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Mr. Veerasith Sinchareonkul, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Sri Trang Agro-Industry Public Company Limited (STA), the world's leading producer and distributor of integrated natural rubber products and Thailand's largest producer of latex gloves, reports that during the past six months, the company's expansion of natural rubber production has gone according to plan to be in line with the growing demand and to contribute to the company's continuous growth. Recently, the company has completed its planned expansion in its two plants in the South, including increased capacity of block rubber at its plant in Bueng Kan province by 87,600 tons per year and in Sikao district of Trang province by 70,080 tons per year. This takes its total production capacity to 3.1 million tons per year, reiterating its position as the world's largest provider of integrated natural rubber products.
The capacity expansion at these two plants is made possible by the introduction of modern technologies and automatic machinery, which help speed up production, increase efficiency, and reduce production waste, without the need for additional labor. The expansion enables the company to increase per-person annual yield to an average of 35 tons by 2025, more than double the 2021 yield of 16 tons per person per year.
Although the current global economic outlook is concerned for being sluggish due to the rise of energy costs and inflation rates, STA's financial position remains strong with orders flowing unabated from local and overseas customers; hence, the company continues its capacity expansion as planned. By the end of the year, the expansion in two more concentrated-latex plants is to be completed, one in Narathiwat province with additional capacity of 18,396 tons per year in August, and another in Surat Thani province which expected to start operating in December with additional capacity of 113,004 tons per year, pushing its total yield of all rubber production to 3.31 million tons a year as planned.
"Our company is in a strong financial position, which makes it possible for us to keep investing in capacity expansion. Past investments have been financed by operating cash flow, proceeds from the issuance of debenture, and long-term loans from financial institutions. The company is well-prepared to expand in both local and overseas markets in order to increase sales and share of the global rubber market to 12% from 10% of previous year," says Mr. Veerasith.
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Weeks after first selling out, the mega-viral Wingstop Chicken Sandwich has returned. Available in 12 of the chain's sauce flavors, Wingstop announced Wednesday it managed to stockpile enough ingredients to bring the sandwiches back for the foreseeable future. Once again, the sandwhich went viral as social media users managed to get their hands on it.
"The launch of our Wingstop Chicken Sandwich in 12 flavors exceeded our expectations on all fronts. Our craveable product and viral campaign drove unprecedented, extraordinary demand from both our core guests as well as brought a lot of new Wingstop fans into the brand," Wingstop CEO Michael Skipworth said of the sell-out. "Thanks to strong, trusted relationships with supplier partners, we anticipate having chicken sandwich supply back in restaurants soon, so fans and new guests alike can get their hands on their new favorite chicken sandwich."
Keep scrolling to see what people are saying about the latest entry in the Chicken Sandwich Wars.
wingstop got the chicken sandwich restocked owwwweeeee— bitch (@Ash_Mommi) October 5, 2022
palms getting itchy thinking about the wingstop sandwich they gotta bring it back already— nathan (@HATETHEREALME) September 21, 2022
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Wingstop has a chicken sandwich now? We eat like kings tonight.— 𝕾𝖍𝖊𝖊𝖓𝖆 (@CyberVillainess) October 5, 2022
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What you need to know
- Apple has announced a brand new collection of apps to help the parents of children with autism on its App Store.
- That's because today is World Autism Awareness Day, and April is Autism Acceptance Month.
- Apps include Procreate for drawing and music-making app Skoog.
Apple has announced a brand new collection of apps to help the parents of children with autism on its App Store. In a press release today Apple stated:
For Autism Acceptance Day Thurs, Apr 2, Apple is highlighting helpful resources — including top apps, accessibility tips, promoting creativity, and home education help — for parents and families of neurodiverse children during this time of shelter at home and social distancing.
Apps for Autism
App Store has curated an extensive collection of useful apps to support neurodiversity and people with autism spectrum disorder. They include amazing apps to learn, play, create, communicate, and ways to share your voice with the world — including for individuals who are non-speaking. App Store will unveil the collection in the Today section on Apr 2.
Apple has unveiled apps to help in the following categories:
- Life Skills
- Games, videos and music
- Great tools on Apple Watch
All of these apps are available to download from the App Store now, and you can see the full list on the App Store preview page here!
Apple is also collaborating with The Art of Autism nonprofit for 'Created on iPad', an online exhibition of 15 emerging artists who identify as autistic. This exhibition is now live. Apple TV's 'Inspirations' series will also feature Kayla Cromer:
"...trailblazing actor and one of the first people on the spectrum to play the role of a character on the spectrum in a major series. Cromer stars as Matilda in the Freeform comedy 'Everything's Gonna Be Okay," and will share films that have inspired her passion for acting."
Apple also reiterated its support being offered to those adjusting to remote learning and highlighted its accessibility support page for the iPad.
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The Renault Ross Lovegrove Concept unveiled not too long ago is previewing the styling of the next generation of the Renault Twingo.
The newest creation signed by Renault is named the Ross Lovegrove Concept and the model has been designed with Ross Lovegrove’s help, being the latest in the company’s recent concept series, which started with the DeZir, which has influenced the front fascia of all new Renault models. According to the guys at Auto Express, the Renault Ross Lovegrove Concept is actually previewing the styling of the next generation Renault Twingo, which might be adopted by future models in the lineup as well.
“Renault and Lovegrove Studio collaboration to explore new design languages. By examining nature, its systems and energy transactions this project intends to bring awareness and understanding of those phenomena and their current impact”, as the carmaker said in its official press release.
The Renault Ross Lovegrove Concept has a hatchback design and it’s getting a large rear spoiler and some green alloy wheels. That’s about all we’ve got on the model for the moment so we will have to wait for its official unveil, scheduled for the 18th of April, at the Triennale of Milan, in order to find out more about it.


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Apple's big event
Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon appeared on stage to introduced their Apple (AAPL) series "The Morning Show" — a fun look into the wild world of morning news.
"Through the prism of those under-slept and over-adrenalined people behind and in front of the camera, we take an honest look at relationships between women and men in the workplace," Aniston said on stage.
The two are also executive producers on the show.
Steve Carell, who is also on the series, joined Aniston and Reese on stage and vamped about the series and his character.
"His colleagues love him and America love him," Carell joked.
(Full disclosure from CNN's Brian Stelter, who's reporting live at today's event: I'm a consultant on one of Apple's many shows, a drama set in the world of morning TV. But I don't know when or how the show is being released.)
"I'm so grateful to be here today. This is my first time at Apple," Steven Spielberg said on stage.
Spielberg said an anthology series called "Amazing Stories " was his first encounter with science fiction, thus confirming reports that his series would be a part of the new Apple TV+
"We want to transport the audience with every episode," he said. He hopes that the first season of "Amazing Stories" will be a single thematic experience.
The original "Amazing Stories" ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987.
Roku's stock fell more than 5% during Apple's TV and TV+ presentations.
Shares in the streaming device company had been up as much as 8%, but they are now up only a little more than 2%.
Roku (ROKU) competes with Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Google Chromecast and several other streaming video options. Roku dominates the space, more than doubling Apple's market share, according to Parks Associates. Apple TV will now be coming to Roku devices and smart TVs, but that may not be enough to comfort investors.
"Great stories can change the world," Tim Cook, Apple's CEO said, before introducing the name of Apple's new TV service: Apple TV+.
Apple (AAPL) said that Apple TV+ will work with artists and some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, Sofia Coppola, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Damien Chazelle, M. Night Shyamalan and Ron Howard were all a part of a black and white film about how these Hollywood heavyweights work creatively.
Brian Stelter notes:
This is the heart of Apple's announcement -- a huge bet on original TV shows and films. Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg have Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, the two Sony execs who were poached from Sony nearly two years ago, are speaking about "a new service dedicated to the best stories ever told." They've been working on it in secret, until now.
(Full disclosure from CNN's Brian Stelter, who's currently reporting live at today's event: I'm a consultant on one of Apple's many shows, a drama set in the world of morning TV. But I don't know when or how the show is being released.)
Apple (AAPL) wants you to know it takes your privacy really, really seriously.
Throughout the presentation, executives played up the company's focus on privacy and security.
Executives referenced its “on-device intelligence,” which uses information from your device to serve up recommendations. For example, its news app will feature suggestions, but Apple won’t know what you’re reading and won’t allow advertisers to track you.
Apple CEO Tim Cook also reminded the audience that Apple News has always relied on trusted sources, and articles have been curated by experts. Cook said this is a “different approach than others have taken” – a clear swipe at Facebook.
And it's showtime for TV!
Apple's big announcement: It is redesigning its Apple TV app to allow consumers to pay only for what they want, ad free, and share with their family.
Apple (AAPL) will allow consumers to subscribe to channels such as Starz, Showtime and HBO.
This is the first time the Apple TV app will be on Mac and smart TVs.
And Apple keeps emphasizing: The Apple TV app will not share consumers' personal data with anyone.
Apple (AAPL) is debuting different products across many different areas from news to banking to gaming. But the one common theme is, man, there are a lot of sizzle reels.
There's sizzle reels to show the beauty of magazines and I believe at least two sizzle reels that showed off much of the same video games.
I'm looking forward to the next sizzle reel for Apple Sizzle, which is an app that creates sizzle reels for Apple events.
The company unveiled Apple Arcade, which it calls the world’s first game subscription service, for mobile, desktop and the living room. It will feature curated, brand-new games that Apple (AAPL) will help develop.
Games will work on iPhones, Apple TVs, Macs and iPads -- and you can pick off where you left off even if you change devices. Games are also available even without an internet connection.
Apple Arcade, which is available this fall, has over 100 games, and more will be added. They won't feature ads or in-app purchases. Pricing has not yet been announced.


