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On Monday, November 18, the Europol the European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit (EUROJUST) announced that about 10,000 cultural items had been seized and 23 people were arrested in a coordinated cross-European police operation that dismantled a large-scale international archeological trafficking ring.
“Operation Achei” — coordinated between Italy, Germany, France, and Serbia — concluded an investigation that began in 2017 to combat the looting of Greek and Roman archaeological sites in the Calabria region in southern Italy.
The looting was carried out by an organized crime group led by two Calabrians living in the province of Crotone. According to Europol, the group executed all phases of trafficking by deploying looters, fences, intermediaries, and mules in different Italian regions. The group had key facilitators who were acting from Dijon, Munich, London, and Vršac to coordinate the supply chain.
The looted artifacts, captured in 103 searches and seizures, include jars, jewelry, and vases from the 4th and 2nd century BCE that are worth millions of euros. Italian police officials told the Guardian that the thieves used bulldozers and advanced metal detectors to excavate the artifacts.
“The stolen finds were finally transferred abroad where they were put up for auction in important international auction houses and sold at very high figures,” an Italian said in a press conference earlier this week.
“The damage caused to the Italian cultural heritage by this criminal group is very significant as the criminals were looting archaeological sites for many years,” Europol said in a statement.
Correction 11/25/19: This article misattributed a quote about the sale of the stolen goods prior to the operation, originally stating that the goods would be auctioned after they were retrieved. We regret the error.


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Nasdaq will delist the shares of Long Blockchain on Thursday, a move that comes months after the company’s price soared following a name change and pivot to blockchain.
The firm, which trades under the ticker LBCC, announced the exchange’s decision on Tuesday, sending the stock price down more than 37.14% to about $1.10 as of press time. That represents a notable change of fortune, considering that the price nearly hit $10 after its publicly announced pivot toward cryptocurrency and blockchain services in December.
Long Blockchain warned back in February that it planned to appeal a decision to delist the stock, a process that ultimately proved unsuccessful, according to new statements.
The company said on April 10:
The Company appealed this determination and a hearing was held on March 22, 2018. Following this appeal, the Hearings Panel determined to uphold the Staff’s decision. Accordingly, trading of the Company’s shares will be suspended on the Nasdaq Capital Market at the opening of business on April 12, 2018.”
Long Blockchain did not respond to requests for comment.
In February, Long Blockchain revealed that it was at risk of being delisted – the second such occurrence for the firm, given that it faced similar warnings from Nasdaq in October. Nasdaq’s rules require that a listed company’s market capitalization remain above $35 million for ten business days in a row – as of press time, LBCC’s market capitalization is roughly $11.24 million.
Subsequent disclosures revealed that Nasdaq staffers believed Long Blockchain wasn’t being forthright with investors – a determination the company sharply disputed in the same letter, published in February.
“The notification letter stated that the staff believed that the Company made a series of public statements designed to mislead investors and to take advantage of general investor interest in bitcoin and blockchain technology, thereby raising concerns about the company’s suitability for exchange listing,” the company said at the time. “The company strongly disagrees with the staff’s determination and, accordingly, has appealed to a Hearings Panel.”
According to Tuesday’s statement, Long Blockchain plans to continue pressing ahead with its plans, including a previously announced acquisition of a U.K.-based company.
“Effective April 12, 2018, the Company’s common stock will be eligible for trading and quotation on the Pink Current Information tier operated by the OTC Markets Group Inc.,” the company added.

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Enterprises that want to survive, and possibly thrive, in the digital business era may want to step back from yet another blue-ribbon committee, exploratory task force or any number of big-business-as-usual routines.
Executives from a range of industries now see the formula for success in the opposite direction: Emulate the startup mentality. Digital businesses grow rapidly and those following the platform business model can prove especially explosive. Uber, the in ridesharing space, launched in 2011 and hit the billion-trip mark in December 2015. Established enterprises are starting to realize that if they want to keep the upstarts from eating their lunch, they can't afford to bog down in bureaucracy or adhere to hidebound operating procedures.
Indeed, companies that make speed and agility their watchwords stand a better chance of success amid the sweep of digital transformation. Other hallmarks of the startup mentality include a readiness to exploit new technologies and a willingness to build products and services incrementally, rather than on a big-bang basis.
A number of SearchCIO articles from 2016 provide hints on how traditional enterprises can learn -- and apply -- the lessons startups have to offer. Here's a sampling:
How to succeed in digital business? Think like a startup
This article, stemming from a panel discussion at the 2016 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, examines how aspects of startup culture have made their way into traditional financial services firms, including 232-year-old BNY Mellon. Among the takeaways: Digital transformation calls for rapid experimentation and the minimum viable product approach, in which a company quickly establishes a baseline feature set and then adds additional functionality based on customer feedback. Getting the jump on emerging trends is another page from the startup culture playbook that banks have borrowed: BNY Mellon, for instance, has deployed nascent blockchain technology in a production system.
Take heed from the sharing economy
The sharing economy offers more enterprise lessons on the startup mentality. A TotalCIO blog post, also based on the MIT CIO conference, details the experience of Uber's platform approach. From Uber's perspective, the platform model offers speed to scale and the advantage of flexibility. Uber provides transport as a service, but the actual delivery mechanism is open to change. The current car-and-driver business could eventually shift to autonomous vehicles, as Uber's testing of driverless cars suggests. However, enterprises following the platform path will need to pick their battles carefully. A platform that has achieved network effects as more value creators and more consumers interact on the platform can be hard to overtake. Simply put, a prospective rideshare driver is more likely to join a platform with lots of customers than one with few.
French startup taps APIs, cloud to launch playlist service
The world of online music is chockablock with streaming platforms. But Soundsgood, a startup chronicled in this feature, shows how not to follow the crowd. (See sidebar for additional views from Soundsgood on what enterprises can learn from the startup mentality.) Instead of developing yet another streaming service, Soundsgood created a platform that lets music influencers, such as DJs and music critics, build playlists that can be shared across multiple streaming services. The API and cloud-driven venture also underscores the importance of technology in platform startup culture: One of Soundsgood's founders is its CTO. Startup camaraderie could be another quality worth emulating. Soundsgood is based in Paris' Sentier neighborhood, which features a number of tech ventures. CTOs in the Sentier startup ecosystem help each other on technical matters.
Cooperate, compete in the digital marketplace
Collaboration was also a theme in this feature in which Peter Weill, senior research scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management, likens traditional corporations to ripe peaches that quicker, leaner startups seek to devour in the new digital economy. One way to potentially avoid that fate is to share data and technology with other companies, in a bid to respond more rapidly to customers' ever-shifting needs.
Adopting startup culture
Louis Viallet, co-founder and chief marketing officer at Soundsgood, a cross-platform music playlist creation startup, has the following observations on how larger enterprises can take a cue from early-stage companies:
- Focus on what's absolutely necessary
"Because they feel their cash flowing away, startups are forced to do only what's necessary to quickly achieve high-value results," Viallet said, noting that innovation can stall at larger companies because too many people are involved and there's a lack of focus.
- Create a startup-like small team
Viallet suggested a small team is best suited to pursue a given enterprise innovation project. He recommended that the team have its own office outside the corporate confines, yet retain high visibility within the whole organization. The team should also have a definitive one-year deadline before make-or-break.
- Break with tradition
Companies that launch inside-startups "often fail because they force their team to do business as usual," Viallet said.
Nationwide's Lean management drives big savings
Larger companies can indeed learn the lean lessons of a startup, as this Q&A segment with a senior IT executive at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. attests. The company's IT function brought together Agile and Lean practices, applying them to software development and other parts of the organization. The company began with small-scale experiments, working iteratively in accordance with the Agile methodology, and ended up with about $28 million of annualized savings just from software engineering.
On CIOs and psychology: Changing the IT thought process
IT transformation initiatives call for a change in mindset as well as the adoption of new methodologies. As this feature on "The IKEA effect" points out, IT managers tend to strongly identify with the systems they have built and maintained, making it hard for them to try new things or step away from time-worn legacy systems. Taking more of a startup mentality, one not burdened by the baggage of previous investment, can help organizations move ahead, however. Retraining employees or changing the composition of the IT team rank among the top ways to part with entrenched ways of doing business.
To fail or to experiment, that is the question
Not every piece of startup culture is applicable to larger organizations, of course. While "failing fast" may be de rigueur among Silicon Valley startups, it's not the sort of philosophy that comports with organizations that carry out essential services. In this conference notebook, digital officers from SAP and the city of Boston talk about how startup culture can be recast for the enterprise. Both officers have morphed the notion of fast failure into continuous experimentation. SAP, for example, aims to run hundreds of small bets each week, rather than 10 big bets over the course of a year.
It's all about taking several small bites from the apple. Or the peach, if you prefer.
Find out how to apply creative entrepreneurialism in the IT shop.
Learn about Salesforce's efforts to back startup culture in Europe.
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It’s happening: EA confirms a new Skate is in development
EA closed out its EA Play Live 2020 stream with the one announcement long-suffering fans have been waiting for: The publisher is making a new Skate.
The announcement was pretty much that. We didn’t get to see gameplay, or a logo, or even a title—who knows if it’ll even be called Skate 4—but we did get to see two familiar faces fans of the series might recognize: Chris “Cuz” Parry and Deran Chung, both of whom worked on previous Skate titles. Parry will be serving as creative director on the new project, while Chung will be the game director. It’s surprising that EA managed to tap some of the old talent, given that it dissolved developer Black Box back in 2013.
You can check out the full announcement, slim as it is, in the embed below. (It should start at the right place, but if not, skip ahead to 46 and a half minutes in.)
As stated during the stream, this new Skate project is still very early, so don’t expect to be playing it next year, or probably even the year after. Platforms are also anyone’s guess at this stage, but given the timing and statements about this being “the right time” next-gen consoles and PC feel like a reasonable guess.
The Skate series, which we last saw with 2010’s Skate 3, made a name for itself by offering a more grounded and realistic take on skateboarding games in a world dominated by the extreme antics of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. The analog stick–based trick controls and focus on realistic skate spots (albeit with some more ludicrous elements and extremely painful bails thrown in) won over plenty of fans, many of whom have been vocal in demanding a new game.
EA’s stream even made it clear that fan requests played a big role in the revival. “You commented this into existence,” Parry said.


