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STIHL's turnover in 2011 increased 10.8 percent to a record EUR 2.62 billion. Had foreign currency exchange rates remained unchanged, turnover growth would have amounted to 11.7 percent. Investments were at a very high level and totalled EUR 183.6 million, of which 45.9 percent went to the German founding company. As usual, nearly all investments were financed from liquid assets. The equity ratio increased to 68.2 percent (previous year: 66.7 percent). STIHL executive board chaiman Dr. Bertram Kandziora said at the company's press conference: "Thanks to our broad product lineup and unique distribution structure, we have been able to further expand our position in the world market. I expect strong growth for this year and next year, too."
Record turnover in 2011
The past fiscal year was yet another successful one for the STIHL Group. Following strong growth in 2010, the company achieved almost 11 percent growth in 2011 to set a new record turnover of EUR 2.62 billion. The German domestic market accounted for 10.6 percent of total sales volume. Unit sales increased worldwide, most particularly in parts of Eastern Europe and the emerging markets of Asia and Latin America. STIHL was able to further consolidate its world market position with above-average growth rates in most of its core products in 2011. Several STIHL sales subsidiaries celebrated anniversaries – Canada (30), Hungary (20) and South Africa (15).
Investments at high level, sound financial structure
Investments were again at a high level and amounted to EUR 183.6 million in 2011 (previous year: EUR 122.7 million). STIHL invested heavily in its German facilities: 45.9 percent of total investments went to the Waiblingen-based founding company near Stuttgart. As in previous years, almost all investments were financed from liquid assets. The equity ratio was increased yet again – from 66.7 percent to 68.2 percent. The number of employees in the Group was up 6.3 percent to 12,026 as of December 31, 2011.
Founding company grows
The German founding company, i.e. the seven production plants in Germany, also profited from the favorable development. ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG increased turnover by 8.5 percent to EUR 869 million. In addition, 105 employees on limited term contracts were given unlimited contracts of employment last year. Dr. Kandziora said: "This is another record in the history of the founding company and we are particularly pleased about it. Since the beginning of 2012 we have been able to yet again offer more temporary staff a permanent contract." The workforce at the founding company was up 2.2 percent to 3,960 as of December 31, 2011.
Investments of EUR 60 million at German founding company
STIHL is planning two major projects at its corporate headquarters in Waiblingen. A new warehouse for production logistics is to be built next to plant 2 at a cost of more than EUR 40 million. Construction will start at the beginning of 2013 and the facility will be opened in early 2015. The company will also be expanding its engineering center at plant 2 by about 8,500 square meters. This investment, amounting to more than EUR 20 million, will create more capacity for further growth in research and development. It will provide space for offices, laboratories and engineering. Construction is to start at the beginning of 2013, and it is planned to open the building in spring 2014. Executive board chairman Dr. Kandziora views this as a firm indication of the company's commitment to the German location: "We are thus strengthening our corporate headquarters in Germany and preparing ourselves for further worldwide growth."
"Pinnacle of the art of engineering"
The year 2011 was characterized by the introduction of numerous new STIHL developments. "Designing the world's first electronic fuel injection system for a handheld power tool was a pinnacle of STIHL engineering skills," said Dr. Kandziora. The new STIHL TS 500i cut-off machine was the first to be equipped with this new technology. Although fuel consumption has been cut by 15 percent, this world first boasts 20 percent more power than its predecessor. Operation and servicing have also been made easier.
New products – lightweights for professionals and private users
The STIHL MS 150 C-E and MS 150 TC-E are due to be launched soon. They will be available from authorized dealers in May. The STIHL MS 150 C-E impresses with a low weight of just 2.8 kilograms (powerhead, without bar and chain), which makes it the lightest gasoline chain saw in its power class. Yet, this little powerhouse offers craftsmen, farmers and discerning private users the assistance they need in wood construction projects, maintaining trees and shrubs or cutting firewood. The top handle STIHL MS 150 TC-E's even lower weight of only 2.6 kilograms (powerhead) is a boon for users in professional tree service and surgery.
STIHL's entry into a new product segment is marked by the STIHL KG 550, KG 770 and KGA 770 sweepers. They are designed for indoor and outdoor areas such as forecourts, warehouses and paths up to 2,000 square meters. The STIHL KGA 770 offers a particularly high level of operator convenience because both side brooms and the main roller brush are battery powered. STIHL's modular battery system has thus been extended to include another application. VIKING has announced its Series 2 which consists of two new gasoline powered lawn mowers for small to medium-sized areas up to 1,200 square meters. Models MB 248 and MB 248 T are compact units with a cutting width of 46 centimeters. The VIKING MB 248 T is equipped with single-speed wheel drive. "Apart from all these products, there are many other innovations in the pipeline which will be launched on the market in the course of this year," explained Dr. Kandziora.
German market with good growth prospects, STIHL Test Day with 100,000 visitors
STIHL was able to increase its turnover on the German market quite considerably in 2011, i.e. by 9.5 percent. Sales were up in STIHL chain saws and other power tools as well as VIKING lawn mowers and lawn tractors. The cordless products from STIHL and VIKING have exceeded expectations on the home market.
On the whole, the 1st quarter of 2012 has started positively. Despite extreme weather conditions STIHL has been able to maintain the high level of sales achieved on the German market in the first quarter last year. Dr. Kandziora is optimistic about 2012: "This year's growth prospects are outstanding; many new products are now available. We expect a favorable consumer atmosphere in Germany and a steady trend towards the garden as an additional living space." The second nationwide STIHL Test Day on March 31, 2012 was able to repeat the success of last year. More than 100,000 visitors took the opportunity to test new products from STIHL and VIKING. And the servicing dealers were pleased about acquiring many new customers and the resultant sales figures.
Excellent outlook for 2012 and 2013
Executive board chairman Dr. Kandziora reported on a generally successful start to 2012 in the group and was confident about the medium-term outlook: "We expect strong growth worldwide in 2012, but not as high as last year‘s. And I am also optimistic about 2013. Our worldwide sales organization with about 40,000 servicing dealers in more than 160 countries is second to none. I also see exceptional growth potential for next year – providing global economic conditions remain stable and the weather does not upset our plans." Unpredictable risk factors in this respect are the debt crisis, financial and bank crisis, the weakening world economy and also the wildly fluctuating currency exchange rates. STIHL therefore plans cautiously and with the requisite flexibility in its production capacities. "In the past we have always fared well with this strategy," said Dr. Kandziora.


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The Alberts family office has been part of a $1.5 million investment round in Tixel, a ticket sales platform that aims to cut-out the scalpers, and make ticket selling fairer for everybody.
The Alberts name is well known in music circles as a pioneering music label and production house. They sold that business in 2016 (although they did retain the rights to the ACDC back catalog) and the family now has a focus on impact investments; and supporting innovation in the music industry is a clear priority.
“At the heart of every investment we make is the goal to back pioneers who share our vision for a better tomorrow. A core pillar of our impact thesis is contributing to a vibrant culture. Tixel is a great example of this and sits within our arts, music and entertainment theme.” David Albert, Group CEO, says.
Tixel faced a challenging year in 2020 as lockdowns saw live events come to a screeching halt. But they survived, and with the prospect of live music returning, they’re focussed on scaling the platform and expanding their offering to support event organisers and drive innovation in the way tickets are resold.
“The entire music and live entertainment industry has suffered beyond measure this last year and our team is incredibly grateful to have been able to weather the storm. We’re feeling optimistic about the steep uptick in demand we’re seeing on Tixel from fans wanting to see their favourite musicians, artists, comedians, and sports stars,” Zac Leigh says, co-founder and CEO of Tixel.
The investment into Tixel complements other allocations including: Amber Energy, Gridcognition, AirRobe, and Like Family.
The family office has brought on Lisa Fedorenko as Investment Manager, as well as Glen Bartlett as head of strategy.

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Cervélo Adopts Flexible ‘Model Year’ Strategy
CLOPPENBURG, Germany – “To create a new, more profitable way of doing business Cervélo decided to move away from the ‘model year’ concept toward a more flexible sales cycle”, said Scott Rittschof, Cervélo VP Sales.
“The Cervélo Rca and Cervélo P3 Dura Ace were the first products launched using this new process and their success for dealers has been remarkable,” said Rittschof. “By tending to how product lifecycles and inventory levels interact, we are now able to launch new products at the ideal time: when they are immediately available to consumers.”
Only when new products is ready
“This allows dealers to capture full sales potential and full margin throughout the entire year and going forward that all new products will be introduced in this manner – only when our shared inventory is drawn down and the new product is ready.”
“We will now time new product launches based on engineering developments and shared inventory levels and not stick to introduction during the summer regardless of current stock inventory and new model availability.”


