cent and 57 per cent respectively against the second quarter. This reflected lower distributor inventory levels, and reduced daigou sales in Australia.
The figures mark a 56 per cent and 77 per cent respective slide on the third quarter a year ago, which was boosted by COVID-19 panic buying.
Mr Bortolussi plans to ramp up China marketing spend by $NZ5 million to $NZ10 million in the fourth quarter - from $NZ14 million currently - to help stimulate demand.
Despite building a presence in China over the past five years, a major review of a2 Milk’s growth strategy is under way. Depending on the outcome, the board may consider a share buyback.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst David Errington questioned how a2 Milk will deal with the inventory issue without hurting the brand value.
Daigou specialist Jeremy Hunt said a2 Milk failed to listen to their own customers and continued to oversupply the market to hit sales targets.
“It was July last year when a2 customers were telling a2 don’t send more stock - there is a block in supply chain to China. There were no planes and no tourists,” he said.
“The a2’s mismanagement of stock gives the impression the daigou sector is broken, but it’s brand issue.”
Mr Hunt added consumers’ shopping habits have changed dramatically, as people flocked to social e-commerce sites like Pindoudou. He said a2 Milk’s stumble could provide an opportunity for other players, given there are still plenty of Chinese who want to buy Australian baby formula.
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Whatsapp has amassed huge popularity in India, apparent through its about 200 million active users in February of this year. Considering the familiarity and penetration of the app amid the lives of citizens in the country, Facebook-owned WhatsApp has reached out to National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for integrating the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for peer to peer money transfer within the app itself.
In talks with ETTech, AP Hota, managing director of NPCI said that the company has shown initial interest only towards the usage of UPI and it might happen anytime soon. Taking into account, the prevalence of the UPI-based payment solutions in the current scenario; this might be the very first monetization bet for WhatsApp from the world’s second largest populated country.
The high adoption rate of this peer to peer fund transfer system (currently under the limelight) is visible through data published by the Reserve Bank of India. UPI has registered about 49 lakh transactions for March and the total amount transferred stands at Rs. 1970 crore for the month. Moreover, our Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi promoting the system through the BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) app adds to its fame.
This might be a welcoming trend in India as no other standalone messaging app has been able to provide money transfer services to its users as of yet. Although many messaging apps offer such money transfer services in foreign lands, the Indian bankers are concerned about the security and safety of such transactions.
Speaking in a similar context, AP Hota said,
Financial services can happen on WhatsApp but the level of security needs to change. It is too convenient for different modes of financial services, Can sending money be made as easy as sending WhatsApp messages?
Contrarily, we can say that netizens here still need to work on adoption of features offered by an app, as well as improve the way we handle digital transactions. Most of the users either skip steps impatiently or repeatedly execute similar mistakes. If the money transfers are soon enabled on WhatsApp, instead of helping the users, it might become a new scam for looting people. This is, however just a calculated guess as each technology comes with its own quirks.
In addition, Bankers aware of the matter said,
These are still very early stages, we will have to find out how it can be implemented in the future.
Although the UPI system, promoted by the Reserve Bank of India and implemented by NPCI, comes packed with a various level of securities; the major concern here lies in the ease of transactions.


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People visiting Microsoft's new store in Scottsdale, Ariz., have started noticing something interesting, apart from its shameless similarities to Apple's retail outlets. The computers on display in the Microsoft Store come without any run-of-the-mill "crapware" -- the derisive term used for generic trial software and other unwanted programs that commonly clog new PCs when they're shipped by computer makers.
Under a new initiative called "Microsoft Signature PCs," the company has removed those programs from the computers it's selling and loaded them instead with full versions of its own Windows Live software and services, plus programs such as Silverlight, the Zune software, and Adobe's widely used online technologies.
It's an interesting move by Microsoft on multiple levels.
Most notably, it's a sign that Microsoft is asserting itself more aggressively into the PC distribution process, trying to ensure a quality experience for people who buy Windows PCs. Although the company has a relatively limited physical retail presence for now (the Scottsdale store will be followed by one in Mission Viejo, Calif.), the company is also offering the Signature PCs via the online Microsoft Store.
Microsoft hasn't made a big deal of the "Signature PCs" but the initiative was described by Jared Marino, who identifies himself as a product advisor for the Mission Viejo store, in a comment on a blog post by a Microsoft employee, Tim Heuer, about his experience visiting the Scottsdale Fashion Square location.
Apple has long had an advantage over Microsoft because of its ability to control the end-to-end computing experience, from hardware to software to the retail store. Of course, the vast majority of Windows PCs will continue to be sold through traditional retail stores and direct from PC makers, so the biggest potential for Microsoft's "Signature PC" initiative is to lead by example.
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Call it a case of the flipped flights.
Phil and Marsha Rehel thought they were going one way, but the Air Canada booking they made was in the opposite direction of what they wanted.
“We only have Air Canada in Sudbury so we decided to book Air Canada from Sudbury to Toronto,” said Phil, describing that he and his wife would be connecting on another carrier to spend a month in the south after arriving at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
The cost for the two Air Canada fares was about $820.
Although they are experienced travellers familiar with booking flights online, Phil and his wife realized a few days later that something was wrong.
They had inadvertently reversed the order of the booking, which was from Toronto to Sudbury, instead of the other way around. They admitted they had made a mistake.
Although they held non-refundable flights, Phil explained to an Air Canada agent on the telephone that they still wanted to fly in the right direction.
“The (outgoing) plane was still three-quarters empty. We felt there was a lot of room for them to make that change,” said Phil.
The answer was no.
“This is what we get for a simple mistake and we’re not alone,” said Phil.
He and his wife had the means to book a replacement flight at an additional cost, but he says other travellers may not be so fortunate.
Considering all the flight delays, cancellations, missing bags and lost luggage over the Christmas period, Phil wonders why Air Canada wouldn’t use its discretion to make small changes, when possible.
He says the couple would have paid a fee to switch the flights, but didn’t have an opportunity.
“A month later and they (Air Canada) learned nothing, absolutely nothing,” said Phil, referring to the December delays and cancellations.
Airlines aren’t obligated to make exceptions or go beyond the terms and conditions associated with a particular fare category.
