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Top 10 companies grabbed 35.3 per cent of the total turnover featured by Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Monday.
The premier bourse DSE witnessed a sharp correction and featured a turnover of Tk 4.77 billion. BRAC Bank topped the turnover chart with a value of Tk 406 million. The company grabbed 8.5 per cent of the total turnover featured by the DSE. The company's share price declined 1.24 per cent to close at Tk 103.10 per share on Monday.
BRAC Bank reported its consolidated EPS of Tk 1.76 for July-September, 2017 as against Tk 1.03 for July-September, 2016. The consolidated NAV per share was Tk 29.64 as on September 30, 2017.
Paramount Textile featured a turnover of Tk 175 million and grabbed 3.7 per cent of the market turnover. The company's share trading closed at Tk 46.70 with a rise of 3.52 per cent or Tk 1.6 per share on Monday.
City Bank featured a turnover of Tk 166 million which was 3.5 per cent of the turnover featured by the premier bourse DSE. The company's share price declined 3.17 per cent to close at Tk 48.80 on the day.
IFAD Autos posted a turnover of Tk 163 million and captured 3.4 per cent of the market turnover. The company's share price declined 1.66 per cent to close at Tk 130.80.
National Tubes captured 2.9 per cent of the turnover on DSE. The company's share price declined 1.78 per cent to close at Tk 139.50 per share.
The share trading of Alif Manufacturing Company closed at Tk 23.50 with a loss of 4.10 per cent or Tk 1.0. The company featured a turnover of Tk 136 million and grabbed 2.9 per cent of the market turnover.
Of other turnover leaders, Grameenphone, Dragon Sweater and Spinning, Lafarge Surma Cement and Square Pharmaceuticals featured turnover ranging from Tk 115 million to Tk 134 million. The companies' contribution in market turnover varied from 2.4 per cent to 2.8 per cent.


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Xiaomi finally unveils the world’s first 30W Wireless Turbo Charging at an even held in China. The company claims that they have reached the practical stage and ready to commercialize it.
Therefore, we can see future Xiaomi smartphones to adopt this technology. At the event, Xiaomi also confirms, its forthcoming Mi 9 Pro 5G smartphone to become the first one to adopt Mi Charge Turbo wireless charging.
According to the company, it can charge a 4000 mAh battery to 50% in just 25 minutes and a full 100% charge can be in 69 minutes. It will worth noting that the Xiaomi is not the only one in this race. Recently, Huawei has also got certified with 30W wireless charger from FCC. We can expect this would be the new standard for the coming wireless adapters.
In addition, the company has already tested 100W Super Turbo Charge for wired charging. The speeds are insane because it is capable of charging 4000 mAh battery in just 17 minutes. In comparison, Huawei has also tested 55W wired charger with full charging of 3750 mAh battery in 35 minutes and Oppo’s SuperVOOC 50W is also in the listing.
Overall, the companies are rushing though fast charging as much as they can provide. Of course, there are drawbacks, but after arriving the 5G technology, it has become necessity become of quick draining. What are your thoughts? Do let’s know in below comment section!

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Nokia's lineup of Lumia smartphones is being offered at discount prices by U.S. carriers a little more than a month after it hit the market in North America.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the post-holiday discounts include some carriers offering the phones for free with a contract. The Lumia series of phones runs on the Windows Phone 8 software and the Finnish phone maker is counting on the Lumia devices to bolster its sagging financial picture.
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leaving them way, way below break-even.
investors looking at business valuations likely will conclude there are companies selling at
prices less than their intrinsic values.
The unprecedented plunge on Wall Street the last three months has spurred a couple of dozen executives and directors at Indiana
public companies to scoop up shares in their own companies.
The Steak n Shake Co. has dropped plans to build 20 new restaurants, is cutting overhead expenses by about $20 million,
and closed 14 locations. The Indianapolis-based restaurant chain found $16 million in tax savings dating
back to 2006 and is working on a new, simple menu built around burgers, fries and milkshakes–all part of
a turnaround plan orchestrated by the chain’s new CEO, Sardar Biglari.
For more than two years, Smulyan, 61, has been unflaggingly optimistic during quarterly conference calls. But since early 2007, Emmis’ stock has fallen 84 percent, shrinking the company’s stock market value from $307 million to $48 million. The troubles have cast uncertainty over one of Indianapolis’ highest-profile businesses.
Interactive Intelligence Inc. is enduring a serious stock slump. Its battered shares are trading around $10, about $20
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Ophelia Crossland Celebrates Black Women With “Pure Love”
Pan-African and a luxury fashion designer, a wife, and a mother, Ophelia Crossland has launched her latest collection tagged ‘’Pure Love” for the Spring/Summer 2020 fashion season.
The Ghanaian brand with a luxury African aesthetic delved into her notion of unadulterated love to create the new line.
The new collection launched was done at a time when discussions of women’s rights, Black rights, and diversity have hit an all-time high. Filled with fresh pieces that celebrate the strength, resilience, and joy of being a black woman in today’s world, creative director Ophelia Okyere-Darko explores the fusion of Ghanaian folklore symbols, modern silhouettes, vibrant textiles and feminine designs to craft the pieces.
The designer, who is also a Swarovski West African Ambassador and a Cultural Ambassador for Ghana with an abled team of artisans was able to create building blocks with Ghanaian adinkra symbols including “Obaapa” which means ‘Good Woman or Wife’ in Akan, a popular Ghanaian dialect.
“Our world has changed drastically in the past few months, which has pushed us to think on the edge, questioned some of our truths and become more daring. Women including myself have mostly been affected by the disruptions that have occurred in the world; juggling several roles in their homes and careers which has taken a toll on their mental health.
Our new collection is our bold way of infusing joy and love into the lives of Black women, we are sparking a never-ending affair with women and their clothes.”
Building on its renewed creative spirit, fashion photographers Frozen Second and Mel Arthur collaborated on the new lookbook which was on the bustling streets at a time when the government of Ghana eased lockdown restrictions in parts of the country massively affected by the COVID-19.
Model also sported face masks along with notable pieces such as unique peach embroidered cotton tiered Midi dresses, Vintage cotton Kimonos, brocade paneled skirt and a floral crepe midi dress with a wax print collar.
The brand has also launched its e-commerce website in a continent where internet connectivity, electricity, delivery services and proper mapping system is an issue that affects business face but for an optimistic Ophelia Okyere-Darko, it creates the opportunity to conquer the obstacles and introduce her brand to every Modern Woman of Colour.
“As a black woman who is making clothes for my kilt and kin, I want their clothes to be an expression of their values and their ethnic identity but more than that I want everyone to have access to authentic Ophelia Crossland pieces which are inspired by the motherland and that’s why we launched a new e-commerce website like the top brands in the world to give everyone access,” according to the designer.
“Love is radiant, charming and too beautiful to hidden in a closet just like our clothes,” she affirms.


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Samsung Cloudant Investment an Apple Offensive
Samsung Ventures makes a strategic investment into Cloudant, a specialist in database-as-a-service capabilities and mobile data replication and synchronization. While Samsung attests Cloudant's technology is key for large enterprise businesses, Cloudant's capabilities would uniquely complement Samsung's mobile agenda and help it compete with Apple.
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Samsung Inc's Venture Investment Corporation (Samsung Ventures) has made a strategic investment into Cloudant, a distributed database-as-a-service (DBaaS) specialist. On the surface, Samsung Ventures' investment serves to accelerate Cloudant's efforts in building "global data distribution technologies and mobile application data management."
The total amount invested was not disclosed, but Samasung was bullish on move and called Cloudant's technology "especially critical for large enterprise businesses...[in managing] the proliferation of data to be created by, mobile devices, machine-to-machine technologies, and the ‘Internet of things’ in the future.”
Cloudant's secret sauce for DBaaS allows the service to load, store and analyze data for app for developers and large Web-based or mobile applications. Cloudant CEO Derek Schottle was pleased at Samsung's interest and said the investment would go into R&D "especially in the mobile technology platform."
Is there a hidden agenda in Samsung's seemingly innocuous investment? Highly likely.
Samsung's most interesting moves are happening behind the scenes. Nearly a year ago, in April 2012, Samsung picked up Advanced Micro Devices talent, which subtly hinted at Samsung's efforts to build more robust silicon, potentially even competing with Intel. Today, it seems more likely that Samsung's efforts are focused on the mobile processor space, since this past January, Samsung claimed the top spot in semiconductor consumption, grabbing a sizable chunk of a $44.3 billion market it shares with Apple Inc.. This January also saw Samsung chewing away at Apple's market share, with 7.9 million Galaxy devices shipped in Q4 2012 alone -- a increase of 263 percent increase, giving Samsung just over 15 percent of total tablet market share.
Samsung has continued to target Apple with an ever-expanding line of Galaxy phones, and an advertising blitz to boot. But snazzy, snappy devices with larger-than-life screens cannot compete against Apple's bread and butter -- the vertically integrated software stack. There is no iCloud for Android and there is no ubiquitously integrated environment that links and backs-up user data for Galaxy devices -- users are at the mercy of 3rd party solutions. For all of Android's strengths and Samsung's polish, it still lacking that much-needed glue.
But that may change. While the official release says Cloudant's technology will target the enterprise space, it's also perfectly suited for managing mobile device and syncing their sensitive application data, so consider the following: Samsung may bring an enterprise-level iCloud solution to the market, which is not unrealistic, since many of Samsung's adverts focus on the business and security-ready aspect of its devices. More importantly, if Samsung rolls-out devices with mobile data syncing built-in, it could offset Apple's edge in marketplace, both for business users and consumers alike. This battleground is critical, especially as Apple quietly upgrades devices for the business world.
Unless Samsung has some an innovative offering that will leapfrog the industry, emulating Apple's model is its best bet in creating a product that can competes on a feature-for-feature level -- and potentially -- reclaim a niche market from Apple.


