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WoS charity Fashion show set for Aug. 16
Published 12:07 pm Tuesday, July 31, 2018
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Harrogate — Tickets are available now for the Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Women of Service (WOS) fashion show scheduled for Aug. 16 in Tex Turner Arena on the LMU main campus in Harrogate. The event raises money for scholarships and service projects while serving up delicious finger foods and the latest styles for the upcoming season.
“It’s such a fun-filled evening. We really look forward to it, and we are so pleased that the support for this event has grown every year,” said Sheliah Cosby, chair of the WOS Fashion Show committee. “It has so much to offer: food, shopping, clothes, fellowship. It’s just a great evening for a great cause.”
In addition, the fashion show provides the perfect opportunity to recognize an exemplary woman who is making a difference in the communities LMU serves. This year’s recipient of the Cynthia L. Whitt Woman of Service Award will be Judy Robertson, of Harrogate. Robertson, a 1971 LMU graduate, has spent years serving and leading in organizations like the Tri-State Youth Choir, Pump Springs Baptist Church, Servolution Health Services, the Harrogate Tree Board and the Harrogate Garden Club.
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That evening, the arena floor will be transformed into a catwalk with fashions from Lily Pulitzer, Janice Ann’s, Belk, Signatures, Kelley Marie Chic Boutique, Christopher & Banks, LuLaRoe and Cato modeled by WOS members, LMU faculty, staff and students, and community members.
Vendors will be offering clothing, jewelry, makeup, skin care products, crafts and more. A delicious buffet of heavy hors d’oeuvres is included in the ticket price of $20 in advance ($25 at the door) and a reduced student/child’s ticket is available for $10. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for shopping, and the show will begin at 7 p.m.
Over 400 people attended in 2017, helping raise over $15,000. To purchase tickets, sponsor a table or become a vendor, contact Regina Burns at email@example.com.
Established in 2011, the LMU Women of Service is open to all women who want to help students at LMU. By living as an example of service, WOS members teach LMU students about the mission of service to humanity. With proceeds from activities like the Fashion Show and the WOS Christmas Festival, the organization funds a several endowed scholarships and provides family aid and cultural enrichment opportunities to LMU students.


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The Timber Packaging and Pallet Confederation (TIMCON) has highlighted the growing evidence of higher timber prices and early signs of some supply shortages affecting the pallet and packaging industry mainly as the result of the significant upturn in UK construction market activity.
Stuart Hex, General Secretary of TIMCON, states that “there is now clear evidence of significant and sustained UK construction market growth which has accelerated to the fastest pace in 3 years in July, led by a surge in residential building adding to signs of a pick-up in the economy. The Markit/CIPS index rose to 57 in July up from 51 in the previous month and was the third consecutive month that the reading has been above the 50 expansion marker.
“This latest information on the construction sector comes after the Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI report for August which identified that purchasers are paying more for packaging and timber. Specifically, pallet timber and wooden pallets were identified as items up in price.
“The increasing prices of UK pallets and packaging has to be viewed in the context that especially for pallet manufacturers, the UK timber supply industry now has a dominant market share as supplies from other markets such as the Baltics have significantly declined and prices are currently higher as supplies are diverted to other markets and due to the effect of currency fluctuations.
“The UK and Irish sawmills are now extremely busy and there is a concentration on construction timber which generates higher added value. There is particular concern about the availability of non-standard sizes which are less attractive to the sawmills at times of high demand.”
TIMCON has issued this information as there is a long time-lag involved in the quarterly pricing indices for the pallet and packaging timber and given the rapid developments in the construction industry which are affecting the pallet and packaging sector. Prices of pallet and packaging have been depressed during the recession and with the current developments in timber prices (which represent by far the largest percentage of the total costs of manufacturing pallets) there is clear
6th August, 2013 independent third party evidence that the higher input costs are being reflected in higher pallet and packaging prices. There is also concern about lengthening lead times for timber and pallets and packaging.
TIMCON will keep its members and the market informed about these important developments.
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VR and Augmented Reality represent the most promising segment of the tech market that has the potential to grow into a $40 some billion industry in just a couple of years. Projects that operate in this area would be looking for ways to offer better user experience and payment option for their tech-savvy audience. Opting for cryptocurrencies/digital tokens would be the only natural solution for them since these two things go together like peanut butter and jelly.
The project under review, WEARVR and their utility token Weave (WVR), didn’t come up with any formidable solution tech wise, but they had elaborated the platform that connects - or interweaves hence the name of the token - three major factions in the virtual reality: the developers, the users, and the manufacturers of VR headsets.
WEARVR is not a new kid on the block. This company has been around for almost five years: it was officially registered in 2105 in Atlanta, Georgia, after a year of successful preliminary cooperation between Nic Mitham, the renowned VR expert, and Dubit, a globally recognized digital marketing and research agency with a specific focus on the products for children. Mitham’s concept, which included the dedicated website and mobile application, has been put into practice by a team of tech experts from Dubit. The result was the user-friendly platform based on the Stellar blockchain.
Over the course of its existence, the company has established partnership relations with numerous developers and hardware manufacturers from all over the world, including such hard-to-access markets as China.
WEARVR’s new stepping stone is the all-encompassing tokenization of intra-platform activities and its further decentralization, accompanied by the dynamic popularization of Weave tokens on their centralized parent platform.
The company reckons that they are currently in the most advantageous position to begin the comprehensive incorporation of the blockchain technology, as they are sitting at the crossroad of consumers, app and game developers, and hardware manufacturers. This unique position, and the fact that they currently have one of the biggest communities in the respective industry, provides WEARVR with an opportunity to act as a matchmaker and a provider of payment gateway without making any interference in these trilateral relations.
The introduction of the decentralized VR app store and the Weave token would add a new faucet to the existing platform that must be of benefit to all participants. In adherence to the concept of decentralization, WEARVR will cease to be an intermediary between the manufacturers, the developers, and the consumers, allowing them to establish direct B2C relations based on the use of Weave. In this win-win scenario, the developers will be able to lower the prices on their intellectual products while retaining, or even increasing, the profit margins while the end-users will get to purchase the latest VR apps and games at much more affordable prices. WEARVR will only list and promote VR goods and digital products.
In addition, WEARVR is also to introduce an option for crowdfunding of prospective projects using the Weave tokens.
WEARVR is currently conducting the pre-sale of Weave tokens that will last until May 30. The pre-sale provides for a 20% discount on the purchased tokens, thus establishing the price of 1 WVR at $0.09. It will presumably be followed by the IEO carried out via Exmarkets launchpad. The total of 480 million tokens will be made available through different rounds of the token sale. The minimum purchase limit is set at $500. Investors from the United States and North Korea will not be admitted to the token sale.
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Earlier this year, cloud orchestration platform Engine Yard acquired Deis, an open-source Platform-as-a-Service project. Engine Yard has long been known for its support service and starting today, the company will also offer businesses the option to buy Deis support.
Deis is a Docker- and CoreOS-based platform that aims to give developers access to what is essentially a privately hosted Heroku. For users who don’t currently use Docker, it even supports Heroku buildpacks for running Ruby, Python, Node.js, Java, PHP, Perl and Go applications, among others. Because it’s based on Docker, it’s easy to scale and portable, and users can quickly deploy any application with the help of a Dockerfile and Docker image.
Current Deis users include Mozilla and Coinbase.
The new support offering will come in two flavors: standard and premium. The standard tier will offer web and email support during normal business hours, while the premium tier will offer 24×7 phone support with a guaranteed 30-minute response time.
In addition, Engine Yard will offer installation support, training, and help with customizing existing platforms.
As Deis founder and Engine Yard CTO Gabe Monroy told me, there will be no difference between the Deis open source offering and what the company’s commercial users will get. What Deis has done, however, is launch a new graphical user interface for the paid service that will make spinning up a Deis cluster on AWS a matter of a few clicks.
“Docker has changed the way we build, ship and run applications. Yet some companies still struggle to orchestrate Docker in a way that’s suitable for production workloads,” said Monroy. “Deis has helped a number of companies put Docker into production, as evidenced by the large community of users and contributors. With Deis PRO, it’s now easier than ever to spin up a Deis cluster that can manage Docker across a distributed system.”
Monroy also argues that the company’s advantage over similar Docker-centric PaaS services like Cloud Foundry is that it was developed after Docker launched, so it has always had Docker at its core.


