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This Major Job Market Change Could Transform the Work World — for the Better
If asked to close their eyes and think about an entrepreneur, a lot of people would probably picture a middle-aged white man in a suit. But the new reality is that a lot of women and people of color are becoming entrepreneurs, changing the landscape of new business in the United States. According to a new report, women are sneaking up on half the share of new businesses, a welcome change in a business landscape that often makes life and work more challenging for women.
The report comes from the Kauffman Foundation, a not-for-profit that focuses on education and entrepreneurship. According to the report, 40.6 percent of businesses started in 2016 are owned by women. For some perspective, Forbes reports that the average percentage of women-owned businesses is just 19.4.
Not only are women starting more and more new businesses, but Latinos are also gaining ground in the world of entrepreneurship. According to the Kauffman Foundation’s report, the Latino business-ownership rate has more than doubled since 1996. In 2016, 20.8 percent of new businesses were Latino-owned.
Not only are these improvements great for diversity in business, but they’re also great for the economy overall. According to Forbes, new startups account for half of all new jobs created. That’s a lot more new jobs coming onto the market, thanks to women and people of color.
According to Forbes, it’s the millennial generation that is driving the much-needed diversity in new businesses. Millennials are already a very diverse generation: Forbes reports that 43 percent of millennials are non-white, making this the most racially diverse generation in our nation’s history. This means that millennials also want to see diversity in their place of business. Nearly half of millennials (47 percent, according to Forbes) want their workplace to have a diversity and inclusion program.
Given how important diversity is to millennials, it seems likely that the trend of more women and more people of color owning businesses will persist, Forbes reports. In the coming years, we can all expect to see startups that reflect the diversity and the values of the millennial generation, which means more new jobs and a workforce that isn’t necessarily dominated by white men. In the long term, this means we could start seeing progress on the gender and racial income gaps that leave women and minorities scrambling to play financial catch-up.
Starting a new business can be personally rewarding, as well. Angi Nelson, who is 33, and her friend and business partner Jeanie Clark started a business together in February of last year. Angi and Jeanie’s shop is called La Doyenne, and the two of them offer microblading for eyebrows and tattooing for eyeliner and lips. Happily, the experience has been a lot of fun, and very freeing for Angi. She tells Brit + Co that starting her own business gave her the opportunity to focus on herself after she became a mom. It’s also great to work with one of her best friends, she says.
The shift toward more women and people of color in business is definitely a good thing. The challenges that corporate life pose for marginalized groups are not small, but perhaps by changing the makeup of who owns businesses, the world of business can change as well.
Have you started a new business recently? Tell us about it on Twitter @BritandCo.
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Gamers aren’t always happy when a title that they are looking forward to is delayed. Unfortunately there is bad news today for Xbox One owners who have been anxiously waiting for the exclusive Quantum Break’s release. The developer, Remedy Entertainment, confirmed today that the Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break has been delayed.
This isn’t the first delay that gamers could easily stomach. Quantum Break was actually supposed to be released back in 2014 but was delayed to 2015.
Even though no confirmed release date was provided there was hope among Xbox One owners that this title would be released at some point this year. That’s not going to happen. Remedy Entertainment has confirmed that Quantum Break is now expected to be released in 2016.
Shannon Loftis, Head of Publishing at Microsoft Studios said “With so many Xbox One games launching this year, moving Quantum Break to 2016 extends our incredible portfolio into next year with a monster new IP.”
Quantum Break is created by Remedy Entertainment, a studio that has previously worked on titles like Alan Wake and Max Payne. It features live action elements mixed with intense action game features into “one revolutionary entertainment adventure.”
Remedy’s creative director Sam Lake thanked the fans for their patience and assured them that the team is taking this time to “polish and fine tune the game” further so that it can meet fans’ expectations.

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NACDS Leadership Roundtable to Showcase Business, Political Linkage
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Board of Directors, top executives from NACDS associate member companies and nationally recognized thought leaders will have a prime opportunity during December's NACDS Week in New York City to assess and anticipate highly consequential political and retail dynamics.
Washington, DC - The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Board of Directors, top executives from NACDS associate member companies and nationally recognized thought leaders will have a prime opportunity during December’s NACDS Week in New York City to assess and anticipate highly consequential political and retail dynamics.
Former Governor Haley Barbour (R-MS) and Wendy Liebmann, CEO & Chief Shopper of WSL/Strategic Retail, will present and engage with attendees during the NACDS Leadership Roundtable on Wednesday, December 2. The collection of events that has become known as NACDS Week in New York City also includes meetings of the NACDS Board of Directors and of the NACDS Retail Advisory Board, which advises the NACDS Board on front-end retail issues. Also on the schedule is a series of networking events and meetings hosted by industry partners that are made possible by the industry’s gathering under the NACDS banner.
In a separate event on December 3, the
NACDS Foundation Dinner
will welcome Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly as its timely keynote speaker.
If past is prologue, attendees are in for second-to-none intelligence, delivered in an entertaining fashion, according to NACDS President and CEO Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE.
"Governor Barbour spoke at an NACDS Political Action Committee event during the 2014 NACDS Annual Meeting, and he riveted us with his keen political wisdom, and with vivid stories that captured the moment in American politics. We look forward to the Governor’s insights on the 2016 elections and the impact they will have on the economy and the industry,” Anderson said. “Wendy Liebmann is regarded as an authority and visionary of modern retail, whose data-driven knowledge and sixth sense of the American consumer cannot be ignored. They are going to convey the knowledge and foster the engagement that NACDS members have come to expect and value from NACDS events.”
In addition to serving two terms as Mississippi’s governor, Barbour also served two terms as chairman of the Republican National Committee. In 1994, under Barbour’s chairmanship, Republicans won the greatest midterm majority sweep of the 20
century, winning GOP control of both houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years.
Liebmann brings a compelling philosophy to her consultancy, which is known for — among other strengths – its How America Shops® report: “If you follow the shopper, you will see the future of retail.” She founded WSL/Strategic Retail in 1986 to “get marketers out of their ivory towers to meet their shoppers on the selling floor” and to “understand the shopper in an intimate way.”
NACDS Week in New York City concludes the Association’s integrated and highly productive annual calendar of events. NACDS will launch its 2016 series of meetings and conferences with the NACDS Regional Chain Conference, to be held February 7-9, 2016, in Fort Lauderdale, FL.


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TORONTO - Ford Canada and the Canadian Auto Workers abutment began labour talks Tuesday afternoon, with the approaching of an accumulation bulb in southern Ontario one of the above issues on the acceding table.
Ford asked the CAW to renegotiate its accepted labour contract, which doesn't expire until 2011, afterwards the abutment gave abundant concessions to both General Motors and Chrysler beforehand this year.
The concessions were allotment of a massive restructuring action that saw both automakers book for defalcation aegis south of the bound and accept billions of dollars from governments in both Canada and the U.S.
Ford was the alone one of the Detroit Three automakers to survive the banking crisis on its own -- and has apparent its bazaar allotment abound because of this -- but Ford Canada admiral and CEO David Mondragon has said the aggregation needs a new labour arrangement agnate to that at GM and Chrysler in adjustment to break aggressive in both Canada and the U.S.
The CAW has bidding a alertness to negotiate, but beneath the action that Ford advance its accepted accumulation brand in Canada.
"If Ford Motor Aggregation is austere about extensive a new acceding with our union, it charge accomplish to maintaining, and hopefully expanding, its Canadian accumulation footprint," CAW admiral Ken Lewenza said in a account Tuesday.
"Already Ford's proportional Canadian attendance is abundant abate than that of General Motors, Chrysler and alike Honda and Toyota. There is actually no allurement for our associates to accept a arrangement that makes a cardinal of sacrifices after convalescent job aegis and abiding our abandoned associates to the job."
Mike Vince, administrator of the CAW's Ford adept acceding board and admiral of Local 200 in Windsor, Ont., said the abutment expects Ford to advance about 13 per cent of its North American accumulation in Canada.
This may prove easier said than done, however.
Ford Canada backer Lauren Added accepted Tuesday that the aggregation has no affairs to accomplish cartage at its St. Thomas, Ont., bulb above 2011. The bulb has been in operation back 1967.
Currently, the 1,600-employee bulb articles the Ford Crown Victoria, the Lincoln Town Car and the Mercury Grand Marquis -- all full-sized cars, appeal for which is bound to alcove markets. In fact, the Crown Victoria is alone awash as a allotment of fleets, such as badge cars and taxis.
Vince said that if Ford affairs to abutting the St. Thomas plant, it will accept to access accumulation abroad to accomplish up for the accident of jobs.
"If that's the case again they're activity to accept to do article in our minds to ensure that they bolster the brand in the added two locations (of Windsor and Oakville)," he said.
Auto industry analyst Bill Pochiluk said none of the cars bogus at St. Thomas are "particularly competitive," and Ford would accept to absorb a lot of money advance the models in adjustment to accumulate the bulb open.
"Quite frankly, we're not abiding that accurate artefact set is accordant appropriate now with the kinds of aggregate that it's acceptable to have, mostly for automated markets... because that can be accomplished application added vehicles, including SUVs and, for example, the new Taurus," said Pochiluk, admiral of industry adviser AutomotiveCompass.
Pochiluk said the abutment would accept to accord Ford "very, actual substantial" concessions for the aggregation to be able to absolve befitting the St. Thomas bulb open.
However, Ford may be accommodating to advance abroad to accumulate a agnate accomplishment brand in southern Ontario, including architecture added engines at its bulb in Windsor or abacus new models to its bulb in Oakville, which currently produces the added accepted Ford Edge, Ford Flex and Lincoln MKX, Pochiluk said.
Ford Canada's sales are up 17 per cent year over year and the aggregation managed to advance GM out of the top sales atom two months in a row this summer.
And two Ford cartage -- the bunched Focus and the Escape SUV -- fabricated the Asian-dominated Top-10 account of cartage purchased beneath the American "Cash for Clunkers" program, which offered consumers up to US$4,500 to barter in old cars for new fuel-efficient models.
However, Vince said this artlessly makes Ford a success adventure in a "very anemic market."
"To be accomplishing a little bit bigger than others in a almost anemic market, yes, it's acceptable for the corporation, and we're blessed for that, but it's no acumen to bless by any means," he said.
He added that the CAW has consistently had a acceptable accord with Ford and he's "hopeful" the negotiations will go smoothly.
After months of acceding during which the CAW accomplished agreements with GM, again Chrysler, and was again affected by the federal and Ontario governments to accord GM alike added concessions, the abutment agreed to carve labour costs at both companies by acid benefits, alteration alimony allotment obligations and creating a assurance for retiree bloom benefits.
In addition, Ford Canada's Detroit-based ancestor (NYSE:F) won US$500 actor in accumulation beneath a new arrangement with the United Auto Workers in March. Reports say Ford has asked the UAW to bout concessions fabricated to Chrysler and GM as well.
Ford Canada employs about 7,000 bodies at accumulation plants in Oakville and St. Thomas, a genitalia bulb in Windsor and a genitalia annex in Brampton, Ont.