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Iran’s already becoming the new “Cuba” before Cuba could become the new Cuba.
Last month’s sanctions removal did more than improve US-Iran political relations—it also helped revive the Islamic Republic’s tourism appeal among Americans. According to The New York Times, Iranian tour operators have seen a surge in bookings to the Middle Eastern nation, saying the demand has been so acute they’re racing to add new departures.
“It’s similar to Cuba in my mind where suddenly it’s both OK to go there officially but also with travelers thinking this place is going to change,” said Barbara Banks of Wilderness Travel, which already sold out its spring trips to Iran.
Much like the initial draw of Cuba, American travelers, undeterred by State Department warnings, hope to experience the long-isolated country before it becomes saturated with fanny-pack toting families.
Among Europeans, Iran’s been a trendy tourist destination for years. Flocks of Brits and Germans flood to Tehran’s Grand Bazaar and Persepolis each year. Just last fall Iranian officials counted five million foreign travelers to the country, and by 2025, Iran hopes to attract 20 million tourists.
Those travelers currently keen on exploring the republic will need to overcome a handful of
infrastructural issues first—like minimal lodging, shoddy roads, banking restrictions and rustic public restrooms.
Additionally, Islamic rules require that women must cover their hair and dress conservatively in loose tunics that go past the knee. Guys, no shorts are allowed. And perhaps most alarming for many travelers is the illegality of alcohol. Thankfully, the ancient beauty and picturesque landscape balances this out.
If that weren’t enough to deter Americans, the many “Death to Americans” signs shall spark fear. That is until they realize that Iranians—individually, not necessarily politically—actually love Americans.
Interested in Iran? Here are some resources on how to make it happen.
? Iran Luxury Travel: Trips start at $2,995/person, double occupancy for eight days
? Mir Corporation: Operates about ten different trips, be it train trips or small groups
? Golden Eagle Luxury Trains: Run tours via sleeper trains, and Americans account for 88 percent of its passengers in Iran.
? Mountain Travel Sobek: Runs two trips through Persia each year.
Tom is a travel writer, part-time hitchhiker, and he’s currently trying to imitate Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? but with more sunscreen and jorts.


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Visitors to this autumn’s Aviation Festival will discover how CodeGen’s industry-leading software innovations can raise their commercial potential to new heights.
The leading travel technology provider will be offering on-stand demonstrations of two of its cutting-edge platforms, TravelBox Surf and FLAIR, to help delegates experience its next generation software solutions first-hand.
Already used by some of the global travel industry giants, TravelBox Surf is a web-enabling tool kit with a customisable widget framework and enhanced cache technology for superfast online search.
The multi-device solution also enables product aggregation at point of sale, personalised displays, natural language search and sophisticated configuration tools. Surf also includes a “Manage My Booking” portal that enables customer self-service for actions such as upselling, amendments and payments.
Mark Melzack, senior sales manager, CodeGen, said: “With over 120 global airlines due to be represented at this year’s Aviation Festival, the two-day event is the ideal opportunity to showcase our revolutionary range of AI-led travel technology software solutions. We’re looking forward to helping the festival’s international visitors understand how the intelligent innovation behind both of our new products could greatly enhance the way they do business.”


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In a recent video released in their official YouTube channel Samsung has teased with their new foldable phone model. The model is called the Galaxy F foldable phone and is expected to be released on February 20.
The 27 second video however does not reveal any information about the model. Samsung had initially revealed its new Infinity flex display with a working prototype in the annual developer conference in San Francisco last year.
The prototype was shown to fold out to display a tablet like display. Since this is a new form factor that is being presented it is expected that the device might be quite costly.
It is speculated that Samsung pushed the date to the 20th of February to showcase competitors Huawei, Oppo and Nubia who are expected to release their own foldable phones later in the month.


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Zoho celebrates 38% year-over-year growth. The company made that announcement today at the start of ZohoDay 2022, the annual analyst conference in Austin, Texas.
Milestone investments, research and development and growth were the hot topics at the Zoho summit.
Zoho Celebrates Growth at Annual Analyst Conference in Austin
ZohoDay ends Wednesday in Austin, the company’s home city. That’s where dozens of analysts, customers and business leaders gathered to celebrate the past year, which was highlighted by a new period of growth, and look ahead.
ZohoDay included sessions focused on Zoho’s long-term strategy, critical business data, customer experience transformations, growth and retention, as well as Zoho innovations and business roadmap.
The annual event also included enlightening breakout sessions and a professional social event, complete with food, live music and dancing.
80 million users and growing
Zoho says there are now more than 80 million people using its business software. And it continues to grow.
The company says it is expanding and now investing in automotive, robotics and healthcare technologies. Zoho already provides software solutions for small business users to perform numerous tasks.
In addition to the new and existing users and the ever-expanding software choices for small business users, Zoho is expanding its physical footprint.
Expanding Zoho’s physical footprint and staying true to its mission
The company says it has opened 59 new global hub-and-spoke offices in rural areas and small towns in the past two years, allowing the company to expand into new markets and further support local communities.
That’s key to Zoho’s overall mission, said CEO Sridhar Vembu, who delivered the keynote address for ZohoDay Tuesday morning.
“We’ve long felt we have a responsibility to the communities and the world around us, whether that’s by providing jobs for those with less access or by providing products that help companies grow to their potential” , says Vembu.
He says: “Our approach from the beginning of Zoho – now 26 years ago – still rings true today: nurture people and businesses and lower the barrier to entry. Aside from cost-effective yet built-to-scale products and regionally located offices, Zoho has built by being a partner who helps people thrive, our success is their success and vice versa.”
Vembu also noted the company’s successful navigation of the global pandemic and the events that followed, pointing to the “pandemic followed by the monster bubble, then inflation, war, the great layoff…
“Navigating stormy seas requires a strong ship culture and a shared sense of purpose and destiny,” adds Vembu.When asked if Zoho has given up anything by remaining a private company, Vijay Sundaram, CSO, said: “Maybe, but what we have gained is much more important: we are masters of our destiny and have the freedom to do what is right for customers. and employees.” #zohoday22 https://t.co/jmPyGwgrSv
Zoho Customer Stories
ZohoDay 2022 wasn’t just for analysts. The company also highlighted some of its millions of customers.
During the conference, Zoho customers were able to share how the company’s software helps them solve the challenges they face.Lots of customer stories on #zohoday22. Themes: – No need to expand staff to handle revenue growth – Enable staff to make changes / add features without development staff – Transform from multiple platforms to a set of features that are streamlined and fun to play. https://t.co/kFVRvVMV8N
Important #ZohoDay22 Announcements
Check out some of the big announcements Zoho made Tuesday on ZohoDay 2022, including news about the company’s future and the products and services it offers to small businesses:Investments – Zoho has made strategic investments in automotive, robotics and healthcare technology to support the development of and access to advanced solutions by those in need. Innovation and R&D Diversity – Zoho is committed to investing in innovation that enables the research and development of powerful, unified tools that organizations can adapt to their business needs and vision. Transnational Localization – Zoho is celebrating its global expansion through its transnational localization effort designed to create self-reliant local communities and economies. The expansion includes new offices in more than 30 locations Zoho’s Privacy Pledge – With more than 80 million users worldwide, Zoho respects the privacy of its customers and does not have an advertising revenue model in any part of its business, including its free products.
For more coverage of ZohoDay 2022, check out the Small Business Trends Facebook and Twitter feeds during and after the conference when it ends on Wednesday.Think about which tools can help your small business succeed. #zohoday22 kicks off in Austin. https://t.co/AKFnq8Jjke
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All profits from the t-shirt featuring the hit preschool brand will go to NHS Charities Together.
ViacomCBS’s Nick Jr. UK has launched a limited edition PAW Patrol pups t-shirt – the profits of which will go to NHS Charities Together.
The t-shirt has been created in partnership with online retailer Character.com and apparel partner Bioworld International. They will be available from today on the Character.com website and will be promoted across Nick Jr.’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, in addition to key influencers’ social accounts.
The design features the PAW Patrol pups alongside the words ‘Thank you Heroes’ and a rainbow made out of colourful dog paws.
“Paw Patrol is our number one preschool property and we’re thrilled to be able to leverage its success to help support the UK’s critical frontline health workers – to whom we are incredibly grateful,” commented Venetia Davie, vp consumer products for ViacomCBS Networks UK.
PAW Patrol is due to enter its seventh series, with a new theme called Dino Rescue being introduced. The series will launch on Nick Jr. from the end of August and in December on Channel 5’s Milkshake strand.