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UPDATE 2-Energizer loses 2 battery accounts, will buy a J&J business
* Keeps profit forecast due to restructuring savings
* Sets deal to buy J&J's feminine care brands for $185 million
* Profit per share of $1.57 tops Wall Street view of $1.32
* Plans to raise dividend by 25 percent
* Shares down 4.2 percent
July 31 (Reuters) - Energizer Holdings Inc said on Wednesday that two U.S. retailers planned to stop selling its batteries, adding pressure to its sagging sales, while faster savings from its restructuring allowed it to maintain its profit forecast.
The company also said it planned to buy Johnson & Johnson's feminine care brands in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean for $185 million.
The acquisition of the o.b. tampon, Stayfree pad and Carefree liner product lines would give Energizer greater heft against Procter & Gamble Co and Kimberly-Clark Corp's feminine care brands.
Shares of Energizer were down 4.2 percent at $100.54 in late morning trading.
While Energizer is best known for its namesake batteries, it derives a larger percentage of sales and profits from its personal care products, such as Schick razors, Banana Boat sunscreen and Playtex tampons.
Energizer also reported a much higher-than-expected profit despite a slight drop in sales, and it announced plans to raise its quarterly dividend by 25 percent to 50 cents per share.
The company said it expected sales in its household products division, which makes batteries and flashlights, to fall by more than 10 percent in the current fiscal fourth quarter. The biggest reason for the decline is that two unnamed U.S. retailers will no longer sell those products, Energizer said.
While Energizer did not say which retailers were dropping its batteries, executives on a conference call suggested that the losses had to do with retailers that focus on one exclusive brand or the other. Typically, warehouse club stores carry only one name brand, with Costco Wholesale Corp selling P&G's Duracell and Wal-Mart Stores Inc's Sam's Club selling Energizer.
Early last year, Energizer lost shelf space for batteries at the Walmart chain, which it said was a short-term issue.
Wal-Mart is Energizer's biggest customer, accounting for about 20 percent of the company's fiscal 2012 sales. Representatives for Wal-Mart's Walmart U.S. division and its Sam's Club chain were not immediately available for comment.
The acquisition of J&J's brands could help Energizer gain attention in the feminine care aisle, often dominated by P&G's Always and Tampax brands, and other rivals such as Kimberly's Kotex. Energizer first entered the feminine care business in 2007, when it acquired Playtex Products Inc.
Energizer said it expected the deal to close this quarter and that it should add modestly to earnings next year. Goldman Sachs was the company's financial adviser on the acquisition.
Energizer said it had earned $87.2 million, or $1.38 per share, in the third quarter ended June 30, up from $70.2 million, or $1.06 per share, a year earlier.
Adjusted earnings, which exclude items such as restructuring costs, rose to $1.57 per share from $1.18 and came in well ahead of the analysts' average forecast of $1.32, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The results benefited from better-than-expected restructuring savings, a decline in advertising and promotion expenses and a lower-than-expected tax rate, said BMO Capital Markets analyst Connie Maneaty, who has a "market perform" rating on the shares.
Sales slipped to $1.11 billion from $1.12 billion, missing the analysts' average forecast of $1.14 billion.
The company said competitors' promotions and a wet summer had curbed demand for products like suntan lotion. Sales in the personal care division fell 3.6 percent to $649.5 million.
Energizer said it still expected fiscal-year adjusted earnings of $6.75 to $7.00 per share, helped by additional savings from the restructuring it announced in November.
The St. Louis-based company's plans include cutting more than 10 percent of its workforce. It now expects to save more than $80 million this fiscal year, up from a May target of $50 million to $60 million.
After posting double-digit percentage increases in adjusted earnings per share for two years, Energizer said it expected to report mid-single-digit growth in fiscal 2014.


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A leaked marketing render has come up, showing fans worldwide how Samsung’s latest phablet in the Note series is going to look like. While Samsung does not look like it will be straying too far away from the design of last year’s Galaxy Note 8, the big difference will be seen with the components that the South Korean company is going to be adding under the hood of the phone. Today we will focus more on the recent updates that we have heard and we will also be addressing some of the past rumors concerning the specs of the phone.
The Biggest Update – Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Screen
The marketing render that has surfaced online these past few days show us something incredibly similar to the Note 8. This piece of information came from an industry insider in China that is well known for the fact that it is a reliable source, offering past pieces of information that turned out to be the truth.
The leaked images show us a phone that looks so similar to the Note 8 that even the screen to bezel ratio is almost the same. However, from what we have seen, the phone will come with Infinity Display. We will also be seeing a Super AMOLED panel with a ratio of 18:5:9. Just like Note 8, we can expect this year’s Note phone to come with the same QHD+ resolution that is 2960 by 1440 pixels.
We will see a change in the size of the phone, albeit not a big one. If the Galaxy Note 8 had a 6.3-inch screen, Samsung Galaxy Note 9 would have a 6.4-inch panel. The change is not incredible, and it does not bring anything that was never before seen. Despite this, there is a feature that Samsung is rumored to finally introduce, and we will be talking more about in just a couple of seconds.
Samsung Galaxy Note 9: Fingerprint Scanner Under the Glass
Both Samsung S10 and Samsung Galaxy Note 9 are rumored to come with this feature. Between the two we will sooner see the Note 9 be released with this feature since the S10 will be coming next year. For some time we have heard various rumors saying that this scanner will be placed under the screen of the phone. If Samsung manages to finally introduce this feature with the Note 9, then this would mark the first time in the South Korean company’s history where a phone like this will be put on the market.
So, why are people so excited to have a fingerprint scanner under the screen of the phone? What makes it so ‘amazing’? Well, it is not just the fact that it would make locking your phone faster and easier, but it would also mean using a feature that could be the forefront of other advances in technology.
New Color Variant
The South Korean company does not usually come up with new color variants for their phones, but this is about to change. We can expect Note 9 to come in a new color variant dubbed ‘Teddy Brown.’ Will this make a difference and would people flock to buy the phone in this color version? That remains to be seen, but we are not mad at Samsung’s decision.
Dual SIM Model
Note 9 is rumored to be another phone to join the ranks of smartphones that Samsung has released on the market to come with Dual SIM. This rumor is based on the two signal strength indicators that we have seen on the notification bar of the phone.
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Processor
If Samsung did not make a lot of changes when it comes to the design of the phone on the outside, they have surely made some interesting tweaks under the hood of the phone. The phone will be coming with the Exynos 9810 processor that is better than previous versions.
RAM and Internal Storage
Note 9 will be coming with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. This follows the trend of phones that are coming up with more and more storage. We will have to wait and see if there are also going to be a 128GB variant.
We are expecting to see dual-cameras that have more megapixels than the ones that came with the Note 8. The battery is rumored to be a 3850mAh one. Other features were not mentioned so we will have to wait and see if anything else surfaces on the internet before the phone is released.
Speaking of release dates, the phone is rumored to be released either in late July or early August. At which event will this be taking place? Well, the launch of the flagship phablet is supposed to take place at the IFA technology show.
This means that the wait is almost over. Yes, July and August seem to be far away but we believe that most of us will not feel the passing of time and before we even know it we will get to see the big launch event happening. Then and only then will we be able to get our hands on this phone and test its features for our own. It will be interesting to see just how well will Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 perform under some various tests. We promise to keep you posted if we find out anything more. After all, we love leaks and rumors just as much as you guys do.
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#KuToo: Women in Japan launch movement against wearing heels to office
For working women in Japan wearing flats is usually frowned upon.
While both men and women are supposed to wear suits while job hunting and to their workplace, heels are the de facto dress code for working women in Japan as flats are usually frowned upon for females, reports Japan Today.
'#KuToo', which borrows its writing style from the #MeToo movement, is the hashtag under which Twitter users have been calling for a change in formal dress codes for women.
#KuToo #韓女は日女の味方 Wearing uncomfortable and harmful shoes is not an obligation. We support Japanese womyn. Let's br… https://t.co/OoRQITbav6— 天賦(천부) (@hayeong_second) 1552641145000
Calling it the modern version of foot-binding, female Twitter users have expressed rage at the socially ordained practise of wearing heels at the workplace.
"I want them to get rid of pumps for job hunting. Pumps are the modern equivalent of foot-binding. It's a mistake to force women to wear them. They say it's proper manners to wear them? It's a medical injury!" a Twitter user said.
I wore high heels every workday for nine years in Tokyo... now, after three years back in the states, my feet are f… https://t.co/PiMNVo32Md— Nicolai Kruger (@nicolai_kruger) 1553180326000
Another woman tweeted in Japanese, saying: "Wearing uncomfortable and harmful shoes is not an obligation. Let's break down misogyny together."
Wearing heels, either while travelling to work or while at work, is a common cause of injury and cuts amongst women and can cause greater medical complications related to the spine, amongst other problems.
Doctors have warned that when heels are worn, the foot is in an unnatural position which may inhibit blood circulation to the feet.