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Three-Day Organic Langar Marks Religious Fervour on Vaisakhi at Amritsar
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13th April 2016, Amritsar: EcoSikh and Akhand Kirtani Jatha (aka AKJ), two international organisations joined hands to serve Organic Langar during the ongoing Vaisakhi celebrations in various Gurdwaras at Amritsar from April 10th to 13th, 2016. Over 10,000 devotees partook in Langar at Baba Sewa Singh Hall at Sultanwind in Amritsar, daily. As a part of awareness, exhibition and sale of organic products like vegetables,pulses, flour, rice, jaggery and pickles were procured directly from farmers from Jalandhar for this mega celebration marking the birth of Khalsa.
It is noteworthy that EcoSikh is promoting “Nanak Kheti as Uttam Kheti” and undertaking efforts to promote organic farming amongst farmers by organizing workshops at village level. Also, Sri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar has shown way by serving organic langar and SGPC started organic farming at farm attached with the Gurdwara Gurusar Satlani Sahib near Attari. More Gurdwaras are following suit in India and worldwide. This would eventually lead to increase in demand of organic produce and would encourage farmers to take up organic farming.
Director of Datawind Amritsar and active woman leader of AKJ, Bibi Simran Kaur Ji who arranged organic langar with EcoSikh emphasized, “Mata Khivi Ji, wife of the second Sikh Guru, used to prepare the nutritious langar and serve to the devotees herself. This healthy diet enriched with keertan and devotion would benefit the body, mind and soul of the Sikhs. Following her footsteps, this is a start to revive the tradition of healthy and chemical-free langar.”
Said EcoSikh Amritsar Program Administrator, Gurjit Singh, “The concept of organic langar is a way to create a direct connect between organic farmers and consumer in the religion sector and help promoting health in Sikh lifestyle. This would help curb lifestyle diseases such as Diabetes, BP as well as Cancer which is on rise amongst the cities of Punjab.”
Spokesperson of Akhand Kirtani Jatha, Bhai RP Singh commended the effort, “This is just the beginning. I appeal to entire AKJ sangat in 22 countries to support Guru Nanak’s way of farming by switching to healthy-pesticide-free food and safeguard the health of Sikh generations and the Mother Earth.”
A clarion call was given by EcoSikh President, Dr. Rajwant Singh USA, earlier this year to Gurdwaras worldwide to shift to organic ingredients to prepare Langar. This would have a ripple effect and would go a long way in tackling the financial crisis engulfing the farming community of Punjab as well as help in preserving the soils of Punjab.
Harbaksh Singh Shergill, Retired Block Agriculture Officer, Punjab Agro and an organic farmer explained that true farming is the one done by nature itself by means of birds, bees and insects, a farmer should only be a caretaker of Natural farm.At this event, President AKJ Bhai Bakshish Singh, Pingalwara Charitable Society, Rajbir Singh Ji, , Gunbir Singh of Eco-Amritsar, Manit Malhotra, President Amrit Punjab were present.
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Coco Safar has been recognised for producing one of the best croissants in the world by Food & Wine, featuring in their “The perfect Croissant” article. For over 40 years, Food & Wine USA has defined the American epicurean experience. It is the undisputed independent global authority on all things culinary.
The article places Coco Safar as having one of the best croissants in four of the most iconic foodie destinations in the world – Tokyo, Paris, Melbourne and Cape Town.
Food and Wine has a viewership of over 7.5 million people, with over 3.5 million Instagram followers and more than 27 million monthly page views on its website. This is a momentous occasion for the team at Coco Safar.
The team have been relentlessly pursuing excellence in their Cape Town flagship store and bakery atelier over the last 5 years. This acknowledgement effectively places Coco Safar right next to the best in the world, including the award-winning Parisian boulangerie, Du Pain Et Des Idées, which boasts a cult following.
“We are grateful to all of our customers in Cape Town and around the world who have shown us love over the years and made our passion possible by supporting us day after day, even during lockdown when this daily indulgence, the humble croissant, brought a little bit of comfort into people’s homes,” said Wilhelm Liebenberg, Co-founder of Coco Safar.
“And we take great pride in making an exceptional croissant at the tip of Africa using only local ingredients, when we were in fact told that it could not be done,” adds Liebenberg.
Croissants are notoriously difficult to execute. Especially if you don’t have access to the incredible history of viennoiserie-making as well as the experience and expertise of Paris’ multitude award-winning and highly experienced bakers.
This makes the recognition so important – not only for the Coco Safar culinary team, but for Cape Town.
In the past few years, Cape Town has fortunate been recognised for its culinary scene, specifically in the fine dining arena. Institutions such as Wolfgat, Test Kitchen and La Colombe have been recognised amongst the world’s 50 best restaurants.
What a great moment for Cape Town to be put on the map of the best bakeries in the world-among the best from Tokyo, Paris and Melbourne. It’s an incredible endorsement and feel good moment for the Mother City, especially for these trying times facing the restaurant industry.
The Food and Wine recognition came soon after Bloomberg was quoted, headlining an article about Coco Safar as “Now you can put the world’s best coffee in your Nespresso machine”. Forbes USA was also quoted not long after, saying “Coco Safar paves the way in luxury coffee” and L’Officiel Paris said “Best breakfast in town and without any doubt the best coffee and café in the world.”.
It’s important to note that one doesn’t develop brands of global relevance in just a year or two. The Coco Safar founders and executive team have made incredible personal sacrifices over more than 15 years to reach this moment. Just the past 3 years in their Sea Point flagship store has seen relentless 24/7 commitment and a pursuit of excellence of a magnitude very few people even know about.
Looked at by industry insiders as the “Hermes of coffee, patisserie and café culture”, Coco Safar will be selectively rolling out in major style capitals of the world, including New York, Paris, London and Tokyo to name a few. Currently in negotiations with major international luxury groups to take the brand global in 2021, Coco Safar is poised for international expansion and success, which makes the announcement even more timely.
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"Assassin's Creed: Unity" is the title or codename of an upcoming Assassin's Creed game — one of two scheduled to be released later this year — and it will be set at least partly in Paris, according to a report from Kotaku.
Citing "a number of sources," Kotaku reports that Unity is in development on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, while a second "major" game, with the possible title or codename of "Comet," will be released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Rumors about a title called Assassin's Creed: Unity appeared on NeoGAF earlier this month, and a report from Examiner also mentioned that title and indicated the game will offer four-player co-op.
One anonymous source leaked multiple screenshots of an early version of Assassin's Creed: Unity to Kotaku. The images show a game that appears to be set in Paris, with visible landmarks such as the Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Seine River. The identity of the player character is unclear from the images, but it's an Assassin clad in dark blue robes with red and brown trim. Another notable element of the screenshots is the game's HUD, which displays "parkour up" and "parkour down" buttons. According to Kotaku, those controls are part of a new navigation scheme that will debut in Unity.
The last time Ubisoft published two separate main Assassin's Creed games in the same year was 2012, when Assassin's Creed 3 launched on consoles alongside the PlayStation Vita title Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation.
A spokesperson for Ubisoft told Polygon the publisher has no comment on this report.
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Apple's wireless earbuds will see a shipping delay, the company told CNBC on Wednesday.
"The early response to AirPods has been incredible," Apple told CNBC. "We don't believe in shipping a product before it's ready, and we need a little more time before AirPods are ready for our customers."
AirPods are listed as available in "late October" on Apple's website, so it is unclear whether there is a new timeline for the product.
The AirPods, a wireless version of Apple's hallmark white earbuds, claim to be more power efficient than Bluetooth devices, thanks to a special communications chip. The $159 device came alongside a new phone with no 3.5-millimeter headphone jack.
But after their debut in September, reviewers complained the AirPods "look odd" and had occasional glitches. Audio experts told CNBC that launching AirPods gives Apple a first shot at a new market, even if the technology is still in the early stages.