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Verizon Wireless today announce its Same Day Delivery service is now available in 10 more cities: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Here's more info:
Today, Verizon Wireless announced that it is adding 10 additional markets to its Same Day Delivery service, providing yet another delivery option for customers eager to receive their new smartphone, tablet or connected device right away. Now customers in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, D.C., can opt for Same Day Delivery.
In July 2013, Verizon Wireless became the first wireless provider to offer this service with a pilot program in Philadelphia. The pilot then expanded to include New York City, Dallas, Pittsburgh and San Francisco in October.
The Same Day Delivery service provides an option for customers who order devices - with or without accessories - on the Verizon Wireless website to get their items the day the order is placed. The initiative allows Verizon Wireless to take advantage of local inventory and proximity to enable shipments from company-operated communication stores.
New and existing customers may choose Same Day Delivery when ordering online by 10 a.m. local time Monday through Friday with delivery guaranteed by 7 p.m. local time. The delivery fee is $19.99 compared with the priority overnight delivery fee of $14.99. Sunday through Thursday, customers placing their orders after the normal shipping cutoff times (between 4 p.m. and 12 a.m. local time) will still have the ability to select and receive their orders the next business day.
Same Day Delivery is one of several options for customers who have purchased a device online ranging from standard to overnight delivery to in-store pickup.


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This Apple Partner Is Going Public In A SPAC Merger And Gene Munster Is Bullish
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) represents a $4 billion opportunity for its experiential commerce partner Enjoy Technology Inc, as per Loup Ventures Managing Partner Gene Munster.
What Happened: The startup, which does mobile deliveries for Apple, AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) and others, expanded its partnership with the iPhone maker to include new markets in the second quarter.
Enjoy now partners with the Cupertino, California-based Apple in eight markets, from three earlier, along with the cross-partner selling agreement.
“We believe if Enjoy executes, it has the chance to be a core element in Apple’s global, direct strategy, complementing the company’s pillars around online and brick and mortar,” Munster wrote in a note.
The analyst warned that there are “no guarantees” when it comes to Apple establishing long-term partnerships and Enjoy will have to earn the right to serve Tim Cook-led Apple customers — one market, one visit at a time.
“Conservatively, we estimate Apple represents a $4 billion plus opportunity for Enjoy.”
See Also: Apple To See Revenue Growth Ahead Of Street Expectations Through 2025, Munster Estimates
Why Is Munster Bullish?: Enjoy, which was started by former Apple executive Ron Johnson, reported revenue of $40.2 million in the second quarter ended June 30, a growth of 65% compared with last year. Munster said the revenue growth exceeded expectations and that he believes that increase is just the beginning.
During the second quarter, Enjoy and Apple expanded partnership to New York, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington/Baltimore, from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas metros earlier.
Munster said he believes the Apple relationship is moving forward and a handful of additional metros are expected to be added by year end.
Emjoy is set to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Marquee Raine Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:MRAC).
Price Action: Apple shares closed 1.03% higher at $149.71 on Monday.
For news coverage in French, Italian, or Spanish, check out Benzinga France, Benzinga Italia, or Benzinga España.


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First Union Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. have become the first U.S. banking companies to join an international bank group planning a global Internet-based automated clearing house system.
The Worldwide Automated Transaction Clearing House, known as Watch, began forming a year ago to promote cross-border ACH payments. Eighteen banks from 11 foreign countries are members,
The aim is to overcome the differences in country-based rules that now impede the clearing of payments across national borders.
Watch completed the second phase of its creation last week when it was incorporated as a limited liability company in the United Kingdom. First Union and Wells were among the incorporators and have seats on the board of directors. The group is now selecting a vendor to build its system in the second half of 2002.
Wells and First Union say their participation in Watch should help them serve U.S. corporations that buy and sell goods overseas or that have workers in other countries.
"It will give our corporate customers a low-cost, efficient way to do cross-border ACH payments to individuals in their local currencies," said Mark Havlik, vice president and manager of global electronic payments for First Union.
Wells, which already sends some ACH payments across the Canadian border, "wanted to take a leadership role in finding a solution for cost-effective, global payments," said Mary Trigg, the head of corporate communications for Wells' wholesale groups. "We saw this group as a good vehicle for creating that solution."
Priscilla Taylor, Watch's general secretary, said she anticipates that Watch member banks would reduce their cross-border transaction costs by 40% to 50%.
"Today, the options companies have are very limited and expensive," Mr. Havlik said. "Watch is an intelligent switch, an international traffic cop."
Watch has substantial hurdles to overcome, said George Thomas, senior vice president of the New York Clearing House Association. He cited substantial differences among local ACH systems in governance, operating rules, settlement procedures, risk management procedures, and communications protocols.
"If countries could come up with a unified standard, such as using the Euro as currency for small dollar payments, it would be much easier to implement than to try and deal with different legal jurisdictions and currencies," Mr. Thomas said.
Ms. Taylor said those concerns are challenges that can be overcome.
"Politics is always the biggest issue," she said. "It's not necessarily a problem, but a challenge."
Watch is asking other U.S. banks to become part-owners of the company by paying a $100,000 fee. Membership is open to all regulated deposit-taking institutions.
Watch began forming in August 1999. Forty-eight banks, including 14 in the U.S., participated in the exploratory phase, to define governance of the organization and establish business specifications for the system.
The not-for-profit, bank-owned entity has a governing structure similar to that of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, the Belgium-based bank messaging network known as Swift.
"We are very happy to have Wells and First Union as part of Watch and on its board of directors," Ms. Taylor said. "We hope to have more U.S. banks join the company."


