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National Restaurant Association Show® Announces the 2019 Kitchen Innovations® (KI) Award Recipients
Celebrating its 15th anniversary, this prestigious foodservice industry award recognizes innovative new equipment that delivers advancements in speed, efficiency, safety, and more.
(Chicago)— The National Restaurant Association Show today announces the recipients of the 2019 Kitchen Innovations (KI) Awards, honoring progressive equipment that increases efficiencies and productivity. Each recipient and each product honoree will be showcased in the interactive Kitchen Innovations Showroom at the 2019 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show®, to be held May 18-21 in Chicago at McCormick Place. The KI Showroom allows attendees the opportunity see emerging back-of-house trends in one dedicated area.
The KI Awards program has earned a reputation for defining the gold standard of foodservice equipment innovations. “Forward-thinking and cutting-edge, this is the equipment that generates industry growth through a focus on factors such as automation, efficiency, safety improvements, sustainability, waste solutions, and more,” says Scott Redler, COO and co-founder of Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers and Co-Chair for the 2019 National Restaurant Association Show. “We are honored to showcase their dedication to the industry.”
Chosen by an independent panel of judges comprised of industry leaders and internationally recognized food facility consultants, multi-unit executives, and design experts, the 2019 KI Award recipients reflect the trends and topics most important to foodservice operators today – and showcase the future of the industry. The 25 selected award recipients address operator concerns including labor, inventory management, cleanliness, energy and water efficiency, food safety, sanitation, cross-functionality and space-saving measures.
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December 16, 2011
Tragedy and hope after Thailand's floods
Destruction of both corn and cassava crops exposed Thailand's latent feed grain import dependence. Despite such serious challenges, strong domestic prices and export liberalisation may yet make for a strong recovery.
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by F.E. OLIMPO
Two months of heavy rain have given Thailand its heaviest rainfall and worst flooding since 1942. Dams, lakes, canals and rivers overflowed, turning 30 provinces in central and northern Thailand, including densely populated parts of the capital Bangkok, into a murky ocean.
While Bangkok's flooding gets most of the publicity, the inundation's damage was mostly in the countryside, the resource base of the country's feed and livestock sector. The Thai Military Bank, in an analysis, said 13% of the country's more than 1,000 animal feed factories were severely flooded.
Floods cut domestic corn suppliesâ€¦
A private think tank, Kasikorn Research Centre, says about 2 million hectares of farmlands have been inundated, with rice and corn plantations the most hard hit. The president of the Thai Feed Mill Association, Pornsilp Pacharintanakul, sees corn output falling by as much as 1 million tonnes this year as a result.
For Thailand, a million tonne feed corn shortfall is a problem of crisis proportions. This is because while Thailand lacks the feed resources of major meat exporters like America or Brazil, its domestic corn crop plays a key role in keeping meat exports price competitive.
In all, the corn lost to floods represents about 25% of the country's average yearly output of 4-4.2 million tonnes. By December, as flood-hit feed mills began picking up the pieces, prices of key feed ingredients such as corn and rice byproducts, had already jumped 10%. And they are predicted to rise further once existing inventories dwindle without being fully replaced, something that worries meat exporters. Higher feed costs would make Thai poultry less competitive in the word market than those from Brazil, which is self-sufficient in feeds, or China, where labor is dirt cheap.
The expected shortfall couldn't have come at a worst time. Due to high profitability, with pork and chicken meat prices hitting record highs at certain points during the year, Thailand's livestock sector has been in rapid expansion mode, anticipating higher exports from Japanese and EU liberalization of the country's raw poultry exports. In such a situation, it needs more feeds, not less, to sustain the ongoing livestock output expansion.
Even before the current rash of agribusiness investment, Thailand's feed consumption was already exploding. In 2010, Thai feed demand leaped by 7.7% or 1 million tonnes to 14 million tonnes. This has increased feed mills' usage of local corn produce to 74%, up 14% from the previous year and drove corn imports up to 700,000 tonnes, up 40% from 500,000 tonnes in 2009.
â€¦and cheap ASEAN corn is no longer available
Fearing a possible post-flood feed crisis, Pornsilp Pacharintanakul, president of the Thai Feed Mill Association, quickly asked the Ministry of Commerce to allow feed makers to import at least 160,000 tonnes before the year was over. But this was just enough to tide them over while they mulled over other options - which includes increasing imports from neighbours like Laos and Cambodia, which offer corn at below world-market prices.
But there's only so much low-cost corn that can be sourced from its Southeast Asian neighbours. From January to October 2011, Thailand's corn imports from Laos had already reached 138,498 tonnes, 37% more than the 101,215 tonnes it imported during the same period the previous year. And Laotian supply is down too, due to an anticipated drop in its own corn output.
Due to Laos's severe 2010 drought, about 4% of Laotian corn farmers have shifted to cultivating sugarcane and cassava, which are more drought-tolerant. The shift was also spurred by China's buying of Southeast Asian cassava, which boosted its price and profit margins. As a result, Thailand's Office of Agricultural Economics estimates Lao corn production in 2011 to be around 375,850 tonnes, down 5% from the previous year.
Moreover, despite its bountiful crop, nearby Cambodia isn't likely to be of much help either. If it has to, it will be at a higher cost - literally. Armed border conflicts between Thai and Cambodian soldiers strongly motivated Cambodia to diversify its feed corn exports beyond Thailand. With corn in high demand around the world, this is not hard for Cambodia to do.
Enjoying its current status as the feed bowl of Asia, Cambodia has been spreading its export wings, no longer limiting its markets to Thailand and Vietnam. It now ships corn to South Korea and Taiwan - and most probably China beginning this year. Cambodia's Commerce Ministry has reported that Chinese experts recently checked the quality of Cambodian corn and certified it as good enough for China's import needs.
With Cambodian corn exports soaring by 38% during the first two months of 2011, Cambodia has been selling its corn at a higher price. Last year, Vietnam had to buy it at US$120-130/tonne (US$3.05-US$3.30/bushel). While that is a real bargain compared to corn from America or Argentina, Cambodia is charging 25% more than it did in 2010.
Having found more engaging buyers, some farmers even sneer at Thailand and Vietnam as "unpredictable" markets not worthy of dealing with. "Sometimes they buy at a low price, and sometimes they don't buy at all," a farm leader was quoted in the press saying.
Floods, ethanol curtail cassava substitution scope
Even the situation with domestic feed corn alternatives has been made problematic. Local cassava remains a popular feed ingredient alternative to corn among Thai feed millers. Unfortunately, large tracts of cassava plantations were also destroyed during the flooding. In fact, even before the floods hit, 2011 cassava harvests were estimated to be down 10% from earlier projections.
Furthermore, at the start of 2012, the government's ethanol production plans went full throttle. This entails banning the sale of conventional gasoline at gas pumps in favor of ethanol-mixed fuels. This will create a spike in cassava demand from country's nearly 30 ethanol plants -and reduce the scope for substituting this feed alternative in place of the lost corn.
But the destruction of feed corn and cassava inputs is only one of the Feed raw many problems the flooding has created for Thailand's livestock industry. Superficially, damage to Thailand's chicken industry was ruled minimal by the Livestock Development Department, which claimed that only 1% of broiler farms were directly damaged by the floods. Nevertheless, it is the post-flood scenario that scares experts.
Dr. Chaiyapoom Bunchasak, head of the Department of Animal Science at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, says that after every flood, disease outbreaks usually follow. Coupled with Thailand's unusually cold December weather, he fears an outbreak of avian flu could not be far behind, a prospect that could have serious repercussions to the country's broiler export industry.
Disease outbreak could ruin the export plans
Since the 2004 Asian bird flu epidemic, Europe and other countries have banned imports of frozen chicken from Thailand. The ban blocked Thai exporters from exercising the country's 90,000-tonne EU quota for salted chicken, not mention several more times this quantity of frozen chicken.
But after years of lobbying and three years of being bird-flu free, Thailand was finally given a break. The EU is scheduled to lift the ban in June, a prospect that has triggered a recent rash of expansionary investments in Thailand's broiler sector.
Needless to say, if floods lead to a new bird-flu outbreak occurs before June's lifting of the EU export ban, that would be both an economics and public relations disaster. In November, about a million chickens were found dead in closed farms in flood-hit Ayutthaya, triggering fears of a disease outbreak. Government teams quickly descended on the province to contain -and perhaps bury- the problem.
When 2011 started, Thailand's livestock and aquaculture were very bullish about the export market. Overseas shrimp sales grew 9.75% to 438,500 tonnes in 2010 from 399,412 tonnes in 2009 and Thai producers were confident the growth momentum could spill into 2011. Imports by the U.S., which accounts for nearly half of Thailand's shipments, expanded by 1.40% in 2011, and local exporters read it as a sign the American economy was on its way to recovery.
Thai poultry farmers were just as bullish. While the final numbers are not yet in, 2011 poultry exports (mostly cooked chicken) appeared to have risen by as much as 17.9%, to approximately 480,000 tonnes. This after jumping by 11.17%, to 407,978 tonnes in 2010, from 366,983 tonnes in 2009. And all this was accomplished despite a continuing ban by the EU, Japan and other countries on frozen Thai frozen chicken.
In fact despite the current credit crisis in the Eurozone, demand for Thai chicken remains high in the EU, which explains why, a few months before Thailand's big flood, Saha Farms, the country's number one frozen chicken exporter before the 2004 bird-flu crisis, invested THB15 billion (US$4.8 billion) to increase its production capacity.
Domestic prices to the rescue
Yet, integrators do see one positive side-effect arising from the mass flooding: GFPT, another leading Thai chicken exporter and integrator, foresees a chicken supply shortage once the waters have receded. In an analysis sent to its investors, it said that it expected domestic chicken prices rise sharply, the way they did after an earlier, less destructive flood in May 2011.
"The scope for a chicken price surge might not be as great as the May 2011 jump when it peaked at TH55/kg [US$1.76/kg]," GFPT said, but it would be a respectable 10-15% rebound within the price range of THB45-48/kg [US$1.43-US$1.53/kg]during the early part of 2012.
Hence, the overall impact is mixed but problematic. To maintain production and meet rising export commitments, the country has no choice but to import more expensive corn from outside Southeast Asia. Unless the Thai Baht falls or the Brazilian and Chinese currencies appreciate in value, this could undermine the competitiveness of Thai exports in 2012.
On the other hand, enhanced revenue from higher chicken prices in Thailand itself can go some ways towards mopping up any export losses. Amid all these known factors, the flood's impact on disease outbreaks, remains the wild card. All these factors considered, the floods have increased the country's vulnerable corn import dependence but if bird flu can be kept at bay, European and Japanese demand could still make this a banner year for poultry exports.
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Leaks are an integral part of the smartphone world. Some companies accept them and even promote them for self-promotion purposes, while others do their best to avoid them. The second is Apple, which, according to The Information, has decided to tighten security measures at factories.
A report released today states that Apple recently asked its manufacturing partners such as Foxconn and Wistron to begin criminal background checks on all employees on the assembly line. Those with criminal records will be denied access to assembly lines where unreleased products are made. In addition, all visitors to factories are now required to present a government-issued ID, the data from which will be recorded by the security of the facility. Guards should also control the movement of personnel who have access to components of unreleased products. Among other things, Apple wants to determine how long it takes to ship each part from one manufacturing site to another. If there are delays, an alarm will be triggered.
Changes have also been made to the rules for placing surveillance cameras. To exclude various machinations, it is now mandatory to fix all four sides of vehicles without blind spots. In addition, video footage of the destruction process of prototypes and defective components must now be retained for a minimum of 180 days.
Along with these measures, Apple insisted on improving employee privacy. The company’s manufacturing partners can no longer collect and use biometric data, such as scanned facial images or fingerprints of Apple employees. However, this rule does not apply to factory workers.
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Rose Marie Nese, who with her husband owned a grocery store for nearly 50 years in Highland Park before turning it into an outlet selling out-of-date and hard-to-find sodas, has died. She was 90.
Her son, John, said she died Tuesday at Glendale Adventist Hospital of complications from a staph infection.
Born in Chavez Ravine in a house next door to where her future husband lived, she was a throwback to a Los Angeles of a different era.
In a Times story earlier this year when she and husband, Louis, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary, she recalled when Broadway was a dirt road.
She also remembered when "all the Italians left" the area that is now Chinatown.
"Amazing," she concluded about their departure.
Her husband became a partner in 1940 in Galco's Imported Grocery, which was founded in 1897.
They eventually took over the store and moved it from Chinatown to Highland Park in 1955.
She continued to work in the store's Italian deli, making sandwiches and other ready-to-order dishes.
Looking back at the couple's marriage and the changes they had seen in the city, she leaned on her 93-year-old husband and told him:


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RIM says new touchscreen devices on sale in U.S. in mid-March
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Research In Motion LtdRIM.TO Chief Executive Thorsten Heins said on Wednesday its touchscreen BlackBerry 10 phones will not go on sale in the key U.S. market until mid-March.
Devices with physical keyboards will be available globally in April, he told reporters in New York.
Heins said the touchscreen phones' late U.S. release is due to carrier testing. They will be available in the United Kingdom on Thursday.
(Reporting by Euan Rocha; Writing by Allison Martell; Editing by Jeffrey Hodgson)
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■ St Tropez has appointed digital influencer Natasha Oakley (pictured) as its 2017 tanning ambassador. development director, said: “This is our biggest influencer partnership to date…with Natasha’s strong global presence, we really want to show how versatile tanning can be all year round.”
■ Nearly 30% of women believe stress and anxiety has the biggest impact on visible signs of ageing, according to a survey by Surrey aesthetic clinic Health + Aesthetics. 21% said lack of sleep was the biggest cause but only 13% pinpointed factors that have been scientifically proven to promote visible facial ageing, such as smoking, high alcohol consumption and sun exposure.
■ A plus-size beauty salon is set to open in Las Vegas. Bodypositive make-up artist Jamie Lopez devised the concept after struggling to find venues where she could get treated comfortably due to her size. Babydoll Beauty Couture on Decatur Boulevard will feature waxing benches that can support up to 800lb, as well as 85-inch-wide chairs.
■ Around 80% of adolescents in the UK suffer with acne and three out of five say it affects their confidence, according to new research by The British Skin Foundation. Of the 10 to 18-year-olds surveyed, 62% reported being verbally abused by friends, family or a person they know because of their acne.
■ An underground spa set within the former vaults of two banks has opened in Bristol. The Bristol Harbour Hotel’s spa, on Corn Street, has seven treatment rooms, a sauna, steam room and relaxation areas, and includes original features.


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TikTok went down for many users Tuesday. The social media company said it was doing its best to get the app back online.
The TikTok Support Twitter acknowledged the issue Tuesday afternoon and said, “the TikTok app is currently experiencing some issues, which our team is working quickly to address. Thank you for your patience!”
A representative for TikTok did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
As of around 6 p.m., TikTok posted an update to its Twitter page and said the issues were resolved:
Users of the popular video-sharing social network reported issues loading videos and liked posts, as well as profile information like followers and follower counts, were not showing up in the app. TheVerge reported that the issues appeared to extend to both the mobile app and web version of TikTok.
Error messages that said “Network Error” or “Server Issue” were commonly reported by frustrated users trying to view content. Access to liked videos and notification history were also displaying error messages.
Somewhat ironically, peeved TikTok users took to another social media site to air their grievances. #TikTokDown
became a popular hashtag as people began discussing their respective difficulties in loading the app.
“How tf am I supposed to waste my afternoon if I can’t scroll through tiktok?” one user jokingly asked.
DownDetector, a site that aggregates reports of outages on websites and apps, noted over 40,000 reports of TikTok being down. DownDetector’s chart indicates that the issues first started being reported around noon today, and peaked at over 42,000 reports around 1 p.m. PT.
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We are privileged to be witnesses to the biggest quantum shift in motoring in more than a century – the long and often painful migration to electric mobility.
But besides EVs, what do future cars have in store for us in the short and long term? And how on earth are young people going to afford all these flashy new technologies?
After all, EVs are expensive and there aren’t any cheap ones around, right? Then there’s figuring out what the truth is on all these technologies and trying not to disappear down a conspiracy theory rabbit hole in the process.
So let’s not jump the gun and be too sure about whether motoring and cars as we know them are indeed going to be “exciting”.
There is too much trash talk and too many contradictory viewpoints out there nowadays and time will tell which of these are rubbish and which aren’t – some people believe Bill Gates has a nefarious agenda and that EVs are not, in fact, green at all… which they are, but you know, conspiracy theories and rabbit holes and all that.
Separating truth from fiction will fall to today’s young people because it seems the old ones just believe what they are told.
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There are a lot of interesting things going on in motoring nowadays and more often than not, the big news of the day is the launch of a couple of new EV models. Internationally, there are so many EVs afoot that you can easily lose count.
Volvo’s Polestar offshoot is well on its way to get a whole range of electric vehicles to the market, but the jury is still out on how many of the US-only EVs will reach other markets; vehicles such as the Lucid Air, Hummer EV, and Rivian truck are headed this way, though.
Everybody is waiting with bated breath to see the launch version of the Mercedes EQS too, the electric S-Class flagship. It will probably be depressingly expensive though.
The internal combustion engine (ICE) is still kicking and some of the latest and most powerful ones are fitted to the McLaren Artura and Maserati MC20. Interestingly, both are 3-liter V6s with well over 600 horsepower, but the former boasts hybrid assistance to the powertrain.
Performance V12 hypercars fly the British flag high in the form of the back-to-basics Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 and T.50S, as well as the upcoming Aston Martin Valhalla, the latter getting massive combined hp from a hybrid V6 engine. It seems the coupe hypercar just gets more advanced by the day.
And, although no one buys a hypercar for their fuel economy, MPG figures should be positively impacted by the addition of hybridized tech. We still don’t know how much they’ll cost, but it’s a fair bet it won’t be cheap.
Also Read: IOT Impact On Construction Industry
What’s new out there – tech
The industry is also moving ahead with autonomous vehicles and we’ll be having them next year if Elon Musk is to be believed. Some experts reckon true autonomous vehicles are still several years off, with many challenges still to be overcome.
Of course, formulating legislation for self-driving cars will be a nightmare. The jury is also still out on whether autonomous cars need lidar (a type of distance-measuring radar) or not.
Elon Musk seems to think it is downright silly and unnecessary and that cameras are enough. Nobody really agrees with him, but the proof will be in the pudding when those autonomous miles start piling up.
The EV battery debate is also still far from over, as battery makers across the world scramble to reduce their dependence on rare-earth metals such as cobalt, while at the same time trying to reduce the manufacturing costs of EV batteries and scaling up their volumes dramatically.
Ford has even appealed to mines to act proactively to boost the availability of raw materials, so there aren’t any bottlenecks when worldwide EV production really takes off.
And whereas Tesla is moving towards structural battery packs, Chinese manufacturers tend to lean towards the swop-out battery principle. Again, time will tell which tech holds sway.
Some people love to say that EVs aren’t really green in the dust-to-dust comparison, because of the manufacturing costs of their batteries. They then quote a study from The Times – backed by legacy automakers, of course – that says an EV needs to cover 50,000 miles before they become greener than ICE vehicles.
Other newspapers simply followed their lead. This was comprehensively debunked in a study by Auke Hoekstra, an EV researcher at TU Eindhoven, who proved that the breakeven point is around 16,000 miles.
Battery components can be recycled and this becomes easier as the number of batteries in circulation increases. In addition, new ways are found to reduce our dependence on rare-earth metals in batteries.
The affordability conundrum
Of course, all this tech comes at a price, and right now, EVs are still relatively expensive and you won’t get much mileage out of the cheaper ones’ batteries, like the Mini Electric with only 110-140 miles. It squeaks in with an MSRP of under $30,000 in the US ($29,900) and starts from £25,500 in the UK.
The UK has many cheaper EV options not available in the USA though, such as the Smart EQ fortwo (base model for around £17k – 70 miles range) and Škoda Citigo-E (£17,5k – 160 miles).
As always, tech becomes cheaper as economies of scale drive down prices, and in another few years, EV prices will closely approximate ICE-car prices. In the meantime, first-time drivers will have access to cheap used ICE and hybrid cars for a good while still.
We’re not going to escape the EV revolution and yes, it will make our future cars more exciting to drive, not to mention cheaper to run and maintain. There will be glitches along the way – like the recall of the Hyundai Kona electric crossover recently for faulty batteries – but that goes with any new tech.
It is best to wait and see how everything shakes out, though we are pretty optimistic about what the future holds.