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Oman’s non-oil exports dropped by nearly 13 per cent in the first nine months of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic impacted global demand and caused disruption in international trade, particularly in the second quarter of this year.
Total value of the sultanate’s non-oil exports dropped to RO2.155bn during the January–September period of this year compared to RO2.469bn worth of shipments recorded in the same period of last year, according to statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Middle East and Asian economies hard this year, the sultanate’s exports to its main trading partners in the region and Asia sharply dropped due to the weak demand and supply-chain disruptions caused by the pandemic during the second quarter.
While the sultanate’s non-oil exports to Saudi Arabia plunged more than 24 per cent to RO348.8mn in the first nine months of 2020, exports to the UAE decreased by 3.7 per cent to RO434.5mn this year. Exports to Qatar increased by 2.5 per cent to RO175.7mn.
Oman’s non-oil shipments to India fell 7.4 per cent at RO212.8mn during the first nine months of 2020 compared with RO229.9mn in the corresponding period of last year. Exports to the United States decreased 6.4 per cent to RO150.6mn during the January–September period on a year-on-year basis.
The sultanate’s exports to other countries combined declined more than 16 per cent to RO833.2mn this year compared with RO995.2mn recorded in the first nine months of 2019.
The export of base-metals and their related products, which account for a major chunk of Oman’s non-oil exports, decreased 1.2 per cent to RO622.6mn in the first nine months of this year from RO630mn worth of shipments in the same period of 2019.
The export of chemical products plunged by 36 per cent to RO438.4mn during the January–September period of 2020 from RO685.2mn recorded for the same period of 2019. The export of mineral products, however, increased by 5.8 per cent to RO276.8mn.
On the other hand, reopening of the economic activity in the third quarter around the world helped the sultanate to grow its re-exports significantly. The NCSI data showed that the total re-exports from Oman grew by more than 22 per cent in the first nine months of 2020 to RO1.243bn compared to RO1.017bn in the same period of the previous year.
The value of re-exports to the UAE surged by nearly 38 per cent to RO407.4mn in the first three quarters of 2020, while re-exports to Qatar jumped 74 per cent to RO360.7mn this year against RO207mn recorded in the same period of 2019.
Malaysia this year emerged as another important destination for re-exports from the sultanate as the re-exports to the Southeast Asian nation surged to RO73.3mn in the first nine months compared with below RO2mn level recorded in the previous year. Re-exports to Iran, however, dropped by 68 per cent to RO54.6mn in the first nine of 2020 against RO170mn in the same period a year ago.


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He is apparently declaring a currency war on the rest of the world. Trump resents China and Europe cheapening the yuan and the euro against the dollar in order to help their exports and hurt ours.
He says it’s time for the U.S. to cheapen the dollar also. Trump has a point. If you put a 25% tariff on many Chinese exports to the U.S. (as Trump has done) or a 25% tariff on German cars exported to the U.S. (as Trump has threatened to do), it can be a powerful way to reduce the U.S. trade deficit and generate revenue for the U.S. Treasury.
But a trading partner can undo the effect of the tariff just by cheapening its currency.
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Katie Dubow Named 2016 Emergent Communicator by GWA
Katie Dubow, creative director of Garden Media Group, will be presented the first-ever Emergent Communicator Honor by The Association of Garden Communicators (GWA) during the GWA Annual Conference and Expo 2016 in Atlanta, September 16-19.
Awarded by the leading professional organization of green industry communicators, the Emergent Communicator Honor recognizes a professional under the age of 40 who shows exceptional skills, professional ethics and dedication to the GWA mission and values. Dubow will be one of five to receive GWA Honors at its annual awards banquet.
“I am humbled to be the first to receive the Emergent Communicator Honor by my friends and colleagues at GWA,” says Dubow. “I am fortunate to work with innovative clients and creative garden writers and to be part of a great legacy and dedicated team at Garden Media.”
As the Emergent Communicator Award’s inaugural recipient and the up-and-coming face of the gardening PR industry, Dubow sets the bar high.
At Garden Media she works with some of the most-respected companies in the home and garden industry, manages marketing campaigns for a variety of national clients and continues to build new business relationships. She is a major force behind Garden Media’s annual garden trends report.
In addition to being a marketing strategist and enthusiastic speaker in the industry, Dubow serves on marketing committees for both GWA and the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH).
“Katie is incredibly talented and creative and is a driving force on our team,” says Susan McCoy, president and founder of Garden Media. “She continues to drive Garden Media to be the key industry player it is. I am extremely proud of her.”
Before joining Garden Media in 2011, Dubow held positions as a marketing manager for Liz Claiborne, Inc. and a technical production manager at CBS in New York. A 2004 Northeastern University graduate, she has spent most of her career learning the ins and outs of brand management and analyzing the green industry.
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After a difficult economic period for many, the Back to Business campaign aims to give local businesses a helping hand by providing them with an opportunity to promote their brand across AFC Business’ social media platforms and the club website.
The initiative means that every current and new AFC Business member will be put into a draw each month for the chance to co-produce a promotional video with the club.
Simple technical specifications and suggested content will be provided by the commercial team before handing over the reins to the business to produce a short video which will be used to promote their work.
AFC Bournemouth partnerships manager Amy Marks said: “It’s great to be able to offer such a valuable opportunity to our members.
“It has been a difficult time for everyone in the local business community over the past few months but hopefully this initiative will create some positivity for all those who are involved.”
To be in with a chance of winning, simply sign up to AFC Business by clicking here and filling in your details.
The first winner will be announced on Friday 11th September.
To keep up to date with all the latest business club and commercial news, follow AFC Business on LinkedIn by clicking here.
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Food pics spur trips
Local prof’s study ties foodies’ social media posts to increased tourism
Before unfriending someone for filling your social media thread with pictures of what they had for lunch on vacation, consider that those pictures may have a positive impact on the economy. So says a study on food tourism conducted by Chico State professor Matthew Stone of the school’s Department of Recreation, Hospitality and Parks Management. The study polled more than 2,500 travelers from 10 countries. It found that more than 75 percent of leisure travelers have chosen a destination based on its food or beverages, while 80 percent said culinary adventures help them connect with the culture in the places they visit. For more results, see the full report at the World Food Travel Association website (worldfoodtravel.org).


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[photopress:Intermodallogistics.jpg,full,alignright]The way in which logistics moves is indicative of a country’s trade progress. According to the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, China’s logistics and purchasing volume rose 15.3 percent year on year to RMB26.8 trillion ($3.35 trillion) in the first six months of this year.
During the six-month period, China’s total expenditure on logistics and purchasing came to RMB1,678.6 billion, a rise of 14.7 percent over the same period of last year.
The federation said fixed assets investment in logistics and purchasing in the January-June period totaled RMB432.2 billion, an increase of 20.7 percent year on year.
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Federal Government has approved the change of name of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology to the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation to drive the agenda for economic growth.
Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu made the announcement at a world press conference in Abuja.
According to the minister, The change of name will help meet the needs of other sectors of the Nigerian economy and all stakeholders, by supporting the generation and application of knowledge and innovation to solve socio-economic challenges, as well as provide policy and funding environment to establish the National System of Innovation (NSI).
On repositioning the Ministry, Dr. Onu stated that Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) is the engine that will drive Nigeria on the road to success, prosperity, self-reliance, and greatness.
He further said that the repositioning of the Ministry will result in Research and Development (R&D) that is industry and services demand-driven, to enhance commercialisation.
On promoting commercialisation of R&D results, he said; “when we succeed, it will lead to R&D breakthroughs and inventions that could be commercialised. With the right policy and legal framework to protect intellectual property, we can effectively promote commercialization in all activity sectors in the value chain for supply of raw materials, goods and services”.
The benefits of the name change and repositioning of the Ministry he added, include;
Ø Irreversible indigenous industrialisation
Ø Platform for higher productivity
Ø Job creation and quality employment generation in the economy.
Ø Significant level of poverty alleviation


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Where to get our Thanksgiving Day paper — stuffed with savings
For many, Thanksgiving is about family and food: turkey, mashed potatoes, dressing and pumpkin pie. For others, it’s about football.
And, for some, it’s all about the shopping: planning and strategizing how best to approach the season of holiday shopping.
You can be among the first to get The News-Press' largest edition of the year, the Thanksgiving Day paper. The paper will be stuffed with hundreds of deals and coupons to get you started on your holiday shopping.
The Thanksgiving Day paper will feature a list of what's open on Thanksgiving, how to watch the parade, a special In the Know column about big projects in the works for the area and a proposed Florida bill that aims to keep pets out of restaurants and other businesses. We will also feature a story about how a Bahamian family friended by strangers after Hurricane Dorian is thankful to be in Naples.
The paper will also have the popular giant family crossword. It is 18 inches deep.
Early birds can purchase a paper for $5 around midafternoon Wednesday at these locations: Publix, RaceTrac, 7-Eleven, Speedway, Walmart, Wawa and Winn-Dixie. (Note: All Publix locations are closed Thursday.)
Of course, our home-delivery subscribers will get the same deals, delivered to the convenience of their homes by Thursday morning.