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China continues to move towards its environmental goals. By 2035, the country wants to have new cars sold be increasingly environmentally friendly. The country is striving to reduce its carbon emissions in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
The country's organization of automobile experts on Tuesday announced its road map for new-energy vehicles. The report is created under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and will serve as the basis for China's rules and policies for automobiles.
Of all new vehicles sold in 2035 in China, 50% are to be "new-energy" vehicles—electric, plug-in hybrid, or fuel cell-powered. The other half is to be hybrids, reported Nikkei Asia. According to the roadmap, the ratio of cars will gradually increase until it reaches 50%. Of the new-energy vehicles, more than 95% are to be EVs, which will likely further popularize Tesla. The California company is currently offering Model 3 for 249,900 RMB after incentives, making it the lowest-priced premium mid-sized sedan in China.
Meanwhile, the only gasoline-powered cars sold in 2035 should be hybrids. The goal is to increase the share of hybrids to 75% of all gasoline vehicles by 2030 and to 100% by 2035, as well as to completely stop the production and sale of conventional gasoline vehicles.
China is the largest emitter in the world, and the advancement and proliferation of electric vehicles in the country will be critical to its pursuit of a carbon-free society.
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A quarrel has brewed up along Colorado’s beer-rich Front Range.
The namesake of the state’s biggest and oldest brewer cried foul Monday over comments Colorado craft brewers made last week about “Big Beer” at their trade organization’s annual conference.
Pete Coors, chairman of Molson Coors, drafted an open letter to the Boulder-based Brewers Association and charged that the group’s leadership made statements that could harm the beer industry as a whole.
“Competition in our industry should be honored and cherished. I agree with you that craft brewers are ‘exemplars of the American Dream, of entrepreneurial spirit,’ according to Coors’ letter, which was published in Beer Business Daily. “However, you must realize that big brewers are as well. There should be no room for cheap shots and insults (‘faux,’ ‘crafty,’ ‘capitulated’ beers) for each other.
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The Hyundai Australian presented the "hot" H-1 minivan in the N-version and tested on the track.
Hyundai is creating a new unit that will deal with the creation of urban air transport
The first Hyundai pickup truck will be making with a frame structure and a couple of drive options with a cabin configuration.
Hyundai Motor Group has created the latest type of airbag.
Hyundai is actively creating a pickup truck for US consumers. A car with the code name NX4-OB will appear in May 2020.
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Papa John's doesn't care what you think
Spam texts and political statements have turned up the heat on the pizzamaker and its CEO.
In the last week, Papa John's (PZZA) was socked with a $250 million lawsuit for jamming mobile phones with spam and faced heat for saying that it may have to cut employee hours to avoid the looming Obamacare health care mandate.
Meanwhile, the pizza maker has renewed a multimillion-dollar sponsorship deal with the NFL, given away 2 million free pizzas just to acknowledge the start of the NFL season and hosted Republican candidate Mitt Romney at CEO John Schnatter's 40,000-square-foot Kentucky mansion.
Amid these mixed signals is one very clear question: Does Papa John's or its CEO care about its brand at all? The answer since election season kind of sounds like "no," especially when issues affect Schnatter's estimated $600 million fortune.
Back in August, Schnatter estimated that the new national health care plan would cost he and his franchisees $5 million to $8 million a year, forcing him to raise pizza prices by roughly 10 to 14 cents a pie (though Forbes put that number closer to 3 to 6 cents per pie). Depending on which number you believe, Papa John's $2 delivery fee will cost consumers 20 to 67 times more than Papa John's employee health care costs would.
After President Obama was re-elected, Schnatter doubled down said it was likely that some Papa John's franchise owners would likely reduce hours to avoid penalties under the Affordable Care Act -- which states that full-time employees at companies with more than 50 workers must be provided with insurance by their employer. Schnatter notes that about a third of Papa John's employees have health care coverage through the company, but rising health care costs have precluded him from bringing that number closer to 100%.
That's kind of interesting, since Schnatter is parting with an estimated $24 million to $32 million -- or about four to six times the additional health care costs he so fears -- to give away free pizzas during the NFL season as part of a customer loyalty program. He's also struck a deal with Peyton Manning to make the star quarterback the owner of 21 Papa John's franchises in the Denver area and paid to make Papa John's the official pizza of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams, Tennessee Titans and Washington Redskins.
The pizza CEO hasn't exactly been crying poverty in his private life, either. He has a net worth of more than $600 million. He likes to tell stories about hocking his prized 1971 Chevy Camaro to save his dad's bar and start his business, but paid $250,000 for that same Camaro back in 2009. His giant estate outside of Louisville features 16 acres of swimming pools, a golf course, a private lake, a 22-car multi-level underground garage with valet office, a car wash and a turntable driveway for limousines. The 6,000-square-foot guest house alone is valued at nearly $7 million.
"Who would've imagined pizza could build this," Romney said during a fundraiser at the mansion in August. "This is really something. Don't you love this country? What a home this is, what grounds these are, the pool, the golf course... Republicans come here and say everyone should live like this."
Like Romney, however, Schnatter's using a lot of money and words to finish short of first place. Fast-food industry publication QSR Magazine ranked Papa John's third among pizza franchises behind Domino's and Pizza Hut and 18th overall. Its $2.2 billion in U.S. sales last year lagged behind Domino's (DPZ) $3.4 million and Pizza Hut's (YUM) $5.5 million. The $786,000 it brought in per restaurant in 2011 not only trailed Pizza Hut's $875,000, but Cici's $895,400. Keep in mind, Papa John's has about six times more locations than Cici's.
The franchises Schnatter claims he's defending, meanwhile, were just targeted by a $250 million class action lawsuit alleging that Papa John's and marketing firm OnTime4U teamed up to send spam texts to customers who hadn't given their consent to be texted. The suit now includes thousands of customers who claim that Papa John's outlets sent hundreds of thousands of unwanted texts as a result.
This wouldn't weigh on Papa John's so heavily if the company had staked its success to the "better ingredients" in its motto. On overall quality, Papa John's gets hammered by another, smaller papa. Consumers polled by both Zagat and trade publication Nation's Restaurant News picked take-and-bake pizza shop Papa Murphy's as their favorite pizza chain, despite the Papa John's tripling the upstart Papa's sales and location count.
So how does it play out when a big pizza chain goes partisan and loses to smaller competitors on quality? Just ask Domino's, whose founder Tom Monaghan used his pizza fortune to fund Republican candidates and Catholic institutions and activism -- including anti-abortion efforts -- before selling the company to Bain Capital in 1998.
Domino's quality dropped to baked cardboard levels before the company retooled its pizza formula in 2009 and launched it with an ad campaign acknowledging the company's sullied reputation and years of subpar pizza. Domino's has now kicked "pizza" out of its name altogether as it focuses on reinventing its brand and expanding the menu.
Papa John's may face similar concerns about its brand in the near future. By the looks of it, though, its current CEO may not come down from his political soapbox and pile of money long enough to address them.
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It is a free country and if they cut jobs or hours it's only because they won't take less money home for themselves! If you think of it that's insane...they have more than millions and could most likely live a quite comfortable life for the rest of their lives and their kids lives and their grandkids lives and never take another penny of profit from their business!!!
Greed knows not ends and the greedy among us will do anything to keep their precious money.
It's not about money ya know...this life...it's about relationships!
You can take it to the bank that a Papa John's employee spit in your pizza.
American Greed! that is what the Republicans and John Schnatter are about. We are talking about medical for your employees, come on. Rich people like Mitt are not eating Papa Johns, is the middle class that eats papa johns. I will never buy this product again.
Don't think I have ever had a Papa John crap pizza
Don't think I ever will.
I advise all PJs employees to get a job else where.
All others, boycott this place.
Okay, let me understand this, if you support a republican your pizza will taste like card board? Can this be true. Domino's allways sucked. it has recently gotten a little better but like papa puke's it's not real pizza anyway. So, in conclusion, I think even if they backed a democrat they still would have and do suck!
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Due to a parts shortage, the shipment of Ford Motor Co.’s 2011 F-150 pickups is delayed. Anne Marie Gattari, a Ford spokeswoman, said that this shortage involves a “small population” of trucks and will be resolved “soon.”
She explained that a majority of the thousands of 2011 F-150 pickups that Ford has stockpiled in parking lots throughout the Detroit area still will be shipped as the new model is presented nationwide.
The 2011 version of the F-150 (the top-selling vehicle in the U.S.) is powered by more fuel-efficient engines, allowing buyers to avoid higher gasoline costs. For the first 11 months of 2010, Ford has sold 473,461 F-series trucks, standing for a 30% increase when compared to the same period in 2009.
Jim Hall, principal at automotive researcher 2953 Analytics in Birmingham, Michigan, said that because the F-150 is such a volume product, Ford regards it to be very important.
Gattari said that the delay means lost revenue and volume for Ford as the F-150 is very profitable. She added that because the availability of a part is limited, a group of trucks is being held.
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Podcast startup RedCircle is officially launching today with a focus on helping small shows grow. Its first step is releasing a feature that assists podcasters in setting up cross-promotions with other podcasters, agreements in which two shows promote each other. It promises there’s more to come.
RedCircle raised $1.5 million in its seed round and offers free hosting, analytics access, distribution help, and other features designed for smaller creators. The company’s cross-promotion feature allows RedCircle to automatically insert promotions into shows once both podcasters have agreed.
“The short story [of how we got started] is that there’s not a lot of interesting technology that’s being built for the small podcaster,” Mike Kadin, co-founder and CEO, tells The Verge. “We saw a lot of space for the independent podcaster who’s taking their work seriously, but doesn’t have a five-person ad sales team to take care of them. There’s a lot of room for work there and just a massive long tail with podcasts.”
The team is focusing on independent podcasters who are in the semi-pro phase and want to grow their show. That’s why the team is launching with this cross-promotion feature. It’s a way for creators to grow their show without the clout of a bigger network behind them. Larger networks often cross-promote their own network shows, which is a benefit of having a bunch of popular shows under the same umbrella company.
To find a cross-promotion partner, podcasters can browse RedCircle’s show catalog on its website and sort by category, audience size, or name, although shows have to opt into being available for cross-promotion requests. If both shows agree to run each other’s ad, they’ll send each other the audio ad, and RedCircle will automatically determine how long they’ll have to run it so that both shows get a mutual benefit from the deal. A show with a smaller following will likely have to run an ad for a longer period of time to reach a certain number of listeners than a larger show.
A show can only run two RedCircle-inserted ad spots per episode, but it can have its own ads built in as well. The company wouldn’t say how many shows it has signed up for its service, but Kadin said it numbered in the “hundreds,” and that shows from competitor platforms had switched over. Kadin also says it has “some podcasts” on the network that generate tens of thousands of downloads.
Apart from its cross-promotion feature, RedCircle says it’s going to keep designing features for the small creator. The company says it doesn’t claim copyright over any works on the service, and creators can distribute a RedCircle-hosted RSS feed on any platform that accepts them.
RedCircle’s effort reminds me of Anchor, at least in its creator focus, but Kadin says it’s not planning to make tools for creation. It’s going to look at podcast monetization as a focus area, not only for creators but also for RedCircle’s business. That’s its main business goal, as it would give the company a cut of the ad revenue. The team says it’s already negotiating ad deals for its biggest podcasters in a more informal capacity. (They’ll make calls in the industry to arrange ad spend.) Still, it’s easy to see how creating a dynamic cross-promotion service could lend itself to the eventual insertion of sponsored ads through the platform itself.
Free hosting is tempting to creators because hosting providers, apart from Anchor, charge for their services. But in return for that hosting, Kadin and the team want to eventually build an ad network that’s comprised of all its hosted shows.