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If she hit the lottery, Jenine Persuit said she would pay off her bills and look out for her family.
"I'd take everybody on a cruise," said Persuit of Ambridge. "With that much money, it'd be endless."
Persuit was one of several customers who have flooded the in recent days looking to cash in on the record-setting Mega Millions jackpot.
In case you haven’t heard, the Mega Millions jackpot is up to $500 million. That’s half a billion dollars or—as we like to call it—set for life dollars.
Owner Nick Sabol opened in late February, but said this week has been the busiest for the small lotto store. He said co-workers are pooling sums of money together and buying $20-$90 in tickets.
"This is the best day we've had," he said Thursday.
Although the odds of a Sewickley area resident hitting the lottery are probably something like one in a billion, that doesn’t stop people from dreaming.
Locals said they would do everything from giving charity donations to buying a new house. Most people agree they would pay off debts and travel to far exotic places.
So what would you do if you won this giant, record-setting pile of cash. Take a swim in it ala Scrooge McDuck? Go on a cruise … or maybe buy the ?
Would you move to another state? Another country? Or would you stay put in Western Pennsylvania?
Of course, you'd give a lot away. What charities would get some big bucks?
Any vengeance plans, like buying the company you work for and firing the bosses?
What luxury items would be the first on your list?
Share your champagne wishes and caviar dreams in the comment section. If we get lots of good suggestions, we'll feature them in an article on Friday.


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An infamous anti-piracy ad from 2004 tried to convince us all that downloading a pirated movie is no different than stealing a car. We’ve all seen it, but according to a new study published in The Information Society, we were not convinced. In fact, the study found that by hugely overstating the negative impact of piracy, the ad may have caused people to pirate even more. As first reported by TorrentFreak, the study, “Doing more with less: Behavioral insights for anti-piracy messages,” took particular aim at a 2004 public service announcement created by the film industry. The study is a critique of the entertainment industry’s attempts to curb piracy viewed through the lens of behavioral economics. It asks how movie, music, and TV studios could have spent so much money on a campaign and failed so spectacularly.
The biggest reason is that pirates don’t think they’re doing anything wrong. “Information technology seems to facilitate the moral disengagement of infringers, who do not perceive themselves as thieves,” the study said. “For instance, the terms used by infringers frequently feature a form of euphemistic labeling (e.g., “file sharing”, “fighting the system”) and some pirates rationalize that unlike common theft, they do not deprive the owner of the copyrighted properly.” According to the study, public anti-piracy campaigns fail because, rather than curb this behavior, they’ve encouraged it. One of the biggest problems that they tend to overstate the nature of the crime being committed and the losses suffered by the entertainment industry. The 2004 anti-piracy ad that compares stealing a car to downloading a movie is over the top. It looks like a throwback to 1990s anti drug commercials and opens with the ominous lines “You wouldn’t steal a car.” Comparing the loss of a price of a movie ticket to grand theft auto didn’t play and the ad became an instant meme in the early days of the internet. It became so famous that it was parodied in more mainstream spaces like the British sitcom The IT Crowd.
“The most striking example might be the (in)famous ‘You would not steal a car’ awareness video aired in cinemas and on DVDs worldwide during the 2000s,” the paper said. “It compared downloading a movie to various forms of stealing, including reasonably relevant ones (stealing a DVD in a store) and somewhat absurd others (stealing handbags, TVs, cars), which diluted down the message.”The study also called out attempts to make the piracy personal—highlighting the loss of revenue to individual people in the movie industry. It’s true that films and TV shows are made by thousands of people, many of them working wild hours for little play. But often the film studios picked the wrong mouthpieces for this tactic.In India, a series of anti-piracy PSA starred the rich and famous. “All videos starred well-known actors, whose net worth is estimated to be $22–$400 million dollars, in a country where the annual per capita income is a bit less than $2,000,” the study said. “This can offer to pirates a moral justification: they only steal [from] the rich to ‘feed the poor’, a form of ‘Robin Hood effect’ that makes even more sense with some cultural or sport-related goods.”Another problem is what the study identifies as “the social proof lever.” Anti-piracy ads often focus on how pervasive the problem is. “Given that individuals tend to conform to perceived social norms, they can be leveraged to nudge people toward a given behavior. Social norms have been successfully used as behavioral levers in diverse fields, such as wearing seatbelts, encouraging charitable donations, and energy savings,” the paper said.But anti-piracy campaigns make piracy seem like the social norm. If everyone is doing it, the logic goes, it probably isn’t that bad. “Informing directly or indirectly individuals that many people pirate is counterproductive and encourages piracy by driving the targeted individuals to behave similarly,” the study said. “These messages provide to the would-be pirates the needed rationalization by emphasizing that ‘everyone is doing it.”The study had one last piece of advice for movie studios: stop airing anti-piracy ads in the theater. “These messages are frequently edited out by pirates before being redistributed through the internet, the study said. “Consequently, individuals who see the message are paying users…displaying descriptive information about how widespread piracy is to paying users is ill-advised.”Internet piracy isn’t going away and the reasons people pirate are complicated. The pandemic and the Balkanization of streaming services have led to a massive surge in piracy. But it’s hard to know how bad the problem is because repeated studies have shown that the biggest pirates tend to be super users who are already spending a lot of money on legal content.


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Earnings growth of mid-market private companies in the first two months of the year, compared with the same period a year ago, surged to a record 16.3 percent according to the Golub Capital Altman Index.
First-quarter earnings growth also outpaced the 14.9 percent year-over-year increase seen during the fourth quarter of 2020.
“We’ve been seeing a boom building and the boom is here,” says Lawrence Golub, chief executive of Golub Capital, a mid-market lender with more than $35 billion of capital under management. However, he also expresses concerns about inflation.
The results are the latest to compare current conditions with those before the pandemic. As such, Edward Altman, who has been producing the index with Golub since 2013, says the data “likely understates the strength of the first quarter of 2021” because it does not capture the negative impact of the shutdowns last March. Altman, a leading expert and scholar in the credit markets who also advises central banks, is professor emeritus of finance at the NYU Stern School of Business.
The pace of revenue growth of mid-market private companies also picked up, rising by 3.2 percent between the first two months of 2020 and the equivalent period in 2021. Revenue grew by 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter of last year.
Nevertheless, Golub has concerns that fiscal and monetary stimulus in the US are creating “very substantial risks” for the economy and inflation. He notes that “our current fiscal and monetary policy is not logically, quantitatively linked to the observable output gap”. Aggregate demand has been reduced by approximately $300 billion year-on-year because of the pandemic, he says, while the recent fiscal stimulus – which has not yet flowed into the economy – has injected nearly $3 trillion into the economy, nearly 10 times the output gap.
The situation is no better on the monetary side. The path of inflation is uncertain, but Golub says, “Jay Powell and the Fed are speaking as though they have a Pollyannaish vision of risks”. He believes this could be problematic if inflation becomes sustained. He notes that prices of commodities such as copper, wheat and lumber have “skyrocketed” from a year ago, and points to the latest report on consumer prices, which shows the CPI spiked by 0.6 percent in March from the previous month and 2.6 percent from a year previously, thereby exceeding analysts’ estimates.
However, David Rosenberg, founder, president, chief economist and strategist of Rosenberg Research, says the pandemic “has unleashed a prolonged period of noise in the pricing data.” That is why he thinks the Fed is not overreacting, nor does he believe that it should. He also notes that even with the lags from prior dollar weakness and the commodity boom, core goods CPI “only eked out a 0.1 percent gain in March and has shown no net change over the past six months”.
Three inflationary scenarios
Still, Golub worries that the distortions in the numbers from those who are receiving supplemental jobless benefits, coupled with covid-related anxiety about rejoining the workforce, could create “a lot of pressure on wages”. That, along with potential supply constraints, could present problems.
He sees three possible inflationary scenarios, and believes the risks that one of them will develop are evenly balanced. The first is a temporary burst of inflation that dies down quickly as people return to work. The second is that inflation remains sustained and the Fed, more worried about employment than inflation, continues to keep interest rates low. That would be a set-up for “multi-year, sustained inflation”, he says. The third is that the Fed raises rates earlier than expected and “probably triggers a modest recession”.
Golub says the mid-market index reflects something of a bifurcated economy, with sectors such as travel and entertainment that were more seriously affected by the pandemic still experiencing difficulties.


