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Fleetcor Technologies, a global business payments company, announced the acquisition of Plugsurfing, a European electric vehicle software and network provider to vehicle OEMs, charge point operators (CPO), and fleets.
The UK is currently ahead of the required adoption curve to meet the Government’s 2032 EV target, according to the latest DfT statistics included in Volkswagen Financial Services UK’s first EV tracking report.
Demand for all-electric vehicles in the EU surges three times in 2021.
Poor air quality accounts for up to 36,000 deaths each year in the UK. Around 400 of these deaths are in Nottingham. Matt Ralfe from Nottingham City Council, tells FVI how the council has put air quality and sustainability at the heart of its agenda and transformed its fleet in just four years.


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Walgreens Boots Alliance on Tuesday scrapped its plan to sell its UK high street pharmacy chain, Boots, saying no third party was able to make an adequate offer due to the turmoil in the global financial markets.
The company put its Boots business up for sale after announcing a strategic review in January as the second-largest US pharmacy chain renewed its focus on the domestic healthcare.
The decision to retain Boots and No7 Beauty Company has also been supported by their ongoing strong performance, Walgreens said.
The 173-year-old Boots business includes 2,200 stores in the United Kingdom, including pharmacies, health and beauty stores.
The company sold its distribution business for $6.5 billion to US drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen ABC.N last year.
Save Costs And Revive Profit Growth
Walgreens had cut jobs, suspended share repurchases and closed some of its UK-based Boots stores to save costs and revive profit growth that took a major hit as the COVID-19 crisis hammered sales at its stores and pharmacies in 2020.
Walgreen shares fell nearly 3% to $41 before the bell.
In March of this year, the company reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit and sales, boosted by a rush for COVID-19 vaccinations and testing during a recent Omicron-led surge in COVID-19 cases.
In April of this year, Bloomberg News reported that India's Reliance Industries was exploring a bid for drug retailer Walgreens Boots Alliance's UK-based Boots business.

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It’s food tech prediction week at The Spoon!
Each day we’ll post five predictions for a specific area of the food tech universe, starting with restaurant tech.
The ghost kitchen market will see growth in hosted models and consolidation in some other areas
The ghost kitchen and virtual restaurant markets were white hot in 2021, with many venture capital funds pouring into a range of different concepts. However, one of the growing realizations regarding the ghost kitchen market is that while many offerings have had technology platform valuation multiples, a good number of them are facility-based concepts that have a economic cost closer to that of real estate.
For this reason, I expect much of the action in 2022 will be in hospitality kitchen concepts that leverage existing restaurant brands or create entirely new ones powered by social communities. The launch of TikTok Kitchen, powered by Virtual Dining Concepts and their host kitchen model, is one I will be watching closely to see if they can replicate the success they are having with MrBeast Burger.
Finally, we can also expect to see some high-profile players exit or scale back their ambitions. Reef has just announced that they are closing a third of their kitchens, likely in part due to fallout from the company’s ongoing health department certification issues. I think we’ll see more of that in 2022.
Restaurants will deploy more artificial intelligence, automation and cloud-based labor to offset labor issues
Like many other restaurant chains, Checkers has struggled in recent years to find enough workers to cover various shifts. Going forward, they won’t have to worry about that when it comes to managing drive-thru, as the company is deploying AI-powered voice robots in 267 of its restaurants.
This is just one example of how restaurants will embrace more technology to address what has become an ongoing labor shortage in the restaurant space. Of course, automation and robotics will also be part of the equation, but I think we’ll also see more restaurants find help through remote working through platforms like Bite Ninja.
Restaurateurs will embark on membership NFTs
Last week, we saw Gary Vaynerchuk and his team raise $14 million with the membership token auction for their NFT restaurant slated to open in the first half of 2023. With this success of Flyfish – and the rapid rise in token price in post -drop trading – I predict we will see many others trying to use a similar pattern. Sure, many will fail, but I can see how NFTs could become a new way to fund restaurants instead of traditional funding for chefs with large audiences.
Rethinking catering concepts to meet offsite demand
The idea behind PizzaHQ is quite simple: use centralized kitchens powered by automation to supply a market where the vast majority of customers never expect to enter your restaurant. As offsite continues to grow and real estate prices continue to rise, we can expect more new restaurant concepts that encompass different elements of dark kitchens, automation, contactless pickup, and more. .
Scanning the back of the house
Restaurant kitchen operations can be messy and low-tech, but that’s starting to change as new digital platforms allow operators to better optimize their business. A number of startups are combining IoT, AI and software to improve the efficiency of all aspects of a restaurant’s operations, allowing them to create the kind of just-in-time models for food production that have existed. in traditional manufacturing and other industries for decades.
Companies like Powerhouse Dynamics and their IoT-powered asset monitoring have been at it for a while, and now companies like Perfect Company are performing real-time monitoring of a kitchen to optimize labor allocation. work, ingredient portion sizes and other aspects of kitchen operations. Other companies like Orbisk are using machine vision to better help restaurants monitor and reduce food waste, and automation-focused companies like , while others like Miso Robotics and Hyphen are creating software operations and automation to help employees become more efficient.
Bonus Prediction: Data-Driven Personalization
As more customers interact with restaurants through apps, QR codes, and other digital formats, restaurants have a better understanding of who their customers are and what they like. Although we are a few years away from the age of truly personalized menus, I expect that more and more restaurants will use all the data they collect from restaurants to create better incentive programs in order to ensure better customer return and satisfaction rates.
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Change is in the air, and not just at the White House.
Over the past two months, new executives have been installed at several river cruise lines, signaling the opportunity for a fresh outlook and some possible changes to the way the river cruise business has been operating for years.
This new batch of leaders all happen to be women, and two of them hail from the ocean cruise industry (three if you count Edie Rodriguez, CEO of Crystal, which launched its own river cruise business this year). These new girl bosses stand to bring a fresh perspective and new ideas to river cruise lines, many of which have been operated by some of the same faces since the river cruise boom took off in the early 2000s.
"The stage is perfectly set to ignite future growth and innovation," stated Scott Nisbet, CEO of the Globus family of brands, which earlier this week promoted two of its own female executives, Pam Hoffee and Terri Burke, to lead its Avalon Waterways brand following the retirement of managing director Patrick Clark.
The announcement came on the heels of Scenic naming cruise industry vet Joni Rein to serve as its vice president of U.S. sales and marketing, and tapping Christine Sustreanu to be managing director of global river cruise operations for Scenic and its sister line, Emerald Waterways.
That followed news this summer that Ellen Bettridge was taking over as CEO of Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection, a line that was being run by Guy Young until then.
According to Bettridge, this changing of the guard is an opportunity to change the river cruising conversation all together.
"Whether I'm talking to a consumer or a well-traveled person, they all lump us together in a bucket, from a Viking to an Ama to a Uniworld. And I just think there's a great opportunity to distinguish us," Bettridge said, explaining that she plans to use her new post to redefine what Uniworld is and what it stands for in the luxury space.
Indeed, according to Crystal CEO Rodriguez, river cruising has been ripe for reinvention.
"We are disrupting the whole experience," said Rodriguez about Crystal's entrance into the market. "We saw that there were holes... there were a myriad of things that hadn't been done," she added, citing things such as open-seating dining and more adventurous on-shore outings as opportunities Crystal seized on to create a unique river cruise product.
The fact that all these new faces are being brought into the river cruise industry right at the same moment perhaps signals a need for some change. This past year has been a tough one for the river cruise market, and with challenge comes the need for innovation. Now it's time to see what they come up with.


