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MILWAUKEE — The Miller Holiday Lites display will transform Miller Valley once again this holiday season.
For the 16th consecutive year, Miller Valley at the Milwaukee Brewery will transform into a holiday wonderland. Visitors will be able to see 750,000 lights synchronized to holiday music, more than 1,300 feet of garland. and a beer keg tree made with 225 barrels of beer.
The Holiday Lites display will offer free brewery mini-tours to all visitors, discounts at the Miller Brewery Shop, and other special giveaways. In addition, visitors who are 21 and older can sample beer at the end of the tour.
The show takes place every Friday and Saturday starting Dec. 6 and going through Dec. 21. Shows begin at 4:40 p.m., end at 9:00 p.m, and are 20 minutes long.
Visitors are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate to Toys-For-Tots or a non-perishable item for Hunger Task Force.
In addition to the display and giveaways, Miller will also offer a number samples such as MillerCoors beers, ciders, and flavored malt beverages.
"Holiday Lites has become a staple tradition for families throughout Milwaukee and Wisconsin," said Kindra Loferski, Manager of Guest Relations. "We encourage everyone to come out, enjoy the show, and celebrate the season in Miller Valley."


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Sainsbury’s to close 22 phone shops inside stores
British retailer Sainsbury’s has revealed its decision to close 22 phone shops inside its stores, a move that is expected to impact 160 employees.
Following a commercial review of its other in-store services, Sainsbury’s has agreed to enter into a commercial partnership with EE for the take over of its phone shops, reported Belfast Telegraph.
This was after the retailer had relocated a number of Argos outlets within its stores.
Sainsbury’s stated that it would look to redeploy the affected employees wherever possible.
According to trade union, Usdaw, a further 16 shops will be sold to EE with 106 employees to be transferred under TUPE. Usdaw added that 15 employees in the central telecoms team based at Ansty Park near Coventry face the risk of losing their jobs.
USdaw has entered into consultation talks with the retail company which would last at least 45 days. The trade union would represent the impacted employees and look to avoid redundancies by having them possibly employed within the Sainsbury’s’ group.
According to Usdaw national officer Joanne McGuinness, 'since the suspension of the Mobile by Sainsbury’s’ service in January last year, the union as well as the staff knew that the company was weighing its options and the subsequent review brought in the new partnership with EE.
McGuinness added: “Usdaw is also seeking early discussions with EE to ensure that the TUPE transfer goes ahead smoothly and that our members do not suffer any detriment in pay, terms and conditions or access to trade union representation.
“In the meantime we are providing our members with the advice, support and representation they require at this time of uncertainty.”
Sainsbury’s decision to close some of its phone shops comes days after its announcement to cut over 4,000 jobs as part of a restructuring program for its store operations.
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Inspiration was in the air during the most recent gathering of Global Traveler’s Globility Board. Thirteen of the board’s 20 members were on hand for a two-day event at The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa in Tucson, Ariz., to share their travel insights with members of Starwood’s Leisure Travel Advisory Board.
The free-wheeling discussion covered topics ranging from the pros and cons of using a travel agent to book travel to perceptions of hotel ancillary fees, such as daily Internet or facilities charges, tacked onto the room rate. Hotel loyalty programs were a hot-button issue leading to suggestions to consolidate accounts for spouses and partners, allow family members to book travel using the member’s points and credentials and implement brand standards that ensure a seamless loyalty experience from one hotel to another.
Established in 2012, the Globility Board is a consortium of frequent international travelers who represent Global Traveler’s readership and their interests. Their insights enable us to tailor our content to focus on issues and topics of interest to our globetrotting demographic; topics like this month’s article by Ron Kuhlmann discussing the history and relevance of airline alliances, and Karin Leperi’s article about staying connected to the office during extended business trips.
We round out the June issue exploring the four corners of the world with articles about Yokohama, Shanghai, Mumbai, Kenya, Antwerp, Marbella, Ireland, Orlando and the Azores, in addition to our always-informative columns on wine, spas, golf, technology, health, cruising, food and events.
Princess Premier, a new add-on recently launched by Princess Cruises, offers cruise-goers unlimited WiFi, premium/top-shelf beverages, photos and more. The new offer builds off the popular Princess Plus add-on to bring guests a more comprehensive bundle and savings of more than 50 percent when all the amenities are purchased separately.
Whether you prefer a villa on the beach or an ultra-luxe suite downtown, you’ll find everything you’re looking for in Los Cabos.
Recently, NoMo SoHo and its ownership, real estate and investment firm Sapir Corp Ltd., launched a curated NFT program, making NoMo SoHO the first hotel in the United States to offer guests an innovative way to book stays using blockchain technology.
From Aug. 9 to 17, Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, will vibrate to the sound of the world’s favorite Elvis Presley tunes as Elvis Week 2022 gets underway. This year’s event will be a fun-filled mashup of tributes, concerts, special events and celebrity appearances, including actress Barbara Eden, who starred with Elvis in the 1960 film Flaming Star and became a household name for her lead role in the long-running television series I Dream of Jeannie.
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What happens when three of the six French nationals residing in San Antonio get together? If they happen to be from a long line of proud French gourmands from three different regions of the country, they take what they know and make it something proudly Texan, while still adhering to their separate and collective culinary roots. That’s exactly what happened as a result of those three — Executive Chef Laurent Réa of Strasbourg, Philippe Placé of Chartres, and Jérôme Sérot of Lyon — meeting 20 years ago.
With a network of more than 450 independent luxury advisors, Travel Edge, the North American leader in luxury travel, released a report on its findings for travel trends in 2022. No doubt the pandemic can be blamed as the main culprit behind many of these changing trends in travel, with travelers attempting to regain moments lost over the last two years.
Global business travel is making its way back, even as the pandemic and other world events continue to challenge its return. In a recent poll from the Global Business Travel Association, more than four in five respondents (86 percent) from across the industry said they feel more optimistic than they did at the beginning of the year. Business travel bookings, the need to travel to do business and employee willingness to travel are all on the rise.
Nobu Barbuda is underway in the Caribbean, the newest installation to the Nobu Hospitality portfolio. The Nobu restaurant, all conceived by actor Robert DeNiro, debuted in 2021, and Nobu Barbuda’s first beach club opened this year.


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As audiences consume more global content, brands are tapping into the rising popularity of East Asian pop culture among U.S. audiences.
The soaring popularity of the multi-billion-dollar Japanese anime industry has not gone unnoticed by Netflix, Prime, Disney, or Sony Pictures—and it's about time that brands take similar notice.
‘Type S: Chiaki’s Journey,’ a four-episode series, debuts at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
Originating in Japan, the virtual idol trend is spilling over to mainstream livestreaming sites like Douyin and Taobao Live.
The company sees growing demand for anime over advertising in Japan and abroad.
Faulty accounting had been discovered at the Japanese anime studio after ADK bought it last summer.
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Will Governor Walz make wearing masks mandatory in Minnesota? The Governor said Monday he’s thinking about it.
“I often say everything’s on the table and that is no exception,” said Walz. “That’s been a part of the discussion since the beginning of the pandemic.”
Walz says wearing masks is the quickest way government can ease restrictions on businesses.
“If you are for the economy opening up and for restrictions being lifted, the surest way to do that is to wear a mask,” said Walz.
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Microsoft is getting ready to bring a mobile-optimized Large Gallery view to its Teams collaboration platform. As of today, the feature is available via the Teams desktop client, but it will soon be supported on mobile devices as well.
The Large Gallery layout update is currently marked as “in development” on the Microsoft 365 roadmap and will start rolling out to the Teams mobile clients in June 2021. This means that the Teams Android and iOS apps will allow users to swipe to see up to 49 participants in Teams meetings. “To provide a better experience for our Large Gallery for meetings on Teams mobile, we are introducing a mobile-optimized layout that let you swipe through all the participants in a meeting,” Microsoft explained on its product roadmap.
In addition, Microsoft Teams is releasing the Large Gallery view and Together Mode to all web users. This update was previously available in public preview, and it lets users change the layout to Large Gallery or Together mode during a meeting in Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome.
Microsoft has also revealed other improvements for Teams, including support for Webinars with up to 1000 participants, a restart option for Live Events, and the ability to disable video feeds. Microsoft Teams personal features such as group chats and video calls are now available for free to all users.