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Indonesia is interested in buying sugar from India but wants latter to cut import duty on refined palm oil and the sweetener substantially to 45 per cent and 5 per cent, respectively, according to sources. An Indian delegation is scheduled to visit Indonesia this week to negotiate trade between the two nations for these two commodities.
While India is the world's largest sugar producer with huge quantity of exportable surplus, Indonesia is a major producer of edible oils, particularly palm. According to sources, India is in talks with various countries including China and Indonesia to export surplus sugar and help mills clear cane arrears to farmers. The Indonesian Government is believed to have communicated that it was "not averse" to a bilateral arrangement with India on palm oil and sugar but it would take a long time to bring changes to the existing law for facilitating trade, the sources said.
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Monday, February 1, 2010 | 8:30pm
GoDaddy.com’s Gay ‘Lola’ Ad About Fruity Ex Football Player Banned From Superbowl
Why they internet domain provider couldn’t be happier.
Its Superbowl week and that can only mean one thing….No not football. Insane new TV advertising. Over the past few years, Internet domain servicing company, GoDaddy.com has been stirring up Superbowl controversy with its sexually suggestive ads that don’t make it to the air and this year they’re at it again. Its believed GoDaddy has purposely over-stepped their boundaries continuously to avoid paying the $50 Million ad price tag for one Superbowl spot. Instead they get blogs like Highbrid Nation to talk about what you WON’T see on Sunday but where you see it anyway.
Here’s their latest attempt at circumventing the system. Their new ad, which has already been banned by TV features race car driver Danica Patrick a flamboyantly gay, ex-football player named “Lola.” I think they’ve achieved their goal with this crazy ad although I can see the gay rights organizations lining up in protest as we speak.


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In the electronic environment, what’s beneficial right now can turn out to be unsafe tomorrow. Regretably, this is exactly what took place with iRecorder – Monitor Recorder. This display screen-recording Android application with about 50,000 installs was released in September 2021 as a legit application.
Nevertheless, the app now has a new Android remote access Trojan (RAT) primarily based on AhMyth. This open up-resource remote administration instrument can be utilised to entry informational information from an Android gadget, cybersecurity vendor ESET discovered on May 23, 2023.
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The RAT, which ESET scientists called AhRat, can exfiltrate information with precise extensions and microphone recordings and upload them to the attacker’s command and command (C2) server. The malicious code was very likely added when the app was up-to-date to edition 1.3.8, created readily available in August 2022.
The ESET scientists observed that while malicious Android applications are legion, incorporating malicious code to a authentic application is considerably far more uncommon.
“The application’s distinct destructive habits most likely implies its involvement in an espionage marketing campaign,” the investigate report reads.
AhMyth has been used by Clear Tribe, also acknowledged as APT36, a cyber espionage group regarded for its comprehensive use of social engineering techniques and focusing on of authorities and army businesses in South Asia.
“Nevertheless, we are not able to ascribe the recent samples to any particular group, and there are no indications that they have been developed by a recognized superior persistent menace (APT) group,” the scientists insisted in the report.
The Google Play security workforce taken off the app from its retail store just after currently being notified by ESET, a member of the Google App Protection Alliance.
“However, it is crucial to notice that the app can also be located on alternative and unofficial Android markets. In addition, the iRecorder developer also delivers other apps on Google Perform, but they never incorporate destructive code.”
The researchers have not but detected AhRat everywhere else in the planet.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- There's a saying, "If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all."This seems to be the prevailing theme for each earnings announcement that requires I first hold my breath before listening to the train wreak that has become Research in Motion ( RIMM).
Over the past several weeks, Research In Motion's software development teams have made major progress in the development of key features for the BlackBerry 10 platform; however, the integration of these features and the associated large volume of code into the platform has proven to be more time consuming than anticipated. Excuse me? Let me get this straight: This project has been your so-called "number 1 priority" but it has been mismanaged to the extent that not only will it miss the all-important holiday shopping season, but its delay will only increase the level of difficulty for RIM to regain any market share not just from Apple and Google, but now from even Microsoft ( MSFT - Get Report) and Nokia ( NOK - Get Report)? I'm not quite sure if RIM has fully embraced the severity of its current situation. If it has, it certainly has not acted accordingly. Even worse, it needs to stop sending mixed messages. The Quarter That Wasn't For the quarter RIM reported revenue of $2.8 billion, almost 10% below analyst estimates of $3.1 billion. The $2.8 figure represents a sequential drop of 33% and a decline of 43% from the same period of a year ago. While the company did ship almost eight million BlackBerry units, it is down 40% from the 13.2 million it shipped last year. Its PlayBook tablets are not exactly flying off the shelves either. For the quarter RIM only shipped out 260,000 units, a decline of almost 50% from the 500,000 sold last year during the same period. It is remarkable when one considers that Apple sells over one million iPads per week while it expects to sell approximately 30 million iPhones for quarter. From the standpoint of earnings per share, RIM logged a loss of $518 million representing 99 cents per share on a GAAP basis. In the same period of a year ago, it reported a net loss of $192 million. As far as the real numbers go, investors need only know this: It seems every quarter Apple is reporting profits in the area of $10 billion while RIM has reported a loss of over half a billion dollars. The story is clear and it does not appear that things are expected to get any better because RIM also expects an operating loss in the second quarter of fiscal 2013. The only question is, when will someone come in and put RIM out of its misery? Its challenge was to find new markets while preserving the monopoly it once had in the enterprise space. It simply could not do that.
I think it still has value to a company such as Facebook ( FB - Get Report), which has been rumored to be considering developing a phone of its own. However, the more I think about it, the more it makes sense for Microsoft to come in and close the deal. With a RIM acquisition, Microsoft should consider investing another few hundreds of dollars per user towards RIM's larger subscriber base and offer replacement phones based on the Windows Mobile operating system. It can then retain the BlackBerry email service as well as the popular BBM messenger service. This has the potential to quadruple its Windows smartphone user base and instantly make it a power among the ranks of Apple and Google. Bottom Line As disappointing as the earnings results were for RIM, the bigger disappointment was the delay of the BlackBerry 10 smartphones. This showed just how sad the company has become where even its "top priority" can't leave the productions line. It might be a blessing in disguise -- who knows? The company did say it plans to reduce its jobs by 5,000 people, or 30% of its workforce, as a way to trim $1 billion in annual costs. It remains to be seen what results from this. However, with the stock now trading at $7 and with no meaningful sign of support, the next target has to be $5, which I discussed only a couple of weeks ago. I still see an acquisition happening before it reaches that level. I just hope that the company does not open its mouth and screw it up. This article is commentary by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.


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More people will shop online today than any other day in the year.
ITV News Anglia asked shoppers in Cambridge whether they do most of their Christmas shopping on the internet or the high street. Click above to see what they said.
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ROME – Stefano Martinetto and Giancarlo Simiri are delighted to have participated as jurors for the 13th Edition of Who Is On Next?
July 7, Guido Reni District, Rome: the names of the winners of Who is on Next? 2017 have been announced. The scouting project dedicated to young fashion talents is organized by Altaroma in collaboration with Vogue Italia. The Award, one of the leading creative platforms at the international level, confirms also this year its key role as a true workshop of Made in Italy design, looking at international markets, thanks to the collaboration and support of ICE – Rome Agency, and to its international network.
Selected from six finalists, the winner of the Womenswear category of the 2017 edition, the 13th, is Act n°1 brand founded by Luca Lin and Galib Gasanov, based in Reggio Emilia.
Their collection was chosen on the grounds of their vision of a new multicultural generation that blends tradition and street culture.