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Apple’s dependence on China has been a constant concern, with trade wars, supply restrictions related to COVID-19, and human rights violations highlighted at different times. Now a group of advocacy groups have written to congressional House leaders to mark their own concerns.
The letter was written in response to claims that US antitrust law would endanger US companies and even pose a risk to national security …
Back in the summer, Democrats from the House of Representatives unveiled a package of antitrust bills, one of which was targeted at Apple’s App Store.
Antitrust Chairman David Cicilline (DR.I.) is the author of a law that platforms prohibit adversarial discrimination — laws that would prohibit many technology giants from “self-referencing” or favoring their products.
The goal of the law is for Apple to act in relation to its App Store, and Amazon in relation to its Marketplace.
The House Judiciary Committee approved the measures after bipartisan support, but bills are currently stalled due to more urgent fiscal issues. However, Democrats are determined that the bills will come to a vote.
Technical giants, including Apple, oppose the bills, and some former national security officials have even argued that any weakening of U.S. companies would jeopardize technical work with the Pentagon.
Apple’s dependence on China is dangerous
A group of non-partisan advocacy groups has now written to Congress, dismissing these arguments and suggesting instead that allowing so much power in the hands of such a small number of companies is actually a greater security risk. The letter specifically mentions the danger of Apple’s dependence on China.
A coalition of antitrust groups has attacked the claim of American technology giants that bills aimed at limiting their power pose a risk to national security, claiming that excessive reliance on a handful of companies is more dangerous.
America’s most powerful technology companies put shareholder profits above the public interest, according to a letter from advocacy groups obtained by Bloomberg News, which rejects warnings about a series of antitrust laws before Congress […]
In the letter, the groups point to examples, including Apple’s reliance on China’s supply chain and reports that U.S. technology companies are helping with Chinese surveillance and censorship. The groups argue that business decisions in the interest of creating value for shareholders will always overcome issues of national security and human rights.
“Big Tech is not here to help national security or the public interest, but to maintain monopoly rents and market power,” the groups write.
The letter was written by the American Economic Freedom Project, the Center for Digital Democracy, Progress in Demand, the Public Citizen, and the Revolving Door Project. One Marine officer is one of those who rejects the argument of national security, saying the opposite.
Lucas Kunce, a Marine officer who ran as a Democrat for a seat in the Missouri Senate in 2022, said that in addition to the vulnerabilities related to the companies themselves, market concentration reduces the possibilities of products and services available to the Ministry of Defense.
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Indonesian Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel confirmed that the ban on sales of alcohol in minimarkets and kiosks will continue after 16 April 2015. This ban, stipulated by Minister of Trade Regulation No. 06/M-DAG/PER/1/2015 on the Control and Supervision of Procurement, Distribution, and Sale of Alcoholic Beverages (which was signed by the minister on 16 January 2015), prohibits the sale of beverages with an alcohol content ranging between 1 to 5 percent (referred to as type A alcoholic drinks) in minimarkets and kiosks.
Update COVID-19 in Indonesia: 1,298,608 confirmed infections, 35,014 deaths (23 February 2021)
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FNB is the latest service provider to jump on the data price bandwagon. Data prices on its FNB Connect network will decrease by up…
Google on Thursday announced that Google One, its premium cloud storage service, will soon let you back up your device to the cloud from the app.
The addition will let users with a One membership, the One app installed, and Android smartphone automatically store a backup of their device data online.
This includes photos and videos at the original recorded quality, MMSes, and device data.
While Google already backs up device data (15GB’s worth) to your Google Cloud, One does give users between 100GB and 3TB of additional data depending on your subscription tier.
Should you purchase a new Android smartphone, that data will be restored to your new device if you wish.
In that respect, it’s pretty useful for those rocking flagship smartphones sans microSD card slots.
Overall, it’s a welcome addition to the cloud storage service, which debuted back in May 2018.
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Home advantage paid off in the 2015 Cullen Skink World Championships, as a local cook took the crown.
The Cullen Bay Hotel’s own Ian Watson did the village which lays claim to founding the dish proud as he served up smoked haddock, potato and onion perfection.
The competition, dedicated to Moray’s famous culinary creation, garnered interest from soup fans across the UK and Mr Watson fought off the efforts of 10 other chefs in the final.
After claiming his title, the Bay Hotel owner said: “Of course, there’s only four ingredients, so I think the secret is getting the right consistency when you saute off our potato and onion and getting the right balance between milk and cream and seasoning.
“Then, picking the best smoked haddock you can get, that’s all it is.”
Building on the success of last year, there was a surge in competitors taking part in this year’s Cullen Skink “with a twist” contest.
Coming out on top in a weird and wonderful five-way cook-off, was Alex Grahame, co-owner of Hornblower’s seafood restaurant in Gourdon, with his own unique take on the traditional dish.
His “Bon Accord” recipe married good Scottish fish with a unique French twist, and received praise for its texture, flavour, colour and appearance.
He combined Aberdeen-landed haddock, Gourdon smoked haddock, Dijon mustard, Pernod and a dash of Noilly Prat vermouth to leave the judges drooling for more.
He said he was influenced by his own French training as a chef and his wife Ruth’s Aberdonian heritage. The addition of the Noilly Prat paid homage to the area of France where the pair got married.
Mr Grahame said: “To have my take on Cullen Skink recognised in this way is a fantastic feeling, and I’m thrilled to be a world champion.
“I never once imagined when I started cooking that I’d be able to say something like that.
“The competition itself was an intense, full-on hour as there is so much to do in such a tight time frame.
“It was a fantastic event and I can’t stress enough just how great it has been to be involved.
“This is exactly what the food scene here in the north-east needs, and it has been a perfect way of shining the spotlight on one of the nation’s most-loved and revered dishes.”


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The $10.3 million sale of medical office buildings and the lease of 6,000 square feet of industrial space, both in Chesterfield, top the list this week. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
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The $19 million sale of apartments in Richmond and the lease of 81,500 square feet in Hanover top the list this week. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
The property was once part of a 20-building assemblage of similarly sized apartments throughout the Fan and Museum District that was previously owned by imprisoned local landlord Billy Jefferson.
The $2.075 million sale in Petersburg and the sublease of 174,378 square feet of office space in Henrico are the top transactions. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
“We have very similar philosophies and mindsets. Even our logos are kind of similar if you put them side by side,” said Clocktower Realty’s Rhonda Carroll of her brokerage’s combination with One South Realty Group.
The sale of 84 acres in Chesterfield for $5.4 million and the lease of 19,916 square feet in Richmond are the top transactions. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
The $2 million sale of land in Henrico and a timber company’s lease are the top deals. (BizSense Pro subscription required.)
Red Orange Studio has moved into the building its owners bought with the couple behind 510 Architects, which plans to move in next year.
The $5.2 million purchase of a building in Henrico is the top sale this week and 24,000 square feet in Chesterfield is the top lease. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
A $3.5 million purchase in Henrico is the week’s top sale and 50,000 square feet in Richmond is the top lease. (BizSense Pro subscription required)


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Trade agreements, then and now
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Congress is turning its attention to trade this week. Specifically, whether to “fast track” trade agreements, like the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Under fast track, Congress can’t change trade deals. It just gets an up or down vote. But to leave politics aside for a moment, and focus on the economy, take yourself back to 1993. Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point. Whitney Houston tops the charts. And, at the end of the year, President Clinton signs NAFTA into law. The U.S. is king of the global economy.
“The world has changed so much from 1993,” says Susan Ariel Aaronson, research professor of international affairs at George Washington University. Aaronson says now, we live in more of a multi-polar world. “Brazil is the eighth-largest economy in the world,” she says. “Russia’s economy, I believe, is shrinking. But it’s still very important.”
And then there’s China. It was just starting to stretch its economic legs in the early ’90s. “They have increased, dramatically, their exports all around the world. So all eyes have been on China,” says Kathryn Dominguez, a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan.
Back on the homefront, “the U.S. share of the world economy has declined,” says Gary Hufbauer, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and trade negotiator in the Carter administration.
Hufbauer says the U.S. share has fallen from 27 percent in the early ’90s, to about 20 percent today. But Hufbauer says we still have a lot of bargaining power, because the U.S. is a huge consumer market. And other countries really want to sell their stuff here.
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High street banks have put Brits on red alert over the latest cash machine scam
Some of the UK's biggest high street banks have issued an urgent warning to anyone who uses a cash machine to withdraw their money. The scam targets ATMs capable of withdrawing and depositing funds, which are often found outside of high street bank branches.
Scam artists place a printout next to the hole-in-the-wall, warning customers that the deposit feature is out of order. Next up, they fit plastic in front of the drawer used for withdrawals – to block the notes from protruding. When the customer puts their card into the machine, enters their PIN, and then selects the amount of money to withdraw ..they'll hear the whirring inside the ATM, but nothing will appear.
With the plastic shield blocking the withdrawals, customers will look to the other drawer – the one used for deposits (despite what the homemade sign beside the cash machine claims). With nothing appearing, customers will (wrongly) assume that the cash machine is out of money, out of service, or that something has gone awry with their account.
Once the customer walks away from the cash machine, the criminal approaches the machine, prises open the plastic cover and scoops the crumpled bank notes hidden behind it. It's not until the customer checks their statement that they realise the ATM was working as expected – and someone else made off with the money they needed.
The costly scam was highlighted on TikTok, with the video quickly gaining thousands of views.
While the TikTok clip from Hasan Mahmood found the scam in-use outside a branch of Nationwide Building Society. The bank has urgent customers to be cautious when using ATMs. And a number of other banks have followed with similar warnings. While the TikTok video centred on Nationwide, these scams are possible with almost every major high-street bank.
Speaking to The Mirror in the wake of the viral hit, a spokesperson for Nationwide Building Society said: “The type of incident highlighted in the video, although rare, can happen to ATMs anywhere at any time. Nationwide has a range of measures in place to try and combat these types of scams. However, as the video also demonstrates, it is important that people remain vigilant and check for any suspicious devices when using ATMs, especially those located outside.”
Santander is another lender that urged caution from its customers before entering their debit card or a PIN.
“Using a cashpoint is easy, convenient and almost always safe. But sometimes criminals tamper with cash machines to steal your card information, PIN, or cash,” a spokesperson for the bank said. “Always be vigilant when using an ATM – look out for any signs it might have been tampered with or damaged but also be aware of covering your PIN and ‘shoulder surfers’ hanging around.”
Barclays followed with a similar warning.
Meanwhile, industry body UK Finance has warned that anyone who uses a cash machine – and finds their money does not come out as planned – needs to immediately contact the ATM provider or lender. Ideally, this should happen while you're still stood beside the cash point.
"Cash machines are generally very safe to use, with millions of transactions every day, but it's still important to take some simple steps when withdrawing money,” a statement said. “If you notice anything suspicious or unusual about an ATM, such as signs of tampering, don't use it and if possible alert nearby staff or call the police. If no cash comes out or your card is jammed, report it immediately to your bank or building society, ideally by calling them while you are still in front of the machine.”


