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Australian eSignature software vendor Annature has partnered with Brisbane tax accounting firm and tax refund services provider Accountants Direct to resell its products.
The digital signature, identity verification and payment collection software vendor said it secured the partnership with the accounting firm by offering a way to execute contracts quickly and to support Accountants Direct’s client base seamlessly check final tax documentation.
Annature said Accountants Direct would now be able to send customers an SMS message with a link to digitally sign their returns to the ATO and that customers lodging tax returns would benefit from a documented digital trail to claim entitlements from investments in shares or property.
“We now have the latest technology, with up-to-date compliance and our fifty consultants nationwide are now confident about the security of all our data and the fact it remains onshore,” Accountants Direct chief executive officer and founder Stephen Burns said.
“We don’t white label Annature because we want to showcase a standout Aussie brand – and we’re very familiar with the calibre of the Annature team from a previous relationship under the NowInfinity brand.”
Annature chief executive officer and founder Amreeta Abbott said the Annature recently had “a huge growth surge across a broad range of industries”
“That’s because of our capacity to seamlessly integrate with any system and execute agreements and the client process in one transaction, on one platform and at an incomparable price.
“Annature is proud to continue our relationship with Stephen and his team. We value such long term relationships where the value of advanced technology from the team at Annature is recognised. It is part of the innovation roadmap for Australian industry.”
Abbott was also previously the chief financial officer of NowInfinity before it was sold in 2020 to ASX-listed Class Limited for $25 million.

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More than half (58 per cent) of institutional investors surveyed have implemented smart beta strategies, according a recent survey from FTSE Russel.
This represents a 10 per cent increase since 2018.
When looking at investors that have implemented smart beta, or are evaluating or planning to use a smart beta index-based strategy, the number jumps to 78 per cent for 2019.
The increased adoption of smart beta is happening globally, the survey found. Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region all saw growth, in all tiers of asset under management ranging from less than US$1 billion to more than US$10 billion.
Europeans held the highest rate of adoption with 65 per cent of respondents saying they currently had an allocation to smart beta, while 60 per cent of North Americans said so.
In terms of why they’re using the strategies, notably the number of investors saying they use smart beta for cost-savings objectives grew from 15 per cent in 2014 to 31 per cent in 2019.
Multi-factor index-based strategies continue to gain popularity, with 71 per cent of those surveyed indicating they use them, up from 49 per cent in 2018. The strategies look especially popular when compared with the 35 per cent using low volatility strategies and just 28 per cent using value strategies.
“Risk reduction, return enhancement and improved diversification continue to drive smart beta adoption among institutional investors globally,” said Rolf Agather, managing director of research and innovation at FTSE Russell, in a press release. “Within smart beta, multi-factor index-based strategies have undoubtedly been the market’s favoured choice, with uptake more than tripling since 2015. We expect sustained growth in smart beta, especially when it comes to multi-factor combination strategies.”


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The new Volvo V60 wagon and a luxury trim of the XC40 compact SUV is going to make their North American debuts at the New York International Auto Show in the upcoming week.
As Volvo Cars shifts into its next growth stage, the new Volvo V60 wagon and a luxury trim of the XC40 compact SUV plans to make their North American debuts at the New York International Auto Show in the upcoming week. The 2019 XC40 Inscription, a luxurious trim on Volvo’s new compact SUV with distinctive styling details, and the new 2019 V60 wagon, the recent torchbearer in a long line of Volvo wagons, are scheduled to be seen for the first time this side of the Atlantic. The XC40 and V90 are recent in Volvo’s product refresh, each embodying both the company’s history and progressive outlook.
The introduction of the new XC40 indicates that for the first time in its history, Volvo Cars has three new SUVs in what is rising as a segment of the automotive market, making the way for more growth for sales and profitability.
The new Inscription trim level is going to bring a luxurious element to the XC40 lineup, providing unique features and an expanded list of standard equipment that is unusual in the compact premium SUV market.
At Volvo’s press conference at the New York International Auto Show, set for Wednesday, March 28 at 3:05 p.m. EDT, full details will be unveiled.
The XC40 carries the award-winning safety, connectivity and infotainment technologies noted from the new 90- and 60 Series cars to the small SUV segment. These innovations make the XC40 one of the best-equipped small premium SUVs in the auto industry. Safety and driver assistance functions on the XC40 consist of Volvo Cars’ Pilot Assist system, City Safety, Run-off-Road protection and mitigation, Cross Traffic alert in addition to brake support and the 360 Degree Camera that assist drivers maneuver into tight parking spaces.
The XC40 also provides a radically new approach to storage inside the vehicle. Ingenious interior design offers XC40 drivers with more functional storage space in the doors and under the seats, a space for phones including wireless charging, a fold-out hook for small bags as well as a removable waste bin in the tunnel console.
The 2019 V60 shares Volvo Cars’ Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) base with the award-winning XC60 (2018 North American Utility of the Year) along with four top-of-the-line 90 Series cars, which have been the collective force behind the company’s record-breaking worldwide sales performance in these years.
In a first for the segment, consumers can access the new V60 via Volvo Cars’ new premium subscription service Care by Volvo, which provides ownership via a monthly flat-fee subscription. Care by Volvo makes having a car as transparent and easy like having a cell phone.
In the United States, the 2019 V60 will be made available with a T5 Front-Wheel-Drive Drive-E powertrain with 250HP, and a T6 All-Wheel-Drive Drive-E powertrain having 316 horsepower. Both are going to have an 8-speed automatic transmission.


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In June, CosmeticsDesign-Asia reported that South Korean cosmetic titans Amorepacific and LG Household & Healthcare (LG H&H) both launched shampoo and conditioners that can conceal grey hairs with semi-permanent dyes.
“At the moment, it's specific to Korea and it’s really booming. What we’re seeing is a shampoo and conditioner combo that has a cumulative effect to give a very nice, intense black shade,” said Marianne Peltier, managing director, cosmetics Asia, Sensient Beauty.
She clarifies that such products can also be found in markets such as Japan and Thailand, but it has only reached the mainstream market in Korea, thanks to the aforementioned personal care majors.
“It’s already booming in the specialised area, but maybe what we are missing in other regions like South East Asia, are the big players like Unilever or P&G, which would really push it mainstream.”
As with many K-beauty trends, Peltier is confident this trend will find its way into the wider Asian region, especially as greying hair is a concern among men and women across markets.
“Clearly Asia follows Korean trends, now that we have two big Korean brands following this, we will soon see more following.”
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At the moment, consumers are turning to these shampoos and conditioners to cover grey hairs. However, there is potential that it will evolve to include more colours.
Peltier highlighted that there are already such products available in Japan’s professional market, with players like well-known salon brand Milbon coming up with a rainbow of colours.
Such products could be used to maintain professional permanent hair dyes, or simply to experiment with new colours.
“We’re seeing this especially among the Gen Z, they like intense colours, they like to change and experiment and express themselves,” said Peltier.
In anticipation of this, Sensient Beauty has developed Arianor, a range of semi-permanent hair dyes in an array of colours that can be applied to various formats, including shampoos, conditioners, and even solid shampoos to fit sustainable beauty requirements.
Peltier noted that it can be technically tricky to formulate these products. Furthermore, a formulator must consider the type of hair.
“You need to take into account that some people will bleach their hair, so depending on the type of hair, you may get a different response. We have tested it on both Asian hair and Caucasian hair and found that the formulation also differs between them. You also have to formulate based on consumer preference, there are indeed differences between how consumers want their hair to feel, as well as the shades they like.”
To help formulators, the company has recently introduced Virtual Interactive Visualisation and Ingredient Development Studio (VIVID), an online platform that can help support formulators virtually with live demonstrations from its technical experts.


