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Mining, ag economic bright spots
ST. PAUL - Rural Minnesota provides the state with its only good news in an otherwise dismal economy.
High grain prices, especially, provide farmers more money to spend than they have seen in years. And Iron Range mines are working as fast as they can to meet demand for steel.
"They are the bright spots that we have," State Economist Tom Stinson said Thursday after an otherwise-bleak economic forecast.

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Auctions Speak Louder Than Words
Mobile bidding for Sunset at the Zoo silent auction starts today
June 1, 2015
The Detroit Zoo’s mobile bidding option for the Sunset at the Zoo silent auction begins June 1, 2015. Bidders can submit offers in advance on their smartphones through GiveSmart and need not be present at the event on June 12 to participate.
More than 25 silent auction items are up for bid at Sunset, including a Gevril watch, a weekend at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, a diamond solitaire necklace, and a chef-prepared sushi and sake night at home. Sponsored by Ilitch Holdings, Inc., the auction also features such “zoonique” experiences as the opportunity to have breakfast with the butterflies, mingle with the macaronis and rendezvous with the rhinos at the Detroit Zoo.
To view the complete catalog of silent auction items and participate in mobile bidding, visit www.detroitzoo.org/sunset/auctions. Bidding will close at 10:30 p.m. on June 12; winners will be announced shortly thereafter and will receive a confirmation text on their phones.
Themed “Summer Chill” in celebration of the Detroit Zoo’s future Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Sunset at the Zoo takes place from 7 to 11:30 p.m., rain or shine. The Zoo closes at 1 p.m. on June 12 in preparation for the festivities.
Presented by Strategic Staffing Solutions, Sunset offers a strolling supper with tastes of signature dishes from 40 of the area’s finest restaurants as well as desserts and zoo-themed specialty drinks. The event also features a live auction, live entertainment, dancing under the stars and access to many of the Zoo’s award-winning animal habitats as the sun goes down.
Supporter tickets for the 21-and-older soiree are $175 per person. Patron tickets are $300 and include a VIP reception, sponsored by DeMaria Wharton-Smith JV, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on June 12. For information and tickets, visit www.detroitzoo.org/sunset.


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Let talents walk into YJIE, understand YJIE, and be included in YJIE.
On the morning of December 19, the 11th “Large-scale Talent Exchange Conference” event entered Taizhou.
At the meeting, the Municipal Talent Office introduced relevant talent policies.
Our company hopes to recruit relevant professional talents in sales, procurement, quality inspection, production, logistics and other aspects.
There are more than 150 high-level talents connecting with YJIE.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address revealed a new direction in economic policy: “import substitution industrialisation”: producing goods locally where possible. The approach was most effective from 1933-1945, during South Africa’s first modern manufacturing boom. The era featured an average 8% annual gross domestic product growth, more economic balance, and even improved racial equity in wages.
The need for local sovereignty is today even greater, given the deindustrialisation-driven jobs bloodbath underway. But Pretoria’s residual economic schizophrenia is remarkable, especially thanks to wasteful subsidies for Special Economic Zones (SEZs).
Substituting imports for exports, according to Ramaphosa, will occur through a clothing and textiles master plan featuring “commitments by retailers to buy goods locally… Government has already begun to act vigorously against illegal imports.” Likewise, the poultry master plan requires “a new poultry import tariff adjustment to support the local industry”. Ramaphosa also promised master plan support to two other sectors devastated by ultra-cheap foreign competition — sugar and steel — in coming weeks.
But true to the neoliberal agenda, Ramaphosa also lauded trade, promising to “undertake a fundamental overhaul of the Durban port, the third largest container terminal in the southern hemisphere”, in spite of opposition from residents in Wentworth and Chatsworth to the R250-billion scheme, and Transnet’s corruption that, in 2019, derailed port expansion.
Moreover, continued Ramaphosa, “Thanks in large measure to the auto master plan, we sold more cars to the rest of the world last year than ever before. We launched a new auto SEZ hub in Tshwane.” But the subsidies (more than R30-billion annually) that made this possible are unsustainable, and cars are a major contributor to climate change.
Those arguing instead for a low-carbon, continental and inward orientation point to a profound problem and a sterling opportunity: the rapacious world economy featuring United States President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade sanctions and inclement European carbon taxes on long-distance transport; and the new African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA), which will be run from Addis Ababa by a South African, Wamkile Mene.
Last week, US trade czar Robert Lighthizer added South Africa to a list of countries that, according to a mid-2019 Trump tweet, are wrongly self-described as “developing countries to avoid WTO [World Trade Organisation] rules and get special treatment. No more!!! Today I directed the US Trade Representative to take action so that countries stop CHEATING the system at the expense of the USA!”
Another reflection of US imperial arrogance is Trump’s ongoing threat to withdraw further Africa Growth and Opportunity Act trade benefits (worth R34-billion) if Ramaphosa signs into law the Copyright Amendment Bill. That law would give citizens “fair use” protection against intellectual property lawsuits by multinational corporations — the same protection enjoyed, ironically, by US citizens.
As for ACFTA, in May Ramaphosa will host what will surely be the year’s most contentious conference, to “finalise the rules that define what is a ‘Made in Africa’ product, the tariff lines that will be reduced to zero over the next five years, and the services sectors that will be opened up across the continent”.
These new developments, added to ongoing world economic turmoil and climate crises, should give pause to the government’s high-carbon, export-oriented Special Economic Zones strategy. Three of these zones reflect the country’s crises of growth and development: the long-established Coega Development Corporation in Nelson Mandela Bay, the rapidly-emerging Dube Trade Port north of Durban, and the planned Musina-Makhado Energy-Metallurgical Special Economic Zone in Limpopo.
In 2014, SEZ legislation provided tax cuts and other incentives to lure investors, a model of development influenced since the early 2000s by China. But since then, the world has witnessed worsening “deglobalisation”: a decline in rates of trade, a 21% withering of global value chains (in part thanks to 3D printing technology that diversifies local production capacity), and falling levels of genuine foreign direct investment (FDI).
Phantom FDI confuses local economists: the term refers to parasitical intra-company loans that benefit from South Africa’s high international interest rates that artificially bulk up Pretoria’s figures, allowing the impression of greater multinational corporate confidence.
Industrial Development Zones (IDZs) preceded Special Economic Zones as a growth strategy. The first, Coega was initiated in 1999. Before that, 1980s-era “deconcentration points” were deliberately located outside of the main metropolitan areas, mostly on the border of apartheid Bantustans. Incentives for low-cost, labour-intensive manufacturing aimed to slow urban migration. Once national subsidies were withdrawn during the 1990s and imported East Asian clothing, textiles, footwear, appliances, electronics and other light industrial goods demolished local manufacturing, the deconcentration points collapsed.
Meanwhile, the gateway legacy of British colonialism in the region, plus a protected market for other European and US firms’ regional branch-plant operations, meant little value was added to exports. South Africa was, and still is, largely a commodity export-driven economy with the exception of the vehicle industry.
In spite of the hype and subsidies supporting IDZs/SEZs over the past two decades, they have contributed negligibly to growth, redistribution and employment, all of which are worse than even in the apartheid era. Worse, a carbon-intensive focus prevails in the zones. Coega and the Dube Trade Port have become home to major Chinese and Indian car factories (albeit semi-knockdown in character at this stage, with less electricity entailed in parts manufacturing than in other such plants).
In the bushveld between Musina and Makhado (Louis Trichardt), a China-dominated zone will include yet another mega-power plant for new smelters, one nearly as large as Medupi and Kusile — in spite of the area’s low-grade coal and severe water shortages for plant cooling.
Rhetoric at the 2018 Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (Focac) promoting such schemes is based on a purported “new” South-South development strategy in which Africa serves Beijing’s geostrategic and economic imperatives. Through Focac and Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, China will intensify its role as Africa’s largest trade and investment partner. In South Africa, major Chinese credit and supply arrangements are in place, for example the China Development Bank’s two $5-billion loan commitments to Transnet and Eskom when the faltering enterprises were run by Brian Molefe, in 2013 and 2016 respectively.
But those relationships ultimately financed corruption: China South Rail locomotives meant for coal export — while feeding bribes into the Gupta empire — in the case of Transnet, and Eskom’s Kusile power plant where faulty Hitachi boilers were built because of backhanders to the ANC’s Chancellor House investment arm. Such deals often fall apart, for example in the case of Standard Bank’s 42% write-down of a joint venture with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China last year, or the much-hyped Hebei Steel factory that never materialised.
With Chinese growth slowing to 5.3% this year — a 40-year low — desperation initiatives will continue, both alleviating China’s domestic over-capacity through what is termed “going out” and displacing both China’s massive industrial pollution. The Belt and Road Initiative will route more trade through Chinese-built ports, carrying goods on Chinese rail, road and bridge infrastructure, in the process creating deep interdependence. China’s ruling classes now generate most income from their SEZ export sectors. And territorial disputes in the South China Sea, in which the US military is harassing Beijing’s expansionist island-building, reinforce China’s need to establish corridors to Europe through its own western territories in part to avoid reliance on vulnerable maritime trade.
If the Belt and Road Initiative lessens Chinese dependence on the US market, then more power to Beijing. But as economic deglobalisation proceeds, the Chinese emphasis on climate-destroying, export-led growth won’t serve Africa’s interests — not when ACFTA offers much more optimistic potentials for restoring the continent’s inward-oriented manufacturing potential.
The authors are political economists at the University of the Western Cape
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Filled with empty energy and extremely processed, rapid food might also growth the risk of obesity and cancer. While fast-food chains have ostensibly been looking to offer more healthful options, a brand new look at finds that the fitness impact of their menus has not progressed — to the contrary, in fact. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that, between 2013 and 2016, 36.6 percent of adults inside the United States ate rapid meals on any given day.
Moreover, in keeping with a examination performed by the University of Connecticut researchers in 2018, around 74 percent of dads and moms purchase unhealthful ingredients for their kids in rapid-food restaurants. This, the investigators referred to, is even though, from 2013 onward, some of the maximum famous rapid-food chains dedicated to presenting more healthful options in their children’s menus.
Now, a new observation indicates that maximum fast-meals eating place menus have not, in reality, emerge as greater wholesome typical, notwithstanding the addition of some arguably more healthy picks. The researchers analyzed the variety, element size, and vitamins of entrées, facets, and cakes offered through 10 of the maximum popular fast-meals chains inside the U.S. Over a duration of roughly 3 decades, based totally at the menus they made to be had at three factors in time: in 1986, 1991, and 2016. The group analyzed menus from Arby’s, Burger King, Carl’s Jr., Dairy Queen, Hardee’s, Jack in the Box, KFC, Long John Silver’s, McDonald’s, and Wendy’s.
In the observe paper — which appears within the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics — the investigators explain their focus, noting that, “These restaurants were chosen because the nutritional facts on the key nutritional variables of component length, strength, and sodium have been to be had for each of the three years being analyzed.” “Given the recognition of speedy food, or take a look at highlights one of the changes in our meals surroundings that are in all likelihood a part of the reason for the boom in obesity and related continual situations during the last several a long time, which can be now a number of the most important causes of loss of life within the U.S.,” says lead investigator Megan McCrory, Ph.D.