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It was just over a year ago that the Duchess of Sussex stepped out wearing a pair of glittering diamond earrings that, rather than being passed down through the family, had been grown in a lab. Designed by ethical jewellery brand Kimaï, co-founder Jessica Warch says, ‘My partner and I both come from diamond trading families in Antwerp, Belgium, and have seen first-hand the joy diamonds can bring. But over the years, we also became aware of the destruction they can cause. When we discovered that man-made diamonds are chemically and physically identical to mined ones, we knew we had to do something.’
Created in a lab, instead of mined in the earth, these gems are transforming the market, offering better pricing – typically 50%-70% less – and transparency. Millennials and now Gen Z (who, unsurprisingly, are the main purchasers of engagement rings) are moving away from conventional diamonds, with nearly 70% of millennials considering buying a lab-grown alternative.
And it’s not just engagement rings. This year we saw Penelope Cruz, Zoë Kravitz, Jessica Alba and Olivia Colman draped in lab diamonds on the red carpet. Scott Thompson, Co-Founder of Carat* London, a jewellery brand that works with high quality man-made gemstones, says: ‘Our lab-grown (or ‘Gentle’) diamonds are elementally, physically and visually identical to a mined diamond. We have been working towards this for more than a decade and we believe this will ultimately transform the industry.’
So how does it work? Using advanced technology, these diamonds are created two ways – using extreme pressure and heat, or a super-heated plasma – but the work is done inside a machine rather than deep inside the Earth. Once ‘grown’ they are considered identical. In fact, the ratings system for diamonds based on their 4Cs: Cut, Clarity, Colour and Carat, are the same whether they are lab-grown or mined.
Arabel Lebrusan, founder of ethical jewellers Lebrusan Studio says, ‘These gems offer enormous opportunity for consumers. Half a century ago, only society’s upper echelons would have been lucky enough to own a coloured diamond for example. From the perspective of both designer and a customer, man-made diamonds are a stirring new addition.’
As to whether or not man-made diamonds can ever replace ‘the real thing’, the verdict is mixed. Fine antique jewellery specialist Humphrey Butler says there will always be a premium attached to mined gems: ‘Apart from anything else, all truly fine jewellery, all history’s great jewels, and anything with any romantic provenance will have been made with mined diamonds – so they are unlikely ever to be dismissed entirely.’ And let’s not forget that in terms of eco-credentials, mined diamonds have made great strides in recent times too. Livia Firth, Founder and Creative Director at sustainability consultancy Eco-Age, says, ‘I recently returned from Botswana, a country famous for its diamonds. Diamond mining there is ethical – and everyone I met has been empowered by the industry and are incredibly proud of it. When mining is done well, then a natural diamond’s positive repercussions on an entire community goes well beyond those created by a lab-grown diamond. And even at environmental level – I visited a huge game reserve park which was created by a diamond mine and would have not been there otherwise’.
Carat* London’s Scott Thompson says that ultimately it’s about choice: ‘We believe lab diamonds are the future; and although we don’t expect to replace mined diamonds per se, consumers now have more and better options. And in addition, the lab-grown, and mined diamond industries are pushing each other to be more sustainable and eco-minded and whatever way you look at it, that is always a good thing.’


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Matt is a lifelong tech and gaming enthusiast who is still deeply traumatized from playing Ghosts 'n Goblins on an endless loop as a child. When not flashing-back to past video game failures he enjoys horror and kung-fu movies, or as "those in the know" say horror-fu (kungror?)
Back in October of 2016, Microsoft held a press conference where they revealed Creators Update to Windows 10. Included in that announcement was the promise of
The Computer Electronics Show is a place where the best and brightest in the tech world meet to show off their newest tech to the
As a PC gamer, have you ever yearned to be freed from the shackles of your desktop, to be able to venture out into the world without the heavy weight of a 15 lb. laptop on your back?
HyperX has built a name for itself in producing high end peripherals at relatively low costs. Hoping to capitalize on that is the HyperX Cloud
During CES 2017, Acer has debuted two new gaming laptops including a massive 21-inch Acer Predator model to make gamers salivate.
At CES 2017, ROCCAT shows off their new mice and keyboard, which feature their brand new ForceFX and Owl-Eye technologies.


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AVE MARIA – Ave Maria announces a line-up of free events open to the public this season. “We are thrilled to host several upcoming events in outdoor venues with ample space ensuring visitors and residents can safely enjoy having fun,” comments Donna Marquez, event coordinator for Ave Maria Development. This year’s events, like many things, will look a little different, but we are looking forward to carrying on traditions.”
Free trolley tours are offered every Tuesday through March 30 and depart every hour from the Town Center beginning at 11 a.m., and the last one departing at 2 p.m. Tour Collier County’s Community of the Year during a 1 hour narrated trolley ride and discover all that’s new for 2021. Reservations are encouraged and can be made by calling 239-352-3903.
Ave Maria hosts live music every Tuesday from noon to 3 p.m. and Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. though April 1 along Annunciation Circle. Enjoy live entertainment while shopping and dining in the Town Center. Bands rotate weekly.
The Winter Festival will take place Saturday, January 16 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be live music from the Electric Lipstick band, dessert food trucks, a farmers market, and a car show presented by Cool Cruisers. This family-friendly event will also include snow princess characters, balloon artists, pony rides, and a winter themed slide.
Ave Maria Arts & Crafts Festivals will he held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 23-24 and Feb. 27-28. Vendors will be displaying and selling photography, paintings, ceramics, jewelry, and other handmade items. The arts and crafts festivals are produced in conjunction with TNT Events, organizer of dozens of art festivals throughout Florida with a focus on hand-crafted original works.
Ave Maria Town Center also hosts weekly farmers markets every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through May 1. These outdoor markets feature over 20 vendors which offer locally grown produce and citrus, fresh seafood, Italian breads, pastries, local honey, soaps, candles, oils, crafts, flowers, jewelry, accessories, clothing and more. The market is held in conjunction with SW Florida Markets, LLC.
All events will be following CDC guidelines and social distancing procedures. A full calendar of events can be found online at https://www.avemaria.com/news-and-events/events/.