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JAKARTA – American car manufacturer, Jeep, recently recalled the Cherokee model. As reported by Carscoops, on Tuesday, May 23, the Cherokee models affected by the recall are the 2022-2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee and the 2021-2023 Grand Cherokee L models.
The recall was due to an installation error in the steering wheel. Due to concerns that there was a faulty steering linkage that could cause loss of steering, a total of 89,372 Jeep Cherokees were affected and recalled in the United States.
During the investigation, 15 warranty claims were found related to steering column problems, but Jeep received no reports of accidents, injuries or deaths related to steering column faults.
Jeep also analyzed that they found the center axles are not seated properly and can break and eventually cause the car to be damaged due to the inability to hold the steering wheel.
This can actually cause an accident and be a scary thing if this happens. Drivers may know this problem if they notice a loud noise when turning.
Jeep recorded the affected vehicles, a total of 53,965 Grand Cherokee vehicles manufactured between 19 October 2021 and 4 April 2023. Then there were 35,401 units of Jeep Grand Cherokee L manufactured between 27 January 2021 and 4 April 2023.
To fix this, Jeep will do a recall and will check the driver’s axle. Jeep plans to begin contacting vehicle owners on July 7.
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Google Messages adds iMessage-style event suggestions based on your texts
Features like this will come in handy as Google slowly but surely continues the rollout of its RCS messaging protocol, allowing a true iMessage-like competitor that works across Android devices.
Google Messages, the company's default SMS application on its Pixel phones as well as other manufacturers like HMD Global and Motorola, just got another trick up its sleeve. The app, which has picked up quite a few smart features over the past couple of years can now smartly offer to set a reminder based on the content of your conversation.
It's not a groundbreaking feature - the functionality has actually existed on iOS for years now, with the option to create an event from any text that resembles a date or time, not only in iMessage but also other apps like WhatsApp and Signal. But having the ability come to the default messaging app on Android means most users who do not change their default messaging app will also see this the moment they next update their app, assuming Google enables the feature for you via a server side switch, according to Android Police.
Google Messages has already had smart features like suggested replies for a while now, along with Assistant lookups and other quick actions. You can even get a recommendation for a sticker based on your conversation, so the addition of the ability to create a reminder isn't very impressive - but useful nonetheless. You can head over to Settings in the Messages app,then choose Suggested Actions. When you type a message suggesting a time, like “let's meet at 10 PM” you'll see a little suggestion pop up asking you to create an event.
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Features like this one will come in handy as Google slowly but surely continues the rollout of its RCS messaging protocol, allowing a true iMessage-like competitor that works across Android devices and only needs an internet connection and a phone number. Google has also previously stated that any smart suggestions that are generated based on your chats and other data are done completely on your device, suggesting the company has made some major improvements to on-device machine learning for regular consumer facing features.
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Microsoft confirms remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool that has been exploited in the wild since at least April.
Twitter Crypto Scams: Bored Ape Yacht Club, Azuki and Other Projects Impersonated to Steal NFTs, Digital CurrenciesMay 26, 2022
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Organizations and government agencies are strongly advised to patch two newly disclosed vulnerabilities in VMware products, following warnings from VMware and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Microsoft addresses 73 CVEs in its May 2022 Patch Tuesday release, including two zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which was exploited in the wild.
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O-CITY, the automated fare collection provider by BPC, has been accelerating cashless fare collection across Kenya by providing a widely popular service, now digitising payments across over 10,000 Matatu buses. This represents a tenfold increase in Matatu buses using the service since its pilot only a couple of years ago during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dubbed ‘Lipafare’, the O-CITY pilot, designed to lessen reliance on physical cash at the height of the pandemic, was launched with transport savings and credit specialists, NikoDigi, and Kenyan payments firm, Tracom. Spearheading digital transformation in transportation across the region, the automated fare collection platform created by O-CITY leverages the popular M-Pesa mobile wallet, currently used by 90% of Kenyans.
Matatu buses dominate transportation options across the country and are used by 70% of the Kenyan population serving Nairobi and additional long routes to Nanyuki Town, Kajiado Town, Eldoret Town and Limuru Town. Users put in a code on their phone that debits their wallet and can immediately be seen by drivers to give access to the bus.
This removes the need for physical tickets and cash payments and replaces it with an accessible digital payment solution that is helping Kenyan passengers and transport operators to move more quickly through heavily congested routes in Nairobi. It also increases transparency in fare collection between the drivers and the bus owners.
O-CITY also developed new systems to accommodate SACCOs, nudging Matatu users to opt for Lipafare as more payment methods are accepted in comparison to other ride-hailing companies. Additional incentives for users include removing the cost of dialing the USSD for crew and commuters and removing the cost of withdrawing any amount over 10 USD.
Patrick Karera, MD at Nikodigi: "We are proud to be helping drivers and conductors across Nairobi to carry out an improved way of doing business digitally and seamlessly, which has proven to be immensely popular with customers, drivers and bus owners. These new digital methods are safer, reducing the need for cash after the COVID-19 pandemic, and also help us to future-proof African transport in the 21st century. "
Tokhir Abdukadyrov, SVP of smart city and transport solutions at BPC: “The booming success of this pilot shows that this is only the beginning of massive shifts across the region, the effects of which we are likely to see for decades to come. At O-CITY, we have been proud to connect the world in new ways. By leveraging mobile wallet M-Pesa, we have been able to scale the service quickly and easily so that customers and transport operators have more opportunities than ever.”


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Ducati North America has posted its Q2 2011 sales figures, and business is apparently booming for the Italian company in the US, Mexican, and Canadian markets, as sales are up 61% in the second quarter of this year. Selling over 5,200 bikes to customers so far this year, Ducati North America’s year-to-date sales are also up an outstanding 63%. Helping drive the sales increases are the extremely popular Multistrada 1200 models and the new Diavel. Along with the already sales-topping Superbike 848 EVO and Monster 796, these models account for most of Ducati’s sales growth.
More management changes at Ducati North America, as Dominique Cheraki has taken on the newly created position of General Manager, to help CEO Cristiano Silei in the day-to-day duties of running Ducati’s US, Canada, and Mexico operations.
It’s been our understanding that Silei has been filling-in with his interim-CEO duties from Italy, so Cheraki’s appointment should put some direct leadership on US soil, and help fill the day-to-day operations at Ducati North America. This announcement also means that Cristiano Silei will be DNA’s full-time CEO, and no longer an interim role for the Italian.
Ducati North America announced today that sales figures for the first quarter of 2011 are up 68% compared to last year’s numbers. The third month in a row of positive sales growth, Ducati’s North American market is clearly recovering from the recession, with all models in the company’s line showing positive growth. “We have had an outstanding start to the year,” said Cristiano Silei, CEO of Ducati North America. “We expect our growth to continue strong for the rest of the year with our most sought out newest product, the Diavel, just hitting dealer showrooms in late March.”
Ducati North America has issued a recall for various Multistrada models ranging from 2003 to 2009, including the 1100cc, 1000cc, and 620cc variants, because of an issue with the fuel tank pump flange seal leaking fuel. Affecting 3,911 models, owners of the following motorcycles could be affected by the recall, and should check to see if their VIN is affected: 2003-2004 & 2006 Ducati MTS 1000, 2005 Ducati MTS 1000S, 2006 Ducati MTS 620, and 2007-2009 Ducati MTS 1100.
BMW isn’t the only company weathering the storm in the motorcycle industry, as Ducati North America has released some of its own numbers from 2010. At the top of the highlight list is Ducati North America’s 35% increase in December 2010 sales over December 2009’s sales figures.
Also bucking the trend was DNA’s growth in Q3 & Q4 of 2010, where the company sold 8% & 9% more motorcycles respectively than in the same quarters in 2009. Compare that to the North American motorcycle industry averages, which saw a 15% decrease in Q3 and 14% decrease in Q4 last year.
Larry Pegram announced today that he will not be riding a Ducati in the AMA American Superbike series. Pegram initially put together the Team Foremost Insurance / Pegram Racing team in 2006 with the help of Ducati North America, and campaigned the Ducati 1198R Superbike last season to a fourth place Championship position. Pegram is expected to announce what bike he will campaign next week, with the idle gossip in the AMA paddock suggesting either a Suzuki or Kawasaki.
UPDATE: Michael Lock has announced that he has taken on the role of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Think, an electric car manufacturer.
Asphalt & Rubber broke the news last week that Michael Lock was leaving Ducati North America before the company even knew it, and now the news that Michael Lock is leaving Ducati North America is finally official. Leaving the company in two weeks at the end of July, Lock will be moving on to pursue other interests.
Ducati Holdings Vice President of Sales Cristiano Silei will takeover at Ducati N.A. in the interim, as the company looks for a new CEO. With such short-notice on Lock’s departure, we’re left pondering why the successful CEO is leaving the company, more as we find it. Press release after the jump.
UPDATE 2: Michael Lock has officially announced that he will be leaving Ducati North America.
UPDATE: John Paolo Canton, Ducati PR Manager, has responded in the comments that Lock was last spotted slaving away in his office, and it’s business as usual in Ducati North America.
With all the commotion going on today, our last piece of breaking news is the developing shake-up that’s going on at Ducati North America. Presumably involving the departure of Ducati North America CEO Michael Lock, we’ve been told changes at Ducati N.A. are occurring at the highest levels. All day we’ve been unable to reach anyone at Ducati’s Cupertino office, so we cannot confirm the report at this time…hey guys, pick up your phones!
Team Spider Grips Ducati has qualified 1st & 3rd at this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, as the team gets set to race a pair of slightly modified 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200S motorcycles up the 5,000ft ascent near Colorado Springs.
Taking the pole position is Pikes Peak veteran Greg Tracy, with a qualifying time of 5:22:659. Tracy won the 2008 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on a “skunk works” Ducati Hyptermotard, and is the favorite to win this years’ 1200cc class in the motorcycle division.
Taking up the third position is Alexander Smith, who qualified with a time of 5:45:470, just one second behind the second place qualifying Buell.
What does racing to the clouds look like on a Ducati Multistrada? Well it looks a little bit like this if you’re Greg Tracy. At the helm of one of the 2010 Ducati Multistrada racing at the 2010 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Tracy is looking in-form for the event after this practice session. Also spotted in the video is Team Spider Grips Ducati teammate Alexander Smith, who Tracy catches about a minute into the video.


