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Food-related deaths and disease outbreaks will no longer have to be reported to the consumer watchdog by product makers and sellers under new federal laws.
Small Business Minister Bruce Billson pushed a bill on Wednesday to remove the need for food businesses to alert the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission when they become aware of safety problems, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
He said state and territory laws required hospitals and doctors to report food-linked illness and death, and that this was enough.
"In addition to these requirements, the [law] requires all participants in the supply chain for a product to report to the ACCC any incident associated with a death, serious injury or illness within two days of becoming aware of any incident," he said.
"Both the ACCC and Australian food safety regulators consider these reports to be of no added value in regulating the safety of food products. The food industry has informed the Government that this requirement places a disproportionate cost on industry."
The Australian Food and Grocery Council welcomed the cutting of red tape, saying the "outdated" rules did nothing to improve food safety. Instead, it had created overlap and complexity for manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers.
"Mandatory reporting arrangements to the ACCC does not prevent harm, but has generated thousands of false alarms that have resulted in not one actual product recall," said Gary Dawson, chief executive of the AFGC.
"One per cent of food-borne illness is caused by packaged food. This reform effectively removes over-reporting of allegations that on investigation have no basis."
A NSW Food Authority spokeswoman said public health and safety were not being compromised by the federal government.
"The removal of this requirement does not impact on the NSW Food Authority's operations," she said. "Consumers can continue to have confidence and certainty in the authority's ability to mitigate food safety risks."
An Australian Competition and Consumer Commission spokesman told The Sydney Morning Herald he could not provide comment until the laws were passed, referring all inquiries to Mr Billson's office.


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But he wasn't looking for a selfie or an autograph. Instead, the then 13-year-old was there to give out his business cards.
Now 16, the London-based entrepreneur is a self-confessed sneaker obsessive and decided from an early age that he wanted to combine his two passions: trainers and football.
And he's made quite a business of his passion.
In the last three years, he has become one of the most foremost suppliers of rare sneakers and clothing to football stars all across Europe, sourcing exclusive items and then selling them on for profit.
While most kids' biggest concern is perhaps which video game they want to buy, Gissing was busy starting his business.
"I was obsessed," Gissing tells CNN Sport. "I wanted to have all of the latest shoes and all of the latest designer or Hyped or new models, and it was a case of obviously my parents weren't going to spoil me and buy me whatever I wanted, so I just needed to get a bit of extra capital, a bit of extra cash to be able to afford my own pairs of shoes.
"I realized I could do that by reselling trainers. So what I started doing was queuing up outside sneaker stores in London and buying shoes and flipping them for £20, £50 pounds on top.
"I'd queue up for hours outside, waiting for Yeezys, Jordans, whatever the new high release would be, and I flip it on eBay and Depop, one of these small interfaces where reseller meets reseller."
The teenager isn't the only one making a name for himself by trading on the desire for exclusivity. There are a number of other personal shoppers, including the likes of Sam Morgan and Joe Franklin, whose expertise are employed by high-profile footballers and musicians.
Those hours Gissing spent waiting in line for new releases and making new contacts paid off thanks to a chance encounter with US tennis star Jack Sock at Queen's Club, which stages a Wimbledon warm-up event in west London.
After asking Sock for a photo, the former world No. 8 noticed that Gissing was sporting a pair of rare shoes. "Nice sneakers, kid," he told the teenager.
"I just said: 'I can get you a pair,'" he recalls. "I knew I could get him the pairs that I was wearing."
At the time, Gissing hadn't yet created his official business Instagram page 'Plug Leon' -- a "plug" is somebody who is able to source rare and exclusive items -- so Sock put in his shopping request via Gissing's personal account.
"He placed the order for I think it was three or four pairs of really rare off-white Nike trainers," he says. "I went to his house where he was staying before Wimbledon -- he actually won the Wimbledon doubles that year -- and I delivered him the shoes."
Now, Gissing's business was up and running.
"He was very happy and that's when I started the 'Plug Leon' Instagram because he wanted to shout me out on Instagram," says the 16-year-old.

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Ahmedabad: Cross-border B2B manufacturing and supply chain enablement platform for building materials Magma has raised pre-seed funding of $515k funding led by WEH Ventures with participation from All in Capital, PointOne Capital, Angelist India, and marquee angels including Revant Bhate (Man Matters), Subin Mitra and Pratik Tiwari (Groyyo), Pawan Gupta and Abhishek Sharma (Fashinza) and more. Magma is a tech-enabled manufacturing platform in building materials with a vision to enable growth across all levers for its partner factories. The funding will be used to scale the team across manufacturing clusters in India and invest in products and technology.
Magma is a global supply-first aggregator in the building materials industry with a mission to take small and micro manufacturers global. The company’s product includes a factory app that helps partner factories by giving them more demand through its AI-based lead generation tool, access to global buyers, 1-click procurement of cheaper and quality raw materials leading to better conversion and retention, and easy-to-use technology to standardize their factory floors. Magma has already onboarded over 55 factories and is set to close its first quarter of business with an annualized GMV run rate of 3 million dollars.
Magma was founded in Feb 2022 by Neal Thakker, a recent graduate with a background in the building materials industry having previously worked at MSI surfaces and AGL Tiles.
Neal Thakker said, “The SME manufacturing ecosystem serves as the daily breadwinner for our global economy, yet continues to struggle due to no bandwidth in technology, operations, and capacity utilization. As a sourcing manager and merchant exporter myself, I have spent considerable time with these factories and seen the first-hand reality of their aspirations to sell their products all over the world. We realized their need for a partner like us and are excited to cater to millions of manufacturers in the times to come.”
Rohit Krishna, Partner at WEH Ventures, added, “We believe that manufacturing is going to be a key driver in the next leg of growth for India, and China plus one policy is acting as an accelerant to this trend. We understand that each industry within the SME manufacturing sector is unique and the key is to find a strong wedge to keep the supply-side engaged and happy. On that note, Neal has been one of the most agile founders we have ever met; every week he not only brings new insights to the table on what the industry needs but he also turns those ideas into a product and deploys it incredibly quickly.”
The global building materials market is poised to hit a $1T market by 2026, with SME’s aiming for a $200B mark.


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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — When it comes to levying Kent County’s 5 percent hotel/motel tax on Airbnb rooms, finding a place to send the bill is a challenge.
Unlike hotels and motels, most Airbnbs don’t have a sign out front.
“If you simply go to the Airbnb website, you don’t get enough information about location until you’ve paid for and booked your stay,” Kent County Treasurer Ken Parrish said.
But that problem has been solved. The home sharing company has agreed to tack on a hotel tax benefiting Kent County. Airbnb says customers will see the Kent County Lodging Excise Tax on their invoices beginning Aug. 1.
Parrish estimates the added tax could bring in between $80,000 and $100,000 in new revenue this year.
“That’s based on numbers that were provided by Airbnb that stated in 2017 there was about $1.6 million in room revenue generated in Kent County. Five percent of that equals $80,000, so we’ll probably see some growth to that,” he explained.
Parrish said the county’s voluntary collection agreement with Airbnb keeps the burden off the shoulders of hosts because the company will be in charge of calculating taxes.
Kent County Administrator/Controller Wayman Britt said the agreement will “cover the expense for increased tourism” and help level the playing field for the existing hotel and lodging industry.
Airbnb says data indicates its service appears to complement rather than compete with that industry. Airbnb says that while the number of people who booked with Kent County hosts rose 75 percent last year to about 22,000 people, Grand Rapids hotels also brought in record revenue.
The money brought in from the hotel/motel tax covers a variety of costs associated with downtown’s publicly owned attractions, including paying the mortgage on DeVos Place.
An additional 4 percent marketing assessment is charged to traditional hotels and motels to cover marking costs for Experience Grand Rapids and the Kent County Convention and Visitors Bureau. That 4 percent is not part of the deal with Airbnb.
But with 22,000 visits to area Airbnbs last year, Experience Grand Rapids’ Doug Small said it couldn’t hurt to ask.
“We’re probably going to take some baby steps with them and just see how things go and determine down the line where we go from here,” Small said.
Airbnb says it has partnered with more than 370 local governments throughout the country to collect and remit taxes. The Kent County agreement is the company’s third in the state; Airbnb has agreed to collect the Michigan use tax for the state and to a local occupancy tax in Genesee County.