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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia is taking place from the 19th to 24th of April at the Museum of Moscow. The designers will show their new collections in Moscow and other Russian cities, including St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Sochi, and Chelyabinsk. The MBFW opening on 19th will parade the Moscow-based brand Ruban. On 20th, #MBFWRussia shows will take place in two cities — Milan and Moscow. Italian Collini, Hand Picked, Daniela de Souza, Vuarnet and others will bring their collections to a Milan-based Sari Spazio showroom.
The united MBFW Russia schedule includes live streams of shows and video presentations by designers from Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Cyprus, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, South Korea, Spain, UK and USA.
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After the passage of the Cannabis Act, in some ways adult recreational marijuana legalization in Canada has brought more questions than answers as companies seek to navigate the shifting industry.
Besides varying rules and regulations by province, cannabis companies have rushed to be listed on both U.S. and Canadian stock exchanges, with many going after coveted ticker symbols that are instantly recognizable.
With WEED already taken by Canopy Growth Corporation, an extremely high interest from a wide range of companies in the POT symbol has prompted the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) to initiate a new process to acquire the name.
In conjunction with the Toronto Stock Exchange and Aequitas NEO Exchange, the CSE has revealed that POT will be granted by a random lottery on Jan. 30, 2019.
Any issuer listed on those three exchanges have until Jan. 29 to enter into the lottery, which is a free process.
To avoid a lottery winner holding the name for a third party not yet ready to use it, the winner will have 90 days to change their company symbol to POT, with no extensions to that deadline.
While cannabis corporations rush to enter their names, the battle over who will be known as POT isn’t the only lottery that has cannabis companies concerned.
The Ontario cannabis retail storefront lottery was just held, with 25 licenses granted to allow for the province’s first brick and mortar stores to open in April.
More than 17,000 individuals and corporations applied for the license, including a variety of established brands and total newcomers.
Some of the competing companies had even gone so far as to already construct their storefronts under the assumption they would either win the lottery, or be able to entice a winner to offer a franchise in exchange for a lump sum or revenue deal.
Winners are currently fielding large scale offers from those who weren’t lucky enough to nab a license, with a bidding war underway that could be more lucrative for the winners than actually opening their own stores.
While the content of many of those offers are unknown, both High Tide Inc. (CSE:HITI) and Inner Spirit Holdings (OTCMKTS: INSHF) have revealed they are courting winners.
Professional Cannabis Consulting also announced it is currently representing one of the winners, who is now considering offers to franchise their license from companies based in Canada, the U.S., and even Amsterdam.
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Minneapolis is looking for businesses ready to give up a single parking spot in exchange for increasing their potential client base tenfold with an on-street bicycle corral.
Under a new cost-share program, the city plans to front half the cost for 25 new corrals, each of which would offer parking for about 10 bikes. Though they’re not hard to find in other bike-friendly metros, there are currently only two corrals on Minneapolis streets.
The city permitted its first two on-street bike corrals at the Birchwood Café in the Seward neighborhood and the Northbound Smokehouse & Brewpub in south Minneapolis. The new program sets a standard for on-street bike parking site eligibility and design and sets aside $50,000 to help businesses pay for the corrals.
Two parties are already on the waiting list for the new program, said Paul Cao, the city’s coordinator for the program. To be eligible, a business, organization or property owner submits an application to the city that describes the location and demand for bike parking.
A corral is a good fit for a business if there’s limited space for on-street parking for bikes and a parking lane available, Cao said, adding that commercial corridors are best-suited for the corrals. The city would also prefer putting corrals on streets with a speed limit of 30 mph or less.
City Council member Linea Palmisano on Tuesday raised questions about putting corrals at other street locations that wouldn’t take away parking for cars during Cao’s presentation to the council’s Transportation and Public Works Committee. She suggested areas like street corners that are designated as no-parking zones for cars because of visibility issues.
“It might be a perfect area for a bike space without impacting parking in the area,” Palmisano said.
Loading zones or no-parking areas would not work under the city’s regulations, Cao said. Only legal on-street parking spots are eligible for bike corrals.
The city of Portland, Oregon, has replaced more than 163 auto parking spaces with bike corrals at the request of businesses. Since 2011, Chicago has added 16 corrals, according to Kathleen Murphy, bike parking coordinator for that city’s transportation department. The corrals are entirely funded with private money from businesses or area business associations. The opt-in nature of the program means the corrals have support from all neighboring businesses.
“They tend to be in areas that are looking to increase their bike friendliness,” Murphy said.
The loss of parking wasn’t a big concern for the Northbound Smokehouse & Brewpub, said general manager and co-owner Amy Johnson. The bike corral for the brewpub, at 2416 E. 38th St., was the city’s second behind the Birchwood Café at 3311 E. 25th St. A neighborhood activist approached the brewpub about providing more bike parking. Johnson said the community of bicyclists and craft beer enthusiasts often overlaps and the infrastructure helps attract more customers.
“People are more likely to come because they know there’s a safe place to park their bike,” Johnson.
She said other businesses in the craft beer industry have approached her about how to get a bike corral. Northbound wasn’t part of a cost-share program so the brewpub paid about $2,000 for the corral. Even so, getting city approval took almost a year. Now with a structured city program, it should be easier for others, Johnson said.
She thinks the bike corrals would be successful at smaller neighborhood business nodes, like farther down 28th Avenue at the 42nd Street intersection, where there’s a handful of businesses, including a coffee shop catering to bicyclists.
Under the cost-share program, applicants would pay $1,800 for the first year for a 10-stall corral and $225 in the second and subsequent years. The city aims for program participants to keep the corral for five years.
The Public Works department will seek bids from vendors to provide the bike corrals as well as installation and seasonal removal and storage.
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The Biden administration is also not in favour of a free trade agreement which businesses from either side are now talking about
He said that industry support is required for the agreement and it should be a fair, equitable and balanced FTA.
Negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the UK is expected to be concluded this month, while talks with Canada for a deal are progressing at a rapid pace
The talks resumed in 2021 during the India and EU Leaders’ meeting in Porto. The negotiations with the 27-nation grouping were launched in June 2007
However, the official complained that the current import duties levied by India are very high and need to be cut, and pitched for a free-trade agreement between the two countries to help on this aspect
Under the pact, domestic exporters from various sectors like textiles, agriculture, dry fruits, gems and jewellery are getting duty-free access to the UAE market
He also pledged to "do things differently" when it came to China, which he said poses a "systemic challenge" to British values and interests
The minister for commerce and industry and textiles said that the government is moving ahead on free trade pacts with Canada, European Union, and the UK
The rise in the number of regional trade treaties and bilateral FTAs recently has left a question ark over the role and future of World Trade Organization
This indicates that programs like the performance-linked incentive scheme and the infrastructure push are bearing the expected results
Johnson, on the final day of his two-day visit to India, said the FTA could double India-UK trade by 2030 and drive down consumer prices.
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The Japanese brand has confirmed it will unveil its first fully-electric car. The yet-to-be-named EV will be the same size as the current RAV4 but will be built on the company’s new scalable electric platform.
This new electric vehicle platform — which has been co-developed with Subaru — will allow Toyota to build multiple vehicles including a compact and large SUV, sedan and potentially a hatch.
It will also allow for vehicles to be front-, rear- or all-wheel drive depending on how many electric motors they have.
Toyota is aiming at the European markets, which are much more advanced than New Zealand in rolling out regulations and infrastructure to support zero-emissions vehicles.
But according to reports from UK publication Autocar the EV will be a global vehicle, and considering the popularity of RAV4 sized SUVs in New Zealand it should arrive in the near future.
According to Autocar, Toyota’s European product boss, Andrea Carlucci, says the new car will be “very European in the DNA and design.” And he says a RAV4-sized SUV was chosen for Toyota’s first electric vehicle because the car will be a global model, and it offers the best way to balance out the needs of all regions.
The RAV4 is a big seller in both NZ and the US.
Toyota is leading the charge on low emissions vehicles in NZ. The brand is selling hybrids in record numbers.
It has recently launched the new Yaris small hatchback and the compact Yaris Cross SUV, both of which come in hybrid form.
The introduction of these new models has meant that Toyota now offers a hybrid version of almost all its vehicles except for the bigger SUVs and four-wheel drives.
The hybrid RAV4 has proved so popular there has been a waiting list of several months.
Toyota will benefit from being the world’s biggest car maker, so it will have the potential to scale up electric vehicles quickly which will make them cheaper and reach more markets than most other brands.