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Envestnet Asset Management Inc. Boosts Position in Mastercard Inc (MA)
Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its position in Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) by 4.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 366,818 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 16,504 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Mastercard were worth $37,876,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Lowe fs LLC boosted its stake in Mastercard by 9.8% in the third quarter. Lowe fs LLC now owns 1,120 shares of the company’s stock valued at $114,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. First Bank & Trust acquired a new stake in Mastercard during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $117,000. TLP Group LLC acquired a new stake in Mastercard during the third quarter valued at approximately $128,000. Fusion Family Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Mastercard during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $130,000. Finally, Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA acquired a new stake in Mastercard during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $139,000. 75.53% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Shares of Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) opened at 112.41 on Tuesday. Mastercard Inc has a 52 week low of $86.65 and a 52 week high of $113.50. The company has a market cap of $121.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.46 and a beta of 1.26. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $109.57 and its 200 day moving average price is $105.02.
Mastercard (NYSE:MA) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January 31st. The company reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.01. Mastercard had a return on equity of 71.09% and a net margin of 37.67%. The company had revenue of $2.76 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.79 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.79 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts anticipate that Mastercard Inc will post $4.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 9th. Investors of record on Friday, April 7th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 5th. Mastercard’s dividend payout ratio is currently 23.85%.
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MA has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Barclays PLC dropped their price objective on Mastercard to $124.00 in a research report on Wednesday, February 1st. Zacks Investment Research raised Mastercard from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $117.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 24th. Loop Capital initiated coverage on Mastercard in a research report on Tuesday, February 14th. They set a “buy” rating and a $119.00 price objective on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $123.00 price objective on shares of Mastercard in a research report on Saturday, March 11th. Finally, Vetr raised Mastercard from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $107.89 price objective on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-two have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $115.77.
In related news, major shareholder Foundation Mastercard sold 205,035 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $108.66, for a total transaction of $22,279,103.10. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 114,064,442 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,394,242,267.72. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Robert Reeg sold 6,487 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $105.17, for a total value of $682,237.79. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 41,014 shares in the company, valued at $4,313,442.38. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 1,439,520 shares of company stock worth $155,339,186 over the last ninety days. 3.14% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
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MasterCard Incorporated is a technology company that connects consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses across the world, enabling them to use electronic forms of payment. The Company operates through Payment Solutions segment. The Company allows user to make payments by creating a range of payment solutions and services using its brands, which include MasterCard, Maestro and Cirrus.
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Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, the Minister of Tourism, has confirmed that the 2020 Africa’s Travel Indaba and the Lilizela Awards have been cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following the outbreak of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown, the tourism industry has been forced to re-evaluate all business events scheduled to take place this year.
Speaking during a tourism industry webinar last Wednesday, Kubayi-Ngubane said, “When we initially postponed Africa’s Travel Indaba 2020 we were hoping that we would be able to host the event during tourism month in September. Currently it is looking very unlikely. Tourism activities and events can only start once the country moves to Level One restrictions.”
As a result, Africa’s Travel Indaba 2020, which was originally due to take place 12-14 May 2020, and the Lilizela Awards, due to take place in November 2020, have both been cancelled.
“Based on the COVID-19 expected trajectory, the best-case scenario is that tourism sector recovery will only begin towards the end of this year.”
“The risk adjusted approach that we have in South Africa gives us a framework within which we can carve our path towards recovery for the tourism sector. The involvement of all tourism stakeholders is absolutely important. Based on the COVID-19 expected trajectory, the best-case scenario is that tourism sector recovery will only begin towards the end of this year,” said Kubayi-Ngubane.
It is anticipated that domestic tourism will drive the initial phase of the recovery, followed by regional tourism, with international tourism being the last to recover.
“With us having some time to focus on our properties and events, I do believe that next year’s Indaba, Meetings Africa and Lilizela awards will be world class events showcasing the warmth of our industry as we rebuild the industry,” added Kubayi-Ngubane.
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For days, Elon Musk publicly approached Apple. After meeting CEO Tim Cook, his biggest concern is now off the table. Cook should have been less concerned with Twitter. The app is part of a bigger problem for Apple.
After a meeting with Apple boss Tim Cook, Twitter’s owner Elon Musk was able to announce the good news on Wednesday: Twitter is not threatened with being kicked out of the App Store as feared. However, whether this decision really has anything to do with Musk is another matter. At the moment, Apple simply cannot afford to be perceived as the judge of the good or bad of important apps.
That wasn’t an issue with Musk. “A good conversation. Among other things, we were able to clarify the misunderstanding that Apple is threatening to remove Twitter from the App Store,” says a tweet. Musk had recently spread this fear himself. He is concerned with defending freedom of expression, he said on Wednesday. “This is the fight for the future of civilization. If we lose freedom of speech in America, only tyranny can ensue.”
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Even a few opponents would accuse the company of wanting tyranny. When it comes to freedom of speech, things are a little different. Apple has been a champion of diversity for years, and does not tolerate apps in the App Store that allow unmoderated hate speech or attacks on minorities. And: Apple can also enforce this. Because you can’t install apps on iPhones and iPads that haven’t been approved by Apple, right-wing hate programs like the “Infowars” conspiracy app can’t be found on Apple’s mobile devices.
However, this power is under scrutiny. As part of a draft law, representatives of the US House of Representatives presented a draft law last year that would also allow apps from third-party sources to be used on iPhones and iPads. Apple is the last major operating system operator to ban this practice, known as “side loading,” on its mobile devices. Google and Microsoft already allow it.
So far, Apple has always successfully defended itself against corresponding attempts at regulation. The reasoning of the group: If you allow users to install apps from potentially unsafe sources, you cannot guarantee the security of the devices to the same extent. In fact, far fewer malware infections are known to exist on Apple’s mobile devices than is the case with Google’s Android system.
However, there is also a strong financial incentive for the practice for Apple. Like Google, the group demands a share of between 15 and 30 percent for every purchase made via the App Store. If customers were now to regularly download apps from third parties, this income would be lost. In addition, the app providers could also circumvent Apple’s rule that all purchases in apps must also be made via the app store’s payment system.
Abolishing this restriction would be highly lucrative for many app providers. For example, Netflix does not offer its subscriptions via the app at all, the “Fortnite” developer Epic Gaames even tried to collect money with its own payment system from Apple – and promptly flew out of the App Store. Since then, the company has been trying to force Apple to open up its supposed monopoly App Store with lawsuits.
Of course, Elon Musk is also aware of this. He’s been teasing Apple’s “30 percent tax on the Internet” for days. This is of course related to his plans for Twitter. Because the group urgently needs money – even more than before the takeover – it wants to significantly increase the income from the Twitter Blue subscription model. If many users subscribe via the app, Musk would have 30 percent less income because of Apple’s levy.