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Samsung seeking to block sale of new iPhone
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung said it will file court injunctions in France and Italy seeking to block the sale of Apple’s latest iPhone amid an intensifying patent fight between the smartphone giants.
Samsung plans to file preliminary injunctions in Paris and Milan asking that courts block Apple’s iPhone 4S from being sold in France and Italy, alleging patent infringement of wireless telecommunications technology, the company said Wednesday.
“Apple has continued to flagrantly violate our intellectual property rights and free ride on our technology, and we will steadfastly protect our intellectual property,” Samsung said in a statement.
The South Korean company did not say when the French and Italian filings would take place, but also said it plans similar moves in other countries “after further review.”
The announcement comes one day after Apple Inc. unveiled the iPhone 4S in the United States.
Seoul-based Apple spokesman Steve Park, speaking by phone from Japan, declined to comment on Samsung’s announcement.
The companies have been at odds since April when Apple took legal actions claiming Samsung’s Galaxy line of smartphones and tablet computers copy the iPhone and iPad. Samsung has responded by taking Apple to court over what it alleges are violations of its patents covering wireless communications.
Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co. ranks No. 2 in the world in smartphone sales behind Apple, which has headquarters in Cupertino, California.
Samsung said the technology it claims Apple infringes “is essential to the reliable functioning of telecom networks and devices” and that it sees the alleged violations as “too severe and that (the) iPhone 4S should be barred from sales.”
Apple has won sales injunctions against Samsung products in the Netherlands and Germany and is seeking one in Australia. Samsung has asked a court in the Netherlands to stop Apple from selling iPhones and iPad tablets in that country.
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While the United States drone regulations may seem limiting, consider what drone pilots in Japan are dealing with. It looks like Japan may become a no-fly-zone in any location that draws a crowd.
Following a UAV landing on the PMs Offices, Japan has become much stricter on its regulations and there appears to be no change to this stance ahead. Even with Japanese companies focusing on security solutions (e.g. Secom) it appears that Japan is heading towards a no-fly-zone mentality.
AsiaOne is reporting that roughly half of local governments have bans, or are considering bans, on flights of unmanned aircraft in any location that attracts crowds.


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By Paul Pannone
A swooning wedding industry finds itself backpedaling after a TV segment first thought to educate and inform the public about planning a wedding. But instead an incensed industry finds itself defending against allegations that they’re a bunch of lying thieves.
Even a select cross-section of members known as the Wedding Water Cooler took a step back and a few days to think about what happened. Normally the group has instant answers to problems concerning the wedding business. But in this case the hesitation signals the 20/20 segment may have struck a nerve.
Famous last words includes the famous statement from Tricky Dickie: I am not a crook. So much for famous last words from privileged politicians. But in the world of hard-working wedding business owners, pile on yet another stigma to deal with.
eWedNewz watches industry personalities who’ve had to face the facts of a declining wedding market and rising number of vendors servicing the shrinking market. Since a Yale student studying the market supported the eWedNewz findings that include studies by authentic, revered data sources, marketers have scrambled to find a new angle to rallying paying wedding industry members to their seminars and listen to their opinions of how to market to brides.
Open letters and criticism of why 20/20 got it wrong proclaim protection of the wedding industry while simultaneously gathering eyeballs for a sales-pitch that’s sure to follow. Wedding marketers claim to have answers of how to “double your business”. But what does logic and facts say?
According to one member of the Wedding Water Cooler the ABC 20/20 show was not a front-running program viewed by a significant audience when compared to other programming, including sporting events.
“20/20 is a waste of time & I am certain that a yelp! review holds more weight in the eyes of the bride,” according to one member and ongoing WWC discussions.
The discussion in the Wedding Water Cooler group calmed many of the planner members once they heard information presented by some of the more logical thinkers. Some members say they’ve already made attempts to contact the show, insisting that balancing statements be including in a follow-up story. But once again logical thinkers in the group say there’s really nothing to balance and find it unlikely there will be a follow-up.
“If there is it’s likely to be a perpetuation of the same scandals involving brides that can be viewed on any wedding reality show and other poor examples that malign the hard-working people of the wedding industry,” said one Coolie Member and veteran of the wedding business.
An ongoing poll so-far says 27% of respondents feel the wedding industry is not crooked. Currently, 14% disagrees and says the wedding business is crooked. 59% of responses so-far feels there’s good and bad everywhere, including the wedding business.
What do you say? Is the wedding business a bunch of thieves and liars, preying on the emotions of the bride?
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A drop in sales in Australia - it's largest market - doesn't appear to have taken the shine off Michael Hill International's share price.
The jewellery retailer, which yesterday reported a 2.7 per cent drop in same store sales in Australia for the nine months to March 31, has shot up from around 87c at the start of the year to over a dollar.
Same store sales were up in New Zealand, the United States and Canada resulting in an overall flat picture although including new stores, sales were up 5.1 per cent.
Shares in the company closed up 3c at $1.05 yesterday.
Macquarie-owned boutique fund manager Brook Asset Management has hired two new staff.
Brook was left depleted in 2010 after three of its team jumped ship to take up roles at rival firm Devon Funds Management. A court case ensued but was settled last month.
Katrina Kruger joins Brook as the head of business development while Frances Sweetman has been appointed to the research analyst role.
Kruger previously worked for Westpac New Zealand where she was head of advice and Sweetman has come from Macquarie Group's Sydney office where she was an analyst focused on listed property trusts.
Sweetman previously worked as a valuer and consultant with CBRE in both London and Sydney.
Macquarie has downgraded its recommendation on Fisher & Paykel Healthcare from outperform to neutral as the exporter continues to face currency challenges from the high New Zealand dollar.
Macquarie analyst Stephen Ridgewell released a note this week predicting F&P's full year result to be at the low end of its guidance. The guidance range was set at $62 to $67 million.
Ridgewell is also predicting a decline in profits for the next financial year and warns there may not be any improvement until at least 2017.
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is due to report its full results around the end of May. Its financial year runs until March 31.
Shares in the company closed down 3c on $2.17 yesterday.
Craigs Investment Partners chairman Neil Craig says he has no plans to step down from the board of the broking business. Craig signed an agreement to stay in the chairman's role for two years when Deutsche Bank bought 49.9 per cent of the business in March 2010.
That time is now up and Craig says he has not been asked to step aside and has every intention of staying in the role.
The board will also continue to have 12 members - six from each of the owners.
"We spent months getting it right and we have no reason and no wish to change it," Craig said.
The company had learned a lot from its first foray into outside ownership.
ABN Amro bought a stake in the business in 2001 but sold out of it in April 2009.
A private equity style investment into direct ownership of South Island farms has sparked interest - especially in the provinces.
Pastoral Dairy Investments' initial public offering closes next Friday.
The company is looking to raise at least $25 million from small investors as well as seeking co-investors for the farms, potentially charitable trusts and institutions, which could contribute about $50 million. Commitments aren't expected to come in until the last minute but Neil Craig, who is helping to promote the investment, said interest had been strong.
"It's gone really well in the provinces - people that really understand farms and can see the wealth revolution. It has been really revealing ... we thought we were putting together something for the city people."
The company will not use any debt to buy the farms and expects to make its first investments by June with the money fully invested by June next year.
Once the funds have been invested the plan is for PDI to trade on the internet-based trading platform unlisted.co.nz and then shareholders could decide each year whether to pursue a listing on the NZX.