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Global bioplastics manufacturer NatureWorks has announced the launch of several technology projects to expand the capabilities of its Nebraska plant.
The projects, which are due to be completed by the end of 2021, will increase the availability of the firm’s Ingeo PLA biomaterials portfolio by 10 percent. One way in which the firm aims to achieve this is through the installation of lactide monomer purification technology at its Nebraska facility.
“The market continues to rapidly evolve due to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the undiminished demand for sustainable, bio-based alternatives to petrochemical-based plastics,” said Rich Altice, president and CEO of NatureWorks. “For NatureWorks to satisfy this unprecedented demand, this purification technology is one of many additional capital improvements we are actively working on at our facility in Blair.”
The expanded availability aims to drive growth in markets such as 3D printing which welcome high-performance sustainable, low-carbon materials.
NatureWorks’ Ingeo biomaterials
Ingeo is the official brand name for the PLA produced by NatureWorks. Ingeo polylactic acid, the foundation of the biomaterials, is made using annually renewable plants, such as corn, to transform greenhouse gases into long-chain sugar molecules. From here, the dextrose derived from the plant sugar molecules is fermented before being turned into lactide. The Lactide monomers are then bonded to form an Ingeo polylactic acid polymer.
NatureWorks’ has produced a series of Ingeo grades designed specifically for PLA filament for the 3D printing market. The firm has also created its own in-house print lab, enabling the quick testing of new Ingeo formulations and collaboration with 3D printer and filament producers. In 2015, NatureWorks announced an initiative to support the growth of the 3D printing sector, offering a new Ingeo3D850 polymer to provide good processability in filament production, consistency, and quality.
Most recently, the firm introduced Ingeo 3D450, a break-away PLA material for use in dual extrusion 3D printers. The biomaterial was designed to offer a high finish quality while reducing post-processing time.
Commitment to sustainability
Last year, NatureWorks announced that by 2020 100 percent of the agricultural feedstock used for Ingeo biomaterials at its Nebraska plant would be certified ‘environmentally and socially sustainable’ by the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification System (ISCC). The firm also pledged that all its new feedstocks for additional manufacturing capacity will be certified ‘sustainably and responsibly managed’ via an independent third-party by 2025.
In 2012, NatureWorks was the first biopolymer manufacturer to be verified to the ISCC PLUS standard. Presently, more than 60 percent of the company’s agricultural feedstock is verified.
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The fourth edition of the 3D Printing Industry Awards Trophy Design Competition is now underway. Enter your design for the chance to win a CraftBot Flow 3D printer.
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In a recent court filing, Apple extended its ongoing litigation struggle with Samsung, adding the company’s recently released Galaxy S4 to the list of devices Apple says infringe on its patented designs. The addition of the Galaxy S4 to the list of infringing products will require the removal of one of the 22 other Samsung devices on the list. That list includes Samsung’s better selling products such as the Galaxy Note line, the Galaxy S II and Galaxy S III. It also happens to include a range of other Samsung devices, ones that presumably haven’t sold nearly as well.
Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 just weeks ago in its latest attempt to knock Apple from the top of the smartphone profitability charts. The new flagship model has been deemed to be a large refinement of the widely popular Galaxy S3 but Samsung seems to be pushing a larger marketing campaign in order to take the top spot in the industry.
According to Apple’s filing regarding the new Samsung device:
Based on Apple’s analysis of the Galaxy S4, Apple has concluded that it is an infringing device and accordingly intends to move for leave to add the Galaxy S4 as an infringing product. Upon the grant of such motion, Apple will eliminate (without prejudice) one of the Accused Products named herein, so that it will continue to accuse only 22 products of infringement at this stage of the litigation.
As of right now, the judge presiding over the case has ordered that the trial be put on hold until an appeals court hands down a ruling pertaining to the original Apple vs. Samsung court trial. The original trial is the case in which Apple won a $1.5 billion judgment against Samsung. Proceedings of for the new trial are expected to begin in March 2014 so we’ll have to wait to see what happens.
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By Ninder Kaur
The unique project which has been put forward by the Leeds Industrial Museum and Yorkshire Textiles has seen the classic Burton’s suit remade by specialists working with cloth created using traditional vintage looms.
The project came about after Yorkshire Textiles and Armley Mills launched their own bespoke cloth last year using museum looms in a bid to showcase the mill’s heritage. The results are now being used to make the new suit.
Experts including master weaver Greg Kotvos, bespoke tailors Carl Stuart of Ossett and leading textile finishers WT Johnsons in Huddersfield have used the eco British wool yarn, developed by Laxtons of Guiseley in Leeds, to put the new creation together.
Suzy Shepherd of Yorkshire Textiles said: “Burton’s is synonymous with Leeds’s tailoring and textile heritage – we wanted to produce an authentic garment but with an updated luxury edge by using lighter shades for the cloth and bespoke details for the jacket.
“In using this very special innovative wool yarn, the skills of weaver Greg Kotvos and bespoke tailors Carl Stuart of Ossett we wanted to highlight the many processes that are part of producing the end garment and bring new life to the museum piece.”
Demob suits were a suit of civilian clothes given to a man on his demobilisation from the British armed forces at the end of the Second World War.
Councillor Brian Selby, Leeds City Council’s lead member for museums and galleries, said: “This project is a brilliant tribute to the city’s tailoring and textile heritage, which stretches back over 200 years and has seen us make a massive contribution to the industry and its history.
“I’m looking forward to seeing the finished suit and with the contemporary knowledge and expertise that has gone into its creation, I’m sure it will be a fitting celebration of both our past and present.”
Leeds Industrial Museums was once the world’s largest woollen mill and gave visitors a chance to learn about the industrial history of Leeds from manufacturing textiles and clothing to printing, engineering and locomotives.


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One of the funniest bits ever on the TV show Portlandia is Fred and Carrie attempting to move some poor family’s household goods on bicycles. Yes, it’s very Portland, but it’s also part of a new trend that’s actually kind of serious.
“Twenty-five percent of all intra-urban goods can be delivered via cargo bike,” claims Manfred Neun, president of the European Cyclists’ Federation. “More than 50 percent of urban delivery will be in small vehicles.”
Cargo bikes, many of them with electric motors, are new to America but well-established in European cities, where firms like Belgium’s Ecopostale, DHL (Netherlands) and UPS (Germany) deliver the mail with them. Others carry still-hot pizzas or cold ice cream, ferry the kids and, yes, move people. An estimated 40,000 cargo bikes are in greater Copenhagen alone.
Urban cargo bikes are a last-mile solution that keeps polluting trucks out of city centers. While bicycle messengers aren’t unusual in U.S. cities, extending the concept to goods delivery will take some education. And that’s where Liz Canning comes in. Using Kickstarter, she recently raised more than $60,000—$20,000 in excess of her goal—to finish her cargo bike documentary, Less Car More Go.
“Cargo bikes are a no-brainer,” says Canning, who uses her electric cargo bike to haul her 6-year-old twins around Marin County, Calif. “So much is being done to improve the infrastructure in cities all over the country that this is definitely going to happen.”
Canning thinks cargo bikes will really take off when firms like Whole Foods start using them for city deliveries, but they’ve already established some beachheads. Domino’s Pizza carries its pepperoni pies on three-wheeled cargo bikes, but, well, only in Portland, Ore.


text: It’s not hard to believe, but hard to imagine, that this year we’ll miss another global event. This autumn, there won’t be beer tents, fairground rides, and people from around the world singing, dancing, and splashing beer in Munich. The world-famous Oktoberfest has been cancelled for the first time in the past 70 years, but its spirit lives on. Though it’s a popular belief, that Oktoberfest is only a tourist attraction, locals participate heavily as well. In parks and squares throughout Munich, stall holders and fairground-ride owners were allowed to set up, retaining a shred of experience this year. From afar, if you’re an avid fan of the festival, missing the action, the only way to support the event is to plan the trip for next year, and sip on German beer from Munich breweries like Paulaner and Hofbräu. Just because we are socially distant doesn’t mean we still can’t have fun. Throw on your Global Intuition shades, have a glass of tasty beer and celebrate with friends online with a “happy hour” that lasts all month long!