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New motorcycle brand KSR created in EuropeFebruary 18, 2021
At the beginning of the new year, the Austrian-based KSR Group revealed that it is working on four new bikes at once. Moreover, all the announced motorcycles will enter the market under the previously unknown brand M.
After this announcement, experts suggested that the Austrians are going to revive the Italian brand Malaguti. Now KSR Group has moved from words to deeds – the new brand is registered with the supervisory authorities.
Future motorcycles will be powered by both traditional motors and electric powertrains. According to the Profile portal, the motorcycles will be called Motron Motorcycles. The first bikes will go on sale in the first half of 2021. The new brand is ready to offer customers four models – Whiz, Cubertino, Volz and Vizion.
According to preliminary data, the cost of one such motorcycle will be about 3,000 euros (almost 268,000 rubles). In the second quarter, they promise to present gasoline X-Nord 125 and cruiser Revolver 125. They will cost no more than the first four motorcycles.
The scooter line was also not ignored: it consists of four models with gasoline engines. New scooters are estimated at 205 thousand rubles in our money.
But the flagship model of the new brand will cost more than all the others. For Warrior 400 you will have to pay 5,000 euros (about half a million rubles). A couple more motorcycles will debut at the end of the year – the Nomad 125 and X-Nord 400. There is no information about their price tags yet.
At first, it will be possible to purchase new motorcycles and scooters only in individual European countries – there are nine of them. These are, for example, Italy, Greece, Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, etc. However, during the year the geography of sales will expand. It is difficult to predict whether new motorcycles will reach us.
- Porsche may return to Formula 1
- Mercedes-Benz has published the first teaser of the new EQS
- In Singapore, cars with internal combustion engines will be banned by 2025
- Geely and Mercedes-Benz to unveil Smart electric crossover concept
- Lamborghini reveals details of its new Huracan STO


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Christina Development buys one of Larchmont Village’s largest retail properties
A family with generational ties to the area sold the commercial space for $24M
Christina Development Corporation has picked up a Larchmont Village retail property for $23.5 million, one of the largest properties of its kind in the area.
The Malibu-based investor paid $1,372 per square foot for the 17,000-square-foot property, which stretches from 124-148 N. Larchmont Boulevard, the village’s main commercial strip, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal. The property is one of the largest of its kind in the area, and has long been owned by the family of Julius LaBonte.
Current tenants include a toy shop and bookstore. The property also has 43 surface parking spaces. It was built in 1921 and has been owned since then by the LaBonte family. Julius LaBonte helped establish Larchmont Village, according to the Journal. The neighborhood is south of Hollywood and east of the Wilshire Country Club.
Christina Development invests in both commercial and multifamily properties around Los Angeles. Its latest fund closed on Sept. 1 and has three commercial and four apartment properties. The firm focuses in on prime markets, including Santa Monica, Malibu, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. [LABJ] — Dennis Lynch


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Your canine crusader reckons it is ironic – and highly appropriate – that Shane Jones’ $3 billion electoral slush fund…
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Recent trends in high capacity triple mower set-ups have led to operators requesting a wider choice of swath size and shape.
Taranaki contractor Jason Holdem’s approach to farm machinery is straightforward: “It’s got to be simple to use and need minimum maintenance.”
Following impressive performance reports on its 6m machines, Power Farming has now released the 4m Kverneland U-Drill and the 4m U-Drill+.
No surprise to see the giant Kverneland Group will introduce several new plough ranges at Agritechnica, in Germany, in November.
Now part of the Kubota Corporation, machinery manufacturer Kverneland is on a roll, particularly with new products coming to market.
With 25 years experience of electrical seed metering, Kverneland claims it knows more about electric drive systems than any other precision seeding company.
After 25 years in electrical seed metering, Kverneland claims more knowledge in electric drive systems than any other precision seeding company.
Although he wasn’t in the market for a new rake, a demo of the Kverneland 15m, four-rotor KV 97150 rake persuaded Steve Murray, of B.A. Murray Ltd, Rangiora, him to buy it.
For the 2018-19 grass season Power Farming is introducing a Kverneland 3.2m mounted Mo-Co with rubber-like conditioning rollers, specifically designed for use in fragile crops.


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An international campaign is calling on the global payments giant to provide its services to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza to help tech entrepreneurs and generate employment.
When Zakaria El-Shekhreet graduated in literature and translation in Gaza, he knew freelancing for international clients would be one of his best options to find work in the besieged enclave.
At 27, Zakaria has lived most of his life under crippling Israeli and Egyptian blockades that began in 2007, severely restricting the movement of Palestinians in and out of Gaza. While literacy levels in the Strip are some of the highest in the region, youth unemployment stood at nearly 70 percent even before the pandemic hit.
Like any other freelancer, he worked hard to build a portfolio and a pool of contacts as a translator and copywriter. Four years later, he’s helping others set up their online business as a mentor at the local tech hub, where startups and coders also meet to share ideas and new projects. He’s helped dozens of budding freelancers with advice on marketing, project management, and workarounds to overcome challenges ranging from electricity outages to isolation, which extends to the digital sphere.
“The biggest challenge for freelancers in Gaza is receiving payments from clients,” Zakaria tells TRT World.
“A freelance platform could take 20 percent of your fee. Then you have the bank fee, and you might end up receiving only half of the amount you originally agreed for your project,” he explains.
“We can receive payments via [wire transfer services] sometimes, but not all of us are able to get large amounts of money and the payment could have to be split into two or three transfers, each time paying fees.”
In light of PayPal's exclusionary approach, Palestinians and international human rights groups have renewed a call this week for the global payments giant to stop its “digital discrimination” that excludes Palestinians in both the occupied West Bank and Gaza from using its service, while making it available to Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
PayPal operates in more than 200 countries worldwide, including war-torn Yemen. But the company has so far refused to allow Palestinians to sign up with addresses in the West Bank or Gaza, while making the service available to customers with Israeli bank accounts, including those based in West Bank settlements – which are illegal under international law and seen by the international community as a major obstacle to a two-state solution.
The campaign, first launched in 2016 with the hashtag #PayPal4Palestine, has been supported by dozens of human rights, business and tech groups, who say that making the service available to Palestinians would significantly improve opportunities for entrepreneurs, businesses and freelancers in the occupied territories.
“There’s no reason [for PayPal] to not work in Palestine unless there is some kind of political decision,” Nadim Nashif, the director of 7amleh, the organization leading the campaign, told TRT World.
“In terms of readiness, there was a process of preparing the system,” Nashif, whose organization focuses on digital rights, added. “And in terms of political and economic and stability [PayPal works in] countries that are much, much less stable than the Palestinian reality. It is clear that this is digital discrimination”.
PayPal had not responded to TRT’s request for comment by the time of publication, or to a letter sent by the campaign’s signatories, which include the Palestinian legal studies group Al Haq and US-based Jewish Voice for Peace.
In the past, PayPal has argued that the West Bank and Gaza fail to meet the service's regulatory requirements.
“The Palestinian Monetary Authority has been working with the US Treasury for a few years now to lift the Palestinian banking system to international standards,” Nashif explained, adding that the Palestinian Authority has also been implementing a national plan to improve its regulatory position and promote the use of electronic payment methods. “In the opinion of many economists who are following this closely, the system is ready.”
While some other payment portals have been available, Palestinians say that entrepreneurs, NGOs and freelancers face routine difficulties due to being unable to access the platform, which tends to have a monopoly on electronic payments and be among the most trusted for e-commerce.
Many Palestinian businesses and startups have been circumventing the problem by registering their operations abroad, mostly in the US. But that is detrimental to the Palestinian economy, which is already negatively affected by restrictions on imports and exports, as well as on free movement.
Studies have pointed out how the Palestinian market has been “held captive” by Israel as Palestinian traders are often dependent on Israeli intermediaries to access third country markets, reinforcing Palestinian dependence on the Israeli economy and increasing costs.
While the West Bank in particular is home to a vibrant business community, sooner or later any initiative is destined to hit a wall.
Sari Taha, the managing director of venture builder Momentum Labs – headquartered in Ramallah and registered with the Palestinian Authority - says that the company will likely be forced to register elsewhere as the project expands.
“We know from past experience that soon there will be [a] need to register outside,” Taha told TRT World, adding that confidence in the Palestinian market remains a huge issue alongside the practicalities of carrying out trade and transactions.
“PayPal in our time is an essential payment gateway for any reputable business or website receiving payments online,” he explains about the campaign, which he is supporting. “I would argue [it could] contribute to the decision of buyers about whether or not to make the transaction.”
42,000 Palestinian college graduates a year could benefit from access to online platforms and freelance websites, 7amleh says.
“Finding some kind of governmental work, or working for an association or company here in Gaza is really hard,” Zakaria says. “That’s what pushed me to turn to freelancing and working online.”
The politics of digital discrimination
Over the years, critics have pointed out that there may be political pressure behind the company’s decision not to expand to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, despite repeated calls by businesses there and potential revenue opportunities.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported a few years ago how PayPal employs mostly former Israel Defense Forces’ intelligence veterans in its Tel Aviv anti-fraud office.
In the letter the organisations sent to PayPal’s CEO Daniel H. Schulman this week, activists also condemned the company’s decision, announced in the summer, to partner with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a US-based NGO whose main goal is to fight antisemitism.
“While we welcome efforts to fight racism and extremism, the ADL has been at the helm of efforts to undermine support for Palestinian’s human rights by working to make advocacy for Palestinian rights synonymous with antisemitism,” the letter reads.
Ultimately, Nashif points out, PayPal’s failure to respond to Palestinian campaign efforts over the years is in line with the policies of other internet giants. From Google and Apple recognising Israeli settlements but not Palestine on their widely-used mapping services, to the issue of content moderation on social media, which often fails the test of ‘neutrality’ in Palestine and other conflict-affected parts of the world. Other e-commerce platforms such as Ebay and Amazon are also not fully available to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
“On Amazon, as a Palestinian you can buy, but you can't become a seller,” Nashif explained. “Other platforms, like eBay, you cannot use because they are dependent on PayPal,” he added.
“PayPal is the one that sets the tone for most of those platforms, and that’s why it is very important for us to try to change that policy, as we believe others will follow.”