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At this factor, anyone has heard approximately Tesla, the business enterprise that specializes in electric powered vehicles, electricity storage, and sun panels. Elon Musk, the CEO, is a respected parent within the tech world, and is paving the way for electric powered automobiles to go into the mainstream as part of an ambitious plan to keep our surroundings. however what is the fact behind the headlines and the hype — is Tesla all it’s cracked up to be?
Tesla’s market capitalization reached $fifty one billion in April, and the employer has now passed numerous different most important manufacturers, inclusive of BMW, GM vehicles, and Ford, in spite of all of those businesses selling lots more automobiles than Tesla and in fact creating a earnings.
numerous professionals have suggested on this discrepancy: Christopher Mims, a tech columnist on the Wall street magazine, tweeted: “Tesla: brought seventy six,000 vehicles closing 12 months, deeply in debt. Ford: 20x greater sales, billions in profits on tens of millions of automobiles every 12 months. And yet,” referring to Tesla passing Ford on market cap. Walt Mossberg, government director of The Verge responded, agreeing with Mims, “I recognize Tesla and @elonmusk, but this is the billionth instance of why inventory marketplace valuations don’t replicate reality.”
Elon Musk himself stated, “I do trust this marketplace cap is higher than we've any right to deserve,” in an interview with The father or mother. but, on Twitter, he mentioned that Tesla’s stock fee represents feasible future coins drift.
AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson sums up the spectrum of in which Tesla could pass inside the destiny, pronouncing that the agency is “both one of the best Ponzi schemes of all time or it’s gonna training session.” A Ponzi scheme is whilst funding is generated via fake claims, and every spherical of investment will pay the return for the preceding technology.
David Einhorn, a Wall street investor, sits on the skeptical stop of this spectrum, comparing the company to the “March 2000 dot-com bubble” in a convention name through pronouncing, “while we don’t understand exactly while the bubble will pop, it ultimately will.” Barclays analyst Brian Johnson stated in a studies observe that deciding on the organisation is like taking the “blue pill” in the Matrix — it isn't always facing as much as the employer’s many issues.
however, there are also many industry voices that are fervent believers in Tesla. Apple founder Steve Wozniak has religion that they may be the agency liable for the following technological leap forward — in an interview with BloomBerg Canada, he said, “I’m going to bet on Tesla.”
Likewise, Adam Jonas, Morgan Stanley’s Tesla analyst, claimed in a research notice in March that Tesla has the capability to come to be a key participant within the future of shipping. He wrote, “we assume the version 3 will feature hardware and software that offer a stage of lively safety that could substantially lead all different cars on sale today.”
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whether Tesla is overhyped in phrases of its marketplace cap is still undecided. but what we do understand is that, if nothing else, Tesla has damaged obstacles down within the electric powered car and easy power sectors, and for that it must be praised.
BMW government Ian Robertson told car and motive force that, “I’m very supportive of what Tesla has performed. the world wishes that type of new competitor.” whether or now not it could live as much as the hype concerning itself, it has created public hobby for environmental answers to our shipping and strength needs — and endorsed different groups to do the same thru the competition it has generated, riding them forward to better, greener, innovations.
Elon Musk’s rationalization to Goalcast of what he was hoping he should do with SpaceX — his area corporation — is the kernel of what he has finished with Tesla. He said, “If we could simply pass the ball ahead, even though we died, a few different enterprise ought to pick out up the baton and hold moving it forward […] that could nonetheless perform a little correct.” Tesla may additionally remain unprofitable, it is able to crash no matter its excessive market cap, but at the very least it has modified the playing field for the better.
inside the equal interview, Musk went on to kingdom that, “there are just times while some thing is critical sufficient, you trust in it enough, that you do it in spite of fear” and “in case you simply receive the chances, then that diminishes fear.” it's far an attitude like this that Musk, and Tesla, have to be lauded for, because it is perception in sturdy beliefs with the intention to drive us forward into a higher future, instead of the clumsy and dangerous mechanisms of collecting income.
whilst we cut through the speculation, the talk, and the verbiage we comprehend that charismatic, idealistic people who are willing to position their fortunes and reputations on the road are necessary, even though they may be valued incorrectly or overhyped. Elon Musk is one such man or woman; allow us to desire for plenty greater. As Walter Lippman as soon as said, “whilst all suppose alike, then no one is questioning.”


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Yapily, a UK-based Open Banking infrastructure developer, has completed the first close of its $51m Series B round led by Sapphire Ventures.
Current backers Lakestar, HV Capital and Latitude also joined the fundraising.
So far, Yapily has raised $69m in total capital.
The fintech firm, which connects businesses to thousands of banks through an open API, looks to foray into new markets including France and Spain using the capital.
Its aim is to expand open banking across Europe, covering 95% of the continent by the end of 2021.
The firm also plans to use the fresh infusion to invest in existing markets including the UK, Italy and Germany.
Plans are on to expand beyond Europe in 2022. The firm also looks to invest ‘heavily’ in its offerings and people, focusing on expanding its engineering capabilities significantly over the next 12 months.
Sapphire Ventures partner and co-founder Andreas Weiskam said: “FinTech is evolving from a vertical to a horizontal sector as companies in many verticals are moving to embed financial services into their offerings. This is a trend we believe is here to stay and relies on the development of a robust financial infrastructure layer.
“The decision to invest in Yapily was clear: an infrastructure-first approach to deliver better and fairer financial services for everyone.”
The client list of Yapily includes American Express, Intuit Quickbooks, Moneyfarm, Volt, Vivid and BUX.
The open banking outfit has a workforce of over 90.
Yapily CEO and founder Stefano Vaccino said: “Europe is leading the world in open finance, and consumers and businesses will start to see more innovation from industries such as mortgages, pensions and insurance, with easier access to financial data and payments infrastructure.
“With more frameworks coming into effect around the globe, the time is right to double down on our growth plans by entering regulatory-led markets and enabling companies to build better and fairer financial products and services.”


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The longtime dream of a downtown grocery store is set to become reality next spring.
Speedway Properties and Nelnet held an official groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for their $11 million redevelopment project at the Lumberworks parking garage along Canopy Street between N and O streets.
The project, now called Canopy Row, will involve three mixed-use buildings: two four-story buildings with first-floor retail and three floors of apartments, and one five-story building with first-floor retail and four floors of office space.
Clay Smith, general partner with Speedway Properties, said construction will start first on the four-story building on the south side of the garage, facing N Street, which will have the Canopy Street Market on the first floor.
Smith said the goal is to have the grocery store open by May or June, with apartment units ready shortly after that.
The Canopy Street Market is a collaboration between Mark Whitehead of Whitehead Oil, who owns the U-Stop convenience stores, and Jill Moline, who runs three grocery stores in western Nebraska and eastern Colorado.
Moline, whose husband is Allo Communications President Brad Moline, said the 10,000-square-foot grocery store will be a full-service market, with a meat counter, deli and fresh produce. It also will offer online ordering and delivery, she said.
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Smith said the project fulfills the dreams of many people, especially the grocery store, which has been a goal of city officials for decades.
"It's always been viewed as the holy grail of downtown development," he said.
Smith said construction on the other residential building and the office building are expected to be completed by next fall.
The two residential buildings will have a total of 53 one- and two-bedroom apartments. They will be targeted at young professionals and will have high-end amenities, such as granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances and balconies.
Smith said the office building will have about 12,000 feet of space, which he hopes will attract startup companies.
He said Fuse Coworking at Eighth and P streets, which Speedway and Nelnet jointly own, is at capacity, and companies that graduate from there to their own office space often can't find any in the Haymarket.
The Canopy Row project, which originally was called Lumberworks Lofts, was supposed to start construction early this year, but site issues, including contamination and the need to move electrical transformers, set it back.
"We're excited to get started," Smith said.
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Much like fellow limited-production luxury automaker Rolls-Royce, Bentley is on track for another record sales year after global deliveries in 2014 increased by 23 percent to 5,254 cars, up from 4,279 cars in the first six months of 2013.
Bentley says the brand experienced strong growth across all regions and saw the most notable gains in China and the Middle East, after sales increased in the regions by 61 percent and 27 percent respectively. The Americas remained the automaker’s number one market position, with the brand delivering 1,388 cars in the region, representing an increase of 8 percent year over year.
A Strong performance in Europe, mainly in Germany, helped Bentley post a sales increase of 11% to 825 cars so far this year, an jump from 740 cars in 2013. Deliveries in the UK also rose by 2 percent from 698 units in 2013 to 713.The success continued in the Asia Pacific region with 323 cars delivered, a huge 46 percent rise from the year earlier. Japan saw a similar sales spike, with 150 cars sold, a 56 percent growth over 2013.
Bentley says new model introductions such as the Continental GT V8 S, Flying Spur and Flying Spur V8 have helped drive sales this year and should continue to do so as it looks to break its all-time sales record in 2014.


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Morrison Wm Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) Rating Reaffirmed
Morrison Wm Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) shares have had their Buy Rating reiterated by professional analysts at Jefferies International in a very recent research note distributed on Friday, 11 December.
From a total of 18 analysts covering Morrison Wm Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) stock, 5 rate it a ”Buy”, 9 a “Sell”, and 8 a ”Hold”. This means that 23% of the ratings are positive. The highest target price is GBX 260 while the lowest target price is GBX 125. The mean of all analyst targets is GBX 177.33 with a 24.19% above today’s (GBX 141.54) stock price. Morrison Wm Supermarkets PLC was the topic of 58 analyst reports since July 29, 2015 according to the firm StockzIntelligence Inc. HSBC upgraded shares on December 9 to “Hold” rating. Deutsche Bank maintained shares with “Sell” rating and GBX 155 target share price in a report from a November 18. Bernstein maintained MRW stock in a recent report from December 4 with “Market Perform” rating. Citigroup maintained the rating on November 17. Citigroup has a “Buy” rating and a GBX 145 price target on shares. Finally, Societe Generale maintained the stock with “Sell” rating in a report issued on a November 18.
The stock increased 0.45% or GBX 0.64 on December 10, striking GBX 141.54. Approximately shares of stock traded hands. WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) has declined 21.37% since May 14, 2015 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 19.44% the S&P500.
Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC is a United Kingdom supermarket group. The company has a market cap of 3.34 billion GBP. The Firm is a fresh food maker in the United Kingdom. It currently has negative earnings. The Firm owns, operates and controls its fresh food supply chain.