No wonder some observers see Musk’s attacks on Apple primarily as a strategy to secure those revenues. And with the reference to freedom of expression to put political pressure on Apple.
Pressure from Washington
Prominent Republicans like Trump competitor Ron DeSantis have already joined Musk’s bandwagon. At a press conference on Wednesday, he said that if Apple were kicked out of Twitter, it would clearly demonstrate its monopoly power. This is happening “because Elon Musk is actually restoring freedom of expression there,” said the Republican. Twitter had begun restoring many suspended accounts in recent days, including many belonging to right-wing US conservatives. “If Apple were to kick them out because of this, it would be a huge mistake — and a clear use of its monopoly power,” DeSantis said.
Apple seems to be aware of the growing pressure. CEO Tim Cook traveled to Washington this week and had several appointments with Republican MPs. According to reports from “Bloomberg”, these dates were agreed before Musk’s failures. Since then, however, the topic has probably only gained in importance.
It remains to be seen whether the situation will actually ease after the meeting between Cook and Musk. Musk’s extreme interpretation of free speech has caused conflicts with numerous advertisers since the Twitter takeover. Companies, including Apple, fear an increase in extremist or problematic content if Twitter scales back its moderation. And therefore prefer to withdraw the advertising budget. Musk didn’t respond with a new content strategy. But with the attempt to make the subscription fees independent of advertising.
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This week we can look forward to a decrease in UK earnings, a forecast increase in Eurozone industrial production and a rise in Spanish CPI inflation.
Tuesday 10th June, Italian GDP for Q1 forecast at -0.1 percent and -0.5 percent for the year:
Although this poor showing actually represents an improvement for this heavily indebted economy, the inclusion of ‘black market’ revenues from drugs and prostitution will be included in GDP figures from 2015 and could add 11 percent on to Italian GDP figures with its internationally notorious criminal activity worth an estimated €170bn.
On the downside, European Union contributions are based on the size of a nation’s economy (GDP). Surely Brussels wouldn’t ask a country with a debt load worth 134 percent of its GDP to pay more to the coffers, would they?
Wednesday 11th June, UK average weekly earnings forecast to decline to 1.2 percent.
Meanwhile RPI inflation was running at 2.5 percent recently, implying that real wages continue to decline. Technically, real wages haven’t actually increased since the recession if the RPI measure of inflation is used (which takes account of housing costs).
This isn’t all that surprising given the UK’s reliance on financial services which have been struggling in a new era of increasing regulation and regulatory fines, as well as the fact that Sterling has appreciated considerably holding back the prospects for an uptick in exports.
Thursday 12th June, Eurozone industrial production forecast to increase by 0.9 percent for the year representing a pickup.
The ECB has loosened monetary policy further, and they’ll be hoping this leads to higher levels of lending from banks filtering through to increased production, investment in capital spending and consumer spending.
Friday 13th June, Spain CPI inflation forecast to rise 0.2 percent over the year.
Inflation in Spain is nearing deflationary levels, and Friday’s figures should highlight why the ECB deemed it essential to act to avoid sliding prices that would result in consumers and businesses deferring spending in anticipation of lower future prices.


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The Annual Wines of Chile Awards (AWoCA) are the Chilean wine industry’s most important event of the year. This year we will held the 12th Annual Wines of Chile Awards in one of Chile’s markets that is dramatically growing in importance, Brazil. Happening in November in Sao Paulo, a panel of 12 esteemed wine experts will be tasting their way through all the Chilean wine entries to award gold, silver and bronze medals as well as special trophies.
The program will take place between Tuesday, November 25th and Thursday, November 27th, 2014. The judges will taste more than 630 wines from more than 90 wineries and almost every wine region. This vast array of participants, will provide the judges with a broad overview of the diverse varieties and styles of fine Chilean wines. The grand finale, of course, will be the Awards Gala Ceremony, where the brazilean industry will assemble to celebrate this year’s winners.


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U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle on Monday granted a request to delay the antitrust case against the proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA by AT&T, which was scheduled for trial Feb. 13, Bloomberg reported.
AT&T has until Jan. 12 to file a report with the court explaining whether it still plans to try to buy T-Mobile. Most industry experts believe this delay signals the end is near for the largest merger announced this year.
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Retail inflation, measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew 2.36 percent in July after falling for three successive months. The rise in inflation may prevent the Reserve Bank from any further cut in interest rates, which would have given a boost to industrial production.
The inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) rose to 3.36 per cent in August from 2.36 per cent in the previous month. Prices of pulses continued to decline 24.4 percent in August, as compared with (-) 24.75 percent in July.
The weaker level of the pound was behind the continued rise in clothing prices, as it's become more expensive for importers to bring clothing to the United Kingdom from overseas.
The average United Kingdom house price was GBP226,000 in July, which was GBP11,000 higher than in the same month of the prior year and GBP2,000 higher than last month.
A broader calculation of the CPI, which includes housing costs, also rose at a faster pace in August than July.
"With the Bank of England meeting this week the hawks may well be emboldened by today's price growth, but with the pay squeeze entrenching itself more deeply month by month the policy hawks (wanting a rate hike) will find their room for manoeuvre sorely limited", said Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG trading group, said following Tuesday's data.
GETTYThe overall employment rate is the highest since records began in 1971
While the figures may increase pressure on BofE policymakers, the Monetary Policy Committee is expected to hold its key interest rate at 0.25%.
Samuel Tombs, chief United Kingdom economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said domestic services inflation edged up 0.1 percentage point to 2.7 per cent, still well below its long-term average.
However sterling hit a year-high at $1.3282 in the wake of Tuesday's data, as traders bet on the timing of rate tightening from the Bank of England.
There has been a bigger-than-expected jump in the rate of inflation, to 2.9% last month, aided by a Brexit-related leap in clothing costs.
That detail, combined with an uncertain economic outlook, makes the BOE's job much harder than just balancing the level of inflation.
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Media Release, Roosevelt County Healthy Kids Healthy Communities:
Students in Elida Local Schools harvest fresh produce from their school garden, sample new fruits, and eat NM Grown food with a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables in every school meal – efforts that earned Elida schools the highest award in the Golden Chile Award Program.
The statewide recognition program honors farmers, school districts, senior centers and preschools in a four-tiered recognition program – Seed, Sprout, Blossom and Golden Chile — designed to acknowledge all levels of involvement in New Mexico’s local food movement. State officials will recognize the 66 winners at a virtual celebration Sept. 13.