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Groundbreaking event held for The IllianaPosted:Jul 9th, 2019 8:40 am
By Phil D'Amico, Director of Business Development
The month of June was, shall we say exciting, as it relates to the effects the tariffs have had on the United States economy. Nearly $200 billion of Chinese goods found an instituted 25% cost increase on imports into the U.S. There is another 25% increase posed on potentially $325 billion of non-taxed goods also on the horizon for July. What is the early outcome to U.S. consumers? The short answer is pain. Potentially both short-term and long-te...More
HCG sponsors Westfield Chamber Classic Golf OutingPosted:Jun 11th, 2019 10:39 am
(Whiting, IN) - Holladay Construction Group was in attendance as the City of Whiting and Holladay Properties celebrated the groundbreaking of The Illiana on Monday, July 8.
HCG broke ground on The Illiana on June 10 of this year and is serving as the project's General Contractor for Holladay Properties, the owner and developer. Curran Architecture is the project's architect.
The Illiana is a five-story, 41,000 SF mixed-use commercial/multifamily development located at the southeast corner ...More
(Westfield, IN) - For the 3rd year in a row, we were a proud sponsor of the Chamber Classic Golf Outing presented by the Westfield Chamber of Commerce. The event took place on Monday, June 10 at The Club at Chatham Hills in Westfield, IN.
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ASAP to Sponsor Sourcing Seminar
The fundamentals and complexities of global apparel and textile sourcing will be the topic of a seminar during the ASAP Global Sourcing Show, set for Feb. 17–20 at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.
The seminar, titled “Global Sourcing Made Easy,” will be presented by government officials from various sourcing nations and is open free to show attendees. The show, which runs concurrent with MAGIC International, will feature representatives from more than 200 apparel factories associated with companies based in China, Vietnam, Africa and more than 20 other nations.
Show visitors can also conduct one-on-one sessions with factory reps during ASAP’s matchmaking hours and be in the running for a free trip to Hong Kong.
To pre-register and for more information, go to www.asapshow.com. —Robert McAllister


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Swedish eVTOL developer Jetson AB has shared more footage of its upcoming Jetson ONE aerial vehicle flying over water. At the request of an overload of comments on its social channels, Jetson also shared footage (albeit briefly) of its ONE eVTOL taking off, to showcase how simple the process is. Following a massive demand, Jetson’s founders are already teasing additional flying vehicles to come.
Jetson AB is a Swedish startup founded in 2017 that specializes in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. By developing smaller eVTOLs, Jetson claims to be the only competitor on the market that can provide commercially available personal electric vehicles.
By “providing them,” Jetson is simply selling them at this point, although it is selling all of them. The company’s first eVTOL is called then Jetson ONE, a single-passenger aerial vehicle its maker’s describe as a “flying motorcycle,” even though you sit with your legs forward.
The Jetson ONE was officially unveiled last October alongside some awesome video footage that unfortunately did not show the eVTOL taking off yet. As reservations opened afterward, the initial 12 Jetson ONE units scheduled for 2022 production quickly sold out.
According to the company, 242 more have already been sold for 2023 deliveries. Jetson also shared that over 3,000 purchase requests came in during that time, so Jetson ONE demand is… taking off.
A representative for the company told Electrek that following the debut footage of the Jetson ONE, it was been bombarded by comments from people requesting to see the eVTOL taking off. Jetson has obliged as you’ll see in the video below… as long as you don’t blink.
Watch the Jetson ONE taking off, flying around a golf course
At the request of its fans, Jetson has shared video footage of the ONE taking off, and flying directly above water. When you get the the video below, you will be able to see the Jetson ONE taking off at (0:36), followed by more footage of the single-passenger aerial vehicle in action.
As the eVTOL moves closer to 2022 production, Jetson co-founder and President Peter Ternstrom spoke about the what the Jetson ONE represents for the company and its future:
The Jetson ethos is all about beautifully simple solutions to air mobility and transportation. The Jetson ONE is our answer to fun and recreational flight. We can teach anyone to fly in less than five minutes. Our mission is to make everyone a pilot in a decade or so.
The video shows the Jetson ONE taking off and operating with a person inside, which is refreshing to see from an eVTOL company, even at low altitudes. However, the footage also showcases how agile and light the aerial vehicle is – a huge benefit for future customers wanting to fly solo.
By folding to 90cm wide in just seconds, the Jetson ONE can fit in a van, pickup or trailer. The company told us it also has tiny wheels that can’t be seen in the video, which allow for it to be rolled by one person. Co-founder and CTO Tomasz Patan also spoke about the company’s mission, and hinted at more exciting aerial technologies to come:
We hope Jetson ONE plays a role in changing public opinion on eVTOL. We bridge the gap between sci-fi and reality and most importantly we do not show renderings, we have a working product. I am often imagining a not too distant future where you would have a compact, car-like aerial vehicle transporting you across the big city in minutes instead of hours-this is an idea worth spending a large part of my life working on.
Before we see any flying cars, the company will focus on getting the Jetson ONEs it has already sold out to customers around the globe, beginning this fall. The eVTOL currently costs $92,000 and requires a $22,000 deposit.
You can check out the new footage of the Jetson ONE taking off and flying below:
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Shop price inflation ramps up in November
The British Retail Consortium is predicting a bleak winter for shoppers due to increasing pressure from inflation.
According to the BRC-Nielsen IQ Shop Price Index, shop price annual inflation accelerated to 7.4% in November, up from 6.6% in October, to mark a record high since the index started in 2005.
Food inflation reached 12.4% in the month, up from 11.6% in October, as categories such as meat, eggs and dairy were hit by rising costs relating to energy, animal feed and transport. Coffee prices also shot up.
Meanwhile non-food inflation accelerated to 4.8% in November, up from 4.1% in October.
Helen Dickinson BRC chief executive, said: “Winter looks increasingly bleak as pressures on prices continue unabated.
“While there are signs that cost pressures, and price rises, might start to ease in 2023, Christmas cheer will be dampened this year as households cut back on seasonal spending in order to prioritise the essentials.
“Retailers continue to do all they can to support their customers and ensure everyone can enjoy the festive season by fixing prices of many essentials, offering discounts to vulnerable groups, raising pay for their own people, and expanding their value ranges.”
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Japan and the United States have started talks to review conditions for Japan’s safeguard system for American beef, which allows for a tariff hike when imports surpass a predetermined level to protect the domestic industry.
The talks are expected to lead to an increase in the trigger point, which stands at 247,000 tons for the current fiscal year.
The current framework was introduced under the Japan-U.S. trade agreement that took effect in January last year.
In the fiscal year that ended in March, the tariff was to be raised from 25.8 percent to 38.5 percent for at least 30 days after U.S. beef imports topped the trigger point. Japan implemented the safeguard measure in mid-March.
American beef is used widely in Japan for such dishes as “gyudon” beef bowls and grilled meat. Increased American beef imports at a lower tariff are good news for consumers while they raise concerns among domestic producers.
An addendum to the bilateral trade agreement states when the safeguard measure is applied the two countries will consult “with a view to modifying the conditions.” A slight increase in the trigger point appears inevitable.
What should not be forgotten, however, is that the relatively tough safeguard conditions for U.S. beef imports is a price that Washington must pay for its withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.
If the safeguard system is weakened and rarely invoked, there will be no effective means to stop expansion of U.S. exports of beef, the country’s main agricultural product, to Japan.
To maintain an incentive for Washington to rejoin the TPP, Tokyo should limit any increase of the trigger point.
Japan and the United States should together play the central role in establishing rules for the Pacific Rim economic sphere, where China’s presence is rapidly growing.
Their leadership is vital for achieving high levels of liberalization of trade in goods and services and protecting the rule of law.
Even under the Biden administration, which places a high value on cooperation with friends and allies, Washington is unlikely to return to the TPP any time soon. But Japan should call on the United States to become actively involved in multilateral trade frameworks.
The key test is whether the White House will attach importance to the rules set by the World Trade Organization, unlike his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, who gave short shrift to those rules.
From this point of view, there are flaws in the Japan-U.S. trade agreement.
Under the WTO rules, trade agreements between two or more countries should eliminate tariffs on about 90 percent of the trade values involved. Under the Japan-U.S. trade agreement, however, the levels of tariff elimination promised by the United States are far lower than the requirement.
The removal of U.S. tariffs on Japanese automobiles has been left to future negotiations. If Tokyo and Washington fail to strike a deal on auto tariffs, the agreement will be seen as a violation of the WTO requirement.
The WTO requires members to immediately submit a notification of any bilateral agreement when it is formed to ensure transparency of trade agreements.
But neither Japan nor the United States has filed a notification of their agreement, which came into effect more than a year ago. Both governments should fulfill this obligation swiftly by consulting with each other.
The talks on the safeguard system is the first of Japan’s trade negotiations with the Biden administration.
The two sides should go beyond simply discussing technical issues on beef tariffs and tackle the broader challenge of laying the groundwork for Washington’s return to the TPP and shift to respecting the WTO’s role.
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The Oppo N1 has had it’s price slashed by as much as $100 USD on the Oppo Style website.
The attractivley styled dual-OS Neo M1 has been given it an official international price tag along with full specifications and and more!
The next JiaYu phones are just weeks away! The company has confirmed that both the JiaYu S2 and JiaYu G6 will go on sale in April, more details here.
The month is over so it is time to round up are top 10 octacore dual sim smartphones that are available to buy right now!
Not long after Acer had announced that it would be showcasing two Android powered Iconia brand tablets at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) it came right back at us with a Windows tablet that is available now in some regions.
Multiple sites are reporting that Indian Phone manufacturer Intex announced an update to its budget conscious Aqua i4 line of phones earlier this week.
Great news Meizu fans! Meizu have announced that they will reduce the price of their flagship Meizu MX3 today!
With its 9.7-inch 2048×1536 “retina” screen, 2.0 GHz quad-core CPU and 600 MHz octa-core GPU, anything under 200USD sounds like a bargain.
While shopping for new phones in Qingdao’s phone markets today, I discovered the Oppo Find 5 prices had been slashed.
Of all the phone brands I find Oppo one of the most tricky to read, as they are one of the more innovative and risk taking brands out there, however let’s give the Oppo Find 7 specifications a try.
You’ve probably heard of ZTE and maybe unknowingly had a ZTE networking device (router, modem) at your place. However, the manufacturing giant from China is …
The Xioami Hongmi is the hottest selling smartphone in China, and with the recent launch of the WCDMA model customers globally have been looking at the entry-level Xiaomi as a possible next phone.
Cube’s TALK9, a 9 inch tablet powered by a quad core Mediatek processor with 3G and voice calling is now on sale in China, priced just $181 (1099 Yuan)!
Chinese E-commerce sites are hurting due to the slow moving iPhone 5C and have been forced to slash prices by more than $110!
JiaYu have finally announced pricing and rough launch details of their Snapdragon powered JiaYu S1!
Oppo were the last of the big 3 Chinese phone makers to launch their latest Android device. Now after seeing the Oppo N1, its features and specifications how do you feel?
Oppo have wrapped up the launch event of the Oppo N1, here are the full Oppo N1 specifications.
The Oppo N1 launch is as exciting as any of the big name phone launches from China, however this time around we have very little to go on about the price. How much do you think the Oppo N1 will cost?
According to sources on Weibo Oppo have been in Korean filming an advertisement for the Oppo N1 ahead of Monday’s launch.
Meizu have declared a price was against Xiaomi by lowering prices of their current phones! Xiaomi have retaliated with their own price drop! Who will win?