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China's trade surplus with the United States ballooned to a new record USD 31 billion in August.
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As a result, the industry is seeing a growing focus on customer experience, thereby taking e-commerce beyond just selling things online.
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That emboldened rupee bears and sent the currency to a record low of 72.11 to the dollar on Thursday.
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Weakness in rupee is likely to hit foreign debt obligations, oil imports.
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Stocks to Watch: Bausch & Lomb, Healthways, Microsoft, Motorola, Newmont
Today's top stories and some stocks with potential to move...
Stocks to watch for Friday, July 6, 2007:
- Advanced Medical Optics proposed a $4.3 billion takeover of Bausch & Lomb (BOL) potentially upsetting an existing $3.7 billion deal signed by private-equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC.
- Healthways (HWAY) reported fiscal third-quarter net earnings of $10.8 million, or 29 cents a share, up 15.6% from $9.34 million, or 26 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting, on average, a per-share profit of 29 cents. Healthways cut it fiscal 2007 earnings forecast to a range of $1.21 to $1.22 a share from its previous view of $1.44 to $1.61 share, and cut its revenue outlook to a range of $618 million to $630 million from its earlier forecast of $640 million to $659 million.
- Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR) said it expects to report second-quarter net income of $153 million to $163 million. The electronic marketplace operator puts pro forma earnings at 26 cents a share to 28 cents a share for the quarter ended June 30, compared with earnings of 24 cents a share in the prior-year period. Interactive Brokers projects net revenue of $281 million to $299 million, compared with $291 million a year earlier. Excluding certain items, the company expects adjusted pro forma earnings of 32 cents a share to 34 cents a share and adjusted net income of $175 million to $185 million.
- Longs Drug Stores' (LDG) preliminary June retail drugstore sales from continuing operations rose 3.5% to $464 million from $448 million a year earlier. Same-store sales at the chain rose 1.3%, reflecting a 1.5% increase in pharmacy and a 1.1% increase in front-end sales.
- Microsoft (MSFT) said it will take a $1.05 billion to $1.15 billion pretax charge and extend the Xbox 360 warranty for consumers after experiencing an "unacceptable" number of repairs to Xbox 360s already sold.
- Motorola (MOT) said in a regulatory filing it will take a $101 million charge in its recently completed second quarter. The charge is related to cost-cutting initiatives that involve laying off 7,500 workers at the wireless device maker. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said the cost reduction program has affected about 2,100 workers in the second quarter. The company said all three of its business segments have been affected by the actions.
- Newmont Mining (NEM) said it's eliminating its entire 1.85 million-ounce gold hedge position and plans to discontinue its merchant banking segment. The gold producer said that during June it spent $578 million to eliminate its entire price-capped forward sales contracts, and it will report a pre-tax loss of roughly $531 million on the early settlement of the contracts, after a $47 million reversal of previously recognized deferred revenue. In addition, as a result of its decision to discontinue its merchant banking segment, Newmont said it will take a non-cash impairment charge of roughly $1.7 billion in the second quarter. The company said it is considering alternatives for the unit, including a possible sale or initial public offering.
- Parametric Technology (PMTC) said lower-than expected license revenue will result in total fiscal third-quarter revenue of $225 million, up 4% from a year earlier, but lower than its earlier forecast of $235 million to $240 million. The product development and publishing services company expects earnings for the third quarter ended June 30 will be lower than the company's earlier prediction. Wall Street expects third-quarter earnings of 28 cents a share, on revenue of $238.2 million, according to the average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Financial.
- Asian trading closed with the Hang Seng +1.25%, Nikkei -0.44%, Sensex +0.69%, Taiwan +0.43% and Shanghai +4.58%.
- A quick look towards Europe finds the CAC +0.47%, DAX +0.24%, FTSE +0.53%, ATX +0.25%, Swiss Mkt. +0.14% and Stockholm +0.23%.
- Crude oil is trading higher +0.07 to 71.88 this morning while gold is lower -1.8 to 648.7.
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Critical commodities are seeing a significant price increase ahead of Ramadan
People’s woes have worsened as a result of a sharp rise in the prices of basic commodities ahead of Ramadan, according to Abigail News.
In Karachi, 1kg sugar now costs Rs105 due to price increases. Chicken costs Rs450 per kilogram, cooking oil costs Rs280 per litre, and pulse prices have risen as well.
Sugar, chicken, fruits, vegetables, and other important items have also increased in price in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital.


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As many Rick & Morty fans know, Szechuan Sauce has been in high demand since the release of season three. The number one show amongst millennials, Rick & Morty, showcased the sauce in the season premiere on April Fools day. In response to the episode, Rick & Morty co-creator, Justin Roiland, received an industrial-size bottle of the sauce. Szechuan Sauce was originally only available in 1998 as a promotion for the Disney movie, Mulan. Many fans cried out to McDonald’s begging for its return, craving to try the sauce for themselves.
Petition for Sauce
In an attempt to bring back the sauce, Rick & Morty fans started a Change.org petition. The petition drew about 45,000 supporters who like Rick, were “Driven by finding that McMugget Sauce.” Rick & Morty fans weren’t going to stop until they got their hands on that Szechuan Sauce. Luckily for them, McDonald’s announced last week that it was bringing the limited-edition sauce back for one day.
Not Enough Sauce
On October 7th, McDonald’s brought back the beloved Szechuan Sauce for one day. Thousands of people showed up at specific McDonald’s locations and waited in line for hours. The Szechuan sauce episode had over 11 million viewers and many of them were left empty-handed. Unfortunately, the demand for the sauce was deeply underestimated. Some locations reported to only have received 20 sauce packets, whereas other locations received no sauce at all.
Disappointed fans rallied in a rage and protested the lack of the much-anticipated sauce. In many cases, the police had to get involved.


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The Prime Minister set out three key positions on UK Brexit policy today (17 January):
- The UK will not seek to be a member of the single market, but instead seek the best possible access through a bilateral free trade agreement.
- The UK will not seek to remain a full member of the EU customs union to allow the UK to pursue new free trade deals with other countries around the world, but it will seek new customs arrangements.
- The deal should include phased implementation to avoid economic cliff edges and allow reorganisation.
CLA President Ross Murray said: "It is important that we take these three positions as the basis for the next phase of discussions on Brexit policy and how it affects the rural economy. We must move on from some of the arguments that have been a hangover of the referendum.
“The Prime Minister has set out clearly her trade ambitions. We fully support her plan to secure the best possible free trade agreement with the EU. Our aim must be to retain tariff free access for all products and all parts of the agri-food supply chain. We will continue to provide whatever support we can to help in securing this vital outcome.
“We are more cautious about the consequences of new trade deals with other countries and markets. We understand and support the principle that post-Brexit, the Government will pursue a range of trade agreements that can bring benefits to the UK economy as a whole. However, we will urge the Government to consider closely the balance of opportunity and risk for the agri-food sector that is specific to each and every potential deal available to the UK post-Brexit.
"The type of Brexit the Prime Minister has set out is a dramatic change and it will have a particularly major impact on UK farming. We therefore welcome the Prime Minister's reassurances about avoiding economic cliff edges and the importance of a phased implementation. Getting this implementation phase right will be critical to the livelihoods of farmers and the future of rural communities across Britain.”


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Mark Binker is a fine writer for the Greensboro News & Record, whose blog is a regular haunt for those who want to know what’s really going on in the General Assembly in Raleigh. His stories on the legislative session that just ended are invaluable if you want clear reporting that actually tells you what our fearless leaders have done for, and to, us. If you want to know more about how your state tax money is being spent, start here, with Binker’s overall report on the recent legislative session.
If you read nothing else, though, do not miss Binker’s report on “The Great Pimento Cheese Debate.” He tells, with detail that is both unsettling and hilarious, how the House — at the tail-end of the session, when they were still negotiating ethics legislation — spent nearly a half-hour “debating” a bill to exempt some rural mom-and-pop stores from food inspection rules. It turns out that some of these little stores, which sell homemade pimento cheese sandwiches, as well as peanut butter and banana sandwiches and the like, have been effectively shut down by food inspectors who apparently have no respect for one of the South’s most distinctive culinary inventions. Read Binker’s report and you’ll get a great, ground-level view of the legislative process and, as they say, how the sausage is made. Or in this case, how the pimento cheese is mixed.