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Asda explain how to ensure a safe shopping experience
Supermarkets across the world now cater for different dietary requirements like dairy and gluten free. With more people than ever cutting this type of food out of their diet, food stores have made an effort to help provide Free From food to help customers get the food they need. However this usually comes at a hefty cost with ‘Free From’ food costing almost twice as much as standard food.
When it comes to doing a weekly food shop, getting low prices on essential items is a must for a lot of people.
However, this can be extremely hard when catering for someone with specific dietary requirements because Free From foods are more expensive to produce.
Supermarket giant Asda has introduced price cuts across their Free From food range to help customers get access to the foods they need.
Through a £6.17million investment, Asda has slashed the price of over 60 Free From staples.
Asda slashes the price of essential goods including pasta in every single UK supermarket
The price cut means customers who have an intolerance to certain foods or choose these foods for lifestyle reasons, will not have to pay a higher price.
The foods in the permanent price cut include pasta, flour, milk alternatives, cereals and bread.
Customers can get these great deals in-store right now.
Free From Flour was originally priced at £1.50 but now at just 33p, those who have an intolerance can now make huge savings on their grocery shop.
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Family favourite Free From Frosted Flakes have been reduced by 67 percent and are now priced at just 59p.
Free From Bread which is usually one of the most expensive alternatives at nearly £2 for a loaf has been cut to just 89p.
Rebecca Long, Senior Buying Manager, Free From at Asda said: ‘With more people than ever buying Free From foods, we’re pleased we can help make these more affordable by lowering our prices, matching the prices of selected lines gram for gram against the non-Free From equivalent.’
“We believe there should be no reason for our customers to pay more for food if they have an intolerance and want to ensure our customers can get everything they need under one roof, regardless of dietary requirements or lifestyle choice.”
However when travelling into an Asda supermarket to pick up these goods, customers need to adhere to their guidelines that have been put in place to help protect staff and customers.
The supermarket giant has no current buying restrictions but they say there may be occasional purchase limits on products that are high in demand.
They also recently brought in 1,000 safety marshals across their stores to ensure that customers are staying safe when shopping.
In the UK, face masks are mandatory in food stores to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
If customers are not wearing a face mask in-store, they will be told they can buy a pack of disposable masks and pay for them at the checkout with the rest of their shop.
Supermarkets across the country are also providing sanitisation stations to help shoppers make sure they are keeping their hands clean.
Asda is also the first food supermarket to introduce protective coatings onto their basket and trolley handles which is designed specifically to help stop the spread of bacteria and viruses.
Which? recently compared different supermarkets in the UK to see which one was cheapest.
For a trolley consisting of 150 items, Asda was by far the cheapest supermarket giant.
With the total bill costing £232.87, the grocery store was £12.67 cheaper than its nearest rival Morrisons.
The test compared products including biscuits, butter, bread and pasta.


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Rusty's owners address rumours about closure
THE abrupt closure of one of the Warrego Highway's most well known service stations has set tongues wagging but it's been confirmed their doors won't be closed forever.
There has been much conjecture about the fate of Rusty's Oz Fuel online with theories ranging from it being acquired by BP to former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale having had a hand in it.
But owner Ross McPhee said he'll definitely be re-opening the service station without BP branding.
"We're just going to refresh it, it was pretty old and broken down so we're going to bring it back to life," he said.
"We're trying to keep it in the old character but a bit modernised.
"It might be Shell branding actually, (it's) probably 95% confirmed.
"I think people will be happy with what we're going to do."
The renovations will involve only minor upgrades to the existing building and canopy, as more ambitious plans, including those for retail stores and restaurants have been shelved due to difficulties in getting state government approval.
"The long-term plan is up in the air, because of how difficult it is to achieve," said Mr McPhee.
"In fairness, the Lockyer Valley council and Ian Rickuss and everyone did want to make it happen and tried to help us but the zoning restricts what you can do."
Mr McPhee said he expects the upgrade to take about four months.
The redevelopment application was lodged in October last year with Lockyer Valley Regional Council approval granted for minor renovations in June this year.
A spokesperson from BP confirmed the Hatton Vale fuel station had not been bought by their company, nor were the new owners associated with the BP network.
If you or your family have any historical photos of Rusty's, you can either share digitised versions to our Facebook page or drop physical copies into Rusty's when it re-opens.


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Bulk cargo movement facility denied for all commodities
Kathmandu, August 17
Indian government has shown reluctance to provide bulk cargo movement facility for Ms-Billet and chemical fertilisers. Sending comments on the proposed letter of exchange (LoE) titled ‘Process Simplification and Additional Route’, the Ministry of Commerce, India, has given consent only for coal and cement/clinker.
Nepal had proposed to the Indian government to provide bulk cargo movement facility for Ms-Billet, chemical fertilisers and cement/clinker to the rail heads of Nautanwa (Bhairahawa) and Jogbani (Biratnagar) from Kolkata some two years back seeking support from the southern neighbour for the industrialisation of the country.
This facility was sought to minimise the cost of transport logistics, so that industrial production in Nepal could be competitive. The high cost of production caused by various factors including high transport logistics has stalled industrialisation process in the country.
In the meantime, the government of India has opened Visakhapatnam Port as another gateway for Nepal’s third-country trade. In this context, the country has sought transit facility for bulk cargo movement from both Kolkata and Visakhapatnam Port, which will save time and logistic costs for traders importing commodities such as chemical fertilisers, cement, iron ore and coal.
The Indian government principally agreed to provide transit facility for bulk cargo movement but did not provide the facility for all the commodities proposed by Nepal.
As per officials at Ministry of Commerce, the government is again preparing to send the draft LoE with justifications.
Bulk cargo generally refers to goods ferried in open railway wagons. That is cost effective and also saves time than when cargoes are ferried in sealed containers. Currently, bulk cargoes are entering Nepal via Kolkata-Raxaul (Birgunj) route and unloaded at Inland Clearance Depot, Birgunj, before they are transported to other parts of the country, which has been increasing cost of transport within the country and congestion in the only rail-linked ICD.
As per Rajan Sharma, transit and transport committee chairman of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, transit facility for bulk cargo movement will be instrumental in lowering logistic cost of ferrying various goods and also traffic on Kolkata-Birgunj route would come down, which will reduce travel time.
The country’s domestic distribution system could also be improved, and basically industries located in Bhairahawa and Biratnagar area will also benefit, as per Sharma. This is because goods, such as chemical fertilisers, cement, iron ore and coal, are currently being distributed throughout the country from Birgunj. Once the two new trading routes for bulk cargoes are opened, Biratnagar will start serving the demand of eastern Nepal, while Bhairahawa will emerge as the distribution hub for goods in the country’s western part.
Attempts made by The Himalayan Times to reach concerned officials of the Embassy of India in Kathmandu to verify the information were not fruitful. But traders have said that Indian government is reluctant to provide the facility for more commodities because when bulk cargoes are transported in open containers, it tends to pose security threat and also causes pollution.


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The Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) “is the single biggest threat to taxpayers that is capable of passing this Congress,” stated NTU President Pete Sepp in a recent “Speaking of Taxpayers” podcast. The MFA would allow state governments to collect sales taxes from every online retailer that sells to consumers in their states, regardless of the state in which the retailer is located. The burden of this legislation would fall on businesses, having to file tax returns for every jurisdiction to which they send products. For more details on the MFA, check out NTU’s Internet Sales Tax Myths and Facts.
In order to inform voters about the consequences of this legislation passing, NTU has joined with the R Street Institute to tour the country on the Internet Sales Tax Road Show.
Below, Andrew Moylan of R Street and Pete talk to an audience in Columbus, Ohio about opposition to the MFA. Ohio voters overwhelmingly reject the idea of other state governments taxing Ohio’s online retailers, 56 percent to 31.
Ohio business owners were greatly concerned about the difficulties of complying with the MFA. An independent study found the cost to businesses of collecting taxes annually for nearly 10,000 existing jurisdictions can range from $57,500 to $260,000. The initial setup, integration, and implementation of the necessary software can cost an additional $80,000 to $290,000.
After the presentation, Pete discussed the hazards of passing the MFA with a local Columbus reporter from WBNS. Many state governments believe the MFA would provide a legal means to pad their coffers by allowing them to collect sales taxes on the online purchases of their constituents. However, with 46 states grabbing at online merchants’ revenues, many small businesses could end up closing shop, unable to afford the cost of compliance.
Look out for NTU and R Street in your state! For additional information and to keep up with the Road Show, head to ntu.org/internet_sales_tax or DontTaxTheInter.net for more in the effort to stop MFA.