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Jun 25, 2013
Barbadian R&B artist, Shontelle, has teamed up with online fashion retailer, W Concept for a photo shoot and fan contest featuring the store’s in-house line, W Studio.
Jun 19, 2013
Barbadian R&B artist, Shontelle, has teamed up with online fashion retailer, W Concept for a photo shoot and fan contest featuring the store’s in-house line, W Studio. W Concept carries two in-house brands, W Street and W Studio.
Jun 07, 2013
Philadelphia based design firm specializes in dramatic home makeovers
May 29, 2013
Philadelphia’s first low-out bar and waxing salon has changed their hours for the summer months.
May 29, 2013
Philadelphia’s first blow-out and waxing salon has added a very skilled blow-out hair stylist and an excellent esthetician to the Heads & Tails team.
May 23, 2013
Philadelphia’s first blow-out and waxing salon participated in the Rittenhouse Row Festival, doing waxing, curls, straightening, and selling hair products – all for discounted prices!
May 14, 2013
Philadelphia’s first blow-out bar and waxing salon, Heads & Tails will be part of the What Women Want event this Thursday, May 16th 2013, at Sugar House Casino.
May 10, 2013
Local Philadelphia Streetwear shop “Status Shop” celebrates 3-year anniversary with special deals and giveaways to thank loyal customers.
May 09, 2013
Presented by Riley Cote and Live Nation Saturday, September 7th 2013 Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing Tickets go on sale Monday, May 13 at Noon
May 06, 2013
Twenty-four year old SUPER MODEL Sessilee Lopez tweets about wearing W Concept’s Line W Street, a line brand new to the USA on her social media, launching the lines’ awareness among her fans.


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Think of them as the opposite of energy drinks. A new wave of relaxation beverages can take the edge off stress and anxiety, and even help you sleep, according to the companies that sell them. The drinks have not been tested in rigorous clinical trials, but at least some of their ingredients have been shown in studies to aid sleep or reduce anxiety.
By relaxation, we don't mean a gin and tonic. The new drinks, containing plant extracts or even natural human hormones, are designed to chill you out without impairing your function as much as alcohol. Some have sugar, but others use low-calorie sweeteners.
Not including bagged teas, nearly 100 new relaxation beverages—including different sizes and flavors—have appeared on the U.S. market in the past three years, according to market-research firm Datamonitor PLC. Products include Vacation in a Bottle, from VIB Holdings LLC, Dallas; Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda from The Relaxing Co., Riverside, Ca.; Dream Water, from Sarpes Beverages LLC, Miami; Drank, from Innovative Beverage Group Holdings Inc., Houston; and Mini Chill, from Stevenson Products LLC, of Little Neck, N.Y.
Many of the drinks contain herbal, plant or hormonal therapies which have been shown in at least some studies to be effective—but also may have side effects, scientists say.
Kava root, for example, an ingredient in Mary Jane's soda, obtains an unusual grade of "A" for treatment of anxiety from Natural Standard Research Collaboration, a Cambridge, Mass., scientist-owned group that evaluates natural therapies. The grade means there is strong scientific evidence for effectiveness, but it applies only to the use of kava in people with doctor-diagnosed anxiety, not ordinary stress. The Relaxing Co., which markets Mary Jane's for such daily challenges as "road rage" and "public speaking" and "lousy girlfriends," says it is beginning a clinical trial to test its effectiveness in combating everyday stress.
Kava root should be used cautiously—particularly in people at risk for liver problems, scientists say. In 2002, the Food and Drug Administration warned that kava root had been linked to "severe liver injury," including liver failure and the need for a transplant. The Relaxing Co. says Mary Jane's contains kava extracted using a water method which it believes to be safer than chemical methods used to obtain the extract used in the dietary supplements that were linked to liver problems. Still, the company suggests a top dose of two 12-ounce bottles daily.
As with prescription medications, people should work to change the causes of insomnia or stress rather than depending on a quick fix, clinicians say.
"There is no magic pill or soda. Lifestyle is the number one thing you should address first," says Catherine Ulbricht, co-founder of Natural Standard and senior attending pharmacist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Dream Water contains melatonin, a hormone which has been shown to aid sleep in healthy people and help fight insomnia (it gets a B from Natural Standard), as well as the amino acid 5-hydroxytryptophan and the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid. Taking those should be a last resort only—and if you do, it should be under the supervision of a physician, says Aparajitha Verma, medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Methodist Neurological Institute in Houston.
Melatonin in beverages has come under regulatory scrutiny. The FDA issued a Jan. 13 warning letter to Innovative Beverage stating that melatonin, an ingredient in Drank, is not an approved food additive. Innovative Beverage says that its Drank is a dietary supplement and that it is working closely with FDA to "clear up any confusion."
Some beverage companies market the fact that their relaxation drinks don't contain melatonin. Vacation in a Bottle, for example, uses L-Theanine, an ingredient in green tea, to relax you without putting you to sleep, VIB Holdings says.
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New machinery strengthens Devoran Metals
A Devoran based steel reinforcement business is stronger than ever with the introduction of innovative new machinery to its workshop.
Devoran Metals, one of the largest metal works companies in the South West, has invested in automated technology by purchasing a MEP Mini Syntax 16, the only machine of its kind in the South West.
This machine allows the team to cut and bend standard and bespoke steel reinforcement bars for the construction industry in an extremely quick and accurate production process.
With reduced intervention of machine operators the investment has increased productivity within the 14-strong workforce by 30%. As a result of faster production and a wider range of bending capability, customer satisfaction has skyrocketed – orders have already increased by 30% across the UK compared to last year.
Richard Orsman, Managing Director at Devoran Metals said:
“With a commitment to providing the latest and most innovative products, investment in this machine has been an obvious choice for our company. It will enable us to deliver the highest quality steel reinforcement bars cut and bent to any custom shape and most importantly, we are able to quickly respond to the needs of our customers.”
Richard also sees the investment as good news for Cornwall, saying:
“The ultimate aim of investing in this new technology is to grow and future-proof our business. We hope to create more jobs in Cornwall and continue to make our mark as a key player in the UK’s steel reinforcement industry.”
Devoran Metals is the only Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels (CARES) approved steel reinforcement company in Cornwall dedicated to producing high quality products with a focus on safety and reliability.
As one of the South West’s leading specialist suppliers of steel reinforcement and associated products for concrete reinforcement, Devoran Metals provide a complete package of products required for reinforced concrete.
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Aussie boutique creative agency Men at Work Communications (MAW) has announced it has set up new digs in Venice, California.
The new office opened with eight foundation clients, some of which are local Aussie brands that MAW will be launching into the American market.
The US office will initially have four staff, and will lean on the Australian operation for support, but over the next year will establish itself as a standalone agency that takes the unique culture of MAW and adds some Californian flair, according to managing director Adam Mumford.
“Over the past year or so, we’ve been getting more and more interest from the US,” he said.
“We have a unique creative proposition and a strong existing network in the American creative scene, and this enabled us to gain a strong foothold in the market. We also have a number of clients locally who are ripe for expansion, so the move made perfect sense.
“Does it help that the office is in Venice, California? Sure. Who doesn’t want to have a Californian operation. It’s a beautiful place that boasts a vibrant business scene, so it’s the perfect setting for an independent creative business.
“Lots of Australian agencies move to New York when they set up camp in North America, but we found there are far more creative opportunities on the West Coast.”
Among the agency’s new US-based clients is Unleashed TV. MAW will launch Jase Andrews and Simon Anderson from Australia’s premier four-wheel-drive and adventure show All4Adventure into the US market, kicking off with a celebrity appearance at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas in October/November this year.
MAW has also been responsible for launching Australian brands Rhino Rack and Australian Brewery into the US market.
MAW will continue to push PR, social media and content marketing for Rhino Rack, and will handle a broad range of PR activities for Australian Brewery, in a bid to garner both B2B and B2C opportunities.
Meanwhile, Wealth Within has tapped up MAW to launch its latest book and education platform in the US via trade talks, PR and social media.
The agency has also commenced work with Magswitch, a US-based company with capabilities to revolutionise and improve technology in manufacturing, production and aerospace.
There are an additional three launch clients which the agency will announce in due course.
“There is a palpable energy in the agency at the moment,” Mumford said. “Ever since we made the decision to expand beyond traditional PR into broader creative services and into a full-service digital offering, the growth has been phenomenal.
“We don’t plan to stop here. Once we have bedded in our new clients in the US, we will embark on an aggressive expansion phase. Within two or three years, we expect the American operations to rival the Australian offices in terms of billings.”
Looking to entice a more progressive audience into the Coopers family, Australia’s largest independent brewery has released a limited edition Hazy IPA. The product has launched via a national OOH and digital campaign in collaboration with Melbourne creative agency, TABOO. TABOO is behind the exciting new illustrative can design, inspired by the Australian landscape. The […]
Ben & Jerry’s has unveiled their latest limited-edition flavour: Unfudge our Future, to urge Australia’s leaders to tackle climate change by making fossil fuels history. The launch aligns with the Federal Government’s preparation of a history-making economic reboot in the upcoming October Budget, with Ben & Jerry’s joining forces with 350.org Australia and the Climate […]
BRITA Australia is today proud to reveal its latest national campaign, ‘Get Your Jugs Out’, starring Australian comedian, Celeste Barber. The quirky campaign encourages Australians to make the switch from bottled water to great tasting filtered tap water, using a BRITA filter jug at home, with the creative brought to life with Celeste’s cheeky, yet relatable sense of humour.
Twitter is saying ‘bye to the reply guys’, allowing users to control who can reply to their Tweets. ‘Reply guys’ have long been an issue on the social media app, where users (often anonymous) frequently comment on posts in an annoying, condescending or otherwise unsolicited manner. Twitter first put these users on notice in May […]
The Virtual Conference Network, an Australian-founded disruptive alternative to video conferencing, has today launched to provide risk mitigation, improved flexibility, new post-event revenue streams, and optimal cost-effectiveness to conference organisers, business leaders and peak bodies. With over 20 years of first-hand experience with the high-risk and costly ways of delivering traditional conferences, co-founders Alex Paine […]
Medallia has appointed Heather Paterson as its new ANZ country manager to drive further growth across Australia and New Zealand. With a strong sales performance and leadership background, Paterson joins Medallia as ANZ country manager following more than seven years with leading SaaS financial technology provider, Intralinks, where she was most recently director for Asia […]
Integral Ad Science (IAS) today announced the launch of “Channel Science”, an industry-leading partnership between Channel Factory and IAS. The Channel Science solution helps advertisers to leverage both companies’ technologies through a single product to ensure their YouTube campaigns are brand-safe, brand-suitable, and performance-optimized. More than ever before, advertisers are searching for ways to streamline their media buying and improve […]