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Local tourist handicrafts are to have a new standardised branding, after the Ministry of Tourism, in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and funded by Japan, launched the Ke brand last week.
Ke, meaning heritage in Khmer, represents the Cambodian Handicraft Community, a national and provincial brand for all handicrafts made in Cambodia, and distinguishes them from imported products.
“The number of tourists increased for sure,” said Nguon, member of the Artisans Association of Cambodia and weaving specialist in the Ke project. “They want to buy some souvenirs made in Cambodia,” she said, adding that they don’t want imported products from China.
“Ke will be the brand for the local products; it will distinguish those products from the products imported from other neighbouring countries.”
The launch of Ke brand is part of “Improving Market Access for the Poor in Central Cambodia,” a project by the ADB and the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction that supports rural people in Kampong Thom.
But according to Nguon, the branding will cover the whole of Cambodia and while the design remains the same, each province will have its own Ke brand logo.
Eric Sidgwick, country director of ADB’s Cambodia Resident Mission said during the national launch of Ke that while the rapid growth of tourism continues to create significant economic benefits in Cambodia’s main tourism centers such as Siem Reap, Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville, “tourism’s contribution to poverty reduction in rural areas has been less pronounced”.
He said continued investments in rural infrastructure is required to provide remote rural communities with physical access to markets and at the same time expand tourist access to Cambodia’s ancient heritage sites and natural landscapes.
“As new sites are opened up, support for rural producers is required to capitalise on the needs of the tourist market, including strengthening local value chains, establishing and improving tourist services and marketing locally made products – including authentic Khmer handicrafts and unique local foods,” he said.
Ang Kim Eang, president of the Cambodia Association of Travel Agents, said according to numbers provided by the Ministry of Tourism, tourists spend about 20 to 25 per cent of their total spending during a tour on souvenirs.
He said it represents a large amount of money and if there is branding that identifies handicrafts are made locally, it will encourage tourists to buy more local products and souvenirs.
To protect the Ke brand and prevent any abuse, the Ministry of Tourism will set up a committee to monitor its use, according to Nguon.
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Last week, ended February 10, the cannabis industry saw the highest amount of investment and M&A activity announcements year-to-date, lending support to the hypothesis of increasing capital markets support in the cannabis industry.
The period witnessed a total of 30 announcements, including 14 capital raises, 11 M&A transactions and two stock listings, among others, Viridian Capital Advisors’ weekly report revealed.
To provide our readers with a better look at what’s been going on in the marijuana space, Benzinga reached out to Viridian analyst Harrison Phillips, who walked us through the most interesting transactions.
“A trend we’ve seen developing slowly but steadily [is one] where new channels are being developed to reach cannabis consumers, primarily due to limits in advertising. There is so much regulation in the space that, in such an entrepreneurial environment where there are really no incumbent leaders, people are trying to be creative and figuring out ways to reach the cannabis consumer, both as an undeserved demographic and, just one that has still got that taboo around it, [leading] to larger players not necessarily getting involved yet.”
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Pernod Ricard has released Rosie, its new Rosé spritz now available in the Australian market in time for summer.
The new spritz features flavours of strawberries, raspberries and a hint of cherry, packed in a ready-to-drink format and developed as an alternative to cider or beer.
“We’re really excited to give Aussies a new, convenient Rosé spritz just in time as the weather is warming up, making Rosie a great option for drinks with friends or family,” said Rosie wine ambassador Kristy Farrell.
“Crisp and full of fruity flavours, Rosie pairs really nicely with a range of food and we see it as the go-to drink this summer.”
Available in four-pack 330ml bottles, Rosie features colourful packaging and leafy illustrations across its label and carton.
Rosie is now available at Dan Murphy’s and BWS stores across the country for RRP $25.00.


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Latest Mac malware adds to 'troubling trend,' says security expert
Apple has updated its XProtect definitions after a new malware variant appeared, targeting Russian social network users. One security expert says the increase in OS X-specific malware is "troubling." However, the increase in Mac malware should not be overblown.
Earlier this week, Apple updated XProtect, the built-in OS X anti-malware service, with new definitions to help combat a new Trojan designed for the Mac operating system, dubbed Trojan.SMSSend.3666.
While already in wide circulation of Windows users, the Trojan made its debut on OS X machines in this new malware strain. Trojan.SMSSend.3666 is a fake installer application that claims to play music across Russian social network VK.com, which can be downloaded from a variety of sources, and attempts to deceive the user into entering a cell number to activate the software. In doing so, it subscribes the cell user to a chargeable subscription service that debits mobile phone accounts regularly.
Apple updated XProtect in a two-day turnaround, despite the low threat posed by the malware. Numerous other Mac-focused third-party anti-virus services were updated within 24 hours.
In the past year alone, Apple has combated a number of malware attacks to its OS X operating system. Flashback resulted in more than 600,000 Apple machines being infected earlier this year. And, while the increase in OS X malware shows a "troubling trend," according to one Mac expert, most Mac users should not panic, but also not remain complacent.
Security and Mac expert Thomas Reed said that Russian malware writers were likely behind the Trojan and are "aiming at a target that they are familiar with."
While Flashback was a problem for Mac users worldwide, an increasing amount of Mac-related malware is focused on users outside the U.S, according to Reed. "Many have been aimed specifically at Tibetan human rights groups and the Dalai Lama."
But above all else, the overall Mac malware threat should be not be underestimated for the future, but not be overestimated for the present. The latest Trojan.SMSSend malware is, "not really a big deal, but it adds to a troubling trend," Reed told ZDNet.
"By my current count, including SMSSend, there are now 35 different malware families that have ever affected OS X. Most of those are strung out over the history of OS X, but ten [around 28 percent] of all those malware families appeared this year alone." He added this rises to 11 out of 36 -- or just over 30 percent -- if you count the 2011 and 2012 variants of Flashback as different.
"Macs have become a larger target for malware writers, due to their newfound popularity."
Reed said that over the past year, "Macs have become a larger target for malware writers, due to their newfound popularity." But, he warned that the increased threat should be taken with a pinch of salt and not be blown out of proportion.
In the fourth quarter alone, Apple said during its earnings that it had sold 4.9 million Macs during the three month period ending in September, an increase of 1 percent on the same quarter a year ago. Apple also shipped more Macs than any other machines sold by individual PC manufacturer during the same quarter, the firm said.
As Reed notes, ten new strains of Mac malware per year is still quite low relative to the Windows world. The bigger threat is social engineering, which is harder to block with technology. Reed said: "...obviously there will always be users who can be tricked into doing something they shouldn't."


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Indie devs, including the creator of Boyfriend Dungeon, are speaking out about their concerns following the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard merger. They fear that indie devs who do not release their work on Game Pass won't be able to compete with the industry giant, describing the pricing of games as a "race to the bottom".
While Game Pass has helped indie titles reach a wider audience, some worry for the games that don't get approval to launch on the service. Boyfriend Dungeon developer Tanya Short says that the recent Microsoft deal "strikes fear" in the community, worrying that this could leave riskier, quirky games unable to reach an audience.
Speaking to the BBC, Short is particularly worried that this will leave big companies with a total monopoly on every major launch window in the year.
"This Activision acquisition strikes fear in us because it makes it so much more obvious – maybe they could dominate the rest of the year and then what do we do?", she says.
This is echoed by Yura Zhdanovich, a developer behind indie cyberpunk game, Replaced. He is concerned about the fate of indie titles that don't make it on to Game Pass, and how this cheaper way of gaming makes audiences less willing to spend money on smaller games.
"Conceivably, indie games outside of these services [Game Pass] might lose engagement as subscribers focus most of their attention on games they can access for free within the service", Zhdanovich says. "People are prepared to spend $1,000 dollars on a telephone and then get very offended if you ask them to pay $4.99 for a game."
The BBC also spoke to a representative from Microsoft, Sarah Bond. She says that Game Pass will continue to benefit indie developers, as internal data suggests that it encourages players to try games they wouldn't usually pick up. She says that 60 percent of Human Fall Flat players had never played a puzzle game before, and 40 percent of them went on to pick up another puzzle title outside Game Pass.
It's also worth noting that Game Pass has previously been praised for its indie game support. Back in 2019, the developer of Descenders was surprised to see the title reach 600,000 players via Game Pass, and even saw boosted sales just by having it featured in Game Pass advertising.
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If you have a spare million or ten sitting in your bank account, you'll be pleased to know that Wu-Tang Clan have finally decided what they're going to do with the sole copy of their new album, Once Upon A Time In Shaolin.
After receiving a $5 million offer from a secretive buyer and going quiet on the release, the Wu have decided to go by a route more favoured by post-internet artists like Molly Soda. They're going to auction the record off through Paddle8, the online auction house better known for pioneering the sale of digital art (read: GIFs).
"We are honored that the Wu-Tang Clan has selected Paddle8 as the partner for the extraordinary sale of their one-of-a-kind album – a work of art that brings together the nine voices of the Wu-Tang Clan, perhaps for the last time,” Paddle8 cofounder Alexander Gilkes told the New York Observer.
"The album is a boundary-pushing masterpiece, and we are eager to make it available to Paddle8’s global collecting audience later this month."
The auction will take place as a private sale and Paddle8 will be in charge of vetting potential buyers – so no, you can't just email pretending to be RZA's mum and offer them a billion dollars. The album currently lies in a custom-made silver box locked in a vault below some mountains in Marrakech (seriously).