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Beef Deli, an innovative company aspiring to be the Middle East’s leading eCommerce online delivery platform for quality fresh meats and gourmet products, is now live on Eureeca with their equity crowdfunding round aiming to raise $500,000 in order to scale their
BuyBack Bazaar, the world's first platform where retail shops enter live bids to buy different categories of second-hand items, is now seeking to raise $350,000 via their equity crowdfunding campaign on Eureeca.
The SME World Summit 2019, one of the region’s biggest entrepreneurship conferences, took place on the 14th March at the Ritz Carlton DIFC in Dubai. The 6th edition of the summit welcomed more than 1,000 entrepreneurs and SMEs and was designed to get real, vulnerable conversations started and to enable delegates to leave with new ideas and actions that they can apply immediately to keep growing their business.
Here's a list of six of the top reasons why entrepreneurs and SME’s should use an equity crowdfunding campaign to raise capital for their business.
As the world moves rapidly towards a cashless society, we have some great news for our investors looking for alternative ways to top up their Eureeca accounts! Eureeca is pleased to announce that our investors can now use the CASHU Digital Wallet to start paying and making investments on the Eureeca platform.
Start with asking yourself one question: “What kind of financing do we need?” There are two main types of financing to consider: debt, which is in essence a loan that is paid back with regular interest payments, and equity, which involves the exchange of company shares for capital.
QuikWORK, the UAE's first job platform for part-time work looking to revolutionise short-term hiring in the region, is now seeking $300,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Eureeca.
Jobedu, Amman-based Arab streetwear pop culture apparel and lifestyle brand with a regional and global reach, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Eureeca to raise $250,000.
Founded by Tamer AlMasri and Michael Makdah in 2007, Jobedu has been carefully crafted to be the go-to brand for creative pop culture apparel and merchandise in the MENA region.
Whilst having a great business idea or invention is a solid foundation, it is rarely enough to guarantee success on its own. For that, you are likely to need capital and, unless you are extremely wealthy, then you will need to rely on external investment if you are to grow your business. Equity-based crowdfunding represents an attractive opportunity for many start-up and mid-early stage companies who are looking to raise capital.
Dukkaani, the Pan Arab smart shopping platform, is now seeking $500,000 via their equity crowdfunding campaign on Eureeca. Dukkaani, an Arabic term that means "My Grocery Store", enables and transforms all grocery shopping stores to sell their products online.


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A new Marc Jacobs shop is opening in New York -- but one in which no money will ever change hands. The designer is cashing in on social hype over physical dollars to promote his fragrance, Daisy.
Jacobs has erected a pop-up store in Manhattan this weekend that will trade exclusively in what the company is calling “social currency.” This means that consumers can receive products in exchange for sharing content via Twitter, Instagram and Facebook with the hashtag #MJDaisyChain.
Transactions will take place on a “scaled system,” Marc Jacobs’ vice president of global marketing, Lori Singer told Entrepreneur.com, in that more creative posts will garner better swag.
While a basic mention will be worth a deluxe fragrance sample, for instance, the ten most inspired Instagram pictures every day will receive a Marc Jacobs handbag -- with a variety of items offered in between.
This isn’t the first time that Jacobs is aiming to capitalize on a staunchly engaged online community that is hungry to share its passion for the brand on social media in creative ways. To generate buzz for a former fragrance, Dot, for instance, the brand created a #MarcTheDot hashtag for polka dot fans to express their love for the pattern.
Accordingly, the pop-up shop is “is a way to give back to that community,” Singer said.


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Apple Watch Series 8 debuts new Crash Detection feature
At its “Far Out” event, Apple officially lifted the covers off the highly-anticipated Apple Watch Series 8. While the new smartwatch doesn’t bring a radically new design, it does bring some interesting new health and safety features. One such feature is Crash Detection.
As the name implies, the Crash Detection feature can detect if you’re in a severe car crash and notify emergency services and your emergency contacts. Apple developed two new motion sensors to accurately detect the unique forces of a car crash.
The new high G-force accelerometer samples data four times faster than the previous model and is capable of measuring up to 256g of force. Apple also built a fusion algorithm that’s trained on car accident data. In addition to motion sensors, Crash Detection also uses a barometer, GPS, and the microphone on your iPhone to detect patterns of a severe crash.
When the watch detects a crash, it will check in with the user; if the user fails to respond within the 10-second window, it will automatically notify emergency services. The feature only runs when you’re driving. Apple says all data is processed on your device locally.
The Crash Detection feature isn’t exclusive to the new Apple Watch lineup. It’s also available on the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone Pro Max. Notably, Google’s Pixel phones have had the car crash detection feature for some time now.
The Apple Watch Series 8 brings several notable upgrades, including a large Always-On display, a new temperature sensor that enables advanced features for women’s health, and a new Low Power mode that can extend the battery to up to 36 hours.
Alongside the Series 8 and Watch Pro, Apple also announced the updated Apple Watch SE 2, which brings a 30% larger display, a 20% faster chipset, new watch faces, and new health and wellness features.