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Mega Millions 2021 New Year’s Bonanza of $401 Million for Jan. 1 Drawing
2021 is a brand new year and the Mega Millions jackpot hits a new high.
For Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, the estimated jackpot is $401 million with a $305.4 million cash option.
If someone is as lucky to win, this would mark the twelfth largest jackpot hit in Mega Millions history!
Winning Mega Millions numbers for Friday, Jan. 1
Each week, two drawings occur on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. EST. Make sure to check back after tonight’s drawing for the winning numbers.
Winning numbers: 8 – 24 – 53 – 68 – 69 Mega Ball: 7
Mega Millions New Year’s déjà vu?
As a recap, no one hit the winning numbers which were 1 – 31 – 35 – 48 – 62 with a gold Mega Ball of 19 for the final 2020 Mega Millions drawing last Tuesday. In fact, there weren’t even any second place winners that matched all five white balls.
However, two years ago, a similarly-sized jackpot was won on New Year’s Day in 2019. A winning ticket out of New York managed to scoop a massive jackpot of $437 million.
Will tonight’s drawing ring in the New Year for some lucky individual?
Draw lottery games online
The PA online lottery sells tickets to draw lottery games such as Mega Millions online. In fact, new players have an opportunity for a fabulous matched deposit bonus. Existing players are updated with new lottery games plus ongoing promotions.
Even if you don’t live in Pennsylvania, there are other states that allow online lottery sales:
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- New York
Ring in the New Year’s with the excitement of big lottery jackpots, but please play responsibly.The first Mega Millions drawing of 2021 has an estimated jackpot of $401 million up for grabs. Check the winning numbers right here.
Big Wins Keep Coming for PA Lottery Players as Powerball Jackpot Nears Half a Billion
As the Mega Millions jackpot tops $500,000 and Powerball at a kool $470 million, it’s already been a lucky January for some PA Lottery players, especially in and around Philadelphia.
While retailers handle much of the lottery, there is also the option to play many lottery games online.
As a result of the pandemic, iLottery games have surged.
Big wins in the Philadelphia burbs
Meanwhile, a Powerball ticket worth $1 million was sold Wednesday at the Sunoco A Plus Mini Market in Wynnewood, Montgomery County. The ticket matched all five white balls drawn, 01-20-22-60-66. The store, located at 330 E. Lancaster Ave., will earn a $5,000 bonus for the ticket.
In Chester County, a $3 million-winning scratch-off was sold at the Thorndale Exxon & Tiger Mart, 3727 Lincoln Highway East. The seller gets a $10,000 bonus. The $3,000,000 Money Millionaire is a $30 game that offers top prizes of – you guessed it – $3 million.
A second $3 million scratch-off in the same game was also sold in the same county, at Fine Wine & Good Spirits, 215 Lancaster Ave., Malvern. That seller also gets a $10,000 bonus.
More lottery wins in Philly
Two lucky players hit for the top $1,000,000 Extreme Cash Scratch-Off in Philadelphia. One was sold at Commissary Food Market, 5255 Ridge Ave., another at a Wawa at 3341 Grant Ave. The $1,000,000 Extreme Cash is a $20 game that offers a top prize of $1 million. The PA lottery retailers each get a $5,000 bonus.
Additional big prizes hit in other regions of the state, too. They include:
- A $1 millionMerry Money Scratch Off sold in Monroe County
- A Match 6 Lotto ticket worth $1.91 million sold in Lehigh County.
- A Magnificent Millions ticket worth $1 million sold in Northumberland County.
- A Magnificent Millions ticket worth $1 million sold in Westmoreland County.
- A $1 million jackpot-winning Cash 5 ticket sold in Beaver County matched all five balls drawn, 07-16-21-23-27.
Not everyone who thought they were lucky won in the end
A former employee of an Acme grocery in Doylestown, Bucks County, must return a winning $4.15 million PA Match 6 ticket that she claimed last year from the store’s pile of discarded “mistake tickets.”
In December, a PA Superior Court ruling determined she could not claim the lottery winnings because Acme held a valid property interest in the “mistake ticket.” The decision affirmed a previous trial court ruling issued in November 2019.
In March of 2019, a customer at the Doylestown store asked to purchase five PA Match 6 tickets for $2 for each set of numbers. The customer then rejected them and requested five different tickets.
Acme’s policy is to place printed “mistake tickets” in a pile later reconciled with the Pennsylvania Lottery as part of a weekly balance covering all tickets generated by the store’s terminal, including those sold and not sold to customers.
The employee in question took $10 from her purse and rang up a transaction for the same price as the customer’s purchase of the tickets. She was still on the clock and never consulted with anyone at Acme about purchasing the mistake ticket. She signed the back of the ticket and submitted it to the Lottery.
Security footage revealed the incident.
The company filed a complaint in April of 2019. The winnings went into escrow, pending resolution in court. A judge scoffed at her claim to rightfully hold the ticket. On appeal, the ruling stands.Big PA lottery wins continue in the Keystone State at retail stores and online. Meanwhile, Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots near a combined $1 billion. ]]>


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Aloha and Happy New Year!
Today marks the start of 2022 for Runners Route.
The weather was very bad, but many customers came to the store.
How was the year 2021 for you?
The 2021 Honolulu Marathon is also expected to be held for the first time in two years, which will make this year's Honolulu Marathon even more crowded.
The coronavirus has started to re-spread in Hawaii, but we hope it will be under control soon.
And we hope that this is the year that many events and businesses in Hawaii will reopen.
Many runners from all over the world came to the Runners Route every year.
We can't wait to meet those regular customers from all over the world.
We hope that your year will be filled with happiness and smiles.


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You have to feel sorry for Fonterra. Even with a role model as wholesome as the All Black captain to announce it was offering free milk to all New Zealand schoolkids, this stellar act of generosity hardly made the news. Perhaps next time the dairy giant should organise a celebrity punch-up instead. Between Hobbits.
For those who missed it, Fonterra is expanding its free Milk for Schools programme, now on trial in Northland, to include all 350,000 primary school children in 2000 schools throughout the country.
At Fonterra's annual meeting on Monday, chief executive Theo Spierings estimated that if there was full takeup, the programme would cost $10 million to $15 million a year, which is surely the largest single community investment by any New Zealand company.
But on TV3, Mr Spierings played down the charity angle. "We say no, this is a business decision - it is really something like advertising and promotion." In other words, a marketing tool. He says New Zealanders, the world's largest exporters of dairy products, are "not drinking as much milk as we used to" and where better to start than with the kids.
However, he added that milk was "an important building block" for good nutrition and Fonterra wanted New Zealand children to grow up drinking milk because it was good for them. Which makes it a win-win situation for the company and the kids.
With a product as healthy as milk, this is one child-directed selling ploy that is not going to upset the nutritionists or the educators or, for that matter, parents.
If there's any criticising to be done, my finger is pointing in the same direction as Hone Harawira's. While praising Fonterra, the Mana Party leader, and MP for Te Tai Tokerau, the electorate which is benefiting from the trial, said, "Feeding society's hungry children shouldn't be left to well-meaning companies and charities. Feeding the 80,000 kids who go to school hungry is Government's responsibility."
Quantifying the size of the decline in local milk consumption is difficult. Figures quoted by "experts" vary markedly and Fonterra is not forthcoming. Certainly there's been a major decline in child consumption since the free milk in schools programme, started in 1937, was abolished in 1967. The end of government milk price fixing in 1976 doubled retail milk prices overnight, which didn't help. At the beginning of the 1980s, prices doubled again. Then, in 1985, consumer price subsidies for milk were abolished.
A recent paper by Otago University researchers Moira Smith and Louise Signal highlighted the effect of the price increases on young children.
"For children, milk is the predominant source of dietary calcium but only 38 per cent of children consume milk daily and 34 per cent weekly. Disturbingly, 17 per cent reported they did not drink milk at all, or if so, less than monthly."
The worst affected were the poor, in which Maori and Pacific people were over-represented. The authors noted that cheaper "fizzy drinks" were the substitute, leading to problems such as obesity and rotting teeth.
Fonterra says an evaluation of the year-long Northland trial by Associate Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu from Auckland University showed a rise in milk consumption at home and at school, with "a 28 per cent increase in the number of students who reported drinking milk five or more days a week".
The number of children drinking milk twice or more each day increased from 66 per cent to 77 per cent.
New Zealand is not alone among developed countries in having declining milk consumption. In the United States, the world's biggest producer of dairy products, whole milk beverage sales are less than half those of the early 1980s. Like New Zealand, milk in the US has to compete with cheap fruit juices and carbonated drinks.
Reflecting Mr Spierings' comments, Tom Gallagher, CEO of Dairy Management Inc, a farmer-backed promoter of dairy products, said: "If we have 55 million kids going to school each and every day and we don't present them with a product they like and comes in a handy container, we have lost them for a lifetime."
In New Zealand, with our history of free milk in schools being an integral part of the old welfare state, it's impossible to think of a revival of the scheme purely in terms of a Fonterra marketing ruse. It's also an embarrassing reminder to both the Government, and ourselves, that tens of thousands of our kids need this milk to help stave off their hunger.
A Ministry of Health survey from 2002 found that 17 per cent of children - 83,000 - went to school without breakfast either sometimes or always, and that 22 per cent of households with children sometimes or often ran out of food because of lack of money. A Herald investigation last year found at least 40,000 children were being fed at school by charities and the demand was growing.
Deputy Prime Minister Bill English, who chairs a Cabinet committee on poverty, while playing down the size of the problem, admitted to the Herald's Simon Collins, after a recent series on child poverty, that if kids are arriving at school hungry "it's the obligation of the rest of us to do something about that".
Fonterra is leading the way in honouring this commitment by providing the drinks. Now it's up to Mr English to front up with the meat and veg.