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News of renewed extended reality (XR) market growth has surfaced over the last few years, with numerous reports detailing the extent of its potential.
For example, market research from Precedence Research found that the global XR market stood at $35.14 billion USD in 2022.
It also estimates that the sector will reach around $345.9 billion USD by 2030, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 33.09 from 2022 to 2030.
Some of the largest takeaways from the report found that the augmented reality (AR) market had taken over 55 percent of global markets in 2021.
However, virtual reality (VR) was set to grow from 2022 to 2030, with software making significant gains in the same period. North America would also lead global markets for the same period.
Growth Factors for 2023
The XR space has seen a meteoric rise in adoption rates across industry verticals. Education, entertainment, gaming, and training sectors have seen unprecedented growth in XR adoption. Additionally, XR has allowed businesses to leverage remote working with cloud computing technologies post-COVID.
After the pandemic, companies have dramatically improved the infrastructure to collaborate, work, and socialise while saving costs, time to market, and learning curves.
In healthcare, XR is a major pathway for computed tomography (CT) scanning and magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs). Doctors can leverage the technology to access detailed scans of patients in real-time with Magic Leap, HoloLens 2, and other headsets.
Healthcare officials can better serve their patients by diagnosing chronic illnesses using the technologies. Other verticals such as defence, travel, tourism, and retail also roll out lucrative plans for emerging technology solutions.
Furthermore, smartphone and 5G adoption rates will also continue to fuel XR market growth, the report noted. 5G technologies, along with edge and cloud computing, will facilitate the next generation of XR solutions for the enterprise.
Many companies such as Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, and numerous telcos are incubating a strong ecosystem of XR solutions. This aims to develop novel platforms for smart glasses, application programme interfaces (APIs), and additional use cases across environments.
Other Contributing Factors
5G allows developers access to low-latency, low-bandwidth, and seamless connectivity to create and execute such programmes. All tethered and standalone headsets rely on connectivity for secure and reliable interactions.
The report adds that shared research and development (R&D) has created massive growth and innovation opportunities for developers.
The report explained that consumer and enterprise solutions had reached huge adoption rates for end-user segments. It added that onboarding, immersive developer support groups, and software developer kits (SDKs) would also boost XR services.
Finally, XR headsets have benefitted from innovations in gaming hardware, micro-OLED displays, haptic feedback controllers, and full-colour passthrough cameras.
Numerous gaming engines, including Unity Technologies and Epic Games, have become a mainstay for developing real-time 3D (RT3D) content.
Further platforms across Meta, ByteDance, ENGAGE XR, NVIDIA’s Omniverse, Autodesk, Decentraland, and many others remain instrumental to the Metaverse.
New Use Cases Post-Covid
With the rise of remote learning, educational institutions have adapted their teaching models to engage students with immersive curricula.
Many immersive education applications now exist on the market. Services like ENGAGE XR provide educators with tools to host immersive and interactive virtual classroom experiences. The firm works with influential groups like Stanford Uni to distribute its immersive learning tools.
Moreover, solutions are available that suit specific learning use cases. For example, GigXR provides MR healthcare training, Prisms provide VR STEM learning, and Seaberry distributes immersive welding training tools.
The enterprise environment uses XR in retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and many other sectors. Major high-street retailers like IKEA and Walmart are experimenting with AR applications to improve the buyer’s journey.
In-person immersive retail solutions also provide customers with a new avenue to engage with leading brands and digitally try-on clothing items before purchasing.
Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Metaverse
The industrial landscape is facing a new world with the rise of XR. Industry 4.0 solutions aim to alter the future of work by supplying frontline employees with rugged wearables that can survive harsh working environments.
However, many early adopters of this technology note an increase in productivity, reduced delays, and increased efficiency. Multiple firms such as NVIDIA, Siemens, and GE are experimenting with digitally-twinned factories to
Firms like Arvizio and RealWear are distributing immersive hardware and software which empower frontline workers with AR/VR/MR tools.
Challenges in XR Market Growth
Immersive reality technologies saw a significant boost from the arrival of Covid-19. The pandemic meant more people began searching for ways to connect outside face-to-face interactions and develop infrastructure to circumvent future disruptions.
Despite positive growth predictions, current market forces have substantially slowed XR growth for many tech giants. From November last year, the embattled XR market growth has faced major setbacks. This has included massive layoffs and reduced funding due to economic downturns and fallout from several high-profile collapses.
Global Regulatory Crackdown
Firms such as Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, Silvergate Bank, and crypto platform FTX collapsed in months, severely impacting investment in XR. Federal Reserve rate hikes in the US have also triggered an avalanche of adverse investment sentiment due to lost revenues.
US authorities across the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) office have also cracked down on crucial Web3 and cryptocurrency platforms. This has led to tighter restrictions on monetisation and decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) critical to decentralised revenue streams.
With the current investment market winding down its post-COVID push, XR startups and big tech advocates now face a lack of sufficient funding to complete key XR projects.
Conversely, fraud has also fuelled negative market sentiment on the future of Web3. It has also renewed calls for greater oversight and standards to prevent cybercrime from taking place in the future.
Despite this, the report notes that high device costs continue to limit access to XR adoption from the study period. Some companies like Meta Platforms and Pico have lowered their device costs to reach a larger audience of headset users.


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Ant Financial ranks fifth place on China's 100 Top Internet Firms
Aug 15, 2019 (China Knowledge) - Fintech giant Ant Financial, widely known for its mobile payment platform Alipay, debuts on the list of China's 100 best internet companies, replacing NetEase (NTESE) as the fifth place. Internet unicorns including TikTok-owner ByteDance account for one-quarter of the top 100 best firms, with the ratio up by 38.9% year on year.
The list was published by the Internet Society of China and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in an annual report yesterday, which evaluates companies according to six factors, including business scale, profitability, innovation, growth, influence, and social responsibility.
More internet unicorns in China are now competing with leading internet companies, such as Tencent Holdings (000700) and Baidu (BIDU), with increasing investment to spur innovation. The research and development expenses of Chinese internet firms have risen by 45.1% year on year to RMB 153.87 billion (USD21.9 billion), and the top 100 internet firms spent an equivalent of over 10% of their revenues on R&D, much higher than the domestic sectors’ average of 2.1%.
Chinese internet companies are also devoted to developing technologies based on the 5G network, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and Big Data, having already achieved almost 80,000 patents.
Alibaba is ranked first this year in this annual report by Internet Society of China and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
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For no extra cost, Virgin Trains customers travelling on its East Coast and West Coast routes will have the unique opportunity to swap short commuter routes such as the 102-minute Doncaster to London journey, for slower and steamier journeys hauled by Flying Scotsman.
A 25 per cent discount on tickets is also being offered to customers willing to swap their laptops for shovels to help keep the train running across the route.
To celebrate its arrival, the famed steam train will be given a 21st Century makeover and will be painted with the iconic Virgin Trains red livery.
Jim Lowe, Head of Operations at the National Railway Museum, said: “Flying Scotsman has had many different guises throughout its rollercoaster history, and we’re very excited about the steam star’s upcoming transformation.
"We hope that visitors to the National Railway Museum will be delighted to see locomotive in its new red and white livery as part of our exciting Scotsman Season.”
Hamish Soaring, Head of The Steam Train Rehabilitation Programme said: “At Virgin Trains we’re passionate about giving our customers an awesome experience and think that by bringing steam trains back onto our commuter service, we’re doing just that.
"We would encourage our customers to book the 25 per cent discounted tickets so we can ensure enough coal is being shovelled at all times!”
The unprecedented announcement comes as the National Railway Museum, which saved the locomotive for the nation in 2004, agreed to release it back into service.
The makeover will be taking place at the museum in York, where fans of the iconic engine can watch the transformation as it’s painted during the museum’s fantastic Scotsman Season, running from March 25 to May 8 2016, before fans can really experience the full power of steam.
Flying Scotsman will be available for travel on the east coast route from May 2016 with the service extending to the west coast mainline by the end of the year.
To book tickets to the National Railway Museum visit http://www.flyingscotsman.org.uk/events/