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Village Pizza in Surbiton to reopen after refurbishment
Fear not, pizza fans of Surbiton.
Village Pizza in Claremont Road is closed only temporarily for refurbishment due to water damage – and will re-open, according to a recorded message.
As reported last week, the shop will not face extra competition in the form of upscale chain Basilico, after councillors rejected plans for a new shop in St Mark’s Hill.
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Telling us how the idea struck, the young budding
Telling us how the idea struck, the young budding entrepreneur says it all began from an everyday issue at home. "My mother is very fond of shopping and loved stocking her high value products. With changing trends, she would buy more products and the old luxury products would not be used.
Storage became a problem too," states Kejriwal. This led her to think of a solution which she presumed was a problem in many other households too and that is the birth of DuaVivo. A concept quite popular in the UK and USA already, Kejriwal was curious to see how it would work in the Indian market. But setting it apart, she says its a shopping experience that saves you money.
"DuaVivo is not just any other brand. Who would have thought saving money on a Louis Vuitton bag or a Rolex watch was possible," says the Co-founder whos one of the lucky ones to have found out the direction of her life at such an early stage.
While it was only a webstore, to begin with, DuaVivo has launched the first experiential brick and mortar store at VR Bengaluru. So if one wanted to touch and feel the product or is worried about the authenticity of buying expensive merchandise online, the store is the solution. "Our store is DuaVivos biggest USP. It ensures that the seller and buyer can experience the services; touch and feel of the products that we offer; choose from various brands and categories of products, etc.
The store functions on a consignment model which means that the product will be on display for 90 days. The website is similar to a store but it also works on the customer-to-customer model. At DuaVivo the idea of Buy, Use and Resell is the core of our business," says Mehal Kejriwal. At the store you can expect merchandise ranging from sunglasses and shoes to bags and watches. (MORE) PRN TLS TLS


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According to the market research company, 26% of the smartphones sold during the time period were Android-operated phones, behind RIM's operating system (OS) (which accounted for 36%), but ahead of Apple (21%). While at first blush, that may look like bad news for Apple, it really was just a matter of time before Android overtook that brand, says Ross Rubin, executive director of industry analysis at NPD.
"It's a numbers game," Rubin tells Marketing Daily. "If your OS has the right partners and the right carrier support, you can ride the backs of [them]."
Thanks to the large variety of OS offerings (and exclusivity with the iPhone), AT&T led among carriers when it comes to smartphone sales, with nearly a third 32% of the sales coming from AT&T. Bolstered by "buy one, get one" offers on all smartphones, Verizon was a close second, accounting for 30% of sales, while T-Mobile and Sprint lagged behind (17% and 15%, respectively), according to NPD's Mobile Phone Track survey.
While Apple doesn't allow its operating system to run on third-party handsets and has exclusive contracts with AT&T, the company still gains value from tight integration with the hardware. And it doesn't have to worry about people opting for the latest-and-greatest ideas coming out of other makers.
"There's value to be gained from integrating more tightly with the hardware," Rubin says. "As more and more handsets come out, they will begin to cannibalize the older Android handsets ... Indeed, AT&T offers more smartphone OS choices than any other carrier, but the iPhone is still its dominant [phone].">p>


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Much talk has been made of using virtual reality (VR) for relaxing applications. A handful of developers have already created simple experiences in which players can enjoy peaceful environments without worrying about completing objectives or other aspects. Now The Assembly developer nDreams is creating its own meditative VR experience in Perfect Beach, which was revealed for Samsung’s Gear VR smartphone-based head-mounted display (HMD) last week. Now the title’s first screenshots have arrived.
The first three images of Perfect Beach can be seen below. In the experience users simply sit on a beach and enjoy the picturesque surroundings as the sun starts to set. The screenshots provide a good look at the title’s environment, which will be running on Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 smartphone when it launches. That means that players will get to enjoy this peaceful setting with a Quad HD display.
Perfect Beach is aiming to release later this year on Gear VR, which itself is expected to hit in mid-October 2014. VRFocus will continue to follow both the project and the device, reporting back on any further updates.


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On Tuesday, Amazon began announcing settlement payments to customers who bought e-books between April 2010 and May 2012. (Some less-literate Ars staffers, like Nate Anderson, got as little as $1, while others, like yours truly, got more than $48.)
The funds are coming from Apple as part of an antitrust lawsuit that was settled earlier this year.
“You don't have to do anything to claim your credit, we have already added it to your Amazon account," reads the e-mail. "We will automatically apply your available credit to your purchase of qualifying items through Amazon, an Amazon device or an Amazon app.”
As Ars reported previously, Apple will have to pay $400 million to e-book consumers and $50 million to the plaintiffs' lawyers under the terms of a settlement reached in 2014.
In 2012, Apple and five publishers (Penguin, HarperCollins, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan) were sued by the Department of Justice and 33 states’ attorney general offices for conspiring to offer e-books at a higher price than Amazon’s loss-leading $9.99. The publishers all eventually settled for a total of $166 million payable to states and consumers, but Apple held out and eventually lost a judgement in Manhattan federal court.
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The Samsung Galaxy S4 will soon come in five new color options, coming soon to markets around the world. Samsung announced the array of Galaxy S4 color options alongside the Galaxy S4 mini, Galaxy S4 Active and Galaxy S4 Zoom at an event in London.
Samsung announced a collection of new Samsung Galaxy S4 colors as a footnote at the event, including one new Galaxy S4 color that is available on AT&T.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 launched in black and white in late April and early May on U.S. carriers, and now shoppers may start to see new colors arrive on a variety of carriers.
Read: Samsung Galaxy S4 Review
Samsung did not go into detail about which carriers these colors will arrive on, but the Red Aurora Galaxy S4 is already available at AT&T for $199 on a two-year contract. AT&T is the exclusive carrier for the Galaxy S4 in Red Aurora. The remaining Galaxy S4 colors include
- Brown Autumn
- Blue Artic
- Purple Mirage
- Pink Twilight
Samsung is known for rolling out new color options for smartphones like the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2, but these usually take a while to arrive. This time around Samsung appears to be boosting sales by offering more color options soon after launch.
There is no announcement about availability or carrier options for the other Samsung Galaxy S4 colors, but odds are good Samsung will roll many of these options out on international carriers before any arrive on those in the U.S.
Users looking for a new Samsung Galaxy S4 color, who can’t wait for Samsung to get around to bringing these Galaxy S4 colors to the U.S. can opt for a white Galaxy S4 and then switch in a Galaxy S4 Flip Cover in a variety of color options including orange, pink and lime.
These new colors offer the same features and specs as the Galaxy S4 that is out now. Samsung announced three new Galaxy S4 models this week as well, including the Galaxy S4 mini, Galaxy S4 Zoom and Galaxy S4 Active. Each of these devices will come in their own set of colors and features.
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Android and Mac Malware
In a Forbes article published this week, security firm Sophos is declaring "2012: Year Of The Android And Mac Malware". With the market shifting away from PC's running Windows and more and more to tablets (many of which run on Android) and Macs, Sophos predicts the malware will follow.
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs is also predicting a rise in Mac malware in 2013. In the article "Mac OS X malware outbreak expected in 2013", Kaspersky predicts that along with a rise in Mac malware the year ahead holds an increase in mobile malware, attacks on cloud-based infrastructures, and targets a few other areas as being vulnerable to cyber attacks in 2013.


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A call is being made for the United Nations (UN) for joining the global advocacy for increasing the flexibility of the world tourism, travel and other related industries to ensure their ability to respond quickly to crises and pull through disasters.
As part of the advocacy effort, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, urged the UN to add of February 17 as Global Tourism Resilience Day to its calendar of observances, from next year.
Resilience in the tourism and travel sector has been discussed since worldwide border closures during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown of the travel trade and tourism activities across the globe. High unemployment and financial loss to businesses led to widespread economic shrinkage in countries around the world.
Having suffered hugely from the downturn, with a 10 per cent decline in gross domestic product in 2020, tourism-dependent Jamaica continues to play a major role for improving the resilience of tourism and devising common practices for managing crises faced by the industry.
As part of the global advocacy, Bartlett, the co-chair of the Jamaica-based Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), will launch the first observance of February 17 each year as Global Tourism Resilience Day.