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WCPMedia Services, whose cloud-based media management platform is used by entertainment companies worldwide to produce, market and distribute film and television content, today announces its membership of the Digital Production Partnership (DPP).
Advertisers, ad agencies, production companies and media companies now have a new tool to help them research the increasingly chaotic world of online video.
Seizing on a new trend, multicultural and international design firm Little Big Bang Studios, originally based in Miami, has expanded west and opened a new studio in artist-centric Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Over the past 37 years, commercial editorial company Cutters has expanded its core skillset to include world-class live-action production (Dictionary Films), design, animation and visual effects (Flavor), interactive development (Picnic Media) and audio mixing (Another Country).
Production company Altered.LA has announced the creation of a new division of director’s who have come together to take the commercial market by storm with a unique marketing proposal, says Altered.LA founder Marcos Cline.
Los Angeles-based branded content studio HOUND has teamed up with visual artist management company Maavven for commercial representation of their diverse slate of artists.
Pixelogic, the innovative global provider of localization and distribution services, has announced its full integration of Dolby Vision™ compression and authoring capabilities. This industry first is the result of a collaboration between Pixelogic and Dolby’s engineering teams.
The leaders of Flavor - the creative production division of international creative company Cutters Studios - are very proud to announce the addition of Friends Of Ford as the company's new representatives on the U.S. West Coast.
The leaders of Cutters - the editorial division of international creative company Cutters Studios - are very proud to announce the addition of new commercial reps.


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What you need to know
- The Mobile Network Insights service delivered anonymous data to wireless carriers to show weak spots in their network coverage.
- The data helped carriers find areas that needed to be improved to make their networks more reliable.
- Google shut down the service back in April due to privacy concerns.
In April of this year, Google shut down a valuable resource for wireless carriers which allowed them to see areas with poor coverage. That data was used to help determine where the carrier needed to improve its network presence.
The service was called "Mobile Network Insights", and it ran on Android smartphones. Considering 75% of smartphones run Android, this was an invaluable resource and metric for wireless carriers when planning out how to improve their networks.
However, Google reportedly ended the service over privacy concerns, according to "four people with direct knowledge of the matter." That is despite the fact that the data was collected anonymously and Google didn't provide any identifying information to the carriers.
Google said it shared neither aggregated nor individualized data on user demographics and app usage. The company rejected requests to give equipment vendors any data, it said.
The service was also opt-in, and it required you to accept the sharing of your location history and diagnostics with Google. With that said, it didn't specifically spell out that you would be providing network statistics which would be later handed over to your carrier.
Even though people close to the matter cite data-privacy concerns, when speaking to Google spokesperson Victoria Keough, she told Reuters the changing of "product priorities" was the reason.
Whatever the real reason is behind the move, one thing is certain — it will be a big blow to wireless carriers. However, there are more services out there which provide this data (even Facebook runs a similar service called Actionable Insights).
Unlike Google's Mobile Network Insights, Actionable Insights collects data on users, such as gender and age. This is then delivered to carriers to help "spot demographic trends to target their marketing", but the data is not tied specifically to individuals.
One can hardly blame Google for trying to be more cautious these days. It seems every year, more and more lawsuits are brought against the company over antitrust or privacy concerns. In fact, the DOJ is currently looking into Google, and privacy is one of the main concerns.
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The Department of Tourism (DOT) has identified 10 hotels and resorts in Cebu that will participate in the pilot implementation of a project that aims to make tourism establishments halal-certified.
These are Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort, Cebu City Marriott Hotel, Cebu Parklane Hotel, Costabella Tropical Beach Resort, Crimson Resort and Spa, Marco Polo Hotel, Movenpick, Radisson Blu Cebu, Shangri-la Mactan Resort and Spa, and Waterfront Cebu Hotel and Casino.
Halal refers to food that Muslims are allowed to eat under Islamic law.
DOT Regional Director Rowena Montecillo said the Cebu hotels are among 50 establishments that will take part in the pilot implementation of the project from December 2015 to February 2016.
Other participants are 20 establishments from Metro Manila, 10 from Boracay and 10 from Metro Davao.
Montecillo presented the project to the Central Visayas Regional Development Council last Friday.
She said participating establishments will be given incentives, including construction and retro-fitting of facilities, purchase of equipment and materials, halal certification, provision of training, and inclusion of the establishments in the Philippine halal tourism project information campaign.
Montecillo said 7 percent, or 348,970 tourists, of the total number of visitor arrivals in the Philippines last year were from Arab and Muslim countries.
These tourists require halal-certified food and drinks.
“This forms our base market for halal services, not yet adding those markets with special dietary restrictions. The objective of the project is to make the Philippines a Muslim-ready destination,” Montecillo said.
With the project, she said the Philippines hopes to get a share of the trillion-dollar global halal industry.
By making more establishments and accommodations halal-certified, the Philippines can accommodate more tourists who have specific dietary needs, she added.
Prior to implementation, DOT presented the plan to the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) and a DOT-NCMF technical working group was created.
The group will formulate the implementation guidelines for the project.


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P&G NyQuil Plus Vitamin C lawsuit heading back to trial court
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled that a New Jersey consumer can sue Procter & Gamble Co. for what he alleges were false or misleading claims about the ability of Vitamin C in NyQuil Plus Vitamin C to “blunt” the effects of a cold.
The case ended up back in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati this week after the Feb. 22 appeals court ruling partially reversed the lower court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s claims in September 2010.
The plaintiff, represented by lawyers at the New York law firm Faruqi & Faruqi, was seeking to have it certified as a class action for anyone in the U.S. who bought NyQuil or DayQuil Plus Vitamin C. The lawsuit is seeking a refund of the purchase price, claiming consumers would have bought a lower-priced product had they known that Vitamin C could not deliver the benefits P&G (NYSE: PG) advertised.
As I reported back in 2009, the complaint contends Cincinnati-based P&G tried to exploit a swine flu scare by marketing NyQuil Plus Vitamin C as providing “multisymptom cold and flu relief.”
P&G at the time said it believed it was acting within federal guidelines for products that combined drugs and nutritional supplements.
The appeals court ruled that the trial court erred in dismissing all the claims. The claims made under New Jersey’s consumer protection law can proceed, it said.
Christian Jenkins, a Cincinnati lawyer at Minnillo & Jenkins who initially filed the complaint here but is no longer working on the case, said the decision means P&G could now face 50 similar lawsuits under 50 different state laws instead of a single national lawsuit under Ohio law as the plaintiff’s lawyers would have preferred.
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While Apple is busy making significant strides toward enhancing its devices' AI capabilities, it seems it hasn't entirely turned its back on the foldable phone trend that gained momentum a few years ago. Despite the Apple Car's unfortunate fate, the foldable phone concept is still very much a part of Apple's upcoming roadmap. As per the latest rumors, Apple's foldable iPhone could potentially launch by 2026.
The leak comes from X (formerly Twitter) account '@Tech_Reve' that posted about Apple's upcoming product roadmap.
Apple's next product roadmap— Revegnus (@Tech_Reve) March 16, 2024
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Speculations about Apple’s foldable iPhone suggest that it is evaluating its practicality with 6 and 8-inch prototypes. While rival companies have already entered the foldable smartphone market, Apple is known for studying the market with a cautious approach first while refining the technology to meet its high standards before releasing a new product category.
According to another report, the Cupertino company might be working on developing thinner OLED panels for its foldable phone, potentially foregoing the traditional polarizers to achieve a more visually impactful and flexible display. This could help mitigate the visibility issues that are present in current foldable screens. Apple is known for having features that stand out from its rivals and this could potentially give its device an edge in an already established market.
The leak also indicates the highly anticipated OLED iPad to be coming up this year, in addition to features such as 8GB DRAM and periscope zoom for the iPhone 16 Pro variants. The roadmap also shows that Apple is working on the iPhone SE 4 for a launch in 2025 as well as notable camera improvements for the then-latest iPhone generation. An OLED MacBook would also be pretty exciting to be coming up in the year 2026 along with next-gen AR glasses in 2027.