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Kodak says Samsung and LG cameraphones infringe its digital camera patents
Press release, November 18; Michael McManus, DIGITIMES
Eastman Kodak announced that it has filed complaints against Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and other related entities for infringement of Kodak patents. The Kodak actions specifically allege that Samsung and LG camera phones infringe Kodak digital...
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Cybercriminals are nothing if not timely. Whatever’s in the news, you can expect to see a phishing scam to follow.
Since it’s election season in the United States, we’ve started to spot scams that attempt to lure unsuspecting voters into fraudulent transactions. The Better Business Bureau warns consumers of text messages and social media postings that claim (among other things) that President Obama will pay your utility bill. They say you only need to provide your social security number.
Don’t do it.
We agree with the Better Business Bureau that you should never provide your social security number, banking information, or credit card number over the phone. The same goes for offering this information over email, in a text message, or on a social networking site. If you want to donate to a political campaign, learn how to avoid donation scams.


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Ford has unveiled the all-new GT, an ultra-high-performance supercar that serves as a technology showcase for top EcoBoost performance, aerodynamics and lightweight carbon fiber construction.
The GT is one of more than 12 new Ford Performance vehicles to be revealed by 2020. It joins the Focus RS, F-150 Raptor, Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT350R in the growing Ford Performance lineup.
Beginning production late next year, the GT will hit the road in select global markets to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ford GT race cars placing 1-2-3 at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.
“As we at Ford drive innovation into every part of our business, it’s worth remembering that our first innovation as a company was not in a laboratory, but on the racetrack,” says Mark Fields, Ford president and chief executive officer, referring to Henry Ford’s win at a 1901 car race that inspired financial backers to invest in his company. “We are passionate about innovation through performance and creating vehicles that make people’s hearts pound.”
The all-new GT supercar features rear-wheel drive, a mid-mounted engine, and a sleek, aerodynamic, two-door coupe body shell. It is propelled by the most powerful EcoBoost production engine ever – a next-generation twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6 producing more than 600ps.
The GT makes extensive use of lightweight materials, including carbon fibre and aluminum – enabling impressive acceleration and handling with improved efficiency.
The GT will include advanced active aerodynamics, such as a deployable rear spoiler, and a host of material and technology innovations.
“The GT is the ultimate execution of an enthusiast supercar,” says Raj Nair, Ford group vice president of global product development. “GT includes innovations and technologies that can be applied broadly across Ford’s future product portfolio – another proof point that Ford continues raising the performance bar while ultimately improving vehicles for all of our customers.”
Ford EcoBoost technology is available in every new Ford car, utility and light-duty pickup in North America beginning this year.
EcoBoost engines power a growing number of Ford performance models, including the new Mustang, the recently announced F-150 Raptor, as well as the Fiesta ST and Focus ST.
Based on the same race-proven engine architecture serving Ford’s IMSA Daytona Prototype endurance racing efforts, the next-generation twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 in the GT features a wide powerband with impressive time-to-torque characteristics.
The engine demonstrates remarkable efficiency – a key attribute of its endurance racing-derived powertrain, where exceptional performance combined with efficiency is a critical competitive advantage.
Ford’s twin-turbo EcoBoost V6 raced to three wins in its first season of the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship in 2014, including a win in the prestigious 12 Hours of Sebring, along with seven podiums over more than 15,000 endurance racing miles.
The GT features an all-new, port/direct dual fuel-injection setup to improve engine response, plus a low-friction roller-finger-follower valvetrain. The twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6 will be paired with a 7-speed dual-clutch transaxle for near-instantaneous gear changes and exceptional driver control.


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7-Eleven's New High-Tech Hangout
New York City Financial District c-store features order kiosks, Wi-Fi, TV, Amazon Locker
NEW YORK -- 7-Eleven Inc. has opened an "expansive" new convenience store in New York City's Financial District that features touchscreen ordering, free Wi-Fi, a huge flat-screen TV and an Amazon Locker, a kiosk where Amazon customers can pick up their online-ordered goods.
The new 7-Eleven opened last week and looks more like a cafe than a convenience store, with enough space to seat about 25 people.
"It's really, really cool, and it feels very different from the other 7-Elevens," one 29-year-old customer told DNAinfo.com.
She said that she was impressed with unusual features including beer tap-style beverage dispensers. "It makes for a more exciting experience," she said.
The retail outlet also offers healthier menu options, including multi-grain sandwiches, egg whites and specialty salads.
The large-screen TV displays the weather, subway delays, sports statistics and stock information.
Lena Huang, manager of 7-Eleven's digital guest experience, said the new ordering screens, TV and Amazon Locker were part of a strategy meant to enhance the store's "hangout" vibe.
"I want to make sure that people want to come back," Huang told the news website. "We want to make it everyone's neighborhood store--that's the idea."
New York City is a major growth priority for the Dallas-based convenience chain; in fact it is the retailer's "No. 1 priority."
And in 2012, the retailer said it planned to add 20 locations there every year until 2017, in areas such as Midtown, Greenwich Village, Chelsea, the Upper East Side, as well as the Financial District.
"It's part of an overall growth strategy," Sean Duffy, 7-Eleven's senior vice president of development, told New York magazine in 2012 concerning grown in the Big Apple. "We saw an opportunity in Manhattan--huge traffic counts, huge pedestrian traffic, [and] the need for convenience."
7-Eleven operates, franchises or licenses more than 10,100 7-Eleven stores in North America. Globally, 7-Eleven has more than 50,700 stores in 16 countries. During 2012, 7-Eleven stores generated total worldwide sales of approximately $84.8 billion.


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The Atlanta Falcons have made their choice on the color of their jerseys in Super Bowl LI. If recent history is any indication, it was a poor one.
The "home" team in the Super Bowl alternates between the AFC and NFC each year. This year, the mostly symbolic distinction went to the Falcons, who had first choice of uniform top.
Because I know it's killing you, the last time a conference champion wore white and lost was 2011, when the Steelers donned their road jerseys and got popped by the Packers in Super Bowl XLV.
The Falcons wore their black jerseys in their only other Super Bowl appearance -- a blowout loss to the Broncos. That's not an option here as the team discontinued those kits in 2002. This would need to be a longform blog post to break down all the jersey combinations the Patriots have worn in Super Bowls, but just know New England is 2-1 when dressed in white for the big game.
One color we saw once for the Pats and will almost certainly never see again? The red hoodie Belichick inexplicably wore on the sideline when the 18-0 Patriots fell to the Giants in Super Bowl XLII. If I'm the Falcons, I'd spend the next two weeks trying to dig that sucker up.


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IMF vouches for virtual currencies while rift threatens bitcoin
[TOKYO] The International Monetary Fund extolled the potential benefits of virtual currencies and said they warrant a more nuanced regulatory approach, at a time when the future of bitcoin, the most well-known example, is in doubt.
"Virtual currencies and their underlying technologies can provide faster and cheaper financial services, and can become a powerful tool for deepening financial inclusion in the developing world," IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in a statement Wednesday to accompany the report. "The challenge will be how to reap all these benefits and at the same time prevent illegal uses, such as money laundering, terror financing, fraud and even circumvention of capital controls."
While Japan and Hong Kong have taken a more hands-off approach, Russia is weighing criminal penalties for trading in cryptocurrencies and may consider a complete ban. The call for more enlightened regulation and increasing mainstream acceptance comes as a split among the core developers of bitcoin threatens the world's most popular virtual currency.
"I will no longer be taking part in bitcoin development and have sold all my coins," Mike Hearn, a high-profile developer, wrote in a post on Medium last week. Bitcoin "has failed because the community has failed." The disagreement revolves around transaction size limits and has divided the community into several camps such as Bitcoin XT, Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Classic, each representing a different way to structure its decentralized public ledger. The price of bitcoin dropped more than 10 percent after Hearn's post, according to research from CoinDesk. It traded at about $379 on Jan. 20, about a third of its peak in 2013.
Regardless of whether bitcoin survives the crisis, the IMF concluded in its report that virtual currencies are here to stay. They will come in many shapes and flavors, ranging from smartphone coins for in-game purchases tightly controlled by publishers to pseudo-anonymous cryptography-driven currencies with no central authority.
The ability to securely carry out transactions without central oversight, known as blockchain technology, could reduce costs of international transfers, shorten wait times and enable smart contracts, according to the report, which was presenting to a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. That same quality poses a unique challenge to authorities seeking to monitor and regulate virtual currencies with transnational reach and no one in charge.


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God would have trouble getting the Bible published in America today, Richard Nixon’s former White House lawyer said Saturday.
“The publisher and the chain bookstores only read the profile of the books,” Leonard Garment said.
With the Bible, “they would say, ‘Oh, no. It’s very repetitious. And it has all of those names. And what’s this about the world being formed in six days?’ “At best, the good book would get a tiny shot at the science fiction section.”
Garment knows this racket from his experience penning “Crazy Rhythm,” a book about his life as a jazz musician, Wall Street lawyer, and adviser and personal confidant to President Nixon. It is his only book.
He shared the dilemma of a world without independent bookstores at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association spring trade show in Coeur d’Alene.
The price to ordinary people is going to be a nation where a few huge chain bookstores offer only a narrow selection of celebrity biography, sex and self-help books, he said.
So much for literature, for good reading.
“People are affected, their children are affected,” Garment said. “A child who has never had his mind touched by a poem or a story will not know what it means to see a government burning books.”
By using their bulk-buying power to slash cover prices, “chain bookstores are destroying the equivalent of landmarks - the literary landmarks of this country,” Garment warned. Independent stores, most of them small, are part of the collective memory of a community and a culture, he said. They allow emerging writers to develop a readership.
Independent booksellers read what they sell and direct customers to the undiscovered, but enriching read.
When Garment visited chain bookstores after his book came out last year, he found half of the clerks couldn’t spell “rhythm.” So they couldn’t find “Crazy Rhythm” in the computer.
Garment gave one of his relatives $400 and sent him shopping for “Crazy Rhythm” in all of Pittsburgh’s bookstores. In three days, the man could only find enough copies to spend half of the money.
People say that when a big store squeezes out a small store, it’s just competition. But what happens, he asked, when the small store is gone and the big store raises prices? Or stops stocking works from less profitable, lesser known authors?
Illiteracy and an ill-informed public are the result, said Robin Cody of Portland, author of “Voyage of a Summer Sun,” a story about the Columbia River.
“There’s enough pressure not to read these days,” said Cody, who addressed the booksellers’ conference. “I see independent bookstores as the last defense lines in the battle against idiocy.”