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Back in June, it was reported that Apple was planning on bringing another oft-requested feature to its first smart speaker, the HomePod.
At the time, the report indicated that the HomePod would be gaining quite a few different features once iOS 12 arrives later this year. Those features included the addition of multiple timers, Find My iPhone, and the ability to support phone calls, too. Of course, at the time nothing was confirmed and it was just a rumor, but it looks like Apple has let the cat out of the bag.
Following the seed of the fifth developer of iOS 12 on Monday, it has been confirmed that Apple does indeed plan on adding support for phone calls with its smart speaker at some point in the near future. The setup screen for the HomePod includes a section where you must “Enable Personal Requests”, which, with iOS 11.4, includes things like reading text messages, create notes, add reminders, and more.
However, with the iOS 12 developer beta, that splash screen now includes the addition of “make phone calls”. That’s all it says for now, though. And while it does get added to the mix with the iOS 12 beta, it doesn’t necessarily mean that Apple will have the feature ready to go for the public when the software goes live in late September. Still, it seems like a good guess that Apple is expecting this to be available for customers at some point during the release schedule of iOS 12.
It is also worth pointing out that the HomePod is updated when iOS receives its public updates, so it’s not possible to actually test out the feature just yet, even with the developer beta being out there.
Are you looking forward to the addition of this feature?
This is one of those features that probably should have been available to HomePod owners right out of the gate, but, as we mentioned in our multiple-step review of the smart speaker, Apple’s first attempt may have missed a few important cues, but the sound quality of the accessory makes it worth the wait for some of these things.
What else would you like to see Apple add to the mix?
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Team members and visitors to Rural Northwest Health can have better protection for their skin after the installation of a new hand hygiene system.
A new range of soap, sanitiser and hand cream dispensers have been installed at all three campuses to increase the level of hygiene while providing the added skin care protection. Rural Northwest Health infection control nurse Maree Bell said the installation of the foam dispensers would help her role.
“We had a liquid crème hygiene system in place but after extensive surveying and testing with our team members, we decided to switch to the foam system,” Mrs Bell said.
“Our feedback so far has suggested that the foam soap was gentler on sensitive skin but still an effective cleanser,” she said.
“We have also added several new hand hygiene stations so that people can access the products from every corner of each campus.”
Mrs Bell said soap and water was still the best way to kill the germs that cause influenza.
“We should always be conscious of keeping our hands clean but during times when people are affected by diarrhea and vomiting or the flu, we must all clean our hands with soap and water,” she said.
“We can’t just rely on a sanitiser during these times because it’s not as effective.”
Mrs Bell said everyone that visited a place of care had a responsibility to clean their hands thoroughly both on arrival and departure.
“The easiest way to pass on germs is with our hands.”
The foam-based formula is also more environmentally friendly because there is less wastage.


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Macclesfield-based Kinaxia Logistics has appointed Simon Hobbs to the newly-created role of group chief executive.
Simon is a leading industry figure having held senior positions with Kuehne + Nagel, CEVA Logistics and DHL.
Kinaxia is a top 15 UK logistics group in the transport and warehouse sector, comprising 13 businesses with 1,800 staff and 920 vehicles. The group, which has its headquarters in Adlington Park, has two million sq ft of warehouse facilities nationwide, offering contract packing, e-fulfilment, returns management and storage services and has annual revenues topping £200m.
Kinaxia Group founders Graham Norfolk and Peter Fields said: “In line with our recent growth and increase in scale and complexity, we have reviewed our management structure and created a new role of chief executive. Simon has a wealth of customer, operations and commercial experience gained from senior supply chain roles with DHL Supply Chain, CEVA Logistics and, more recently, Kuehne + Nagel.”
Simon said: “I am delighted to have the opportunity to join Kinaxia at such an exciting time for the group. Kinaxia is already in the top 15 of UK logistics companies and we are confident that our ‘Family of families’ approach will result in sustained growth as we continue to offer local expertise, ownership and entrepreneurship with a national capability.”


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Insurers should be tailoring their claims payment options to the type of claim a policyholder has, a U.S. payment provider said during a recent webinar.Technology
“If its a disaster, [a policyholder] may need money immediately to go get a hotel room or to buy necessities,” said Jeff Brown, president of Plano, Tex.-based claims payment provider VPay. “If its a total loss on their car, it may be a different type of payment that they want.”
Some insurers may have customers who choose to pay their premiums with a debit or credit card.
“You can capture that information and reuse that same information to [pay] the policyholder money back in the event of the claim,” Brown said during Shaping Claims Experience in the Next Normal: Find Your Competitive Edge, a webinar hosted Sept. 9 by Reuters Events.
The webinar explored how the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing carriers to move forward more quickly with their digital transformation and innovation plans.


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It may have been less than two weeks, but for many loyal customers, it was still a painfully long wait.
Owatonna bagel buffs rejoiced on Friday when Old Town Bagels and Cafe was back open for business following an 11-day closure. This specific closure, however, had nothing to do with the ongoing pandemic and everything to do with a new exciting adventure for the cafe’s owners and all of the community.
The OTB Cafe opened brand new doors that morning, located alongside their former location on the 200 block of North Cedar Avenue. Owners Mark and Stacy Wilson had been wanting to expand their wildly popular business for a handful of years, and when Mac Hamilton of Hamilton Real Estate Group presented his plan to totally redevelop that block, the perfect opportunity finally presented itself. Because Hamilton had no desire of knocking down the building that housed the bagel shop, the former Jerry’s Supper Club and an empty space between the two, the decision was made early on that the Wilsons would expand into the vacant space.
The reconstruction of the cafe’s new space, done by Mohs Contracting, has been ongoing all fall, but Sept. 26 marked the beginning of the official transition between the two locations.
“Our oven is 8-foot-by-8-foot-by-8-foot and hard to be taken apart piece by piece to get out the front door,” laughed Mark Wilson. “The same with our walk-in cooler, but we got it all moved over and it filled the space pretty good.”
Optimistic they could make the transition happen in one week, Wilson joked that they needed a bit more time to make sure everything was in place for the grand re-opening. When the time finally came Friday, the public showed their appreciation — and loyalty — abundantly.
“It was a very good, very busy weekend,” Wilson said. “A lot of people were impressed with the remodel, and a lot of our regulars came in. Then they shared it with their friends and were back with those friends the next day.”
There was also a sea of blue that emerged into the cafe, Wilson said, when the students were able to go explore the new location following the early release for Owatonna’s Homecoming celebration.
“The kids found us,” he laughed.
Wilson said the staff is still adjusting to the new space, but that they are happy to have new and additional equipment to get food made and out to hungry customers. They are also working on hiring additional staff, he said, and are hoping to onboard a couple new employees each week for the rest of the month.
More than a new look
The new location is only one small portion of what is new at OTB Cafe — a noticeable change being the new-ish name they are promoting.
“Cafe has always been in the name and ‘Old Town Bagels’ is such a mouth full,” said Stacy Wilson. “The Old Town Bagels is still there, but we thought it made sense with the update to push this name.”
New signage is currently being developed to hang in the front and back of the store, showcasing the ‘OTB Cafe,’ but iconic pieces of ‘Old Town Bagels’ is still on full display from the painted windows to the sign that hung in the former location.
Another major new piece is what customers will be greeted with when they first walk into the front door of the cafe — ice cream. This spring, the cafe partnered with Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co., a family-owned creamery based in Madison, Wisconsin, to become proprietors for the Owatonna area to serve the premium ice cream. The Wilsons took the ice cream show on the circuit this summer, including catering a high school graduation and scooping up servings at the Steele County Free Fair, and now in their new location, the ice cream will be a permanent fixture.
“There will always be 24 flavors available, but some of those flavors will change, because there are more than just 24 flavors,” Mark Wilson said of what will be available in the shop. “We’re selling pints as well, and if someone wants a pint of a flavor we don’t currently have in the cooler, if they give us some notice we will happily get it pinted for them.”
The ice cream also served as one of the catalysts of the other major change for the bagel shop: new store hours. Having always closed after the lunch rush in the past, the cafe will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
“Our kitchen will still close at 2:30, so we won’t be making sandwiches and such after that time,” Wilson said. “But we will have sweet treats, ice cream and coffee all evening.”
The cafe will still be closed on Sundays.
A sign of what’s to come
While the excitement of reopening is still fresh, Wilson said what was experienced this weekend is just one small part of the excitement of what is still yet to come for downtown Owatonna.
The bigger picture of Hamilton’s reconstruction plan for the building is for it to coincide with the Marriott Courtyard hotel opening on the same block, as well as apartments simultaneously being built on Pearl Street. A downtown hotel has been on the wish list for Owatonna leaders for decades, and also served as a catalyst for the city to begin the streetscape road reconstruction project. The streetscape project, which is reconstructing the 100-300 blocks of North Cedar Avenue, is scheduled for completion during the 2022 construction season.
“It’s all happening and finally coming to light,” said Wilson, adding that he hopes members of the community will see the cafe’s new look as a promising sign of what is yet to come for the downtown district. “We were just the first little step, and there is a lot more to come.”