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Jim Cramer spoke with the CEO of natural food maker Hain Celestial following its stock drop. Could this be an opportunity for your portfolio?» Read More
The stock broke $1,000 for the first time in 1983, $10,000 in 1992 and $100,000 in 2006.
Much like that popular game show, you can't win in the market unless you know how to bid without 'going over'.
Cramer fears you may be making a terrible blunder.
The stronger-than-expected quarterly results have some analysts convinced that the retailer's turnaround is finally taking hold.
The "Fast Money" traders share their final trades of the day.
UPS slashed its earnings forecast a few weeks ago, and Cramer couldn’t be happier. Really.
The heated debate between a "Shark Tank" host and a "Fast Money" trader over the wisdom of dividend stocks enter a second round.
Love Latin-American food? Your tummy may say yummy, but your portfolio may only be pleased by a select few.
More than a dozen food retailers have cited higher costs hurting results last quarter as prices for some staples, like cheese, soar.
Cramer often look inside the market for insights on broad sentiment. And certain things happened on Wednesday that suggest trouble.
Some investors are wondering whether it's time to invest in financial stocks. The answer depends on who you ask.
Wal-Mart reported earnings in line, but it wasn't a great report. Traffic was down and full year guidance got cut by about 5 percent.
Take a look at some of Thursday's after-hours buzz:
The best bet for companies to achieve growth is consolidation, the "Fast Money" traders say.
FINRA raises the following caution flags on equity-indexed annuities.
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There's decent economic data, but a number of companies are still not getting much traction. Macy's is a good example of this.
Gold represents a smart hedge in an uncertain global investment climate, First Eagle's Matt McLennan says.
These two geopolitical concerns could drive oil prices, says CNBC's Jim Cramer.
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Eccentric stylist Anna Dello Russo to design Alice in Wonderland-inspired accessories for H&M
Versace's clothes range for H&M was a sell-out when it was launched last year, and now the store is hoping to have the same success with a collection of accessories designed by fashion supremo Anna Dello Russo.
Currently the editor at large and creative consultant for Vogue Japan, Dello Russo is renowned for her outlandish style and was once described by photographer Helmut Newton as a 'fashion maniac'.
In an interview to mark the news of her upcoming collection for H&M, Dello Russo admits she 'completely crazy for fashion. That's why some people call me a fashion icon but I'm more of a fashion victim!'
'Fashion maniac': Anna Della Russo is to design a range of accessories for H&M
She adds that when H&M approached her about a collaboration, there was never any doubt in her mind that it would be a range of accessories, not clothes.
'Accessories for me are are a focus in my life, I collect them, everything special, everything sparkly' she said.
She said that her range, which will be available in stores worldwide from October this year, has been inspired by her love of a colourful pop-up book version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. 'It inspires me because it takes me to another reality,' she said.
While the collection will include sunglasses, shoes and bags, the Italian designer said the main focus will be on 'bling, bling' jewellery, the bigger and bolder the better, at affordable prices.
Accessories obsessed: Dello Russo's collection will include bags, sunglasses and shoes. She loves bold and bright items like these
'I wanted to create precious accessories that are impossible to find. As a stylist I know accessorization is essential: it is the personal touch to any outfit. With these pieces everybody can have fun, turning an ordinary day into a fantastic fashion day', she said.
H&M have previously collaborated with world famous designers like Donatella Versace, Jimmy Choo and Marni but say the project with Dello Russo is 'something completely different from what we have done before.'
Eccentric style: The Vogue creative consultant is known for her outlandish outfits
Margareta van den Bosch, Creative Advisor at H&M, said: 'Anna has a fantastic eye and a strong taste, apart from being a veritable fashion icon.
She produced an extravagant range of accessories that will get H&M customers and everyone in love with fashion excited. The collection is a celebration of excess, fantasy and decoration.'
The launch of the range will coincide with Autumn's Paris Fashion Week and will be available in around 140 stores worldwide and online from October 4.
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The result for the third quarter of 2021 was significantly better than in the previous year. The most important key figures – operating income, EBIT and Group profit – are all well above the figures for 2020. However, Head of Finance Alex Glanzmann offers some perspective on these figures: “2020 was severely impacted by the pandemic. As a result, a comparison with 2019 is more useful. If we look back to 2019, we can see that Swiss Post’s financial situation has stabilized.” For example, at 5,427 million francs, operating income in the third quarter is up 127 million over 2019. At 360 million francs, operating profit (EBIT) is lower than 2019, with a difference of 11 million francs. At 370 million francs, Group profit is 107 million higher than in 2019. The result shows that Swiss Post has recovered from the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the past year.
Communication Services under development
The stable financial result for the first nine months is partly due to optimization measures at PostalNetwork: Swiss Post has adapted a further 70 branches based on customer frequencies, converting them into other models such as branches with partners. Swiss Post is now consistently pursuing its strategy of stabilizing the branch network at around 800 self-operated branches, while at the same time opening the network up to service companies and public authorities. PostBus also operated more replacement services for trains. At the same time, PostFinance achieved greater revenue in several areas, including investment business and foreign exchange trading. Swiss Post Solutions benefited from additional new customers abroad. In the Communication Services unit, the operating result is negative. Alex Glanzmann explains: “We want to offer our customers simple and secure digital solutions. To achieve this, we are continuing to build up the Communication Services unit. This phase involves initial outlays and higher expenses. The negative result is in line with our expectations, but should reduce steadily over the coming years.”
“The expansion of the parcel centers costs money, but is worth it”
However, the structural challenges facing Swiss Post remain in place. These include the negative interest rate environment at PostFinance, a further 2.2 percent decline in letter volumes and a simultaneous rise of 13.2 percent in parcel volumes. As in previous years, however, the rising parcel volumes cannot compensate for the decline in profit due to falling letter volumes. Alex Glanzmann states: “We are of course pleased with the steadily growing parcel volumes, but managing them is also a challenge for the Group and our staff. We still sort around 100,000 parcels per day by hand. That is why we are already investing heavily in the expansion of our parcel sorting capacities – that is to say, in new parcel centers. The expansion of the parcel centers costs money and is already being felt in the result for the Logistics Services unit. Construction of the new regional parcel centers in Pratteln (BL), Buchs (AG) and Rümlang (ZH) started in the first three quarters of 2021.” Swiss Post intends to continue delivering parcels quickly and reliably to every doorstep in the future. Glanzmann is confident that this goal will be achieved: “With these investments, we can ensure our quality even as volumes rise. The investments make sense, and they will pay off, both for us and for our customers.”
On track with the “Swiss Post of tomorrow” strategy
Swiss Post expects parcel volumes to remain high in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Over the next ten years, it is looking to invest 1.5 billion francs in the renewal and expansion of its sorting and delivery infrastructure. It wants to do this with its own resources, and must therefore grow. Glanzmann is confident: “The increase in operating income in the third quarter of 2021 makes me optimistic, and we are on the right track with our strategy. We want to continue to achieve good financial results so that we can invest in Swiss Post’s infrastructure − with a view to ensuring high-quality public service for Switzerland in the long term.”
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Speciality chemicals firm Degussa is selling its Belgium-based vitamin B3 business to US company Reilly Industries for an undisclosed sum.
The deal, part of Degussa's strategy to focus on the amino acids activities in its animal nutrition unit, gives Reilly the world's largest capacity for food grade vitamin B3.
The Antwerp business, which generated sales in the double-digit millions euros in 2002, will toll manufacture all vitamin B3 products exclusively for the Reilly Antwerp subsidiary until the two-stage transaction receives final approval from the Belgian government, said Degussa.
Reilly and Degussa have been working together since 1982 when both companies formed joint ventures for the production and sale of vitamin B3 in North America and Europe.
Reilly chief executive officer and president Robert D. McNeeley said the acquisition fits well with the firm's growth strategy. "Reilly is the world's largest supplier of beta picoline, a key raw material for vitamin B3 production." He added that Reilly Antwerp will grow the Belgian business and retain all current staff.
The Indianapolis-headquartered company becomes the second biggest supplier of the vitamin to the feed market.
Vitamin B3, or niacin, naturally present in various foods, is involved in several metabolic processes. It is generally added to foods, especially wheat flour and flour from other grains with poor bioavailability of the nutrient, or taken in supplements to ensure the required daily intake.


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Apple confirms that they distributed the RavMonE.exe virus on less than 1% - of the Video iPods available for purchase after September 12, 2006.
Apple blames the contract manufacturer. Apparently at least already 10 days ago some iPod owners posted about the virus problem on the Apple discussion board. It is kind of funny that Apple is distributing Windows viruses.
More details and a how-to guide to remove the virus can be found on the Apple site.
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Buy EV, get fast charging free: This Hyundai model may cost nothing to drive
Electric vehicles may be a whole lot cheaper when compared to conventional automotive fuel but aren't exactly free. The cost of electricity consumption to charge a battery-powered vehicle does cost money and it is perhaps this reason that has prompted Hyundai to team up with Electrify America to offer complimentary charging for two years for customers who buy its Ioniq 5 electric vehicle (EV).
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is the first-ever electric mid-sized crossover from the Korean car maker and is based on its Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) architecture. Expected to be priced around $50,000, the EV will soon be offered in the US and select European markets, apart from South Korea. And to make it popular in the US, specifically, Hyundai has partnered with Electrify America to roll out free fast charging for a period up to two years.
The announcement closely follows plans drawn between Hyundai and Electrify America to offer 250 kilowatt-hours of complimentary charging for owners of 2021 Kona and other Ioniq models.
It is the Ioniq 5 though that could be Hyundai's main assault weapon in the US EV market that is seeing several new options with passing time. Expected to hit showrooms in fall of this year, the EV has a claimed range of around 480 kms. Powering it are two different battery options - 58 kWh and 72.6 kWh, and both come with 2WD and AWD.
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Making use of Electrify America's network of chargers could be another boost for the Ioniq 5. "Electrify America’s plan to have a network of over 800 stations by the end of 2021 offers owners the access they need to fully enjoy their EV," said Jose Munoz, president and CEO of Hyundai Motor America. "In order to support our Ioniq 5 customers, we will continue to partner with Electrify America to provide convenient, ultra-fast charging stations across the country."


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While it’s always been a form of travel (and living), the pandemic has created a surge in interest — and popularity — in this mode of journeying. Before you go all-in on renting or buying a vehicle, there are many opportunities to take an RV or van out for a test drive, so to speak.
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With a dazzling array of amazing sights on offer and jaw-dropping places to visit, Arizona’s desert climate is home to some astounding geological formations and canyons that are well worth exploring. The Grand Canyon, for example, is one of the United States’ most famous sights, while the impressive Monument Valley certainly gives it a run for its money. But believe me, there are plenty of places to visit on your trip to Arizona!


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- 10:58 am Monday, March 19th, 2012 by Emily Roach
One of the touted aspects of Office Depot’s location here in Palm Beach County is its corporate giving and sponsorships.
If you read the Sunday business piece, you heard that from Kelly Smallridge:
Office Depot is known for its generosity locally and beyond. It’s given 3 million backpacks to needy kids and regularly hosts events to champion women and minorities in business.
Every business has gone through ups and downs during the recession and recovery, said Kelly Smallridge, president and CEO of the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County, which helped negotiate the economic development agreement.
But Office Depot gives as much as it gets, with its global presence providing global exposure, Smallridge said. The county couldn’t afford to lose the retailer’s corporate offices, and also gained its international division with the new location.
One person who didn’t make it in the story is Norris Scott, vp of partnership marketing and business solutions for NASCAR.
(See photo of NASCAR driver Tony Stewart at Office Depot ribbon cutting on the jump.)