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Total consumer debt rose 7.6 percent in the past year, totaling $3,898 trillion in 2018. This high debt forces some people to make sacrifices to make ends meet. We found in a previous survey that one in three Americans take out short-term loans to cover debt, even though it leads to more debt and interest payments in the long run.
Since we know the extremes people will go to, we surveyed 1,000 Americans to see what non-essential expenses they might be willing to give up. While respondents were quick to give up fun activities and products for convenient expenses like food delivery and subscription services, travel actually topped the list.
Below, we’ll dive into the data to uncover why subscription services take precedence over traveling and eating out.
- One in five Americans would first give up traveling when in debt or on a budget
- Less than 10 percent of Americans are willing to give up subscription services when in debt or on a budget
- Americans would rather give up going out to have fun than give up buying new clothes
- Technology is among the top three things Americans would give up when on a budget
Travel is the Last Priority for Americans
The votes are in and travel is the first to go for Americans in debt. Americans likely prioritize travel last since associated costs, like flights and accommodations, can quickly add up.
A 2019 Bankrate study found that, of the Americans who weren’t planning a summer vacation, 60 percent of them said it was because they couldn’t afford it. That same study also found that Americans expect to spend an average of $1,979 on their vacations.
Unfortunately, limiting travel and vacation time throughout the year takes a bigger toll on people than they realize—even if they save money in the short term. Psychology Today cites the following mental health benefits for travelers:
- Broadens our horizons
- Teaches us about the world
- Strengthens relationships
- Boosts happiness
- Enhances creativity
- Relieves stress
Relieving stress is a major factor that should pique Americans’ interests. A 2019 study by Syracuse University found that vacations and time away from work can reduce metabolic symptoms, therefore reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Additionally, a study by the European Society of Cardiology found that those who had shorter vacations slept less compared to those who took longer vacations. The resulting stressful lifestyles of those with shorter vacations negated the effects of the health benefits participants received during the study.
These are all signs that Americans should think twice about the long-term consequences they’ll likely face when making choices for the short term, like skipping out on travel and vacation to save some money.
What About Travel-Crazed Millennials?
Young Americans ages 18 to 34 all agree that travel should be first to go. This is surprising as millennials are known for their love of travel.
A 2018 study by travel technology company Travelport found that more than one in three millennials planned to spend over $5,000 on future vacations. The same study also found that Americans with more education and income are more likely to take vacations.
This possibly suggests that travel is a distant dream for millennials with high debt and/or lower income.
American’s Can’t Give up Netflix, Even When They’re in Debt or on a Budget
Nothing seems to beat subscription services for Americans, even when they are on a budget.
Lexington Law found that one in four Americans prefer streaming subscriptions more than any other type. This includes Netflix and other popular options like Spotify and Hulu. The price of these services can range from $6 to $45 or more a month.
Other types of subscription services, like box subscriptions and premium access accounts, can also end up costing a lot. A recent Finder study discovered that, although Americans tend to order subscription boxes the least in comparison to other conveniences like rideshare services and home services, they still pay a combined $37 billion alone on these boxes.
Could you guess how much you pay for subscriptions alone? Most people can’t.
A recent study found that 84 percent of people underestimate how much they spend each month on recurring monthly expenses. Chief Science Officer of Syntonic, Alain Smason, Ph.D., said that people psychologically choose subscription services (and similar payment plans) for reasons like avoiding the pain of paying a large sum upfront.
Whether it’s because it’s seemingly the cheapest or most convenient type of expense, Americans need to think twice about how much subscription services actually suck out of their budgets.
Clothes Never Go out of Style When Facing Debt
Americans prioritize fashion over going out to have fun. Clothing affects our daily lives more than going out to have fun, and it comes into play more than most people might think.
A 2019 paper on the psychology of clothing explains that our clothing choices affect how we perceive ourselves. Overall, the study found that clothing and appearance communicate a lot to other people and affect how we socialize.
Clothing may also be a higher priority because it’s more affordable compared to “going out.” Fast fashion, in particular, makes trendy clothes accessible and affordable, though it may end up costing more in the long term.
Fast fashion is normally made from cheaper fabrics that quickly wear out. This prompts shoppers to toss their clothes more often than if they shopped for higher-quality pieces. As a result, Americans buy more clothes to replace old pieces and the cycle continues. The Ellen Macarthur Foundation looked at the textile industry in 2017 and found the following:
- The average number of times a piece of clothing is worn before people stop using it has decreased 36 percent compared to 15 years ago.
- People miss out on $460 billion of value each year by throwing away clothes that they could continue to wear.
- Some pieces of clothing are estimated to be tossed after being worn seven to 10 times.
Americans should take account of how much cheap fashion choices are costing them. Investing in higher-quality, longer-lasting clothes could be the best financial choice for some, but may not be accessible to everyone.
New Tech Falls Short for Americans
Electronics also fell into the top three things Americans choose to give up when in debt.
Remember when everyone rushed to get the latest iPhone? Nowadays, people are waiting much longer to upgrade.
A 2018 study by NPD found that the average smartphone upgrade cycle in the U.S. is 32 months, up from 25 months in 2017. NPD attributes this lag to tightened upgrade policies. More carriers require customers to fully pay-off their devices before they can trade them in.
Others attribute the slowdown to consumers having fewer reasons to upgrade their phones. Consumers aren’t interested in getting new phones if their current phone still works and the new devices available don’t offer much additional value.
The lesson here? Most Americans are content with slightly outdated technology, especially if it saves them money.
Taking Care of Debt and Your Own Well-Being
It’s important to prioritize your well-being, even when facing stressful situations like paying down debt. A healthy lifestyle can keep you sharp and more prepared to face these difficulties than if you are burnt out or sleep-deprived. Reaching out for help from friends, family and finance professionals can also alleviate the stress of tackling debt.
It’s also important to consider alternative options like debt consolidation if you find your debt is overwhelming. If you’re in the middle of tackling debt but find that your credit report isn’t reflecting those changes, you should learn more about our credit repair services to see how we can help you challenge errors on credit reports.
This study was conducted using Google Surveys. The sample consists of no less than 1,000 completed answers. Post-stratification weighting has been applied to ensure accurate and reliable representation of the total U.S. population ages 18 and older. The survey ran online during July 2019.
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Equator Coffees, a specialty coffee wholesaler, is going green throughout its business operations. The co-founders, Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell are using sustainable farming practices to grow their coffee cherries by partnering with local farmers in developing countries. On their site, they also have a smart coffee roaster that burns 80 percent less natural gas than a traditional coffee roaster and a food composter that turns excess coffee waste into fertilizer.
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A greener and more energy efficient way to roast coffee is great news. We need things like this one nowadays. Maybe you could provide more text explanation or information on how Equator Coffees? smart coffee roaster could burn 80% less natural gas than a traditional coffee roaster and how its food composter could turns excess coffee waste into fertilizer. We should all understand the technology they are using, and this is the only way to really know their going environment-friendly isn?t just an empty claim.
I'm happy that folks are actively doing something about energy conservation, and I looked forward to see what they're doing. But what I saw in the video was an uninformative "aren't we neat" hype video. My grandmother would have said "all hat and no cattle?". A waste of my time. Not to mention driving off in a van only about 10% loaded.