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Amazon.com Inc on Monday unveiled its online professional beauty store to sell supplies to licensed professional stylists, barbers and estheticians, weighing on shares of other beauty retailers.
It would sell a wide range of brands from Wella Color Charm and RUSK to OPI Professional, and other supplies typically found in salons and spas, Amazon said in a blog post here.
Following Amazon’s announcement, shares of beauty retailers Ulta Beauty Inc fell about 3% and those of Sally Beauty Holdings plummeted 9%.
Stylists can now find almost everything they need to run their business in a single store at low prices, with fast, free shipping in one to two days on eligible orders with Business Prime, Amazon said.
“Stylists can find more of what they need at great prices with convenient delivery options, freeing up their time to focus on what’s important: their customers,” said Steve Kann, director of customer driven experience, Amazon business.
Amazon said the buyers would need a state-issued cosmetology, barber, or esthetician license to purchase products.
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Travel agents on a cruise to nowhere clambered about the largest cruise ship in the world on Thursday, checking out the planetarium, the spa, and the deluxe duplex cabins.
For most, it was love at first sight.
"The dM-icor and the workmanship in the ship is phenomenal," said Rebecca L. Francis, president of R. Francis Travel Pro, in Washington, D.C. She said she would have no problem selling it to her clients.
The Queen Mary 2 left Port Everglades on Wednesday night around 8:30 p.m., with about 2,000 travel agents on a two-night promotional cruise. They were treated to a 15-minute fireworks show as the 150,000-ton ship left port.
The ship is due back in Port Everglades today. It will have a sold-out charity gala tonight, before leaving on an 11-night Caribbean cruise about 6 p.m. Saturday.
Although the ship is about 70 percent sold for 2004, Cunard Line has planned an ambitious schedule of 26 trans-Atlantic crossings in 2005. That will really test the level of demand for the liner, Micky Arison, chairman of Cunard's parent company Carnival Corp., said at a shipboard news conference.
"Right now we believe [trans-Atlantic] is a market for one ship," Arison said. But if there were enough demand, he said Carnival would not rule out building a second trans-Atlantic liner.
Queen Mary 2 has the first spa at sea operated by Canyon Ranch, which made a big impression on several travel agents. "To have a spa like that will absolutely convince my clients to go," said Jan Hammond, president of Sixth Star Travel, in Plantation.
For others, the restaurants stood out. "I liked the Britannia dining room," said Ginger Gainey, manager of Frosch International Travel, Denver. The two-level, three story dining room seats 1,300 and is meant to evoke the grand dining rooms aboard 1930s-era steamships.
The ship's dM-icor is an updated version of Art Deco, with black and gold etched glass and bronze panels lining the main corridors.
Designed to carry 2,620 passengers, the $800 million ship has 13 passenger decks, a half dozen restaurants, a disco, a ballroom, spa, two theaters and five pools. "As big as it is, it's very easy to navigate," said Cheryl Pope, of Travel Associates, in Salisbury, N.C.
Also aboard were a few VIPs from Fort Lauderdale, including Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau President Nicki Grossman and her husband Mel, a circuit court judge.
"It's just a gorgeous ship," Mel Grossman said. "It really blows your mind to see a planetarium on a ship." Built into the ceiling of the main theater, the planetarium dome features three celestial shows. It can accommodate about 400 people.
Ken Krauter, Port Everglades director, said the Queen Mary 2 shines a spotlight on Port Everglades. "We'll get not just national, but international attention because of this," he said.
That Cunard would pick Port Everglades for QM2's first stop in America should make the world's No. 2 cruise port even more popular as a port of call, Krauter said. "Nobody else can equate with that," he said. "When you're first, you're first."
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(Bloomberg) — Honda Motor Co. is recalling 2.5 million cars and SUVs that are at risk of stalling due to a fuel pump failure.
The recall covers certain 2017-2020 vehicles, including the Honda CR-V, Honda Accord, Acura MDX and Acura TLX.
The fuel pump impellers were improperly molded and could deform over time, which render the fuel pump inoperative. This could prevent the engine from starting or to stall while driving.
Honda said in documents posted Wednesday morning to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website its dealers will replace the fuel pump module on the affected vehicles free of charge.
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In a potentially revolutionary move, a major bank in the Philippines has rolled out Philippine’s maiden crypto ATMs. This new development sees the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), collaborating with Union Bank which is one of the largest commercial banks in the Philippines. Over the last two years, the central bank has moved to regulate the crypto industry and approving the country’s first crypto ATM is a major move in this direction.
With the Philippines being one of the first countries to recognize and accept cryptocurrencies as a means of payment and transaction, many people frequently use it for a variety of purposes which include trading of digital assets, payment of utility bills and everyday transactions like mobile phone airtime among others. As a result, Union Bank’s new cryptocurrency ATM could boost the confidence that people already have in crypto as an asset class.
This is the first time that a commercial bank within the country has collaborated with the central bank to roll out a crypto ATM that could revolutionize the market. According to an official statement from the bank, the ATM will allow local customers to easily switch between cryptocurrency and pesos which is the country’s official currency with relative ease. It is essentially a dual functional machine that can be used to buy and sell cryptocurrencies.
Moreover, the launch of the crypto ATM points to a deliberate and sustained relationship between commercial banks and the apex bank in terms of improving the crypto industry and increasing credibility among local users. Union Bank has revealed that it has been collaborating with the central bank on a number of ventures over the years. This is especially important due to the growing wave of crypto users in the Philippines.
According to Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead, the increasing popularity of Coins.ph a bitcoin platform in the country that now boasts one in ten adults as a customer is a pointer to the current realities of cryptocurrency within the country and an indication that crypto applications are working more than ever before.
As a result, the newly launched crypto ATM endorsed by the central bank will further fuel local confidence in the currency. There is already a rapidly swelling avalanche of retail outlets, apps and local brokers that allow users to buy sell crypto just about anywhere in the Philippines and while this can be put down to the lack of available banking options for the majority of people that narrative is about to change.
The launch of the crypto ATM by Union Bank will make digital assets readily available to people within the Philippines and increase the liquidity of cryptocurrencies within a short period of time. Although only one machine has been launched, the bank will monitor the market and consumer feedback before deciding to increase the scope of their latest operation. The bank has always been an avid enthusiast of digital assets and with CEO Edwin Bautista at the head of this new revolution, crypto users within the country can look forward to better times within the cryptocurrency industry.


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As 2021 comes to an end, naturally we’ve been reflecting a lot at Java Blend. I’m sure most of us can almost instantly think of a list of things that went wrong or didn’t turn out as planned. But when we force ourselves to think about what went right, instantly our Dollar Drip Days come to mind.
We have thoroughly enjoyed chatting with members of our various local non-profit partners. We’ve learned so much more about what we can do - not only through giving donations but by bringing awareness to their incredible initiatives and the groups they advocate for. So on that note, we are thrilled to launch COMMUNITY CUPS: Small beans. Big impact.
Every month we will be partnering with a different local non-profit organization and will dedicate a featured roast to them. $1 from every bag of the Community Cups roast sold will be donated to the local non-profit, along with all drip coffee proceeds from Community Cups Day.
Stay tuned for the announcement of our January partner! The roasting team has created a delicious medium roast blend with beans sourced from Colombia and Ethiopia. It will be available from January 10th - 31st, and Community Cups Day will be on National Day of Education (Jan 14th, 2022).