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Constantly carried, it comes as no surprise that cellphones have become the camera of choice for most young travelers. Being easy to transport is a huge plus. And as demonstrated above the picture quality can easily outperform many cheap digital cameras.
With filters and editing abilities on the phones. Now, people are using their cellphone cameras to capture more than selfies. Many have turned it into an art.
Want to see more instagram worthy cellphone shots?
Check out international iPhone photographers’ work displayed throughout Florence June 17-18. iPhoneography in the Oltrarno themes range from ‘Visionaries’ to ‘Visions of Tuscany.’
The ‘cellulart’ will be on display in several venues: Studio 108 (via dei Sapiti), 4 Leoni (piazza della Passera) and Tethys Gallery (via dei Vellutini 17r). To learn more visit www.studio108firenze.it
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Late last year, in December 2019, a specially selected set of students from top Australian universities became the seventh set to complete Huawei's Seeds for the Future program, learning about China, Huawei and more.
The 30th Anniversary of the Internet Gala Dinner was a major celebration marking 30 years of the Internet in Australia - here's a final wrap of the event, with testimonials, first memories of the Internet, an event video wrap, interview with Peter Coroneos and more.
The Communications Alliance has released its "first expanded Complaints in Context report, showing that for participating service providers in July to September of this year, there were 6.8 complaints received by the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) per 10,000 Services in Operation (SIO)".
Five highly innovative Australian technologies have won awards in the second round of Consensus Awards in 2019, across Software, Innovation, GreenTech and AgTech.
amaysim is promising three recharges of "truly unlimited mobile data", with no mention of speed caps, and it's the first such pre-paid offer, although Telstra's now discontinued $199 Ultimate 24-month contract plan with your choice of flagship phone and truly unlimited, uncapped 4G was the first such plan in Australia.
The Melbourne Cup is the race that stops the nation, and watching online is a great alternative to watching on TV, so what are your options?
Launching its new product range for late 2019 at the Archie Rose Distillery earlier this week, Epson's new large format printers, its new scanners and its new Ecotank range are just the tonic needed for enhanced productivity, gadget goodness and tech triumph.
Think of a cross between X factor and Startups Got Talent and you've arrived at StartCon's Pitch for US$1 million competition, one of the world's largest, with entries open to more countries and startups than ever before.
Pledge 1% is a non-profit global movement that’s creating a new normal for companies of all sizes and stages to integrate giving back into their culture and values.
As Peter Coroneos releases the next in a series of video interviews leading up the the big event, with Peter interviewing Macquarie Telecom co-founder Aidan Tudehope below, the numbers have now reached the venue limit of almost 400 guests.
Developed by customers for customers, the Honeywell User Group (HUG) event gave attendees an opportunity to learn about new technologies, project implementations and industry trends, and the media briefing session can be seen in full below.
Yesterday, Peter Coroneos sat down with Michael Malone in Centennial Park Sydney, to reminisce over some of the highs and lows of the last 30 years, as we wind down the final weeks until the 30th Anniversary of the Internet in Australia Celebrations.
The first set of Apple's new products for late 2019 have arrived, with new iPhones, a new entry-level iPad and new Apple Watch with always-on display, alongside Apple Arcade and Apple's streaming TV service, with new iPad Pros and a new MacBook still to come, presumably in October.
StartCon is Australia's largest Start Up conference, with Uber, eBay, Airbnb just some of the international speakers, with 4000+ expected to arrive and around 100 international and local speakers - it's a can't miss event!
On 31 October, over 400 industry leaders, pioneers, technologists, entrepreneurs, decision makers, executives and policy makers will gather to remember the history – and re-imagine the future – of the Internet in Australia.
Starting in Q4 2019, Nokia smartphone fans can get their hands on the Android 10 software upgrade and start enjoying the very latest Android experiences.
EPYC's epicness is easy to depict, for its superlative speeds and superb security, coupled with a qualitative quantity of cores bound by impressive Infinity Fabric has delivered astonishing performance to utterly crush the competition at powerfully proactive pricing and terrifically thrifty TCO.
Clickbait-loving naybobs of negativity once bemoaned that most of Apple's sales were attributable to its iPhone, and that there are no cheap mid-range models, but now that Apple has grown, adding newer products and services, 'lower' but still in the tens of MILLIONS of iPhone sales are... bad?
If you're an Apple doomsayer, the company keeps playing you like a fiddle with its stellar results, unparalleled product line, app and hardware ecosystem, high quality customers and meaningful profits that propel the company and its users forward.
The ACOMMS are the Australian telecommunications industry's premier awards for excellent, and with the finalists announced (and listed below in full), Huawei noted its marketing campaign for the P30 Pro launch in Sydney and Paris was in the running for a prestigious ACOMMS award.
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One of the keys to success can be as simple as: “location, location, location.” For developers of new beverages, the phrase is not as cliché as it sounds. Not only are consumers shopping across more channels than ever, retailers are offering more spaces for beverages, too.
As restaurant operators continue to recover from the effects of the recession, fast-casual restaurants have received positive marks from analysts. According to Chicago-based Technomic Inc.’s 2011 Top Fast-Casual Chain Restaurant Report, the foodservice segment outpaced the rest of the restaurant industry in 2010, with the top 100 chains growing 6 percent to nearly $18.9 billion. The total units grew 3.9 percent, which was slower than last year, but faster than other dining segments, according to the report.
Technology has made nearly everything shoppable in recent years, from billboards to social media sites. If the 2010 holiday shopping season was any indication, it’s serving as an increasingly important tool for consumers making purchasing decisions. This past holiday season marked the point when smartphones and other interactive technologies switched from “novelty to something that the average shopper [was] excited about because of the utility that technology affords,” says Alexandra Smith, a global analyst at Chicago-based market research firm Mintel International Group.
The grocery store segment consists of equal parts of decline and optimism. According to a grocery store retailing study published in July 2010 by Chicago-based Mintel International Group, the grocery products market grew by just 0.6 percent in food, drug and mass merchandise outlets. This market includes bakery, dairy, deli, edible, frozen foods and drinks, general merchandise, health and beauty items, and non-edible products, but excluding alcohol beverages.
No matter who you ask or which study you read, consensus suggests that constraint and resourcefulness are the new norms in grocery shopping. Given the still less-than-robust economy, a tight consumer credit market and sluggish consumer confidence, Americans have changed the way they shop. Moreover, many agree that these new behaviors are here to stay. The so-called new consumer — one who is slower to spend and always looking for ways to make $2 buy what $4 once did — is still out there.
Second Glass hosted Wine Riot in Chicago on May 2 and 3. Wine Riot offered attendees an all-access pass to hundreds of new wines as well as multiple educational sessions about different wine styles and varietals. (Photos by Jennifer Haderspeck)
Iuliana Nita, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics global marketing manager of food and beverage, offers her insights about ensuring sanitary performance of beverage dispensing equipment in foodservice applications. She also will offer some tips about choosing the right kind of tubing to handle acidic beverages.
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IT’S a virtual wallet you can use to pay for all sorts of things.
Groceries, bills, transport, food, drinks – and the list goes on, with more Malaysians using e-wallets in their smartphones.
Scanning a QR code or tapping a button in the app is all it takes to make payments, either with prepaid credit or charging it directly to your credit card.
At the same time, you can collect points, redeem rewards and enjoy discounts.
It sounds promising, and true enough, e-wallet players are recording more users. They’re also expanding the network of merchants who accept such modes of payment.
At the moment, though, e-wallets are in their infancy in Malaysia.
But it is expected to grow, and as it does, we will take a step closer towards a cashless society.
Cashless payments make up about 20% of total payments in the country, with only half of that involving e-wallets, based on a report last year by The Star.
But, as with any new technology, it also brings new risks, particularly in cybersecurity.
With the use of online payment platforms, the fraudulent use of payment networks and data theft have also gone up, says CyberSecurity Malaysia (CSM).
And yes, they have received complaints about e-wallets.
So far, two incidents involving blockchain e-wallets were reported to CSM last year.
“The two incidents involved fraudulent transactions and an e-wallet account being compromised,” CSM chief executive officer Datuk Dr Amirudin Abdul Wahab tells Sunday Star.
In the first incident, the victim made a payment to buy e-wallet bitcoins. The transaction used a bitcoin address as the intermediary in the digital money transfer. While the seller showed proof of transaction, the victim did not receive the credits he paid for.
Another e-wallet account was compromised when the victim realised that the balance of the account had been reduced.
“After checking, money was transferred to a suspicious e-wallet address without the user’s authorisation,” explains Dr Amirudin.
Aside from such cases, other scams and risks faced by users include hacking, malware that can give criminals access to devices and sensitive data, phishing attacks in which the user is lured to reveal passwords and other private information.
Some hackers also use ransomware to gain remote access to their victim’s device, blocking the victim from using the device until a sum of money is paid.
Using public Wi-Fi can also expose personal information to cybercriminals; users should avoid doing digital transactions on public computers and networks.
There’s also this obvious risk: If you lose your phone, you could lose your e-wallet if it’s not hosted on an Internet service.
And, “If your device’s battery runs out, you will also lose access to your wallet temporarily,” Dr Amirudin points out.
He says data security and confidentiality should be a priority for financial institutions. Continuous investments in people, systems and processes will assure customers that their financial affairs are kept secure and private.
“As such, CSM as the national technical cybersecurity specialist encourages and invites all e-payment or e-wallet merchants and developers to work with us to improve security and ensure the protection of national wealth and economic growth,” Dr Amirudin urges.
Acknowledging that e-wallets are a growing trend here, CSM foresees such platforms fulfilling its potential, transforming not just how consumers transfer money to each other but also how consumers pay for products and services, both offline or online.
“The Fourth Industrial Revolution will affect the landscape of cash transactions, turning it into cashless transaction.
“It is known that cash transactions are costly compared with the efficiency and effectiveness of electronic payments.
“It is a cost effective solution that makes business sense,” Dr Amirudin says.
Quoting a study by the Royal Bank of Scotland and Natwest (Britain’s National Westminster Bank) in 2014, he says a customer who uses mobile and online banking instead of going to a physical bank branch stands to save about 24 hours and about 10km of travelling distance per year.
Among Internet users, smartphone penetration in Malaysia is high, with most subscribed to a mobile data plan.
“With such high penetration of mobile devices, Malaysia is well-positioned to transition into a cashless society,” adds Dr Amirudin.
Bank Negara Malaysia predicts that mobile payments will likely continue its rapid evolution.
“From this, new opportunities will emerge, including a greater potential for collaborative opportunities whether at the industry-wide level or between incumbent players and new entrants,” it says in its recent bulletin.
The central bank also agrees that, “shifts towards greater usage of e-payments will also lead to new risks”.
“In this regard, the Bank, in collaboration with the industry, will continue to be vigilant in safeguarding the stability and reliability of Malaysia’s payment systems.
“At the same time, we will promote greater market competition and payment efficiency,” it says.
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Peak Production Improves Tooling Process and Manufacturing Efficiency With Stratasys Fortus 450mc 3D Printer
After a string of rather dismal financial numbers in 2015, 3D printing titan Stratasys and their new CEO Ilan Levin have spent the better part of 2016 working to improve the company’s finances and operational efficiency. To do this, Stratasys has focused in on the niche markets that they have had undoubted success in, and as their 2016 second quarter financials indicate, the strategy seems to be paying off thus far. One of the areas they’ve succeeded in is with their commercial-grade FDM 3D printing, namely with the Fortus 3D Printer line.
Earlier this year, Stratasys unveiled an array of enhancements for their commercial-grade Fortus FDM printer line. The primary focus of these improvements was to reduce the cost and production time required for prototyping, tooling, and end-use parts. One of the companies that has taken advantage of Stratasys’ FDM printing is Peak Production Equipment Ltd., a UK-based manufacturer of automated test equipment and test fixtures. By utilizing the Fortus 450mc Production 3D Printer to assist in the production of jigs and fixtures, Peak Production has reportedly reduced their lead times by 90% and production costs by 50% compared to CNC machined parts.
Servicing high-end clients like Rolls Royce, Siemens, and BAE Systems, Peak Production manufactures a wide array of test equipment, from simple test boxes for subcontract manufacturers to standalone high specification test racks and systems used in the aerospace and defense industries. The Fortus 450mc has enabled the manufacturer to rapidly create tools and increase production efficiency, especially in regards to turnaround times for their customers.
“The production of high value tools such as jigs and fixtures using 3D printing is an application widely adopted by manufacturers around the world to great success,” said Andy Middleton, President of Stratasys EMEA. “Operating its 3D printer 24/7, Peak Production is the ideal example, demonstrating how 3D printing can be utilized as a high volume production method for tooling applications to rival, and in this case, replace traditional manufacturing methods. The ability to produce high performance 3D printed parts that can match the strength of traditional tools – faster and more cost-effectively than ever before – offers manufacturers a new way to innovate, increase productivity and become more competitive with their manufacturing.”
For their jigs and fixtures, Peak Production has turned to Stratasys’ Nylon 12 and ABS materials, both of which provide part strength comparable to CNC machined tools. For jigs, such as mechanical and pneumatic push down tools, the Fortus system has enabled the manufacturer to test and assemble these complex parts directly on the production line, while the printer’s large build size has given Peak improved flexibility to customize and optimize the performance of individual tools.
Peak Production has been using the Stratasys Fortus 450mc Production 3D Printer to improve their tooling process and manufacturing efficiency for 18 months now. Not only has 3D printing technology enabled them to produce more complex tools of various sizes on demand, it’s also helped reduce the number of manual processes needed during production, helping to maximize manufacturing efficiency. The printer was purchased from Stratasys UK reseller Laser Lines, and Peak Production plans on adding another Fortus system to their manufacturing family in the coming year. Discuss further in the Peak Production Uses Stratasys Fortus 3D Printers forum over at 3DPB.com.
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Cryptocurrencies are digital assets based on cryptology and distributed ledger technology (DLT). Cryptocurrencies use cryptography to secure transactions and control the creation of new units.
2021 was a great year for cryptocurrency, with the cryptocurrency prices of Ethereum touching a whopping $4,800, the highest ever. The main question that now stands is, what to expect in 2022? Here are some of the top crypto trends expected in 2022:
The Market Has Enough Maturity to Have a Bitcoin ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund)
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rejected several applications for Bitcoin ETFs in the past, but we will likely see one soon.
Many investors are interested in Bitcoin, but they are not able to put their money in it because of its high volatility. Also, many countries have already applied taxes on Bitcoin transactions. Make sure to check out the guide on bitcoin taxes to learn more. An ETF would bring a lot of capital into the cryptocurrency markets and make Bitcoin more stable.
Stable Coins Are Evolving Just as Blockchain Technology Is
Stable coins are cryptocurrencies that are pegged to currencies like the dollar or euro. They can be used for payments and cross-border transactions—and they’re more stable than other cryptocurrencies. They’re also used for hedging against price volatility and trading on margin, as well as providing investment opportunities in stocks and bonds (though these gains will not be exempt from taxes). Therefore, in the same way that blockchain technology is evolving, so are stable coins.
As more people adopt cryptocurrency technology across all industries in 2022 and beyond, expect these types of currency to become more prevalent in mainstream use cases.
Privatization and Adoption Are Drawing Big Corporations
Cryptocurrencies have been around for quite some time, but they’ve never been adopted by the masses. Today, however, there are many big corporations adopting cryptocurrencies and using them in their businesses. Some of the most notable include Walmart Inc., Amazon Inc., and Starbucks Corp.
While Bitcoin has been around since 2009, adoption by major corporations has taken time due to regulatory issues surrounding cryptocurrencies like taxes and security concerns.
However, these hurdles are beginning to be overcome with new technologies entering the space like blockchain technology, which provides an immutable ledger system that allows anyone who owns coins/tokens created within these blockchains access rights based on how many coins/tokens one owns relative to others within said blockchains.
Cryptocurrency Exchanges Have Grown in Size, Users, and Liquidity
With so many different assets and exchanges available, it’s no surprise that these platforms have evolved to become more than just places where you can buy and sell crypto.
Today’s exchanges offer a variety of services, including lending, staking, trading, and earning dividends on your holdings—all to attract new customers. In addition to this evolution from being just a place to trade cryptocurrencies into a platform for trading/lending/staking/earning etc.
Defi Ecosystems Are on Their Way to Growing Big
DeFi is short for decentralized finance, and it’s an open financial system built on blockchain and smart contracts. It’s censorship-resistant, permissionless, and borderless. This means that you can send money from one country to another without a middleman or any other authority intervening.
DeFi is also transparent because all transactions are recorded on the blockchain in real-time. The idea behind DeFi is to create a trustless environment where people can lend or borrow money without worrying about fraud or scams being perpetrated against them.
The good news? You don’t need to understand how DeFi works to take advantage of it; there are many different services out there that might appeal to your needs!
NFTs Are Gaining Popularity Due to the Growing Interest From Retail Investors
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are crypto-tokens that represent a unique digital asset. Unlike fungible tokens, which can be interchangeable and have identical values, NFTs are not interchangeable, and there are varying levels of rarity.
For example, you could have a rare digital painting that is worth $200 million, while the same artist’s other paintings may only be worth $10 each. In this case, you would hold onto your painting because it has real value, and since it cannot be duplicated, no one else can buy it from you at any price they choose.
Another interesting application of NFTs is in the gaming industry, where players can purchase collectibles such as characters or items in games like Fortnite or League of Legends (LOL). With LOL, for example, players can spend real money on virtual skins for their teams’ characters which could eventually become valuable if certain players become famous within the game community.
Regulators Will Get Involved in Crypto Markets in a Major Way in the Next Couple of Years
The regulatory landscape surrounding cryptocurrency is becoming more complex, and this trend will likely continue in the years to come. Regulators will get involved in cryptocurrency markets in a major way in the next couple of years for several reasons:
- To bring legitimacy to digital currencies. There are many benefits of regulation—more trust among users, easier access for new investors, more transparency for everyone involved—and regulators are going to realize them sooner rather than later.
- To protect customers from scams and frauds. We’ve already seen some signs that this may be happening already; Japan recently banned some ICOs (initial coin offerings) after they discovered that many were fraudulent or even scams designed solely to steal money from investors.
It is safe to say that cryptocurrencies are here to stay. Cryptocurrency value will keep increasing, and it will keep growing. Eventually, they will be a part of all our lives. Cryptocurrency markets are one of the fastest-growing markets in the world today, and it’s only going to get bigger with time.
Cryptocurrencies are a good investment because cryptocurrency prices are extremely volatile; this means that if you invest in cryptocurrencies at an opportune time, your investments can increase exponentially rather quickly—just like how Bitcoin went from $1,000 per coin to over $20k per coin in just nine years! The same thing could happen with any other cryptocurrency.