In addition to the state honor, Elida Local Schools is one of two school districts in New Mexico to win a Healthy Meals Incentive Act grant to renovate and update its kitchen, redesign food preparation and service spaces as well as other efforts to support school meals and school nutrition professionals. Food Service Director Beth Fair applied for the almost $83,000 grant from the USDA to continue expanding her efforts to serve homecooked, healthy meals.
“Beth cares about making healthy, yummy food for Elida’s students, and is always looking for ways to expand the variety of fresh produce and menu options,” said Caron Powers, coordinator of Healthy Kids Roosevelt County, which supports NM Grown to increase access to healthy, local food.
With more than $6,000 of NM Grown funding last year, Fair bought homegrown products from Nelson Farms in Texico and Margie Plummer, a local grower who earned a Blossom award, the second highest award in the Golden Chile Awards Program. This year, Fair is hoping to get cold-weather crops like lettuce from a new vendor she added this school year, MTA Farms in Clovis.
To expand the variety of produce, Fair purchased peaches, plumcots, pecans and yellow and orange cherry tomatoes — items she can’t get locally — from Albuquerque growers. She estimates she still has 200 pounds of Plummer’s green chile in the school’s freezer, which will be served with burgers, breakfast burritos and on the salad bar.
She will feature some of that chile in new offerings, such as green chile ranch dressing for a Nuevo Thursday lunch, a special day to highlight NM grown products. Recently she experimented with a strawberry mango salsa for Nuevo Thursday, a new item that half the kids liked, Fair said.
“A few kids have started trying new foods and aren’t so apprehensive about trying something anymore,” Fair said. “I tell them it’s okay to not like something, but you’ll never know if you like it if you don’t try.”
Math teacher Kristi Victor said Fair invests a lot of time and energy in bringing unique fruit for student samples, securing fresh fruits and vegetables for meals and introducing new culinary items, like growing edible leaves in the cafeteria for students to add as flavoring to meals.
“She’s always willing to try new things,” said Victor. “I like the effort that she puts forth; she works really hard at trying to give the kids good food. If the kids have only been in Elida, they don’t know how lucky they are to eat the way they do.”
Victor worked with other school officials and students to develop raised garden beds and implement an irrigation system. Each class picks one crop they plant, nurture and cultivate for the school cafeteria. “They are just so excited when they get to harvest their own vegetables they planted,” Victor said. “It means so much more to them because they grew them.”
The NM Grown program granted Elida about $1,200 this school year to buy locally grown produce and beef. Statewide, The NM Grown program awarded its highest amount this year, a total of $3.47 million — $2 million for schools, $300,000 for preschools, and $1.17 million for senior centers.
Margie Plummer, manager of the Roosevelt and Curry County farmer’s markets, earned a Blossom award through the Golden Chile Awards Program for selling a variety of fruits and vegetables to schools in Portales, Elida and Floyd. She promotes the importance of local grown produce through school field trips to her pumpkin patch, and at her small store and nursery where she sells produce and starter plants to encourage home gardening.
“We always look forward to seeing Margie’s fresh produce at our farmer’s market,” Powers said.


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Wettest November hits sales on the high street
Friday 18 December 2009
UK retailers posted a surprise dip in sales in November, as the soggy but mild weather hit demand for winter clothing and falling food price inflation took the edge off grocers' figures.
Economists had been expecting sales volumes to rise between October and November, but they actually fell by 0.3 per cent, the Office of National Statistics revealed.
Richard Lowe, the head of retail and wholesale at Barclays, said: "The mild and wet weather in November seemed to dampen demand for winter clothing, although retailers of household goods continued to benefit from a growing appetite for big ticket items, ahead of the increase in VAT [to 17.5 per cent on 1 January 2010]."
The British Retail Consortium said the slowdown last month, which was the wettest November on record, was mainly due to food prices rising more slowly. Among general merchandise stores, non-specialist outlets suffered their biggest slump of 4.4 per cent since the ONS survey began in 1988. Textile, clothing and footwear shops declined by 1.8 per cent in November on the previous month.
But retail sales in November were actually up by 3.1 per cent when compared to the same month last year – in the midst of the banking crisis.
According to a separate CBI survey, a net balance of 13 per cent of retailers said that sales had risen over the year to 9 December. Retailers enjoyed a third consecutive month of sales growth in December, but they still forecast flat sales in 2010.
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Thought YOU were having a bad day? Hilarious photos show people who are definitely having worse luck – from a homeowner whose ceiling caved in to a man whose washing machine caught fire
- People from around the world shared snaps of their worst days on Bored Panda
- One person revealed their laundry had caught on fire after using a tumble dryer
- Another individual was left devastated after their puppy ate their passport
Knowing that someone else is having a bad day doesn’t necessarily make you feel any better when luck isn’t on your side, but these images will be a good distraction from your problems.
People from around the world have taken to social media to share photos taken on their worst day, with the most shocking examples have been rounded up for an amusing gallery on Bored Panda.
Among the snaps was one person who had to go clothes shopping after their items set on fire in the tumble dryer at their local laundrette.
Elsewhere there was a pet owner who returned home to discover their puppy had been chewing their passport.
Bored Panda has rounded up a selection of photos from around the world that show people having a worse day than you – including one person, believed to be in the US, whose clothes caught on fire in a tumble dryer
Eye of the storm! One homeowner, in an unknown location, was left speechless after seeing the damage done to their kitchen with items hanging from the wall and a fallen ceiling
Another person, who lives in the US, came home to discover their puppy had been chewing their passport
Going nowhere fast! One car owner claimed they had just pulled into their campsite 450 miles away from home when disaster struck and their key snapped
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One car owner, who lives in the US, was left devastated when a thief broke into their car and left them a note to complain that they had stolen $10 worth of candy and toys for children
The stuff of nightmares! One person claimed they were getting ready to go to bed when they walked into their room to discover part of their ceiling had collapsed
Another man, who lives in the US, said he had been using his air purifier for over a year before realising the filter had been covered in plastic
A pet owner admitted they had been confused how their dog bowl had been getting refilled until they spotted the animal using it as a toilet
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White Hot Party Launches Kitchen Acquisition Plan
Green Lake, Wi, June 6, 2016 – As part of its ongoing strategy to create a community that speaks directly to the way that today’s young people want to live, Green Lake Renewal today announced plans to acquire and expand Courthouse Kitchens of Green Lake, the commercial kitchen business incubator that was the community center Town Square’s first tenant when it opened its doors in 2012.