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This seems to contradict your recent report on the top 50 festivals in the world (8 May) which highlighted Camra's yearly Great British Beer Festival, held at Olympia in August, and which fairly stated that Camra has rebuilt its image around a sharper, more professional approach. We are busy working to reduce excise duty, liberalise licensing hours, instigate choice over GM food and increase local transport links for rural areas which are cut off from their local centres of community, namely the village pub.
In relation to the claim that cask beers are declining in sales, regional brewers such as Fullers in London have seen real ale sales rise by 11 per cent this year. If, as admittedly they are, breweries are closing, then it is because the "big five" brewers have employed their vast advertising and marketing resources to drive out the smaller brewer and strangle the avaliability of traditional British beers. This poses an unparelelled threat to competition and consumer choice.
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Sony Playstation Won’t Show Up For E3 In 2019
There are reports that Sony won’t be showing up at E3 in 2019. This is huge because E3 is the biggest trade show for the video game industry, meaning that being a no-show has a number of interesting implications. For example, it seems probable that this means that the PlayStation 5 won’t be introduced in 2019 but rather 2020.
In part, this is because the people behind a number of previewed high-profile titles such as Death Stranding and Ghosts of Tsushima have refused to comment on their platform, which has caused interested individuals to speculate about the release of the next console being in the near future.
However, the fact that E3 is the natural venue for such introductions suggests that the PlayStation 5 won’t be introduced as soon as 2019 but will instead be held off until 2020. Furthermore, there are some people speculating that this could be a sign that Sony is planning to entrust more of the showcasing to its third-party publishing partners, but for the time being, this remains nothing more than speculation.
On the whole, it will be interesting to see what will happen to E3 because of this choice on Sony’s part, seeing as how Sony’s presence tends to be one of its highlights.
Read more here: http://fortune.com/2018/11/16/sony-e3-2019-playstation-5/


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BEIJING—Chinese personal-computer maker Lenovo Group said profit in its latest quarter rose 90% from a year earlier because of cost controls, stronger pricing and robust shipments.
Lenovo's solid results stand out in the global PC industry, which is struggling with weak demand as more consumers turn to tablet computers and smartphones. Global PC shipments in the first quarter fell 14% from a year earlier, according to research group IDC.
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THE PIT, a play-to-win NFT game developed by VC backed Kodoku Studios, is set to launch on 3rd December 2021. The game will bring NFT ownership and engagement into a new realm, going above and beyond current trends revolving around pixilated JPEG images exhibiting bubble like characteristics.
THE PIT NFTs will provide digital asset and gaming enthusiasts the opportunity to truly own their in-game avatar, with blockchain technology providing an entirely transparent ownership and gaming experience. The NFTs will partake in unpredictable, simulated, and decentralised programmatic “play-to-win” combat games of chance, that will lead to either a rise or fall in the value of each NFT.
Unlike the growing variety of play-to-earn games out there, the play-to-win environment of THE PIT offers players the opportunity to be a real winner, along with the fame and fortune befitting such status.
Hewie Rattray, Founder of THE PIT, said:
“NFTs are set to be an integral part of everyday life as they become an increasingly popular leisure pursuit. By combining NFTs and gaming with the launch of THE PIT and building it with the transparency that blockchain technology affords, we are bringing gaming experiences into the 21st Century. This development is a natural progression towards all the promise that the Metaverse brings, where crypto, NFTs and gaming will enter a new paradigm.”
This novel new way for people to have direct ownership of a unique gaming avatar will not only provide them with an engaging experience, but allow them to freely trade their NFT, for instance on the well-known NFT exchange OpenSea. THE PIT’s gaming schedule, which starts in December 2021, will involve regular battles and allow the NFT owners to earn crypto rewards tokens.
THE PIT has been developed by Kodoku Studios, with the backing of major VC firms NFT Investments and Pioneer Media, both leaders in the digital assets space and listed on London’s Aquis exchange.
Pinnacle Solution agrees blockchain partnership with Azuro
Pinnacle Solution, the award-winning sports betting supplier, has agreed a pioneering data partnership with decentralised betting ecosystem Azuro.
The award-winning sports betting supplier will provide Azuro with its market-leading sports and esports prices, with the feed available to front-end operators connected to Azuro’s blockchain protocol.
The Azuro protocol, capable of deployment on multiple blockchains, facilitates interactions between independent data and liquidity providers, and operators. This network then delivers thousands of liquid betting markets to end users in a trustless manner with the clean UX expected from successful web 3.0 use cases.
As one of the Azuro protocol’s first data providers, Pinnacle Solution will be pivotal in delivering its benchmark pricing capabilities across global sporting events to users, with all activity on the front and back-end processed on-chain in a secure, seamless fashion.
Rohini Sardana, BD Director at Pinnacle Solution, said: “We’ve been advancing trading standards in sports betting for over two decades and always have an eye on technologies that will shape the future of our success and the wider industry.
“This partnership with Azuro is a prime example of how blockchain can take our sector forward. We’re excited to integrate our prices into the ecosystem and to deliver a multi-jurisdictional user base of decentralised bettors our world-class prices.”
Paruyr Shahbazyan, Azuro Protocol’s Core Contributor, commented: “As the first truly viable decentralised sports betting solution, it’s only right that we want the biggest names in sports betting to connect to Azuro. The partnership with Pinnacle gives us the best feed and prices out there, while keeping betting markets fully transparent, open, and trustless, which gives bettors the peace of mind that no intermediaries are controlling their funds.
“Pinnacle Solution’s data feeds will be a significant boost for the network of front-end operators connected to Azuro, as well as their users, and we can’t wait to kick off the partnership and push blockchain betting further into the mainstream.”
Azuro is available for providers and operators to utilise now, with Pinnacle Solution’s feed set to go live in the coming weeks.
Torque Squad ready for MotoGP debut
The Torque Squad, part of the Motorverse Corporation and subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is heading to MotoGP for the first time as it prepares for the MotoGP™ Monster Energy British Grand Prix this weekend.
It promises to be a huge weekend all round, with South African Brad Binder, MotoGP rider and Torque Squad Ambassador, taking centre stage at Silverstone. The 26-year-old is currently sixth in the standings with one podium achieved so far this season and will be hoping for more this weekend.
What’s more, a number of Torqies have secured their VIP experience at the MotoGP™ Monster Energy British Grand Prix via both REVV Motorsport Discord and Torque Squad Discord.
The lucky winners will get to experience the following:
- Paddock Tour on Saturday and Sunday
- Pit Lane Walk on Saturday and Sunday at scheduled times
- VIP Raffle Prize: MotoGP™ Official Merchandising / Pit Wall Experience
- Bike Simulator
- Expo-Show Bike
- MotoGP™ World Champions Trophy Photo Opportunity
- Meet & Greet/Q&A Session with MotoGP™ Championship riders
- VIP Shuttle Shopping Experience
This marks the latest step for Torque Squad and Animoca Brands as they build on a growing partnership with MotoGP™.
MotoGP™ also recently announced Animoca Brands as the title sponsor for MotoGP™ Gran Premio de Aragón and Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.
Matt Solomon, Motorverse Co-Founder and CEO, said: “We’re incredibly excited to be getting involved in MotoGP. There is no brand more distinguished when it comes to motorcycle racing, and it’s great to see the Motorverse developing, whether it be racing on two wheels or four wheels.
“From our virtual world to the Silverstone circuit, our Torqies are in for an amazing experience this weekend as our NFTs continue to deliver true utility across multiple areas.”
Earlier this year Motorverse Corporation announced the launch of Torque Squad – a collection of 8,888 racing avatars NFTs called “Torqies”. Torqie NFTs are generated with individually styled details and intricate hand-drawn artwork to delight motorsport enthusiasts.
These Torqies will act as the entry point to the Motorverse ecosystem, which is partnered with the REVV Motorsport ecosystem and is adopting the REVV Token as its ecosystem utility token.
Additionally, various REVV ecosystem NFTs will be supported in several of the upcoming Motorverse experiences in both the real and virtual worlds of motorsport.
The Torque Squad project has also partnered with numerous top racers from across the world of motorsport, including Juan Pablo Montoya and his son Sebastian, Joey Logano and Rene Rast, as well as Binder.
Entropia Universe Collectibles Feature in Prelaunch for Enjin’s NFT.io Marketplace, With Over 250,000 Unique Visitors Accessing Platform
Enjin, the leading ecosystem for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has teamed up with MindArk to launch the “Eggs of Entropia”, completing a technical test for NFT.io, the next-gen NFT marketplace. Based on the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Entropia Universe, the Eggs are being sold in a series of auctions exclusively on NFT.io, with over 80,000 signups to the auction waiting list to date.
Entropia Universe, first released in 2003, is a science fiction-themed game famous for an in-game economy with unrivaled player ownership, and prominence for high-value digital items that predated the blockchain era. The “Eggs of Entropia” collectibles will hatch into a unique companion, with an opportunity to earn affiliate rewards.
Witek Radomski, Enjin’s CTO and Co-founder commented, “Entropia Universe has one of the most robust, real cash gaming economies and the ideal blueprint to incorporate blockchain-enabled assets into gameplay. The use of Enjin’s technology represents an important milestone for player-owned economies. One that sets the stage for intensely compelling gaming models. In this case, players with an Egg of Entropia from NFT.io will have access to a rare in-game sidekick and a chance at earning rewards.”
David Simmonds, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Entropia Universe, commented “Entropia Universe aims to enrich virtual gaming experiences by providing a multitude of paths for players to develop their avatar. The addition of Eggs of Entropia will expand on these opportunities for avatar development, letting the winners take ownership and have a tangible impact on the in-game economy. The integration of Enjin’s NFT.io marketplace is crucial to this feature, bringing Entropia into Web3 without sacrificing the user experience.”
An Entropia Universe account is required to deploy the Eggs of Entropia, with accounts available to set up here. Currently, the Eggs are available on the Ethereum network and will later be made compatible with Efinity, the energy-efficient Polkadot-based parachain. For further information on the auctions and to find out when the next auction in the series is taking place, please visit the official Entropia NFT.io drop website and Eggs of Entropia blog post.
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After Olive Garden posted a 2.6% rise in same-store sales for the quarter ended Nov. 27, one of the highest increases in casual dining to date, executives of parent company Darden Restaurants revealed some surprising whys yesterday.
It was all about innovation, said CEO Gene Lee. But he wasn’t talking about the latest high-tech gizmos or apps. Rather, he cited these four advances, some on unexpected fronts.
1. A fast casual-priced full-service lunch
The “big innovation, the big breakthrough” has been re-engineering the lunch menu to offer a full-service experience for the bargain price of $6.99, said Lee. The key was uncoupling Olive Garden’s signature promise of unlimited breadsticks, soup and salad to provide a choice instead of all three. Now guests can pick a sandwich or other lunch item and either the “bottomless” soup or salad.
“For $6.99, you can get an eggplant parmesan sandwich and all the soup or salad that you want,” Lee told financial analysts. Ditto for a meatball sandwich.
“That, to me, has been the biggest innovation in Olive Garden and has really changed the whole complexion of lunch,” said Lee.
Patrons who want a more elaborate meal have $7.99, $8.99 and $9.99 options, but the lunch menu has been recast to offer the four pricing options.
2. Off-premise tweaks
Sales generated through the chain’s OG To Go program increased year over year by 21% during the quarter, Lee noted. One factor was the development of a Create Your Own Pasta Station for at-home or in-office situations. The option apparently functions as a mini buffet, enabling members of a group to get exactly the pasta and sauce combinations they want. Lee did not reveal the specific sales impact of the Create Your Own Pasta innovation.
He mentioned that Olive Garden is testing ways of getting single orders to customers’ homes or offices. The chain already offers deliveries of large catering orders. “We could be developing our own network that could handle the one-off deliveries,” he said.
Lee mentioned that the chain is mindful of the many ways consumers could be provided with eat-at-home options. “It's all the way to, ‘Could you actually build a kitchen in a warehouse district and deliver in a major city out of that?’”
He also served up the tidbit that Olive Garden’s off-premise sales are highest on Valentine’s Day.
3. Bar business
Darden has completed 40 of the 160 bar refurbishments for which it’s earmarked capital, and expects to finish the rest within the next six months, though it wasn’t clear from Lee’s statements if all of those facilities are in Olive Gardens.
In instances where the bar is upgraded, traffic has increased by an average of 3.5%, Lee said.
4. Retention-boosting measures
“Industry turnover continues to increase,” Lee said in response to a question about labor. “Darden's team member turnover in the second quarter actually declined slightly.”
The reason, he said, has been an intense focus on “a strong employment proposition,” which he termed “a competitive advantage.”
He did not divulge details, but noted, “We've been working for a year with our restaurant teams and changing the processes and procedures on how we hire, how quickly we do it.”