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AirAsia India to start flying from June 12 - Group CEO Fernandes
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - AirAsia Bhd's (AIRA.KL) Indian joint venture will start flying from June 12, Tony Fernandes, group chief executive of the Malaysian carrier, said on Thursday.
AirAsia India will open ticket sales from Friday, Fernandes said in a Twitter message.
AirAsia India, which will operate a low-cost airline, won a flying permit from the Indian regulator this month. India's Tata Group and investment firm Telestra Tradeplace are AirAsia's partners in the venture.
(Reporting by Aradhana Aravindan; Editing by Tommy Wilkes)
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Osaka 550-0002 Japan
Sales: $1.17 billion (109,145 million yen in printing ink and graphic arts); $1.21 billion (113,669 million yen) consolidated.
Major Products: Commercial offset, sheetfed, heatset, and newspaper offset inks; gravure inks for flexible packaging; flexo inks for corrugated carton and paper bag; metal decorating inks; UV/EB varnishes; inks for inkjet printers; and toners.
Key Personnel: Hirotsugu Takamaru, president; Mitsuru Kojima, senior managing director; Masanori Kano, managing director; Yoshiaki Uesaka, managing director.
Number of Employees: 3,051 (consolidated basis); 816 (non-consolidated basis).
Comments: Sakata INX weathered the global recession fairly well during its fiscal year, with ink and graphic arts sales increasing 2.1 percent to $1.17 billion.
Overall, the company did feel the impact of the economic downturn, as Sakata INX’s total sales dropped 6.1 percent.
“Total sales for Sakata INX Corp. in 2009 were below the previous year by 6.1 percent, due to the shortfall of graphic arts sales and the negative impact of the currency exchange conversion,” said Dr. Kotaro Morita, director of Sakata INX Corp. “However, the operating income in 2009 exceeded the previous year due to improved profitability with cost reductions.”
Dr. Morita did note that the economy picked up in the latter part of the year, and Sakata INX enjoyed improved sales as a result.
“Our sales have been increasing since the second half of 2009 as we see recovery with the global economy, except in Europe,” he said. “The Asian economy recovered rapidly and remains strong.”
The evolution of the printing industry is having a profound effect on ink manufacturers, and Dr. Morita said that Sakata INX is embracing those changes, whether it is the growth of the digital market and the increased interest in flexible packaging and environmentally friendly products.
“The digitalization of printing is moving ahead and advertising media is changing the internet, so conventional offset printing on paper has been reduced and the ink market is in a declining trend,” Dr. Morita said. “All ink makers are competing very hard to increase market share in a limited market. We produce high quality inks at a competitive price and focus on the sale of inkjet inks and color toners in accordance with the rapid growth of digital printing market.
“Meanwhile, the flexible packaging printing market is getting larger, especially in Asia, and the demand for environmentally friendly inks is increasing,” Dr. Morita added. “We have strengthened our development and sales of environmentally friendly inks to meet the market requirements.”
Sakata INX is enjoying growth throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and the company is expanding the production capacity for offset inks in Maoming, China, and for gravure packaging inks in Vietnam during fiscal 2010. Sakata INX also expanded its inkjet ink efforts.
“We consolidated three inkjet in companies in the USA and Europe under one organizations – INX Digital International Co. – to expand the inkjet ink side of our business,” Dr. Morita said. “We also started several promising business expansion projects in Asia.”


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ABU DHABI, 30th June 2020 (WAM) - The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, ADDED, has implemented a campaign titled ‘We All Volunteer’, led by the department’s senior management as well as to increase awareness among owners of shopping malls, shops and commercial facilities regarding the importance of abiding by the rules and regulations pertaining to their commercial operations, in line with the precautionary measures to curb the spread of novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
The campaign, which was organised by ADDED’s control and inspection teams, witnessed the participation of Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa, Chairman of ADDED and Rashed Abdul Karim Al Balooshi, Undersecretary of ADDED, along with the Department’s Executive Directors, and the Director Generals of Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development (ADCED) and Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED).
Al Shorafa reiterated that the campaign is part of ADDED’s commitment to strengthen the spirit of volunteerism among employees while affirming the Department's key role in helping the community overcome the challenges imposed by COVID-19 pandemic. He added that ADDED continues to implement regulatory measures through the issuance of circulars and resolutions specifying the precautionary measures for Abu Dhabi’s business sector.
He noted that all business owners and members of the society are both responsible for the implementation of these circulars and resolutions which were made in accordance with the requirements set by the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) in cooperation with relevant government entities. He highlighted that the ‘We All Volunteer’ campaign seeks to enhance this relationship among the community and uphold everyone’s responsibility to come out of the current crisis with high levels of awareness and education.
The ADDED Chairman pointed out that the initiative seeks to encourage as well its employees to volunteer with the team who carries out the inspections and are in need of extra support to check and visit shops and business facilities operating inside and outside shopping malls. He further stated that the field work is a strong motivation for employees to participate in the volunteer work.
ADDED’s Chairman, Undersecretary, and Executive Directors, including Director Generals of ADCED and KFED, took part in the inspection visits organized to shopping centres in Abu Dhabi and other areas comprising several shops. The visits focused on determining the extent of which those outlets are applying the preventive measures and instructions that ensure the safety of the consumers and the public.


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The Lagos State Government, in collaboration with Lekki Concession Company Limited, LCC, has suspended resumption date of toll collection at the Ikoyi Link Bridge Toll Plaza indefinitely.
Toll collection was earlier scheduled to begin on April 16, 2022.
Meanwhile, after several engagements with critical stakeholders, LCC decided to shift the resumption date of toll collection at the Ikoyi Link Bridge Toll Plaza, till further notice.
According to a statement signed by the Managing Director of LCC, Yomi Omomuwasan and made available to newsmen on Friday, the company decided to delay the resumption of toll collection for further consultations with key stakeholders in the Eti-Osa, Lekki area, in a bid to address their concerns and arrive at a mutually favourable resolution of all issues.
Besides, the shift became necessary to give customers more time to register for the electronic devices.
The statement read in part: “As a responsible organization, we must take full cognizance of everyone within the axis.
“Therefore, we want to continue with the ongoing engagements with our stakeholders.
“The preparatory operations to resume tolling on the Bridge have been smooth so far, and we are grateful to all the key stakeholders for their cooperation.
“The planned commencement of toll collection has now been postponed, allowing more of our customers to register for the electronic toll devices to enable seamless passages at the toll plaza.”
This development is coming after series of meetings in the last week between the management of LCC and key stakeholders, including residents’ associations.
“Talks with key stakeholders will continue, while a new date for toll collection will be announced soon,” Mr. Omomuwasan said.
Recall that Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had conceded to make some concessions over the planned resumption of tolling to the Ikoyi Link Bridge, and Lekki-Epe Expressway areas of the state.


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YUMA, Ariz. – Whether glazed, blueberry or cream filled, there is a pastry for almost anyone’s taste buds at Yuma Donuts.
“I”m a chocoholic,” one patron said.
Florida native Nickolas Rosandich bought one dozen of his favorite treat Friday morning in celebration of National Donut Day.
“Every day is National Donut Day to me,” Rosandich said.
Yuma Donuts offered customers like Nickolas two free doughnuts with every dozen purchased. Co-owner Myra Ky said her store baked about 500 pastries in preparation for the busy day.
“We make some more, about 15 dozen more this morning, because we ran out so early today.”
Other local bakeries sold out of pastries within a couple of hours. Myra said the line at her shop went out the door during the morning rush.
“They come and say they love my doughnut, my doughnut delicious, and it’s their favorite doughnut place.”
With Friday expected to nationally rake in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, people with a sweet tooth and business owners alike have a reason to smile on this National Donut Day.
“They got good donuts here. They got good donuts.”
The Salvation Army originally created the day as a fundraiser for the U.S. military. It has been going strong for 77 years.


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The new Suzuki Jimny is Just a Few Days From Launch
Coming next month is this the all-new Suzuki Jimny – a return to no-nonsense off-roading. We’ve already seen photos of the new Jimny design in a few different colours, and it’s definitely going for a retro vibe – akin to the styling found in the 1st generation model.
The new car will be launched on the 5th of July. Engine options range from an R06A 660cc, three-cylinder, turbocharged petrol engine, a newly developed K15C 1.5-L four-cylinder naturally aspirated petrol engine, a 998cc K10C, three-cylinder turbo petrol, a K12C 1.2-L, four-cylinder, naturally aspirated DualJet petrol engine and a K12B 1.2-L, four-cylinder, naturally aspirated petrol engine.