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Inkjet, laser, LED, dye-sub - with the sheer number of printing technologies and products available today, it can be quite difficult for the layman to decide which is the one for him. For a start, let us explain some of the more common printer technologies out there.
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Welcome to Pure FX's latest update of the Australian dollar to pound exchange rate. This tells you when it may be the best time to exchange Australian dollars to pounds, for your money transfer!
The Aussie flies higher versus the pound! The Australian dollar to pound exchange rate has reached its highest in 11 months today, or since January 12th, at 0.5784.
By contrast, back on October 11th, the AU dollar was as low as 0.5348 against the pound, so it's since strengthened by +4.25%, or +8.15%.
To put this into context for you, a AU$250,000 transfer to the UK at this exchange rate would be worth £144,600, or +£10,900 more than in mid-October.
So this may be the best time to transfer money from Australia to the UK, if you're emigrating to Britain or for your company!
Australian Dollar Rises, as USA and China Reach Trade Truce
The Australian dollar to pound exchange rate has risen, because the USA and China have reached a truce in their trade war.
This weekend at the G20 in Buenos Aires, US president Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping agreed to postpone putting new tariffs on each other, for 90 days.
Also, Mr. Trump said that he would not boost tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports to 25% on January 1st, as he'd previously announced.
This has lifted the AU dollar, because the USA and China are two close trade partners of Australia, so this truce may strengthen Australia's economy!
AU Dollar Strengthens, as Australia's Economy Outperforms
Moreover, the Australian dollar to pound exchange rate has also jumped, because Australia's economy continues to outpace the rest of the industrialised world.
Australia's GDP expanded by +3.4% between April to June year-on-year, the most since 2012, and ahead of the UK, Eurozone or Japan.
This trend is forecast to have continued over the Summer, ahead of official growth data released this week.
If so, Australia will be on course for 27 full years without a recession, confirming Australia's status as the Lucky Country, and giving investors a reason to place money in Australia, lifting the AUD!
Aussie Flies Higher, as Australia's Wages Hits Record High
In addition, the Australian dollar has touched this 11-month high versus the pound, because Australia's corporations are paying more in wages than ever before, it's been revealed.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today, Australia's big companies are now paying AU$138.3 billion in salaries to their employees, the all-time record high.
This suggests that Australia's corporations are continuing to hire, and that Australia's strong economic performance is translating into rising living standards for Australian workers.
This will lift Aussie GDP, and the AU dollar too!
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Ongoing supply chain pressures amid strong consumer demand make for a scary combination as Hershey warned there will be a Halloween and holiday candy shortage.
“Seasonal consumer engagement is expected to remain high, and we expect high single digit sales growth for both our Halloween and Holiday seasons,” Hershey Chairman and CEO Michele Buck said during the earnings call. “Despite this strong growth, we will not be able to fully meet consumer demand due to capacity constraints.”
Trick-or-treaters can partially blame a scarcity of raw ingredients and workers for the lack of Reese’s pumpkins this year. The CEO also mentioned that the Russia-Ukraine war and geopolitical tensions strained supply chains when explaining that the company had to make the difficult decision to prioritize producing its everyday candy offerings over seasonal confections.
Buck warned that the supply constraint would put pressure on the stock in the second half of the year, though she noted that the shortage was expected to be short-lived. Hershey anticipates it will have inventory back up to meet consumer demand into 2023.
The chocolate manufacturer saw 19% sales growth in the second quarter versus a year ago as consumers continued to buy up sweets and snacks despite the rise in inflation. The company said it didn’t see increased competition from private-label brands that other consumer packaged goods purveyors have been facing.
Here’s how Hershey performed in the second quarter compared to Wall Street estimates:
The company also raised its full-year earnings guidance to 12% to 14% growth (up from 10% to 12%). Hershey shares were up more than 2 in Friday afternoon trading.
“We feel really good about having high single-digit growth,” Buck said on the company’s outlook, “but we also feel good about as we get into the future being able to have more capacity to really fulfill more of the demand that we see during the season.”
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Groupe PSA’s net profit increased 13.2% to a record 3.2 billion euros, and the company increased its dividend against 2019 results to 1.23 euros per share, up 58% from 2018 levels. PSA offset a slump in vehicle sales by selling pricier SUV models, with launches including the Citroën C5 Aircross helping to lift revenues by a higher-than-expected 1% to 74.7 billion euros ($81.2 billion US).
PSA said its profitability reached a record high in 2019 but forecast falling industry sales in Europe this year as it pursues its merger with Fiat Chrysler, which is strong in North America.
PSA has trimmed costs in areas such as the procurement of components as it has integrated its acquisition of Opel and Vauxhall, boosting operating margins to 8.5% last year.
That helped it stand out in a car market where some rivals including Renault have struggled with sliding revenues and profits, amid a broader downturn in demand.
However, PSA did forecast a 3% contraction in Europe’s car market this year, by far its biggest market. It hopes that its merger with Fiat Chrysler will help it gain exposure to that group’s strong presence in North America with brands like Jeep. The two companies struck a deal in December to create the world’s No.4 carmaker, to better cope with market turmoil and the cost of making less-polluting vehicles. Fiat also posted more upbeat results than most rivals this year.
PSA CEO Carlos Tavares told a news conference that the two groups were both in good shape and well placed to face market challenges together.
He said he did not expect any major regulatory hurdles to the merger, adding it had so far submitted 14 approval requests to competition authorities out of the 24 it needs so far. There are no immediate plans to change anything in the large portfolio of brands within the combined group, he added.
The coronavirus outbreak has paralyzed all of PSA production in China and has hit the carmakers’ supply chain.
PSA said the coronavirus impact was still difficult to assess. Its factories in Wuhan, at the epicentre of the outbreak, are due to reopen in the second week of March.
PSA suffered 700 million euros in losses and writedowns last year in China, where its car sales have tumbled, and where it is exiting a joint venture with China’s Chongqing Changan Automobile.
Tavares said the carmaker had not succeeded in Asia yet and that the virus outbreak was likely to derail a slight improvement there in recent months.
“In January, things were getting better until the coronavirus,” Tavares told a news conference. He added that PSA planned an “offensive” in electric vehicles in China, without giving details.
Fiat Chrysler Regulatory Filing
On a related note, Fiat Chrysler disclosed in a filing on Tuesday that CEO Mike Manley received 13.3 million euros ($14.45 million US) in 2019 compensation which was in line with a target set by the company. It included a base salary of 1.43 million euros for 2019, a bonus of 1.2 million euros and long-term incentives totalling 8.8 million euros. Last year, FCA set a compensation target for Manley of $14 million. Manley took over as head of FCA in July 2018 after the death of his predecessor Sergio Marchionne.
FCA Chairman John Elkann received a base salary of 893,000 euros and long-term compensation totalling 2.28 million euros, as part of total compensation of 3.85 million euros, the filing said.
Fiat Chrysler and PSA agreed in December to combine forces in a $50 billion deal to create the world’s No. 4 automaker, in response to slower global demand and mounting costs of making cleaner cars amid tighter emissions rules. Manley said in January that talks with PSA were progressing well and he hoped to complete the deal by early 2021.
It has been rumoured that Manley is being courted to take over as CEO of Jaguar Land Rover after current CEO Ralf Speth retires.


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Having high-sodium food is an open invitation to lifestyle conditions like diabetes, hypertension, stroke, vascular dementia, heart diseases and breathing issues, among various other problems.
Besides damaging the heart, blood vessels and kidneys, eating too much salt changes the way our brain handles stress. A recent study revealed that consuming a diet that was high in sodium can add to increased levels of stress.
Published in the monthly medical journal Cardiovascular Research, the scientists tested the effects of a high-salt diet in mice. They found that it increased the levels of the stress hormone cortisol by 75 per cent.
The study also showed that the hormone response of mice, who had a high salt intake, to environmental stress was double in comparison to the mice that had a normal diet.
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Lead author of the study, Matthew Bailey, who is a professor of Renal Physiology at the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Cardiovascular Science said, "We are what we eat and understanding how high-salt food changes our mental health is an important step to improving well-being."
The findings showed that most people eat about nine grams of salt daily, but the recommended daily limit for adults is less than six grams.
Experts have time and again suggested consuming low sodium in their meals - not more than half a teaspoon a day. Doctors recommend that total daily salt intake shouldn't exceed 4-6 grams daily.
Salt restriction is the most important and effective way to a healthy life. Ever wondered why you suddenly start craving something sweet after finishing a bag of salty chips? It's because the high sodium content spurs dehydration. Too much salt can cause the body to retain water, making breathing more laborious.
Unknowingly we consume a lot of sodium - not just through the food that is cooked, but also through table salts in salads or curd. We also consume hidden salt (approximately 75 per cent) from processed foods like sauce, packaged foods, chips, junk food, cheese, seafood and olives.
When buying prepared or packaged foods, always look for the sodium content of food.
Milk, Tomato & Fish: 8 Food Items That Can Help Manage Diabetes
Around 422 million people in the world are suffering from diabetes, according to the World Health Organization. Diabetes, a chronic and metabolic disease, causes the blood sugar levels in the body to rise abnormally. If not detected in time and taken necessary measures to manage it, diabetes can cause serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves.


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Matt McClellan says he has lost 24 pounds on the pizza diet, and his cholesterol has dropped 86 points.
There's a catch. McClellan says the pizza diet calls for just one slice every three hours, and an hour of exercise every day.
McClellan says pizza is one of our healthiest fast food choices.
"Pizza's not junk food," he says. "We're just trained to eat it wrong. We're trained to eat a whole large pizza at midnight with a two liter soda and fall asleep."
McClellan is on a 1,300-mile "tour de pizza" bike ride along the east coast.
He's using it to promote a healthy life style.
He's calling on Americans to make better food choices, get some exercise and pull the plug on bad habits.