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Prior to the pandemic, VeriSign’s (NASDAQ: VRSN) stock had returned a whopping 150% for its shareholders within a span of 3 years! That’s a lot to celebrate about. But how did the company accomplish this? For starters, it did something fundamentally right. Besides modest revenue growth, it expanded its already healthy net margins by a significant 30%. But that’s not all - its P/E ratio saw a huge 100% increase during this timeframe, suggesting that investors rewarded something more than ’a more efficient operating model.’ So what was it? It was VeriSign’s renewed agreement that secures its market position in domain name registry and unlike the previous agreement, allows it to raise prices. Our dashboard Why VeriSign stock is up 153.3% between 2016 and 2019 even though revenue increased 7.8% ? summarizes key factors that drove VeriSign’s stock over the past 3 years.
VeriSign Became Much More Profitable In Last 3 Years
VeriSign’s earnings per share expanded 25% between 2016 and 2019. This can largely be attributed to its net margin increasing from nearly 39% in 2016 to almost 50% in 2019. A closer look indicates a more efficient operating model. The company has been able to bring down its cost of revenue (as % of revenue) from 17.4% to 14.7%. In addition, it is now spending less on marketing as % of revenue than it did 3 years ago. It has also managed to keep R&D expenditure under control. In fact, its operating costs have declined by nearly $30 million despite almost a $90 million revenue increase.
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VeriSign’s P/E doubled from 18.5 at the end of 2016 to 37 at the end of 2019, showing a consistent increase. While increasing operational efficiency is partially the reason - VeriSign’s renewed agreement could be another key factor that investors rewarded significantly.
VeriSign has a strong advantage in the form of exclusive rights to .com and .net domains which have a combined market share of 44%. The company gets exclusive rights to be a registry for these domains from ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). Usually, these rights get renewed at the end of the period if VeriSign holds up to its end of the bargain in terms of service levels. The new .com agreement, that will last until November 2024, allows VeriSign to increase prices 7% annually, unlike the previous agreement where a price freeze was implemented. This has a dual effect. First, a big chunk of VeriSign’s revenue comes from renewals and periodic price increases will virtually assure it revenue growth. Second, this competitive advantage potentially allows it to rationalize costs, such as reducing marketing expense, and become even more profitable.
Even though VeriSign has decided to freeze its prices for 2020 given the current COVID-19 situation, we believe that it is well positioned to cash in its competitive advantage as the situation improves. With this pricing decision, it can continue to acquire new customers as well as retain the existing ones. This was visible in its Q1 2020 earnings when it processed 10 million new domain name registrations. These new customers become cash cows for the future when VeriSign raises prices.
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Top aluminum rolled products maker Novelis announced on Monday the surprise ouster of Chief Executive Officer Philip Martens who helped the India-owned firm shift toward the automotive sector.
The abrupt departure over the weekend of Martens, a former Ford executive who took over the role in 2009, comes as Novelis has successfully positioned itself as a key supplier of flat rolled aluminum products to the automotive industry, where demand for the lighter metal is burgeoning as automakers seek to design more energy-efficient vehicles.
Novelis spokesman Neil Hirsch did not specify a reason for the board's decision to terminate Martens, adding that the company would maintain its focus on premium products under interim CEO Steve Fisher, who previously served as chief financial officer and was instated effective immediately.
"They decided it was the appropriate time for new leadership," Hirsch told Reuters, adding that the April 1 start of the Indian fiscal year was a factor in t1he timing. "While this is a change in leadership, it's not a change in strategy."
Martens could not immediately be reached for comment. The search for Martens' permanent replacement is currently under way, Novelis said on Monday.
Atlanta-based Novelis is a unit of Indian group Hindalco Industries, a flagship company of the Mumbai-based conglomerate Aditya Birla Group.
Martens joined Novelis two years after it was acquired by Hindalco following its 2005 spinoff from aluminum producer Alcan Inc., now part of Rio Tinto Alcan.
He spent most of his career in the automotive industry, including 18 years at Ford, which is a Novelis customer and a big supporter of the shift from steel to aluminum in body sheet following the launch of the aluminum-intensive F-150 truck in January 2014.
Martens' termination comes after Novelis set records in aluminum shipments for the can and automotive industries in the third quarter of fiscal year 2015, as it neared full capacity in its production of automotive sheet for Ford.
"That's a groundbreaking application for them," one market source said of Novelis' dealings with Ford, adding that he was "dumbfounded" to learn of Martens' departure.
The sudden move amid solid performance from the company in recent quarters took many in the market by surprise.
"This is a big shake-up," one trader said.


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“We’re excited to partner with BigCommerce to enable online retailers around the world tap into smart tech solutions for making their business more profitable,” said Soumik Chowdhury, Co-founder of Codaemon, “By getting access to our robust SaaS offerings, retailers will be able to create additional sales opportunities from multiple channels.”
Codaemon will bring a new level of integration, service and support for its clients selling with BigCommerce. Companies of all sizes work with BigCommerce to launch, promote, manage and scale successful online businesses through its platform. According to analysis conducted by market research firm Ipsos, online stores built on BigCommerce grow approximately twice as fast as the e-commerce industry average. By selecting a flexible, cost-effective SaaS model, retailers are able to focus on managing their business, not the technology behind it.
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Couples have Valentine’s Day but singletons also have a day all to themselves – November 11 or 11.11. What better day is there to represent the single life than four ones in a row? Introduced by Alibaba back in 2009 the day’s known as the massive shopping craze for “singles”. After all, who needs a relationship when there’s shopping?
In essence, it is a form of Black Friday, this sale was a godsend for many online retail services that would have a massive gap between National Day and Chinese New Year. However, the most important part was that the consumers loved it and every year since people have been cashing-in.
While most of us have been scammed at least once with online shopping, hoping to snag a great deal but ending up with a dud. Fret not, the government's got our back. They passed a law that imposes a heavy fine to online retailers with false advertising on their products. The cleanup will also affect those sneaky sellers that delete negative reviews and they’re subject to fines of up to ¥200,000.
It’s good to finally hear that finally, consumers get some payback from all those dead-end searches and pesky scams. With the law on the consumer’s side we can all shop a little bit safer, however never let your guard down and be careful this weekend. Happy Double 11 to everyone.
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Consumer confidence improves as world economy settles
AFTER a gloomy end to 2012 for retailers, the new year could finally herald some flickers of good news.
The settling of the world economy has finally begun to calm spenders, even as the high Australian dollar and fall in mining investment remains a concern nationally.
That is the word of retail forecasts from Deloitte Access Economics, released on Wednesday and charting the final three months of last year.
Retail spending across the board remained lower than hoped with retailers following the lead of their mining counterparts, cutting costs in order to survive the sluggish conditions.
But there was some green shoots beginning to break through as low interest rates from the Reserve Bank work through the economy and consumer confidence improves.
For Queensland, the retail sector is stronger than the national average, increasing 5% in the final months of last year.
It appears - for now at least - to be trudging ahead even as the Queensland Government and mining sector cut workers.
That rate of growth could plateau over coming years, as those slashings begin to bite on spending habits.
Retailers in New South Wales are struggling by comparison, but lower interest rates will be particularly celebrated in Australia's most populous state, because its citizens hold the most debt.
Deloitte Access Economics predicts some improvement to the home-building industries, which should hopefully knock some benefits into the retail sector.
Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian retailers have been going through particularly tough times as the high Australian dollar hold them back from stronger sales.
If that dollar could just slide back, much of Australia's retail sector could reap the benefits.


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According to a recent survey from iTOK, for Father’s day, 47% of older dads (age 55+) are interested in laptops, tablets, tvs, smart tvs — all sorts of technology — for entertainment. Dads of any age find gadgets amusing, but 21% said they’d want a technology gift so they could feel closer to their families. Of the respondents, 89% are aging-in-place, so technology represents an even more appealing way to stay in touch with family.
While a majority of older adults say they need assistance when it comes to using new digital devices, once they join the online world, digital technology often becomes an integral part of their lives, according to Pew Research.
The full survey results are available here: https://www.itok.net/fathers-day-gift-survey/
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Four wanted for using counterfeit Walmart cash vouchers
BATON ROUGE – East Baton Rouge Sheriff's detectives are looking for four individuals wanted for using counterfeit Walmart cash vouchers on Feb. 25.
According to reports, four individuals entered the Walmart located in the 2100 block of O'Neal Lane around 9:30 p.m. They presented a total of seven counterfeit Walmart cash vouchers. The vouchers were used to purchase seven $500 prepaid debit cards, resulting in Walmart sustaining a financial loss of $3,500.
Anyone with information concerning the incident or the identities of the suspects is asked to call the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office at 225-389-5000.