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Ruby cocoa officially arrived in the U.S. market last week. TNS
Barry Callebaut’s ruby — a pink-hued cocoa with a slight berry flavor — officially launched in North America last week, promising to add a splash of color to cakes, bon bons, ice cream and all manner of sweets.
The Swiss chocolatier, which added no color or flavor to achieve the pink concoction, is billing its invention as the greatest innovation in chocolate since Nestle introduced white chocolate 80 years ago.
Now, if only it can get the Food and Drug Administration to agree.
Barry Callebaut, which has its North American headquarters in Chicago, has been waiting for more than a year to get permission from the FDA to market ruby as “chocolate,” with the hope of creating a fourth type of chocolate after dark, milk and white.
Once it gets a temporary marketing permit and can sell the product as chocolate, it can begin gauging interest from manufacturers and consumers in creating a whole new category of chocolate that it says could be a game-changer for the $22 billion U.S. chocolate industry.
Peter Boone, president and CEO of Barry Callebaut Americas, said the company could no longer wait to bring the product to the U.S. because customers were so eager for it after seeing its success in Asia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. A soft launch in the U.S. with a small group of artisans over the past six months — including Vosges Haut-Chocolat, Chocolove and Trader Joe’s — also was popular.
For now, Barry Callebaut is calling the product ruby couverture. Whatever it’s called, chocolate lovers are excited.
At the Sweets & Snacks Expo at McCormick Place this week, the Barry Callebaut booth was bustling with visitors eager to taste the pink chocolate-type thingamabob.
“If you’re looking for something unique, this definitely fits that profile,” said Toni Montoya, marketing and projects manager at TR Topper, a Colorado-based company that supplies chopped candy for Dairy Queen Blizzards and other desserts that use chopped toppings.
She took a bite of a marshmallow enrobed in Callebaut Ruby. “I like the texture. It’s soft. It pops with flavor, it’s smooth in your mouth,” Montoya said. “You can taste a hint of strawberry.”
There was no indication from Mondelez International that ruby Oreos are in the works.
The Irvine, Calif.-based company, which is seeking retailers to bring its products to consumers, has produced a PB and Ruby, a peanut butter cup with ruby providing a subtle jam flavor; Pink Lemonade, which pairs the pink chocolate with lemon truffle filling; and Ruby Snaps, which are crunchy ruby chocolate squares with organic quinoa and raspberries.
“We are ready to go before anyone else is,” Foley said.
He expects people who love milk and white chocolate will love ruby. Still, Foley stopped short of calling ruby a game-changer. With health-conscious consumers asking for chocolate with more cocoa and less sugar, he expects healthier dark chocolate to be a bigger trend than the pink stuff.
U.S. chocolate lovers eager to taste what all the fuss is about can find Ruby Truffles from Vosges Haut-Chocolat, Ruby Cacao Bars from Chocolove and Ruby Cacao Truffles from Harry and David.
Trader Joe’s offered Ruby Cacao Wafers for a limited time around Valentine’s Day.
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The cocoa beans manufactured for Hunt Valley’s Charm School Chocolate factory and retail store arrive in 120-pound burlap sacks, with anywhere from 35,000 to 40,000 large almond-shaped nuggets per bag.
The fungus known locally as "Terfas" is the only thing, besides some wild grass, that grows under the desert sands nurtured by the combined effect of rain and cold temperatures at night.
The various types of flours available in the market are bound to confuse anyone who wanders down that particular supermarket aisle. Read on to find out the healthiest to pick.
Spending as little as 10 minutes in a natural space like the neighbourhood park amid ongoing exams, can help students feel happier and lessen the effects of both physical and mental stress, say researchers.
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plans to launch a B2B product by 2021, a new powertrain by mid-2023 and an
e-bike by 2022. It was currently focusing on setting up a factory with one
million capacity at Hosur.
Founder and CEO, Simple Energy, shared about the company’s current focus and
plans with PTI. Simple Energy, a Bengaluru-based EV maker, is looking to
manufacture an electric four-wheeler to add to its future product range.
that the company had plans to launch a business-to-business (B2B) product by
the end of 2021. Currently, it is in the testing and homologation stage. He
added that while the B2B products will meet the need of last-mile delivery and
logistics, the company’s focus is mainly on B2C (business-to-consumer) and
Simple Energy intends
to launch a new powertrain by mid-2023 and an e-bike by 2022. Rajkumar said
that the company would come out with two more products in the next three years.
that the company was improvising its current offerings and planning to
introduce a multiple product range in different sections of the automobile
sector. An electric four-wheeler is part of its long-term plan. The company is
also increasing its R&D (research and development) team.
that the company would set up a factory with one million capacity at Hosur,
Tamil Nadu. It also intends to focus on exports along with the domestic market.
It plans for at least 1,000 charging stations in the next 1.5 years.
Source – Business Standard
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Selling your body legally
The world's first 3D-printed liver is expected to hit the market in December, bringing with it the potential to radically change the organ transplant and donation systems. However, until "bioprinting" goes mainstream, the human body remains the only supplier of live tissue and other matter. Under current law, selling organs is illegal in the U.S., but other organic materials, such as plasma, sperm, eggs and hair, can be legally sold for a (sometimes) tidy profit. Here are seven ways you can legally sell your body for money.


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By Brent Kendall
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would no longer consider an appeal by Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and several banks that sought to challenge lawsuits alleging they conspired to set anticompetitive ATM fees.
In a brief written order, the court said it was removing the case from its docket because the companies were now focusing on issues in their main case briefs that weren't part of their earlier petition that persuaded the court to take the case.
The case had been scheduled for oral arguments in December.
Visa and Mastercard didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
The ATM litigation focused on rules for access fees that prevent independent ATM operators from setting lower charges for banking transactions processed on networks other than Visa and MasterCard.
The plaintiffs in the case were consumers and operators of independent ATMs, such as those found in bars and convenience stories. They claimed banks including Bank of America Corp. , J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to the fee rules when Visa and MasterCard were owned as joint ventures by the banks.
Even after the bank card associations went public in 2008 and 2006, the substance of the ATM rules remained the same, challengers alleged.
A Washington, D.C., appeals court revived the lawsuits last year after a trial judge previously ruled the allegations weren't strong enough to proceed.
By dropping its review of the case, the Supreme Court let that appeals court ruling stand.
Write to Brent Kendall at email@example.com
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“IBM today unveiled a new service designed to help businesses test and run blockchain projects meant to handle private or sensitive data.”
CEO and founder Leanne Kemp of blockchain startup Everledger:
“Some of the startups that are working in this space are too worried about the bells and whistles of the blockchain. But it’s actually a very serious technology that needs to be taken very seriously.”
Next time good advice is offered, will you be listening?
“Entrepreneurs tend to get so busy that they may not heed impactful pieces of advice. And this oversight can negatively impact their success (or lack thereof) in their business ventures.”
“So, when good advice comes along, what about you? Do you pay attention? Have you learned to distinguish what “good advice” looks like? And how, exactly, do you do that?
For starters, consider these pieces of “good” advice.
1. Don’t chase the competition.
2. Don’t let your ego control you.
3. Don’t take negative reviews to heart.
4. Do pick the right mentor.
5. Do utilize artificial intelligence services
6. Do build a social media presence.
Read more details in the article. Entrepreneurs do not have to follow every piece of advice they receive, of course.”
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#BiogeneticalWine Ava promises to clone high-end wines without using any grapes
“We create the wine without any grapes, yeast, or any kind of fermentation,” Lee, the founder of Ava Winery
“Right now the startup is focused on replicating three wine clones – a Moscato d’Aosta, a Dom Perignon, and just started work on a pinot noir.
Ava’s wine cloning lab in San Francisco.
Ava recently raised $2.5 million in funding from institutional investors with experience in the space but did not want to disclose just yet who those investors are.”
“At a very high level, the way future generations will make food is through synthetics” Lee said.
“It’s just not sustainable the other way around. Wine is a unique opportunity for us to legitimize synthetic foods because we can very quickly get to market. A rising tide lifts all boats and wine a great place for us to start.”
#HackingSpirituality Silicon Valley is hacking spiritual practices to boost productivity
Can you hack your way to enlightenment?
“In order to acquire the best talent, Silicon Valley companies appeal to this universal human desire to become part of something greater than oneself. Many startups tie their business goals to a mission around changing the world. It’s an effective recruiting and retention tactic.”
“Every Tuesday, the employees of Nootrobox, a startup that develops “smart drugs” for heightened cognitive functioning, fast for 36 hours. Co-founder and CEO Geoffrey Woo recently boasted to Quartz that Tuesdays are now “one of our most productive days of the week.”
“The team framed the fast as “biohacking,” a trend that seeks to acutely manage the human body in order to operate with the highest clarity and focus. It’s an extension of the quantified-self movement and is behind the Valley’s obsession with meal-replacement drink Soylent.” more details in the article.
” WeSwap, raised a $7.2 million, P2P currency exchange focusing on travelers. Travelers swap currency with each other at the interbank exchange rate and pay a transparent fee. They receive an online account that holds multiple currencies and a WeSwap Prepaid MasterCard which enables them to access the funds in their account anywhere that accepts MasterCard. Right now the company can swap 18 currencies.
“Skioo, raised a $6.1 million, a ski pass for dozens of ski resorts in Switzerland and is looking to expand its presence to resorts in Austria, France, and Italy. The company says it charges the lowest rate offered by the ski resorts based on time spent on the slopes.
Vntrip raised a $3 million, Vietnam-based startup, a hotel booking site and has nearly one million hotels available.
GigSky raised a $2.9 million, California-based startup’s total funding to about $22 million. The company offers an international SIM card that works in more than 90 countries.
SnapTravel raised a $1.1 million, San Francisco-based startup, a messaging bot that integrates with Facebook Messenger, Slack and SMS to help travelers book hotel rooms. The company launched this month and though the bot uses natural language processing and machine learning technology if a traveler makes a statement that is ambiguous to the bot a human agent will step in to guide it.
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“The European Commission today releases the 2016 edition of its Innovation Scoreboard, which looks an awful lot like the 2015 version. This has been the map of European prosperity for at least the past century and, unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the trends across the continent will do anything to redress the balance. In fact, this innovation scorecard would suggest that inequalities are only going to deepen in the future.”
Here you can find and download a review of EU and non-EU countries.”
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Creative workspace designed to stimulate collaboration and spark new ideas for products and start-up businesses is to be developed at Staffordshire University.
The new £720,000 Collaboratory is the latest addition to the Innovation Enterprise Zone (IEZ) which celebrated its virtual launch at the University’s Stoke-on-Trent campus last month.
The project, which is due to take shape over the next six months, has been boosted by a £500,000 grant from the government’s Getting Building Fund which is supported through the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership.
Situated on the Stoke-on-Trent campus alongside business start-up facilities and specialist labs to boost innovation in digital, creative, advanced manufacturing and advanced materials, the Collaboratory will connect students and graduates with academics, entrepreneurs and businesses.
Executive Dean of the Faculty of Digital, Technologies and Arts, Professor David Hawkins, said:
This will enable engineers, technologists and creatives to come together to exchange ideas, discuss solutions and explore options and opportunities. It’s essentially about connecting people and will be an exciting space for open innovation challenges.
It builds on the University’s existing strengths in product design, robotics, materials and digital where we’ve invested significantly in our facilities and where we are actively looking to grow research and knowledge exchange.”
The Collaboratory will comprise creative workspace features where new ideas can be worked into designs and then materialised through the Innovation Enterprise Zone facilities. This will be equipped with interactive screens to enable high-resolution visualisation of products, designs and collaborative team working.
Head of Employer Partnerships and Enterprise, Marek Hornak, added:
The Mellor building is the centre for our Innovation Enterprise Zone where the hatchery, incubator units, specialist labs and equipment are co-located with students, researchers, academics and business support programmes.
Locating the Collaboratory’ in this building will reap benefits from being part of our evolving enterprise and innovation ecosystem.”
The Collaboratory aims to assist in the creation of 44 new jobs, 22 start-up business and 10 new products by 2025.
Professor Martin Jones, Deputy Vice-Chancellor added:
The Collaboratory will promote early-stage enterprise and product design – effectively bringing ideas to life. Coupled with our business support offer and access to specialist expertise and technologies, we believe that the addition of the Collaboratory to our innovation ecosystem will make a tangible difference in these challenging times.”
Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire LEP chairman Alun Rogers said:
Connecting the talents and energy of students and graduates from Staffordshire University with experienced businesses in our key sectors demonstrates why the Collaboratory is such a stand-out project.
The university provides an invaluable stimulus to our economy, our communities and to skilled job creation. The launch of the Collaboratory is fantastic news – building on the university’s expertise and innovation. As a LEP it is our role to support such projects which can get off the ground as soon as possible and make a difference. We look forward to the creation of businesses, jobs and innovative products in our area.”