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If college professors are genuinely worried about the costs of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, here’s an idea. Why don’t they help out by… er… cutting the cost of college?
It’s one thing to hear complaints about the burden of rising prices on the average American household. It’s another to hear them from people who raise their own prices by twice the rate of inflation every year.
New estimates from the Federal Reserve of New York suggest — guess, actually — that the latest round of tariffs will raise prices on an average U.S. household by about $830.
The calculations are based on research from economists at top schools such as Columbia, Princeton, UCLA and Yale. These are institutions that now charge kids as much as $200,000 for a liberal arts degree.
Consumer price inflation so far this millennium has been about 2% a year.
Private colleges: Try 4.6%.
Sure, the tariffs might end up adding to the costs of things like clothing, technology, and household appliances. But the prices of these things have been falling for years anyway.
According to federal data, clothing costs less than it did 25 years ago. Ditto consumer durables . And technology costs are in free-fall. They’ve halved in 10 years.
iPhone X was $999 when it was launched 2017. You can get it today, new, for $699. During the same period, says the College Board, private colleges have jacked up the cost of a degree by another $9,300. But heavens, yes, let’s worry about the crushing burden of rising iPhone prices. How will kids ever be able to afford their professors’ compulsory textbooks?
If graduates end up being crushed under their student loans, well, let’s pass those costs onto the taxpayers instead. The one thing we could not possibly do, of course, is actually cut the costs of the degrees.
At this point it seems almost gratuitous to add that these estimates about the tariffs’ “costs” from the Department of Wild Guesses and Economic Astrology anyway. They rely on a tottering mountain of questionable assumptions, piled one on top of another.
While the trade war may put some prices up, it’s far from clear which ones and by how much. People and companies adapt. Trump now wants to subsidize farmers precisely because many food prices are falling.
Retailers who talked about the trade spat on their recent Wall Street earnings calls said, yes, that prices might rise. But they also said they were replacing Chinese sources with those from other countries, such as Vietnam.
And discount retailer TJX
— owner of TJ Maxx, Marshall’s and Home Goods — said of the trade dispute, in effect, “bring it on.”
Meanwhile gasoline is down 7% in a month. Crude oil is down even further. Oh, and the Chinese currency
is down 6% against the U.S. dollar
in the past month.
So that will effectively result in a 6% fall in the dollar-cost of Chinese imports.
When the cost of a U.S. college degree falls 6%, call us.