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January 28th, 2013Downtown Birmingham to Get “Pop-Up Shops”
Birmingham, AL – Small numbers of Birmingham merchants will sell their wares from temporary stores in vacant storefronts downtown as part of a “pop-up shops” initiative, the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham announced today.
Five merchants will kick off the project Friday, Feb. 8th from noon to 7 p.m. and Feb. 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. selling snacks, clothing, furniture and other goods out of the Johnny Cochran building near the intersection of 20th Street North and Third Avenue North.
The initiative is part of a greater “Pop-up Project” that is intended to find temporary uses for vacant storefronts and lots downtown and support other short-term projects that create energy in the city center. The goal of the greater initiative, which sometimes is referred to as “guerrilla urbanism,” is to encourage foot and bicycle traffic downtown and use temporary projects to foster permanent change.
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McLaren’s next Ultimate Series car, so far known as BP23, is now officially christened ‘Speedtail’. The British sports car maker claims it to be the world’s first “Hyper-GT”.
Couple of months ago, all 106 future owners of the Speedtail received this BP23 sculpture while they wait for the actual one. The sculpture hints at the Speedtail’s interior, which has a three-seat cockpit design with a central driving position – same layout as the F1.
Also, McLaren didn’t hesitate to reveal the price tag – £1.6 million plus taxes, and as always, the McLaren Special Operations (MSO) is all set “to facilitate limitless possibilities”.
A public reveal is expected at the end of this year, but obviously, the 106 people who ordered the car will be invited to see it first.
The McLaren F1, which was also produced in 106 numbers, had a 6.1-litre V12 from BMW. The Speedtail however, will have a petrol-electric (hybrid) powertrain. McLaren is confident that the Speedtail will achieve the highest top speed of any McLaren yet, with the capability to exceed the 243 mph peak speed of the F1. It’ll also be the fastest (in a straight line) and the most luxurious McLaren ever.
Unsurprisingly, all Speedtails or BP23s were allocated even before the car was officially announced to the media.
Also, McLaren and BMW announced a fresh collaboration last year. Does that mean the Speedtail too will have a BMW engine?


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Transition to a targeted subsidy mechanism will increase inflation, but the results will benefit the entire economy
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THE right time to implement targeted subsidies is when the country is not facing high inflationary pressure, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Tan Sri Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus (picture) said.
She added that the implementation of targeted subsidies must take into account two things — the current inflationary environment and the implementation must be done in stages.
She also noted that the transition to a targeted subsidy mechanism will increase inflation, but the results will benefit the entire economy.
The governor explained that the savings from the transition can be used to support mechanisms like social protection programmes.
“The implementation of subsidies in a targeted and phased manner will help manage the impact of the blanket subsidy removal on the economy.
“The outcome that we want to achieve is to have sustainable and inclusive growth,” she said in a press conference during the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22) GDP announcement in Kuala Lumpur today.
Nor Shamsiah also emphasised that assistance must be channelled to the vulnerable sectors, adding that 20% of the economy is still operating below pre-pandemic levels as of 2Q.
Previously, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said subsidy expenditure this year is expected to reach almost RM80 billion, much higher than the RM31 billion allocation announced through Budget 2022 in October last year.
Tengku Zafrul said more sustainable subsidy management, economic reform efforts and strengthening the country’s resilience against any shocks in the future will be the focus of the presentation of the Budget 2023.
The minister also noted that the government is still studying the development of a targeted subsidy mechanism and it will be expanded to several other methods involving the urban and rural areas.
The Consumer Price Index — which measures the rate of inflation in the country for June 2022 — increased 3.4% compared to the same month last year and was higher than 2.8% in May.
The food index increased by 6.1% and remains the main contributor to the increase in inflation in June 2022.
On that note, Nor Shamsiah pointed out that as an open economy, Malaysia is not immune to the elevated global commodity prices.
She said high food prices are mainly caused by higher prices of key global commodity prices and the strength in the US dollar, although not the main driver, has also compounded the price pressures.
She noted that for example, in the case of the price of wheat, the exchange rate has contributed to approximately 20% of the increase in its price in ringgit.
“Other global and domestic factors, which vary across goods, are also contributing to food inflation. These include logistics, labour costs and demand.
“Moreover, the impact of exchange rate movements can also vary across different items,” she said.
She added that overall for Malaysia, these cost pressures have led to higher headline inflation, which rose to 2.8% in 2Q22 and 3.4% in June.


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A total of 1,156 jars of peanut butter and jelly were delivered to Mission Carthage Monday after a communitywide drive for donations.
“The mission said they needed peanut butter and jelly, so we go them some peanut butter and jelly,” said Shona Guenther, director of marketing and admission at Briarcliff Skilled Nursing.
The donated jars will go into Mission Carthage’s monthly food boxes. Janet Ritter, account executive at Texas Home Health, said they’re always glad to help any way they can.
“These kids in our community are fixing to be out of school in another month, and this is going to feed them hopefully for a while,” Guenther said. “They’ll be able to come and get peanut butter and jelly, I mean all kids like peanut butter and jelly, so it’s just good for them to be able to have this, and it’s something that the mission needed to be able to give out. Helping the community.”
The drive was sponsored by Briarcliff Skilled Nursing, Texas Home Health, Heartsway Hospice, Winkler Place, The Village Salon and Allegiance Mobile Health.
“Basically we all work in some form or fashion of healthcare in the community, so it’s just part of our mission to give back,” Ritter said.


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US convenience operator Casey’s General Stores and larger rival 7-Eleven have ended two months of takeover talks.
7-Eleven, the US arm of Japanese retailer Seven & I Holdings, made an initial bid for Casey’s in September, offering $40 per share, which was rejected. However, Casey’s gave 7-Eleven the opportunity to enter into further negotiations.
Today (3 November), Casey’s announced that 7-Eleven had made a revised proposal for US43.00 per common share in cash.
Nevertheless, the Casey’s board of directors and advisers claimed the higher offer did “not reflect the value of Casey’s and its significant growth opportunities”, the company said.
Canadian retailer Couche-Tard also attempted to acquire Casey’s earlier this year through a hostile takeover. The Canadian chain walked away from its six-month attempt last month.


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I am hopelessly in love with Mojang's passion project, Minecraft Dungeons. After several hours in the fairly limited closed beta, I simply can't put it down. Here's why I think Minecraft Dungeons is set to be a special entry in Microsoft's growing Xbox Game Studios portfolio.
Minecraft Dungeons has a release date of April 2020, but it seems like the game may be delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Hopefully, the developers will stay safe and healthy while governments around the world can hopefully contain the pandemic.
Today, the development team released a new video showcasing gameplay and discussing Minecraft Dungeons' mechanics. You can take a look at it here. Just like all Microsoft Exclusives, it's going to be part of Xbox Game Pass at launch.
Minecraft Dungeons is an upcoming Diablo-like action game that gives players a new type of experience. While the visuals are essentially those found in Minecraft, the lighting has been upgraded. While we still don’t know much about the title, we got a better sense of it today.
Minecraft is a creative sandbox game set in a 3D world developed by Mojang and Microsoft. Building, exploration, combat, crafting and resource gathering are all part of it and it's become a global sensation. Minecraft also belongs to Microsoft now, since the Redmond giant acquired Mojang in late 2014. It's also one of the few video games on the market that can boast true cross-platform...
At E3 2019, the biggest surprise for me wasn't Gears, Halo, or even Keanu Reeves (but okay, that was a pretty big surprise). Instead, it was Minecraft Dungeons. Here's why it is now my most-anticipated game.
Minecraft Dungeons is an upcoming action RPG from Microsoft and Mojang, taking cues from the likes of Diablo III. In Minecraft Dungeons, you'll battle across various familiar blocky biomes fighting all sorts of monsters, new and old, as you quest to save the realm from the Arch-Illager.
One of the biggest surprises from E3 2019 was the reveal of Minecraft Dungeons. Many assumed that it would be Minecraft in an enclosed space — played through the first-person perspective — but it turns out that it’s a top-down dungeon crawler along the lines of Diablo. Players have amazing abilities with which they can decimate foes.