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The Reserve Bank of India sets ambitious targets to increase CBDC transactions, leverages UPI network, and warns about the risks of stablecoins.
- RBI aims to increase CBDC transactions to one million per day by end of 2023.
- CBDCs are digital currencies issued and regulated by a central bank, functioning like traditional money.
- RBI plans to leverage UPI network to boost CBDC usage and reduce cross-border transaction costs.
- Deputy Governor warns about stablecoins threatening policy sovereignty and emphasizes the need for each country to have its own CBDC.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set an ambitious target to increase the number of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) transactions to one million per day by the end of 2023, according to Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar. Currently, the RBI records around 5,000-10,000 transactions daily with its retail CBDC, the e₹-R.
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What are CBDCs?
CBDCs are digital or virtual currencies issued and regulated by a country’s central bank. They function like traditional money but in digital form, allowing for everyday transactions, cross-border payments, and other financial operations. CBDCs are backed by the monetary reserves of a country and represent a digital version of its fiat currency.
Leveraging UPI Network to Boost CBDC Usage
The RBI plans to enhance CBDC usage by leveraging the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) network. Deputy Governor Sankar explained that there will be one QR code, which users can swipe using the CBDC app. If the merchant has a CBDC account, the payment will settle in the CBDC wallet. Alternatively, if the merchant does not have a CBDC account, users can choose to make the payment using UPI.
Currently, 1.3 million customers and 0.3 million merchants are utilizing the retail digital Rupee, with 13 banks offering retail CBDC. These banks have already begun implementing interoperability, allowing the QR code to be scanned using the CBDC app. Full interoperability with UPI for CBDC customers is expected to be achieved by the end of the month. The RBI plans to onboard the remaining 20-25 banks, although this process may take longer.
The Potential of CBDCs in Reducing Cross-Border Transaction Costs
Deputy Governor Sankar highlighted the potential of CBDCs in reducing costs for cross-border transactions. Currently, World Bank estimates suggest that small value cross-border transactions carry a high cost of 6%. CBDCs could offer a more cost-effective solution for these transactions.
While Deputy Governor Sankar expressed optimism about CBDCs, he also warned about the risks posed by stablecoins to policy sovereignty, especially for countries like India. Stablecoins, linked to underlying currencies and issued by private companies, have the potential to replace the use of the national currency and transfer seigniorage to private issuers, leading to the risk of dollarization.
Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value relative to a specific asset or a pool of assets. They can be pegged to a currency and are often used to provide stability in highly volatile crypto markets. Examples include Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC), which are not issued by central banks or governments, weakening authorities’ control over them.
To address the risks associated with stablecoins, Deputy Governor Sankar suggested that each country should have its own CBDC, with mechanisms for these CBDCs to interact and transact with each other.
The RBI is considering the aspect of anonymity in CBDCs, a defining feature of the currency. However, Deputy Governor Sankar emphasized that decisions regarding anonymity must be legally supported and consistent with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).


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NEW DELHI: Delhi government will be launching six mobile vans
on Monday to tour the city’s markets and attempt to help traders
with issues related to GST
The decision to start the vans was announced by deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia about 10 days back after he received feedback that several small traders were facing problems with the new GST regime.
vans will tour the city’s markets and will also set up helpdesks across the city,” said an official. “We found out that the problems being faced by traders are largely very basic. All the vans will have one official who can address all the basic problems.”
The mobile vans, each with a GST officer, will go from market to market. “The vans are being equipped with a loudspeaker so that they can announce their arrival and point for meeting. Then they will set up camp at a central point and assist traders,” said an official. “The government will also tie up with market associations so that we can inform them of the date and time when the vans will be visiting their markets,” he added.
Sisodia, who has maintained that the GST system is good in concept but has not been implemented properly in India, has said that it could lead to tax evasion at one level and harassment of traders at another.
“It is too early to ascertain the impact of GST on business right now but traders are facing problems. Even now, many traders have not been able to incorporate the new system within their existing billing. We will review the situation in some time,” said an official.