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Uber is continuing to move forward into the future with the launch of a new helicopter service between John F. Kennedy (JFK) and Lower Manhattan.
If you want to fly over the city that never sleeps in incredible fashion, this new service starts on July 9. The ride-share company says customers who choose this option will travel eight minutes from the airport to the city. That same trip by car could take more than an hour on the average day with New York traffic.
Prices per journey will fall between the range of $220 and $225 per passenger, with surge pricing applied as per usual. This new helicopter service serves a route that many visitors and residents alike make everyday, and it includes the helicopter ride and a private car ride to or from the terminal. Passengers will have baggage restrictions of one carry-on bag 40 pounds or less and one personal bag when boarding.
Passengers who wish to use this service will need to be in one of Uber’s two top-tier loyalty levels in order to be eligible for the helicopter ride, but tit’s possible that the program will be expanded if it is successful.
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Amazon Ranked Most ‘Reputable’ Tech Company
The renowned Harris Poll has ranked Amazon the most “reputable” tech company in the United States, following a criteria of financial performance, workplace environment, vision and leadership, social responsibility, plus intangible ’emotional appeal’.
The 19-year old poll quizzes the public about a company’s character, culminating in a top 100 list of America’s most reputable organisations.
The Harris Reputation Quotient (RQ) scores a company out of 100, with ratings above 80 considered “excellent”.
Only two CE (consumer electronics) or tech/appliance companies received an “excellent” score – Amazon and Microsoft.
Amazon landed the top spot with 83.22, and Microsoft ranked 11th with a score of 80.42.
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Gamers had feared that the Nintendo Wii U would be region locked, and those fears have now been confirmed by Nintendo Europe. Here’s the latest on Nintendo’s next gen console, the Wii U.
Just when you thought the Xbox 720 rumours couldn’t get any more outrageous, the tech world rumour mill comes along and blows our minds once again this time with wearable controllers!
With the hotly anticipated Nintendo Wii U due out in a couple of months, Sony has chosen to launch a revamped PS3 into the market. Here’s what you need to know about this new PS3?
Sony have revealed a set of brand new slimmer, cheaper PS3 consoles at the Tokyo Game Show which will arrive later this month and will go head-to-head with Nintendo’s imminent Wii U console. Here’s what you need to know…
According to new rumours which have surfaced, Microsoft’s next gen Xbox 720 console will feature an ‘environmental display’, projecting game worlds across the walls of any room users are playing in.
Nintendo has announced that the Wii U will be on UK shelves before Christmas, with a launch date for the innovative console set for November 30 but what games can we expect?
Details of Nintendo’s eagerly anticipated console, the Nintendo Wii U, have been unveiled by the company’s president in a live-streamed presentation which includes specs and a release date!
The Xbox 720 isn’t expected to reach the market until 2013 at the earliest, but rumours are abound that the device could already be besieged by processor problems which could cause further delays.
Nintendo are set to announce specs for the upcoming Wii U console at a press conference on September 13th but developers have let slip a few details about the next generation console. Here is a selection of Wii U features currently circulating the tech community.
Nintendo has announced a Wii U preview event for 13 September, fuelling speculation that we’ll finally be given a launch date and price for the new console. Here’s what we know so far…


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The International Center for Long Term Care Innovation (InnovateLTC) has signed an agreement with the University of Louisville’s Research Foundation Inc. to accelerate commercialization of products and services related to aging.
Researchers at UofL will help validate research findings and InnovateLTC will build the infrastructure required to bring innovations to the marketplace.
“Our partnership complements the university’s current commercialization strategy for the life-sciences sector, while expanding services for products, service models and technology that benefit both the quality of care and the quality of life as we age,” said InnovateLTC President and CEO John Reinhart.
Besides potentially commercializing aging-related research and discoveries, “The partnership will also allow our faculty a chance to collaborate with industries and consumers in real-world situations and that can be a real game changer,” said William Pierce, executive vice presi￼dent for research and innovation at UofL. InnovateLTC will partner with UofL’s Office of Technology Transfer to map out a strategy for obtaining trademarks, patent filings and licensing agreements. Aging-related research at UofL is conducted in a variety of disciplines, Pierce added.
“This would not be confined at all to geriatric medicine,” he said. “It would include disciplines such as engineering, social work, law and business.”
Reinhart said there could be vast amounts of untapped research that is ripe for commercialization but has gone unexamined because it does not fall into the traditional life-sciences categories of either pharmaceutical or medical device.


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In the United States, luxury-car buyers are snapping up Teslas and other electric cars that cost more than US$60,000 (S$84,200), and even relatively cheap models cost more than US$25,000. In India, those are all out of reach of the vast majority of families, whose median income is just US$2,400. But an electric vehicle movement is taking place nonetheless - not on four wheels, but on two and three.
Electric mopeds and three-wheeled rickshaw taxis that sell for as little as US$1,000 are zipping along India's congested urban thoroughfares, cheered on by environmentalists and the government as a way to clear some of the oppressive smog. India's success with the low-cost vehicles is also providing a template for how developing countries could ditch combustion engines and combat climate change without pricey electric cars.


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OLEAN – What started as a pop-up store last summer is now a physical store in Olean.
Here are five things you want to know about The Grow Room.
The Grow Room is a new indoor plant store owned and operated by Missy Woloszyn. “When I started, a few people wanted cuttings of cuttings, then more and more people wanted them… There are a lot of collectors in the area. A store like this was really needed.
What does The Grow Room offer?
With prices starting at just $2 for common household plants – like their 15 varieties of peperomia – to trees and large plants costing hundreds of dollars – like the monstera albo with its white mottled leaves (unlike the variety cheaper green available at box stores, and there’s everything in between, like the unusual pink princess philodendron “with its beautiful, vibrant pink leaves” that costs less than $100.
Where does Woloszyn get the plants?
“I import plants from Indonesia and work with growers in Florida,” she said. But while she hopes to add a greenhouse/solarium soon so she can grow even more on her own, she is taking care to rehabilitate imported greenery. “I treat the plants systemically to make sure there are no insects or anything,” Woloszyn said. “I quarantine them in my house. It’s actually a rehabilitation process because sometimes they’re almost dead by the time I get them. When they’re ‘healthy and thriving’, Woloszyn sells them in plastic nursery pots to ensure moisture keeps roots moist and warm.
The Grow Room is located at 1661 E. State St. (behind Miller’s Farm Market) in Olean and is currently open 12-6 p.m. Saturday and by appointment weekdays.
Where can I find more information?
For photos of their current plant inventory, or for more information, visit Woloszyn’s business page at facebook.com/thegrowroomolean or to make an appointment, DM or call (716) 307-9537 before 11 p.m. You can also join his Facebook group, Olean Botanicals, for those who love plants or are looking for specific plants.


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Brooklyn transplant Tim Ajro has lived in Texas for nearly 20 years. He's proof that you can take the boy out of Brooklyn. You just can't take the Brooklyn out of the boy.
Ajro believes his Farmers Branch neighborhood doesn't have enough New York style pizza, so he recently opened a pizzeria serving food from back home.
Bay34th St. Pizzeria is named for the street Ajro used to live on in Brooklyn. The new restaurant sells brick-fired pizzas, both thin crust and stuffed crust. Some of the pizza varieties include buffalo chicken, meat lovers, veggie and eggplant parm.
Bay34th does a lunch special for $4.75: a slice of pizza -- "it's huge," Ajro says -- and a soda.
Open now: 13605 Midway Rd #170, Farmers Branch. bay34th.com.


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New cordless range.
Electrolux is expanding its current floorcare line-up with its new range of Electrolux Ergorapido cordless vacuums. Designed for busy households, the Ergorapido boasts a sleek, compact aesthetic and a variety of features to deliver fantastic cleaning results.
To coincide with the launch, Electrolux has teamed up with creative stylist and designer, Dani Butchart to share expert tips on how to maintain an organised and clutter free home with a minimum of fuss, with the help of the new Ergorapido cordless vacuum.
Commenting on the partnership, Electrolux product marketing manager for floorcare, Noel Hsu told Appliance Retailer: “Dani Butchart was the perfect partner to launch the new range as she knows there’s an art to organising your space. Cleaning doesn’t need to be a long, arduous task saved for the weekend, as Dani shows there are plenty of quick and clever solutions to help house proud home entertainers keep their home in pristine condition, so they can spend more time doing what they love.”
The new Ergorapido range is now available in all major retail stores across Australia starting at RRP$209.


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As the deadline to settle a new Softwood Lumber Agreement between Canada and the U.S., came and went, Northern Ontario stakeholders are weighing in on what could happen to the industry.
On Oct. 12, 2015, the nine-year agreement--which outlined tariffs and guidelines for the lumber trade between the two countries --expired. Failing to negotiate a new arrangement, a one-year "standstill" period set in, allowing free trade while a solution could be found. But there's been no sign that a new agreement has been forged.
American producers allege that the Canadian industry is subsidized by the provincial and federal governments, while in the U.S., prices are set by the market, a situation the U.S. contends is unfair. It believes Canadian lumber should be subject to a tariff to offset the subsidy.
Christine Leduc, director of public affairs for EACOM Timber Corporation, said the company is disappointed a new agreement couldn't be ratified by June, despite assurances by both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Barack Obama in March that it was a priority.
For EACOM, whose Northern Ontario operations include mills in Timmins, Elk Lake, Gogama, Ear Falls and Nairn Centre, a deal must be "commercially reasonable," and maintain Ontario's share of the U.S. market, Leduc noted. Based on the 2006 agreement, that equates to 3.34 per cent.
"For Ontario, trade with the United States is significant for the forestry industry," Leduc said. "Up to 95 per cent of Ontario's forestry products exports go to the U.S.... If you're a producer in Ontario, you're not shipping west; you're not shipping east; you're selling domestically or to the U.S."
In the past, the U.S. has introduced anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations against Canadian softwood lumber, but Leduc noted that Canada successfully defended itself against those actions, and she expects it would do so again.
Yet fighting those actions in court could take years and cost tens of millions of dollars to resolve, she noted. In the meantime, the U.S. Lumber Coalition's action would be swift and the impact to Canadian...