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Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, currently the largest single-site solar power plant in the world. © Pazemin Dreamstime.com
The Al Dhafra PV2 solar project in Abu Dhabi, the world’s largest single-site PV plant, awarded Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers (CSSC) a nine-month contract to ship PV modules, transformers and cargo associated in containers.
CSSC is the general-purpose vessel and general cargo operating arm of China Cosco, and although its MPVs can carry containers, the company owns none and will lease 3,000 from the freight forwarder subsidiary Shenzhen Yihaitong Global Supply Chain. Management for 270 days at a cost of $ 10.53 million.
The Al Dhafra project, owned by EDF Renouvelables, Jinko Power, Abu Dhabi Future Energy and Abu Dhabi National Energy, is expected to be completed this year and will provide electricity to Emirates Water and Electricity over 30 years.
CSSC said the project cargo will be shipped from Shanghai or Taicang in China to Abu Dhabi.
In addition, the company signed a $ 53 million two-year charter agreement (COA) with Yihaitong for two to three shipments of 550 to 750 teu from China to Brazil. A total of 36,600 TEUs of goods are expected to be transported.
The Chinese carrier said the COA was a response to the government’s call to stabilize foreign trade amid soaring container freight rates.
CSSC added, “Due to the current situation in the container shipping market, Chinese companies have encountered serious logistical problems with exports. “
Brazil mainly exports wood pulp to China, but the COA makes sure the company has cargo to transport from China to Brazil, making the round trip more viable.


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French luxury goods brand Hermès International S.A. has prevailed in its lawsuit against the creator of unauthorized MetaBirkin NFT collectibles, which the company said had violated its trademark for Birkin handbags.
A Manhattan federal jury decided in favor of Hermès on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg Law, awarding the company $133,000 in damages while noting that digital artist Mason Rothschild’s 100 MetaBirkin NFTs minted on Ethereum did not constitute a protected form of speech via the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The unofficial tribute to Hermès’ luxury handbags launched in late 2021, and in December that year, the company said that the “NFTs infringe upon the intellectual property and trademark rights of Hermès. The firm filed suit against Rothschild in January 2022.
The case is seen as a potentially significant early precedent for the NFT world, which is built around decentralized, permissionless platforms that let anyone sell digital items. An NFT is a blockchain token that can serve as a deed of ownership for various items, including digital goods like artwork and collectibles plus physical products as well.
That model has presented new challenges for brands attempting to protect their IP from unlicensed NFTs that have flooded marketplaces, as the industry has grown to generate about $25 billion worth of organic trading volume in each of the last two years.
Hermès isn’t alone in fighting back against unauthorized NFT duplications of its real-world assets. Nike, for example, filed suit against sneaker reseller StockX last year for creating unauthorized Nike-branded NFTs as digital claim tickets that buyers could redeem for physical shoes.
In other cases, centralized marketplaces—like leading NFT platform OpenSea—have had to ramp up their own copycat detection tools to automatically block alleged infringing assets from being sold through its storefront. Even so, those NFTs permanently remain on the blockchain and can potentially be accessed through other marketplaces.
In court last week, Rothschild described the MetaBirkin bags as an artistic “experiment.” He said that he had earned about $70,000 worth of royalties from secondary sales of the digital bags, on top of the approximately $450 worth of ETH he made from each original NFT sale.
Hermès said in court that it plans to enter the NFT space, as other luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and Dolce & Gabbana have done, and claimed that the MetaBirkin NFTs had created confusion around its brand and products.


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The COVID-19 crisis has thrown up many challenges for people and businesses across the liquor and hospitality sector, but marketing expert Trish Barry has outlined some key pointers for success at this time.
Speaking at a webinar for Wine Australia, Barry, whose Mastermind Consulting team work with a portfolio of food, wine and lifestyle brands across Australia, shared with a 400 strong online audience her tips for marketing success in this challenging time
“Those who supercharge their e-commerce offering and get their online house in order will be the ones who succeed. It goes beyond just a sale though. Nurturing relationships and offering value to your customers has to be at the heart of your plans.
“It’s certainly not business as usual and for those who have been putting off moving fully into the digital space, this is a wake-up call” she said.
“With many cellar doors closed and many businesses already affected by the droughts and bushfires, communicating regularly with your audience is more critical than ever.
“Thankfully, there are plenty of marketing levers to pull, beyond price, to help maintain your presence in the minds of the consumer.”
She added: “Ensuring you have a strong website presence is more critical than it’s ever been, it astounds us how many brands are making it difficult for customers to connect and ask for support when there’s some simple tools available to make this easy.”
Mastermind has provided a free downloadable guide on its website with some practical marketing tips and tools to help brands ensure their longevity during COVID-19. The team will also launch a new series of tactical webinars focused on digital marketing next week, to help tighten the knowledge gap and build confidence where needed.
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CEOs from Apple, Facebook and Salesforce are utilizing their power to offer their positions on everything from gay rights to immigration to vaccinations. And they're not the only ones.
Expected to grace select Android smartphones in the next few months, HTC's take on Lollipop looks very Google-y.
Keep a log of all your tweets, automatically create lists and tweet constantly.
By integrating tweets directly into Google results, Twitter is aiming to draw more users to its own service.
The startup, which measures online authority, is reportedly being swallowed up by Lithium, a pre-IPO social software-as-a-service company.
In an alluringly batty piece of research, online shopping experts Ebates claims, for example, that tablets are more popular with those born under Fire signs. While smartphones are a Water sign of love.
The company says the decision to ban third-party marketing links has nothing to do with making money and everything to do with improving people's experience on the site.
Twitter announces it's acquiring a startup called Niche, a sort of talent agency for social media celebrities and a new revenue stream for the company.
A company that wants to bring "fans and fandom" together claimed to be behind the overnight viral sensation, but as more facts emerge, the shadows of doubt have become longer and darker.
What will next year bring? Richard Branson thinks the legalization of drugs will be a hot topic, while Craig Newmark believes it will be trustworthy news.


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Following a strategic review of its Built Environment exhibition portfolio, Emap Connect has announced changes to the exhibition elements that ran under the BEST umbrella at the NEC in 2010. InstallerLive, which Emap acquired last Autumn and The Infrastructure Show, are both enjoying strong bookings and will continue, as planned to run at the NEC in October 2011. Built Environment Solutions & Technologies (BEST), Interbuild Onsite and Glassex will not run in 2011, but a new show will be launched in 2012 (more details to follow).
Whilst many leading companies had committed to the BEST proposition in 2011, the economic downturn and unprecedented challenges facing the industry, meant that Emap
could not guarantee the scale or scope of event that customers demand and expect.
Richard Baker, MD of Emap Connect
’s Construction portfolio said: “We believe this is the right decision at the right time. Market conditions are very tough and the industry needs a more targeted event which reflects the challenges of today’s UK construction industry. We will now be fully engaging with all parts of the market about plans we have to better serve the construction industry moving forwards. We still believe there is a need for a clearly targeted construction show of significant scale in the Midlands, and we will now consult openly with trade associations, potential exhibitors and visitors (buyers) as to the precise format this should take in 2012.”
InstallerLive and The Infrastructure Show will both be supported by a significant marketing spend and with new features, focused seminar areas and networking platforms to ensure the visitor and exhibitor experience will be of a high standard. Both exhibitions will have their own identity, their own exhibition halls at the NEC (3 and 3A) and their own dedicated sales and organisational teams.


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Thousands of brands are using CleverTap’s powerful marketing platform to drive brand loyalty and revenues this T20 cricket season
MUMBAI, India, May 29, 2018 – CleverTap, the leader in intelligent mobile marketing automation solutions and an Amazon Partner Network (APN) Technology Partner, is driving mobile growth and user engagement for leading brands during the various T20 cricket events in India. By hosting its marketing platform on AWS Cloud, CleverTap is capitalizing on AWS Cloud’s highly scalable, agile, and secure infrastructure to help them seamlessly serve some of India’s leading brands as they acquire and engage millions of users during the 2018 season.
Capitalizing on the popular appeal of this cricket format, many brands see it as an opportunity to drive their business growth and revenue. CleverTap enables businesses to communicate with their users via multiple engagement channels including push messaging, email, and SMS using personalized marketing automation solutions that scale with their user base. By sending contextual and timely messages around discount offers, promo codes, and live updates, CleverTap’s customers can easily increase user retention by 300 percent and monetization opportunities by 500 percent. Last season, over 14 billion push notifications were sent using CleverTap’s Mobile Marketing Platform. By the end of the 2018 season, CleverTap expects that push notifications will increase by 200 percent.
“Thanks to AWS Cloud, CleverTap has been able to support a 50 times increase in year-on-year growth in customer acquisition over the past five years,” said Suresh Kondamudi, Co-founder and CTO of CleverTap. “The CleverTap platform processes billions of events in seconds allowing businesses to send millions of notifications to their users with personalized contextual messaging like match scores, critical sporting moments, and more – all in real-time. On the opening day of the biggest T20 tournament in India, we recorded a 100 percent surge in traffic and processed over 4 billion events. For one of the opening day campaigns, about 100 million notifications were sent in just under 15 minutes. Our proprietary architecture deployed on AWS Cloud enables us to seamlessly scale up as required, without compromising on reliability and stability.”
“CleverTap uses auto-scaling and Amazon Elastic Container Services (ECS) to dynamically respond to spikes in incoming traffic, and in some cases pre-provision capacity, all while protecting customers’ personal data. AWS Cloud’s highly robust infrastructure allows customers to scale within a few minutes without having to worry about bandwidth, data transfer, and load balancing. Leveraging AWS Regions spread across the world, CleverTap has built a platform that can support mobile marketing campaigns at scale, drive brand engagement, and increase customer value,” said Bikram Bedi, Head of India Region, Amazon Internet Services Pvt. Ltd.
CleverTap is a powerful mobile marketing solution that helps marketers create differentiated omni-channel customer engagement strategies that drive growth. Every day, thousands of brands build valuable customer relationships using CleverTap’s intelligent mobile marketing platform, which provides actionable, real-time insights to help create amazing customer experiences.
Over 4,000 global brands, including Star, Sony, Domino’s, Vodafone, Go-Jek, Astro Group, Fandango, DC Comics, and BookMyShow, trust CleverTap to help them connect with users and grow their mobile apps. To learn more about CleverTap, visit clevertap.com or follow on Facebook and Twitter.
Pradyut V. Hande
PR for CleverTap