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Islamabad, October 24, 2012 (PPI-OT): Pakistan’s private sector should come forward in tapping the multiple opportunities of mutual trade between Brazil and Pakistan. Promotion of commercial and economic ties between Pakistan and Brazil would boost bilateral relations as Embassy of Brazil intended to help Pakistan in doing business and traveling to Brazil.
H.E.Mr.Alfredo Leoni, the Ambassador of Brazil to Pakistan has said, addressing the business community at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI). He also Congratulated Mr.Bakhtawari on his appointment as President of ICCI and expressed hope that he would help built relations with the diplomatic community to enhance Pakistan’s trade and economic relations with countries around the globe.
He proposed that Pakistan could share experiences of Brazilian success story in the areas of economy and development achieved through the implementation of “Real Plan” which was introduced in 1994, in order to control inflation and stabilize the economy.
The Ambassador said that Brazil is the 6th largest economy as well as 8th biggest consumer market of the world, adding that Brazil is the largest commercial partner of Pakistan in Latin America but bilateral trade was about 300 million US dollars which needs to be enhanced as Brazil is the major investment hub and also a gateway to South America.
He assured the audience that there was plenty of room for investment in Brazil as it is a very strong and reliable economy. Those Pakistani businessmen who are interested in doing business with Brazilian partners must register themselves on braziltradenet.gov.br and become a member and a player of the biggest database available in Brazil involving international trading companies, market studies and information on fairs, Brazilian companies and trade offers.
In his welcome address, Zafar Bakhtawari, President ICCI lauded the devoted efforts of H.E.Mr.Alfredo Leoni for playing a dynamic role in further strengthening bilateral relations in all areas between Pakistan and Brazil.
ICCI President said that we should concentrate on the existing opportunities and suggested that cooperation can be enhanced in the agriculture, energy and pharmaceutical sectors. He said that visit of business delegations should also be encouraged to explore markets. In this connection, he invited business delegations from Brazil for meeting with the Pakistani counterparts.
Mr.Bakhtawari said that we should learn from Brazilian economic plan as they have turned their economy from negative growth indicators into positive economic growth. He called on the Brazilian business community to take advantage of vast Pakistani market and investment opportunities in agriculture, construction, livestock and dairy, energy, education, IT and Halal industry sectors.
For more information, contact:
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Penske Logistics has completed a relocation and upgrade of its data center. The data center supports the company’s supply chain customers.
The data center was previously housed onsite at a Penske Logistics facility in Beachwood, OH. The new center is located a few miles away off-site and has increased square footage available for future data center expansion, the company said.
“This new facility is staffed 24 hours a day by data center experts and provides state-of-the-art redundancy, security, cooling and power for our technology solutions,” said Tom McKenna, senior vice president of logistics engineering and technology.
“Our company committed to this endeavor to better serve the needs of our customers with the next generation of technology infrastructure,” he added. “Enhanced disaster recovery tools are an important part of that infrastructure. Our customers will also benefit from improved system performance that comes with the addition of advanced logistics production hardware.”
This project was jointly executed by the Penske Logistics and Penske Truck Leasing Information Technology departments.


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Business Day | 3 June 2009
US pulls the plug on Sacu deal
The collapse of the negotiations will hurt Sacu members especially the so-called BLNS countries - Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland.
THERE has long been talk that the US was preparing to walk away from talks on the proposed agreement, and the speculation finally ended last month when the US government announced that it would not revive negotiations. While on a visit to SA, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said the Barack Obama administration would instead focus on implementing separate agreements with Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) member countries. The US is SA’s biggest export market and the third-largest source of imported goods and services, according to the Trade and Industry Department.
Mmatlou Kalaba, a top economist at research body Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, says the collapse of the talks will hurt Sacu members, especially the so-called BLNS nations - Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland. When first mooted, one of the main selling points of the proposed deal was that it would have stimulated the BLNS countries’ economic development. SA remains a dominant economic player in the region.
“For the BLNS countries, this is a lost opportunity to get into the largest market,” Kalaba says. The collapse of the talks means that the Sacu members will be at a disadvantage when they have to compete with those countries that have free trade agreements with the US. SA, for instance, will have to compete with Chile on agroprocessing exports to the US. Chile has a free trade agreement with the US that will give it an edge.
Kalaba says BLNS countries are vulnerable to strong-arm tactics that could divide Sacu. “It happened with the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU,” he says. Sacu was split in 2007 when the BLNS countries broke ranks with SA and signed an interim EPA with the EU. “This was due to pressure from the EU. We may see those divisive tactics again,” he says.
Since their start in June 2003, the talks have been anything but smooth sailing. The talks ground to a halt in 2004 . Notwithstanding the noble intention of heralding a new era of trade relations between the countries and the US, the talks hardly got out of first gear and the process was suspended in 2006 amid disagreement over the scope of the agreement and alleged US reluctance to make concessions.
The free trade negotiations would have culminated in reciprocal offers to phase out tariffs on a range of products. For Sacu members, the pact would have created market access for exports and attracted investment into southern Africa. It would have brought stability and predictability to trade with the US. This is something that the current preferential pacts with the US, including the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), do not provide.
That the duty-free offers under Agoa could be withdrawn at any time to protect US companies, bothers Sacu members. In addition to that, Agoa has an expiry date. It was signed into law by the US Congress nine years ago and expires in 2015. Kalaba says negotiations for a possible extension should commence in two years’ time.
On the other hand, the free trade pact would have put the US on an equal footing with its EU counterparts, who have an agreement with the Sacu countries. Major US exports to southern Africa include machinery, vehicles, aircraft, medical instruments, plastics, chemicals, cereals, pharmaceuticals, and wood and paper products.
Peter Draper, research fellow at the South African Institute of International Affairs, says the decision by the US was expected, given the greatly polarised positions of the two parties. The gap was just too big, he says.


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The new 2017 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is going to be one hell of a machine. The current Z/28 is already highly regarded by many as one of the sharpest-handling cars to ever come out of America, and the next iteration of the brand is looking to take this even further. Spy images and video that have surfaced this week show off a comprehensive aero package, including a big rear wing and front splitter.
None of which could stop Chevrolet's Nürburgring test driver from slamming the camouflaged production mule into the wall during testing ...
The crash doesn't appear to cause too much damage to the mule, as it gives one final grunt before retiring to the grass. Before long, a team drape the car in tarp before loading it onto the back of a tow truck and driving away.
A quick cut and buff and she'll be back out there in no time.


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State media suggests Beijing is poised to levy a charge on large consumers of coal, crude oil and natural gas
China looks set to impose a direct tax on its largest greenhouse gas emitters by 2015, according to reports in state media. Proposals for an environmental tax are being reviewed by the Ministry of Finance...
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Electric vehicle charge point specialist announces new push to increase access to charging infrastructure at shopping centres across the UK
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After introducing a requirement for rounded square icons in March, Google now allows developers to use the new icon specification.
Google introduced the requirement to “bring consistency and a cleaner look to Google Play” by making all icons rounded squares. The change will affect the store on both Android and Chrome OS.
Further, the change prohibits transparent backgrounds. Google also dynamically adds rounded corners and drop shadows to icons.
Developers can choose to enable the new style immediately. In the Google Play Console, the Graphic Assets section of Product Details contains the option, as well as info on the mandatory change.
Essentially, Google gives developers until June 24th to meet the new icon specification. For developers that don’t or can’t meet the deadline, Google will automatically scale down your existing icon to work with the new specification and put a white border around it.
Alternatively, users can make the switch now, so their icon is ready come June. Some apps have already done this, like Google Contacts and Drive.
On top of this, starting May 1st, developers won’t be able to upload icons that don’t meet the standard.
It’s worth noting the change won’t affect Google Play for Android Auto, Android TV or Wear OS. It also won’t affect APK launcher icons on any platform.
Google also has a detailed page to help developers create icons that work with the new specifications.
Interestingly, Google has taken some of the work away from developers with this spec. The Play Store dynamically handles masking and shadows, so developers only need to create a square icon and Google handles the rest, including rounding the corners and fitting the icon into the various supported shapes.
Considering that Android Q adapts symbols across the system to match the app icon shape, Google Play could dynamically adjust app icon shape to match as well.
You can learn more about the new app icon specification over on the Android Developers Blog.


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Software in the cloud can add more than just streamlined operations value to a business. How are you using it compared to your competitors?
Most of us have heard by now about cloud computing and the benefits it offers including the ability to deliver better applications and greater flexibility.
What we also know is that business leaders and developers are increasingly on board and the market is now in “hypergrowth,” according to research by Forrester, as businesses continue to see the value and start to actively plan for change. However, not all technology segments will see widespread cloud adoption and success in 2015. Forrester also highlights that software is one of the leading segments in cloud adoption. Gartner research forecasts that this market, worldwide, is expected to grow to US$45.6 billion by 2017 (from $18.2 billion in 2012), and that 47 percent of companies they surveyed are already using cloud software to deliver competitive advantage.
The agility the cloud offers in both software development and innovation as well as for users is ultimately helping businesses to streamline their approach and create better efficiencies. We all know the value it can add to our business operations. But what about software that can go the extra mile to help professionals to take the lead through deeper collaboration, better decision making and better market agility? A world of adaptable, flexible and innovative software that allows businesses to leverage real time data and dashboards to enable better decisions and engagement with customers. If you’re looking for marketing software, this may sound boringly familiar – old news even. But not when it comes to accounting software. This is a whole new world of opportunity to really live the customer-centric approach most businesses aspire to. We know you probably know this kind of software is out there, but what may not be understood is how much more value, flexibility and freedom cloud accounting software can add to our business. With cloud software touted as an area for major growth in 2015 and beyond, and almost 50 percent of companies already using cloud software to gain a competitive edge, leaving cloud accounting unexplored may just put small businesses behind their competition.
Accounting software in the cloud allows businesses to think bigger. On the flip side it allows developers to be even more innovative. Either way – using it effectively is going to benefit your business.