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BlackBerry aims to get its QNX operating system to become the dominant OS in the automotive world, but analysts are split on how successful the company’s efforts are thus far. Some feel that the company’s efforts around BlackBerry QNX Neutrino are impressive, while others say they’re doubtful.
BlackBerry QNX Neutrino in more cars
Macquarie analyst Gus Papageorgiou recently visited the company’s QNX headquarters to learn more about its BlackBerry QNX Neutrino operating system. Following that visit, he reiterated his Outperform rating and US$11.40/ C$15.20 target price on the company’s stock, so he was clearly impressed with what he saw. In fact, his long-term target price for BlackBerry is $45 per share.
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According to him, BlackBerry may be able to push this metric into the “very high single digits.” He also feels that BlackBerry QNX Neutrino can become the default automotive operating system similar to how iOS and Android are for smartphones and Windows is for PCs. If BlackBerry achieves this, he sees “significant financial benefits.
Cyber-security for the car?
He sees the delivery of a platform that’s compliant with POSIX that developers will be able to support as one of the most important software development areas. And if the company successfully does this, he believes the average selling price per car for BlackBerry QNX Neutrino will be “well above” the $1.50 that’s estimated currently.
The Macquarie analyst also believes that BlackBerry is working on some kind of cyber-security service for the connected car for release sometime this fall. Given the company’s strength in the area of cyber-security, this is a natural expansion for QNX, and Papageorgiou sees the potential for a major recurring revenue stream here.
Given how often hackers are successfully breaking into cars and sometimes taking over control of some models, it seems pretty clear that strong cyber-security is needed for connected cars even before most people own cars that are connected to the Internet all the time. Consumers would probably gladly pay quite a bit to protect their vehicles.
“Doubtful” automotive efforts?
Goldman Sachs analyst Gabriela Borges is extremely bearish of BlackBerry’s efforts around QNX, calling them “doubtful” in a report earlier this month. She has a Sell rating and $8.50 price target on BlackBerry shares.
Based on the company’s own commentary “and 2-3 year production cycles,” she feels that BlackBerry’s auto business won’t ramp much until 2019, adding that the auto business was “trading at an implied 13-17X revenue.” She warned also that she sees risks that the company will miss estimates for the second half of fiscal 2018 and for fiscal 2019, adding that she believes enterprise mobility is becoming even more competitive as bigger providers bundle their offerings.
BlackBerry shares tumbled on Tuesday, falling by as much 1.01% as to $8.86 on the NASDAQ. The stock reached its highest levels in three years in late May and early June and since has been pulling back.