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Over 27 million youngsters in their 20s lost their jobs in April. This has serious long-term repercussion, the CMIE report said.
The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers from countries like India and China in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
Salary cuts more feasible than job cuts, say experts; peg recovery period for retail at 9-12 months after lockdown ends
The short-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic on retailers in the country will be severe, but retail sales recovery period for India is expected to kickstart from the first week of May subject to the lockdown not being extended further,
Tata Steel plans to cut up to 3,000 jobs across European operations; two-thirds losses expected to be office-based roles
Tata Steel's quest to boost profitability follows a European anti-trust decision to block a joint venture with Germany's Thyssenkrupp
Economic slowdown impact: Maruti Suzuki reports 33% drop in sales in August at 1,06,413 units, export falls 10.8%
Maruti Suzuki's domestic sales declined by 34.3% at 97,061 units last month as against 1,47,700 units in August 2018
The merger of banks will bring down the number of state-run banks to 12 from 19 after the merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda effective April 2019.
Tracking India’s economic slowdown: Between NITI Aayog chief’s warning and CEA’s tough talk lies real cure for economy; inaction will be disastrous
By now, the fear that India’s economy is slowing and slowing at a real dangerous pace has been confirmed by hard data
Tracking India’s economic slowdown: Why Narendra Modi govt shouldn’t delay fiscal stimulus to revive struggling industries
Industry captains are marching to the North Block making their case for an urgent fiscal stimulus. Big and small companies are announcing job cuts one by one.
After startup Rivigo, now e-commerce platform ShopClues lays off 200 employees as it struggles to rein costs
Recently, ShopClues was in talks with larger rival Snapdeal for a potential acquisition.
Five million lost jobs between 2016 and 2018; urban individuals hit hardest, says Azim Premji University report
The unemployed were mostly higher educated and young people, in the 20-24 age range, according to the study titled “State of Working India 2019”.
Jet Airways' lenders say paying off cash-strapped airline's existing debt of Rs 8,500 cr is part of any stake deal
Jet Airways' lenders said last week they would consider other options should the stake-sale process “not result in an acceptable outcome”.
'Had sent a list of high-profile fraud cases to PMO; unaware of where those cases stand', says Raghuram Rajan
Raghuram Rajan said he sent a list of the largest frauds to the PMO.
While technologies will eliminate some jobs, it will also create some jobs that will support the "automation economy".
Demonetisation impact: 250 casual workers lost job every day during January-March; why govt needs to create more jobs
As per CMIE, in 12 months up to August 2017, 19 lakh jobs were wiped out
As the industry gears to drive digital technology transformation through workforce realignment, it is important to bring each member of the workforce along.
ICICI Bank's AI-powered chatbot iPal completes 6 million responses, interacts with 3.1 million customers in eight months
8 months since the launch, the bank has released some numbers: 6 million queries answered and 3.1 million customers have interacted with 90% accuracy rate.
India's growth story will continue but has certain risks with respect to political stability, privacy debate over Aadhaar, and implementation of GST, among others.
"TCS is working to ensure that employees get opportunities in Noida and other centres across India," company statement said
The report said a group named SaveTCSPlease had written to chief minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the development.
Terming the automaker's decision to stop selling cars in India as "clearly thought out conspiracy", the dealers along with their staff members also demanded adequate compensation from the company.


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PELHAM, N.Y. – The Pelham Chamber of Commerce is not holding a Small Business Saturday event this weekend, President Shiv Dawadi said, but individual small businesses may have their own events.
Dawadi’s own business, Verizon Wireless at 235 Fifth Ave. is one participating.
The status of other businesses is not known.
The Pelham chamber has never participated as a whole.
Small Business Saturday is a shopping day put together by American Express that urges consumers to stay local when shopping during the sales-crazed Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The Business Council of Westchester is also encouraging communities to "shop small" and take part in the event Saturday.
“With so many retailers offering deep discounts and opening their doors on Black Friday or even on Thanksgiving night, it is difficult for smaller retailers to compete,” Marsha Gordon, president and CEO of the Business Council of Westchester, said in a press release. “This Saturday, we will be supporting the smaller shops in our county, many of whom are our members, and we urge residents to do the same. It is crucial that we support these businesses to keep our local economy moving.”
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India's Fintech Industry Set for Rapid Evolution in 2023
Fintech industry in India is on the cusp of a major transformation, and the trends mentioned are driving its growth.
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Earlier this year, India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) was integrated with Singapore’s PayNow to enable users from both countries to access faster and more efficient cross-border remittances. The development is a testimony to India’s growth as a digital payments superpower and will help foster an ecosystem for financial inclusion while fuelling the growth of fintech and invest-tech startups in the country.
Catapulted by faster digital adoption, several niche and innovative fintech startups have mushroomed in the country to cater to customers looking to invest online.
In 2020, India breached the milestone of 100 million demat accounts, up nearly 40% from a year-ago period. Additionally, as per the data available from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), retail investors hold more than 90% of all mutual fund accounts in the country. As per a recent report by EY, the wealth-tech segment is expected to have assets under management (AUM) of $237 billion out of the total $1 trillion in India’s fintech ecosystem by 2030.
India's fintech industry is poised to experience unprecedented growth in 2023. This is due to several factors, including the emergence of specialized apps, the adoption of an omnichannel model, consolidation and rationalization of the industry, and the development of a new tech stack.
In this article, we'll take a closer look at each of these trends and their impact on the Indian fintech ecosystem.
Super and specialized apps
In recent years, super apps that offer multiple services on the same platform have crowded the digital economy. In the context of fintech and financial services, super apps, often provided by leading banks, allow consumers to operate their accounts and manage finances including banking transactions, credit and lending, insurance, and investments in stocks and mutual funds.
As a new generation of offline users shift online and start using fintech super apps, early adopters are moving up the value chain, thereby creating strong demand for specialized apps and platforms. Catering to advanced, underserved, or differentiated consumers, niche platforms offer a sharper focus on investment needs and preferences including new products or investment avenues. Hence, while the super apps will continue to evolve, a niche segment of specialized apps for services such as investment management will continue to coexist and thrive.
The omnichannel model
While the pandemic has made digital platforms a part of our daily shopping and monetary transactions, a sizeable segment of consumers prefers taking financial advice from a qualified expert. Even most tech-savvy users who invest in special categories of asset classes which require a physical experience prefer visiting a bank branch or an investment firm.
A fintech platform must be available to address both simple and complex requirements of customers in different phases of their investing or transacting journeys while also solving for access and convenience. Hence, as new use cases and applications of digital services continue to evolve, fintech companies will have to offer a seamless omnichannel experience which will be vital to their growth.
Consolidation and rationalisation
The inconvenient truth about the Indian fintech ecosystem in India is that while many startups have disrupted the industry with innovative platforms and offerings, many are yet to figure out sustainable models to generate revenues. Riding on venture capital money, most companies primarily indulge in customer acquisition at a high upfront cost. And now, as the funding winter takes effect, investors are tightening their purse strings and beginning to ask pointed questions.
As often happens, such a situation will lead to a wave of consolidation where startups will get acquired or merged. And among fintech that survives, we can expect a round of rationalization in more ways than one — sustainable monetization versus customer acquisition, customer efficiency versus product feature, prioritizing spending, and right offerings versus product portfolio.
A new tech stack
The India Stack and Aadhaar-enabled UPI have opened access to technology for private players who can develop their services and business models on top of the public application programming interface (API). But more importantly, the plug-and-play model is open to any individual or startup and not necessarily only for those with capital to burn.
More recently, there has been a push for adopting an account aggregator, a framework that aims to restore the ownership and control of data back to the consumers. It seeks to achieve this by offering a secure consent-based data-sharing framework to finance institutions via regulated entities or account aggregators. The framework will go a long way in enabling access to better-designed fintech services for a broader segment of India’s underserved population.
In conclusion, the fintech industry in India is on the cusp of a major transformation, and the trends mentioned above are driving its growth. As the industry continues to evolve, fintech companies must adapt to changing consumer preferences and offer innovative solutions that cater to their evolving needs.
Source: ET, mint.
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As indicated by different sources, including Jon Prosser who has a decent history of nailing these delivery dates, Apple will deliver the new iMac, iPad Pro with M1, and the redesigned Apple TV 4K with patched up Siri Remote on May 21.
Apple recently reported these items at its April item occasion, just saying that they will dispatch in ‘the second 50% of May’. These gadgets go up for preorder tomorrow.
The May 21st date was first detailed by Prosser a couple of days prior, with ramifications that the 11-inch would dispatch one day later on May 22nd. Prosser has refreshed his unique remark to say that the 22nd date was mistaken.
From that point forward, different retailers have likewise begun revealing a May 21 delivery date. For example, the item pages for the 24-inch iMac on the site of UK retailer (and Apple approved affiliate) John Lewis advises clients that the new iMac models will be accessible at that point.
The present Apple Newsroom official statement reminding clients about the upcoming preorders likewise appears to have coincidentally referred to the May 21 date in its source code. In the site HTML for the public statement in the UK, it peruses:
Clearly, this duplicate has not seen the last close down as the purple iPhone 12 and the AirTag show up on April 30, not May 21. By the by, it gives one more affirmation of the May 21 date for the 2021 iMac, iPad Pro, and Apple TV 4K.
The new iMac exploits the proficient Apple silicon with an all-new suspension plan that shrivels the thickness of the PC down to a uniform 11 millimeters. The bezels have been decreased, permitting Apple to offer a 24-inch show without making the iMac that a lot bigger than the 21-inch model that it replaces. The iMac is accessible in seven energetic tones.
The new iPad Pro adds an M1 chip for improved figure and illustrations execution and 5G availability. it presently sports a Thunderbolt port to be viable with a considerably more extensive scope of extras and can impart at higher transmission capacity embellishments interestingly including the capacity to drive the Apple Pro Display XDR at full goal. The 12.9-inch model likewise includes a smaller than usual LED show (Apple brands it Liquid Retina XDR), offering OLED-like differentiation and brilliance levels.
The new Apple TV 4K has gotten a spec knock internals overhaul, presently highlighting an A12 chip. This implies it would now be able to show a high casing rate of 4K HDR content. Notwithstanding, the greatest change with the new Apple TV is the redone Siri Remote. The new distant highlights a round clickpad joining a four-way D-Pad with contact signals, new fastens for quiet and force, housed in a more strong aluminum nook. The new Siri Remote will likewise be sold independently for $59 and is viable with all Apple TV that runs tvOS.
These items can be preordered tomorrow at the Apple Store. Authoritatively, Apple is still just encouraging ‘second 50% of May’ accessibility yet it appears to be likely that the 21st date is exact.
The other new things reported at Apple’s Spring Loaded occasion were the AirTag tracker and the purple iPhone 12. These items opened for preorders a week ago, and clients should begin getting them tomorrow.