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PUMA have confirmed that Kylie Jenner has signed a deal with the sportswear label to be the face of its spring/summer 2016 training campaign, and rumours have it that the deal is worth a huge seven-figure sum for the beauty entrepreneur.
In a new statement, global director of brand and marketing for Puma, Adam Petrick revealed: "I am pleased and excited to be able to confirm that PUMA is indeed working with Kylie Jenner. Kylie represents a fresh and exciting new era for fashion and we couldn't think of a more fitting and influential female to headline this campaign for PUMA."
Read more: Kylie Jenner Style File
Kylie, who has been sitting front row at a plethora of New York Fashion Week shows, is yet to share the news across her social media platforms. This may be due to the fact that her brother-in-law, Kanye West, has used his own social channels to proclaim that Kylie would not sign a deal with a competitor of Adidas, with whom the rapper is highly entwined.
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confirmed that it expects fourth-quarter 2003 earnings and full-year 2004 sales and earnings to meet or beat Wall Street's consensus.
market maker said at an analyst meeting Monday that it expects to earn 65 cents to 85 cents a share for full-year 2004 on sales of $760 million to $850 million. Analysts' estimates call for a profit of 68 cents a share on sales of $732 million.
The results would be an increase from expected 2003 earnings of 53 cents a share on $645.02 million in revenue, according to Thomson First Call estimates. In 2002, the company lost 9 cents a share on $527.36 million in sales.
In its current fourth quarter, the company said it expects to earn 15 cents to 20 cents a share, which is in line with analysts' average forecast of 17 cents a share. The company earned 3 cents a share in the fourth quarter of 2002.
In its most recent third quarter, the company swung to a profit of 20 cents a share from a loss of a penny a share a year earlier. Sales were $182.3 million.
Separately, Jersey City, N.J.-based Knight was upgraded to peer perform from underperform by Bear Stearns, which said the company has "stabilized and diversified its business model, distinguished itself as a proven market share leader and positioned itself for continued earnings growth."
The brokerage estimates Knight's full-year 2004 earnings will derive 65% from equity market making, 25% from asset management and 10% from its options business. In contrast, 80% of 2000 earnings came from market making, the firm said.
Bear Stearns also upped its estimates on the company to earnings of 72 cents a share in 2004 from a previous outlook of 52 cents a share. (Bear Stearns makes a market in Knight's equity securities.)
Shares of Knight were off 11 cents, or 0.8%, to $14.49 in morning trading.


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Hitec Dubai to host competition for startups
Hitec Dubai 2018, an upcoming hospitality technology conference and expo in the UAE, will host an entrepreneurship competition for startups to present their breakthrough business concepts at the show.
Co-produced by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) and Naseba, a provider of global business facilitation services, the trade show will be held at the Madinat Jumeirah Dubai on December 5 and 6.
HFTP’s Entrepreneur20X (E20X) competition at Hitec Dubai will be held on December 5 at 15:30 – 16:30 and is open to all attendees.
Competitors will receive fabulous exposure and validation from top companies by presenting their ideas to a room full of Hitec attendees as well as a panel of expert judges including hospitality CIOs, investors, and industry insiders.
The winner, who will be determined by the judges’ panel, will be rewarded the opportunity to pitch at either the Hitec Europe or Hitec Minneapolis competitions in 2019 including an exhibition kiosk in the E20X Innovation Lab and two full conference registrations at the corresponding conferences, and extensive media coverage via HFTP’s BYTES and Pineapplesearch hospitality industry news distribution networks.
Frank Wolfe CAE, CEO of HFTP, said: “The E20X competition has been designed to celebrate innovation and entrepreneurship while giving businesses the opportunity to become part of a global network at Hitec Dubai. We are eager to encourage and incentivize such experiments even if it is a work in progress and can be improved by others in the know. We believe it is critical to value innovation and disruption as we move towards the future driven by technology. And startups are at the forefront of this transformation.”
To qualify for E20X competition, the startup must be less than three years old, have at least a demo version of the product / service, should not have raised more than $100,000 of investments and have a hospitality solution
Nicola Bettio, managing director of Naseba Capital said: “Startups are today the main source of radical disruption in many sectors, including in hospitality. In the last few years we have seen new leaders emerge with radically new business model and novel ways to augment the consumer experience. We are very excited to make those ideas emerge at Hitec Dubai, help find investment, and support their journey to become the next big thing.”
Hitec Dubai’s Advisory Council chairperson Laurent A Voivenel, senior vice president, Operations and Development for the Middle East, Africa and India for Swiss-Belhotel International, said: “Hitec Dubai is a great platform and vehicle for startups to get the much-needed exposure and recognition by leading players in the industry.
“Large companies have the resources and the brand reputation, but it is the startups that are fostering major disruptions in our industry due to their innovative ideas and thinking. We believe disruption initiatives should be prioritized at every level and we are very happy to support and welcome any such change.”
Hitec Dubai will be inaugurated by Dubai Tourism and will give Middle East buyers, currently worth over $75 billion, access to the world’s leading technology solution providers and experts in the hospitality sector.
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) is a global non-profit hospitality association, headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA


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An electric chair used to execute 125 people was sold for £17,000 after being auctioned online at eBay, this week.
The state of Tennessee sold the original 'Old Sparky' -- complete with electrodes and leather straps -- which is thought to have been used between 1916 and 1960. The chair received more that 40 bids after antiques dealer Arthur Rosenblat submitted it for auction.
Bidding for the chair had to stop when Rosenblat was inundated with hundreds of complaints accusing the auction of being in bad taste. The chair was sold to Edward T Meyer, vice president of Ripley Entertainment, who is likely to include it in a crime and punishment exhibition at Tennessee Museum.
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Kicks Bar & Grill, Hull’s premier sports bar, has teamed up with APX Performance, a market leader in sports team kits, to launch a remarkable campaign known as “Winning Wednesdays.” This joint effort underscores a shared commitment to supporting grassroots sports in Hull, particularly football, rugby, netball, hockey, and other sports.
“Winning Wednesdays” started this week, and will take place on selected Wednesdays. Sports teams have the opportunity to win a free kit simply by enjoying Kicks’ acclaimed food and drinks. For every £10 spent, patrons receive a raffle ticket for the draw held the next day.
James Milner, Owner of APX-Performance said “Since the brand’s launch in March 2020 we have given tens of thousands of pounds in kit away as part of our community kick back scheme and people already know of our passion for supporting the community. For us to be able to work with Kicks to be able to give teams in Hull an additional free sports kit each week as part of ‘Winning Wednesdays’ is fantastic.”
“One of our 3 sales offices is in Hull, so it is a natural partnership for us to take with Kicks who are perfectly placed in the heart of the City Centre, and ideal for the sporting community of Hull to enjoy the big live games. All partner clubs of APX-Performance can look forward to a number of benefits as part of the partnership.”
APX’s exceptional work in sports apparel can be seen first-hand in the new uniform worn by the Kicks team, and more can be found at APX Performance.
The collaboration between Kicks and APX Performance aims to increase awareness and support for sports teams in the city. Whether it’s football, hockey, rugby, netball or boxing club vests, “Winning Wednesdays” is set to become a key platform for community engagement.
Kicks Bar & Grill has always been passionate about supporting grassroots sports in Hull. The “Winning Wednesdays” campaign with APX Performance reflects the company’s ongoing dedication to fostering sports culture in the city and providing much-needed support to local teams.
Kicks Bar & Grill and APX Performance invite all sports teams in Hull and the surrounding area to participate in this exciting opportunity to win free kits and support the growth of grassroots sports in the city.
For full details about the “Winning Wednesdays” campaign, including the specific Wednesdays it will be held, please visit Kicks Bar & Grill’s website.