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The Internet, and .com specifically, have transformed business models by making it possible, then essential, for partners to collaborate whether in Buffalo or Bangalore.
There are 11.9 million e-commerce and online business .com websites alone.
Even if a business doesn’t sell online, a website is critical to communicate and market to its customers.
The implications of the Internet Revolution are enormous.
For business leaders, it’s about tapping into new markets. Less than five percent of the world’s population lives in the United States – it’s a big world out there. Even in high-tech, which is often associated with American companies, 73 percent of all purchase will be overseas. Never has global trade been more important for U.S. companies.
For business managers, it’s grappling with the new rules of engagement and embracing today’s elastic work environment. Those graduating from college in two months have never known a world without the Internet, view the 9-to-5 workday concept as outdated and know that wherever they are - in an office, a car or at the beach - work and life are both present. If you don’t believe that, just spend a little time on Facebook or Twitter.
At VeriSign a key area of my focus is on the technological challenges of the unsurpassed innovation we have seen the last 25 years and the implications for the next 25 years. This is because VeriSign has the responsibility and privilege of operating .com and .net. Given this, we see the impact of technology and the demands put on the infrastructure up close. The volume of growth as more users come online, billions of devices are Internet-enabled and “smart” systems – whether grids or highways or health – places enormous demands on the infrastructure. To put it in perspective, in all of 1995 VeriSign handled 18 billion website and email connections – today VeriSign does that same amount in about eight hours.
On the same week of the 25th anniversary of .com, the Obama Administration is unveiling its national broadband plan. That plan envisions a connected world that makes us more energy efficient and productive, and spurs new innovations. What that underscores is the importance of the infrastructure that can handle that growth. That is why VeriSign this week launched a new initiative, called Project Apollo, to increase the Internet infrastructure for .com and .net by 1000X by the year 2020.
When the “dot com bust” occurred a decade ago, some cited it as proof that the Internet had been overhyped. But it turned out to be a mere speed bump in what has been a continual and dramatic transformation of not only our economy, but our society as a whole. And as wild a ride as the last decade has been, in retrospect we may ultimately view it merely as the warm-up act of what is to come.
Mark McLaughlin is the President and CEO of VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) www.verisign.com, VeriSign, headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world and operates .com and .net.


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In partnership with the Newport Beach Restaurant Association, Dine Newport Beach continues to grow and gain exposure in both the OC and LA marketplace, and was thrilled to produce the ninth annual Newport Beach Restaurant Week event. (64) participating restaurants offered special menus at set prices for lunch and dinner from January 17 – February 1st. Lunches were available for just $10, $15, $20 and $25, and Dinners were offered for $20, $30, $40 and $50. Nearly a quarter of the participating restaurants were new to the event, which sparked increased buzz for Newport Beach Restaurant Week throughout Southern California.
Dine Newport Beach developed a robust marketing & PR campaign for the event that generated tremendous exposure for the participating restaurants and the Newport Beach culinary community. Restaurant Week was promoted throughout Southern California and featured on Fox 11’s Good Day LA, NBC4 Worth the Drive, on K-EARTH 101.1 radio, on the SoCal Restaurant Show and in a wide variety of Orange County newspapers, magazines and online food and lifestyle blogs. The campaign generated over 53 million impressions, and had a media value of $562,750.
In addition to all of the marketing, promotion and media exposure, participating restaurants experienced an increase in sales and new customers. Dine Newport Beach partner OpenTable reported a 106% increase in online bookings over the previous year, and declared that this year’s event was the most successful Newport Beach Restaurant Week in it’s nine year history.
Diners were thrilled with the wide variety of dining options and restaurants participating in the event. The majority of customers dining out during the event tried a new restaurant they had never been to, and 94% of diners reported that the event was of good to excellent value. 98% of diners reported that they would recommend Dine Newport Beach Restaurant Week to friends and family, and over the event dates, customers spent an estimated $4.67 million dollars in the participating restaurants.
Dine Newport Beach continues to actively promote the wide variety of local restaurants and foodservice establishments on a monthly basis through its monthly consumer newsletters, special offers, dining guides and events on it’s award winning webiste DineNB.com.