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Fisker originally stated that the Atlantic sedan - which was unveiled at the New York auto show - would begin production in late 2012 before hitting the market in early 2013, but a leaked document obtained by Inside EVs reveals that will not be the case.
According to the internal document, "negotiations with the DoE have become more complicated and are expected to take longer than originally expected"ť, delaying the Atlantic's early 2013 market launch by several months. In fact, the former General Motors plant charged with Atlantic production won't even begin building prototypes of the electric sedan until mid-2013, with full production not expected to commence until mid-2014.
Pricing and other details
In addition to future production schedules, the document also shed some light on the Atlantic's other details, including pricing and performance specs.
The Atlantic will carry an MSRP in the $50,000-$60,000 range, putting it on par with vehicles like the BMW 5-Series, Audi A6 and Jaguar XF.
Although more expensive than first thought, that cost on entry does buy a 300 horsepower sports sedan capable of accelerating from 0-60 in 6.5 seconds. The Atlantic's electric range has yet to be revealed, but the sedan will spew just 50g of CO2 per km.
Fisker isn't commenting on the document as of yet, but we expect some kind of response in the coming days.


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TM Pepsi is kicking off the 2013 NFL season by celebrating the intense passion and unbridled excitement that fans everywhere have for the game of football with the launch of a multi-faceted brand campaign entitled, “Are You Fan Enough?” TM Pepsi will enhance the fan experience throughout the season by bringing them closer to the teams, players and ultimately the game they love.
The campaign is the centerpiece of a broader marketing effort around bringing fans special sports and entertainment content and experiences throughout the NFL season. To kick off the campaign, TM Pepsi debuted a new TV spot on September 5 th to celebrate the start of the 2013 season, and together with the NFL, Pepsi announced GRAMMY® award-winning artist Bruno Mars to perform at Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show during kickoff weekend.
The advertising creative captures the excitement of experiencing and connecting to the game by showcasing various fans, teams, players and coaches getting ready for kickoff. The ad features appearances by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford and Pro Football Hall of Famer Barry Sanders.
“TM Pepsi and the NFL have a rich history of delivering the ultimate fan experiences, and that journey begins at kickoff and carries on through the season, all the way to the Super Bowl and the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show,” said Angelique Krembs, Vice President, TM Pepsi Marketing. “Through our unrivaled network of sports and music relationships, we are thrilled to unlock even more excitement and passion that fans have for the game. The ‘Are You Fan Enough?’ campaign seeks to illustrate how Pepsi brings fans together while delivering unforgettable experiences throughout the season.”
Get in the Game TM Pepsi’s “Are You Fan Enough?” campaign will tap into every fan with unique engagement opportunities via live event and online experiences. Beginning in Baltimore, Pepsi’s 10-stop mobile bus tour will encourage tailgaters to deliver a personal message to their favorite team, for the chance to be featured on stadium jumbo-trons during the game. For gaming fans, Pepsi MAX’s new spot featuring NFL legend Barry Sanders invites fans to unlock a legendary player in the Ultimate Team mode in Madden NFL 25. The new spot is part of a sweepstakes, whereby fans enter for a chance to win the grand prize trip to Madden Bowl XX, which includes a meet and greet with a participating NFL player.
Taking Fans to the Next Level TM Pepsi has also teamed up with NY Giants WR Victor Cruz and Cincinnati Bengals QB Andy Dalton to create fun digital videos to get their fans pumped for the season. In addition, this year’s NFL rookies will ask fans to show they are fan enough by voting for Rookie of the Week on NFL.com, sponsored by Pepsi NEXT. Diet Pepsi will ask female fans to flaunt their fandom for a chance to win prizes. Throughout the season, Pepsi is encouraging fans to enter for a chance to win tickets to NFL games, team merchandise, participate in special NFL moments and get involved by using the #FanEnough hashtag.
Super Bowl XLVIII As the official sponsor of the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show, Pepsi will be unveiling special surprises and exciting news all season long that will elevate the most anticipated musical performance of the year for fans. Yesterday, Pepsi and the NFL announced GRAMMY® award winner Bruno Mars will perform at the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show on FOX at MetLife Stadium on February 2, 2014 in New Jersey.
Pepsi has a long-standing relationship with the NFL as the official soft drink partner, the official sponsor of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, the official sponsor of NFL Kickoff in Baltimore, MD and the official soft drink partner of 15 NFL teams. The brand’s relationship with the NFL is among the company’s longest running and most successful sports sponsorships. PepsiCo will leverage its relationship with the NFL to connect with consumers throughout the season with activations spanning many of the company’s largest food and beverage brands, including Pepsi, Tostitos, Quaker and Gatorade.
Agencies that partnered with TM Pepsi on the “Are You Fan Enough?” campaign include TBWA/Chiat/Day, Mekanism and Tracy Locke.


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Poag buys huge Indiana mall out of bankruptcy
Poag Shopping Centers LLC has acquired out of bankruptcy a 600,000-square-foot retail center in Plainfield, Ind., according to a news report.
Memphis-based Poag bought the Metropolis Lifestyle Center – which is anchored by Carmike Cinemas, JCPenny and Dick's Sporting Goods – from a court-appointed receiver, the Indianapolis Star has reported.
Poag declined to disclose a purchase price for the center, which has room to expand, the report said. An Israeli company, Aviv Arion Global Ltd., fell short of buying the center for $52 million in 2010.
The receiver, CBRE, took over the $160 million center five years after developer Christopher P. White filed for bankruptcy protection, according to the report.
Closer to home, Poag just received approval last week from Mississippi for $34 million in incentives for the development of the nearly $114 million Outlet Shops of the Mid-South in Southaven.
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New edition of Mein Kampf is a summer bestseller in France
A French edition of Hitler’s Mein Kampf has turned into a summer bestseller despite its high price and the publishers’ efforts to limit its promotion.
Fayard, the publishing house, has ordered a second print run after being surprised by sales that almost exhausted the first 10,000 copies in two months. The heavily annotated translation sells for €100.
Interest in the book has spread largely online since the publishers advised bookshops not to display it and refused to supply it to outlets in shopping centres and hypermarkets. The Amazon and Fnac websites were asked to alter their algorithms so that the work did not register on bestseller lists.
Sophie Hogg, Fayard’s editorial director, said that the strong sales were satisfying “because it is recognition of the


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The psychotic Democrats are at it again, banning things that American like and want to buy, this time, Biden is moving to start banning lightbulbs again, like the fools in the Obama admin. were trying to do before Trump rolled that back.
The dangerous O’Biden administration is moving to add more costly, needless sops to his green buddies with more Energy Department rules.
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The regulations, which prohibit retailers from selling incandescent light bulbs, were finalized by the Department of Energy (DOE) in April 2022 and are slated to go into effect on Aug. 1, 2023. The DOE will begin full enforcement of the ban on that date, but it has already urged retailers to begin transitioning away from the light bulb type and, in recent months, begun issuing warning notices to companies.
“The lighting industry is already embracing more energy efficient products, and this measure will accelerate progress to deliver the best products to American consumers and build a better and brighter future,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said last year.
According to the DOE announcement, the regulations will save consumers an estimated $3 billion per year on utility bills and cut carbon emissions by 222 million metric tons over the next three decades.
Under the rules, incandescent and similar halogen light bulbs will be prohibited in favor of light-emitting diode, or LED, alternatives. While U.S. households have increasingly switched to LED light bulbs since 2015, fewer than half of households reported using mostly or exclusively LEDs, according to the most recent results from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey.
This is just another way for Biden to pay off his green Nazi partners.
These greenie bulbs are far, far more expensive than regular lightbulbs and will cost Americans three times more to buy.


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Twitter has reportedly applied for regulatory licenses for a payment service in the United States aimed at competing with PayPal and other Apple Pay, reports the Financial Times. The development of this tool would be supervised by Esther Crawford, the current director of product management at Twitter.
Initially, this solution would make it possible to send money to another user of the social network, before integrating other products such as savings or a card to make physical payments. The service should first support the usual currencies (dollar, euro, etc.), but Elon Musk does not rule out adding cryptocurrencies later, according to sources familiar with the matter cited by the business daily.
New services to diversify Twitter’s revenue
The launch of such a feature is part of the desire of the boss of Tesla and SpaceX to diversify the sources of income of Twitter, which he acquired last year for 44 billion dollars. The tycoon wants to move quickly as the platform’s advertising revenues have fallen by 40% in one year, many advertisers having deserted it following the multi-billionaire’s sensational decisions, such as the dismissal of half of the company’s employees at the last fall. Problem, 90% of Twitter’s revenue comes from advertising.
To stop this financial hemorrhage, Elon Musk has launched a paid subscription and intends to deploy a new service “All-purpose” called X, for which it aims for 104 million subscribers in 2028.
So little has been said, the project is nevertheless easy to identify. Presumably, the X platform would look like a super-app bringing together many services, including Twitter, on the model of WeChat in China. It could therefore make it possible to make purchases and payments peer-to-peerthus explaining the launch of a payment functionality in the coming months.
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The results showed that industry leaders feel confident about growth expectations this year, with the average tech business predicting an 11 per cent growth in 2015 that’s over four times faster than the UK’s GDP forecast of 2.6 per cent.
In terms of growth specifics, 58 per cent expect to grow by up to ten per cent, 18 per cent predict between ten and 20 per cent and nine per cent are anticipating growth of over 20 per cent.
The trend is only set to continue in 2016 too, with the average company expecting a 15 per cent year-on-year growth and 16 per cent looking for growth above 20 per cent.
The study highlighted Blippar, which has clients Argos, Coca-Cola, Disney, L’Oreal, Nike and Warner Bros, as a high performer in the industry. The company’s augmented reality tech platform lets brands add hidden digital content to physical products magazines, billboards, labels that consumers can access with smartphones.
Sean Duffy, MD and head of Barclays technology, media and telecoms team, said: These remarkable growth predictions reveal the optimism and drive of the UKs world-leading tech sector.
The fact that many firms are expecting further growth in 2016 shows that this trend isnt transient and the UK is a real launch pad for innovative tech businesses. Investors are seeing the UK as an international talent magnet and a platform to grow or launch their business for a number of compelling reasons, including the culture, light-touch regulation, supportive government policies and access to finance.
Read more on the UKs tech market:
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Other data found that 79 per cent of companies felt that strong leadership was at the heart of growth, while companies also said marketing and advertising would be key to helping them maintain or increase growth over the next year, and 73 per cent said protecting and developing IP was critical to business success.
When it came to concerns, 29 per cent said increased competition was a concern and 25 per cent added attracting and retaining talent was also a worry. As for financial challenges this year, 21 per cent said increased costs and 19 per cent said managing cashflow.
Duffy added: Strong leadership rang out loud and clear as being critical for growth, and this is particularly important in the first few years of a business life. Its also even more relevant for fast growth businesses, which experience unique stressors and demands on their cash flow, requiring their leaders to make many major decisions at speed in order to keep pace. It takes an extremely strong and dynamic individual to have a clear vision and the energy to lead their workforce to success in this type of supercharged environment.
Meanwhile, a key difference that separates small fast-growing businesses and standard-growth counterparts is reviewing tax positions, with 62 per cent considering it important compared to 31 per cent, suggesting awareness around government tax benefits.
Additionally, 46 per cent of all tech businesses said the government provides sufficient support to allow growth, but rose to 55 per cent for small fast-growth firms.