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Unreal Eats is Healthy Living's original video series, where we go behind calorie counts and health claims to examine what's really in the processed foods that scream loudest in our food environment.
Nobody walks into (or drives through) a fast food restaurant expecting to order a health food. But you might, at the very least, expect that what you order is, well, what you order. Chicken is chicken and beef is beef, right? Think again: What many fast food meals feature is real-life mystery meat.
Take, for instance, the chicken nugget. A paper published online last month by The American Journal of Medicine looked at two nuggets from two different, unidentified national fast food chains: Each was comprised of just 50 percent or less muscle tissue, which is what we typically define as chicken, Reuters reported. The rest of the pair of nuggets was made up of a hodgepodge of pure fat, blood vessels, pieces of bone, nerves and cartilage.
"What has happened is that some companies have chosen to use an artificial mixture of chicken parts rather than low-fat chicken white meat, batter it up and fry it and still call it chicken," lead author Dr. Richard D. deShazo, of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, told Reuters Health. "It is really a chicken by-product high in calories, salt, sugar and fat that is a very unhealthy choice."
Beyond the obvious gross-out factor, these chicken bits probably aren't particularly harmful, explains David Katz, M.D., founding director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center and author of the new book Disease Proof. But they're definitely not doing the body any good, and typically have a poorer overall nutrition profile compared to plain white-meat chicken.
"It stands to reason that the enormous, high volume mass production of model-shaped chicken bits -- that are then concealed inside breading -- would not be made from the best parts of chicken because the best parts of chicken are more expensive," he tells HuffPost. "All of this is, of course, substantially less nutritious than what we typically think of as chicken."
But while a concoction of blood vessels, nerves and chipped bones might be stomach-turning for many consumers, everything else that's packed into a chicken nugget could be even more concerning.
"Things like blood vessels are usually not the problem," Richard Prayson, M.D., section head of Cleveland Clinic's Department of Anatomic Pathology, tells The Huffington Post. "Chemical additives and preservatives are potentially the issue."
And there are plenty of them. In the four fast food companies we surveyed in the video above (which were not necessarily the same companies examined for deShazo's paper), each nugget packed upwards of 20- to 30-plus ingredients, on top of the obvious one: chicken.
Among the ingredient lists we scoured were dimethylpolysiloxane, an anti-foaming agent also used in Silly Putty and propylene glycol, a chemical found in antifreeze. While Katz explains that both additives (as well as others) are classified as "generally recognized as safe" by the FDA, he says this doesn't mean they're "safe," just that they haven't been proven "unsafe."
"If something is clearly not the way it ought to be, assume potential harm until it's proven to be safe," he says. "I would invoke the precautionary principle and say that something that sounds dubious should be considered harmful... If it's not a native part of the food supply, I wouldn't eat it."
Same goes for the vague, catch-all term "artificial ingredients," which popped up on one of the lists. "'Artificial ingredients' are not really food at all, so they are inevitably a bad idea," Katz says, adding that this doesn't mean "natural ingredients" are healthy, either. "Natural doesn't mean good for us; pure lard is natural." (And sometimes "natural ingredients" aren't what most anyone would consider edible.)
One of the brands also included the additive monosodium glutamate, a.k.a. MSG, which has been linked to headaches, flushing and sweating, among other symptoms, in certain people. And they all contained sugar, or the sugar alias dextrose. If that seems confusing, since nuggets are a savory treat, you're not alone, according to Katz. "We call this stealth sugar," he says. "Everybody wrestles with a sweet tooth and thinks about dessert. What they don't realize is that sugar is added to almost everything ... You've been bathing your taste buds in sugar all day long and when it's time for dessert you need even more sugar."
And where there's sugar, sodium usually isn't far behind. A 470-calorie order of 10 McDonald's Chicken McNuggets, for instance, clocks in at 900 mg of sodium, well over one third of the daily recommended intake for an adult (that's before the fries).
A chicken nugget isn't, of course, the only dubious meat offender at fast food chains: according to Prayson, who was a co-author on 2008 research published in the Annals of Diagnostic Pathology investigating what's really in fast food hamburgers, hot dogs and burgers often contain less than 20 percent meat.
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World-leading global Freight Forwarding specialists Peters & May has continued to strengthen during the first six months of 2022 despite market challenges caused by the ongoing impact of Covid-19 and the conflict in Ukraine.
The Peters & May marine team, headquartered in the UK and represented by ten offices worldwide, has overseen just short of 1500 yacht shipments so far this year and its sales teams are already busy with requests coming in from clients, private individuals and charter companies for shipments in 2023.
In response to the continuing high volume of work, Peters & May has expanded its UK sales team with the appointment of Cassandre Avery. Avery’s career with Peters & May began in 2017 in the charter and operations department. With years of experience and knowledge in pricing and charter shipments, her role has expanded to support and strengthen the existing sales team.
The Peters & May Racing Yacht Transportation team has experienced an exceptional year so far, with the highlight being getting RED Bull Alinghi Racing’s newly acquired boat and associated gear to Spain for the build-up to the next America’s Cup, and continued movements around the TP52 Super Series.
The easing of restrictions to counter Covid-19 has clearly enhanced Peters & May’s clients’ need to travel and be active once more. However, the impact of the pandemic on economies is still being felt, global price rises largely caused by the conflict in Ukraine have been a hindrance,…
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Google will reveal the Pixel 2 phone on October 4
- Author: Latoya Cobb Sep 15, 2017,
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And now the tech enthusiasts around the world are eagerly waiting for the launch of Googles Pixel 2 devices.
The landing page asks for an email address to be alerted with updates, and this same date and a tagline about asking "more of your phone" which appeared on a billboard in Boston this week (via MobileSyrup).
In other words, we can expect the next Pixel smartphones to arrive on 4 October. If a person has not bought the phone straight from Google then they won't be offered a Pixel XL as a replacement. It is safe to assume though that the 64GB Nexus 6P will be exchanged with the larger capacity Pixel XL.
A day later, Google is confirming that date with an official announcement. There are also chances of Google Pixel XL 2 launching on the same date. The Pixel Phones will compete with Samsung Galaxy S8, iPhone 8 and iPhone X. We are more than happy, for we have to wait less than a month to see who will have the last laugh. The current generation Pixel and Pixel XL have received mostly positive reviews - especially for their cameras that are considered best in the business right now - and hopefully the their successor would be even better. 2017 is all about full-screen phones, and the Pixel 2 XL will be just that thanks to LG. And since Huawei has stopped making the device, Google has made a decision to offer a better replacement - a spanking new Pixel XL.
Google unveiled the Pixel & Pixel XL smartphones, and they attracted many customers and critic. Google is hinting at what its new device will have with its "Ask More" campaign, including a video the search engine giant released on Thursday morning. The Taimen is the bigger phone, while the Walleye is the smaller one.
Since Qualcomm had already announced that there won't be a Snapdragon 836, the Pixel 2 and the Pixel XL 2 would probably be powered by the Snapdragon 835 which is now the processor used in every other top end phones.


text: On January 22, 2018, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced that the Trump Administration is granting relief for the domestic solar panels and modules industry under section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974. This confirmed the fears of many consumers that there substantial additional duties would be imposed on those products. USTR announced that the relief would come in the form of a tariff increase of 30% in the first year, decreasing to 25% in year two, 20% in year three, and then to 15% in year four. On January 23, 2018, President Trump signed the Proclamation implementing the relief. The relief will go into effect on February 7, 2018. For additional information on the implications of this decision, you can read the full blog post on Husch Blackwell’s Emerging Energy Insights.


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Bursa, which introduced Turkey to the first OSB 55 years ago, is signing another first. The Technology Industry Zone (TEKNOSAB), which has a project volume of 25 billion dollars and a total area of 10 million square meters, will be installed. Stuttgart, Germany’s most active city in trade, was taken as a model for the ‘next-generation industrial region’, where the Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTSO) will live up to its dreams. This model will not sell land to investors. All factory buildings will be leased to the investor in a proper manner. The project will be the largest investment outside the public.
BTSO Chairman Ibrahim Burkay, the meeting held in May, 700 million pounds in infrastructure investment will start in the month, said: “2018 will invite investors. The total investment to be made here with the companies is 25 billion dollars, “he said.