“For our communities to thrive, we need young, talented people to live and work here,” said Fran Hill, CEO of Green Lake Renewal. “Those 20 and 30 somethings are our future and will keep Green Lake vital. So we need to create a community that addresses the needs and desires of this new generation.”
The commercial kitchen acquisition is Green Lake Renewal’s first step in a three-pronged approach to creating a millennial-friendly community—a plan which will also include expanding fitness and wellness opportunities and developing an angel-network-supported business incubator. The strategy was developed following a series of “Think Tanks,” gatherings of area residents to discuss best uses for Hill Street Station, the former Green Lake County Safety building.
“We looked very closely at the millennial mindset, and we sought ways to match it to our community’s strengths,” explained Hill. “We picked three ‘perma-trends’—fundamental changes in the way people live their lives—where we saw a very clean fit: Wellness and Fitness; Entrepreneurism; and Local/Artisan Foods.”
The commercial kitchen, now called Courthouse Kitchens of Green Lake, was created by Dr. Barry Rogers to help new food businesses by providing a state-certified workspace, as required by law to sell products on the retail market. With the acquisition of the kitchen, Green Lake Renewal will offer kitchen participants additional services and expertise to take their businesses to the next level.
In addition to growing businesses and jobs, the commercial kitchen is an important component of a growing “Food Hub,” which includes cooking classes, farm-to-table dinners, and two outdoor markets at Town Square. “Today’s young people are all about experiences—more than possessions. So that’s what we are designing,” said Hill.Green Lake Renewal will launch its fundraising campaign to purchase the kitchen equipment at The White Hot Party, to be held on Saturday, July 16 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm at 440 White Oaks Court—a new home developed by David Armstrong and Mike and Karen Streit in Green Lake’s Maplewood Estates. The event will offer an opportunity to meet six successful culinary entrepreneurs who have launched their businesses at Courthouse Kitchens, as well as to sample their creations.
"The White Hot Party is going to be the coolest event of the summer, and you sure don’t want to miss it,” said Green Lake Renewal Development Chair Jo Ellen Madden. “The house is cool. The drinks are cool. And we know the people who will attend are cool, as they will be supporting an important growth opportunity for our community.”
Tickets for the all-white attire evening are $100 per person, and may be obtained By Mail or On Line Registration or by phoning the Town Square main office at 920-807-0008. Green Lake Renewal is the 501(c)3, non-profit organization which operates the community center, Town Square; Green Lake Fitness 24/7; and Hill Street Station (the former safety building where the commercial kitchen is located). It is dedicated to revitalizing our communities by providing people who are passionate about the Green Lake area with opportunities to make a difference. For further information, please call 920-807-0008.


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Crossville, Inc. has launched Satori, a Laminam by Crossville porcelain tile panel collection bringing an awakening to the design of surfaces with luxe, varied looks suited for floor and wall applications in commercial and residential environments.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA -- Emser Tile recently announced its new glazed porcelain collection, Newberrry™ brings to life the modern look and feel of old world brick in glazed porcelain in multiple sizes and shapes.
The announcement, effecive immediately, was made by Paolo Mussini, founder and managing director of Panariagroup's Cotto d'Este, during Coverings 2016, the international tile and stone conference and expo held in Chicago, IL, in late April.
Mediterranea, a leading designer and manufacturer of porcelain tile for over 30 years, announced the launch of Quantum -- a new brand of extra-large porcelain slabs that for the first time unites Mediterranea's design flair with the limitless possibilities afforded by a panel as large as 10 feet in length.
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GameSir Celebrates 10th Anniversary and Launches New Brand Identity
Los Angeles, Apr 11th, 2023: GameSir, a leading provider of innovative, high quality gaming peripherals, today announces the tenth anniversary of the company’s founding, and the launch of a new brand identity in support of its growing worldwide presence.
GameSir was founded on Apr 11th, 2013. The co-founders had advanced recognition that mobile gaming hardware would profoundly impact the practices of handheld gaming, and capitalized on their foresight by developing the company’s first mobile gaming controller—G1. Despite twists, turns eventually came. G2, G3 and G6 were officially born and received lots of positive feedback from customers in the world. GameSir has since expanded its product ranges from Mobile to PC and Console hardware & software.
"Over the past decade, we were committed to making revolutions in gaming industry. We pioneered the way the world plays games on their phones and 10 years later, it feels like we're just getting started,” said Yao Ma, founder of GameSir. "I’m grateful by the dedication that the team have put in responding to the various market requirements and developing different gaming hardware for our customers all over the world. I am equally grateful to all the fans who have been supportinng us along the way.”
10 years later, GameSir has grown up but not grown old. We’ve been successful in evolving to take a pole position as one of the leading provider of innovative, high quality gaming peripherals.
Key highlights in the company’s history include:
- T4 Pro controller was frequently listed on Amazon Best Sellers
- Built the world’s 1st mobile gaming controller with a cooler—GameSir X3 Type-C
- Partnering up with Xbox and launched
- one of the most popular mobile gaming controller—X2 Pro, listed No.1 on the Amazon Hot New Releases
- the world’s 1st PC & Xbox controller with paint-friendly faceplates, received thousands of artworks for the faceplate
In the future, we’ll keep focusing on gaming and creating more innovations. That said, we’re just getting warmed up—our best days are ahead of us.
In celebration of embarking on our second decade of business, GameSir has unveiled a new brand identity that reflects the company’s future strategic direction, mission, and goals. Included in the new branding is a redesigned company logo, as well as an updated brand slogan—Just in Game. GameSir will also be unveiling several big news in the next months in support of the tenth anniversary. Stay tuned~
Now, to celebrate with our fans first, we're coming at you with a SHINY GIVEAWAY! Enter here to win now!
Thanks for 10 years together! And we look forward to many more years of gaming together!


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cost of state regulations on california small businesses study
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All Californians need to read this entire report, you are loosing out on loss of 3.8 million jobs which is a tenth of the State’s population.
COST OF STATE REGULATIONS ON CALIFORNIA SMALL BUSINESSES STUDY
This study finds that the total cost of regulation to the State of Californiadirect, indirect, and inducedis $492.994 billion, which is almost five times the State’s general fund budget, and almost a third of the State’s gross product. This cost of regulation results in an employment loss of 3.8 million jobs which is a tenth of the State’s population. In terms of labor income, the total loss to the state from the regulatory cost is $210.471 billion. Finally the indirect business taxes that would have been generated due to the output lost is $16.024 billion. These indirect business taxes lost could have helped fund many of the state’s departmental budgets.