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Finetech: It Is the Revolution in banking
Financial Technology, or FinTech, has already begun to revolutionalize banking. An enterprise announcement pegs India’s FinTech industry to grow to 150 billion dollars within the next five years. Already around 2,000, FinTech is substantial, with a prevalence of them set up shop in the last five years alone; this enterprise has developed undeterred by the pandemic. It has produced at least 8 Unicorns since January previous year. Recognizing this potential prospect will need assets estimated at 20-25 billion dollars, which lends a multinational angle to the story.
The UK government Department for International Trade offers Mint CXO Dialogues ‘The Era of FinTech: Ushering a New Age in Banking.’ The session gathered top leaders from India and the UK to delve into the part of FinTech firms in reimagining banking and possibilities for cross-border cooperation between India and the UK.
The occasion gathered top leaders from India and the UK to delve into the role of FinTech firms in reimagining banking and opportunities for cross-border collaboration between India and the UK.Understand about pinoymoviepedia
In his opening address, he said our bilateral partnership had strengthened our fintech sectors through the sharing of expertise and by offering greater access to top talent and resources.
FinTech Course encloses a fundamental change in the financial services sector in the broader banking ecosystem, placing the customer at the core of everything. Utilizing technologies such as Voice, Data, and Artificial Intelligence choice shape the future of FinTech. There is tremendous potential for Fintech companies to cooperate with banks such as ours, as we would be able to deliver the best customer experience, and they would obtain the benefit of an enormous pool of customers to help improve their solutions,” stated Punit Sood, Head of India, NatWest Group.
FinTech is reimagining the real banking space, with banks pushing toward digitization. FinTech has brought this a step ahead, making them paperless; reality was less and cashless. But while banks were ok at enhancing the industrialization levels, the difference is that FinTech has allowed them to reimagine how they delivered banking services to the end.
The composition in the banking and insurance space is fast transforming toward consumer experience, and FinTech has a significant role to play there. Policy Bazaar researched digital payments of those technologies 12 years ago in the Insurance Space. But, somewhere, our technology associate ecosystem has been growing at a slower rate than what was expected.
Over the last two years, digital payment methods in India have been massive adoption, which will be a complete game changer. It is more suitable to go around basic transactions like making payouts or purchasing financial services. It also includes placing the authority of data in the customer’s hands.
Two factors that led to this change were demonetization and the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a massively complicated ecosystem at the backend. Still, the reimagining at the backend has shown to fantastic customer experience, initiating a massive adoption,” said Hemant Gala, VP – of Financial Services and Payments, Phone Pe.
But, a lot still needs to be done to tap the possibility of the FinTech space in India, where its reach is still limited to a privileged few who have access to banking and banking services.
What is even the key is the ability of the UK to solve this into an international opportunity to communicate with like-minded ecosystems and extend up several global options to UK Fintech businesses,” stated Peter Cunnane, National, and International Strategy Lead, Innovate Finance.
The inspiration for FinTech in India arrived from multiple factors, such as demonetization, with the share of active clients with FinTech brokers growing from 43 percent to 57 percent. The new-age consumer is open to trying out new apps to try out things that were unthinkable earlier.
The millennials are plenty more open to trying unique formats of technology. But, I think there must be a lot of rationalization around regulation in the industry which will make it better advantageous for the smaller investor to allocate a specific portion of his assets into equity.
FinTech inventions contain reimagined traditional banking processes, from customer experience to risk management and support eradicating significant blockages in the banking space.
FinTech companies in India have grown 13 to 70 times, obtaining an opportunity to scale up and bring in cross-border collaboration. The recent emphasis on working because of covid has made a lot of controls for broken financial crises. Vice-President Gain the functions Revolut.
What is anticipated is an increased demand for products and services that you see in India and the UK, paving the way for global expansion.
FinTechs are changing the financial services landscape globally due to their role in financial inclusion. In these challenging times of Covid-19, facilitating financial inclusion, credit flow, and insurance has become even more critical, as Neha Sampat, Senior Sector Manager, Department for International Trade, the UK government.


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FourNet has advanced from its previous Gamma Gold Partner status, attained in 2019, to the elite Platinum Partner tier.
This progression grants FourNet access to enhanced training, support, and premium marketing resources.
Richard Pennington, FourNet co-founder and CEO, said: “This is a sign of FourNet’s incredibly strong working partnership with Gamma, which brings huge benefits to both our businesses and customers.”
“Taking our partnership to the next level by awarding Platinum Partner status is testament to our collaborative business relationship and business growth.”