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WASHINGTON — Led by Vietnam, textile and apparel imports to the U.S. from South Asia increased in July as shipments from most other countries fell.
The Commerce Department’s Office of Textiles & Apparel said Thursday that shipments of textiles and apparel to the U.S. fell 8.7 percent in July, to 4.2 billion square meter equivalents, compared with a year earlier.
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Sweet deal: Farley's & Sathers Candy merges with Lemonheads maker
Farley's & Sathers Candy Co. is merging with Ferrara Pan Candy Co. to form a new company.
The combined company will be called Ferrara Candy Co., will be based near Chicago, and will be led by Salvatore Ferrara II, Ferrara Pan's current CEO, the companies said in a news release.
Catterton Partners, a private equity firm that owns Round Lake-based Farley's, will be the majority owner in the new company.
Terms of the deal, which were first rumored in February, were not disclosed.
Farley's has sales of about $615 million and makes Brach's, Now and Later, Trolli, Jujyfruits and Chyciles candies.
Forest Park, Ill.-based Ferrara Pan, which started in 1908, has sales of about $400 million and makes Lemonheads, Red Hots, Black Forest, Atomic Fireballs, and Boston Baked Beans candies.
"This transaction brings together two well-positioned candy companies with iconic brands and loyal consumer and customer followings to create a category leader," Salvatore Ferrara said in a news release.
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Dec. 2, 2013 — -- intro: Sunday evening was a night of drones. On Showtime's "Homeland," the CIA debated using drones to take out some of its own men to divert attention on the border of Iran. But in real life, just as the show was coming on the air, Amazon.com announced its bold plans to use similar flying vehicles to deliver packages. Called Amazon Air Prime, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that the company is planning to use drones to deliver packages within 30 minutes of placing an order.
Drones might currently be associated with military use, but that won't be the case for long. Sure, the FAA hasn't approved the use of the unmanned aerial vehicles yet and that likely won't happen until 2015 or after, but Amazon is just one of many companies and organizations beginning to think about using the pilotless-aircrafts in different ways. Welcome to the future.
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text: One day a drone will drop off your medium pie topped with pepperoni and olives. In June Domino's released a video of its "Domicopter," a drone that delivers pizza. In a video, the autonomous drone picks up the pizza box, soars over trees and houses and then drops it on a doorstep.
Right now the "Domicopter" is no more than a fun concept of delivering your pie, but it's not the only food-delivery drone idea. YO!Sushi in London has started to play around with the idea of using drones to deliver trays of sushi. Their implementation is a bit more low-tech; rather than use GPS, someone with an iPad or iPhone has to control or steer the drone. And if you're not in the mood for sushi or pizza, there was the Burrito Bomber, which drops burritos via parachute.
The big question: how much do you tip the food delivery drones?
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text: But not all the drones you see in the future might be coming right to you. They might instead be watching you. Drones equipped with cameras might soon help monitor roads and gather traffic information. Fairfax County Police Chief David Roher has said that he envisions the flying devices gathering detailed aerial views.
"Just as a standpoint as an alternative for spotting traffic and sending information back to our VDOT Smart Traffic centers, and being able to observe backups," he said. Georgia Tech has also done research on traffic drones and how they will provide more precise traffic information than stationary traffic cameras.
But drones also might be used one day to catch you when there isn't traffic. Many states are already discussing the use of drones in monitoring speeding.
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text: Aerial photography isn't new, but some teams and organizations are starting to play around with using smaller drones to capture more precise footage. The Golf Channel has been experimenting with using Hoverfly's Erista drone, which includes a mount for a DSLR camera, to capture at tournaments right on the green or in the fairway.
During Occupy Wall Street protesters used the Parrot AR drone to stream live video. A stunning video of Dallas shot using a DJI Phantom quadcopter also went viral in August.
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text: Drones can also be used to deliver medicine and food to those who can't easily get it. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given grants to groups that are hoping to use drones to deliver vaccines to remote areas. Matternet, a start-up out of Singularity University, also aims to use a group of networked flying vehicles to deliver food, medicine and supplies to those who cannot easily get it. It has begun test flights in Haiti.
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text: Drones aren't only going to help people. They are being used at the Insitu Pacific to monitor whales off the coast of Australia and in Sumatra to track orangutans.
PETA has also said that it will be experimenting with a drone called the "Air Angel" to monitor hunters. The camera-equipped drone aims to capture footage of illegal activities. The organization launched the drone for a test flight in October, the first day of bowhunting season in Massachusetts.
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Australia-based corporate accounting firm MYOB reached a deal to acquire corporate payments company Paycorp, reports said Thursday (Feb. 23).
MYOB will buy up the company for just over $37 million, the firms revealed, and the merger is expected to be completed by April 1 of this year. In a statement, MYOB CEO Tim Reed said the takeover is part of MYOB's broader strategy to expand its offerings to corporate customers and compliments the company's recent launch of PayDirect Mobile and PayDirect Online, which have collectively boosted the volume of transactions on the MYOB platform by 64 percent in 2016.
"We are pleased to announce this deal with Paycorp, which brings significant growth opportunity for us in the payment services industry," the executive said. "We know from our clients that cash flow is consistently the number one pain point for small business operators, and we are delighted that we can bring together a solution that enables our clients to reduce administration time and costs and improve cash flow through the automation of payment services for their businesses."
He added that the acquisition positions MYOB as the first in the corporate accounting market that has an integrated payments solution.
"We are excited to join forces with MYOB, a market leader providing online solutions to businesses across Australia and New Zealand," said Paycorp CEO John Caliguri in another statement. "This is the opportunity we've been looking for to deliver fully integrated payment solutions to many more clients across Australasia and thereby help them improve their cashflow."
MYOB has tweaked its business strategy multiple times in recent months. Late last year, the company said it migrated to Amazon Web Services to consolidate its data for better management purposes and months prior said it would shift gears in an effort to provide a more holistic service to its SME customers by merging all of its units, including transaction processing, compliance and advisory services.


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The sale of Mitsubishi Pajero would be discontinued in Nigeria at the end of next year, sole distributor of the brand of vehicles in the country, Massilia Motors, has said.
A statement issued on Thursday said the decision to halt the sale was taken following the announcement by the automaker, Mitsubishi, to stop the production of the model next year, gradually leaving the stage for a popular new model, Pajero Sport..
This, the auto firm said, was coming after a successful 39-year run, and more than 3.3m global sales of the outgoing Pajero.
The company however said the after-sale support for the vehicle would continue.
The General Manager of Massilia Motors, Olatunji Itiola, guaranteed that the Pajero would still be available for purchase till the end of 2021 due to popular demand
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD Is Getting DLC
The developers want to know exactly which levels you’d love to see!
There’s few games in my vast library I’ve obsessed over as much as Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. For some reason I’ll always remember those days me and my ragtag band of chums spent gathered around an old, portable TV making sure we hit every gap, nabbed every secret and generally did death-defying stunts that are totally impossible.
That’s exactly why I, and basically the rest of the world, are excited to see what happens with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. Let’s face it – the series has got distinctly naffer over the years and has waned in popularity, but it’ll be interesting to see how this new foray into the skating world fares in today’s lovely modern world.
After the initial announcement of the game a few month’s back, Activision has apparently been listening carefully to what fans want, and after many fans being vocal about their favourite levels being left out the game, Activision has now officially announced that the game will get DLC that includes fan-favourite levels, and they want you guys to vote on what should be included.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD is due for release sometime this Summer, retailing apparently for a meagre $15. The DLC will come after the game’s official release, but no details on pricing have yet been revealed.The new levels are to come from Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3, as the decisions have already been made on which levels shall be present from 1 and 2. To have your say in what levels you’d love to see in the DLC package for THPS HD, head over to the game’s official Facebook page and comment in the relevant post about what you’d like to see.