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Playbook, a California-based personal finance app focused on Gen Z and Millennials, has secured $7m in a Series A funding haul.
The round was headed by Telstra Ventures with further participation from fellow investor Atomic.
Founded in 2020, Playbook claims it is the app for growing money with tax advantages and automation. The firm said it will help users build a financial plan and take advantage of every tax benefit available.
The company said it allows users to connect their bank account and to discover tax advantages, and then helps to craft a customised financial plan that is fully automated.
Playbook is already used by employees in companies ranging from Google, Salesforce, EY and Amazon.
The company said it is also launching Playbook for Work, which offers dedicated support teams, and in-depth reporting so businesses can understand utilization.
Playbook said it intends to use the newly raised capital to expand its offering.
Payday was developed to support African remote workers, freelancers and digital professionals with frictionless, borderless payments, enabling global payment processing from over 130 countries.
The startup permits those on the continent and in the diaspora, to send and receive money in USD, GBP, Euros and 20 other currencies, allowing Africans to work remotely for international organisations, and be paid and withdraw money in the currency of their choice regardless of location.
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Augmented reality came on the scene in a big way this past summer with Pokémon GO. Now, other online applications are taking advantage of the technology, showing that it has the chance to develop some staying power.
Home-buying website Realtor.com recently announced it will be releasing two new mobile app features — Sign Snap and Street Peek — that leverage the capabilities of image recognition and augmented reality.
According to GeekWire, Sign Snap is currently available on Android, and Sneak Peek will soon be available on Realtor.com’s Android mobile app sometime in the spring, the home-buying website said, with an iOS version of the updates to come at a later date.
Sign Snap is a feature that takes advantage of image recognition technology and lets prospective home buyers and others curious about the housing market access information about a house listed as for sale by taking a photo of the for-rent or for-sale sign. The image recognition technology in the app searches the Realtor.com database and will then pull up the house’s dimensions, specs, photos, listed price and contact information for the real estate agent.
The augmented reality feature Street Peek shows Realtor.com mobile app users housing statistics for an entire neighborhood in real time, overlaying each house with information collected from the Realtor.com database, including listing price or estimated value, along with individual house specs, like the number of bedrooms and bathrooms.
Nate Johnson, chief marketing officer at Realtor.com, was quoted as saying: “In a market where actionable information can make all the difference between landing the home of your dreams or losing it, we are empowering consumers with quick and accessible property information in the palm of their hands.”
Realtor.com isn’t the only home-buying website looking to supplement its services with new technologies. This past summer, competitor site Zillow and AI-driven CRM Signpost joined forces to allow Zillow agents to automatically generate requests for user reviews of their services.


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“Just Beyond” is based on a series of graphic novels by “Goosebumps” creator R.L. Stine and looks to be told in a similar anthology style as other shows based off his works such as “The Haunting Hour.” Each episode will focus on a different story with a different group of characters encountering various creepy situations that are just beyond our world and imagination.
The series will tackle all sorts of creep situations, from witches, ghosts, monsters, and even aliens. We can only guess what we can expect from this series. The show also looks like it will be deviating from Stine’s graphic novels; so far, the series only has four books in total, and none of them seem to line up with the plots of the eight episodes of the new Disney+ series. While this initially may turn off fans of Stine’s original work, it is refreshing to hear that this show will likely even surprise those who have read the source material.


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According to Labor Department data, January’s Consumer Price Index rose by 0.6% on a seasonally adjusted base. That is a 7.5 percent increase in inflation over the previous 12 months.
The statistics, according to CNBC, indicate “a worsening outlook for inflation and cementing the likelihood of substantial interest rate hikes this year.”
The Dow Jones’s estimate of 7.2% is higher than this increase and it marks the fourth-highest reading in the past four decades.
But don’t worry. According to the Labor Department’s news release, the reason for the staggering inflation is mainly due to the essential necessities of living.
“Increases in the indexes for food, electricity, and shelter were the largest contributors to the seasonally adjusted all items increase,” they report.
WASHINGTON (AP) — US inflation soared 7.5% over past 12 months, biggest spike since 1982.
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It’s imperative to note that while inflation numbers and charts are devastating, the most devastating impact is what the American people are feeling right now because of that data.
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For Americans trying to afford basic necessities like food and energy, it’s a big problem costing families thousands of dollars.
The Penn Wharton Budget Model published a mid-December analysis that showed the effect inflation trying will have on average American families.
No matter which inflation metric you look at, it’s worrying.
Inflation (CPI) for all items is at 7.5% in past year — the highest since Feb 1982. (bluish line below)
Inflation excluding food and energy is at 6% in past year — the highest since Aug 1982. Below is the pinkish line pic.twitter.com/8piWJWWoyq
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) February 10, 2022
“We estimate that inflation in 2021 will require the average U.S. household to spend around $3,500 more in 2021 to achieve the same level of consumption of goods and services as in recent previous years (2019 or 2020),” the group wrote.
Worse, it’s far more detrimental to lower-income households because a larger percentage of their budget will go towards those basic needs.
“Lower-income households will have to spend about 7 percent more while higher-income households will have to spend about 6 percent more,” they add.
The 1970s saw a rapid rise in oil prices, despite the US spending huge amounts on its infrastructure. This led to inflation spiraling out of control. Gaslines and stagflation led to economic instability as the supply chain cracked, leading to increased reliance on oil.
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The inflation numbers, which are both devastating to the Biden White House as well as the Democrat Party in general heading into midterms, have a political dimension.
It is, as they say, “the economy, stupid.”
The most recent Real Clear Politics average of all major national surveys shows President Biden’s numbers significantly underwater on the topic of the economy.
Only 38.3 percent approve of Biden’s handling of the economy while 56.3 percent disapprove.
BREAKING: #inflationJust reached the highest level since 1982. pic.twitter.com/t14GkpbBjC
— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) February 10, 2022
Tommy Pigott, the Rapid Response Director for the RNC issued a statement blasting the President.
“Unfortunately for the American people, Biden has decided to double down on the policies that caused this inflation in the first place,” Said Pigott.
“Whenever Biden says the word ‘prices,’ remember this: he lied about inflation for months, has lied about its consequences, and has zero credibility on the issue.”
Biden says “unchecked inflation over the long term would pose a real challenge to our economy” but adds he’s “confident that isn’t what we’re seeing today” pic.twitter.com/FDGUKGBpmc
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) July 19, 2021
Inflation was said to be temporary by President Biden in the summer of 2009. These numbers might suggest that this statement may have been incorrect.
“I want to be clear: my administration understands that were we ever to experience unchecked inflation in the long term, that would pose a real challenge for our economy,” he said over the summer.
“While we’re confident that isn’t what we’re seeing today, we’re going to remain vigilant about any response that is needed.”
It’s a real challenge alright, Joe. It’s destroying the budgets of everyday Americans. That’s a problem.
It is difficult to imagine how you will survive three more years in a White House with an economically ignorant person.