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Peloton couldn’t run away from the implications of company mis-management endlessly. The health tools and media firm has agreed to pay a $19 million penalty in a civil case settlement with the Consumer Products Safety Commission.
Previously, the fee had charged Peloton with knowingly distributing a recalled gadget and ignoring gadget defects in its Tread+ treadmill that would “could create a substantial product hazard and created an unreasonable risk of serious injury,” mentioned the CPSC in a press statement. Thursday’s settlement resolves these prices.
Peloton’s Tread+ treadmill was linked with the demise of a 6-year outdated little one in March 2021. A subsequent CPSC report decided that the machines had been additionally concerned in quite a few different extreme accidents amongst pets, youngsters, and adults—largely associated to physique components being pulled beneath the treadmill’s belt. The CPSC issued an pressing warning to customers in April 2021 that Peloton’s Tread+ treadmill posed a “serious risk” to the security of youngsters and pets, and urged the corporate to recall the health gadget. But the corporate fought again, refusing to recall its tools and claiming the difficulty was considered one of misuse, not the machines themselves.
That is, till it couldn’t argue with the federal regulator anymore. “When a company continues to sell dangerous products that they know can cause serious injury or death, it must be held accountable,” wrote CPSC Chair, Alexander Hoehn-Saric in a Thursday statement.
The fee initially discovered that Peloton had received 72 incident reports from its treadmill customers. And on Thursday, the watchdog revealed the corporate had data of more than 150 studies of individuals, pets, or objects being pulled beneath the machines—not less than 13 involving vital accidents like damaged bones and friction burns.
Peloton issued voluntary recollects of each its Tread+ and cheaper Tread treadmills in May 2021. The Tread+ recall was associated to hazard posed by the excessive slatted belt and lack of guardrail, distinctive to the machine’s design, in line with the CPSC. While the Tread recall, issued earlier than the gadget even formally launched within the U.S., needed to do with touchscreen shows detaching and falling whereas in use.
As a part of the recall settlement, the health model agreed to cease promoting and distributing the treadmills within the U.S., and to supply full refunds to prospects who needed to return their machines. For prospects who most well-liked to maintain their tools, Peloton issued a software program replace to lock the Tread+ with a passcode (a “fix” that got here with its personal problems), and provided to relocate prospects’ treadmills to pet and child-free rooms for free of charge.
Though the corporate’s response was too little, too late for the CPSC. The fee alleged that Peloton’s delayed actions constituted a failure to well timed report back to the regulator. The CPSC additionally claimed that Peloton violated the Consumer Products Safety Act by persevering with to distribute the Tread+ treadmills up till August 2021, months after the May recall.
The $19 million effective the corporate now has to pay to settle these prices is one other monetary hit on prime of months of issue for Peloton. Though it re-introduced a model of its Tread gadget in November 2021, the Tread+ stays off the market. In January 2022, inner paperwork revealed that the corporate was careening in direction of monetary wreck amid the recollects and the declining recognition of covid-era at-home health as individuals returned to places of work and gymnasiums. In response, it raised subscription costs, enacted mass layoffs, and exited manufacturing— outsourcing its manufacturing to Taiwanese firm, Rexon.
In a press release despatched to Gizmodo, Peloton mentioned it was happy to have reached this settlement and mentioned it “remains deeply committed to the safety and well-being of our members and to the continuous improvement of our products.” The spokesperson went on to say the corporate “continues to pursue the CPSC’s approval of a Tread+ rear guard that would further augment its safety features.”
Even if the corporate manages to outlast the turbulence although, it nonetheless gained’t be completed with the federal regulator. According to the settlement, Peloton has to adjust to extra CPSC phrases, like sustaining “an enhanced compliance program” and upping its inner security testing. The firm can even need to file annual studies on its product security and compliance for the subsequent 5 years.
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The Funko NYCC 2020 reveals continue as we enter the world of DC Comics. There are three Pops in total we are getting from the DC Universe and the Joker is starting things off first. The Joker is getting a little pink this year as he also celebrates breast cancer awareness. Next up is a new Pop for Wonder Woman 1984 as Princess Diana is swinging from lightning. The Pop is glow-in-the-dark and features a brand new pop design with Wonder Woman in action. Last but not least is Nightwing with his New 52 suit. This is not the first Nightwing Pop we have got but this modern costume design will be loved by many modern fans. This is not the biggest line up for New York Comic Con but features some of the fan's favorite characters from DC. The pink Joker is my favorite of these reveals and he will be a nice addition to any fans Joker collection.
Just like previous conventions that have been canceled (Emerald City, WonderExpo, San Diego), Funko will be having replacing NYCC with Virtual Con 4.0. Just like San Diego Comic Con, these will all be released on the Funko-Shop in one big online event. NYCC 2020 was scheduled to take place between October 8th thru the 11th, so expect a release around then. Some (not all) of these Pops should be getting shared exclusives that will hot retailers like GameStop, Walmart, Target, Hot Topic, and more. If we look at the SDCC 2020 Virtual Con, the Funko-Shop purchases will be the only way to get your hands on an official NYCC sticker with a 50/50 chance. Fans will be able to find them here in October when the Virtual Con goes live but the date still has yet to be determined. The shared exclusives list should be released by the end of the week so stay tuned for that as well. We can only hope Funko does a better job with these online releases unlike dumpster fire for their SDCC 2020 launch. Stay tuned for new NYCC 2020 Funko reveals as they release throughout the day.


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E-commerce website Flipkart has revised its returns policy and cut down their 30-days returns window to just 10-days.
So, in case you don’t like a product, you just have 10 days to return the products bought from the website to get the refund.
According to a report in Economic Times, India’s leading online store has also told sellers on the platform that they will have to pay higher commissions from June 20.
The 10-day return policy will be applicable to all the selling products, including books, mobile phones and electronics. While the 30-day window will be available for footwear, watches, clothing, jewellery, fashion accessories and large appliances.
“The revised structure across shipping, commission and returns will enable sellers to have predictability and better manage their online business,” ET quoted a Flipkart spokesperson as saying.
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In-vehicle entertainment and information systems—collectively known as infotainment—are quickly becoming as important to buyers as what's under the hood. Last year, 80 percent of new Fords had some version of Sync, and other automakers are rushing to meet the demand. But there's a problem: When it comes to gadgets, we're conditioned to expect hyperevolution, not the years it takes a new car to gestate and hit the market. So automakers are now turning to app-based platforms—much like the ones found on smartphones—to give auto infotainment systems a continual feed of new features.
Carmakers, however, are reluctant to open the doors to an uncurated flood of third-party developers. In addition to the obvious security risk involved with loading a potentially malicious program, car companies are accustomed to controlling user experiences. They'll keep tight control over which apps will work with their cars, to keep out apps that might be distracting or do a poor job of complementing the driving experience. "We want to retain the customer experience we've worked to establish," said Stephan Durach, director of BMW's Palo Alto research lab, where the Mini Connected app platform was developed.
That means the apps, which either live on a smartphone or in the car or the cloud, are typically controlled by the interface already in the car's dash. Or in the case of Ford's Applink, voice commands, which will be a required feature to silence critics who are already opining that the last thing we need is more distraction in our cars. So no Angry Birds—at least for now.
In any case, we're in the incubation stage, and the available apps are already familiar stuff like Pandora and Twitter. That could change quickly. Ford says it has over 1000 third-party submissions that it's currently reviewing. GM recently announced a contest for college students to submit ideas. No one knows where this journey will lead, which is of course half the fun. In the meantime, here's a sampling of what's available now or soon will be
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The Basics: Car-specific apps live on an iPhone but are displayed on the car's screen and controlled by the dash knobs. The currently available apps (Pandora, Twitter, Web radio, a driving-efficiency coach and others) are available for free at Apple's iTunes Store.
Best Feature: The Twitter app reads the car's internal data and offers canned status updates like "Heading to Chicago. It's 72 degrees, the top is down and life is great!"
Availability: Currently on Minis equipped with the navigation system and will soon join BMW's lineup.
The Basics: With Entune, your Bluetooth phone is simply the gateway to car-specific apps that live in the cloud. The apps are displayed on the navigation screen and offer some voice-controlled features like Bing search. Presently, apps include Open Table and Pandora, but will expand. One downside: The service will eventually come with a not-yet-specified fee.
Best Feature: The Pandora mobile app uses the same familiar screen and functions as on your computer.
Availability: Coming this summer in the Prius V (a wagon version of the Prius) and in more cars later this year.
The Basics: In conjunction with Ford's Sync system, the apps live on a variety of phones and connect to the car with either Bluetooth or a USB cable. Bonus: Applink does not require the car to have a pricey factory navigation system.
Best Feature: For Pandora, say "thumbs up" when you like a song.
Availability: Ford Fiesta with $395 optional Sync, and Ford Mustang later this year.