The total cost of regulation was $134,122.48 per small business in California in 2007, labor income not created or lost was $4,359.55 per small business, indirect business taxes not generated or lost were $57,260.15 per small business, and finally roughly one job lost per small business.
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Danse Macabre by Bone Slim
Filmmaker and photographer Jack Jobling caught up with musician and Nine8 Collective member Bone Slim a few months back in Canary Wharf, who’s new EP, Danse Macabre, releases today.
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Can Sony resurrect the PlayStation Portable? Today the electronics giant gave out details of the true successor to the PSP dubbing the PSP 2 the 'Next Generation Portable' NGP. Will it be enough to make inroads into the hype developing around the impending Nintendo 3DS? Well it will certainly give pause to prospective purchasers.
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The integration of social media and e-commerce is the buzz. Social networks are looking into ways to connect posts with shopping carts in an effort to attract, audience, brands and money in their pockets. Twitter is not new to this strategy, having released a buy button back in September. Now it’s time to meet the ‘Offers‘ cards.
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Starting today, US users will start seeing ‘Offer Cards‘. It consist of a Twitter card that contains information about a particular item. Users can load the offer information on their credit card and then redeem it immediately at the point of sale. After the purchase, the cash back savings appear on their card statement.
This new feature will help advertisers measure their ROI with great detail and there are no additional costs included such as hardware or personnel training. Twitter‘s extended targeting options will help advertisers define the perfect segment which will respond positively to their Twitter Offers.
[quote](Twitter Offers is) a new way for advertisers to connect with consumers on Twitter and convert them to loyal customers in their stores, on their websites and in their apps.[/quote]
It’s great for customers too, because nothing changes on the regular purchase process and it comes just in time for Christmas.
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The online retail giant also hit an all-time intraday high on Monday.
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The LEGO Group has lifted the lid on its biggest and ‘most feature-packed’ LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 construction set to date, a new launch developed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Lucasfilm this year.
Weighing in a 2,314 pieces, the new launch targets the adult LEGO builders and Star Wars core fan base, allowing them to recreate features such as R2-D2’s retractable mid-leg, rotating head, and periscope. The model also has hidden tools tucked away, including a lightsaber hilt in a secret compartment in its head.
This year sees Lucasfilm celebrate half a century of storytelling with a range of commemorative, fan-favourtie 50th anniversary Star Wars products.


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"media is now a cost of sales and rent is now a cost of customer acquisition. Retailers that miss or ignore this shift will do so at their peril" So says Doug Stephens Retail Futurist.
The link to his insightful article is below - so no further spoilers from me!
We all know that physical retail as was - is no more because the world around it has already changed.
We see it it daily in our news feeds and social interactions, especially following the recent festive trading period.
The last few years Physical Retail has been going through an enforced review around how (or even if) they have a future in today's always on, digitally connected, socially savvy and 'I want it now' impatient consumer.
But can the same be said for eCommerce as we've come to know it, are we witnessing the end of eCommerce?
Access to the consumer has never been easier, it's cost is at the lowest in marketing history mainly thanks to the phenomenal explosion of social networks around the globe.
So if a brand/company wanted to reinvent itself it must first take a serious note of those changing behaviours and recognise that inertia is firmly in the hands of today's consumer.
Daily there are more brands/companies (your current suppliers) electing to go where they never went before which is to build a direct relationship with 'your' customer' and look to cut you out.
And the rocket fuel that's helping them get there is the prolific use of social media to help educate, inform, listen, learn, and most likely transact.
Social commerce doesn't require a consumer to be 'driven' to your website, it doesn't require a consumer to spend an age going through your funnel today, that was yesterday!!
The reality is you could be buying your next car from social platforms like 'TikTok', Instagram, Weibo, WeChat, Alibaba or others that are constantly evolving the commerce landscape.
So, if you still see social networks as another place to transfer your advertise and promote thinking then keep a close eye of what today was your supplier, as they may well be tomorrows competitor.
Things such as automobiles, jewelry, real estate, perishable food items, pharmaceuticals, home furnishings, luxury items and home improvement products — these and other complex product categories represent the next frontier of online commerce, and companies like Alibaba, Amazon, JD.com and others will be aggressively working to unlock revenue in each.


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Clark County Public Auction
Clark County and several public agencies will hold a spring government surplus auction at a County storage lot at 4320 Stephanie St., off Flamingo Road near Dog Fancier’s Park.
The popular auctions are held three times each year and feature items used by government agencies ranging from cars and trucks to office equipment and computers. Anyone interested in bidding on items at the auction is urged to pre-register during a preview period three days prior to the sale from Wednesday, May 18 through Friday, May 20, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prospective bidders can view items to be sold at the auction during the preview. Preview and pre-registration activities are held in the location on Stephanie Street as the auction.
When: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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Where: 4320 Stephanie St.
Age limit: All ages
Event posted May 2, 2011
Last updated May 2, 2011
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- The Hammargren Home, 4300 Ridgecrest Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89121
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show Halloween Spooktacular
- Regency Tropicana Cinemas
- The PhanArt Poster and Pin Exhibition
- Brooklyn Bowl | 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.


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Latest New Air Canada opportunity in cargo
Air Canada expects to function 100 all-cargo flights every week via the top of 2020
It plans to transform the primary two Boeing 767 plane to freighters beginning subsequent 12 months
Tearing a web page from its previous, Air Canada introduced daring plans Monday to develop into the cargo market.
Airline executives mentioned they noticed a possibility to develop because of e-commerce, utilizing its personal transformed Boeing 767 plane. Air Canada determined to retire the kind from passenger service on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We're very excited to be taking the Air Canada cargo enterprise to the subsequent degree with our entry into the e-commerce world with our companions,” mentioned Lucie Guillemette, Air Canada’s Chief Working Officer. “Our goal is to develop cargo revenues utilizing our present fleet by offering specialized e-commerce service supply. Our aim is to drive end-to-end worth via enhanced know-how, dynamic pricing and transparency throughout the supply provide chain.”
Although Air Canada routinely carries cargo within the bellies of it is plane, this could be the airline’s first foray into freighter service because of the mid-Nineteen Nineties.