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The New Sylva book, sponsored by the Sylva Foundation and to be published by Bloomsbury Publishing, has been listed. Earlier this week the cover design was revealed on the author’s blog (read more).
The book now appears on various online bookstores from Amazon to Waterstones, and in Goodreads.
Full details from Bloomsbury Publishing:
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The New Sylva will be launched on April 10th 2014 to mark the 350th anniversary of John Evelyn’s 1664 Sylva.
Both authors will be speaking at our event in Oxford on 30th November – read more – spaces are still available.


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Scotiabank is hoping to raise the comfort level of online customers by becoming a reseller of sorts for an anti-virus software vendor.
The company said Wednesday it would be offered a discounted version of VirusScan and
Personal Firewall Plus from McAfee Inc. to any of its Scotia Online Internet banking service. The one-year subscription includes automatic updates and can be accessed via a link to ‘Special Security Offers,’ in the ‘Profile and Preferences’ section of its Web site, which will take users to McAfee’s e-commerce site.
Sharon Hodder, Scotiabank’s vice-president of Internet services, said the bank uses McAfee products internally and sees the offer as an extension of its efforts to promote safe computing, which includes research within Scotiabank’s customer base.
“We get responses that indicate they do think security is important,” she said.
Earlier this year, Scotiabank disputed a study by TNS Canadian Facts which indicated online banking was hitting a plateau. Rhonda Grunier, a vice-president at the research firm, said TNS Canadian Facts doesn’t track how many online banking customers already have anti-virus products.
“My sense is their issues are more along security of their financial information rather than their PC getting infected with a virus,” she said.
Though online banking users have been hit with a number of threats, including phishing schemes that use phony e-mail messages from banks to obtain customer information, Hodder said it hasn’t slowed the bank’s momentum.
“Our activation and usage have continued at their normal rates. We are not seeing an impact,” she said.
Scotia Online users have received phishing e-mails, Hodder admitted, and the bank conducted several investigations which have led it to contact ISPs and have Web sites pulled down.
“These places are often hosted offshore, and there’s time-zone difference, but we still have them taken down within hours of a phishing attack,” she said. “There have been attacks against all major FIs (financial institutions), I should think, in Canada.”
The partnership with McAfee comes the day after the security firm released a report that detailed a range of cybercrime activity across North America. According to the report, 40 per cent of online shoppers and a third of online bankers are starting to rethink their use of such services.
“Individuals should know no bank would ever contact at them at home via e-mail asking them for information about their account,” said Jimmy Kuo, McAfee Fellow at a briefing on Tuesday.
A French version of VirusScan and Personal Firewall Plus will be available to customers in late July, the two firms said.
— With files from Poonam Khanna
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In the 2014-2015 release of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), data revealed that the Philippines has improved its business sophistication rising from 49 to 46. This growth has noted that large companies, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in the country were able to employ strategies that have allowed them to overcome challenges.
This rings true with the release of the recent Global Entrepreneur Indicator (GEI) by the Philippine chapter of EO where 73.33% of local businesses reported to have gained an increase in revenue from 2013. Entrepreneurs remain upbeat predicting that further business growth will be achieved in the next 6 months.
“While several businesses have proved to be able face changes in the market, there are still those that find it difficult to craft and execute strategies that would enable them to yield positive results,” says TJ Parpan, Marketing Communications Chairperson of Entrepreneurs’ Organization.
Recognizing the need for local businesses to create innovation programs to thrive in fast-growing markets and industry, Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) Philippines will be hosting a one-day learning program with sought-after Certified Speaking Professional, Craig Rispin.
The Business Futurist and Innovation Expert has gained over 20 years of experience being a key consultant to some of the world’s largest and leading firms including P&G, Mercedes-Benz, Pfizer, and Hewlett-Packard, to name a few. Some of his achievements include launching the first TEDx in the world in 2009 and being among the few to be considered as a Certified Speaking Professional, a title held by less than 10% of speakers globally.
What to expect
The whole-day session, themed ‘Know First, Be First, Profit First,’ will enable attendees to learn the critical components in creating a successful innovation program and measure the success of their strategies. Participants will gain an in-depth knowledge on business, people and technology trends transforming commerce, and how they impact each other, driving faster change. The program will also enable its attendees to see what the future is like for businesses, and to learn how to inspire people to develop foresight. While it’s a must for entrepreneurs to attend, department heads from companies’ Marketing, Research & Development, Sales and even Human Resource units are highly encouraged to participate.
The learning program hosted by EO will be held on January 23, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For a fee of P3000, one will be able to attend the first ever talk that Craig Rispin will hold in Manila.
For more information on the ‘Know First, Be First, Profit First’ learning program, you may send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Microsoft has confirmed it is working on an affordable streaming device to allow users to play Xbox games without the need to purchase a full-blown console. The device could compete with Apple TV in the content streaming market.
Microsoft has been rumored for years to be developing a way for Xbox gaming fans to play games without laying down $300 to $600 for a console. The Redmond firm now offers the Xbox Cloud Gaming Platform, which allows users to play Xbox games on numerous devices, including the iPhone and iPad (via browser). However, it looks like Microsoft doesn’t plan to stop there, and is looking to provide a modernized HDMI streaming device that runs Xbox Game Pass and its cloud gaming service.
Microsoft recently revealed to Windows Central that it is actively working on new Xbox hardware, codenamed “Keystone.” The streaming device appears to be similar to Google’s Chromecast dongle, connecting to any TV or monitor via HDMI. Users will be able to tap into Microsoft’s massive games catalog, as well as other streaming content the service hosts
A Microsoft spokesperson described the company’s commitment to lowering boundaries to Xbox content via low-cost hardware, while also admitting that the existing version of Keystone needs a little more time to bake before going live.
Along with access to triple-A console games, Microsoft’s device is likely to double as a set-top box on which users can access popular streaming services as well as the company’s own media apps like Microsoft Movies & TV.
Apple is reportedly working on a lower-cost version of its Apple TV device, which would allow it to possibly compete price-wise with the Xbox streaming device as well as those offered by other competitors. However, even though Apple now offers a subscription-based gaming platform (Apple Arcade), it will likely struggle to compete with a cheaper Xbox/streaming device that can provide top-shelf gaming titles like Fortnite, EA games, and more.


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SIX, which owns and manages the Swiss stock exchange, has purchased a minority interest in digital inheritance start-up PassOn.
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Asset management company Schroders has acquired a minority stake in Qwil Messenger, a chat platform that lets firms and clients to communicate directly through one app.
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Global crypto finance company Circle Internet Financial (Circle) has signed an agreement to acquire SeedInvest, an equity crowdfunding firm and an SEC and FINRA registered broker-dealer, for an undisclosed amount.
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KPMG has acquired a minority stake in AdviceRobo, a Dutch fintech startup developing technology that predicts financial risk of people and companies taking out loans.
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Rakuten, a Japanese e-commerce and internet company, has agreed to acquire everybody’s bitcoin, a cryptocurrency exchange provider, from Traders Investment.


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KwaMashu shop owner faces murder charges for killing looter
Tensions were palpable in the protests we witnessed in KwaMashu, Durban, on Sunday, and it all culminated in the tragic death of a 17-year-old boy.
KwaMashu shop owner charged with killing looter
Durban police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala confirmed the suspect, a shop owner, was arrested and is scheduled to appear before the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court on charges of murder and possession of illegal firearm and ammunition.
At approximately 18:00 on Sunday, it’s believed a group of protesters from the KwaMashu Hostel took to the streets to voice their disgruntlement with their working conditions.
The march made its way to B-Section and those who had sinister motives proceeded to loot stores and destroy property.
One of the shops that were approached was that of the suspect in question.
“The group of protestors proceeded to a shop in B Section where they instructed the owner to vacate. The owner allegedly fired shots towards the crowd. A 17-year-old male was fatally shot and he sustained a gunshot wound to the chest. He was identified by his father as Xolani Sithole,” the statement read.
Immediately, Durban police swooped in to arrest the suspect before the protesting mob got to him first. According to Capt Gwala, the shop owner was found with a loaded 9mm pistol and 21 rounds of ammunition.
Shop owner’s gun linked to 2014 housebreaking case
The firearm’s serial number was screened in the police system and low-and-behold, it was discovered that “the firearm was stolen in Greenwood Park policing area in October 2014 in a housebreaking incident.”
At this time, no further charges linked to that housebreaking incident have been added to the shop owner’s murder and illegal firearms docket.
With regards to the protests, at least five looters were placed under arrest and charged with public violence.
The alleged looters are expected to appear before the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.