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Mixer co-founders Matt Salsamendi and James J. Boehm each left the live-streaming firm over the previous two weeks, at a time when the service is present process a few of its largest modifications up to now.
Boehm introduced his departure from Mixer on October 2nd, and Salsamendi announced that he was leaving on October 10th. The pair launched Mixer, initially often called Beam, in January 2016. Microsoft acquired the corporate in August 2016. It was renamed Mixer in 2017.
While Boehm didn’t announce what his subsequent steps have been, Salsamendi used his farewell letter on Twitter to speak about his subsequent journey — in “lasers.”
“For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated with the idea of using light to represent music,” Salsamendi wrote. “Growing up I dreamed of running lighting for EDM festivals and tours, and I want to pursue that passion in a bigger way.”
Their departure comes at a time when Mixer is making larger splashes than ever within the gaming business. Mixer has grow to be the third-largest streaming service (simply behind Google-owned YouTube and Amazon-owned Twitch). Through Microsoft, the streaming service has additionally began engaged on partnerships with fashionable streamers, together with Tyler “Ninja” Blevins. Mixer went from being a lesser-known streaming service to one of many most-watched platforms after Blevins introduced in August that he was leaving Twitch, his dwelling for a few years, to solely stream on Mixer going ahead.
Salsamendi and Boehm’s departures aren’t the one outstanding names leaving Microsoft, both. Mike Ybarra, a longtime Xbox government, is leaving the company after 20 years of working with varied divisions.
“It’s been a great ride at Xbox and the future is bright,” Ybarra tweeted on October ninth. “Thanks to everyone at TeamXbox, I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve accomplished and I wish you the best.”


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As evidence mounts that the official release of Android L may be days away, Google began rolling out yet another update to Play services, just one week after the previous update. As it turns out, there's a bit more than just a new icon, a few UI tweaks, and the usual bug fixes. This version brings some finishing touches to a couple of features, no doubt getting them ready to launch alongside the next version of Android.
Back in June, Google announced Android was destined to gain 64-bit support in the coming L release. A few weeks later, Revision 10 of the Native Development Kit (NDK) was posted with support for the three 64-bit architectures that would be able to run the new version of Android: arm64-v8a, x86_64, and mips64. As we close in on the official release of Android L, Google has updated the NDK to revision 10b and added an emulator image developers can use to prepare their apps to run on devices built with Intel's 64-bit chips.
Back at Google I/O 2014, we learned about a pretty neat feature called Backdrop that gives your Chromecast a little more pizazz with localized weather, news, and photos. It turned out to be a bit of a tease, because Google waited until earlier today to actually enable it through an update to the Chromecast app for our phones. During the same presentation, another feature called "Guest Mode" was announced promising to allow visitors to cast from their devices to a Chromecast in the same room without being on the same Wi-Fi network.
Late yesterday, Google began rolling out an update to the Android Wear companion app. Despite a sudden growth of over 2 MB in size, the app only seemed to change the text of a warning, and there were no visible changes on our watches. We knew there had to be something great hidden under the covers, and we were right. The companion app certainly has some interesting changes of its own, but it also acts as the delivery mechanism for a Wear-customized version of Google Play services, and there's a bit to talk about in there, too.
Excitement over products like the Ouya, nVidia's Shield line, and even numerous gamepads proves that gaming on Android has entered the mainstream. Developers have been jumping at the opportunity to build games that work across many of the different operating systems; and thanks to the Cross-Platform SDK, they're able to integrate most of the Play Games services into their products on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Until now, this SDK has lagged behind the SDKs for Android and iOS on one specific feature: real-time multiplayer support.
Material Design was the driving force behind a Google+ update that began rolling out on Friday. But while there may be a newer look, there's very little to speak of in the department of functional changes. Naturally, I had to poke around to see if there were any surprises buried underneath the fresh coat of paint. As it turns out, there are a few things worth talking about. It's time for a Teardown!
If you practically live out of your car like I do, there are probably cables loosely hanging from just about every outlet, and at least a couple awkwardly laying across the passenger seat. Even if you're not sporting a ride with a Bluetooth-enabled stereo, you can get rid of at least one cable by adding your own car kit to the mix. You could already get the GOgroove SMARTmini AUX Bluetooth Audio Receiver Car Kit for just $24.99 from Amazon, but now you can also knock another $5 off with a coupon code at checkout.
Google is making the best of allowing enthusiasts and 3rd-party developers early access to the next release of Android, and the result will be a less buggy release when L finally hits the grand stage. While new issues are reported each day, there's a lot of progress showing up on the Issue Tracker. Just yesterday, a burst of 18 bugs were marked as 'fixed,' following a 2-week gap without any obvious activity.
Camping season is pretty much over for most of us, but that doesn't mean we've stopped leaving the comfort of our homes to venture into the great unknown. One thing we've got to be sure of is that our bevy of gadgets can survive between sessions with their charging cables. If you'd like to keep your phone, tablet, and assorted wearables alive and kicking, Amazon is offering a pretty sweet deal on the Anker Astro E5 15000mAh Dual USB Portable Charger.
If there's one thing that Amazon has earned a positive reputation for among Android users, it has got to be the sheer number of paid apps that have been freely passed out as part of the company's numerous promotions. For today only, we've got another great giveaway to add to the online retailer's extensive history. There are 27 paid apps available at no cost
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With season around the corner, Noida residents got a chance to witness a wedding extravaganza at the Mall of India. The mall hosted a wedding special fashion show that showcased latest bridal trends on the runway. Actress , who walked in bridal attire, was the show stopper. Models were seen walking the ramp wearing outfits for different functions like , and wedding. The show was put together by various wedding-related brands that are available at the mall. Apart from models, real life couples also walked the ramp.
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TOKYO -- Japanese drugstore operator Tomod's plans to more than double its Taiwanese store count to around 50 by the end of 2018, with an eye on using the island as a springboard to move into Southeast Asia.
The Tokyo-based company entered the Taiwanese market in 2012, running drugstores mainly in Taipei. But Tomod's opened a location Saturday at a shopping mall in Hsinchu, and the chain intends to tap the network of parent Sumitomo Corp. to spread across the island, including the cities of Taichung and Kaohsiung.
Tomod's projects sales of 5 billion yen ($49 million) in Taiwan for the fiscal year ending in December 2018, up from the 2.4 billion yen forecast for the current year. The chain will differentiate itself from rivals in Taiwan by having Japanese products account for the majority of its roughly 7,500 items, including over-the-counter medicine, cosmetics and everyday goods.
Japanese drugstore chains have been expanding to other parts of Asia since around 2012, but have faced difficulties increasing the size of their networks. Tsuruha Holdings was a pioneer in this area, but its stores in Thailand have decreased from 26 in March 2015 to 20. Welcia Holdings and Cocokara Fine have just three and two stores in China, respectively.
However, the companies appear eager to seek success abroad again as competition intensifies at home. Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings launched its first Thai location in October 2015 and has already expanded to five stores there. Tomod's will consider moving into Southeast Asian markets by drawing on store operation expertise accumulated in Taiwan.