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Shaadi ki guest list check karo jaldi: Fans ask paps to check WhatsApp as Katrina Kaif's mom drops phone while shopping in Mumbai
As per reports, Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal are all set to tie the knot at Six Senses Fort Barwara, a luxury resort in Rajasthan, in December.
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's grand wedding in Rajasthan next month, the actress' mother Suzanne Turquotte was on Monday (November 29) snapped shopping at the Bandra area of Mumbai. Dressed in a yellow floral tunic and black pants, she was seen coming out of a store and stopping for the shutterbugs before getting into her car. However, as she shuts the door of the car, her phone fell out and dropped on the ground.
This caught the attention of netizens who quickly took to the comment section and wrote, "Break the suspense. Did she take her phone back or gone?” one asked. “Full story, what happens next?” another wanted to know.
There were few who expressed their curiosity that her phone might have a guest list finalised for Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's wedding. "Phone khol jaldi WhatsApp check karlo shaadi ki guest list hogi (Check WhatsApp on the phone fast, the wedding guest list would be there),” one wrote. "In this mobile was the news of Katrina and Vicky’s wedding. If I were you, I would pick up this cell phone and run away," another joked.
As per reports, Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal are all set to tie the knot at Six Senses Fort Barwara, a luxury resort in Rajasthan, in December. Ever since news of their wedding broke, both Katrina and Vicky have been extremely tight-lipped and have refrained from commenting anything on it. In the last few weeks, there have been numerous speculations about the hush-hush wedding between the two parties.
Speaking of the guest list, celebrities including Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar, Kabir Khan, Mini Mathur, Shashank Khaitan have reportedly featured on the list.
Earlier this year, the couple reportedly had a 'Roka' ceremony at filmmaker Kabir Singh's residence in Mumbai. Rumours are also there that the couple will have a court marriage in Mumbai before flying to Rajasthan for their grand-intimate wedding.
It is no secret that Katrina prefers to keep her personal life extremely private and away from the public glare. In fact, despite numerous reports about the two being in a relationship for the last few years, both Katrina and Vicky refrained from sharing pictures with each other on social media. Neither, they made any public appearances together.


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China's authorities have suspended Tencent Holdings the update of their existing applications or the launch of new applications as part of a "temporary administrative orientation" against the technological giant, the Chinese media reported, including Chinastarmarket.cn, with headquarters In Shanghai. According to the report, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China has ordered the stores and application platforms that apply the order against Tencent Holdings applications as of Wednesday, November 24, 2021, in a hard administrative punishment Against the technological giant, who manages dozens of applications, including the Super WeChat application, which has 1,200 million users. Tencent Holdings said in a statement that is cooperating with the authorities in the inspection of their applications, indirectly confirming the report.
There are more than 70 applications published by Tencent Holdings that are active and there are more than 100 games published by Tencent Mobile Games, according to the QIMAI application tracking company. It is not known how long the suspension will last and the Chinese ministry has not published any information about the prohibition. "We work continuously to improve the user's protection functions in our applications, and we also regularly cooperate with the relevant government agencies to ensure compliance with regulations. Our applications are still functional and are available for download, "said Tencent Holdings on his statement.
The regulatory measure occurs in the midst of Beijing's continuous scrutiny over the country's technological sector. Beijing has accelerated its legislative efforts to regulate the data in the country, having promulgated the cybersecurity law in 2017, followed by the Data Security Law this September, which requires companies to undergo a safety assessment to obtain the Approval before sending user data abroad. And in November China promulgated the law of protection of personal information, one of the strictest regulations in the world in terms of personal data security, with powerful implications for cross-border data transfers and how companies operate Inside the country.
The Ministry has been naming and exposing regularly the applications that consider guilty of violating the regulations or infringing the rights of users. Tencent Holdings applications have been reported frequently, among other competitors such as Alibaba Group Holding and Bytedance. On the list of November 3, 38 applications appointed and publicly expressed by the Ministry for excessively collecting data from users, three applications were developed by Tencent Holdings, namely, Tencent News, a Karaoke application and QQ Music.
Source: South China Morning Post
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Samsung brought the party to Dubai on March 2, celebrating the launch of the Galaxy S9 and S9+ with a spectacular LED light show on the façade of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa.
As the first technology company to present an LED show on the iconic skyscraper, Samsung highlighted its committment to its “Do What You Can’t” philosophy – a call to defy barriers and empower people to achieve what others see as impossible, to make consumers’ lives simpler and more valuable.
At a series of booths set up near the iconic Burj Khalifa, tourists and spectators who came to watch the light show were able to experience the latest flagship devices up close and personal, while taking photos and creating special emojis on site.
Both the Burj Khalifa event and the Galaxy S9 and S9+ reflect Samsung’s commitment to its brand philosophy. By reimagining the entire camera experience, the new flagship devices speak to consumer needs, giving them a more creative and fun way to express themselves through visuals and audio. To match this spirit of defying barriers, the spectacular Burj Khalifa featured a first-of-its-kind LED light show to highlight how Samsung is evolving with the way people communicate with one another.
At each immersive experience booth at the event, Samsung gave visitors a chance to discover the hidden moments in their lives and find creative new ways to communicate and express their thoughts and feelings. From creating their own personalized AR Emoji, to taking a picture among the stars in a dark room, the Burj Khalifa event was full of multi-sensory experiences that demonstrated the company’s philosophy of “turning can’t into can.”
Following the Dubai showcase, Samsung will hold events in other cities and at landmarks yet to be announced. So, if you missed the fun, check out the photos from the event and stay tuned for more chances to experience the action firsthand.
Image Caption: “The iconic Burj Khalifa lights up with a spectacular LED light show to celebrate the launch of the Galaxy S9/S9+”


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New Delhi: On Purpose, an integrated communications consultancy, best known for brand reputation management and driving social change, has been awarded the PR mandate for Beetel Teletech Ltd., one of India’s leading technology brands, offering contemporary solutions for modern India’s connectivity and I.T. needs. As communications partner, On Purpose will be responsible for strengthening brand awareness and enhancing engagement for Beetel among its stakeholders, in addition to telling a compelling story of the company’s legacy and leadership as an integrated communications provider.
Commenting on the partnership, Sanjeev Chhabra, MD & CEO, Beetel said, “Beetel enjoys a unique position in the Indian market, owing to its leadership in the 360˚ecosystem that covers manufacturing, as well as distributing a huge range of products in the form of mobile devices, mobile accessories, IT peripherals, enterprise solutions and network solutions along with last mile distribution with logistics & supply chain. We are at a point of growth where it is imperative for us to create a strong consumer connect and build engagement through authentic storytelling and category differentiation. On Purpose has a dynamic communications portfolio and a competitive team that includes storytellers, campaign specialists and communication experts, just what we need at this point in time. We are looking forward to working with them.”
Girish Balachandran, Managing Partner, On Purpose said: “Beetel is one of the most reputed and respected brands in the country, manufacturing world-class consumer products and providing network & enterprise solutions for India and the globe. We are excited to work with the team and together achieve success in strengthening its positioning as a technology leader connecting businesses and people”


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You might have seen Igniyte’s Managing Partner, Caroline Skipsey, appear on BBC Breakfast this morning to discuss the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) report on fake online reviews, just released today.
Igniyte was asked by the CMA to help in their investigation of companies and review sites and they used Igniyte’s research in their report which revealed that over half (51%) of UK companies have been hit by unfounded criticism and malicious postings or have been targeted by trolls in the past year.
Igniyte’s research proves that online reviews are growing as a focus for businesses. The CMA launched the investigation in February this year after allegations of some companies manipulating their reviews and using incentives to encourage positive reviews.
As a whole, companies tend to struggle to encourage their customers to leave good reviews and review forums are often a way of customers being able to voice their negative comments. However, it is not appropriate for companies to mask over this with fake reviews – it is still essential that this process remains ethical.
Negative effects of online reviews
According to the CMA, 80% of consumers use online reviews before purchasing a product, which proves how detrimental it can be if your company receives negative feedback. The CMA’s investigation comes at a time where companies are spending up to £30,000 per year on trying to put things right – figures gained from Igniyte’s Business of Reviews research.
Caroline spoke about the investigation, explaining the potential pitfalls of generated reviews.
She said: “Used properly, review sites and forums are a force for good – giving consumers a much needed voice.
“But while businesses of all kinds welcome the opportunity to gather feedback, a growing number are falling victim to unjustified negative content online and the effect can be devastating.
“We welcomed the chance to participate in the investigation at the CMA’s request. We’d recommend businesses and review sites to take heed of the CMA’s clear guidance on the practice of online reviews.
“Paying for fake reviews and placing unsubstantiated content doesn’t fix the real business issues – if your business is subject to genuine negative reviews, the only way to overcome it is by listening to your customers and addressing their concerns.”
The CMA states that it will continue to investigate its concerns and will enforce ‘action’ where appropriate, to ensure businesses compete fairly in compliance with the law.
Nisha Arora, CMA Senior Director, has said: “We have opened an investigation into businesses that may be paying for endorsements in blogs and other online articles where the payment may not have been clear to readers.”
On the back of this investigation, various review sites, blog sites and reputation companies are being investigated for conduct that doesn’t conform to consumer regulation and ASA guidelines.
Online Reputation Management
The overall goal is for review forums to fairly represent the company in question. Every company will have the odd customer who has had an unfortunate experience and is fairly unhappy about it. But by the same token, they’ll probably have countless satisfied customers who fail to tell anybody about their experience. A business’ goal is to ensure that as many customers as possible are satisfied – thus increasing the chances of word spreading online and positive reviews being written. That is the only way that they’ll have a positive online presence in the long-term.