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November 15, 2012, by Evita Page
Banks lost millions of customers to credit unions last year and now consumers are choosing credit unions for their credit card needs too.
September 12, 2012, by Evita Page
It’s great when our credit card companies team up with other well known and respected companies. Here are three of Chase bank’s latest co branded efforts.
July 25, 2012, by Antonio Bard
Whether you’re looking forward to the kids going back to school or wish they’d stay young forever, there are great ways to save money as you set about preparing for the school year. Check out these low APR credit cards, many with no annual fees.
May 8, 2012, by CreditCardsLab
Many might not have been surprised that both Visa and MasterCard are reporting strong earnings, but they might be surprised to learn those earnings are in the double digits.


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DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods First Trailer Released, Due Out in October
DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods has formally been unveiled with it set to release on October 20.
As promised, the first trailer for DOOM Eternal’s upcoming two-part DLC add-on premiered today during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live stream, and yeah, it looks awesome.
The Ancient Gods is a new story add-on for this year’s highly-popular shooter and it will take the Doom Slayer to a new realm to take on all kinds of new demons. While the trailer doesn’t offer a lot in the way of story details (not that DOOM is narrative-heavy anyway) it does look like gameplay mechanics will be shaken up quite a bit.
The new video, which you can watch below, prominently seems to feature a new combat mechanics where certain enemies will leave behind ghost-like forms that the Doom Slayer then needs to dispatch of. I’m not really sure how it’s going to work, but basically, it looks like the Doom Slayer has become an unofficial member of the Ghostbusters.
Best of all, at the trailer’s end, it was confirmed that DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods isn’t too far off of its release date. The first part of The Ancient Gods is set to release later this fall on October 20, 2020. You can snag both parts of The Ancient Gods by purchasing the game’s Year One pass, which retails for $29.99.
Conversely, if you’d prefer to wait to check out The Ancient Gods later on, DOOM Eternal has been confirmed to be coming to both PS5 and Xbox Series X later this year.


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Liberalized retail trade still gov’t priority
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) wants to make it easier for foreign businesses to set up shop here, easing their burden at a time when the health crisis has left Filipino mom-and-pop stores struggling to even pay rent.
In a recent Zoom conference with foreign business groups, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said the government wanted to improve the investment climate in the Philippines as part of its strategy to recover from the economic impact of the pandemic.
To do this, the DTI wanted Congress to pass economic bills, including amendments to the retail trade law and the Public Service Act. The House of Representatives already passed these amendments in March, but the Senate is yet to pass the counterpart bills.
Lopez also reiterated his support for Create, or the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act, which would give corporate tax cuts and rationalize tax breaks. This, too, has not passed in the Senate. While amending the Public Service Act will open the country to big foreign investors, amending the retail trade law will open it to small ones, and possibly even make an already difficult business environment worse for local micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Under the retail trade law, foreign retailers can only enter the Philippine if their minimum paid-up capital investment is at least $2.5 million. The law specifically set that requirement to spare Filipino MSME retailers from foreign players that might push them out of competition.
However, the lower House amended the minimum paid-up capital investment to $200,000, or close to just P10 million. Doing this especially now, according to the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA), would be unfair to local MSMEs.
“In light of the business economics of what this pandemic has created where major retailers worldwide are declaring bankruptcy or downsizing, very few foreign retailers will venture into the Philippines even if the threshold is reduced,” PRA vice chair Roberto Claudio said in a Viber message on Wednesday.
“We will only subject our Filipino MSME retailers to unfair competition. Also, this will negate [the] program of “Buy Local” initiative [which was] launched to help our local industries recover from the negative economic effects of this pandemic. What good will prioritizing this bill do for our economy?” he said.It remains to be seen if the bills would be passed this year, but Lopez said these would be given top priority.
“If you ask the economic managers, [these are] at the top of the list, but of course, [that’s] aside from the Create tax reform [bill],” he said.
“We’ll continue to push for [these], hopefully, within the year,” Lopez said.
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Additional Perks Include $50 Onboard Credit for 3rd and 4th Guests Booked in the Same Stateroom SANTA CLARITA, Calif. , July 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Princess Cruises announced its Landmark Sale ...
Holland America Line Named Number One for Cruises to Alaska, the Mexican Riviera, and the Panama Canal and Central America in Cruise Critic's 2019 Cruisers' Choice Destination Awards
The Reef Family Splash Zone is now open onboard Caribbean Princess offering an interactive and fun area for families to play together. SANTA CLARITA, Calif., July 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Reef Family Splash Zone, now featured onboard Caribbean Princess, offers guests a fun water play pad, newly refurbished pool, jacuzzi, and bar serving up kid-friendly mocktails.
Cruise Line Ranks #1 in Australia & New Zealand, the Baltic & Scandinavia and the U.S. & Canada SANTA CLARITA, Calif. , July 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognized as a destination leader, taking guests to ...
As a key element of Carnival Corporation's commitment to sustainable operations, Advanced Air Quality Systems enable overall cleaner air emissions from ships both at port and at sea. The new website features key facts, figures and performance results that detail how Advanced Air Quality Systems work in the small confines of a cruise ship, using sea water to remove virtually all the sulfur from engine exhaust, preventing it from entering the atmosphere, improving air emissions and supporting sustainable operations in the global shipping industry.
SEATTLE, July 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Holland America Line and O, The Oprah Magazine have named food writer and restaurant critic Ruth Reichl's "Save Me the Plums" as the next selection for O's Reading Room, the line's onboard book club. "Save Me the Plums," just released in April 2019 and Reichl's latest memoir, chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor-in-chief at Gourmet magazine. Guests on all Holland America Line cruises will be able to read and discuss the selection as part of special onboard programming developed in partnership with O, The Oprah Magazine.
SANTA CLARITA, Calif., July 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cruise guests ready to travel through time and space need to look no further than Princess Cruises newest ships – Sky Princess and Enchanted Princess – to experience Phantom Bridge, a world's first game combining digital and physical elements for the ultimate immersive escape room. "Phantom Bridge, our newest Discovery at SEA interactive attraction, will offer our guests the exclusive opportunity to live a real-world, gamified experience with more than 700 different outcomes for the ultimate adventure," said Denise Saviss, Princess Cruises vice president of entertainment experience.
NYSE: CUK), documented further progress on its path toward emission-neutral cruising in the latest edition of "AIDA cares." As early as 2023, 94% of all AIDA guests will be sailing on ships that can be fully operated with low-emission liquefied natural gas (LNG) or, in port can utilize green shore power. After 10 years of research and development, AIDA Cruises achieved a technological quantum leap with the commissioning of AIDAnova on Dec. 12, 2018, putting the world's first cruise ship that is fully operated by low-emission LNG into service. AIDA Cruises is also retrofitting the ships in the existing fleet on an ongoing basis with state-of-the-art green technology.
SANTA CLARITA, Calif., July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- New for the 2019 season and celebrating the cruise line's 50th year sailing in Alaska, Princess Cruises has partnered with a team of local experts in Alaska to give guests even more exclusive and authentic experiences ashore as part of the cruise line's award-winning Local Connections program.
More Than 40 Voyages Departing in 2019-2020 from Five East Coast Homeports MIAMI , July 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Cruise Line will operate its largest Bermuda season ever in 2019-2020, with more ...
MIAMI , July 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) today announced that it has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share. The company's boards of directors ...
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MIAMI, July 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Carnival Cruise Line announced it is the first large-scale cruise operator to partner with Clean the World. Through this global sustainability program, nearly 40 tons of discarded soap will be collected each year to be recycled into new soap bars and distributed to vulnerable communities worldwide. Clean the World is a global health leader in WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) and sustainability dedicated to saving lives by recycling and distributing soap and other hygiene products to more than 127 countries.
Additional 10-Day Tahiti Voyage Also Added to Popular Program Line-Up SANTA CLARITA, Calif. , July 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Princess Cruises has announced Pacific Princess' 2020-2021 summer line-up in Australia ...
Guests aboard the October 18, 2019 Transatlantic Crossing will have an exclusive opportunity to bid on items ahead of the December auction VALENCIA, Calif. , July 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Luxury cruise ...
SANTA CLARITA, Calif., July 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- South America and Antarctica continue to lure travelers from around the world, and with Princess Cruises' 2020-2021 program, guests can discover this region of the world with unique cruising opportunities. New for 2020-2021, guests will be offered the opportunity to see the Total Solar Eclipse off the coast of Argentina on Dec. 14, 2020 during the 15-day Cape Horn & Strait of Magellan itinerary on Coral Princess.
The effort to dramatically reduce single-use plastics across its nine global cruise line brands is part of an expansion of Operation Oceans Alive, the corporation's program to further its ongoing commitment to achieve and sustain environmental compliance and excellence. Carnival Corporation and its cruise line brands already have plans under way, including initiatives to reduce or eliminate plastic straws, cups, lids, and bags, among other single-use items. The brands are also working to potentially eliminate individual servings of select packaged food items and other single-use plastics or decorative items used in food and beverage service as well as in staterooms.
New permanent exhibition, 'The Cunard Story,' opened onboard The Queen Mary, July 5 VALENCIA, Calif. , July 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Luxury cruise line Cunard's youngest ship, Queen Elizabeth , met her ...
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SEATTLE, July 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Seabourn, the world's finest ultra-luxury cruise line, is preparing to take travelers into the depths of the ocean for the first time by revealing the design and details for its custom submarines that will operate excursions for an additional charge from the line's two upcoming ultra-luxury purpose-built expedition ships. Both Seabourn Venture and her yet-to-be-named sister ship will sail to the far corners of the Earth carrying two U-Boat Worx Cruise Sub 7 subs designed specifically for Seabourn. "The undersea world is often considered as the last great frontier on Earth, with more than 80 percent of the underwater realm remaining unmapped, unobserved, and unexplored according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration," said Robin West, vice president of Expedition Operations for Seabourn.
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Monkey Makes Away With Banana From Changi Village Goreng Pisang Stall
On 1 June, one hawker at Changi Village Hawker Centre fell victim to theft.
Surprisingly, the culprit of the theft was not a human, but a monkey.
It had swiped a banana from her stall while she was tending to customers.
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The primate managed its mischief despite bird prevention wire being fitted around the stall.
It allegedly stole another banana from the stall the following day.
Monkey steals banana from Changi Village hawker stall
A TikTok video by a patron at the hawker centre featuring a monkey perched above the goreng pisang stall made rounds last Thursday (1 June).
The monkey stealthily reached out towards a bunch of bananas hanging from the store ceiling.
It then continued its monkey business, pulling the whole bunch of fruit up in its attempt to pluck one off.
The monkey thief soon deftly removed one banana from the bunch before making itself comfortable on another higher ledge to feast on its loot.
According to Shin Min Daily News, the staff working at the stall did not manage to catch the culprit in the act as she was busy tending to customers at the time.
She only caught it red-handed later while it was munching on a stolen banana.
Another incident of monkey theft the next day
Shin Min Daily News reported another case of monkey thievery the following day.
This bewildering predicament has left staff rather helpless over what to do as the nimble monkeys found their way around the bird prevention wire.
The staff has reported the incident to the relevant authorities in hopes that they can resolve the banana theft situation.
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Ingredient in Milk May Help Weight Loss
Recent studies show that a "secret ingredient" (a vitamin) found in milk might help keep us slim. That sounds ok to us!
NR is a relatively new type of vitamin discovered in milk just five years ago by a biochemist at Dartmouth Medical School. According to Telegraph India, researchers found that NR plays an important role in keeping mice slim and fit -- even when fed a high-fat diet. Mice fed NR supplements burned more fat and showed greater endurance in their muscles than their NR-deprived friends.