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Rackauckas said he is concerned that Orange County consumers may be buying Toyotas without all the necessary information. The 18-page complaint accuses the company of placing drivers in danger by knowingly selling defective vehicles and hiding defects from consumers intentionally.
"Toyota knowingly sold cars and trucks with defects that caused Toyotas to accelerate suddenly and uncontrollably," Rackauckas said.
Rackauckas said there could be millions of violations against Toyota and he plans to seek a $2500 civil penalty per violation.
Several government agencies have already launched investigations against Toyota.
"The court system is going to be a lot more effective and efficient in getting to the bottom of this problem," said Rackauckas. "We are able to bring subpoenas and to do depositions to require the information to come forward from Toyota."
Some people said they wonder if the lawsuit is simply a political gesture.
"It seems like it's an opportunity to join the few people that are against Toyota," said Carrie Wilson, who owns a Toyota and protested quietly while Rackauskas announced the lawsuit.
A spokesman from Toyota said the company has not yet received the lawsuit and has no further comment on the pending litigation.
At least 89 class-action lawsuits have been filed against Toyota.


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| Apr 9, 2012
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How did the Cubs’ Kerry Wood spend the night before his team’s season opener against the Washington Nationals at Wrigley Field?
By decorating cupcakes.
Wood — all 6-foot-5 of him — squeezed the cream cheese frosting out of a...
| Mar 20, 2012
Text is relatively rare on Nick Wooster's eponymous Web site; just shot after intriguing shot of clothing, people, attitude, culture. And that's as it should be. For Wooster has made his mark focusing on the visual.
Fashion adviser to Gilt MAN and its...
| Apr 12, 2012
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (KTLA) -- The 911 call made the night Whitney Houston died has been released by police as they formally announce the end their investigation into the singer's death.
According website TMZ, who first obtained the tape, the caller...
| Mar 28, 2012
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Neiman Marcus Fashion Director Ken Downing hosted an exclusive Spring Trend Runway Show for the department store's top forty customers Wednesday.
Downing, who you might have seen on "The Rachel Zoe Project" and "Project Runway All Stars", travels to...
| Oct 10, 2012
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Toys R Us and Macy’s, two major holiday shopping destinations, are teaming up for the Christmas rush by opening pop-up stores from the toy giant within the department store.
The temporary Toys R Us units inside 24 Macy’s stores nationwide...
| Oct 28, 2012
Here's a surprise: Some of the people on my list will be getting gifts from Neiman Marcus this holiday season. Here's another surprise: Chances are very good that some wealthy people will be giving their friends presents from Target.
(No, I haven't given...
| Oct 27, 2012
Bruce Pascal owns a collection of 7,000 Hot Wheels cars including a rare, $72,000 miniature pink Volkswagen van. But Pascal has never owned a Hot Wheels vehicle he could actually drive.
That's about to change. Mattel Inc. and the Chevrolet division of...
| Oct 31, 2012
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Step into a dream closet this weekend, featuring Stuart Weitzman, Ralph Lauren, Burberry, Yves St Laurent, Neiman Marcus, Diane von Furstenberg, Chanel, vintage fur, and ever so much more. Yes, it’s all up for grabs at the Posh Sale - benefiting...
| May 13, 2012
Fashion jewelry design is in the midst of a renaissance the likes of which we haven't seen since the 1980s. And Alexis Bittar blazed the trail. In the last two decades, the New York-based jewelry designer has gone from selling his signature colorful,...
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Fine feathers spoke volumes at the annual "Ladies Who Lunch….and Read" event held May 8 at Three Seventy Common for the first time.
The restaurant across the street from the Laguna Beach Library opened specially for the Friends of the Library...
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In Westport, keeping up with the Jones is a high-stakes triathlon of earning, shopping and showing off (all while never losing one's Stepford Wives smile). The town's interior decorating outlet of choice is Dovecote. Shop owner Sarah Kaplan...


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The University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) has unveiled a new brand strategy, including new purpose and proposition, backed by a fresh new logo and visual identity, via brand agency, Houston Group.
The new brand strategy, look and feel, reinforces the pathway to excellence proposition that UniSQ stands for, and supports the organisation’s ambition to become Australia’s leading regional university, in a highly competitive marketplace.
Houston’s remit covered development of new identity – logo and associated guidelines and tools – plus Masterbrand guidelines, tone of voice and brand architecture guidelines and a full set of templates.
Stuart O’Brien, CEO and Founder at Houston said the challenge was to create an all-encompassing brand proposition that matched the University’s strategic direction to deliver outstanding education experiences and outcomes. “It needed multiple dimensions but a single DNA,” O’Brien said.
He continued: “All brand elements have been created to match the new strategic direction of UniSQ, it not only creates a clear differentiation for the university, but a purpose that students and employees can stand behind and a brand that future students can love, feel part of and instantly recognise,” he explained.
Central to the new look and feel is the adoption of a new abbreviated moniker: UniSQ – rather than the traditional USQ. The new look will be carried across every touchpoint.
The Shield logo features the Bunya pine tree (synonymous with Southern Queensland), representing growth, strength and journeys and was inspired by the ancient journeys of the many First Nations communities that gathered for the Bunya Festival, celebrating the harvest of the Bunya Nut.
Houston crafted the stylised Bunya pine logo to resemble a robust progressive journey rising through the middle of a strong University shield. The four branches of the Bunya pine represent the four UniSQ learning hubs (Toowoomba, Ipswich, Springfield and online); and the dark plum & gold primary colours take inspiration from the Toowoomba sunset and environment.
Shawn Walker, pro vice-chancellor (engagement), UniSQ said: “Our refreshed brand strategy and new brand represents a new chapter for the university; it clearly supports our mindset for change and innovation and has the capacity to resonate with our stakeholders.”
The launch of UniSQ’s new branding coincides with the organisation’s 30th anniversary as a university and 55 years as an educational institute
Geraldine Mackenzie, Vice Chancellor
Shawn Walker, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Engagement)
Matt Boyd, Director, Marketing
Laura Hunt, Associate Director (Media & Communications)
Stuart O’Brien, CEO and Founder
Cara Meade, Strategy Director
Kyle De Raedt, Senior Account Director
Alex Toohey, Executive Creative Director
Paul Principe, Design Director


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Eastman, which has about 700 employees in Henry County, has been named to Forbes’ list of 2019 America’s Best Large Employers.
Eastman was ranked 133rd out of 500 large employers, who are defined as companies with more than 5,000 U.S. employees, according to a news release from Eastman. This is the second consecutive year Eastman has made the list, ranking 232nd in 2018.
Companies are chosen based on the opinions of American workers. The most important factor in determining a company’s ranking comes from the likelihood of current employees recommending the company to family or friends, the release states.
“This recognition reflects the fact that our people matter,” said Mark Costa, board chairman and CEO of Eastman. “Our team members are the key to Eastman’s success and to fulfilling our purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way. The significant gain that we made on the list this year is an indication that we are pursuing a mission and a vision that our team believes and finds meaningful. For any company, that is the greatest reward.”
In collaboration with the analytics firm Statista, Forbes asked 50,000 American employees working for large firms or institutions to rate, on a scale of 0 to 10, their willingness to recommend their own companies.
In addition, participants were asked to evaluate other employers that stood out either positively or negatively in their respective industries.
The employees who took part in the survey were consulted anonymously through several online access panels, not through their employers. The mix of respondents (gender, age, region and ethnicity) in the sample represents American employees, the release added.
Eastman Chemical is the leading global manufacturer of performance films for the automotive and architectural markets. The corporation’s third largest facility is located in Fieldale in Henry County, according to the Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corp. (EDC).
Built in 1956, Eastman purchased the facility and business from Solutia Performance Films in 2012. The following year, Eastman announced a $40 million expansion to be carried out over the next three years. This facility is now one of the largest and most integrated window and performance-coated film manufacturing sites in the world.
Eastman also operates film manufacturing and distribution facilities at the Patriot Centre industrial park. The company acquired the former Commonwealth Laminating & Coating in 2014, adding an experienced workforce and Commonwealth’s expertise, paint protection technology, brand and channels to its portfolio, the EDC states on its website.
Worldwide, Eastman employs about 14,500 people and has customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2018 revenues of approximately $10 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tenn.