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Amazon announced that they are in search of a location for their second headquarters. The new headquarters facility is expected to create 50,000 jobs and bidders are welcome to submit their proposals to woo the Amazon opportunity. While that, in itself, sounds great, there may be more in the works than just a new headquarters. Let me share my theory on what this may indicate.
THE LOCATION SHORTLIST
First, companies like Amazon do not go into major decisions like this without already having a pretty good idea of how it will end. There is just too much risk at stake. In this specific case, the physical location of the second headquarters. Prior to making the announcement, I suspect Amazon already done their due diligence and has an internal shortlist of potential locations they would accept.
When evaluating Amazon’s two core businesses, Amazon.com and Amazon Web Services (AWS), both rely heavily on technology. Therefore, a headquarters location must have a strong technology ecosystem that can support their separate growth trajectories.
While just about any major city in the US could support a new headquarters, tech-centric locations on the shortlist may include Silicon Valley, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Austin, Atlanta, New York or Boston. One outlier may include Washington DC/ Virginia. Why? As Amazon continues their spectacular growth, innovation and acquisition of competitors, it will need stronger ties to government in-circles.
So, which location? My theory is that the process is more of a formality and the decision is between a couple of locations that will come down to local/ state tax incentives. If true, the shortlist is a few locations less than outlined above.
IS A SPLIT ON THE HORIZON?
It is not common for companies to suggest a second ‘headquarters’ location. It does happen, but not often. There may be an undercurrent driving this move. Amazon has two core businesses; Amazon.com and AWS. Almost two years ago, Amazon announced that Andy Jassy would be promoted to CEO of AWS. This may be the first market in a longer-term strategy for Amazon.
One challenge Amazon continues to face is conflict between their core Amazon.com business and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Major customers of AWS continue to flee when Amazon.com moves into a competitive role. Essentially, Amazon.com gains are negatively impacting AWS. For example, Walmart is just one of the latest customers to do so. In the enterprise space, prospective customers have expressed concern that AWS (historically) is not Amazon’s core business. The distribution business is their core. Of course, in the past few years, AWS has grown significantly. However, it still presents a challenge. Splitting Amazon into two companies with Andy Jassy taking on new AWS entity could be the solution.
But there is a potential problem with splitting AWS from Amazon. When they operate as a combined company, Amazon is not required to disclose their significant AWS customers as they are not material in revenue to their core business. However, if the two companies were to split, this disclosure could be required and would bring focus to who AWS’ material customers are…in a very public way.
Now, if none of AWS’ customers are material, or contribute a significant amount of value (individually) to their financial revenue, this issue is not relevant. However, I suspect that Amazon.com is a major consumer of AWS’ services. And there may be a couple of other major customers.
If there are significant, material customers in the mix, it could present concerns among shareholders of AWS. Today, we don’t have clarity to this issue due to the economic halo effect of the core Amazon.com business. Splitting the companies brings this potential issue to light…and may be the reason Amazon has not split the two companies yet.
IMPACT TO SEATTLE ECOSYSTEM
The last driver may be the Seattle ecosystem itself. Seattle is a vibrant, technology metropolis that supports several major technology companies like Microsoft and Amazon. In addition, major companies like Boeing and Costco consume a significant footprint too. Big companies bring great opportunities and economic growth to communities. However, they can have a downside too. Cost of living increases, risk of losing a company, limited skilled people are all risks that offset the opportunities. One can look to the SF Bay Area/ Silicon Valley to see how this is playing out, how competitive it is for talent and how hard it is to relocate someone to the Bay Area.
It is probable that with Amazon’s success and growth trajectory, they may feel that the Seattle ecosystem is starting to become limiting or incapable of handing the entirety of a company like Amazon today and moving forward. If this were the case, I suspect the shortlist of potential suitors may not include Silicon Valley, New York or Boston.
All that being said, my theory is that there is an impending split on the horizon for Amazon. The move of Jassy to CEO, AWS’ continued growth and secondary factors point to this as a possible outcome. That coupled with the ability for AWS having proved it can stand on its own without the core Amazon.com business further support the perspective.
I look forward to hearing what you think. Share your thoughts in the comments below!


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BigBuy launches dropshipping connector for Amazon.nl
Wholesale platform BigBuy has launched its new connector, which enables selling on Amazon.nl, the Dutch Amazon marketplace that opened its doors in March last year. BigBuy wants to help its B2B customers sell on Amazon.nl without the need to invest in stock.
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As a wholesale platform, BigBuy is specialized in supplying many products to companies and entrepreneurs who sell online throughout Europe. Recently, the company announced the launch of its connector for dropshipping on Amazon.nl, which finally launched in March 2020.
Dropshipping connector for Amazon.nl
The company’s multi-channel integration platform allows sellers to automatically configure and manage their ecommerce, marketplaces and other digital channels. It has now connected Amazon.nl to its platforms, which already features connectors for eBay, AliExpress, Rakuten, Cdiscount and many more popular online marketplaces in Europe. “Thanks to our technological investment and our logistics capabilities, selling on Amazon is now much simpler for any individual to do”, CMO Mario Fontán says.
Selling on Amazon is now much simpler to do.
How the dropshipping connector works
Retailers who want to start dropshipping on Amazon.nl just need to select the products they want to sell from the BigBuy catalogue, which includes over 100,000 products, and start generating sales without needing to invest in stock.
“With this new connector, sellers can automate the synchronization of catalogs, prices, tracking and orders from one single interface, simplifying the management of their business and optimizing transactions and synchronization of information between Amazon and BigBuy”, the wholesale B2B platform explains.


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Car giant Ford has said it will be taking part in the new car-scrappage scheme after it was forced to delay its involvement due to 11th-hour wranglings.
Britain's biggest car seller was one of the companies unable to join the initiative from its initial launch date on Monday because of last-minute hitches involving tax and dealer-manufacturer arrangements.
But Ford has now said it will commence with vehicle deliveries as part of the scheme from Wednesday, adding that it had already taken 3,000 extra orders due to the initiative.
Motorists out of pocket as a result of the downturn have welcomed the move, seeing it as a chance to trade in their older, more polluting models and replace them with efficient makes, thereby saving cash on petrol consumption and possible reductions in car insurance.
During the last Budget, Chancellor Alistair Darling announced that owners of cars and small vans more than 10 years old would get £2,000 off the price of a new vehicle when scrapping their old motor as part of the scheme.
But some big-name car makers, including Ford and Honda, were forced to delay their involvement in the scheme due to last minute issues.
Under the scrappage scheme, Ford is now offering a Fiesta for £7,995 and a Focus for £9,995.
Ford Britain managing director Nigel Sharp said: "Ford is putting its full weight behind the UK vehicle scrappage scheme, which will not only boost sales but will also bring positive employment and environmental benefits too."
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Apple calls French bill ‘state-sponsored piracy’
PARIS – Apple Computer Inc. could negotiate new deals with record labels and artists to sidestep French government plans to open the copy-protection technology of its iTunes music service to rivals, under a draft Senate amendment to be voted on this week.The amendment, proposed by the Senate Cultural Affairs Committee, softens the terms of a government-backed copyright bill Apple criticized as “state-sponsored piracy” after its first reading in March by lawmakers in France’s lower house.
Apple’s market-leading iPod, which accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. media player sales, is currently designed to play music only from iTunes, which is also incompatible with rival players.The bill adopted by the National Assembly included proposals that would force Apple, Sony Corp. and others to share their copy-protection technologies, so that competitors could offer music players and online stores that are compatible with theirs. The measures were demanded by consumer groups and backed by the government.But the Senate committee’s changes could allow Apple to maintain the exclusive link between iTunes and the iPod, lawyers and officials told The Associated Press.
Under the key amendment, compatibility disputes would be taken to a new regulatory authority that would have the power to order exclusive file formats be shared – but only if the obstacles they pose are “additional to, or independent of, those explicitly decided by the copyright holders.”In other words, Apple and Sony could continue to refuse to share their FairPlay and ATRAC3 file formats, provided they obtain the authorization of artists and other copyright holders whose music they sell online, said Valerie Aumage, an online copyright specialist with Paris law firm Dubarry Le Douarin Veil.”As long as Apple can show that the restrictions conform to the wishes of copyright holders, there would be no case to answer,” she said.
While Aumage believes that this is the amendment’s most likely consequence, she also stressed that the “highly ambiguous” draft text is open to other interpretations.If the Senate committee proposal became law, record labels could be asked by Apple to gather the necessary authorizations for music they wanted to offer through iTunes in France.
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LOS ANGELES — New Reef President Jeff Moore, who began work at the brand last month, could have his work cut out for him, market watchers said.
“The brand has struggled a bit,” said Jim Ragan, an analyst at Crowell, Weedon & Co. “They still have a pretty good franchise in the core sandal business, but they really haven’t been able to build anything around that.”
Mitch Kummetz, an analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co., said that while the brand maintains a leadership position in the flip-flop category, competition is increasing and cutting into Reef’s business.
“The first half of this year was strong for [Reef and] sandals in general,” he said. “With that said, they have lost some market share, and it’s really come from two different areas.”
Kummetz noted that Reef is increasingly being challenged by Sanuk and its hanging footwear program, as well as premium sandal brand Olukai.
Still, Kummetz said, he liked what Moore could bring to the business with his experience in action sports. Prior to heading Reef, Moore was VP of sales in the Americas for Vans. Both brands are owned by VF Corp.
“I like the fact that Jeff Moore understands the action-sports world,” Kummetz said. “And he knows the closed-toe business, coming from Vans.”
Moore replaced Jim Gerson, who left the company in July after a year in the top seat to become president of the swimwear division at The Warnaco Group, which owns the Speedo label.
For his part, Moore said he hoped to firm up the operations by shifting the at-once business to a futures strategy. “An opportunity for growth for us is to partner with our better [retailers] to [transition into] a forward model,” he said. “Obviously, we’re going to have some challenges, especially for those mom-and-pop stores Reef has sold to since we launched in 1984. However, with the business becoming a bit more sophisticated on the national level, I don’t think we’ll get much push back.”
Moore said he hoped to entice surf shops with special product that will be available only through pre-orders.
Also, Moore said, the company would be working to increase its hanging footwear program, its premium leather offering and its closed-toe product assortment. Also, men’s apparel will be a big focus for the brand going forward.
“Reef is in a position of strength to see some great growth,” Moore said.