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TF International Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo, who is the world’s top analyst when it comes to predicting Apple’s future moves, has reiterated his earlier prediction that Apple plans to showcase its heavily-rumored mixed reality (MR) headset sometime in 2022.
- Kuo is doubling-down on his prediction.
- He says that Apple’s headset will be demoed in 2022.
- He doesn’t say when it might go on sale.
Kuo: Apple mixed reality headset due in 2022
MacRumors has the story:
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo had previously stated that Apple’s mixed reality headset would debut in the middle of next year, and in a new note today obtained by MacRumors, the highly-respected analyst is once again doubling down that Apple plans to showcase its mixed reality headset in 2022.
No further information was provided by Kuo.
His note to clients does corroborate recent reporting by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says Apple is planning on announce the headset via in-person event in the next several months.
Kuo doubles-down on his earlier prediction
In March 2021, Kuo claimed Apple would drop an extremely lightweight MR headset in 2022 said to combine the best features of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) products.
Current prototypes apparently weigh between 200 grams and 300 grams, the revered analyst has learned, although the shipping version is said to be only 100-200 grams—assuming Apple can successfully solve the significant technical problems plaguing development.
The device should be a self-contained, standalone accessory powered by custom chips and custom software and feature a pair of high-resolution 8K micro-OLED displays.
Here’s an excerpt from Kuo’s earlier note:
Although Apple has been focusing on AR, we think the hardware specifications of this product can provide an immersive experience that is significantly better than existing VR products. We believe that Apple may highly integrate this helmet with video-related applications (like Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, etc.) as one of the key selling points.
He thinks the accessory is coming as soon as the middle of 2021, according to that report.
Showcased or actually launched in 2022?
Although the new report from Kuo doubles-down on that earlier prediction he made, the analyst doesn’t say whether the device will go on sale by the middle of 2021 or just be showcased.
We think it’s the latter.
Given Apple’s history of previewing some of its new-category products months in advance before they go on sale, it would make sense for the company to officially announce the product at next year’s WWDC, which is a developer-only event. Doing so would give developers ample time to create downloadable third-party apps for when the accessory goes on sale.


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The company has announced that Versus Evil will shut down. Versus Evil was formed in Baltimore in September 2013 and provided numerous games.
The company tweeted, “Today is a sad day, After 10 wonderful years, Versus Evil is shutting its doors. We’ve loved bringing you the best indie games we could find and sharing so many happy memories with you all, our amazing community! From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU for everything!”
Lance James, head of Versus Evil Production said, “This wasn’t a Versus Evil decision or choice.”
With this news coming up, the future of Versus Evil’s upcoming titles: Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients and Lil’ Guardsman remain uncertain. It will be interesting to see if these titles will be picked up by the tinyBuild, or new publishing partner will be required for these titles.


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New windows phone 2017
A device with improved hardware may have a similar design philosophy to the Surface phone mcginley dynamic indicator New smartphone to new windows phone 2017 be more customer-focused Windows Phone Microsoft will help finance the development New Windows 10 phone expected to be officially announced in February 2017. Nearly every new phone that's been announced here in Barcelona is Android-powered, while the ever-influential iPhone keeps. As per Phone Arena, the duo has joined hands to release a more customer-focused Windows Phone probably in.
HP and Microsoft are supposedly working together to launch a Windows smartphone in 2017. The April 2017 launch is expected to coincide with new windows phone 2017 Redstone 2, the second. Microsoft is working on a new Windows Phone which will be “brand new category” to be launched in 2017. In 2017, Microsoft announced that it was "no longer focused" on building out fibonacci in share market its mobile platform and that from then onwards, the company would only service. A possible high-end phone in 2017 will likely include an ARM processor that supports full Windows 10, such as Qualcomm Snapdragon 835.
He did new windows phone 2017 not reveal any specific. MWC -- the bat coinmarketcap world's biggest phone show -- is happening all around me.
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- This was revealed by Microsoft’s CMO Chris Capossela. Just like expected, no new Windows phone was announced at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, with Android handsets getting all the attention, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that. Microsoft's rumored Surface Phone, the new windows phone 2017 replacement for its disastrous Windows Phone line, is rumored to be one year away. All about Windows Phone available here..


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Activision Blizzard has just revealed some pretty impressive stats and figures about its most popular games.
During the firm's first quarter earnings call, it was revealed that Destiny has a staggering 30 million registered players.
Not only that, but these players have racked up some serious game time. According to Activision, each player has logged an average of 100 hours exploring planets and shooting aliens.
So for every one of you that logged in for a few minutes before binning it off for something else, there's someone else out there who has been playing pretty much non-stop since launch.
If that wasn't impressive enough, over 10 billion hours were spent playing Activision Blizzard's entire catalogue games during the first quarter.
That includes Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and, of course, World of Warcraft.
Destiny managed to claw back a few players thanks to April's big update.
The update came with a new max light level of 335 - which is up from 320 - and a revamped level 41 version of the Prison of Elders.
Destiny will also receive another major expansion later this year, possibly on September 20. Fans were expecting a full-blown sequel, but that has been pushed back until a later date.


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'Welcome to unstoppable,' Here's how Hamilton sold itself to Amazon
The city calls itself a safe city and one with a vibrant culture scene for HQ2 employees
The City of Hamilton is calling itself "the coolest city in Canada," in the now public 185-page bid to Amazon's HQ2. The bid puts a heavy focus on a high quality of life for potential Amazon employees.
Some sections of the bid have been removed due to confidentiality reasons.
The bid tackles aspects of living from affordable housing prices, walkability, a lively arts and culture scene and calls it "a safe city for HQ2 and your families."
Testimonials are peppered throughout the bid to support the City's claims.
One of them is from Matt Johnston, the co-founder of Collective Arts Brewing in Hamilton, "We needed to be in a city that doesn't 'empty at night' like so many big urban centres."
The testimonial follows the pitch that Hamilton has a growing young adult population that is growing faster than that of Toronto or Waterloo Region. It adds millennials outnumber baby-boomers in the city at 28 per cent of the population.
"Millennials are drawn to our city," the bid says.
The bid also calls Hamilton a "people place," boasting great connectivity on public transit throughout the city and the local bike sharing program SoBi.
Another section boasts Hamilton's low violent activity in comparison to other Canadian cities that have also shown interest in Amazon HQ2, referencing Statistics Canada.
"Hamilton's rate of drug violations is 16 per cent below the Canadian average," the bid writes.
Half a million dollars in the mail
The bid cost the city approximately $500,000, half of which is paid by private donors. The City sent the document to Amazon last month.
- Hamilton's $500K #Hamazon bid is in the mail
- Hamilton will spend $500K on its Amazon bid, although taxpayers will only fund half
The money was partially used to hire consultants who are familiar with bidding to Amazon, Chris Murray, the city manager, told CBC News in late September.
He said even if Hamilton doesn't win the bid, the information can be used in the future.
"This work we're doing is going to produce dividends well beyond anything related to Amazon," Murray said.
While HQ2 is mentioned throughout the bid, the language used is general enough that it may be repurposed for other investors.
Not all was in favour of spending $500,000 on the bid. Coun. Matthew Green of Ward 3 said last month the expense might be futile in comparison to bigger cities that can spend millions on the bid.
"Will a half million dollar bid be competitive," Green said, "or are we throwing good money after bad?"
What other Canadian cities are bidding
Amazon is finding a home for its second headquarters, or HQ2, and will invest $5 billion US to develop the location. The retailer says within a decade, it'll house as many as 50,000 workers in more than eight million square feet of space.
Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Windsor, Toronto and Halifax are several other Canadian cities who sent their bids in the mail last month.
Vancouver's major selling point was its proximity to Amazon's first headquarter location in Seattle, while Halifax offered its Shannon Park, an abandoned military enclave, as a potential HQ2 location.
Hamilton has not specified where HQ2 would be located should the city win the bid.
Amazon expects to announce the winner early next year.
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Apple shares are at an inflection point, which means investors must guard against further declines. See full story.
The stock market just logged the worst start to a year in 2 decades
Wall Street investors couldn’t part ways with 2018 rapidly enough, but it turns out that 2019 is setting up to be equally ugly to stock-market bulls. See full story.
The Tesla Model Y will be unveiled this year — here are the latest updates
Little is known about the new crossover, but information is coming out in dribs and drabs. See full story.
The woman who nailed 2018 stock-market volatility blowup now warns of ‘bubbliciouness’ in loans
Nancy Davis, the chief investment officer and founder of advisory firm Quadratic Capital, warns of bubbles forming in U.S. markets. See full story.
Man who called Dow 20,000 says if ‘we avoid a recession, we’re going to have a really good’ stock market
The Wharton professor who forecast that the Dow Jones Industrial Average would soon see 20,000 at the end of 2015, says a combination of a better-than-expected corporate and economic results should embolden bulls in the near term. See full story.
Airbnb called the ruling a ‘huge win.’ See full story.