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Toshiba Smart glasses (Toshiba Glass) have their sights set on professional industries rather than the mainstream consumer. Who can blame then after the early reception that Google Glass has received by the spoilers, Glass Hole, please give me a freakin break! Anyway that’s probably not the reason that Toshiba Glass is heading away from the masses, rather that the potential for pro industries is greater, for now anyway.
A good example of using smart glasses for constructive use is cooking! You can get a recipe up on your glasses hands free and follow it without having to stop chopping to turn a page or swipe a screen. It all makes sense!
Toshiba Glass Toshiba is getting into the smart glasses space. The Japanese tech giant was displaying some of its more forward-thinking tech at CES this week including a talking and singing Android and a line of smartglasses called Toshiba Glass. The Android may be a concept but the Glass[…]


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Hassad Food, Qatar’s food and agribusiness investment arm, has signed three memoranda of understanding with leading Russian agriculture and business entities, Demetra Holding, Damate and the Qatar-Russia Investment and Trade Advisory at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Demetra-Holding, one of the largest vertically integrated grain holding in Russia (integrates assets in transport, export logistics and trading), has worked together with Hassad Food to analyse potential areas of mutual interest. Both parties have agreed to find investment opportunities and develop trade relationship in grain logistics and trading. The companies will explore the possibilities for the business in the wider Middle East region, focusing on using Russian technology and know-how for agricultural infrastructure projects.
Moreover, Widam Food, the largest producer and processor of animal proteins in Qatar and Damate Group, one of the largest producers of turkey meat and other animal proteins in Russia have agreed to develop and expand the trading relationship in the sector. Both sides expect significant trading potential between the two countries, particularly in the halal lamb meat business.
The Hassad Food Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Widam Food Eng. Mohamed Al-Sadah, commented: “It is our pleasure to sign the memoranda of understanding (MoU) with three of the most established and respected institutions operating in the food sector in the Russian market. We are delighted to work together to identify investment and trade opportunities, which shall bring strategic and commercial value to both sides.
“Qatar is an important and reliable partner for us in the Middle East and one of the key grain markets. Annual imports of Qatar wheat are about 200 thousand tons, and more than a third of this volume, at the end of last season has been supplied by Russian grain exporters. The companies of Demetra-Holding have been cooperating with Qatar for the last 7 years, we see a great capacity in our further partnership,” said for his part the Chief Executive Officer of Demetra-Holding Vitaly Sergeychuk.
“As a major leading country of the Middle East and consumer of Halal products, Qatar is an important partner for Damate Group. By ensuring consistent supplies of different types of meat to the Qatari market we guarantee not only their exceptional quality and taste, which are the foundation of our international strategy, but also a full compliance with Halal requirements proven by corresponding certification,” stated the General Director of Damate Group Rashid Khayrov.
Finally, Hassad Food has signed a MoU with the QR Investment and Trade Advisory (QRITA), to work together to source business and investment opportunities in food and agriculture sector. Both sides believe that Russia offers excellent investment opportunities in meat processing, grains handling and logistics as well as building trading businesses.
The Managing Director and CEO of QR Investment & Trade Advisory Oleg Chizh said: “We are pleased to collaborate with Hassad Food to represent their interests in the Russian Federation and CIS countries and to establish a co-operation framework to identify and source suitable investment and trade opportunities in food and agriculture sector between Russia/CIS countries and the GCC nations.”
Hassad Food is a fully owned subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), considered as the countrys investment arm in food and agribusiness sectors, Hassad has several strategic commercial investments, internationally and locally, which supports Qatars food security efforts.
Internationally, Hassad invested in key strategic establishments in Australia, Canada, Turkey, Oman, KSA and Sudan, while in Qatar, Hassad owns multiple subsidiaries that directly manage the companys key investments. Hassad also has a major role in crisis management and in the field of research and development.
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How to select a crypto currency wallet
Is this feasible? Or can't we have the same wallet on two different Bitcoin nodes?
According to a CNBC report, on March 4, a client of Florida-based Robinhood filed a lawsuit against the company. Federal Class Action. The plaintiff, Travis Taaffe, reportedly claims that Robinhood failed to " provide a functioning platform", resulting in the trader being unable to trade during a stock market rally, thereby breaching the terms of the contract
South Korea's central bank is testing blockchain bonds; FCoin bitcoin cold wallet addresses have been emptied, had peaked at 11,509 BTC
Going back to the fact that the 300,000 or so pancakes are currently hosted in a cold wallet at coinbase, that's a position of that magnitude What does it mean?
Hardware wallets are usually paired with a software wallet as a management tool. Hardware wallet vendors such as Ledger, Trezor, Kushin, YubiKey, etc. have developed their own complementary software wallet
"To invest in Bitcoin, you have to believe that the system is complete, because it does have a limited supply," Wood said, thus writes. He said that "precisely because of having a truly decentralized nature", Bitcoin should be a source of diversification
If you have a powerful enough computer, then in theory you can control the Bitcoin blockchain. You can deposit free bitcoins into your account or prevent others from making transactions. Since the private key for each wallet can be derived from the public key, you can access anyone's bitcoin wallet you want. So, a "castle" of private keys worth $163 billion could be yours. Of course, in such a case, if the claim is found to be unfounded, the price of bitcoin will surely plummet!
The cryptographic trading platform Robinhood has resumed trading and is back up and running again, March 10. Robinhood has resumed trading and is back up and running again, according to an official release from Robinhood. Yesterday evening, it was announced that Robinhood suffered a technical glitch that caused its platform to stop trading services and was down for one hour. Partial functionality was restored after hours. In previous news, cryptographic trading platform Robinhood experienced about 17 hours of downtime on March 3, and on March 4 Also experienced a 2.5 hour downtime.
Displaying a user's wallet balance on Bitcoin's Lightning Network is an easy task. Things? Bitcoin researchers have shown how easily lightning channel balances can be de-anonymized. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Storming the Times: cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift has acquired Israeli non-custodial wallet provider Portis. Founded in 2018, Portis is a non-custodial software wallet that was first integrated last November into the In ShapeShift, as part of the self-hosted solution pursued by the exchange, the solution does not require traders to Using a hardware wallet
Cryptocurrency wallet Guarda has launched Bitcoin multi-signature function] Cryptocurrency wallet Guarda has launched Bitcoin multi-signature function The signatures feature allows multiple participants to create a wallet and manage wallet transactions in a mutually agreed upon manner. In addition to BTC, the team has been working on developing multi-signature services for ETH, ETC, BCH, and other currencies
Robinhood's latest outage comes after a major technical issue last week. According to Cointelegraph, a day-long outage on March 2 allegedly caused Robinhood Users missed the biggest single-day gain in Dow Jones history and apparently plan to launch a legal class against Robinhood proceedings
In any case, it appears from Robintrack's data that thousands of retail investors have been attracted to the in stock investing. The site lists the number of Robinhood users who hold specific stocks over time, and last week, in a parabolic movement of the Influenced by over 3,000 additional investors
According to Goldman Sachs, Bitcoin does not generate cash flow; does not generate gains in global economic growth; and does not have sustained diversification benefits; the price Extremely volatile; there's also no evidence that bitcoin is a hedge against inflation. So Goldman Sachs believes that a security like bitcoin, whose value growth is entirely dependent on other people's inability to pay a high price for it, is not a good recommendation. to clients
They may have started that brokerage business battle with commission-free trading, but I'm betting that as people, including me, will move to more Mature and reliable platform, they will now end up losing this war. Don't be surprised if you see a lawsuit or two, Robinhood!
Keystore = card number, Keystore is essentially an encrypted private key. Must be used in conjunction with your wallet's password to be valid. Keystore, private key, and dictionaries are common to all wallets and may be used by wallet providers for product design reasons only. The user provides one or more of these methods, but if the same method exists that does not recover properly in a particular wallet, that wallet may have Certain problems.
After extensive documentation, Dave Kleiman does indeed have a relationship with Craig Steven Wright. Worked with computer companies and did mention Bitcoin. So does Satoshi Nakamoto have a relationship with Dave Kleiman? It's a complex issue that no one knows about.
However, it is worth noting that since Bitcoin's decline in 2018, Bitcoin wallet balances across exchanges have changed little, remaining Around 8 percent.
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On January 19, Wall Street alligator Peter -Peter Schiff claims to have lost all of his bitcoins and his wallet is inaccessible. Unlike other Bitcoin opponents, Peter Schiff holds Bitcoin and accepts gifts of Bitcoin from others. While Peter Schiff insists that he remembers the password to his wallet, practitioners have told him that it's not a private key and that he wants to take ownership of the assets on the responsibility to keep them intact. The high barrier to entry and security of bitcoin storage is a deterrent to new players and big money institutions
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