Cargo has been one of many shiny spots via the COVID-19 pandemic. All-cargo airline Cargojet reported income of greater than $58 million within the third quarter, nearly double what they have been the 12 months earlier.
A strategic shift
A few of Canada’s essential cargo hubs have additionally seen progress in current months. DHL is constructing an enormous 200,000 sq. foot facility at Hamilton Worldwide to deal with an anticipated surge in cargo visitors. And Winnipeg Worldwide reported nearly two percent extra cargo flights over the summertime.
In April, Air Canada introduced plans to take the seats out of seven wide-body planes. As an alternative, it crammed their passenger compartments with packing containers of important medical provides. Weeks later, it added the Sprint 8-400 planes to the combination.
The transfer was solely momentary, executives mentioned. But it surely was sufficient capability to fly 3,000 cargo flights in simply six months. Till the top of the 12 months, Air Canada expects to fly 100 cargo flights per week. That's anticipated to contribute $850 million to Air Canada’s backside line in 2020. Cargo revenues have been up 22% between July and September, in comparison with the final 12 months.
“We have been the primary airline globally to take away seats from plane to allow cargo capability within the passenger cabin,” mentioned Guillemette. The airline took seats out of 4 Boeing 777s and three Airbus A330s to double cargo capability on choose flights. It has additionally used Boeing 787s on cargo-only flights.
Guillemette mentioned the airline is exploring changing a few of it is now-retired Boeing 767 plane to freighters. The primary two planes might be transformed subsequent 12 months.
“These could be everlasting conversions,” mentioned Air Canada Chief Government Officer Calin Rovinescu. “Which means we'd be moving into the freighter enterprise, which clearly is a crucial step for Air Canada.”
The initiative may radically reshape Canada’s cargo market.
Responding to progress
“We haven’t but accomplished all our plans,” mentioned Michael Rousseau, Air Canada’s Chief Monetary Officer. He'll succeed Rovinescu as CEO in February when Rovinescu retires. “We have the chance to transform a pair in 2021 and take a look at the market.”
Air Canada has not owned an all-freighter plane because the final Douglas DC-8 left the fleet in 1994. It flew six cargo DC8s between 1983 and 1994.
“Most of our operation to date has been within the worldwide sphere,” mentioned Rovinescu. “We all know that there are alternatives within the home sphere. We’ve been approached by a number of gamers. We'll assess that within the fullness of time.”
The worldwide pandemic has accelerated a shift to on-line purchasing. Statistics Canada reported on-line gross sales hit $3.9 billion in Could, a staggering 110% enhance from Could 2019. The pattern “has the potential to vary the construction of the retail commerce business in Canada,” the company mentioned.
Air Canada is transferring to make the most of the pattern, utilizing a spare plane for which it now not noticed every other use.
“While you couple a big passenger plane community with a devoted freighter community, in that atmosphere, it doesn’t must be a really, very massive devoted freighter community,” mentioned Rovinescu.
A possible roadblock stays that would derail Air Canada’s plans.
“Our pilots have a scope on all flying that Air Canada does, together with cargo flying, freighter flying,” mentioned Rovinescu. He’s hoping to barter a take care of pilots to just accept decrease wagers, or completely different working circumstances to make cargo flights worthwhile.
“We'd look to have charges which are extra aggressive with cargo carriers,” he mentioned.
“Air Canada was within the freighter enterprise twice up to now and neither of these two circumstances has been notably interesting successes,” mentioned Rovincescu. “Particularly with the chance that arises with the less variety of widebodies in circulation and the eCommerce alternative, we expect that the correct of taking care of the correct of price construction would make sense.”


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San Diego County sheriff's detectives are asking for the public's help in finding a woman suspected of stealing a package from a San Marcos home.
Detectives say the theft -- which was captured on a surveillance camera -- happened on March 31 just before 1 p.m. at a home in the 2500 block of Corbel Way.
In the video, the woman is seen knocking on the front door and then holding up a piece of paper to cover her face from the camera.
She is then seen picking up two UPS packages -- which contain household items estimated at $100 -- and walks away.
Anyone who recognizes the woman is asked to call Det. Monica Brown at the San Marcos Sheriff's Station at 760-510-5236.
The sheriff's department has the following tips for anyone expecting packages to be delivered at their home:
-- Choose a shipping option so you can sign for delivery. Request friends and relatives sending you a package to do the same and ask for a tracking number
-- Keep an eye on the package's delivery status. Sign up for email or text alerts
-- Ship the package to another location such as your office if you won't be home to receive it
-- Leave special instructions on where to deliver packages (behind bushes, side or back patio, etc.)
-- Choose delivery pickup
-- Insure your packages
-- Get to know your carriers
-- Be a good neighbor. Look out for each other
-- Report suspicious activity or vehicles to the Sheriff's Department (Call 858-565?5200)


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The National Rifle Association (NRA) announced backing and support for a lawsuit filed against the Biden administration's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) over what it called the agency's "clear abuse of power" in a recent rule on stabilizing braces.
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Batman: Arkham City to make “fantastic use” of the Wii U controller
Mark Rein, who said a few extremely positive things about the Wii U, had the chance to play the Wii U build of Batman: Arkham City and is very impressed with the game, claiming that it makes “fantastic use” of the touchscreen controller.
He didn’t say anything more specific than that, but it was confirmed that the game is not a direct port, meaning that Rocksteady Studios are likely using the additional development time for the Wii U release to make it worth the wait.
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Nintendo UK has announced via Twitter that all pre-orders of Devil’s Third will also receive a free t-shirt with some art from the game on it. Some fans on Twitter are giving Nintendo a hard time with this news though, with one fan saying, “The shirt looks better than the game, so a free game with a £40 dollar t-shirt?”
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Devil’s Third hasn’t been received kindly in the West from the first hands-on impressions of the game, but that hasn’t stopped players in Japan having fun with the crazy multiplayer mode. Be sure to check out this video we posted earlier this week to see just how crazy this mode can be.
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HTC Sensation 4G to heat up T-Mobile’s summer; hands-on impressions
The much-rumored HTC Pyramid is now a reality. Launching this summer with T-Mobile as the HTC Sensation 4G, the new hardware improvements are only part of the story. Read on to find out more.
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The strained tensions in Israeli-Turkish relations since mid-2010 have not disrupted routine business between the two countries. The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute reports that bilateral trade actually increased to $1.1 billion in Israeli exports to Turkey January-July, while Turkish exports to Israel rose to $1.25 billion, giving the Turks the better end of the bargain.