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The Japanese government will launch a massive anti-piracy campaign for the anime and manga industry this Friday.
Update: Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry revealed its Manga-Anime Guardians project, which will monitor and remove illegally uploaded copies of anime and manga. The project aims to create an environment where people can enjoy official versions, spur creation, and continue to create new works and cultivate new talent. The METI states online piracy hurts Japan by nearly $20 billion. Over half of US anime and manga fans watch and read pirated works, according to the METI.
The project is a part of the Manga-Anime Anti-Piracy Committee, which includes Aniplex, Kadokawa, Good Smile Company, Kodansha, Sunrise, Shueisha, Shogakukan, ShoPro, Studio Ghibli, Tezuka Productions, Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment, Bandai Namco Games, Pierrot, and Bushiroad.
Original: This Friday the Japanese government will begin an anti-piracy campaign with 15 anime and manga producers and distributors and enforce legislation from October 2012 directed at illegal file sharing.
In 2012 Japanese government enacted a bill that punished both people who uploaded copyright infringing material and people who downloaded the material. The jail sentence can be as long as two years for downloading copyright infringing material and as long as 10 years for uploading it.
Since the legislation, piracy has remained a problem in Japan just as it has worldwide. Anime and manga are one of Japan’s cultural exports as they have spread in popularity around the world.
The government and the 15 producers and distributors will begin contacting 580 “overseas pirate sites” demanding they delete copyright infringing content. The sites are located around the world, but many are in China, where much of the anti-piracy campaign will focus. A new site will direct fans to legal copies of affected works, which are available for a few hundred yen (equal to a few US dollars), the NHK noted.
“We want to create a project so that anime fans overseas can enjoy Japanese content legally and without infringement worries while the profits are paid to anime production companies and publishers,” the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry stated to the NHK.
Because Japanese anime and manga is a niche market outside of Japan, many people will watch anime and read manga with fan translations before they are licensed and legally distributed in their home country. The Japanese government and partnered foreign distributors will need to address this problem, and anti-piracy laws have done little to fix it so far.


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"FDI will help farmers prosper by removing middlemen from the supply chain and generate new jobs"
PTI | October 5, 2012
Backing Centre's decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said the decision will help farmers prosper by removing middlemen from the supply chain and generate new jobs.
Addressing the national executive of Indian Youth Congress here on Thursday night, Rahul said FDI in retail will help farmers store their produce safely for a longer duration, thus ensuring best value for their crops.
The 42-year-old AICC general secretary, who is here on a two-day visit beginning yesterday, said around 60 to 70 per cent of all perishable products in the country eventually rot due to lack of proper storage facilities.
The situation, however, will change once FDI in retail comes in, Rahul was quoted as saying in a Youth Congress release.
He said farmers could not get good price for their produce as the middlemen in the 'Mandis' would buy from them at very low rates and sell the same at a much higher price in cities.
But once FDI comes in, they will be taken out of this equation, he said.
FDI will also create lot of new jobs, which will not only lead to higher income generation but also significantly reduce unemployment, thereby having a salutary effect on the economy, he said.
He, however, said all contractual agreements that farmers get into with the retailers "should be carefully monitored" in order to ensure that interests of the farmer are not harmed.
Rahul noted that in the contemporary world, all economies are interconnected, thus having impact on each other.
"If something happens in the US, it will most likely affect events in India, and vice versa," he said.
Earlier, talking to members of the Jammu and Kashmir NSUI national executive, Rahul said it was important to win the hearts and minds of the student community in Kashmir.
"We need to earn their trust, their faith. I am here to win their trust through dialogue and deeds," he said.
Rahul also asked state NSUI leadership to bring a delegation of students to Delhi and meet Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal to sort out all issues concerned to them.
The major reason for high level of pollution in river Yamuna is inadequate flow due to over extraction of surface and ground water and discharge of untreated effluent, union minister Vijay Goel informed the Lok Sabha on Monday. He said the water resources ministry is supplementing the effor
Centrally sponsored schemes will now onwards run for a fixed period of time, thanks to a sunset date. An outcome review will also be carried out. In public policy, a sunset clause means that it shall cease to have effect after a specific date, unless further legislative/a
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Banks have advanced a staggering Rs 29,46,060 crore to the industrial sector, of which Rs 6.93 lakh crore are non-performing assets (NPAs). Finance minister Arun Jaitley informed


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Troubled department store chain JCPenney made an interest payment of about $17 million on its term loan that had been due back on May 7, the company said in a public filing today.
According to the retailer, it had a five-day grace period to make the payment before it was considered in default. The grace period allowed JCPenney to evaluate what it described as strategic alternatives.
JCPenney said that while none of those options have been implemented, they remain under consideration.


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The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has announced an increase in fuel prices, effective from 15th May to 14th June. The latest announcement highlights the strain faced by Kenyans, with fuel prices having adverse effects to both motorists and homes.
Super Petrol has increased by Kshs 5.43 per litre, Diesel has increased by Kshs 2.24 per litre and Kerosene has increased by Kshs 2.40 per litre. With Nairobi used as an example, Super Petrol will now retail at Kshs 112.03, Diesel will retail at Kshs 104.37 and Kerosene at Kshs 104.62.
The price increase has been attributed to the average landed cost of imported Super Petrol increasing by 11.39% from US$ 620.54 per ton in March this year to US$ 691.25 in April, the average landed cost of imported Diesel increased by 2.75% from US$ 624.51 per ton to US$ 641.67 per ton, and the average landed cost of imported Kerosene increasing by 2.00% from US$ 662.55 per ton to US$ 675.82 per ton.


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Kornit Digital and ColorGATE Digital Output Solutions GmbH will be collaborating to take their high-end industrial and professional solutions to the next level. Direct-to-garment printers can now profit from the trusted Kornit Digital quality, enhanced by the ColorGATE RIP performance optimization features.
EFI highlighted its groundbreaking design-to-print workflow – the EFI Digital Textile Ecosystem – at the new Avanprint USA tradeshow in New York, July 17-19. The EFI exhibit was a virtual display of technologies showing visitors the advanced benefits of garment workflows featuring EFI Optitex design and digital software, EFI Fiery digital front ends (DFEs) and EFI Reggiani inkjet printers.
Impression Technology under its brand name ThermTX is pleased to announce the release of the new ThermTX 44-inch rotary 3-in-1 rotary heat press Calendar.
The ThermTX 44-inch calendar is a truly affordable and an easy-to-use rotary press for a broad range of textile applications.
GJS Revolution Flex is an "all-in-one" thermal polyurethane heat transfer material for application to polyester, cotton, denim, leather and even nylon fabrics.
Mouvent is a new joint venture European digital printer manufacturer that has been formed by Bobst and Radex.
Impression Technology, under its brand name Pigmentinc, have released the GoTx series fabric pre-treatment machine.
Condé Systems is now offering the Reveal PrintPerfect 600T Cotton Decorating System for white, light, and dark coloured cotton or blended fabrics. Vivid Chemical's new PrintPerfect system consists of a printer loaded with Reveal Textile Series Ink, RIP software, and Reveal film.
GJS have published the dates and locations for their 2017 national Roadshow event series. In its third consecutive year, the GJS Roadshow has become a regular fixture in the print industry calendar and continues to grow in popularity with GJS once again expecting hundreds of attendees to attend sessions around the country this year.
EFI's FabriVU series of digital fabric printers received the EDP Award for the Best Roll-to-Roll Textile Print technology at FESPA 2017.
Mimaki Europe has reported that it had received two prestigious awards during FESPA.
Best Object Printer for the Mimaki UJF-MkII Series;
Best Textile Printer under 100 sq./h for the Mimaki Tx300P-1800 with its dual ink capability.
Sun Chemical’s digital textile ink range, SunTex, has achieved OEKO-TEX certification for its SunTex Sonata DTE ink series.
Mimaki has announced it will debut its entry-level sublimation inkjet printer, the Mimaki TS30-1300, at FESPA 2017. The show opens on the 8th May.
Mimaki has announced that its Sb54/310/410 and Sb320/420 sublimation inks have achieved the ECO PASSPORT certification from OEKO-TEX®. ECO PASSPORT is a mechanism by which textile chemical suppliers demonstrate that their products can be used in sustainable textile production.
Digistar Bravo has been developed with Industrial textile printing requirements in mind: high runability and best-in-class printing performance. The range consists of 11 vivid colours among which, the 2 blacks stand out for their deep intensity; high rubbing and light-fastness.
J-Teck3 has announced the launch of a completely new series of Digital Textile Pigment inks for Epson and Kyocera Print heads at Fespa 2017.
The Avinci DX3200 engine is designed for large-format soft signage prints of up to 3.2 m wide, at a resolution of up to 1440 x 540 dpi.
DTG Digital will bring to FESPA Hamburg their production M6 model and showcase all over, seam to seam industrial printing workflows with aqueous pigmented inks for fast fashion cotton garments.
Scott Donkin of Mutoh Australia told us that they will be showing at PacPrint for the first time the new ValueJet 1938TX, a 1910mm (75”) wide dual staggered head high quality direct-to-textile printer.
Ian Stone of GJS has produced an unbiased guide for first time users of heat presses or those wishing to upgrade
Kornit Digital has announced a global procurement agreement with Cimpress, the world leader in mass customisation. Under the agreement, Kornit started supplying multiple Avalanche Hexa R-Series systems to Cimpress last year and will continue to do so in 2017.
Luescher-Tschudi GmbH, the Swiss textile printer manufacturer has announced several new innovations that will be on show at FESPA 2017
In addition to their existing model, the T-Rex 320, the company is showing T-Rex 320 Mark II and their thermofixing unit Quickfix Neo Mark II. Both machines having additional new, detailed improvements for the high demanding textile printing developments. The new professional Raptor 320 printer, as well as the newly developed thermofixing unit Therminator 320 will also be on show.