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Himachal plans to get Kullu shawls patentedJuly 29th, 2008 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 29 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government plans to get Kullu shawls patented to protect the rights of the local weavers, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here Tuesday. He said such steps would help safeguard economic interests of the craftsmen engaged in the making of shawls and other handmade products, an official release said.
The chief minister said there were many craftsmen in the rural areas who needed to be identified.
The hill state is known for many traditional products like Kullu shawl, Chamba ‘rumaal’ (handkerchief) and Kangra tea.


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Cycling fans and keen investors have the chance to buy shares in a Newtownards company which is about to launch a crowd funding round.
See-Sense, which makes smart cycling lights, wants to raise £500,000 on Crowdcube and in return it’s offering equity in the company and so-called “money-can’t- buy” rewards.
It launched last week and was quick to raise £340,000 over the weekend.
The company was only started three years ago from husband and wife team Philip and Irene McAleese and has already raised £114,000 through two separate Kickstarter campaigns where it got backing from 1,400 investors.
It wants to use the latest round of funding to grow its product range and expand its export business.
“We have some hugely innovative new products in the pipeline, and we’ve some amazing opportunities opening up with cities who are interested in our crowdsourced data,” Philip McAleese said. “To give fuel to the fire, we’re inviting our community - the people who use and love our products - to help us grow.
To demonstrate the potential of our crowdsourced data, we have begun work with city of Milton Keynes on a full-scale trial. We are very excited about these opportunities and we hope that this will entice would be investors to, not only take See Sense to its next stage of growth, but to join us and be part of that journey.”
The company’s intelligent and connected bicycle light, ICON, designed and manufactured in Northern Ireland, is stocked with major retailers such as Chain Reaction Cycles and sold into more than 50 countries around the world.
The company has nearly doubled its revenues year on year and has been nominated by the cycle industry as a ‘Breakthrough Brand of the Year,’ voted winner of the People’s Choice ‘rear light of the year’ in Road.cc, the largest online cycling website in the UK and was featured in the London Design Museum’s ‘Cycle Revolution Exhibition.’
ICON uses advanced sensor and connectivity technology to react to higher risk situations and improve cyclist’s visibility, as well as using smartphone integration to provide theft and crash detection alerts. It also collects data that the company can convert into business intelligence, enabling cities to solve some of their biggest infrastructure and resource challenges.


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Are you ready for some Fortnite action? Starting on May 28th, Ninja Battles featuring Fortnite will premier on Mixer. This brand new, all-live competition series will feature 60 of the world's best Fortnite players competing against Ninja and each other for a chance to win a prize from the $400,000+ prize pool. Contestants will include Nick Eh 30, Bugha, Ewok, NateHill, Reserse2K, and more.
Fans watching will also be able to interact with these gaming and celebrity competitors over the six online tournaments. Tournaments will run through July, giving gaming fans something to look forward to this summer. Live commentary for this event will be provided by BallaTW and MonsterDface, two mega-popular Fortnite casters! Participants can stream via the safety of their own homes due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. It also allows them to use the platform of their choice.
Ninja Battles featuring Fortnite is Ninja's first produced series on the Mixer platform. Ninja, alongside his management company Loaded, hopes this brings the gaming community some much-needed entertainment and togetherness during this time.
"I joined Mixer to push boundaries, create different types of streaming content and interact with fans in new ways," said Ninja. "'Ninja Battles' brings a new kind of gameplay to the community. I am excited to share this competitive experience with my fans, as well as have my fellow gamers and friends participate."
The event begins Thursday at midnight PT / 3:00 PM ET. All competitors involved in the series will also be streaming the tournament via their respective channels, creating what will undoubtedly be a massively watched event. Fortnite is one of the most popular games to date, with millions of players across several platforms joining in on the fun every day.
Will you be watching this event via Mixer? Let us know in the comments below!