Israel imported $1.8 billion of goods from Turkey in 2010, and exported $1.3 billion to it. "Turkey was an important trading partner in January-July, ranked seventh in the Export Institute's table of export destinations," says Export Institute director Avi Hefetz. "The interest to maintain bilateral economic relations is mutual. From the Turkish perspective, it should be remembered that exports to Israel are larger than imports from it. We assume that Turkish businessmen will want to keep trade relations with us, and hope that political factors on the Turkish side will allow business as usual to continue."
The current crisis is over Israel's refusal to apologize for the deaths of nine Turks when Israel intercepted the Mavi Marmara, which was trying to break the Gaza blockade in May 2010. The tensions increased the uncertainty among Israeli and Turkish businesspeople, who worry that the diplomatic crisis will widen and affect bilateral business ties. Privately, they say talk about good relations developed over many years, and they cite the increase in trade in recent months, despite the diplomatic problems.
An Israeli who does business in Turkey said, "Most Turkish businesspeople are educated and have a Western outlook, so I believe that bilateral economic cooperation will not be affected." However, he worries that the strained relations will affect new projects. He believes that this could happen if Israeli businesspeople refrain from making new investments in Turkey because of the diplomatic uncertainty.
Manufacturers Association president Shraga Brosh told "Globes", "My gut feeling is that everything will ultimately work out. Bilateral trade won't be hurt, despite the diplomatic crisis. Trade has actually increased over the past year. These relations are important for us and them, both sides see them as strategic."
70% of Israeli exports to Turkey are chemicals and refined oil products. Other exports include machinery, metals, and wood, furniture, and paper products.
There have been no new arms contracts between Israel and Turkey since the Mavi Marmara incident, after many deals between Israeli defense companies and the Turkish Army. Sources inform ''Globes'' that most current arms activity with Turkey involves the completion of contracts signed before the diplomatic crisis. In the past year, the Ministry of Defense, worried about the closing of the Turkish market to Israeli products, has sought to develop alternative markets, including India, Brazil, Singapore, Vietnam, and other countries.
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One of the most popular mobile game, Fruit Ninja, in the foreseeable future can be downloaded for free for iOS devices.
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TikTok Links With Artists to Give Fans a 30-Minute Head Start on New Releases
TikTok has earned a reputation for turning songs like Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo's "Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)" into Hot 100 No. 1 months after its initial release. Now, the platform is inviting artists to preview new music to fans directly within the app with the launch of its new "Watermarked" listening session series.
Every Thursday at 11:30 p.m. ET, a different artist will host "Watermarked" on TikTok LIVE, the app's hub for original live programming, to give users a preview of a new album before it hits streaming services at midnight. During each session, the artist will talk viewers through snippets of the album's key tracks and answer questions posed by fans in the comments.


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Apple is rumored to be slimming the bezels of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The two phones are expected to be launched in September 2023 alongside the less impressive iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus.
There have already been rumors that Apple would further differentiate the iPhone 15 Pro models from the iPhone 15 with smaller bezels. But the same leaker is back, this time adding that new sources have further corroborated the fact that margins will shrink.
Back in January , Twitter leaker ShrimpApplePro had claimed that the iPhone 15 Pro models will have “thinner bezels with curved edges” and that while the display itself remains flat, the edges are curved. The same source also added that people who saw the iPhone 15 Pro Max described it as “very beautiful” thanks to the thinner bezels.
Now, the same whistleblower says he’s heard from “other sources” who also confirm that the bezels of the iPhone 15 Pro models will be thinner than those of the standard variants.
It’s worth noting that this leaker correctly outed the iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island even before it was announced, suggesting that the sources he’s talking about may well have some truth.
As for other iPhone 15 Pro rumors, we’re already expecting Apple to ditch the Lightning connector in favor of the more universal USB-C connector. Also, we expect it to get a new A17 Bionic chip, while the iPhone 15 and iPHone 15 Plus will use the A16 Bionic instead.
A new periscope camera with improved zoom capabilities is expected for the larger iPhone 15 Pro Max.


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July 17 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday:
** Mexico restaurant operator Alsea has reached an agreement with Starbucks Corp to take full equity control of the world’s biggest coffee chain’s stores in Argentine and Chile, Alsea said.
** A consortium led by Paris-based AXA Private Equity has raised its bid for Elior SCA and is offering to buy a minority stake in the French caterer, French daily Les Echos said on Wednesday. “After a total freeze of the talks, the consortium agreed last weekend to raise its bid by 250 million euros, which would value the group at 3.7 billion euros ($4.9 billion),” the paper said, citing several sources close to the matter.
** Billionaire activist Carl Icahn renewed his call for Dell Inc stockholders to vote against a buyout offer from Michael Dell, amid reports that the company founder might not win enough support for his bid.
** Siam Cement Pcl, Thailand’s largest industrial conglomerate, is not interested in acquiring German bathroom fixtures maker Grohe AG, its chief executive said. Siam Cement and Grohe’s Swiss peer, Geberit AG, were among interested suitors, three people familiar with the transaction told Reuters last week.
** Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc is expected to receive initial takeover bids as soon as this week after attracting interest from a few drugmakers, including Amgen Inc, according to several people familiar with the matter.
** Wireless service provider T-Mobile US Inc indicated on Tuesday that it would compete to lure customers away from rival Leap Wireless International Inc rather than make a bid for the company.
Several Wall Street analysts have speculated this week that T-Mobile or another company could also bid for Leap, after AT&T Inc on Friday bid $1.2 billion, or $15 per share, for it.
** US Airways Group and AMR Corp’s American Airlines have offered concessions to European Union antitrust regulators to win approval for their planned $11 billion merger to create the world’s largest airline.
** Japanese electronics company NEC Corp’s talks with Lenovo Group Ltd over a mobile phone venture have stalled due to disagreements over majority ownership and patents, a source familiar with the matter said.
** U.S. private equity giant Blackstone Group LP has agreed to buy a majority stake in Indian auto parts maker Agile Electric Works, which controls Igarashi Motors, for about $100 million, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
** Goldman Sachs Group Inc said it would sell a majority stake in its electronic trading software business, REDI, to a consortium of investors.
** Men’s dress shoe company Allen Edmonds is exploring a sale of the company, according to two sources familiar with the matter. A deal could value the company at $150 million to $200 million, the sources said.