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Sainsbury sales leap deals blow to Tesco
J Sainsbury upped the pressure on arch-rival Tesco today with another strong set of sales figures that could prompt a renewed price war in the supermarkets sector.
Bright side: Justin King insists he has never subscribed to the 'doom and gloom' view
With food inflation rising fiercely according to official measures, that would only be good news for hardpressed family budgets, though it would hurt the sector's profits. Sainsbury's fourth-quarter like-for-like sales rose 4.1%, its 13th consecutive quarter of improvement.
That beat City expectations and vindicated the optimism of chief executive Justin King, who has been insisting a recession is not a certainty and the economy is performing reasonably well.
'We are pleased,' he said. 'I've not been a subscriber to the doom and gloom view. Household budgets are squeezed but food is less than 10% of the family budget. You've seen big price increases on things like bread and other farm goods, but the reality is that there are plenty of other things that haven't gone up.'
With Wm Morrison, Asda and Sainsbury's performing strongly, the only question mark hangs over Tesco. It remains the most powerful player by far but its sales figures have disappointed of late. Analysts say it is likely to respond aggressively to ensure it holds market share.
Nick Bubb at Pali International said: 'The market still seems to think that Sainsbury's will be the big loser in the battle between Tesco and Morrisons, but we can see no sign of it losing momentum so far.'
Sainsbury shares, the worst performers in the sector this year, today added 7½p to 344p. That values the company at £5.95bn, much lower than the £10.5bn takeover bid that seemed close to going ahead last year.
Analysts say the company is now barely worth more than its property portfolio, suggesting the shares have been oversold. It fended off a takeover bid from CVC, and then seemed on the verge of selling itself in a 600p-a-share deal to a fund owned by the Qatari royal family. The Qataris pulled the funding at the last minute.
The fund, Delta Two, retains a 25% stake, and could return with a fresh bid once rules allow.
Total sales in the fourth quarter were up 5.1% excluding fuel, which means Sainsbury's is now selling goods worth £2.7bn every three months.
It launched a 'feed your family for a fiver' campaign today, offering healthy meal ideas for £5 or less.
Sainsbury still says shareholder Robert Tchenguiz is wrong to think it should spin off its property arm into a separately listed company. But it unveiled its second property joint venture today, a sign it agrees more value is available from the buildings. A 50-50 deal with British Land, its biggest landlord, sees 39 leasehold retail sites with a value of £1.2 billion placed into the joint venture.
This gives Sainsbury an incentive to spruce up the stores without incurring higher rents, and gives shareholders a chance to benefit from the uplift in the value of the property.
The company, which owns the freehold on more than 60% of its stores, did a similar deal with Land Securities last year.
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PARIS — Returning to the retail scene after a 14-year absence, Paco Rabanne will this week unveil a 750-square-foot unit at 12 Rue Cambon, its perforated metal walls a wink to the founder’s famous “unwearable dresses” of the Space Age Sixties.It’s a big step for the Puig-owned fashion house, which aims to open a second boutique in London later this year, and already has its sights set on a unit in America, likely in Los Angeles.Wednesday’s opening also comes in tandem with an online store integrated with the Cambon site, plus a new visual identity and communication effort spanning an overhauled Web site, subtly tweaked logos and typefaces, new packaging and the first ad campaign since the 2013 arrival of Julien Dossena as creative director for women’s wear.The disquieting images — reminiscent of Thomas Demand artworks and destined for outdoor placements in Paris, niche magazines and Vogue sites in France and America – depict imaginary rooms of the Rabanne customer. These synthetic scenes come complete with silvery Paco milk cartons and popcorn bags, retro light fixtures and appliances and clothes draped over metal discs and tables instead of on models.In an exclusive interview, Dossena and fashion general manager Anouck Duranteau-Loeper described how the Cambon store culminates several years of collection development, and positions the company on a faster growth track.Revenues, which hover around five million euros, or $5.4 million at current exchange, are forecast to double over the next 12 to 18 months, with the Cambon boutique contributing about one million, or $1.1 million, according to Duranteau-Loeper, who was recruited from Céline to revitalize the fashion house.“It was important to have a retail store because then you learn more about your customer,” she said. “Also, it’s very important when you relaunch a brand that the assortment is representative of the designer’s vision.”Fueled by Dossena’s exacting, youthful and athletic-tinged designs, Rabanne has bulked up its wholesale business to about 70 doors, so far concentrated in the U.S., the U.K. and Italy, including a partnership with Barneys New York across 12 doors that was a precursor to the boutique project.Duranteau-Loeper noted that the online store would debut with shipments to Europe and the U.K., with North American clients directed to Barneys’ Web site, and Farfetch.com slated to cover the rest of the world.She expects the Paris boutique, a stone’s throw from the bustling and buzzy Rue Saint Honoré, to attract a clientele that’s half tourists and half locals. The Maria Luisa shop within the Printemps flagship on Boulevard Haussmann is Rabanne’s only wholesale showcase in the French capital.The plan is to have three to four stores open over the next two or three years, she noted.To realize a Paris boutique he described as balanced between “radical and luxurious, dry and comfortable,” Dossena turned to Belgian architects Kersten Geers and David Van Severen of Office, billing it as their first fashion project.Dossena’s references for the jewel-box unit include Italian industrial designer Gae Aulenti, and the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, prized for pioneering so-called “capsule architecture,” its compact apartments boasting built-in cabinets and appliances — along with cramped, jetliner-scale amenities.Dossena enthused that Cambon’s perforated metal walls shelter integrated drawers, cabinets and benches that offer a personalized, surprising — and high-tech — take on shopping.Luxury touches include leather floors in a patchwork of lozenge shapes, panels of yellow lacquer with a Thirties mien, and “comfortable lighting” that streams through the porous metal.“It’s this mix of elements that gives the shop this radical balance,” mused Dossena, a design alum of Balenciaga under Nicolas Ghesquière. “At the same time, we wanted to keep these industrial touches — and I mean industrial in the most noble sense.”He noted future units would also be of a similarly intimate scale.“We didn’t want a temple of 3,000 square feet in marble to be the image of the brand,” he said, summing up his concept thus: “It’s as if you put a metallic room in another room.”He noted that the modular concept also suits today’s frenetic pace of collections, allowing the shop to change along with deliveries. Ready-to-wear represents about 60 percent of the Rabanne business; the balance comprising leather goods, footwear and jewelry.Dossena commissioned perfumer Dominique Ropion to concoct an ambient fragrance, while a soothing soundtrack of ambient hum and tweeting birds to complete the sensorial retail experience.The brand’s hit fragrances, including Invictus and 1 Million, plus the Black XS range, won’t be sold at the Cambon location, though the new Web site offers a portal to perfume, a step toward bringing the fashion and beauty universes into closer orbit.The campaign, shot by Dutch duo Maurice Scheltens and Liesbeth Abbenes, is to run in such niche titles as Purple, Pop, Double, System and Self Service, with more traditional fashion shots to follow.“We didn’t want to start with fashion images and a model because there’s so much fashion imagery around,” Dossena said, describing an unexpected tumble of images to come.Rabanne plans to host a dinner on Jan.25 and a cocktail party on Jan. 26 during couture week in Paris to christen the boutique, online store and revamped identity.“It’s like a second start,” Dossena enthused.
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Edtech company Byju’s has announced the appointment of Vineet Singh as its vice president, brand and creative strategy.
Singh will be responsible for building the brand’s value proposition across offline and online. He will oversee the brand’s creative philosophy, and conceptualise and execute narratives for Byju’s.
He moves from Embassy Group, where he was the group chief marketing officer.
Pravin Prakash, chief people officer, Byju’s, said, “Vineet is a proven and a brilliant creative strategist and we are delighted to have him on board. We are looking forward to his creative and integrated campaigns that will help us establish a deeper connection with our consumers.”
Singh said, “I am excited to begin my journey with a brand and team which is passionate about bringing about a change in the lives of millions of students. Bjyu's strategic growth and expansion plans have made the brand a household name across the globe and I am looking forward to bringing in my creative ideas to enhance and deliver the best learning experience.”
With over 15 years of experience, he also worked at companies like WeWork India and Digitas India.