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2017 Honda Civic hatch spied
The next-generation Honda Civic hatchback has been spotted out during testing in the European Alps.
These latest photos seem to be of entry- or mid-level variants in the tenth-generation Civic hatchback range, and the new five-door seems to use the same front-end as the just-launched-in-Australia sedan with LED headlights flanking a winged chrome grille.
At the rear, the tenth-generation Civic hatch has a much shorter overhang than its sedan sibling. Stylistically it will be similar to the concept car that was revealed at this year’s Geneva motor show, with large LED tail-lights that blend into the car’s rear spoiler.
In February, a prototype of a higher spec model, possibly a warm hatch variant, was spotted with twin central exhaust tips, larger alloy wheels, and a sports body kit.
Last year, the development versions of the new Civic Type R were seen on the Nurburgring. To accompany the 231kW/400Nm 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, the new Type R has an aggressive body kit, a tall rear spoiler, flared wheel arches and a three-outlet exhaust system.
Bread and butter versions of the hatch will be powered by turbocharged 95kW/200Nm 1.0-litre three-cylinder and 150kW/260Nm 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engines. A diesel option will also be offered in Europe and other markets.
The new Civic hatch is expected to make its in-the-flesh debut at the 2016 Paris motor show, which takes place at the beginning of October.
Produced exclusively at the Honda’s factory in Swindon, UK, the new five-door has been confirmed for Australia, but timing has yet to be confirmed.
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WASHINGTON — A gauge of American business investment spending plans rose in May, a tentative sign of stabilization in the manufacturing sector, which has been weak since the late summer of 2014.
But the lingering effects of lower oil prices and a strong dollar will continue to constrain factory activity for a while, economists say. Other data on Tuesday showed new-home sales increased to a more than seven-year high in May.
Manufacturing is lagging an overall rebound in the economy after output slumped at the start of the year. Despite the weakness in factory activity, the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates this year.
The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that nonmilitary capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, rose 0.4 percent last month. These so-called core capital goods orders slipped 0.3 percent in April.
"These are encouraging signs,” said John Ryding, chief economist at RDQ Economics in New York. ”We need to see further gains over the next couple of months before we can more firmly conclude that manufacturing orders are rebounding."
Manufacturing, which accounts for about 12 percent of the American economy, has been hurt by the strong dollar and investment spending cuts in the energy sector after crude oil prices plunged more than 60 percent last year.
The number of oil drilling rigs in the United States has dropped to near a five-year low, prompting oil field companies like Schlumberger and Halliburton to cut their capital expenditure budgets for this year. The pace of decline in oil rig counts has slowed in recent weeks, however, as crude prices edged higher.
The dollar has gained about 12 percent against the currencies of the United States' main trading partners since June 2014, taking a bite out of the profits of multinational corporations.
Factories also have been hampered by businesses’ placing fewer orders while working through a stockpile of goods accumulated last year.
In a second report, the Commerce Department said new-home sales rose 2.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 546,000 units in May, the highest level since February 2008. April's sales pace was revised sharply higher.
Last month, shipments of core capital goods, which are used to calculate equipment spending in the government's gross domestic product measurement, rose 0.3 percent after a similar gain in April.
A 6.4 percent drop in transportation equipment, however, weighed down overall orders for durable goods, items that are meant to last three years or more; such orders fell 1.8 percent last month. That was primarily because of a 35.3 percent plunge in civilian aircraft orders.
In a third report, the financial data firm Markit said its preliminary United States Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index fell to a reading of 53.4 in June, the lowest since October 2013, from 54 in May. A reading above 50 indicates expansion in factory activity.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Langer Inc. GAIT said Wednesday it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an extenion on the required filing of its 10-Q financial report for the quarter ended March 31. The company said it expects "significant changes" resulting from the acquisition of Silipos Inc. on Sept. 30. Langer expects to file its quarterly financial report by Monday. Langer provides medical products targeting the orthopedic, orthotic and prosthetic markets, as well as a line of skincare products. Langer shares were last down $1.35 at $5.50.
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Google is set to launch its new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro phones today, October 4, and they could prove to be two of the best Android phones ever made. If Google has successfully blended the Pixel’s usually-excellent cameras in with premium design, better battery life, and smarter AI features, we could get two phones to make Samsung look over its shoulder.
We know this because there have been extensive leaks that show the design and features of the phones - and Google itself has even confirmed the existence of the Pixel 8 models, posting images of them online.
Though there are rumours of a price increase from 2022’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, leaks show that Google is leaning hard into its software, pushing many clever AI features that could improve the Pixel’s camera and general usefulness in day-to-day life.
Here are five reasons the Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, which will launch at a flashy New York event on 4 October alongside the Pixel Watch 2, could beat the Pixel 7 - a phone that we still really love.
Google has posted images of the new phones online - presumably to try and curb the barrage of unofficial Pixel leaks the company can never seem to stop - so we know for sure that they look quite similar to the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro
That means the cameras on the back of each phone are contained within a metal ‘camera bar’ design that we are quite fond of, not least because it’s flat across and means the phone won’t rock when poked at on a table, unlike many phones with asymmetrical camera bumps.
Google has shown off the smaller regular Pixel 8 in a soft pink colour (above) not too dissimilar to the pastel pink of the new iPhone 15, while the Pixel 8 Pro is seen in a cream colour it’s rumoured is called ‘Porcelain’, with the Pros also said to be a frosted matt glass finish - something we much prefer to the glossy glass common on smartphones.
You can watch Google officially launch the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel Watch 2 via the livestream embedded below or at Google’s YouTube channel at 3pm UK time on Wednesday 4 October.
Elsewhere you can expect the Pixel 8’s screen size to shrink slightly from the Pixel 7’s, from 6.3 inches to 6.1 inches, which is good news for fans of the smaller phones we see less and less of these days. Then again if larger phones are your bag, the Pixel 8 Pro is reportedly toting a large 6.7-inch screen.
Both displays are said to be 120Hz displays, a nice boost for the smaller phone, but the 8 Pro may have a so-called ‘Super Actua’ screen rather than a plain-old ‘Actua’ screen on the Pixel 8. Whatever ‘Actua’ means - it’s reportedly to do with peak brightness specs.
Ever since the first Pixel in 2016, Google has produced phones with incredible camera quality. The Pixel 8 phones should be no different, said to each sport a flashy 50Mp main camera sensor. Leaks suggest the Pro will have a better ultra-wide camera though, which along with the added 5x telephoto lens will give phone photographers more reason to opt for the pricier model.
Where the Pixel also pulls ahead of the smartphone pack is with its artificial intelligence (AI) smarts, which are often in the camera. A leaked video on 91Mobiles shows an ad spot for the phones that sees lighting in photos and videos being improved and certain audio being erased from videos much like Pixels already let you erase people with the Magic Eraser feature.
There’s also a creepy new feature shown that lets you take several photos of a group of people and then pick the best facial expressions from each one to make sure everyone is looking their best, while another clip shows items being erased, people moved around in photos, and a scene made to look like dusk rather than broad daylight.
It means the Pixel 8 could be a powerful editing tool for photographers, even if the end results are far from what the actual scene was.
Seven years of good luck
One thing that’s certain is the Pixel 8 phones will be among the first to run Google’s latest Android 14 software. We’ve grown to love Android on Pixels as it’s an uncluttered, minimalist look and feel that’s much easier to use than older Android versions of years gone by.
A very pleasing rumour, if true, is that Google may be extending its software support of the Pixel 8 to a massive seven years - currently its Pixels only get three Android version updates, alongside five years of software security updates.
Seven years support of any kind would beat Samsung’s five and lead the way for Android phones.
The last way the Pixel 8 could beat the Pixel 7 is on price - but not in a good way. 9to5Google reported recently that all these new features are going to up the price of the Pixel from last year, with the Pixel 8 set to cost $699 in the US, and the Pixel 8 Pro $999 - that’s $100 more than before.
If the UK pricing mirrors the US as it did last year, it will mean the Pixel 8 is £699 and the 8 Pro £999. That would make the regular Pixel 8 £100 cheaper than the regular iPhone 15 and the Pixel 8 Pro the same price as the iPhone 15 Pro.


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Shares of PC Jeweller (PCJ) were locked at 10 per cent upper circuit band for a second straight day, at Rs 47.35, on the BSE in Friday’s trade on the back of heavy volumes. The stock of the jewellery company was trading at its highest level since June 2019.
Thus far in the month of July, the market price of the PCJ has more-than-doubled or has appreciated 106 per cent from a level of Rs 23 touched on June 30, 2022. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 0.77 per cent during the same period.
Till 11:18 AM, a combined 13.6 million equity shares had changed hands and there are pending buy orders for 1.03 million shares on the NSE and BSE, the exchanges data shows. The stock had hit a record high of Rs 601 on January 16, 2018. It tanked to an all-time low of Rs 7.80 on March 25, 2020.
PCJ, on July 11, clarified to the exchanges that, at present, the company is not having any such information, which may have a bearing on the price of the scrip and requires disclosure.
PCJ is engaged in the business of manufacturing, sale and trading of gold and diamond studded jewellery as well as silver items and offers wide range of jewellery including 100 per cent hallmarked gold jewellery with a focus on certified diamond jewellery and jewellery for weddings. The Company operates in different geographical areas i.e. domestic and export sales.
For the financial year 2021-22 (FY22), PCJ’s revenue from operations declined 41 per cent year on year (YoY) at Rs 1,574 crore from Rs 2,669 crore in FY21. The company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (ebitda) margin stood at (2.8 per cent) as compared to 16.2 per cent in FY21.
PCJ said the decline in the turnover has been mainly on account of restriction in operations and liquidity constraints after becoming NPA. However, the situation has now improved with a positive effect on company’s operations.
“The company has submitted its resolution plan to its consortium lenders and they have agreed to move ahead with processing the same,” the company said in its March quarter business update.
Liquidity of the company continues to remain stressed as reflected by overutilization of the fund-based limits for more than 30 days. Average fund based and non -fund based limits of the company have remained almost fully utilized and average of month end utilization for the past 12 months ending May, 2019 stood at 91.13 per cent, the rating agency CARE Ratings said in March 2022 rationale. CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS
Further, significant erosion in its market capitalization since the beginning 2018 had a weakening effect on PCJ’s financial flexibility and its liquidity. The market capitalization of the company reduced significantly from Rs 12,606 crore as on March 31, 2018 to Rs 3,256 crore as on March 31, 2019 and further to Rs 1,015.34 crore as on December 31, 2020 and Rs 930.81 crore as on March 25, 2022. Currently, PCJ market cap stands at Rs 2,204 crore, the BSE data shows.
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Amid the surge in the Covid-19 cases, Bulgaria has introduced ease in the travel restrictions of the country. The Bulgarian authorities have announced to relax the PCR test reports requirements for the people arriving in the nation.
Indeed, this has given hope to tourism-related business owners from the northwestern province of Edirne. The province has been expecting to witness a massive inflow of tourists from neighbouring countries, especially Bulgaria.
These restrictions were, reportedly, supposed to be imposed from February 1, Tuesday. From today, passengers entering in Bulgaria have to show a vaccine card or a negative PCR test report, within 48 to 72 hours before the country.
According to the early restrictions, passengers flying from Turkey to Bulgaria or vice-a-versa have to undergo Covid-19 testing every time they travel. The decision was taken amid the continuous rise in Covid-19 cases, across the country.
During that time, the authorities also announced to make carrying a vaccine card compulsory and PCR test must be done while entering the Balkan nation.
Following the introduction of the rule, various Bulgarians, spending their time in Turkey, plunged and came back to their country, as the PCR test was both costly as well as inconvenient while travelling between two countries.
On weekends for shopping and overnight stays, as many as 10,000 Bulgarians visited the Turkish province before the tighter PCR rule was implemented by the government, and after the rule was implemented, the count of visitors was decreased to just 3,000.
Now, as Bulgaria has eased the restrictions, the businessmen must have taken a sigh of relief.
The owner of a dessert shop in Edirne stated that this development would be wholeheartedly welcomed as the reason behind the good business is the customers flying from Bulgaria. The shop owner said, “Everything was fine till the end of last year until the new travel rules were imposed by the authority”.