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Published 4:00 am, Monday, March 22, 1999
THESE ARE palmy days for the palm tree and other tropical motifs.
After so many years in the design desert of sleek granite restraint, at least for some East Coast interior designers and their clients, it's becoming kitsch as kitsch can. Plastic palms and splashy palm frond upholstery are sprouting in homes in dreary, winter-logged cities.
The more exuberant the better. Tiny bubbles rise through the acrylic trunk of a structure called the Aqua Palm. On the fashion front, Tommy Bahama Hawaiian print shirts are hot. You can buy an umbrella that looks like banana tree fronds. Designer Stella McCartney has a new line of dresses with hand-painted palms.
The last big craze for palm trees and other tropical icons was in the mid-'60s. But for some, with a secret stash of aloha shirts and a craving for Hawaiiana, the
"hulabaloo" never ended.
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Local residents weighed in Monday on allowing all of the nation’s veterans who served honorably to shop online at exchanges that sell discounted, name-brand goods — a perk that is currently available only to a small minority.
The change is proposed by the Army & Air Force Exchange Service director as a way to show appreciation for veterans and to offset a loss of revenue as troops return from overseas, where they had few alternatives but to shop at the military retail stores.
“I don’t have a problem with it,” said Nina Erichsen, a Fort Hood military dependent. “I certainly understand AAFES and the PX having the need to expand their clientele to compete with stores such as Wal-Mart and Costco and the fact that there are so many bulk markets that do such volume.”
On the other hand, 26-year Army retiree Edward Stewart disagreed with the idea.
“If you open it to anybody (who serves), you open it to millions and millions of people and the market becomes too big,” said the Central Texas resident. “I don’t think even online it should be expanded.”
For now, the online shopping is generally limited to current service members, veterans who served for 20 years or longer and their family members. Tom Shull, the director of the exchange service, said 20 million veterans would be affected if the Defense Department allows all veterans who served honorably to use the shopping website.
Veterans who use the site typically save 25 percent or more and do not pay state sales tax. Top-selling brands include Michael Kors, Under Armour and Levi’s. Levi’s jeans for children are $15 to $20 a pair versus $28 or more in department stores.
Spc. Kyle Russ, of Fort Hood, said he thinks this is a “good thing.”
“It does help the installation and also, the fact that they (veterans) have served, they should be able to reap the benefits of serving,” he said.
In his seven years in the Army, Aleksandr Morosky deployed once to Kosovo and twice to Iraq. He said former service members have not asked for shopping privileges because they accepted that they are not entitled to the benefit. But if the policy changed, Morosky, 34, said he would use the site, and he thinks many other people would, too.
“I think that this makes a lot of sense,” Morosky said. “I think it would be good for everybody involved.”
Shull is adding more name-brand products and revamping the website, which last year broke even. He said he hopes to invite all veterans who served honorably to begin shopping online on Veterans Day in 2015.
Former Army Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Preston, who retired in 2011, said he supports Shull’s proposal because “we have asked a lot from these young men and women.” Both the Navy and the Marine Corps said it would be premature to comment.
The Defense Department said it must weigh whether the policy change would diminish the benefit for current patrons, cost the department more, or harm other local businesses and tax collection. It historically has not supported expanding the benefits that are designed to recruit and retain service members, and has scrutinized how any changes would affect the entire benefits package.
There are about 2 million people nationwide who served at least 20 years in the military, according to the Defense Department.
Shull said he needs to boost profits so the exchange service can continue to pay for programs for service members and their families on Army and Air Force bases.
Headquartered in Dallas, the exchange did $8.3 billion in sales in 2013 and netted $332 million in earnings, its data shows. It gave $208 million of its earnings as a dividend to the Army and the Air Force for Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs, including family counseling and youth services.
At Fort Hood, AAFES returned $3.8 million last year alone.
Online sales could grow from about $200 million annually to $1 billion by 2019, Shull said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Orbitz has joined the suit against Aktarer Zaman, who last year founded skiplagged.com, a site designed to ferret out bargain plane tickets through a strategy called "hidden city." It skirts higher prices by allowing a user to buy a ticket with a layover in the flyer's actual destination, and the user just skips the last leg of the trip.
It only works if flyers travel without checked baggage and buy one-way tickets.
"[Hidden city tickets] have been around for a while, it just hasn't been very accessible to consumers," Zaman told CNNMoney.
United Airlines and Orbitz claim "unfair competition" and are seeking $75,000 in lost revenue.
CNN Money reported that travel experts expect that even if the site is shut down, others like it will just pop up in its place.
Zaman did not respond to CNBC's request for comment.


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Halo Top Creamery is making our vegan dreams come true once again! Last September, the Los Angeles-based, low-calorie ice cream brand announced seven new vegan ice-cream flavors. Now, Halo Top is expanding their vegan flavors by offering SEVEN NEW dairy-free flavors, including two original flavors, Toasted Coconut and Vanilla Maple. Pancakes and Waffles, Birthday Cake, Candy Bar, Chocolate Almond Crunch, and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough round out the other yummy new offerings, which are veganized versions of fan favorites. We will take one of each, please!
Halo Top shared on Facebook that the new coconut-based vegan flavors will be available in stores within the next month or two! If you can’t wait (we understand) you can purchase the new flavors online.
“We know our fans look to us for variety and creativity in our flavors, and we want to make sure we always address those requests for our dairy-averse and vegan fans as well,” said Halo Top CEO and Founder, Justin Woolverton.
Just a couple weeks ago, Ben & Jerry’s announced they were adding two new vegan flavors to their repertoire (not to mention Häagen-Dazs offers four delicious vegan flavors and Breyer’s is also in on the vegan ice cream game), it’s no wonder Halo Top would want to expand their vegan flavors!
Simply put, Halo Top is giving people exactly what they want. Consumer demand for milk alternatives is on the rise, with the entire market for dairy-free milk is projected to reach $1.7 billion by this year. People are becoming more concerned about their own health and are also coming to realize the impact that their food choices have on the planet and animals. As a result, they are actively looking for alternatives that can not only replace the traditional animal products they grew up with – but also surpass them in taste and quality as well.
We can’t wait to get our hands on Halo Top’s new vegan ice creams! To learn more about the environmental impact of our food choices as well as trends and developments in the plant-based food space, check out our podcast #EatForThePlanet with Nil Zacharias.
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Africa Countries Should Walk the Talk on Continental Integration - ENA English
Africa Countries Should Walk the Talk on Continental Integration
The 5th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union, Regional Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms, held in Nairobi from 13 to 16 July, adopted a resolution aimed at accelerating the continent's integration, both politically and economically. In particular, due emphasis was placed on advancing the implementation of the African Union's long-awaited flagship project - the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) - which is crucial to achieving continental economic integration.
With the entry into force of the AfCFTA in 2019, implementation has begun and member states have also commenced trade under the new AfCFTA initiatives. However, the implementation of the trade bloc has lagged behind, despite high expectations, due to the pandemic that rocked the entire continent, as well as the lack of agreement among African countries on the rules of engagement for some product lines and delays in ratification among member states.
Nevertheless, a handful of countries that have met the legal criteria necessary to join the platform have already begun trading with each other on a wide range of goods, from agricultural products to manufactured goods. So far, countries such as Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana, Cameroon, Egypt, Mauritius, Tanzania and Tunisia have started trade under the African Free Trade Area. As part of this move, Cameroon and Tunisia started trading with each other just on Monday. This indicates that the implementation of the Free Trade Area is well on its way, but the pace needs to be accelerated to achieve Agenda 2063 Goal 1: A prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development. The AfCFTA could boost intra-African trade by around 33% and reduce the continent's trade deficit by 51%, according to official AU data, which shows that intra-African trade is currently low at just 14.4% of total African exports.
Yet, a slew of challenges still on the way for full implementation of the initiative that need to be addressed as quickly as possible. Particularly, creating conducive environment for facilitating intra-Africa trade such as expanding infrastructural development and furthering other equally compelling facilities is a primary task. Africa has a huge bottleneck in terms of having critical infrastructure that ease business doing and potentially improve people’s lives. Deficiencies in transport connectivity infrastructure, particularly, cross-border road connectivity led to low level of trade among Africa countries. Therefore, African countries should increase investment in road infrastructure to develop intra-African trade facilities, including technological infrastructure.
Air connectivity also needs to be improved as this mode of transportation is very fast and can handle large amounts of cargo at a time. In addition, the technological capacity of African member countries needs to be developed, starting with the expansion of Internet services, which could potentially facilitate e-commerce activities on the continent.
To facilitate business and trade exchange in Africa, there are many infrastructure facilities that need to be put in order and therefore countries should mobilize their resources for infrastructure projects as it is capital intensive. In 2022, the African Development Bank report shows that Africa's infrastructure investment gap is estimated at more than $100 billion per year, affecting the living conditions of Africans and the continent's global competitiveness. Without the necessary infrastructure, Africa's free trade agreements will never be successful. In line with this, African countries need to remove all tariff-related barriers that can be an obstacle to realizing this grand agenda of trade connectivity. Non-tariff barriers such as lack of commitment to implement mutually agreed trade facilitation measures and lack of coordination and harmonization of trade activities are also hindering the integration process and these challenges need to be addressed as soon as possible. The political will of Member States to pursue and conclude the ongoing trade negotiations is of paramount importance in this regard.
One of the major problems that has greatly affected the African business environment is the quality of products and this has forced African citizens to depend on import markets from other continents for so long. Moreover, there is a lack of production output from the manufacturing sectors as well as most of the traded items on the continent are agricultural products. Therefore, along with a gradual shift towards industrial products and meeting the large market demands of African citizens through bulky manufacturing outputs, quality products need to be given due emphasis. Quality problem is an elephant in the house issue for Africa business and can't be hash up this challenge by various reason, the only solution is to act on it in unison.
In addition, African countries need to abolish visa requirements for African citizens to create a free movement of people that would potentially increase connectivity. The ideal of free movement of people, which began with the creation of the OAU and has evolved over time as a major agenda on the continent, but concrete progress has been registered on this frontier. Until the people of Africa can freely interact with each other and start being treated as people of the same continent, the integration activities can't go through a smooth process. Some countries have started to issue visas on arrival, while others allow African citizens to inter into their country without having a visa. This is an important step towards achieving integration and needs to be further strengthened in the future.
In a nutshell, the African Free Trade Area has great potential to create new market opportunities for African small and medium enterprises, which will directly contribute to the creation of employment opportunities that would potentially improve people's lives. Thus, its implementation has now begun at infancy stages and need to be fast-tracked as the continent's other goals depend on it and the success over free trade will serve as a spring board to further push other successful story on the continent. Therefore, member countries should be fully committed politically and needs to push forward the implementation of the initiative as quickly as possible, otherwise delaying the implementation of the AfCFTA is a recipe for failure once again for the future of the continent. African countries has many times vowed for the African noble cause of integration and now is the time to walk the talk and realize this nobel agenda of the continent.