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Two Blokes Talking Tech Episode 547 will be streamed live from New York City where Tech Guide Editor Stephen Fenech and EFTM’s Trevor Long attended the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event where they unveiled the company’s latest smartphone.
Stephen and Trevor also discuss the new Samsung Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro, along with the new Galaxy Buds 2 Pro.
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Sephora set to open inside Victoria's JC Penney
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June 1, 2011 at 1:01 a.m.
Crossroads residents looking to pick up beauty supplies will soon have one more option available.
Sephora opens June 17 inside the Victoria Mall's JC Penney store, 8106 N. Navarro St.
The 1,500-square-foot location, in the center of the store, will offer nearly 50 brands, ranging from cult makeup lines to skincare lines, specialty hair care lines, fragrance lines and even Sephora's own brand of products.
The first 450 visitors at the grand opening ceremony will receive a giveaway bag filled with samples.
Store hours will be 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Victoria's store is one of 22 Sephoras opening inside JC Penney stores nationwide this June. It brings the number of Sephoras inside JC Penneys to 276.
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Glossier this week became the first brand to sell products through YouTube Shorts, the video-sharing platform’s TikTok-like feature. YouTube’s first Shoppable Shorts Challenge features Glossier’s newest eyeliner, the No. 1 Pencil, per details shared in an email with Marketing Dive.
Glossier enlisted singer Kehlani to promote the challenge in a post on the makeup brand’s YouTube channel, which has 150,000 subscribers. The brand is also working with more than 100 creators to produce short videos showcasing the eyeliner on their own pages. Each video will have the #WrittenInGlossier hashtag, which connects the viewer with Glossier.com to buy the new product. The challenge began on June 8 and runs until June 23.
Glossier also plans to offer the No. 1 pencil for sale online during YouTube’s second annual Beauty Festival on June 16. The shoppable shorts feature isn’t available in the U.K., but Glossier is partnering with several YouTube creators to give viewers a way to buy the product in private shoppable links, according to the announcement.
Glossier’s collaboration with YouTube on the platform’s first shoppable video for Shorts is notable as the latest combination of content and commerce. As YouTube rolls out the feature, more brands will have an opportunity to create shoppable videos that are geared for viewing on mobile devices. They also can enlist influencers and creators to showcase their products, as Glossier is doing with its Shoppable Shorts Challenge that offers viewers the first chance to buy its latest product.
Shoppable video is a high-growth area for marketers that seek to engage consumers with livestreams or video ads on connected devices like smart TVs and mobile phones. Forty percent of advertising executives said shoppable video ads are a standard part of their media mix, while another 35% are in a “test and learn” phase, according to a study commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB).
A key motivation for embracing shoppable video is its power to achieve key performance indicators at all stages of the consumer purchase funnel. More than half (55%) of ad executives who use the shoppable video format said it achieves upper-funnel objectives, such as brand awareness and consideration. A similar percentage (56%) said shoppable video ads deliver lower-funnel performance such as sales conversions, the IAB found.
For Google’s YouTube, the collaboration with Glossier is another sign that the video-sharing platform is seeking to push into TikTok’s turf. YouTube used to be a key source of growth for parent company Alphabet, but the video platform’s revenue grew 14% from a year earlier to $6.87 billion during the first quarter of 2022, less than the consensus forecast of about 25%.
To regain growth, YouTube is expanding into a short-form video area that is TikTok’s key strength. TikTok’s ad revenue is forecast to triple this year to $11.64 billion, putting it on course to equal YouTube’s yearly haul by 2024, according to Insider Intelligence. YouTube Shorts now draws 30 billion daily video views, four times higher than the audience it drew a year ago.


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InMed Pharmaceuticals has isolated the rare cannabinoid, cannabinol, in two cannabinoid-based drugs currently in clinical trials.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is claiming that CBD poses significant risks to the human liver. Nonsense.
As Canadian cannabis retailers gather momentum, Choom Holdings provides investors with a very attractive value proposition.
Aphria disappointed slightly on Q2 revenue and its stock is trading lower. Investors may see a buying opportunity here.
Fire & Flower Holdings is Canada's new retailing leader in stores as it reports opening its 46th cannabis store.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced a policy change that will expedite the marketing of marijuana testing devices if they’re used for certain purposes.
The new cannabis store licensing system has commenced in Ontario. Total retail cannabis stores could multiply by nearly a factor of 10 in 2020.
Maribis in Brighton Park said it will wait for the dust to settle rather than open its doors to recreational customers Jan. 1.


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Alibaba Eyes U.S. Small Businesses in New Tie-Up With Office Depot – Fortune
What happened: Alibaba’s business-to-business trading platform has entered into a partnership with US office supply retailer, Office Depot. Under the deal, small US businesses will be able to access 150,000 suppliers that offer next-day delivery in Alibaba’s global network. The Chinese online retailer will be granted access to 10 million business customers and 1,800 sales agents through the American retailer. The collaboration aims to create a one-stop shop for small to mid-sized companies.
Why it’s important: The new partnership marks another step for the Chinese e-commerce giant’s enterprise-facing business expansion beyond its home market. In its initiative to connect with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from around the world, Alibaba has inked MOUs with a number of countries in East Asia, Latin America, and Europe to bring products and services, especially from Chinese SMEs, to global markets. Alibaba has been doubling down on digital transformation for enterprises, riding the wave as business-to-business tech picks up pace in China.


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The pharmaceutical industry has renewed calls to lift a Europe-wide ban on ads for prescription drugs, following controversial ITC proposals relaxing the rules on TV advertising in the UK.
The ITC plans to liberalise its rules on TV advertising – which could lead to a flood of previously unacceptable ads for medical products and services, including hypnosis, pregnancy testing, alcohol treatment and hair loss clinics.
But because the advertising of prescription drugs is outlawed under a European Union directive, and so lies outside the ITC’s jurisdiction, it is likely to remain outlawed.
Richard Ley, a spokesman for the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), believes the current laws will now have to be reviewed. “We have reached the stage where patients want a great deal more information about their medicine.
“And with the Internet crossing national boundaries, it makes a mockery of the existing regulations.
“We think the time is right to sit down with the Government, doctors and the pharmaceutical companies to review the rules.”
The ITC has drawn up a list of 16 products and services – including escort agencies and private detectives – which it wants removed from the banned list.
The TV watchdog also announced this week it is holding a wide-ranging consultation exercise on public service broadcasting, as part of a review of its codes.