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Eterna Releases Earnings Forecast for Q1-2024
Eterna Plc (Ticker: ETERNA) has released its first quarter of financial year 2024 earnings forecast, according to its latest regulatory filling on the Nigerian Exchange.
Details show that the company is expecting its first quarter profit to settle at about N392 million despite large revenue estimated at N54 billion. A review of the company’s earnings forecast showed that its operation is highly cost intensive.
Its estimated costs of sales was more than N50 billion, leaving the company with about N2.6 billion as gross profit in the first quarter of 2024.
Unfortunately, large marking expenses laid additional substantial claim against the tiny gross profit in the period, its estimates showed. The company indicates it is going to spend N1.68 billion on marketing, distribution and administrative expenses in the period.
This left the company about N576 million as pretax profit in the period after it has cater for its interest payable and similar charge of more than N363 million. Nigeria Eurobond Slumps after CBN Resumes OMO Auction
Despite small profit in relation to strong topline, the company seems to be a cash king. It expects cash and cash equivalent at the end of Q1-2024 to print at N3.12 billion. Eternal Plc. market valuation settled at N17 billion after share price traded flat at N13.1 this week.


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Being a NHL Hockey fan in the last 8 years has been great. The game has constantly been growing with each year gaining more revenue (record $3.3 billion last year), new rule changes and the overall skill getting higher. The league’s teams have been fairly balanced with 29 out of 30 teams making the playoffs (sorry Leafs fans). The only problem we had to deal with during those years would have to be the 2004 lockout. I remember it quite vividly.
Brian Burke has been the GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs for almost 4 years now and still hasn’t made the playoffs with this team. If you have told him when he came here that he would be in a lottery pick position, he probably would’ve banned you from ever coming to any press meeting because the idea of that happening is so absurd. Well guess what? The idea came true and it has now been 8 years since the Leafs have ever been in the playoffs. With Leafs fans getting very restless, especially after this season’s demise where they were playoff locks at the beginning of February to being playoff no hopes within only a few weeks, they want Burke to do some dramatic moves during this summer but what exactly can he do?
PS Vita hitting stores THIS OCTOBER?! That is like 2 months away!
Rumors have been running rampant about the date of when the PS Vita will hit stores. Just a few days ago, publisher 505 Games released a press release stating that Supremacy MMA will be coming “in the fall” for PS Vita. This was interesting due to the fact that SONY HASN’T ANNOUNCED A RELEASE DATE YET. So no way a game would come out BEFORE a system has launched right?
Well, Blockbuster decided to add some more fuel to the fire by releasing a flyer in the UK. Here is that flyer:
Yep, Blockbuster is now putting out that the PS Vita Wi-Fi and 3G models will be out on October 28th in the UK. So who wants to take bets that Sony will be announcing the release date soon?


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Make the hogs pay more:Time Warner Cable Internet testing pay-per-use
Here's how CNet says it works: The cheap package is $30, which gets you 5 GB and slow downloads. The more deluxe package is $55 and comes with faster service and 40 GB. Internet providers dream of selling service this way. Time Warner told the AP that 5% of users are bandwidth hogs that use up half the bandwidth.
Most people don't know how much they use, but would do OK with the lower plan. But the huge catch is they'd have to tolerate the slow speed. The slow speed is 768 kilobits per second; fast is 15 megabits per second. And everyone likes to think they'll soon be taking advantage of all new kinds of distracting online technologies and they don't want to close themselves off from the possibility. Especially those who bought a computer with a TV tuner.
Wireless broadband customers at Verizon already pay metered usage. But they get connected by a USB modem anywhere. The cheap plan, which seems nearly identical to Time Warner's metered plan, is $35 --- but it's completely portable. You get the 5 MB. I'd assume it's slow. Verizon describes it as "average download speeds of 600 Kbps – 1.4 Mbps."
If the lower plan were lower still, say $15, it might be worth it for the unenthusiastic internet user. But $30 is no bargain. I don't see any advantage to consumers in the metered plan.


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Japanese apparel brand Uniqlo has announced a new clothing line to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Super Mario series.
The new line, which will feature T-shirts for men, women, and kids, will launch worldwide on April 13, 2020.
Here are the kids size T-shirts:
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T-shirts for women will be revealed at a later date.
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I was living in Miami, the hometown and headquarters of the Burger King Corporation, more than 40 years ago when they coined the “Have It your Way” slogan for their flagship burger, The Whopper. Over the intervening years, they’ve expanded the use of that well-known meme for their entire menu.
But no more.
Today BK, as it’s now known, announced that they would be dropping the “Have It Your Way” burger buzz phrase for the more “personal” ad slogan of “Be Your Way.”
I will, thank you. I would have been anyway.
The new campaign is set to begin with ads airing across the country tonight. If you see one, let me know what you think of the new catch phrase.


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SINGAPORE: The number of resale transactions for flats rose nearly 19 per cent in the third quarter of this year as prices remained flat, according to figures released by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) on Friday (Oct 26).
Resale transactions jumped from 5,941 cases in the second quarter to 7,063 cases in the July to September period, an 18.9 per cent increase. On a year-on-year basis, resale transactions for the third quarter were 21.6 per cent higher.
The resale price index dipped slightly by 0.1 per cent from 131.7 in the second quarter to 131.6 in the third quarter.
Resale prices for HDB flats have been on the decline over the last year. Prices fell 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2017, 0.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2017 and 0.8 per cent in the first quarter of this year, although they inched up 0.1 per cent in the second quarter.
3,800 BTO FLATS ON OFFER
The HDB also announced it will offer about 3,800 Build-to-Order (BTO) flats in Sembawang, Sengkang, Tampines, Tengah and Yishun.
Those in Sembawang, Sengkang and Yishun will have a shorter waiting time of two-and-a-half years, instead of the typical three to four years, for the flat buyers, HDB added.
Source: Channel NewsAsia, 26th October 2018 (Photo: Gaya Chandramohan, Graph: HDB)


text: 5G is the fifth generation of mobile communication networks. Most consumers now use 3G or 4G/LTE networks, which were introduced to the public in 2001 and 2009, respectively. AT&T shuttered its 2G system in early 2017. Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint have said they’ll continue to operate their 2G networks through 2019, 2020, and 2021, respectively. It is anticipated that 5G systems will use existing cell towers and small cells.


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The first estimate of UK GDP in the final quarter of 2016 is out, and the data was good.
The UK economy grew by 0.6 per cent in the final quarter of 2016, taking the annual growth rate to 2.2 per cent, this was a tad better than expected. The UK grew at a quarterly rate of 0.6 per cent in each of the last three-quarters of 2016, if it wasn't for a more lackluster 0.3 per cent growth rate in Q1, it would have been a clean sweep.
But can it last?
Samuel Tombs, Chief UK Economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics thinks not. He said: "The economy’s brisk growth at the end of 2016 has all the hallmarks of being driven by an unsustainable consumer spending spree." Highlighting a The 0.8 per cent quarter-on-quarter increase in services output, a pick-up in inflation and slight decline in employment in Q4 he said: "Output in the distribution, hotels and restaurants sector rose by 1.7 per cent, accounting for 0.3 percentage points rise in the services output." He added that "real households’ incomes were no higher than in Q3, so consumers appear to have turned to debt to spend more. "
Ruth Gregory, UK Economist at Capital Economics said: "balance of growth looks set to shift this year. The forthcoming rise in inflation will probably hit the recently strong-performing consumer services sector, while the more competitive exchange rate should help to bolster industrial activity."
While agreeing that the economy may slow down this year, she said: "We don’t expect the slowdown to be too severe. For a start, the strong end to last year provides a solid base for growth in 2017. What’s more, while the adverse effects of the pound’s fall have yet to be fully felt, the same goes for the beneficial effects too. Indeed, past relationships suggest that if the poundremains at current levels, then exporters’ order books will strengthen considerably further during the course of the year. As such, we continue to think that growth will be a reasonable (above-consensus) 1.8 per cent in 2017 as a whole."