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The NFDA’s latest Consumer Attitude Survey has revealed that cost remains the biggest barrier to EV ownership amid concerns that the Government is preparing to announce cuts to the ULEV grant.
A total of 49% of the 1,000 respondents to the National Franchised Dealers Association’s Autumn 2018 survey said that reducing the cost of AFVs – including a plug-in hybrid option – would be the main factor in encouraging them to adopt a more eco-friendly form of transport.
Cheaper running costs was the second biggest selling point, attracting 11% of responses.
But while the NFDA survey highlighted cost as a factor in EV adoption, documents seen by the Observer newspaper suggest that the price of some electric and hybrid cars could be set to soar as the Government plans to reduce the existing ULEV grants.
The Observer was told that that the larger grant for electric cars will be reduced from £4,500 to £3,500 from next month, while £2,500 grant offered for plug-in hybrid cars which emit less than 50g/km and can cover at least 10 miles in EV mode will be removed altogether.
The SMMT has already called for the plug-in grants to be maintained beyond 2020 in a bid to meet the Government’s Road to Zero plan which will see new none-AFV cars removed from sale in 2040.
Chief executive, Mike Hawes, said: “Evidence shows that prematurely removing upfront purchase incentives before the market is mature can have a devastating impact on demand.”
According to the NFDA’s Consumer Attitude Survey once again spelled out the market share advantage that could be gained by franchised retailers in the aftersales sector with a more concerted shift towards AFVs
A total of 59% of respondents who had used a franchised retailers for aftersales provision during the past two years said that they would trust it to service an EV, compared to just 10% for an independent garage.
The latest results of the survey showed that 64% of consumers believe franchised dealerships are the safest option to get a car serviced. The main reasons franchised dealers are considered the safest are: their specialist expertise (61%) and having technical equipment for specific types of cars (47%).
Additionally, one in two consumers associate franchised dealers with professionalism (55%), knowledge (48%) and good customer service (47%). This represents a strong result considering that respondents are asked to select as many options as they want amongst a list of several choices.
Of those who regularly use franchised dealers for aftersales service, 93% were satisfied with their overall experience.
NFDA director, Sue Robinson, said: “It is encouraging to see that the vast majority of consumers continue to see franchised dealers as the safest option in the aftersales sector.
“The results of the survey have confirmed a number of optimistic trends. In addition to being seen as the safest, franchised dealers are the most trusted option to service hybrid and electric cars which, considering the changes facing the industry over the next years, is highly encouraging.
“It is positive to see that when consumers use a franchised dealership for aftersales their perceptions improve significantly across all areas, demonstrating the high-quality service franchised dealers offer.
“Going forward, we expect franchised dealers to continue to strengthen their position in aftersales while they keep improving their services to provide motorists with the best possible experience”.
The NFDA Consumer Attitude Survey Autumn 2018 is the sixth issue of the survey which is commissioned by the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) and executed by Public Knowledge*, an independent market research agency, to explore consumer perceptions of franchised dealers, independent garages and high-street national chains in aftersales.
Of the 1,000 respondent who regularly use franchised dealers for aftersales, the 15-minute online survey process revealed that 75% have a manufacturer warranty and 45% have a service plan in place.
Furthermore, it showed that 69% had bought their car brand new, while 80% drive a car with 30,000 miles or less miles on the clock.
Among the survey sample, the majority of loyal franchised dealer users (57%) were found to be aged 55 or older, while 18% are aged between 18 and 34, and 25% are aged between 35 and 54.


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On Monday, New York’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) awarded 28 conditional cultivator licenses. More importantly, the Board announced the winners of the first retail licenses, social equity applicants and non-profit entities involved in social justice efforts.
While social equity applicants welcomed the new permits, analyst Pablo Zuanic from Cantor Fitzgerald believes NY state cannabis regulations “may not represent a significant upside for MSOs once recreational cannabis sales begin.”
Although the potential consequences of the NY cannabis regulation model is still unpredictable, Zuanic assumes an MSO could still potentially scale up its own brands if using third-party processors and cultivators.
However, the resulting economics would be different for MSOs if full, unrestricted, vertical integration had been allowed.
“The rules make it difficult for medical incumbents (mostly owned by the MSOs) to build sizeable market share: the cultivation cap for medical incumbents was set at only 100K sq ft; they will not be allowed to expand production at present; they cannot process more than 55,000 lbs of biomass; [and] medical incumbents can only begin retailing recreational three years after actual recreational sales begin,” Zuanic said in an industry update on Monday. “The 282 pages of rules do not mention the 'right to play' fee of $20Mn that the MSOs could have paid to be allowed a higher cultivation cap and more recreational stores.”
He noted that in this context, supply, quality and accessibility issues may hamper the start-up phase of the state’s recreational program. In short, when and how many retail stores will open during 2023?
“The 10 medical licenses in NY (8 in the hands of publicly listed MSOs, and one now owned by publicly listed RIV Capital) are held by Acreage Holdings ACRHF, Columbia Care CCHWF (selling parts to an entity linked to Sean Combs), Cresco CRLBF, Curaleaf CURLF, Etain Health (in the process of being acquired by RIV Capital), Green Thumb GTBIF, iAnthus ITHUF, MedMen MMNNF, private MSO Pharmacann and Vireo Health GDNSF,” Zuanic continued.
Cantor’s analyst highlighted that the initial social equity retail licensees will have a 3-year window before medical incumbents (ROs, in state parlance) can begin sales.
Although ROs will be allowed to add four additional medical stores (to their existing four) and co-locate recreational services in three of those eight stores, they will not be able to offer recreational retail services until three years after the first sale of recreational sales in the state.
In terms of geographic distribution, licenses will be capped once recreational sales begin.
When ROs begin recreational retail services, they will need to allocate 40% of the space to non-RO suppliers (meaning new cultivation and processing licensees). Of the three collocated stores, at least one store will need to be outside the counties of New York, Kings, Bronx, Queens, Richmond, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester, and the three collocated stores will not be allowed to be in the same county.
ROs will not be allowed to have more than 100k sq ft of the canopy “unless otherwise authorized by the Board in writing”, which accounts for roughly, 100k sq ft of canopy that can result in 60,000 lbs of biomass per year, and if the RO has purchased any cannabis from another licensee in that calendar year, will not be authorized to process more than 55,000 lbs of biomass.
Moreover, “ROs will not be allowed to begin new construction or major renovation on any indoor cultivation area or facility “unless authorized by the Board in writing” — this would mean Cresco and Green Thumb’s plans to start building indoor facilities will need to be halted,” added Zuanic.
Will Recreational Stores Open Before EOY?
Many cannabis enthusiasts and patients wonder if they will be able to purchase and share legal cannabis with their friends and families these holidays.
In total, 36 Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) licenses will be issued. These 36 stores (of 900 applications received) will be subsidized by the state.
A NY state government fund will arrange and pay for the construction of these stores that will be located in geographic regions designated by the state. However, due to a recent court ruling, the board will not be issuing licenses for the five geographic regions of Brooklyn, Central New York, the Finger Lakes, mid-Hudson, or Western New York.
But, will the stores be open by then?
Those granted a CAURD license will not be allowed to begin operations “until the completion of a secondary supplemental application to the satisfaction of the Office, including completing a notification to the appropriate municipality where the conditional adult-use retail dispensary will be located. In this sense, we doubt any of these 36 stores will open before year-end,” Zuanic concluded.
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On Friday, July 29, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) tallied the votes from the Starbucks store at Mockingbird Station in Dallas. Of the nine eligible employees who voted, all were in favor of unionization, making the vote a slam-dunk win for the burgeoning Starbucks Workers United movement.
The wave of Starbucks workers unionizing, which is growing across the country, started with a store in Buffalo, New York, in December 2021. Since then, 316 stores have filed paperwork with the NLRB, an independent federal agency that enforces labor law as it relates to collective bargaining. Of those stores, 207 elected to become unionized and 44 have voted not to unionize.
Michael Green is a law professor and the director of the Workplace Law Program at Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth. He says the pandemic changed the workplace.
“If you look at during the pandemic, we had these new terms that people had never heard of like ‘essential workers.’ So, then we’re trying to understand who are essential workers and what does that mean for those individuals who were essential workers? What were their rights and their abilities to say, ‘We need more rights or safety protections’?” Green says.
He points out that organizations that were already unionized and organized were able to have their unions speak for them in a collective voice, “and places where they weren’t organized, they were just fending for themselves.”
Locally, Nikita Russell has spearheaded the effort to unionize at the Mockingbird Station Starbucks.
“It is unconscionable that a multi-billion dollar company cannot take care of the people who generate their wealth,” Russell says. Starbucks reported a record $7.6 billion in consolidated net revenues for the second quarter of 2022.
— SBWU Mockingbird Station (@sbwumbs) July 29, 2022
She also points out that Starbucks has always practiced lean staffing, meaning a store is staffed with as few people as possible during any given shift. But during the pandemic, she says, the company realized how much they could do with so little, and they never walked backed from that.
Russell says another factor driving the decision to unionize was that Starbucks employees in Dallas-area stores got a raise in January, but a month or two later their hours were cut.
“So, we have no say. We generate that wealth and we have no say in what happens,” Russell says.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is leading the effort to stymie the flood of unionizing stores. The company has started by excluding unionized stores from raises, asserting that once a store is unionized the company is not allowed to change benefits at the store. It’s a stance that is challenged by Starbucks United.
The NLRB has already asked a federal court to order Starbucks to stop interfering with unionization efforts in Buffalo.
When asked why not just go get another job, Russell says, “This is getting a better job.
“And it also for the long term. Even if I walked away right now, the reason we’re doing this is to leave something better behind for people that come after us. Making it so that other workers don’t get abused and exploited.”
Asked if unions could be part of the post-pandemic workplace, Green says it’s possible: “We’re going to see that more, with as many folks who have left the workforce and the fact that these businesses need people to work, (…) if you’re a business, you do have to be concerned about it.”