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- Time spent on mobile devices this year has increased the most in China and Italy, two countries where confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been most concentrated, per a report that app analytics company App Annie provided to Mobile Marketer. Daily time spent on mobile devices last month surged 30% to five hours a day on average in China from a year earlier, and by 11% to 2.7 hours in Italy.
- Business and education apps saw a surge in usage in China as the country introduced policies to urge people to work from home and to practice social distancing. During the first half of February, the downloads of business and education apps doubled from a year earlier, including apps such as Huawei Cloud WeLink, DingTalk and Zoom Cloud Meetings. People also have increased their use of finance apps to manage their money digitally, per App Annie.
- TikTok last month saw record activity in China as usage of the viral video app surged 130% to more than 3 billion total hours during the week of Feb. 2. The average time per user also hit a record 7.5 hours a week in China, App Annie found.
The coronavirus pandemic has become a watershed moment for the world's mobile economy as people rely on their smartphones to handle a variety of tasks while social distancing, as App Annie's research indicates. Its findings suggest that the U.S. will soon see a similar jump in mobile activity as businesses urge people to work from home and government authorities order the closure of public gathering places like schools, restaurants, theaters, bars, nightclubs and concert venues. In turn, mobile marketers must prepare for this increased usage, both when advertising on mobile and when developing and maintaining apps.
Mobile games experienced a jump in downloads as isolated consumers turned to their smartphones for entertainment. In China, mobile game downloads surged 80% in February from the 2019 weekly average, and by 35% in South Korea, per App Annie. "Slap Kings," "Woodturning," "Draw Climber" and "Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles" this month were among the most downloaded games in countries experiencing significant coronavirus outbreaks, including China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, the U.K. and U.S.
In addition to mobile games, streaming video apps saw a surge in activity. Roku and Pluto TV during the first week of March entered the top 10 video streaming apps by weekly time spent, knocking out ESPN and YouTube TV — which is separate from the top-ranked YouTube app. Pluto TV, which this month revealed a brand refresh as part of its biggest ad campaign, boosted time spent with its app 75% from a week earlier on Android phones in the U.S., App Annie found. As the researcher notes, movie studios are adapting to the demand for more in-home entertainment by streaming movies that are currently running in theaters. For example, Disney released "Frozen 2" early on its Disney+ streaming app and pushed out "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" for digital rental.
At the opposite end of the usage spectrum, ride-sharing apps saw steep declines in downloads as fewer mobile users ventured outside. In China, Didi's downloads plunged 75% from a peak to a trough between Jan. 29, 2019, to March 7, 2020. In France, downloads of BlaBlaCar dropped 65% from a high to a low during the same period analyzed by App Annie.


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'Tis the season... for road salt. And with that, comes rust. And what does rust bring? Well, for Ford and General Motors, a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA is looking into potential recalls issues with Chevrolet Express vans and Ford Freestar minivans.
Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:27:00 EST
The feds have received five complaints that rust has caused leaking fuel filler pipes on 2003 Express vans. Separately, seven complaints have been filed over excessive rust in the rear wheel wells of 2004 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans. The Freestar and Monterey went out of production in 2007. Neither issue has resulted in any crashes or injuries, according to the report.
According to a Bloomberg report, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded an investigation into complaints of unintended acceleration lodged against Ford vehicles. The investigation began in June of 2010 when just three complaints had been received and it only concerned the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan, but this was at a time when the phrase "unintended acceleration" made grown men go pale. With 49 additional complaints received since then, the investigation has been reclassified as an engineering analysis - the last phase before a recall - and it has been expanded to include the Lincoln MKZ, making for a total of "around 480,000" units affected between the three sedans from the 2008 to 2010 model years.
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The ostensible cause is that floor mats are trapping the accelerator pedal, but according to a Ford statement at the time, the entrapment is due to owners placing the optional all-weather floor mats, or aftermarket floor mats, on top of the car's standard floor mats. NHTSA has backed up that assessment, pinning the blame on "unsecured or double stacked floor mats."
On the face of it, it would appear that NHTSA has upgraded the status not because of Ford's error, but owner error, and Ford has stated publicly that it is "disappointed" in NHTSA's move. On top of NHTSA still being skittish after that other unintended acceleration debacle, it could be seen to be taking its time investigating all of the variables: it's reported that Ford changed its accelerator pedal design in 2010, a "heel blocker" in the floorpan has been considered a potential culprit in how the floor mats could be trapping the pedal, some drivers have said the floor mats weren't anywhere near the pedal, and according to a report in the LA Times, in "a letter sent by Ford to NHTSA in August 2010, the automaker said it found three injuries and one fatality that 'may have resulted from the alleged defect.'"
Ford has announced five separate recalls, affecting 202,000 vehicles built between 2005 and 2014.
It's not been a great couple of weeks for Ford. On October 30, the company announced a 205,000-unit recall, and yesterday, it was revealed that the Ford brand's year-over-year sales were down over 5,000 units while the company itself was down 3,000 units over through October. Now, the company has announced five separate recalls affecting 202,000 vehicles built between 2005 and 2014.


text: WMS Industries Inc. (NYSE:WMS) announced that it will release its fiscal 2013 fourth quarter and year end results after the market closes on Tuesday, August 27, 2013. No conference call will be held. On January 30, 2013, WMS entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq:SGMS) has agreed to acquire WMS for $26.00 in cash per common share. About WMS WMS Industries Inc. is a leading supplier of innovative gaming entertainment products and services worldwide. The Company designs, develops, manufactures, distributes and markets casino games and gaming machines, video lottery terminals and interactive gaming products and services. More information on WMS, and its subsidiaries, WMS Gaming and Williams Interactive, can be found at www.wms.com or www.williamsinteractive.com or visit the Company on Facebook®, Twitter® or YouTube®.


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The company believes those two brands, along with active brand Sweaty Betty, have the most potential to grow and is focusing its efforts and investments on them.
Wolverine also continues to concentrate on its work division, which includes brands such as Wolverine, CAT, and Bates.
In the lifestyle division, the company announced Wednesday that it is exploring strategic alternatives for Sperry, which saw a 12.9% decline in constant currency revenue in the quarter. Wolverine sold the Keds brand earlier this year and is transitioning Hush Puppies to a licensing model.
Merrell Q1 Results
Merrell’s revenue totaled $180.3 million, a 20.3% increase in constant currency. The new MOAB 3 became the top-selling shoe in the U.S. hike market in the first quarter, allowing the brand to gain market share, Wolverine said.
Merrell is also expanding its brand reach with the more fashionable 1TRL collection, which consists of “elevated products that challenge the traditional perceptions of the trail footwear aesthetic,” according to the company.
The collection has been well-received, and Merrell opened a 1TRL store in Tokyo during the quarter with more stores planned.
Merrell revenue is expected to grow mid-single digits for the full fiscal year.
Saucony Results – Lifestyle a Priority
The running brand also had a strong quarter, with revenue totaling $132.6 million, a 24.5% increase in constant currency.
Highlights for the quarter included the launch of the Endorphin Elite, which recorded 74% sell-through on Saucony.com in the first week.
A major Saucony initiative going forward: the global expansion of the brand’s lifestyle Originals business, which the company believes has high growth potential.
Saucony revenue is expected to grow in the high-single digits for the year.
Sweaty Betty Restructuring
Sweaty Betty’s first quarter revenue totaled $47.5 million, a 3.1% decrease in constant currency.
The company said the active brand has stabilized in its home markets of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Wolverine plans to improve Sweaty Betty’s profitability by integrating it more into the rest of the portfolio.
In March, Wolverine announced it was consolidating Sweaty Betty’s London office space and reducing its workforce in the UK.
For the full year, Sweaty Betty is expected to grow in the low-single digits.
If only the ongoing businesses are included, revenue totaled $580.4 million, a 2.9% increase in constant currency.
By division, active grew 11.5% in reported revenue while work and lifestyle declined 17.3% and 8.1%, respectively.
The international business was a standout, with revenue growing 18% in constant currency. Adjusted earnings per share for the ongoing business totaled 9 cents, a 68% decline in constant currency compared to the same period last year.
The bottom line came in better than expected – the company had forecast EPS of 5 cents on an adjusted basis.


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Get ready for fun in the sun.
Forsyth County businesses are adding the finishing touches in preparation for Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of the busy summer season.
Port Royale Marina in northeastern Forsyth will celebrate the grand opening of Pelican Pete’s bar and grill this weekend, the newest addition to the lakefront business.
“We’ve got great expectations for Memorial Day,” said Brent Danneman, general manager. “We’ve had the second busiest April in the history of our company and May is shaping up to be extremely good.
“With the lake at full pool, it sure has added to the excitement.”
The level of Lake Lanier was at 1,070.99 feet above sea level Wednesday. That’s just below full pool of 1,071 and more than 5 feet higher than this time last year.
Clay Cunningham is also ready for the holiday weekend.
The owner of Lake Lanier Catching Not Fishing Guide Service, Cunningham said business was horrible during the drought of 2007-09, but recently it’s been looking up.
“It’s been incredible,” he said. “People are showing up from everywhere.”
Cunningham, who offers guided fishing excursions along the lake, said he is booked solid for the weekend.
“I’m seeing more families than I have seen in a long time,” he said. “I think we just all have good memories of when we were kids fishing with our own parents.
“Some of the best memories I have are fishing with my family, and that just carries over. I want to take my own kids and create the same memories for them.”
After a long day of fishing, boating, swimming or just relaxing at home, it’s time for grocers like Publix to shine.
“The holiday is all about grilling out,” said Brenda Reid, Publix spokeswoman. “On display, you have a variety of things you need for grilling out. It’ll be everything from charcoal to chips.”
Steaks, spare ribs and other grilling favorites will also be on sale, Reid said. The bakery will offer festive treats from cakes shaped like hamburgers, watermelons and American flags to mini-cakes.
“Mini-cakes are very popular because people are trying to cut calories,” Reid said. “So this is a way for people to still buy an attractive dessert but not feel guilty.”
Memorial Day rivals July Fourth for crowds, Danneman said, making it one of the two busiest weekends of the year.
“We’re finding people are staying home and using area recreation, rather than taking a trip out of the state,” he said.
“We’ve tried to make Port Royale ... a destination for people and that’s working. They are coming out to see us.
“As they say, ‘Build it and they will come.’ And they did.”