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US chamber visits Indonesia
After a two-day visit, the delegation of chamber of commerce of the economically depressed United States found out that the growing Indonesia could be a safe place for investment in the midst of the global recession.
The Singapore-based American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) organized a trade delegation, which comprised of 31 business leaders representing more than 20 United States companies, to visit Indonesia to meet the government and business representatives, on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The delegation met several high ranking officials, including Industry Minister M.S. Hidayat, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu, Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Chairman Gita Wirjawan. US Ambassador for Singapore David I Adelman, who led the delegation, said that the trade mission was important for his country which was struggling to recover its economy.
“American commercial success in Asia is linked to our economic recovery. And success in Indonesia is central to our great success, not only trade but also investment,” Adelman told journalists during a press briefing on Wednesday evening.
AmCham vice chairman of the board of governors Colin Low said that members of delegation in the trade mission fulfilled its objective to learn about Indonesian economy and that the country was ready for more investment.
“When I say ready, the government recognized what its need to do; it got a master plan to build the infrastructure. But it also recognized its weakness. It’s very realistic, it’s very practical,” Low said, referring to the Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Growth (MP3EI).
Low said that Indonesia’s experience maintain economy during 2008 crisis and would likely unaffected by current global economic downturn due to European debt crisis and US slow growth, would make the country as one of safe places for investment.
“If I look to put money and asset and investment, I’ll go to a safer place. I think you’re internally protected because, as I’ve just learned, 70 percent of your economy is internally driven,” Low said on the sidelines of the Wednesday event.
Low also cited AmCham Singapore’s ASEAN Business Outlook survey released in September, which found that Indonesia was the most popular regional destination into which US companies want to expand.
US Ambassador for Indonesia Scot Marciel ensured that his country’s slow economic growth would not influence the two countries’ trade relations.
“US economy is still by far the largest economy in the world. This is the first time in our history that we have slow period. We don’t have trouble to find people who want to work with us, even though the US economy only grew 1 percent in the first half of the year,” Marciel said.
He pointed out that Indonesia’s export to the US rose more than 20 percent while US export to Indonesia grew 17 percent in the first half of this year, despite the economic slowdown.
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Blockade in Suez Canal hits global economy
The blockade in the Suez Canal, along with other disruptions in global supply chains, is becoming a problem for the global economy, which is still suffering from the pandemic. European companies in particular will be hit hard. The global supply and value chains have been under enormous pressure for months.
But even though the traffic jam between Suez and Port Said has cleared, there will likely be continued delays in world trade due to significantly more ships than usual arriving at the destination ports around the globe at once, according to Eva Savelsberg, Head of Logistics at INFORM, an IT company that advises ports and airports on the handling process.
The Suez blockade will be resolved and worldwide movement of goods will be able to flow undisturbed again. However, the effects of such delivery disruptions can still be felt for months.
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Hyundai to suspend production in South Korea due to chip shortage
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co plans to temporarily suspend production at its Ulsan No. 1 plant due to chip and component supply issues from April 7-14. The supply issues involve front view camera systems for Kona sport utility vehicle (SUV) and power electric modules for the IONIQ5.
The automaker was until recently one of the automakers least affected by the chip shortage, mostly because it maintained a large stockpile of chips, unlike its global peers. Honda Motor Co Ltd and General Motors Co both announced last week that they would continue production suspensions at plants in North America for the coming weeks, one of the reasons being due to the chip shortage.
Factory shutdowns, booming demand for laptops and tablets, and sanctions against Chinese tech companies also caused chip shortages in December. It was originally only in the auto industry, but the shortage has since widened to affect a range of consumer electronics, including smartphones.
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Deutsche Post DHL Group dedicating $8.25 billion to green tech
Deutsche Post DHL Group is investing $8.25 billion in green technologies between now and 2030 to help fight climate change. As part of its sustainability strategy, the company also made a commitment to donate 1% of net profits to social impact projects and programs.
DPDHL has not disclosed where the $8.25 will go, but the majority will likely be dedicated to aviation and delivery vehicles due to how large the goals are in those areas. Investments in green buildings will follow closely behind.
DHL Supply Chain’s 140 million-plus square feet of building space in North America already has minimum efficiency standards with LED lighting and HV/AV systems. It is also installing rainwater catchment systems and solar panels at some of the newer buildings.
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Stuck with a leaky pipe or an exposed electric wire that needs fixing? The conventional way is to surf the Yellow Pages (yes, there is an online version now) or flip through the classified pages in your daily newspaper. More often than not, these are not the best methods to locate a service provider who meets your needs. It’s like taking a shot in the dark, and hoping you hit the target. It is not uncommon for consumers to end up with jobs badly done, thereby wasting time and resources in the process. But there may just be a better way to solve your repair problems now. Two enterprising individuals have expanded on the Yellow Pages concept by matching consumers with service providers in a single platform. The result, they claim, is the promise of getting the right fit and therefore ensuring the job is done to the customer’s satisfaction. The objective of the online platform – Kaodim.com – is to integrate consumer requests with service providers’ capabilities. The platform seems to have found quick success, if the claim of the founders is anything to go by. Launched in November last year, Kaodim.com already has 800 businesses – comprising plumbers, general contractors, photographers, electricians, make-up artists and even yoga instructors – on its roster. In less than two months, the service providers on Kaodim.com have already given out cost quotations for jobs valued at a total of US$3.2 million (RM11 million). For the full story, read it on pages 17-18 in the latest issue of Focusweek.
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Crashes involving Tesla Autopilot and different driver-assistance methods get new scrutiny.
A federal security company advised automakers on Tuesday to start reporting and monitoring crashes involving vehicles and vehicles that use superior driver-assistance know-how equivalent to Tesla’s Autopilot and General Motors’ Super Cruise, an indication that regulators are taking the protection implications of such methods extra severely.
Automakers should report severe crashes inside sooner or later of studying about them, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration mentioned. Serious accidents embrace these through which an individual is killed or taken to a hospital, a car needs to be towed away, or airbags are deployed.
“By mandating crash reporting, the company could have entry to important knowledge that can assist shortly establish questions of safety that might emerge in these automated methods,” mentioned Steven Cliff, the company’s performing administrator. “Gathering knowledge will assist instill public confidence that the federal authorities is intently overseeing the protection of automated autos.”
The order comes amid rising concern concerning the security of such methods, particularly Autopilot, which makes use of radar and cameras to detect lane markings, different autos and objects within the street. It can steer, brake and speed up mechanically with little enter from the driving force, however it could possibly generally turn out to be confused.
At least three Tesla drivers have died since 2016 whereas driving with Autopilot engaged. In two instances, the system and the drivers did not cease for tractor-trailers crossing roadways, and in a 3rd the system and the driving force did not keep away from a concrete barrier on a freeway. Tesla has acknowledged that Autopilot can have bother recognizing stopped emergency autos, though the corporate and its chief government, Elon Musk, keep that the system makes its vehicles safer than these of different producers.
The company, which some auto security specialists have criticized for going straightforward on automakers, has begun investigations into about three dozen crashes of autos with superior driver-assistance methods. All however six of these accidents, the primary of which came about in June 2016, concerned Teslas. Ten individuals had been killed in eight of the Tesla crashes, and one pedestrian was killed by a Volvo that Uber was utilizing as a take a look at car.
The new reporting rule is a “welcome first step,” the Center for Auto Safety mentioned in a press release. The middle, a nonprofit in Washington, has been calling on the company to look extra intently at driver-assistance methods and to require automakers to offer extra knowledge on crashes.
Critics of Autopilot say Mr. Musk has overstated the know-how’s talents, and the Autopilot identify has prompted some drivers to consider that they will flip their consideration away from the street whereas the system is turned on. A number of individuals have recorded movies of themselves leaving the driving force’s seat whereas the automobile was in movement. Mr. Musk additionally ceaselessly promotes a extra superior know-how in growth known as Full Self-Driving, which Tesla has allowed some clients to make use of regardless that the corporate has acknowledged to regulators that the system can not drive by itself in all circumstances.
Tesla didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Under the company’s order on Tuesday, automakers should present extra full info on severe crashes involving superior driver-assistance methods inside 10 days. And firms should submit a report on all crashes involving such methods each month.
The company has additionally requested drivers to contact it in the event that they personal a car with a driver-assistance system and consider it has a security defect.


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Wendy’s, the popular fast food chain, has teamed up with Adult Swim’s hit animated series Rick and Morty for an exclusive delivery promotion through Uber Eats. Customers can order their favorite Wendy’s items through the Uber Eats app and deliver them straight to their door. In addition, customers who order through Uber Eats will also receive a limited edition collectible featuring characters from the show.
The promotion, which runs through December 15th, allows both Wendy’s and Rick and Morty fans to enjoy their favorite show while enjoying their favorite food. The collectible features the show’s titular characters, Rick and Morty, and other fan-favorite characters, such as Mr. Meeseeks and the Cromulons.
“We’re excited to partner with Adult Swim and Rick and Morty to offer our customers an exclusive and unique delivery experience,” said Wendy’s CMO, Carl Loredo. “We know that fans of the show love Wendy’s, Rick, and Morty, so it was a natural fit for us to team up and bring something special to our customers.”
The partnership between Wendy’s, Rick, and Morty is not the first time the fast food chain has teamed up with a popular entertainment property. In the past, Wendy’s has collaborated with Marvel for a promotional campaign and partnered with the popular video game Fortnite. This Uber Eats delivery promotion is available for a limited time, so fans of Wendy’s, Rick, and Morty should act fast to take advantage of this unique opportunity.
In conclusion, Wendy’s, Rick, and Morty fans can now simultaneously enjoy their favorite show, and foodand delivered to them via Uber Eats. The limited edition collectible is also a cherry on top for show fans. So, Hurry up, place your order now and enjoy the exclusive delivery experience.