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The Indian leadership has decided to reduce taxes on the import of several components for mobile devices.
The mentioned decision is aimed at increasing the volume of smartphone production in the South Asian country. For companies like Apple, tax cuts are definitely a positive circumstance. Currently, many smartphone makers are considering India as a potential global manufacturing base. So far, the South Asian country does not have the appropriate status in terms of the actual level of development of the industrial sector, but movement in this direction has already begun.
In part, the current tension in the geopolitical space contributes to India’s assertion in the framework of the status of a global manufacturing base. The United States has restricted Chinese companies’ access to advanced chips. As part of the retaliatory measures, Beijing announced its intention to limit shipments of germanium, gallium, and graphite, which are critical for the semiconductor industry. Against the background of these realities, many companies are starting or planning to diversify production outside of China, fearing that deepening cooperation with Beijing may cause Washington to impose sanctions on their business.
The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, January 30, announced a reduction in tariffs on components such as plastic and metal mechanical parts, SIM sockets, and screws. The industry group welcomed the decision, describing it as a step in the right direction.
The government of Narendra Modi is making efforts to make India a global electronics manufacturing hub. Currently, local authorities are trying to create an ecosystem of homegrown suppliers. If progress is made in this direction, India will occupy a large part of the value chain, ceasing to be just a place of assembly.
Pankaj Mohindroo, chairman of the Indian Cellular and Electronics Association, said the tariff reduction is an important and long-awaited political intervention by the government, which aims to make local mobile device manufacturing competitive. According to him, increasing the scale of production due to low tariffs on raw materials is the key to turning the South Asian country into a global hub for the making and export of electronics.
The lobbying group, which includes Apple, its Taiwanese suppliers Foxconn Technology Group and Pegatron Corp., and contract manufacturer Dixon Technologies India Ltd., said last month that the increase in duties had reduced India’s cost competitiveness by up to 7%.
The efforts of the Government of Narendra Modi to develop production in the South Asian country have already had some positive results. Currently, India’s share of the global iPhone making is over 7%.
Apple is currently exploring options to reduce its dependence on China. These intentions of the tech giant are explained by the above-mentioned geopolitical tensions. The company’s partners, which produce most of the iPhones in large factories in China, have intensively launched additional assembly lines in India in recent years.
Lower import tariffs will make the assembly of electronics products in the South Asian country more cost-effective and may encourage manufacturers to increasingly create devices for export, as the dynamic of domestic demand for smartphones shows a slowing trend.
In the fiscal year through March 2023, the volume of smartphone exports from India doubled, amounting to about $11 billion in monetary terms.
Navkendar Singh, an analyst at IDC, says that the mentioned scale will help strengthen ambitions to become the factory of the world by pushing manufacturers to set up local plants.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he doesn’t use a state e-mail account or his private e-mail for state business. Instead, a spokesman says he uses a PIN messaging system from his Blackberry cellphone that leaves no record of the communication.
The governor’s use of electronic messages follows his response to a Freedom of Information Law request by The Associated Press. His counsel states no e-mails from the governor concerning official business exist.
Cuomo is well-known for his extensive use of telephone calls.
State and national-level politicians today rarely conduct business using their own e-mail accounts after several corporate investigations and political scandals hinged on the records.
Cuomo’s use of PIN messages was first reported by the New York Daily News.
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Migwashere, the artist known for his work on BAYC, is set to launch his own NFT solo collection titled Wen Sandwich. For 0.05 ETH you can customize your
“Is it still good to get a physical Porsche?” said Alfonso (Fonz) Olvera, CEO of non-fungible token (NFT) ownership platform Tokenproof. on Twitter Tuesday morning. “Wen Kia mint.
Non-tradable tokens (NFTs) provide more value and benefits than simple collectibles, and the retail industry is recognizing this. Retailers are using NFTs and gamification to reach digital natives,
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In the States, the penny is still alive and well. But in Canada, we’ve said goodbye to the smallest form of currency. And the nickel could be up next. Economists claim that the coin will lose its usefulness due to maintenance costs and its low purchasing power.
The penny disappeared from our economy in 2013, but thanks to a recycling system, the nickel isn’t under as much production pressure as the lone penny once was.
In a future without nickels, purchases will be rounded up to the nearest 10 cents, and more focus would be put on the quarter. We could see the introduction of a 20-cent coin, and the usage of the rare 50-cent coin would increase correspondingly as well.
If you’re wondering if something like this could be successful, New Zealand scrapped their version of the nickel over 10 years ago, and cash payments have flourished more efficiently ever since. While a world without nickels seems a little bizarre, it could ultimately benefit the economy with an inflationary effect, and help out customers with the increase in rounding prices.
Take Tim Horton’s, for instance, who sells over two billion coffees a year. If we start to round to the nearest 10-cent mark as opposed to the five-cent mark, their coffee revenue would face staggering increases that are hard to deny.
But on the other side, people are criticizing the fact that the economy is still dealing with the issues of the penny and the round off, which they think should have been dealt with by now.
Some think the focus should be placed making the takeover electronic transactions such as Interact cheaper, and more efficient. This would also help small businesses thrive and save on transaction costs.
Additionally, lost or stolen cash is much more complicated to deal with that one that’s stored in a safe system and protects you from fraud. So shall we all just avoid all the drama and pay with a simple tap of our debit and credit cards? Do you agree with the economists, or should we hold on to our beloved nickel?


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Over 4,200 nominations came in from residents over the two week nomination period – with more than 430 businesses put forward.
The Best Small or Independent Business category alone received more than 1,900 nominations for over 140 businesses and was by far the most hotly-contested category.
Members of the public can now vote for the winners across several categories where the top three finalists have been chosen.
Among the categories are Best Beauty or Retail Business, Best Takeaway and Best Tradesperson.
The full list of finalists is below:
The top three finalists for Best Small or Independent Business (sponsored by Quantum Group) are BestSellers, Hollywood Dogs and New Heights Fitness.
The Beauty Room in Gidea Park, Elliot Dean Hairdressers and Hair Lounge in Ardleigh Green made the top three for Best Beauty or Retail Business.
Final top three for Best Takeaway are The Lighthouse Fish and Chips, Serious Nugs and Ped’s Pizza.
Best Hospitality Business, sponsored by Hills Prospect finalists are Ped’s Pizza, Café 108 and Brookside Theatre.
The top three finalists for Best Tradesperson are BMG Gas Services, ADL Air Conditioning and Mawney Security.
The Best Shopfront finalists are Light and Shade Counselling, Ellie’s Finishing Touches and BestSellers.
Best Customer Experience has been narrowed down to The Family Health Hub, Bear with the Hair and Wrigglers Hair Salon.
Best Social Enterprise or CIC, sponsored by SEGRO finalists are BabyBank HQ, Superthinkers and Dicing with Life.
Finalists for The Best Newcomer – less than a year old, (supported by Havering Chamber of Commerce and Industry) are JuJu’s Style Closet, Light and Shade Counselling and The Bubbly Bar.
Leader of Havering Council, Councillor Ray Morgon said: “It’s great to see so many versatile businesses represented in the nominations this year – new entries as well as finalists (and winners) from last year’s awards.
“It just proves how many fantastic businesses we are lucky enough to have in Havering and the support their customers have given throughout the nomination process.
“I urge you now to take the time to vote for your favourites businesses and help thank them for the crucial role they play in our local economy.”
Julie Frost, Director of the Romford Business Improvement District and main sponsor again this year for the awards, said: “The Havering Small Business Awards is a great initiative that offers recognition to both established and up and coming local businesses and Romford BID are proud to be sponsoring the event again this year.
“It’s thanks to the hard work and dedication of business owners that Havering continues to thrive, and I would like to both thank, and congratulate all of the Nominees. Please do take the time to vote and continue to show your support to local businesses”.
A special award, ‘The Havering Small Business of the Year Award’, will be chosen from the category winners by a panel including the Council and sponsors.
The winner for each category will be announced at a special evening reception at the Premiere Cinemas in Romford in May, hosted by media partner Time 107.5 FM’s Mark Dover.
Voting is now open, and closes 5pm on Wednesday, 29 March.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. set a €51.00 ($60.71) price target on Societe Generale (EPA:GLE) in a report published on Tuesday. The brokerage currently has a buy rating on the financial services provider’s stock.
Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Berenberg Bank set a €22.00 ($26.19) price target on Societe Generale and gave the company a sell rating in a research report on Friday, November 17th. Morgan Stanley set a €56.50 ($67.26) price target on Societe Generale and gave the company a buy rating in a research report on Monday, November 6th. Jefferies Group set a €60.40 ($71.90) target price on Societe Generale and gave the stock a buy rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 15th. Macquarie set a €39.00 ($46.43) target price on Societe Generale and gave the stock a sell rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 15th. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group set a €49.00 ($58.33) target price on Societe Generale and gave the stock a neutral rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 15th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. Societe Generale currently has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus target price of €48.84 ($58.15).
Shares of Societe Generale (GLE) opened at €46.57 ($55.44) on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $37,620.00 and a PE ratio of 14.11. Societe Generale has a 1 year low of €40.65 ($48.39) and a 1 year high of €52.26 ($62.21).
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Palm Sunday Tomorrow – Don’t Go to Church
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Matt Schulz of Compare Cards runs down how credit card issuers are offering help to coronavirus-hit customers.
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