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AllHome Corporation of VistaMall owned by the Villar Family has turned-over several personal protective equipment (PPEs) to the health workers of Butuan Medical Center (BMC) in Butuan City. This is their way of helping the frontliners who continue to perform their duties and functions amid the crisis on COVID-19.
The Plant, Plant, Plant Program is an initiative of the DA to increase farm productivity and ensure food sufficiency during the COVID-19 emergency. In Caraga region, rice consumption average of 118.14 kilograms per person annually. Surigao del Norte posted the highest per capita consumption of rice at 121.07 kilograms per person annually. The least consumption is registered in the Province of Dinagat Islands at 114.61 kilograms. The pressure in the rice industry to produce more is a vital action amidst the challenging time. DA-Caraga is again calling on the public to patronize other alternative staple food such as white corn, sweet potato, banana (saba), and cassava rather than relying solely on rice. This is to take part in the advocacy to be rice responsible consumers. (DA-Caraga)
The Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga boosts up its commitment to provide adequate support to food production. This is to ensure that there will be available and affordable food for every Filipino family. The harvest season has now come for the Caraga region, it is expected to produce 315,947 metric tons or an equivalent of 134% rice sufficiency by the end of the first semester of the year based on the data of the Department of Agriculture -Caraga Rice Program through the consolidated planting report of the Local Government Units. "We expect no rice shortage during the duration of the localized community quarantine in the region. On top of the department's budget for this year, we are expecting a supplemental fund under the Plant, Plant, Plant Program or Ahon Lahat, Pagkaing Sapat (ALPAS) Laban sa COVID-19 Program," OIC-Regional Technical Director for Operations Rebecca R. Atega said. (DA-Caraga)


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has decreased Alphabet’s quarterly revenue, for the second consecutive quarter, Even if it generates more revenue.
Google’s parent company Alphabet posted a profit of about $16 billion in the second quarter of 2022, up from $18.5 billion in the same period last year, the company said in its second quarter 2022 earnings report.
While the company posted revenue of $69.7 billion in the second quarter of 2022, up from $61.9 billion last year, expenses were higher, with Google spending about $3 billion more on research and development compared to the same period in 2021. Development, Sales and Marketing.
And for the past month, Google has been warning employees that times will be tough.
In early July, the company’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, warned that Google was “not immune to economic headwinds.”
The company, he said, “must be more entrepreneurial, work with more urgency, have sharper focus, and be more hungry than we show on sunny days.”
A week later, the company reportedly told employees it was suspending hiring for two weeks and said it would use the time to “review its headcount.”
As Google ended the second quarter of 2021 with 144,056 employees, that number rose to 174,014 in the second quarter of 2022.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As people continue to practice social distancing, more are looking into getting food and groceries delivered.
KRIS 6 reached out to a few delivery shoppers from Shipt, Favor and DoorDash, and all shoppers have seen an increase in orders.
Shipt Shopper Alia Kirschner says she has not only seen more orders but a lot of new customers as well, "I’m seeing a lot of new addresses, and new members."
Not only has there been an increase in work, she says delivering goods to homes has changed as well.
"99% of my orders right now are porch drop, porch drops," Kirschner said.
Typically, Shipt shoppers would deliver goods inside a persons home or at the door. While practicing social distancing, Kirschner says Shipt is recommending porch drop offs.
Considered "essential" Kirschner was asked if she feels safe shopping in grocery stores where she could possibly get COVID-19.
She says the grocery stores have done a good job of keeping shopping carts clean. She then sprays her insulated bags with Lysol and the first thing she does when getting home is washing her clothes and taking a shower.
Kirschner says tips have also been bigger, but the nicer paychecks are not why she chooses to do delivery during this pandemic.
"For the average healthy adult, I’d rather risk myself doing that than have someone that would possibly have a much worse outcome if they were exposed," she said.
Shipt says they plan to give masks and hand sanitizer to all of their shoppers during this time.


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Next Monday, March 22nd, Aston Martin will unveil a new version of the Vantage coupe. So far, the manufacturer has published the only teaser in which the car is shown in profile, and has not specified any details.
At the beginning of last week, the British have already demonstrated one special Vantage – a safety car for the new Formula 1 season. Among other things, he received a four-liter V8 turbo engine, boosted from 510 to 535 hp, as well as a new front splitter, generating 155.6 kg of downforce at a speed of 200 km / h – more than 60 kg more than on the serial coupe. In addition, the suspension and steering have been improved, additional ventilation slots have appeared on the hood, among other things.
It is expected that now the civilian Aston Martin Vantage will be modified in a similar way, providing it with a more developed aerodynamic body kit. There is no certainty about the name yet, but the prefix AMR can again be added to it: the year before last, the company already produced such a car in a limited edition of 200 units. That Vantage AMR was not more powerful, but lighter than standard, and received a seven-speed manual instead of an eight-band automatic, as well as carbon-ceramic brakes as standard.
59 cars out of those two hundred were made even more exclusive, having decorated them in honor of the 60th anniversary of the historic victory in the 24-hour Le Mans marathon. This required a surcharge of 25 thousand euros, moreover, the “regular” Vantage AMR cost 184,995 euros – almost 31 thousand euros more expensive than the standard one.


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|Vatican||HOLY SEE SIGNS DEAL FOR VATICAN CREDIT CARD|
In what will be one of its biggest commercial enterprises yet, the Vatican Treasury has teamed up with a rock music promoter to market specially designed goods and a Vatican credit card.|
The US-based promoters intend to open more than 100 shops and kiosks around the world over the next 10 years to sell the "Vatican Treasury collection". The first shop will be located opposite St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, and one of the first items to be market will be a Vatican Treasury credit card.
The promoters have been authorised to imprint images of Vatican art works on a range of products. The upmarket items are expected to come with a logo depicting the seal of the Treasury to guarantee their authenticity, and the final designs will be approved by senior Vatican officials.
The New York-based company, Maxx International, is planning to develop Vatican Treasury money clips, luggage leather bags, belts, wallets, hair ornaments, scarves, ties, T-shirts, caps, socks, china, glassware, teapots, salt and pepper pots, napkin rings, placemats and table cloths. In addition, there will be a Vatican Treasury Home Design Collection consisting of office, home and garden furniture, including tables, chairs, curtains, sheets, quilts, blankets, towels, wallpaper, pillows, doors, tiles, lamps, carpets, garden urns and soap dishes.
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'Kingdom Hearts 3' Release Date Rumors: Trailer may debut at E3 2017
It's not easy being a Kingdom Hearts fan right now, at least if you're still holding out hope for seeing Kingdom Hearts 3 anytime soon. With series director Tetsuya Nomura giving pretty mixed messages about the game's relative done-ness — and the most recent theory being that we won't hear any more about it until 2018 — it's a safe bet fans are pretty hungry for more Kingdom Hearts updates.
The internet has seen fit to deliver, and rumor has it we might be seeing a new Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer for the game sooner than anticipated. Keep reading to learn more.
Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer may finally be released in June
According to WCCFTech, there's a reason we haven't heard much about Kingdom Hearts 3 or, more specifically, why there hasn't been a new trailer. Apparently, the trailer was originally slated for release in April, but has been moved to E3 alongside a showcase of the game. Assuming it's true — and WCCFTech admits it's always good to take things with a grain of salt — this means we'd be getting a lot of Kingdom Hearts very quickly.
It's somewhat surprising the game would cut content to maintain its release schedule. However, Nomura's statements to Famitsu in January seemed to indicate there were entire game worlds that hadn't been touched yet, so it's not like there isn't room to speculate.
Although the ending of Kingdom Hearts 2 left open the potential for a sequel, according to the Kingdom Hearts Wikia, the game has only officially been announced since E3 2013. Given Final Fantasy XV's famously long 10-year incubation period — and Square-Enix's recent decision to divest itself from IO Interactive in 2017 — the company just might be antsy enough to try to release a big property like Kingdom Heart 3 sooner rather than later.
Until more information surfaces, this is all just speculation. At the very least, there's only a month to go until E3, if you're itching for that new Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer goodness.
More gaming culture and criticism
Check out the latest from Mic, including our deep dive into how female Overwatch players are dealing with online harassment, an article about a fan movement advocating for more same-sex romance options in Mass Effect, a personal essay about JonTron written by a fellow Iranian-American and an article looking at cultural diversity in Overwatch.


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Stocks began the day up but then faded into the close and finished down 14 points at 26,143 on lower volume. The markets seem to be marking time as we get ready to report earnings. The gurus are thinking that earnings will be lower for the first time in several quarters but after that they are calling for a rebound as the year progresses. IDB has the markets in “rally” mode and BTS is long high yield meaning that they are optimistic. People we speak with generally appear to be a bit nervous which is most likely due to all the political headlines but skepticism can be good for the market and is a welcome sign. Shares of Tesla were lower after a report from an Asian newspaper which stated that Panasonic and Tesla were putting Gigafactory 1 expansion plans on hold due to slowing demand. Tesla reports earnings on the 24th so I guess we will get a better view of the situation at that time.
Costco shares declined after the company posted its March sales figures. Same store sales were up 5.7% while ecommerce sales jumped 20.6%. The March retail company wide sales were $13.87 billion for an increase of 7.4% from last year. The gurus were not happy with the figures however although some are predicting the company might be setting up to pay another special dividend.
Boeing stock rose a bit after the company said that despite the production slowdown in the near term it was still planning on upping 737 Max production to 57 planes per month. Later this year Boeing might also be unveiling a replacement for the 757 which it stopped making over 10 years ago. Airlines like Icelandic Air are hoping for a replacement since all they fly are 757’s.


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Some of the latest notebook from Lenovo is soon going to be on the market. Among these are the ThinkPad Edge series or ThinkPad T431s. But they also reportedly preparing latest ultrabook as the same time.
Ultrabook that they prepare is known to have the name of ThinkPad S3 and ThinkPad S5. The existence of two ultrabook is also known as a picture appeared on the internet.
ThinkPad Ultrabook S3 is said will come with 13-inch screen, while the ThinkPad S5 has a display size of 15 inch. Interestingly both ultrabook will be equipped with a tough casing wrapped in aluminum and island-style keyboard layout.
Computex event held next month in Taiwan was estimated to be the second launch event this ultrabook. Moreover, the event will also be the launch of Intel’s latest processor, the Intel Haswell.