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Corporate tax cut will reignite private investments: Baba Kalyani
Low tax rates for the industry will encourage entrepreneurs and businessmen to invest in different sectors.
Corporate tax cut will reignite private investments: Baba Kalyani, Bharat forge
The move to cut corporate tax will embolden Indian companies ...
We will have zero capex this year and a large part of next year: Baba Kalyani
Hopefully, we should see the second half getting a little bette...
After Barak-8 missile kit deal, Baba Kalyani sees more opportunities next year
We will be opening another facility in Telengana soon, says the Kalyani group chairman.
Baba Kalyani-led panel suggests import substitution in manufacturing SEZs
The committee’s report was made public on Tuesday and the commerce department has sought stakeholders' views on it by January 30.
Commerce ministry seeks stakeholders' views on report to revive SEZs
SEZs, which once contributed significantly in the country's exports, started losing sheen after the government decided to roll back tax incentives and imposed minimum alternate tax and dividend distribution tax.
Categorise SEZs as infrastructure, suggests policy panel
Baba Kalyani-headed panel feels such a move will help realty developers seek alternative financing options.
Component cost for EVs not a big issue, battery could be costly: Baba Kalyani, Bharat Forge
“With new technologies emerging, battery costs are also coming down.”
Panel seeks fresh tax sops for special economic zones
SEZs were seen as a “land grab” by large corporate houses to garner tax concessions, a bulk of which have already been pocketed.
We are in a fairly strong upcycle almost everywhere in the world: Baba Kalyani, Bharat Forge
Things are looking pretty good. We have a very large basket and we have a very large geographic mix between North America, Europe, South Ame...
Panel suggests delinking special economic zones from exports
The panel wants SEZs to be converted into employment and economic enclaves (3Es) with efficient transport infrastructure, uninterrupted water and power supply.
Don’t see any impact of trade war, we are winning new orders every day: Baba Kalyani, Bharat Forge
“Things are good in almost all markets. Even the Indian market is looking good.”
We are doing well in both domestic and international markets: Baba Kalyani, Bharat Forge
“In the next couple of quarter, will try to increase our application of knowledge in the oil and gas business.”
We are quite ready to accept the challenge of electric vehicles: Baba Kalyani, Bharat Forge
“Two-wheelers and three wheelers and buses will probably go electric first in our country”
Kalyani Group mulls doubling of revenues from defence business
The company is participating in the ongoing DefExpo organised by Ministry of Defence and has showcased several products including ultra light Howitzers, artillery guns, ordnance components.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is moving to hold the manufacturers of over-the-counter homeopathic products accountable for claims listed on their labels. The Commission released an Enforcement Policy Statement setting forth the new requirements in November, just weeks after federal health regulators warned of injuries and deaths possibly associated with the use of homeopathic teething tablets and gels.
According to the FTC statement, the manufacturers of homeopathic drugs will be expected to provide the Commission with evidence for their claims. Otherwise, the labels must state that claims are not back by science, and are based on a theory from the 1700s that is not accepted by modern medicine. The new Enforcement Statement applies to over-the-counter homeopathic products marketed for self-limiting disease conditions amenable to self-diagnosis of symptoms and treatment.
“Our primary concern is products on retail shelves that are comingled with allopathic drugs,” Richard Cleland, Assistant Director of FTC’s Division of Advertising Practices, said in a statement announcing the new policy. “There is a need to identify that these products are different. They’re not based on the same kind of science. They’re based on homeopathic principles, which is not evidence-based medicine.”
Several weeks before the FTC announced its crackdown, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) disclosed that it was investigating hundreds of injuries potentially linked to the use of homeopathic teething pills and gels, including 10 infant deaths. The agency cautioned parents and caregivers against the use of such products.
“Homeopathic teething tablets and gels have not been evaluated or approved by the FDA for safety or efficacy,” the warning stated. “The agency is also not aware of any proven health benefit of the products, which are labeled to relieve teething symptoms in children.”
Following release of the FDA alert, CVS and Walgreens pulled homeopathic teething remedies from their store shelves. Hyland’s also announced that it would end sales of such products in the U.S. In November, Raritan Pharmaceuticals recalled homeopathic teething and ear pain remedies for inconsistent levels of an ingredient called belladonna, which can be lethal in large doses. So far, however, no adverse events have been reported in relation to the Raritan teething tablets recall.
In 2010, Hyland’s issued its own teething remedy recall after its homeopathic medicines were linked to a number of adverse event reports consistent with belladonna toxicity.
Bernstein Liebhard LLP is investigating teething tablets lawsuits involving seizures, deaths and other injuries allegedly related to homeopathic medications. To learn more, please call (888) 870-9331.


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Kentucky Fried Chicken is pressing pause on its popular slogan "Finger lickin' good" during the fight against COVID-19.
The fast food chain said the 64-year-old slogan doesn't quite fit in the current environment. KFC released an ad on YouTube where it blurred out the slogan featured on old billboards and signs.
The company said the slogan won't be gone forever though. KFC plans bring the slogan back when the time is right.
KFC, like other restaurants, temporarily closed it dining rooms in March and encouraged customers to use the drive-thru or delivery.
Workers are now required to wear masks and go through a health screening before each shift.