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Domestic software preinstallation law
Amendments to the law “On consumer protection” (the so-called law on mandatory pre-installation of software) were adopted in 2019. According to the bylaws to it, software from the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union must be installed on all smartphones, tablets, laptop and stationary computers, and also Smart TV, which will be sold in Russia from April 1, 2021.
The list of applications includes browsers, antivirus and mapping software, instant messengers, mail agents and agents of online cinemas, the application of the State Services service, the application of the Mir Pay payment system, etc. The number of required programs varies depending on the type of devices (most of them are on Android -smartphones – 16 items). The mandatory list approved by the government earlier this year includes products from Yandex, Mail.ru Group, Kaspersky Lab, Rostelecom, Channel One and other major Russian Internet and media companies.
In March 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that introduces fines for selling gadgets without Russian software preinstalled. According to the document, the fine for officials can range from 30 to 50 thousand rubles, for legal entities – from 50 to 200 thousand rubles. The law comes into force on July 1, 2021.


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Shares of telecommunications companies jumped as investors anticipated the impact of the iPhone launch on carriers' businesses.
AT&T said it would offer free HBO service to more of its wireless subscribers, as video-streaming giveaways become the latest promotions in the price war between carriers. On Tuesday, the cellphone giant said customers on its midmarket Unlimited Choice wireless plans will get HBO free, starting Friday.
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Valentine’s Day Has Gone to the Dogs… and Probably the Cats, too
According to the National Retail Federation, a decade ago just about 60% of adults planned on celebrating Valentine’s Day with a romantic partner. By 2019, that number dropped by half. That being said, spending for Valentine’s Day is actually on the rise, expected to cap $27.4b this year.
A 2017 flash study by NRF “found the top reasons consumers chose not to celebrate Valentine’s Day were that they considered it to be over-commercialized, didn’t have anybody to spend it with or simply weren’t interested in it anymore.” So, how do the facts bear up? Why are consumers reporting lowered participation for the saccharine holiday while spending is on the rise?
It is because people are not just buying for their sweethearts anymore. They’re buying for themselves, for their single friends or work colleagues … and their pets. The largest portion of that $27b is still going to spouses, but the number of people who purchase gifts for their pets
has doubled since 2009. For those polled in 2019, 27% of consumers said they would get gifts for their pets, which is the highest reported number
in the history of the NRF poll.
The nationally, the price tag associated with that rose to $1.7b since 2009, up from
Retailers and online retailers are definitely aware of the trend and are offering up a smorgasbord of options; heart shaped plushes and tags or pet
friendly cookies and gift boxes. Want to go big or go home? Amazon.com, Chewy.com and rover.com all have dedicated branch URLs for gift giving
to your dog.
Want to take your dog out for a night on the town? Toggles Bottle Shop or the Independent Beer Bar on Hewitt is dog-friendly as well as Crucible Brewing
on Everett Mall Way or Soundbite Cider in the same lot all allow for dogs, to name a few. If beer isn’t your thing, throw your PNW-style-puffy-parka on your dog or cat and head to a local pet retail establishment to let them pick out some coordinated pants for that parka or just re-up on their
favorite chew toy.
Know of anywhere else to celebrate with your pet? Have a great recipe for homemade cat or dog food for a fun night in? Leave it in the comments.


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A Corby mum-of-two who is carving out a career as a Duchess of Cambridge lookalike is set to be given the red carpet treatment in the town at the weekend.
Heidi Agan, of Oakley Vale, will be arriving at H Samuel jewellers in Corporation Street at midday on Saturday (March 23) in a 1963 silver Rolls Royce to take part in the store’s wedding event.
After customers at Frankie and Bennys in Kettering started begging to be served “by Kate Middleton”, Heidi joined a lookalike agency last year and jobs started pouring in.
Now that the Duchess of Cambridge is around five-and-a-half-months pregnant, Heidi is having to make the necessary adjustments to her wardrobe.
Dawn Kemp, assistant manager at the store and a friend of Heidi’s, said: “We’ll have to wait and see how she looks, but we will be giving her a royal welcome.
“We’re rolling out the red carpet and Jordan McIntyre, who is 13 and lives in Corby, will be presenting her with a posy. If people are planning a wedding they won’t want to miss this.”
The event will take place at the shop on Friday (March 22) and Saturday when people are invited to go along for help and advice on planning a wedding.
Among the local companies taking part are Bonnie Brides, Sugar Smith, Vanity Fair hair and beauty saloon, Bridal Carriages, Flowers of Corby and Elegant Events. There will also be a prize draw and discounts.


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Rooter offers a sports social community platform. It allows sports fans to get access to curated content in their preferred languages. It also allows gaming fans to live stream their games and also connect to share the best game videos with other gamers through voice and video features. Rooter was formerly known as Rooter Sports Technologies. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in New Delhi, India.
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Nov 15, 2023
Indian game streaming companies eyeing a bigger play abroad SECTIONS By Rate Story Synopsis Game streaming platforms allow gamers and gaming influencers to broadcast their gameplay sessions and interact with others. While gamers can do the same on YouTube, dedicated platforms such as Rooter and Loco help them reach more viewers by pushing notifications or through promotions. ETtech India’s two major gaming-focused streaming platforms, Loco and Rooter , are expanding operations beyond the domestic market as they prepare to take on the likes of YouTube and Amazon’s Twitch in foreign territories, people aware of the developments said. Loco, which is backed by investors like South Korean gaming giant Krafton and Indian gaming-focused venture firm Lumikai, quietly started testing its Arabic app in multiple West Asian countries a few months ago and, according to its cofounder Anirudh Pandita, plans to expand into Latin American countries next. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill Courses Offering College A spokesperson for Rooter declined to comment. Pandita said the Arabic version of Loco app is running in beta version in countries like Morocco, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia. The firm has not begun test runs for Latin American countries yet, he told ET. Discover the stories of your interest “There is a lot of work to be done, right from getting the basic UI/UX right, given that the text is read in the opposite direction in Arabic, to problems like figuring out local payment systems and local tax and compliance laws,” Pandita said. While some countries like Saudi Arabia are expected to see much higher average revenue per user (ARPU), with a lot of that income coming from direct transactions instead of ads, other regions like Egypt might see ARPU figures closer to India’s, Pandita said. ETtech Game streaming platforms allow gamers and gaming influencers to broadcast their gameplay sessions and interact with others. While gamers can do the same on YouTube, dedicated platforms such as Rooter and Loco help them reach more viewers by pushing notifications or through promotions. Last year, Rooter had said it onboarded 50 gamers including GodLike, an e-sports team of professional gamers, while Loco had said it signed 100 exclusive agreements in 2022, as per media reports. Loco currently has “tens of thousands” of users in the Middle East, with the largest base in Saudi Arabia, followed by Egypt, Pandita told ET without giving details. In countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, average revenue per user (ARPU) could be much higher than in India, industry officials said. ARPU is a metric that indicates the value created by each user in a particular market over a period of time. It is calculated by dividing the total revenue generated by a user base in a set period by the number of users. Though monetisation on Indian gaming streamers is fairly new, ARPU from direct user monetisation – whether through subscriptions or social gifting – could settle at Rs 100 per month over the long term, while ARPU from advertising income would likely be much lower, an industry executive said, requesting anonymity. In comparison, ARPU from user monetisation in countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE could reach upwards of $20 (Rs 1,660) per month as a result of higher disposable income levels, the person said. Yet, there are also certain similarities between the Indian market and West Asian markets, executives said. For one, a lot of the most popular games – PUBG Mobile (similar to BGMI in India), Free Fire, Valorant, Clash of Clans, and Genshin Impact – are common. “Culturally, they know where we’re coming from, and we know where they’re coming from… They watch our movies and listen to our songs, so it made sense for the region to be at the top of our expansion agenda,” Pandita said. Whales in the water Another similarity lies in the competitive landscape. Like in India, the homegrown streamers will mainly compete with YouTube and Twitch in West Asia as well. The retreat of Singapore firm Sea Ltd’s Booyah! app and roll back of the Facebook gaming app into its main app present major opportunities in the region, Pandita said. He said Loco’s advantage lies in its mobile-first approach, developed in response to Indian necessities, and the live streaming feature. “We think YouTube is increasing its attention on the short format and it isn’t very easy to livestream from a phone through it. In that sense, we might end up competing more closely with TikTok Live,” he added. Show me the money Loco has 60 million registered users in India, while Rooter has seen over 80 million downloads. Both the platforms have hosted the popular BGMI Master’s Series, which is also broadcasted on linear television by Star Sports, conducted by esports firm Nodwin Gaming over the past two years. The two firms monetise through avenues like user monetisation, advertisements, branded content, and sponsorship. Loco only started monetising its platform in September through user monetisation and will introduce ad monetisation by the first quarter of next year. “I think two things will be key to the success of these platforms,” a senior executive at an Indian esports firm said on condition of anonymity. “First, by focusing on the mobile streaming market as that is where their strengths lie as opposed to PC gaming where Twitch and YouTube dominate. Second, they’ll have to invest in local content in those countries by sponsoring tournaments and onboarding streamers, which is how they will build the local community.” While Rooter is still in discussions with local partners for expansion, Loco is also yet to make an official announcement of its entry in West Asian markets. But there are plans around promotion, talent onboarding and content creation. “We have specialised community managers and we hire people who play these games or are part of the community already,” Pandita said. “And then we obviously invest in content. In India, lots of third-party tournaments last year were broadcast on Loco and about 20 were sponsored by Loco.” Experience Your Economic Times Newspaper, The Digital Way! Wednesday, 15 Nov, 2023
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Rooter's latest funding round is Incubator/Accelerator - III.
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Rooter raised a total of $43.84M.
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Fantasy Akhada provides a gaming and sports activities platform. The company helps users make virtual teams of real professional sports players. apart from cricket, the platform offers users fantasy gaming experiences in other sports such as football and kabaddi. Fantasy Akhada was founded in 2020 and is based in Gurgaon, India.
Turnip provides mobile streaming and monetization applications for gamers. It allows content creators to stream on platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch and run interactive experiences for their communities, as well as monetize user engagement. It was founded in 2020 and is based in Bengaluru, India.
Gamatics provides a sports analytics and swimwear shopping platform. It offers various features such as sports profiles, comparison of performances, opportunities to connect with other people, and more. It was founded in 2014 and is based in Bangalore, India.
The World of Battle (TWOB) is an esports community platform. It hosts tournaments for various online games. It was founded in 2020 and is based in Jaipur, India.
Global eSports operates as a community for gamers. It hosts pub stomp events, tournaments and offers gaming gear to gamers. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Mumbai, India.
Khiladi Adda is a digital platform specializing in skill-based gaming and the eSports industry. The company offers a variety of online games where players can compete and win real cash prizes based on their skills. Khiladi Adda primarily caters to the online gaming community, providing services such as fantasy sports, eSports tournaments, and casual games like card games, trivia quizzes, and word puzzles. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Noida, India.