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St. Bonaventure University technology upgrade triples speed of Internet service on campus
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y., Dec. 8, 2011 — St. Bonaventure University has tripled the speed of its Internet service on campus in a move aimed at meeting the expectations of students whose appetite for technology seems to know no bounds.
The university has increased its Internet connection to 300 megabits per second, which represents a three-fold increase of its Internet capacity and five times more bandwidth than was available just 18 months ago, said Michael Hoffman, executive director for Information Technology.
“Basically, this means that the speed of the Internet on campus is three times faster than it was before the upgrade,” said Hoffman.
What’s that mean for students? Plenty, said Hoffman.
“They’ll see faster web browsing, faster web gaming, faster delivery of video, faster delivery of audio – basically, faster delivery of any Internet content a student would consume, which is a lot,” said Hoffman.
Students arrive on campus today with an array of technology based devices such as laptop computers, iPads, iPods, e-readers, web-based gaming systems and smart phones, all built to take advantage of wireless Internet networks.
And while students are using these devices to access the Web for academic purposes, they’re also turning to the Internet for escape from the daily grind.
Joseph Harrington, president of the Association for Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education, said a significant amount of student traffic on the Internet is not academic driven. At Boston College, where Harrington is director of network service, an estimated 70 percent of Internet bandwidth is consumed by video streaming and downloading. “The vast majority of that is purely entertainment,” said Harrington.
It’s a similar story at St. Bonaventure, said Hoffman. “I’d say that the Internet is probably the No. 1 recreational resource our students consume on campus, as evidenced by the fact that our Internet enjoys extremely high utilization until 2 in the morning,” he said.
Fast Internet service is an expectation among incoming students these days.
“The majority of them are coming from households that have access to wireless high-speed Internet and they want to know that they’re going to get something similar here,” said Hoffman.
At 300 megabits per second, St. Bonaventure ranks favorably among similarly sized, and even bigger, institutions in regard to Internet delivery, he said. “Relative to our peer group of colleges and universities, we are definitely in a leadership position,” said Hoffman, noting one nearby regional university just upgraded its Internet connection to 200 megabits per second.
Hoffman said the university will continue to review its technology offerings and implement upgrades as necessary.


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IRVING, Texas—Wolf Home Products announces a new agreement with PrimeSource Building Products to expand the distribution of Wolf’s PVC decking to customers throughout the Midwest. Per the new agreement, PrimeSource will immediately expand distribution through its Chicago center, which services dealers in eastern Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and northern Indiana.
“Our partnership with PrimeSource has been a successful one,” says Robert Lett Sr., Wolf Home Products’ vice president of national sales & marketing. “PrimeSource has show itself to be a favored distributor in the Midwest, and Wolf has a unique, high-quality product with the supply to keep up with demand in this expanded area.”
Early in 2016, Wolf Home Products and PrimeSource conducted extensive research on the market and found a widespread acceptance of synthetic decking in the Midwest. PrimeSource has been distributing Wolf decking through parts of the Midwest since August 2016 via its Minneapolis distribution center.
“This partnership allows us to expand our offering contiguously, and in doing so, to better serve our customers,” says Tim Schory, regional vice president for PrimeSource.
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Farmers took to social media on 1 December to showcase the best of British turkeys this Christmas.
Messages, photos and videos were posted on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram using #BuyMyTurkey to remind the public to start thinking about the centrepiece of the Christmas dinner table – a traditional British farm fresh turkey.
The public were urged to support British farmers, and to choose a bird that has been reared locally.
Radio DJ Chris Moyles lent his support to #BuyMyTurkey live on air on his breakfast show to over one million listeners.
NFU poultry board member and turkey farmer Mike Bailey said: “Turkey producers across the country are preparing for the busy festive period so millions of us can tuck into a traditional Christmas dinner.
“Buying your turkey directly from the farm where it has been produced not only benefits a local farming business but provides you with a great tasting bird reared to the highest standards.
“If you’re going to the local supermarket then look carefully at the country of origin labelling and keep an eye out for the Red Tractor logo, which also provides a guarantee of traceability, environmental protection, food safety and hygiene and welfare standards.
“We’re hoping everyone – farmers, NFU members and the public - will get involved on social media today using the hashtag #BuyMyTurkey and share messages and even make a short video of why buying a local British turkey is important. It really is a great way to Back British Farming this Christmas.”
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The NFU said the initiative was a "great way" to back British farming this Christmas. The farming union said that when shopping, consumers should look carefully at the country of origin labelling, and keep an eye out for the Red Tractor logo.
The Union Jack flag helps ensure consumers that they are purchasing fully-traceable food produced on British farms.
Minette Batters, NFU Deputy President, said: “When shopping in retail stores we are encouraging consumers to get behind our campaign to support British farming.
“One of the easiest ways this can be achieved is in buying produce displaying the Red Tractor logo, which also provides a guarantee of traceability, environmental protection, food safety and hygiene and welfare standards.
“The festive season is a time when British produce such as roast potatoes, pigs in blankets and traditional turkey are treasured. And while Christmas dinner is the cornerstone of Christmas Day, British agriculture has a far wider part to play this time of year with the provision of British trees, plants and beers, to name but a few.”


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Stocks to watch: SingPost, SIA, Oxley
THESE companies had developments on Monday that might influence their stocks' trading on Tuesday.
Singapore Post: The Singapore Exchange said on Monday that it will wait for the results of Singapore Post's upcoming special corporate governance audit before assessing the postal and e-commerce group's compliance with listing rules. SingPost admitted last week that it had not properly disclosed a conflict of interest for one of its directors in an acquisition it made in 2014.
Singapore Airlines: SIA extended the deadline for its S$453 million takeover offer for Tiger Airways. The offer was supposed to close on Monday but Tiger's minority shareholders now have until 5.30pm on Jan 8 to accept the offer.
Oxley Holdings: The property developer said on Monday that it has accepted an unsolicited offer for Chiba Port Square, located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, for US$60 million. The group has inked a memorandum of understanding for the deal with Greenland Hong Kong Investment Group and Japanese tax-free store chain operator LAOX Co Ltd. Oxley said it expects the sale of this property to have a positive impact on its earnings per share and net tangible assets per share for the current financial year ending June 30, 2016.


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Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, has emerged as a major player in the e-mobility sector worldwide. Over the last few years, as one of the prominent leaders in EV (electronic vehicles) charging solutions, it has set up EV charging stations in various parts of the world, including Asia, the USA, and Europe. The organisation has shipped over 1,000,000 EV chargers to consumers worldwide since 2011 to foster e-mobility transition across the globe. Currently, Delta provides powertrain and energy management systems to the world’s leading EV automakers in Europe, the USA, and Asia.
With expertise in high-efficiency power technologies, Delta has been delivering energy-efficient EV charging solutions worldwide for over a decade. In 2020, Delta collaborated with Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., a Japanese energy company, to operate an EV charging station in Yokohama. Delta and Idemitsu renovated an old gas station into an EV charging station that has a cafe. The EV charging station operates under the theme ‘Park and Charge’ enabling a smart retail energy ecosystem that unifies Delta’s energy storage, power conditioning system, EV chargers, DeltaGrid IoT energy management system, and Delta’s retail IoT solution.
In August 2022, Delta joined hands with EVgo, the largest public fast charging network for electric vehicles (EVs) in the USA, to supply 1000 fast chargers with up to 350kW power output. The organisation has successfully delivered over 6,000 EV chargers to consumers in India.
Benjamin Lin, Delta Electronics India’s President & GM, said, “We are at the forefront of building e-mobility across the globe. Delta strives to build a sustainable world that includes green energy infrastructure, smart factories, and e-mobility. We intend to increase the delivery of our EV chargers globally. We are immensely thankful to our local partners as we collaborate to build e-mobility. In India, we project to deliver more than 10,000 EV chargers by mid-2023”.
Delta offers a one-stop solution enabling EV charging infrastructure in order to provide clean, innovative, and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow. The surge in demand for EVs plays a significant role in mankind’s sustainability goals, and adequate charging infrastructure is essential for the rapid adoption of EVs. Delta aims to remain at the forefront of the EV charging infrastructure as demand for EVs will be enormous in the future


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Where has the time gone?
The Harry Potter series turns twenty-five next year, and publisher Bloomsbury has already unveiled grand plans to celebrate the occasion, reports The Bookseller.
Many of these are special editions of the books, starting with a silver-foil-adorned paperback of book one (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone or Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone, depending on where you live) in January.
But Bloomsbury also plans to create an outdoor installation, a video and social media fan-message campaign, and specially themed events.
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Sainsbury's slammed for doubling delays for paying non-food suppliers
Sainsbury's has been slammed for telling non-food suppliers that it will pay bills after 75 days rather than 30.
The supermarket giant justified the move because a ‘review’ had found its standard payment times differed from industry standards.
The Forum of Private Business has added Sainsbury’s to its ‘Hall of Shame’, which exposes big firms that extend payment terms for suppliers.
Hall of shame: Sainsbury's will pay bills after 75 days rather than 30
Robert Downes of the Forum said: ‘This kind of borrowing from suppliers, whatever their size, is scandalous, particularly coming from a profitable FTSE 100 company.’
Research shows that about £37billion is owed to small firms in unpaid invoices in the UK at any one time.
Sainsbury’s reported a seven per cent increase in profits for 2011 to £712million.
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