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How a South L.A. supermarket proposal fell apart, after a decade of effort
To woo a new supermarket to South Los Angeles, city leaders offered up roughly two acres of city land for a single dollar — and proposed to sweeten the deal with $750,000 in federal funds to spruce up the site.
The new store would fill a barren patch at 94th Street and Broadway that had languished for decades, and provide fresh fruits and vegetables to families in an area bemoaned as a “food desert.”
At a Los Angeles City Council meeting in June just before Councilman Bernard Parks left office, the man who would soon replace him — Marqueece Harris-Dawson — praised Parks for his work on the celebrated plan.
“When we’re here, starting next week, we’re going to see it through until Councilman Parks can come back and buy lunch at the grocery store on 94th and Broadway,” Harris-Dawson said.
But less than four months after the City Council unanimously agreed to the deal, the company backed out. The land still sits empty, strewn with fast-food wrappers and abandoned furniture.
If you drive around the community you’ll see why it’s important to have a grocery store.
— Bernard Parks
The demise of the deal underscores the persistent struggle to bring supermarkets back to South L.A., where community leaders, researchers and residents have long lamented that there are fewer grocery stores per capita than in other parts of Los Angeles, making fresh and healthy food harder to reach.
The Numero Uno grocery chain said in a letter that Harris-Dawson and other city officials were demanding new conditions it wouldn’t accept. The deal dissolved in October amid a tug-of-war with the newly elected councilman over the look of the new market and which way the building would face.
Parks said his successor killed the grocery deal over “nonsense.”
“It took us over 10 years to get to a deal. If you drive around the community you’ll see why it’s important to have a grocery store,” said Parks, who left office because of term limits and backed another candidate running against Harris-Dawson. When the deal fell apart, “everybody just shook their heads and said, ‘This makes no sense.’”
But Harris-Dawson said the battle over the Numero Uno market sent an important message to local developers: “Do not take the situation of long-standing vacant lots or low-income communities as a license to propose shoddy projects.”
Harris-Dawson said he wanted to make the grocery store look less industrial and more inviting from the street — “up to the kind of standard our community deserves.” Documents prepared by his staff emphasized their goal was to raise the bar for future development, using the Numero Uno project to set an important precedent.
The councilman had suggested rotating the building to face Broadway instead of 94th Street, along with “embellishments” to “reflect a truer Mission style or Craftsman style,” according to a staff memo.
Without those “minor” changes, it would be “a cinder block with no visibility in or out,” Harris-Dawson said. “We didn’t suggest anything that they don’t do at another site.”
Numero Uno Acquisitions President Doug Minor declined to comment. Emails obtained through the California Public Records Act show that the company’s project manager objected to the idea of rotating the building, arguing it would increase the risk of delivery trucks colliding with people walking to the store.
Shifting the building could also make it harder for trucks to maneuver off Broadway to the store, the project manager added.
The changes could also shift more parking behind the store instead of in front, creating safety concerns, he said. Another company that developed senior housing next to the site echoed those concerns, saying it sharply opposed moving the building because it would create “a hiding space for criminal activity.”
Such clashes are not unusual when local governments try to court grocery stores — and other deals have also fallen apart as a result, said Dan Rosenfeld, a land use consultant who used to work as the senior economic development deputy for county Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.
Grocery stores “tend to believe, rightly or wrongly, that they need a certain number of parking spaces in front to succeed,” Rosenfeld said. “They don’t always want what an academically trained urban planner would want.… They believe they know their business best.”
Besides the concerns raised by the councilman and his staff, the company had also faced questions about whether it was considering closing a nearby store on Figueroa Street — a move that would mean it was replacing a South L.A. store rather than adding one.
Jenny Scanlin, then an employee with the Economic and Workforce Development Department, suggested in an email to department head Jan Perry that the city should do a new economic analysis of the project in light of that information, which could possibly lead to reducing the federal funding.
Perry balked at the idea. Scanlin, who declined to comment, stopped working for the department shortly after the dispute, and the city didn’t pursue a new analysis. Nonetheless, Numero Uno mentioned unspecified department demands tied to the existing Figueroa Street store in its letter pulling out of the project.
Harris-Dawson said the company had canceled a key meeting with city officials to discuss its concerns before backing out of the project entirely. It might be that “in the end it just didn’t pencil out for them, irrespective of the changes discussed,” the councilman said.
Parks said he wasn’t surprised that the company had pulled out, saying that Numero Uno had already endured a lengthy process to reach the city deal, including back-and-forth over the value of the land. “We had wrung them through the wringer,” Parks said.
Community groups have long complained that South L.A. suffers not only from having few grocery stores, but too few good ones.
The supermarket vacuum has been filled, in part, by corner and convenience stores with less fresh and healthy food. Markets in the area are less likely to sell fresh fruits and vegetables than groceries in other areas of the city, and the fruits and vegetables they do sell are more likely to be damaged or spoiled, according to a report by the nonprofit Community Health Councils Inc.
“Around here it’s just burger places and liquor,” said Sandra Marroquin, a former preschool teacher who lives down the street from the empty lot. She regularly drives to Gardena or Hawthorne to find organic produce and fresh herbs, lamenting that corner markets in the area sell vegetables that are “almost spoiled.”
Getting a grocer to move into the 94th and Broadway site was especially challenging because it wasn’t located at the intersection of two major streets, said Carolyn Hull, the former South L.A. regional administrator for the Community Redevelopment Agency, which was involved in the lengthy search for a supermarket. It was also smaller than the vast footprint sought by many established chains, Hull said.
But Gwendolyn Flynn, nutrition resources development policy director for Community Health Councils, said that despite the need for more supermarkets in South L.A., “we’re not going to accept just anything.”
Other areas such as Culver City set standards for new development, she said. “Are we saying that South L.A. shouldn’t have a say?”
In the aftermath of the fight, Harris-Dawson said he had high hopes for the vacant lot. It could provide a spot for more housing, a charter school or another market, he said.
“I don’t worry about having other opportunities,” Harris-Dawson said.
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Cadillac’s Green Hell commercial previewing the all-new ATS compact sport luxury sedan was the “most-viewed single advertising spot in U.S. television history”, according to Kantar Media’s Super Bowl audience study.
The spot, which was telecast at 9:37 PM EST during the game’s “two-minute warning” official timeout, reached an audience rating of 43.5 — the highest among all ad spots shown during the TV program, which reached 111.3 million viewers. Additionally, Kantar’s study showed that commercials broadcast during the Super Bowl’s fourth quarter “had higher viewership than those appearing earlier.”
The spot breaks the previous record for the largest audience watching a single commercial, which was held by a spot for the Chevy Camaro during Super Bowl XLV in 2011.
For those living under a rock, Caddy’s (stunning) Green Hell ad features the 2013 ATS making its way around the world-famous Nürburgring racetrack in Germany. It also directly calls out the BMW 3 Series.
The GM Authority Take
The commercial itself was not the most-watched ad of all time. Instead, it was the spot — the pot in time that the ad actually aired — that was most popular. Even so, we congratulate General Motors, Cadillac, and its advertising partners on a spot well-chosen and on an ad well-made. For the sake of recreation and good time, here is the 30-second ad… since we just can’t get enough of it:


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It is a shame that HTC doesn’t have a larger place in the smartphone market. For years it has crafted high-quality devices, and for a while it seemed that the focus on quality would win over the market. The Google Nexus One, for example, was far and away the best smartphone of its time. But recently HTC has hit a roadblock, and its name is Samsung.
With powerful marketing campaigns to go along with their powerful smartphones, Samsung has come to dominate the Android smartphone space. It’s not just with their flagship Galaxy S phones, though those have gone a long way in aiding their dominance. It’s a selection of phones that covers the smartphone market from top to bottom, edge to edge. HTC just can’t match that.
Where HTC can match Samsung is at the top of the market. While the Galaxy S III has captured much of the high-end market, we know that consumers will change their minds if something better comes along. The Galaxy S IV will likely fortify Samsung’s market dominance, but there will still be room at the top — especially for those who don’t enjoy Samsung’s TouchWiz UI or the feel of its phones.
In terms of phone feel, HTC has always had the upper hand. It continues along that high-quality path with the HTC One, which features an aluminum body. That makes it instantly more durable than the S3, and durability is one of the major concerns with that device. The 4.7-inch display nearly measure to the S3′s 4.8 inches, so there is little or nothing lost there.
I could sit here and extol the virtues of the HTC One’s specs — including its quad-core 1.7GHz processor (vroom) — but we all know that the specs do not make the phone. The user experience is what makes the phone. The New Sense UI could make a difference. It uses tiles instead of app icons, which has been pretty popular lately. You can also easily flip to the default icons screen with one swipe. The New Sense UI, at a glance, is a huge step up from previous Sense, which turned off many users. It’s just another example of a manufacturer taking advantage of Android’s openness. It’s not a new OS, but it sure feels like one.
Will the HTC One be enough to save a company that has been decimated by Samsung’s increasing popularity? It’s hard to see the answer being yes at this point. The market is simply enamored with Samsung. But there has to be room for other players, right? If that rings true, HTC is definitely the one. Their phones are far better than anything LG and Motorola put out. It might not make them a dominant player, but there will be many Android users thrilled with what the HTC One brings to the table.
Check out more at HTC’s website.


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Here’s some company news and ..this time from Microsoft about K2. Microsoft’s Emerging Business Team wrote an article on
K2 about 2 years ago. A few weeks back they wanted to update the story and asked K2 CEO Adriaan to speak about how we have continued to grow and innovate as a company and on the Microsoft platform.
Here’s the story


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Consumers living in emerging markets are paying up to three times more for broadband than their mature market counterparts, according to Ovum.
Research by the independent telecoms analyst into broadband in 15 emerging markets revealed that emerging consumers are paying far more on average than the rest of the world, despite earning the lowest wages.
Angel Dobardziev, an Ovum practice leader and author of the report on broadband pricing in emerging markets*, said: “The cost of broadband in some emerging countries is three times as high as in mature markets, which when coupled with low wages, makes it an unaffordable luxury for all except a small group at the top of the socio-economic pyramid.
“The striking difference in broadband prices in mature and emerging markets means there is a huge divide in terms of uptake of services.”
Nigeria’s broadband tariffs were among the most expensive of those sampled by Ovum, with the annual cost of some services reaching more than $2,000 per year, despite the country having a low GDP per capita at $1,170.
South Africa had the highest broadband prices of all the countries sampled. The annual cost of some services was found to be more than $5,000, against a GDP of $5,820 per year.
Angel adds: “The key to making broadband more affordable for emerging markets will be an increase in supply and competition, which is currently modest in most markets and non existent outside the key urban areas.
“However, many markets will require concerted regulatory and policy efforts to increase competition and supply and bring affordability within reach of the mass consumer market. As yet it is unclear how quickly this will happen.”
Ovum provides clients with independent and objective analysis that enables them to make better business and technology decisions. Our research draws upon over 400,000 interviews a year with business and technology, telecoms and sourcing decision-makers, giving Ovum and our clients unparalleled insight not only into business requirements but also the technology that organisations must support. Ovum is part of the Datamonitor group.


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Facebook spies on its users, steals their data, and sells it to private companies for use as advertising intelligence. If you’ve ever been around marketing people and the subject of Big Data ever comes up, that’s what they’re talking about- stolen data.
Facebook never tells its users that they are collecting and selling info on their posts, personal information, photos, interactions, and even their mousing behavior (meaning data from how you move your mouse around).
On top of all this, Facebook throttles conservative accounts and censors conservative content. They’ve been doing it for years, way before 2016. But now it’s worse than ever. Now they are doing it blatantly and shamelessly, out in the open.
But why? Why would they do this? How does it help them to openly betray at least 50% of their audience? We can’t say for certain precisely why they would do this. However, what is certain is when a company intentionally and repeatedly makes decisions that hurt its business, then they are probably hiding some kind of outside subsidization.
In other words, Facebook is protecting the interests of someone other than themselves, and they are either being paid to do so, or they are being strong-armed into doing so. Knowing how left-wing Silicon Valley is, it’s probably not strong-arming.
But it gets worse. Now Faceblock is calling for violence against conservatives.
Here’s Paul Joseph Watson with more.


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For many, the sight of classic cars trundling along country roads in summer is as quintessentially British as strawberries and cream.
But there are real concerns this could soon go up in smoke, if the latest plan to improve air quality comes to fruition.
The Government's Road Vehicles Improving Air Quality and Safety consultation is proposing kit cars would need to meet strict new emission laws.
Classic cars - vehicles over 40 years old - would be exempt, but owners of replica vehicles wishing to place an old engine into a new shell, for example, would likely be forced off the road, which is the crux of the concerns.
East Yorkshire MP, Sir Greg Knight, who is chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Historic Vehicles Group, raised concerns with the roads minister Jesse Norman MP on Monday.
He said: "Classic cars are part of the rich tapestry of recreational pursuits enjoyed in this country by many people. I would want to encourage it, not force people off the road.
"I put this down to civil servants not appreciating the fact that when people buy replica classic cars they want it to sound and drive like the original.
"If you're buying a replica E-type, for example, you're not going to want to put a Nissan engine in it, are you? A lot of these cars are built by small businesses scattered around the country."
Sir Greg, though supportive of efforts to improve air quality, accuses civil servants of using "a hammer to crack a nut".
"When you consider the number of cars on our roads, the effect on air pollution by kit cars will be negligible," he said. "It is a niche specialist hobby."
Car rallies are popular in the East Riding, with owners taking advantage of the county's miles of country roads. Shows are often held at stately homes, such as Sewerby Hall.
Richard Stapley, a classic car owner and former Hull City Council worker, spelled out the concerns of many enthusiasts.
He said: "If you find an old car in a barn and want to bring it back to life, you have to mix various parts - old and new.
"Such vehicles have to get what's known as Single Vehicle Approval, which is basically a super MOT. That's to ensure the vehicle has been put together properly and it's safe. Fine. No one I know has a problem with that.
"But what the government is proposing now is that vehicles, unless they are true classics or 'survivors', as I like to call them, must meet current emissions laws.
"For hobby guys like myself, there is simply no way you're going to get an engine built in the 70s, or earlier, through these tests.
"I'm 65. I've been building these cars since I was 20. This ruling, if it comes in, will make honest, decent people into outlaws."
John Francis, who lives near Beverley, is a classic car owner, and accuses the Government of being heavy-handed in its approach. He drew analogies to the country's smoking ban introduced in 2007.
Mr Francis said: "I'm not a smoker but look what the ban has done to the pub industry. The sensible option would have been for the Government to state every premises needs to have a smoking room, with a good ventilation system that protects customers.
"People are genuinely concerned at what the Government is suggesting. If these proposals are implemented, it will kill a multi-million pound industry, including part suppliers, craftsmen, magazines and car shows.
"I would be very interested to hear people's views on this."
Mr Francis also pointed out many classic car shows, most of which allow kit cars, raise money for local charities.
The Department for Transport declined to comment, but the Mail understands it is carefully considering responses to the consultation, which has now ended, ahead of making a decision.
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