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A big change is coming to Georgia’s craft beer brewing industry now that Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a bill that allows breweries and distilleries to sell directly to consumers.
Deal signed Senate Bill 85 Monday. Its provisions will take effect Sept. 1.
“We’re excited for it. Everybody across the state is excited for it,” said Evan Scanlan of Abide Brewing, Coweta County’s only brewery.
Under SB 85, breweries can sell up to a case of beer at a time directly to a customer who visits the brewery. Breweries are limited to 3,000 barrels of direct sales. That totals 93,000 gallons, and isn’t a limit the guys at Abide have to worry about hitting anytime soon.
Distilleries can sell just over two liters to a customer at a time, and up to 500 barrels per year.
Sept. 1 will mark the first time beer manufacturers will be able to sell directly to consumers since the end of prohibition. Georgia’s “three tier” system of producers, wholesalers and retailers has, until recently, been very strict.
Two years ago, SB 65 was passed and allowed breweries to sell tours that included up to a six-pack equivalent of beer, which could be drunk on premises or taken to go in bottles, cans, or “growlers.”
The new bill is the result of cooperation between the state’s craft brewers and wholesalers.
SB 65 helped small breweries grow and generate more revenue. The new bill was the result of people in the industry finding more ways to continue that growth, said Martin Smith, executive director of the Georgia Beer Wholesalers Association and a Newnan resident.
The wholesalers don’t consider brewers selling directly to consumers to be competition.
“A patron can go into a producer, consume product, spend money and leave with product, which helps grow the brand,” Smith said.
“We see that as a sales leader. You’re not going to go back each time to that brewery and buy that case of beer. You’re going to go to a grocery store,” he said. The new bill helps the producers, the wholesalers and the retailers.
“It’s exciting – we’ve got a lot of support,” Smith said.
Key leaders in the state House and Senate were involved in crafting the bill. Having the speaker of the House, lieutenant governor and the chairmen of the committees in the House and Senate interested in the bill’s outcome helped keep it on track.
Beer is big business in Georgia, the fifth-largest producer of beer in the country, Smith said.
There’s an Anheuser-Busch brewery in Cartersville, Miller-Coors in Albany, and craft brewers all over the state. Atlanta’s SweetWater Brewing Company was ranked the 15th largest craft brewer in the country in 2016, and the 24th largest beer producer by The Brewers Association.
In addition to allowing direct sales, SB 85 also gives the Georgia Department of Revenue “some teeth to be able to regulate the sale of alcohol at these facilities,” Smith said. Breweries can be cited just like a restaurant or store can if they violate the law.
Abide is in the midst of an expansion that will allow it to greatly increase production. The current production line makes three barrels at a time. The new line will produce a 10-barrel batch. The new line is just a few weeks away from opening, Scanlan said.
And the company is working on being able to package its beer in cans. Canned beer is “kind of the hot thing right now,” Scanlan said. Canning is more economical over the long run than bottling, though the startup costs can be higher.
However, there are mobile canning companies that can bring a trailer and hook up directly to a tank and can small batches.
“We will be getting a can sometime this summer,” Scanlan said.
The change in the law “definitely allows us to increase our volume,” he said. Hopefully to the point that one – or even all three – of the brewery’s founders will be able to work at the brewery full time. Right now, Scanlan, Matthew Kapusta and Philip Leonard all have other full-time jobs.
“This new revenue stream would definitely allow us to consider looking into having somebody there full time,” Scanlan said. “This law will be a huge deciding factor in how our business will be a year from now.”


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Apple TV+ is likely the most hotly anticipated new Apple product or service that we’ve seen in the past few years, and after months of waiting for it through myriad promotions and trailers showcasing a fascinating lineup of original content, the service has gone live as promised early this morning.
Apple wants to make absolutely sure that you have as many ways to subscribe and watch its shows as possible. You can find Apple TV+ in Apple’s TV app that’s preinstalled on any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 13 or later, an Apple TV HD or Apple TV 4K running tvOS 13 or later, or a Mac running macOS Catalina.
What’s on Apple TV+?
By now, the list of content that’s debuting on Apple TV+ today shouldn’t be much of a surprise, as Apple has been promoting it for several weeks leading up to the launch of the service, and of course we’ve been hearing other rumours and reports for far longer — we’ve known about The Morning Show since late 2017, for instance.
What’s a bit more interesting is how Apple is choosing to roll out its various shows.
We heard reports last month that many of its shows would be rolled out in a more traditional one-episode-per-week format to keep viewers engaged (and paying), with three episodes released at the start.
This appears to be the case for Apple’s biggest hits, like The Morning Show, See, and For All Mankind, each of which only have three debut episodes available, but it’s not the case across the board.
Dickinson for example, already has ten episodes available, which could in fact be the entire season, so you’ll be ready to binge-watch that one right out of the gate. Perhaps less surprisingly, Apple’s kids shows — Snoopy in Space, Helpsters, and Ghost Writer — are all debuting with larger collections of episodes as well, although it’s less clear if these represent whole seasons as of yet, since of the three, only Snoopy in Space has more than a handful of episodes available.
In addition, Apple’s documentary film The Elephant Queen is also available at launch, as is the first episode of Oprah’s Book Club, where Oprah interviews author Ta-Nehisi Coates in the first of what will be a bi-monthly series. Oprah’s Book Club wasn’t previously shown in the Apple TV app, although it was announced last month that it would be arriving on Nov. 1.
In addition to the shows, Apple has also created a “Meet the Stars on Apple TV+” section where you can see more from the individual personalities behind Apple’s new shows, not just from Apple TV+, but also in other content available via iTunes and the other third-party streaming services integrated with the Apple TV app.
How to Sign Up
You can subscribe right through Apple’s TV app, or on the web at tv.apple.com. The service comes with a seven-day free trial, after which it will be billed directly to your Apple ID account just like Apple Music or any other in-app subscription. If you purchased a qualifying Apple device after Sept. 10 — that’s any iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, or Mac running iOS 13, tvOS 13, or macOS Catalina — you should be offered one year of free service once you sign up.
Sadly, not all new Apple devices count toward the free trial — it has to be an Apple device that can actually be used to watch Apple TV+, so you won’t get the free trial if you bought a new Apple Watch Series 5 or AirPods Pro, even though these are actually more expensive than some of the other qualifying devices like the Apple TV HD or iPod touch.
The free trials work the same way as any other subscription as well; at the end of the seven days (or one year if you purchased a qualifying new Apple device), you’ll automatically be billed $4.99/month for your first month of service, and this will continue each month until you cancel. With the seven-day free trial factored in, users signing up today would have their billing date and renewal date landing on November 8th, while those taking advantage of Apple’s one-year free offer would start paying on Nov. 1, 2020. Of course you can cancel before the trial is over in either case, but it’s worth noting that according to the terms and conditions for Apple’s promotional offer, if you cancel the one-year free trial you’ll lose access to it immediately, rather than at the end of the trial period.
Once signed up, you can manage your Apple TV+ subscription like any other subscription in the Apple ecosystem. You can find your subscriptions either by going into the main iOS Settings app and choosing your account info at the top and tapping Subscriptions or by following a similar path through the TV app or the App Store, starting with tapping on your profile picture where it appears in the top right corner.
Notably, Apple is also offering an annual subscription to Apple TV+ for $49.99 per year, which basically gives you 12 months of service for the price of 10 as long as you’re willing to pay up front and know you’re going to keep the service for a year.
Lastly, if you’re a student you should be able to get Apple TV+ with your Apple Music subscription, whether you’re an existing subscriber or you’ve just signed up for Apple Music.


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Jeep is Developing a New Wrangler
Jeep isn’t as flashy as Ford, which unveiled its 2021 Brouco, but Jeep is also gearing up for a new Wrangler design.
According to Mopar insiders, Jeep’s new Wrangler will receive a series of upgrades and updates to its interior and exterior.
In the future, the new, more competitive Jeep Wrangler will be a strong rival to the New Ford Mustang.
The announcement: The new Jeep Wrangler got a new powertrain and added new technology. The Selec-Trac unit in the Sport model can be switched between two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive modes, while another Rubicon model has an improved Rock-Trac setting.
The new Wrangler features a 7-inch Uconnect infotainment screen and an updated tire fill alert to alert drivers to adequate tire pressure, a feature more popular with off-road enthusiasts.
The Rubicon version has the same off-road Plus mode as the Gladiator, giving the car more speed while the rear lockers remain engaged.
The report goes on to claim that the Wrangler Sport S will make the Technology Group kit standard equipment, not optional equipment. On top of the 7-inch infotainment screen, it will include SiriusXM satellite radio, smartphone mirrors, color displays in the dashboard and automatic climate control.
It has also been revealed that the Technology Group suite will be the base kit for the Sport S, including a color display in the dashboard, a 7-inch infotainment screen, SiriusXM satellite radio, smartphone mirrors, and automatic climate control.
Also, the front facing camera of the Gladiator Rubicon will be added to the Sahara and Rubicon variants of the Wrangler.
Also equipped with a front-facing camera from the Gladiator Rubicon will be added to Jeep’s two new models.
It is not difficult to guess that the new wrangler and the new mustang will set off a new round of competition in the market.