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In the last few months realme has launched some Android smartphones with a very powerful processor at a very cheap price. Recently launched realme phones the realme 2 and realme 2 Pro is the best mid-range smartphones also realme has launched a budget range smartphone the realme C1 which is one of the most popular budget range smartphones in India. Now many leaks and rumors are rounding over the Internet about the upcoming phone form realme the realme C2, but there is no information from the company about the launch of realme C2. According to some popular leaker as expected realme may soon launch realme C2 in India.
About the phone, many leaks and rumors are getting up to the Internet but all those are unofficial and can’t be trustable but some of the popular leakers have expected some specification and features about the phone which I hope the realme C2 will come with.
According to the leak information, the realme C2 will almost look like realme C1, in fact, you may find many similarities like the display notch, rear camera, and other features. The realme C2 will have a display Notch which is identical to realme C1 but the back design will be little different and very similar to realme 1 where realme C2 will have a diamond cut design on the back panel.
As I told there is no official information from realme about realme C2 but there is a hint from realme that realme will launch another budget range device very soon and so we hope the realme C2 will be the upcoming budget device from realme. As expected realme C2 will have a 6.2 inches HD+ display with a resolution of 1520 by 720 pixels with a display notch at the front. The Notch will hold an 8-megapixel front camera for a selfie and 13MP + 2MP camera at the back.
The realme C2 will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor and this is the same processor used on realme C1 now guy’s this is not the official announcement but according to the leaks and rumors, there is some info which can be believable.
Like the previous variant, the realme C2 will pack with a larger 4230mAh battery which can give the phone a full day of uses while playing heavy games. Realme C2 will run on the company’s own colourOS 5.2 which is based on Android 8.1 Oreo. Other connectivity features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, OTG, GPS and lots more are supported.
Price and Availability
According to the leak information the realme C2 will come with 2 different variants of 2GB RAM and 3GB RAM with 32GB of internal storage. I’m not sure about the price but as expected the realme C2 will go on sale with a price tag of Rs.7,000 to Rs.9,000, Now as I told before that there is no official announcement about a phone and its price but as everything is expected the realme C2 will launch on December 2018.


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To capitalise on the global economic recovery investors should look at the emerging markets (EM) as they have growing populations and offer a chance to tap into some important consumption themes, according to Franklin Templeton’s active equity specialist investment manager Martin Currie.
One of the sectors that might pique investors’ interest at the moment in emerging markets was the semiconductor market, which globally approached US$500 billion ($641.8 billion), but faced concerns about a shortage of supply.
“The list of leading global semiconductor businesses is now dominated by emerging markets companies. They include Taiwan’s TSMC, which grew revenue 25% in 2020; South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix; and Taiwan’s Globalwafers,” Alastair Reynolds, portfolio manager of the Legg Mason Martin Currie Emerging Markets fund said.
Reynolds also point to the electric vehicle (EV) market as EV battery demand was expected to grow 10-fold over the next 10 years, and the majority of that growing demand was currently being met by Asian producers, including South Korea’s LG Chem and China’s CATL.
“Emerging markets provide access to young and growing populations and tap into some really important consumption themes, as well as themes that are driven by urbanisation and digitisation. Our fund provides access to highly profitable companies that are capable of delivering higher levels of growth,” Reynolds added.
The Legg Mason Martin Currie Emerging Markets Fund, which was launched in 2011, since inception produced an average return of 10.2% a year (net of fees), compared with average 9% annual growth of the benchmark over that period, the firm said.
Over the five years to the end of April, the fund returned 17.0% a year (net of fees), compared with the benchmark return of 12.2% a year. Over the 12 months to the end of April, the fund returned 32.0% (net of fees), compared with the benchmark return of 26.0%, the firm said.
“The team’s awareness of ESG issues was a key reason for its early position in the EV space. Now the team is finding opportunities further down the EV supply chain, including companies making the equipment used to produce the batteries,” Reynolds added.


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73% of people in the UK are planning on renovating their homes in some way this year, and when you look at the figures, it’s a decision that makes a lot of financial sense.
House prices rose sharply in 2014, going up by an average of 7.2% (Nationwide) or 8.5% (Halifax) according to lenders. In some areas of London prices grew by as much as 20%.
According to the Office for National Statistics, the average price of a house in the UK peaked at £274,000 in August last year. And that figure is set to grow steadily, as demand for new homes continues to outstrip supply.
Bathrooms are traditionally the smallest rooms in the home, being an average of just 4.4 square metres in size (making up just 5% of the space within an average house), but because of the importance of a bathroom, a newly refurbished one can add a huge amount to the value of your home.
In a survey of 2,000 people that we conducted, 87% said that a nice bathroom was key to them deciding to buy/rent a property.
So what is your return on investment when updating your bathroom?
A new bathroom can cost anything from a few hundred pounds (for a new suite to install) all the way up to a maximum of about £8,000 for a full remodel (including moving utilities around to make the most of the available space, re-levelling the floors and ceilings, new pipework, fully tiled walls and floors, new lighting, underfloor heating, heated towel rails, a luxury suite, installation of a new ventilation system etc.), but you won’t need to spend anywhere near this much to get the benefit of increasing the value of your house.
Add as much as 5% to the value of your home
Estate agents and property valuation experts we’ve spoken with have said that a brand new bathroom can add as much as 5% to the price of a house (depending on a variety of factors including location and stamp duty brackets).
Assuming that you own a house priced at the UK average, this means that installing a new bathroom could increase the value of your home by as much as £13,000.


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What is Virtual Reality? | What is 360 Video?
Facebook recently acquired Oculus VR for a hefty $2 billion. Before the purchase, Oculus raised more than $91 million in venture funding after an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign put them on the radar of techies and gamers alike. With all of this attention and all of this money now being invested, it looks like virtual reality is making a huge comeback. .


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Magna's CEO made a simple comment about willing to work with Apple on an Electric Car and the stock market reacted immediately
Last week LG Electronics announced that it will establish LG Magna e-Powertrain by splitting off some of its green business units in the Parts Business Division. The business units to be split off include motors/power electronics (PE), battery heater, high power distribution module (HPDM), power relay assembly (PRA), DC charging box, and battery and battery pack components.
Where the news went off script, likely intentionally, is when Magna International CEO Swamy Kotagiri said at a recent automotive association event that his company is ready to produce Apple's electric vehicles. He added that his company is willing to expand its manufacturing plant, if it is necessary to work with Apple.
It was rumored last month that Magna could possibly be one of Apple's future car manufacturing partners.
When Kia was in the news as a possible Apple Car partner, their stock price soared. In the end, however, a Kia regulatory filing admitted that they weren't in talks with Apple. Yet the stock price remained higher.
The news of a simple quote from Magna's CEO sent LG's stock up 8% yesterday on the Korean stock exchange. The stock market clearly senses that Apple's Project Titan will one day be a blockbuster market event and their index fingers are itching to hit the buy button. For more on this story, read the full BusinessKorea report.