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FORT MYERS, Fla. – A Florida postal worker was caught throwing mail into a dumpster behind a local restaurant.
WINK-TV reports that surveillance video captured images of the unnamed worker tossing the pieces of mail into the trash.
Among the items tossed into the dumpster were flyers from a realtor and dozens of personal letters.
The restaurant owner who witnessed the trashing called the post office and the realtor who paid for the flyers.
“At first I thought she was just dumping out some trash. I didn’t think much of it, but when she flipped the bin over, I could clearly see it was mail and letters,” Louie Rondao told WINK-TV.
Special agents are now investigating the incident.
According to the report, throwing away mail is a federal crime.


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Not Just Google:
Some business leaders have watched with a mix of envy and consternation as the technology firms, and large retailers, have taken advantage of big data. Until now, smaller firms have not been able to afford significant data science operations. However, predictions are that this year and next will be the year when Small to Mid-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in many industries will begin to use and understand their huge data troves.
Manufacturing, healthcare, traditional media, and many other enterprises will become data-driven. The result of all the data-
crunching will be better customer service, additional product or service choices, higher quality, and lower costs.
It is hard to imagine any industry that won’t be touched in some way by the move to ubiquitous data analysis. Even the trades will find it hard to ignore the benefit of knowing their customer’s needs, or when it might be time to schedule preventative maintenance, or perhaps when it is time to offer an upgraded product.
According to Nicos Savva, Associate Professor of Management Sciences and Operations, three factors are converging to drive data mining down the food chain to SMEs. Cloud computing is the first and the most obvious of them. Substantial computing power is available through services such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
A second factor is the availability of new user-friendly tools that make collecting, analyzing, and using data much easier. It no longer requires a Ph.D. in data science to make use of all the data we are collecting.
Third, our employees are becoming much more sophisticated. Data focused MBA courses, and master degrees in data science are much more common now than they have been in the past. Even those employees not involved directly with data are much more sophisticated in technology than previous generations.
Companies are delegating more decisions to automated data-driven systems. That, of course, means that companies must become more concerned about the social impacts of the decisions they have automated. We are learning that lesson from the tribulations that Facebook is presently experiencing. Moreover, we are seeing the liability of companies collecting personal data when hackers breach their systems and use the data gathered for nefarious purposes.
We are also learning that much-vaunted algorithms will not save us from our own biases. Recent studies have shown that the human-directed algorithms incorporate the biases of the developers. It isn’t on purpose; it is simply a matter of the assumptions that developers make as they construct the algorithms.
Every new technology creates a new set of risks. Data science, as I mentioned above, is no different. Identifying and addressing the risks in a timely and equitable fashion will be what makes our investment in data analytics profitable.
Business leaders will have to learn all they can about the security requirements around data, as well as make sure their organization takes advantage of all the good that data science can provide. I have heard it said, more than once, that there are two kinds of companies in the world—those who have been hacked and know it, and those who have been hacked and don’t know it. Assuming you’ve been hacked, how will you close the door and make sure your data doesn’t leave the warehouse again?


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GSM Patch for Droid RAZR Brings GSM to CDMA ROMs
When essentially the same device is released on both GSM and CDMA carriers, development on one can be stronger than development on the other despite the fact that they are otherwise identical. This is the case on several devices such as the HTC EVO 3D and the Motorola Droid RAZR. However, this is no longer an issue as there is now a patch for the Droid RAZR to allow CDMA ROMs to work on the GSM version of the device.
Developed by XDA Senior Member dtrail1 with the help of a few other members and devs, the patch can be applied to only a few CDMA ROMs at the moment. They do happen to be pretty popular ROMs, though, and include Black Widow CM9, Eclipse ICS, and Black Widow AOKP M6. There are a few problems, though. For instance, Black Widow CM9 users who use the patch will lose their camera functionality, and it’s been reported that the bug will take some time to fix. Otherwise, the process is pretty simple. For the AOSP-based ROMs, simply flash the ROM like normal, flash a bootmenu patch, and then flash the GSM patch. For Eclipse ICS, it’s the same sans the bootmenu patch. Thus far, aside from the known issues, users have reported that it works quite well.
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Apple accounted for half of all phone activations in the U.S. from April to June, according to a report by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP).
This is the first time in a long time that Apple has been able to match Android in the second quarter, with the Google operating system normally accounting for about 60% of new activations during the period.
Mike Levin, co-founder of CIRP, explains that this is due to loyalty and change – iPhone users have a higher fidelity of 93%, compared to 88% for Android users. And iPhone users are more likely to buy another iPhone than switch to Android.
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Recently, a CIRP report surveyed that U.S. shoppers preferred cheaper to cheaper Apple devices in the second quarter of 2021. And that users exchanged their old iPhones earlier than in previous quarters.


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The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) wants government to take a cue from the land border closure by Nigeria to restrict the free movement of people and goods.
The Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono East Zonal Vice-Chairman of AGI, Kwasi Nyamekye, noted that although Nigeria’s decision to close its land borders until January 2020 was unpleasant, the country was doing what all other countries do to protect their local industry.
The government of Nigeria last week extended the closure of its land borders till January 31, 2020. A memo signed by Nigeria’s Comptroller, Victor David Dimka, dated November 1, 2019, directed officers at the borders to keep them closed until next year.
The memo indicates that “despite the overwhelming success of the Operation particularly, the security and economic benefits to the nation, a few strategic objectives are yet to be achieved.
Against this background, Mr President has approved an extension of the Exercise to 31st January 2020.”
The Nigerian government began closing its borders in August in an operation they term ‘Exercise Swift Response’.
The operation, according to the government, was to check the smuggling of illegal goods into the country. The border closure, however, has affected many trade deals of its neighbours, including Ghana.
This closure has reportedly cost Ghana’s largest local beverage manufacturer, Kasapreko, $2 million. AGI said instead of worrying its head, Ghana should also take the opportunity to institute similar policies in the interests of Ghanaian businesses.


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Dryer fire caused by an improperly installed dryer vent system causes some major damage to a home
The Queens Dryer Vent Cleaning Wizard recalls one dryer fire that caused major smoke damage to a home. Firefighters said the dryer was not properly vented to the outside and that lint accumulation had restricted airflow and caused the dryer to overheat. The homeowner said she never goes to sleep or leaves her home when the dryer is running, a smart habit that may have prevented things from being much worse.
John Ryley, owner of Dryer Vent Wizard (http://dryerventcleaningqueensny.com/), explains to his customers that over 17,000 dryer fires occur annually with most of them caused by failure to clean dryer vents. Improper dryer vent installation is also a problem. Poorly vented dryers cost more to operate and can lead to other hazards including carbon monoxide with gas dryers.
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