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The investment consortium is led by Hemfosa Fastigheter and over the past week or so, Hemfosa was the key company expected to pull the trigger on the purchase of the Trollhattan plant. This investment group paid 255 million Krona (about $40 million USD) for 50.1% of the Property division which entitles them to a controlling share of the production facility and in exchange for a friendly purchase rate, Saab will get a full year of use of the facility without any lease payments. Also, the investment group has the right to purchase another 45 million Krona worth of the Saab Property division within 30 days after making the initial purchase. Based on the purchase price of the first 50.1%, an addition 45 million Krona investment would bring the consortium roughly 9% more ownership of the Saab property division based on the initial agreement but that amount could vary depending on a quite a few things – including input by the Chinese investors and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
This 255 million Krona inflow of cash should allow Saab to pay enough of their suppliers to be able to resume production at the Trollhattan facility. On top of having cash flow to pay suppliers, the company will save on lease payments over the next year and when you consider the fact that the recent sale of over 580 Saab vehicles to an unnamed Chinese firm allowed the automaker to sell their previous unpaid union auto workers, it looks like things could finally be looking up for the troubled Swedish automaker. After the sale of 50.1% has closed, Saab Automobile will sign a lease agreement for 15 years with the Saab Property division.
Short term financing has been secured through the sale of these cars to the Chinese market as well as the sale of half of their property division. These two deals allow the company to pay their workers and at least some of their suppliers and the money coming in from their partnerships with Chinese firms will help to secure mid-term financing which in turn helps them to prepare for production over the next year. It appears that with these recent deals and their Chinese partnerships, Saab has the money to make good on a majority of their current debt while having some money to put towards future production but if there is anything that we have learned from the Saab saga it is that it’s not over ‘til it’s over.
TorqueNews will continue following the Saab story, bringing you more news as it becomes available.
Other Saab News:
Sale of Saab plant to investment firm nears
Saab asks creditors to accept 10% now, 90% in September
Saab creditors seek over $3.6 million with collection agency
Saab joins forces with a second Chinese group
Spyker to become Swedish Automobile N.V.
Saab finds a new Chinese investor in Pang Da
Saab/Spyker partnership with Hawtai Motors terminated


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The Razor E100 Glow electric scooter comes up short on features and its ride can be harsh, but young riders will likely not care about these drawbacks when they're tearing around the neighborhood.
The new Philips Warm Glow LED cuts the color temperature when you dim the light down low.
Light up your life with a handheld flashlight that makes you think the sun magically came out early.
An endangered sea turtle surprises scientists by showing off an otherworldly glow underwater.
The new Nook GlowLight Plus probably isn't going to make any converts out of Amazon's Kindle customers, but at least Barnes & Noble now has an e-reader with competitive specs and performance to the Paperwhite.
Your gaming future could look bright, if a set of LED glowing-dot dice takes off on Kickstarter.
If you think you're as tough as Ripley, then you can try your luck against a creepy alien baby with your very own Xenomorph egg.
Get your Jedi on in style with a light-up foam lightsaber that won't leave a mark when it makes contact.
NASA's New Horizons looked back after its Pluto flyby and saw this stunning view of the dwarf planet's radiant crescent backlit by the sun.
A bioluminescent turtle was recently spotted for the first time in the South Pacific. It joins a long list of critters already lighting up the night.


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Jan 31, 2012
The World Trade Organization has ruled that China must immediately drop its system of export taxes and quotas on a range of raw materials.
Jan 30, 2012
A ruling against China by the World Trade Organization could mean cheaper rare earth metals. The metals are used in many electronic devices.
Jan 27, 2012
The social media company says the technology will help individual countries block tweets that might go against local laws.
Jan 26, 2012
The New York Times' Charles Duhigg discusses the harsh working conditions at Apple's manufacturers in China, and what can be done to enact change.
Jan 26, 2012
Protests in largely Tibetan areas of Western China turn violent as frustration over Chinese policies grows. Tibetans want more say.
Jan 25, 2012
Apple reported strong earnings in part thanks to its growing market in China. But could they be doing more for their customers there?
Jan 20, 2012
Growth is slowing, inflation is still high and there's a leadership change in store for China in 2012.
Jan 19, 2012
Concerned over the runaway growth of its housing market, China imposed new laws to slow speculation. But trying to curb a potential housing bubble may hurt the country's high growth.
Jan 17, 2012
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HP PhotoSmart C4588 Wireless Features High Capacity Ink Cartridges
HP's PhotoSmart C4588 Wireless all-in-one printer features high-capacity ink cartridges that make it an economical choice.
That is according to website freshnews.in, which reported that printing with the device is more affordable because less ink cartridges need to be purchased.
The printer is capable of producing a photo in just 25 seconds and can be shared between numerous printers and netbooks thanks to its wireless interface.
Another feature of the device picked up by the website was its ability to automatically identify the type of paper in the tray and optimise the quality to match.
Navigation is made easier thanks to a 1.5ins display screen on the PhotoSmart C4588, which allows for photographs to be previewed.
While the C4588 was praised for its efficient use of printer ink cartridges, a review of HP's C4780 recently claimed that the steep cost of ink for the device could put people off using it.


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Data from Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Statistics showed that the province’s GDP increased 6.4 percent year on year during the first three quarters of 2019 to approximately 7.7 trillion RMB.
According to the data, primary industry amounted to about 293.6 billion RMB for the first three quarters of the year, an increase of 3.8 percent year on year, with secondary industry rising 4.6 percent to about 3.08 trillion RMB. Meanwhile, the service sector realized about 4.34 trillion RMB, up 7.9 percent year on year.
A breakdown of the data showed output of the service sector, which accounted for 56.3 percent of the total GDP, expanded 1.2 percent year on year, 16.4 percent higher than secondary industry.
In terms of consumption, sales of consumer goods in Guangdong Province rose 7.8 percent year on year to about 3.14 trillion RMB, the highest growth rate since the beginning of this year.
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White Realtors' median gross personal income last year was $49,400 while the median for Black Realtors was $16,700
The well-connected discount brokerage is trying to raise more funding and grow its business as it takes on industry behemoths NAR and Zillow
Rules regarding public display of buyer broker commissions and lockbox access for non-Realtors were originally slated to take effect by the end of March
The new antitrust lawsuit, filed Friday in California, also names the National Association of Realtors, Realogy, Keller Williams, RE/MAX and several other companies as defendants
One agent told the discount brokerage: 'I won't bother to show [the listing]. Who's your local agent though because I'll make sure to tell people not to work with them'
Trade group's president accuses commission detractors of duplicity 'for a payout' under the guise of protecting consumers
Panelists at Inman Connect Now discuss how to tell if you're ready and how to make sure your team doesn't fail
The Consumer Federation of America and the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group argue that prohibiting rebates to buyers and sellers stifles commission competition and harms consumers


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China's emergence in the powersports business is a hot topic and one that will be thoroughly covered at this month's Motorcycle Industry Council Communications Symposium, Inroads to the Future VII.
Donald H. Straszheim, chairman and chief executive officer of Straszheim Global Advisors, an independent economics and financial markets research firm focused on China and its increasingly important relationship with Western corporations, will be a key speaker at the Nov. 16 symposium in Tustin, Calif. Straszheim will discuss the challenges and opportunities when competing, sourcing or partnering with Chinese firms.
“All of us in the motorcycle industry are affected by China's increasing impact on the global marketplace,” said MIC President Tim Buche. “If you're in this business, you better know as much as you can about China. Few have as much expertise and first-hand knowledge as Donald Straszheim, and we're very fortunate to have him at this year's symposium.”
Based in Irvine, Calif., the MIC is a not-for-profit national trade association representing manufacturers and distributors of motorcycles, ATVs, scooters, motorcycle parts and accessories, and members of allied trades. The annual symposium is a gathering of many of the more than 300 member companies of the MIC. Presentations by industry leaders and guest speakers bring attendees up to date on important issues and provide useful knowledge for the year ahead.
Straszheim is the latest of several top analysts to speak at the symposium. For 12 years, he served as the chief economist for Merrill Lynch and Co., the world's largest securities firm. In 1997, he left Wall Street to become president of the Milken Institute, a not-for-profit, economic- and public policy think tank. Last year, Straszheim launched SGA, which now staffs analysts and economists in Los Angeles and Beijing, providing strategic advice on investment and business matters.
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- Thursday, 14 May 2020
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Government Response to COVID-19:
Policies and Programmes of the Department of Trade and Industry
Thursday 14 May 2020
3:00 PM (Manila)
The British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines in cooperation with CCI France-Philippines, Dutch Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Nordic Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, and the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, would like to invite you the second installment of our webinar series on the Government’s Response to COVID-19. Join us on Thursday, 14 May at 3:00 PM to learn about the Policies and Programmes of the Department of Trade and Industry.
Our guest speaker Secretary Ramon Lopez, Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), will provide an in-depth discussion of the DTI’s measures and initiatives in addressing key issues brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic such as continuance of business operations, unrestricted movement of cargo, and ensuring availability of essential commodities amid the enhanced community quarantine.


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Danone sees slump in infant formula sales in China
French food group Danone said its quarter sales were hit by weaker demand for infant formula products in China.
French food group Danone shrugged off a slow start to the year on Wednesday, saying it expected sales growth to accelerate after setbacks in China and Morocco.
The world’s biggest yoghurt maker said it was confident of delivering its financial targets for 2019 and 2020, even after first-quarter sales were hit by weaker demand for infant formula products in China and a consumer boycott in Morocco.
Danone said underlying sales in the first three months of the year rose 0.8pc to 6.14 billion euros (£5.32 billion), down from 2.4pc growth in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Its shares were down 1.6pc at 0900 GMT.
Danone’s Early Life Nutrition products in China fell around 15pc, partly due to a lower birth rate in the country and high year-ago comparables.
That followed declines of 10pc in the fourth quarter of 2018 and 20pc in the third quarter.
China is an important source of growth for Danone, contributing about 30pc of sales to the Early Life Nutrition business, which makes infant formula and general baby food products.


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Mind Candy has announced that its social networking title for children, Moshi Monsters, now boasts over 50m users worldwide.
The ubiquitous Moshi Monsters brand has grown rapidly over the course of its three-year life span, and Mind Candy has said that it expects to generate 60m from total gross Moshi Monsters related retail in 2011.
The company also says that over half of all children aged 6-12 in the UK own a Moshi Monster online, with similar figures in Australia and New Zealand and 15m registered users also playing in the USA.
We’re thrilled to see Moshi Monsters experience such rapid growth across the globe” said Mind Candy founder and CEO Michael Acton Smith.
We’ve hit 50 million users and have even more ambitious plans ahead. Our vision is to build the largest entertainment brand in the world for this new digital generation of kids.”
Story originally published on Develop