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As it looks to the future, The New York Times is focused firmly on mobile devices and social media, according to NYTCO CEO Mark Thompson and NYT executive editor Dean Baquet, who laid out their vision for the rest of the decade in a sweeping strategy memo to staff circulated on Wednesday.
Baquet also announced major changes in the way the NYT will produce and distribute content on the editorial side.
By the end of this decade, NYT aims to have more than doubled its digital-only subscription base, currently numbering around 1.1 million, the NYT bosses wrote, while also doubling its digital advertising revenues from $400 million to $800 million over the same period.
The memo, also signed by a number of editors and executives, admitted that the company has a long way to go toward these goals, conceding, “We need to move with much more urgency. For all that we’ve accomplished, our digital business is not yet close to supporting the scale of our ambitions.”
Above all, like other newspaper publishers, NYTCO remains too reliant on print ad revenue, they acknowledged, putting its long-term health in jeopardy. “We must succeed if we are to return The Times to a position of growth and outpace the slow but inevitable decline in print.”
Mobile devices will be central to this enormous task.
In one of the memo’s most memorable paragraphs, they authors evoked a morning ritual familiar to many: “Our overarching aspiration is to cultivate another generation of readers who can't imagine a day without The New York Times. Our first 2 million subscribers -- including our more than 1 million newspaper subscribers -- grew up with The New York Times spread out over their kitchen tables. The next million must be fought for and won over with The Times on their phones.”
The strategy isn’t limited to mobile. The memo also pointed to more live events like conferences, as well as services, like its popular branded travel business. However, all these initiatives rest on one key element: reader loyalty.
This means fostering a closer relationship with readers, extending beyond merely delivering news to touch other aspects of their lives, in order to build loyalty. That includes tailored delivery of content based on readers’ locations and interests, to more lifestyle and service content -- including for example its popular Cooking app, which has been so successful it will serve as a model for similar service channels in categories like real estate, health, and film and television.
Building a core group of loyal readers is key to the NYT’s success.
“In addition to contributing all of our digital subscription revenue, they also are responsible for driving the majority of our advertising revenue through their deep engagement,” Baquet said. Indeed, the memo noted that digital subscriptions and advertising work synergistically.
The fact that readers are willing to pay for the content reflects their engagement, making the audience more valuable to advertisers as well.
On that note, the memo revealed that NYTCO is expanding the T Brand Studio, its in-house native advertising operation, into a full-fledged agency. It will provide a broader area of marketing products and services, running the gamut for conceptual work to creation and distribution.
The company will also pursue more targeted, high-profile sponsorships for editorial content where appropriate, without sacrificing the newsroom’s independence.
On the sub side, the NYT may also tweak the price structure for its subscriptions, hinting at the potential for cheaper subs, “Even though it may come with short-term costs.” The company will also invest more in marketing to highlight the value of its paid subscriptions.


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The cost of doing business in Massachusetts, particularly outside the Greater Boston area, is high compared to other parts of the country and threatens the overall competitiveness of the state, according to a new report.
“While the Boston economy may be able to absorb some of the higher costs, that may not be the case in Franklin County,” McAnneny said. “If you’re a business looking at Massachusetts, it’s important to look at different parts of the state because the wages may vary, absolutely. But some of the other cost components are high.”
"Massachusetts has made few gains over the past decade in bringing the cost components of doing business in line with other states and, in some instances, we have fallen farther behind," Foundation President Eileen McAnneny wrote in a letter accompanying the report's release.


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Sugar control capsules recalled due to undeclared gluten
Four lots of 90 count NaturesPlus Keto Living Sugar Control Capsules have been recalled due to undeclared gluten. NaturesPlus Keto Living Sugar Control Capsules are manufactured by Natural Organics Inc., and were shipped nationwide.
French Beans and Red Lentil sold in select Whole Foods and Lidl stores recalled due to Listeria
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall for select varieties of green beans and red lentils. Both recalls are due to the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes. So far, no illnesses have been reported related to this recall.
The French green beans recalled are “Hippie Organics” French…
Undeclared peanuts leads to Turkey Hill Chocolate Marshmallow Premium Ice Cream recall
Turkey Hill Dairy has issued a voluntary recall of a select number of their 48 oz. containers of Chocolate Marshmallow Premium Ice Cream due to undeclared nut allergens. Based out of Conestoga, Pennsylvania, Turkey Hill is the 4th largest premium ice cream brand in the United States.
Benzene and methanol in Disney branded hand sanitizers leads to recall
Best Brands Consumer Products and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have issued a recall of Disney branded Mickey Mouse and The Mandalorian hand sanitizer. The recall was initiated after FDA testing detected benzene in the Mandalorian hand sanitizer and methanol in the Mickey Mouse hand sanitizer.
Two varieties of Suave aerosol deodorant have been recalled due to elevated benzene levels
In November of 2021, Old Spice and Secret recalled aerosol deodorants. That was quickly followed by Brut and Sure in February of this year. The list of recalled aerosol deodorants now includes 2 varieties of Suave by Unilever after an internal review revealed elevated levels of benzene.
Blood pressure medicine produced by Pfizer recalled due to elevated nitrosamine levels
Pfizer has issued a nationwide recall of some of their most popular drugs. No, not the one used in hopes of preventing COVID-19. They’ve issued a recall of nearly a dozen varieties of their blood pressure medications. The voluntary recall was initiated due to elevated levels of nitrosamine, an organic…
Plant where recalled baby formula was manufactured deemed “unsanitary” by FDA
Just over a month ago we wrote about the recall of Alimentum, EleCare, and Similac baby formula after they were linked to numerous bacterial infections. Parent company Abbot expanded the recall about a week later after an infant tragically lost its life. Now comes news that federal safety inspectors found…


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French music streaming company Deezer SA is set to go public via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company in a $1.13 billion deal.
The Wall Street Journal reported today that the SPAC deal will see Deezer merge with Paris-listed I2PO SA. The company is a blank check company backed by the Pinault family, majority shareholders of Gucci’s parent company, Kering SA, and Centerview Partners Holdings LP banker Matthieu Pigasse. I2PO is led by former WarnerMedia LLC executive Iris Knobloch.
Founded in 2006, Deezer, although little known in North America, is a competitor to Spotify Technology SA. The company has 9.6 million paid subscribers and generated €400 million ($431 million) in revenue in 2021. In comparison, Spotify had 180 million paid subscribers at the end of 2021, with revenue of $3.04 billion.
Deezer has a music catalog of over 90 million songs and also offers podcasts, audiobooks and radio channels. The company was rumored to be looking to go public in 2015, but no deal was reached. Variety noted that Deezer’s decision not to go public that year was the result of a sharp drop in Pandora radio listenership, indicating a declining market for streaming services.
Deezer has a 29% market share in France and 17% in Brazil. Overall, Deezer only has a 2% market share compared to 31% for Spotify, 15% for Apple Music and 13% for Amazon Music. Deezer promotes its service through partnerships with media or telecom groups to penetrate new markets.
“What we’re trying to do with our partners is to replicate the strategy of Apple and Amazon, but we bring the music product and they bring the user base, so together we can replicate that model. “, said Jeronimo Folgueira, CEO of Deezer. the newspaper. “We have to compete with them and our partners have to compete with them, and together we can compete better.”
Once the SPAC merger is complete, Deezer will have 425 million euros ($458 million) to invest in its growth. At the time of closing the deal, Deezer had never been profitable and had recorded a loss of 120.6 million euros ($130 million) in 2021 and 88.3 million euros ($95 million ) the previous year.
Deezer has raised $531.8 million in venture funding, according to Crunchbase. Investors include Orange, Kingdom Holding Company, Access Industries, Idinvest Partners and CM-CIC Capital.