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Ryanair have announced a new route from Liverpool to Corfu, with a twice weekly service from June, as part of Ryanair’s Summer 2019 schedule, which will be launched shortly.
North West visitors can now enjoy even lower fares and the latest “Always Getting Better” improvements including:
Ryanair’s full Liverpool Summer 2019 schedule will be unveiled soon. To celebrate its new Corfu route, Ryanair has launched a seat sale, with seats from Liverpool available from just £9.99, for travel in October, November, December and January.
Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:
“Ryanair is pleased to announce a new Liverpool route to Corfu commencing in June, which will operate twice weekly as part of our Summer 2019 schedule. Customers in the North West region can now book flights to the Greek sunshine as far out as October 2019, with our full schedule launching soon.
To celebrate, we are releasing seats across our network from Liverpool from just £9.99 for travel up to January 2019. This offer is available for booking until midnight Saturday (13 Oct). Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto the Ryanair.com and book a bargain break today.”
Liverpool John Lennon Airport’s Director of Aviation Development, Paul Winfield said:
“Liverpool Airport is delighted to welcome this latest new route with Ryanair. This new route will allow passengers from across the North West to travel to Corfu from Liverpool, the Faster, Easier, Friendlier Airport in the North West.”
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The participating countries included Australia, Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The relevance of this discussion is of great value as all of these thirteen economies combined are equivalent to 40% of GDP of the entire globe.
New economic platform
At the launch ceremony of the IPEF discussion, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính spoke online and emphasized the need to adjust the growth and economic integration model towards a more sustainable, more self-reliant, more resilient development; to also strengthen internal forces combined with optimization of external forces; and to develop multilateralism and strengthen international solidarity on the basis of sincerity, trust, and responsibility. According to the Prime Minister, this event will kick-start and encourage countries to work together to actively exchange and hold serious discussions to jointly handle important regional and global issues.
However, the question many people are asking is an understanding of what actually IPEF is and what challenges and opportunities does Vietnam face as one of the thirteen members involved in the discussions to establish a new economic framework.
The IPEF, initiated by the current administration of US President Joe Biden, is seen as an important platform for the development, growth, and security of an Indo-Pacific Strategy. This framework will focus on four key pillars for establishing the highest standards of commitment by all the countries involved.
The first pillar in focus will be commerce activities, which will include digital economy. The second pillar will be the crucial supply chain. The third pillar will be cleaner energy, reducing of carbon emissions, and infrastructure to promote higher paying jobs. The fourth pillar will be taxation methods and anti-corruption policies.
The US has been conducting several consultations with regional countries since the end of 2021 and this was not an easy process, although it is the regional countries, especially ASEAN, that have long asked the US to add an economic pillar with more focus on security. This was especially emphasized after the US withdrew from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in early 2017 because of internal political issues.
At that time, the CPTPP was a trade agreement, so the negotiation and ratification process required approval at many levels, including the US Congress. Now if the executive branch wants to bring the US back to the CPTPP table, it will most likely face opposition from the Congress. While the IPEF is designed to be an executive body and placed under the authority of the President, the discussions and ratification processes will be more centralized.
In general, the four pillars of IPEF will offer reliability, sustainability, green and clean energy, and more focus on digitalization. All this is consistent with Vietnam's development plans for the future. Participating in this framework means that Vietnam is taking part at many levels of economic cooperation in the region and the world and complementing other partners in creating a driving force towards future development and growth, with a view towards sustainability and security.
Although IPEF is not yet a trade agreement like the CPTPP, it will open up new opportunities for countries to cooperate with the US, which is the world's leading economy. First of all, this platform will connect supply chains, new technology, green energy, and high-quality digital transformation. These are the strongest and most crucial economic sectors of the future.
In addition, the IPEF economic framework will show that the US prioritize engagement with the region, both economically and in terms of security. This will encourage the country corporations and the private sector to do more business and invest more in the region. Of course, the participating countries will also have to clarify, through the IPEF platform as to what the US will commit to opening its market.
Role of ASEAN
The IPEF platform involves seven countries in ASEAN, which means that the US wants to start this new economic framework with key countries in the Southeast Asian region. Compared to the CPTPP, the IPEF platform has a number of major economies involved such as India and South Korea. The countries participating in talks to establish this new economic platform will also share their own interests and will in all likelihood have different concerns.
Besides the opportunity offered by IPEF, there are also concerns about a domination of bigger players. For instance, China will likely perceive IPEF as a way for the US to gather more support of these countries in terms of economy, trade, and technology. Therefore, the appropriate behavior will be what ASEAN has applied, namely, to play with both sides, and take advantage of each side.
The launch ceremony to kick off discussions at the IPEF Economic Forum was a general consultation among countries who will enter into specific negotiations. This was an open initiative, which meant that other countries could be invited to join in later. This is very good for Vietnam to participate in the consultation process right from the very beginning, as it will contribute to shaping the rules of IPEF, taking advantage of appropriate and different initiatives, including the CPTPP and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) between ASEAN and China, South Korea, Japan, India, Australia, and New Zealand.
IPEF has both geo-economic and geo-strategic value, which countries need right now and can take advantage of. However, this is just the beginning, and it will take time to gain in momentum as an effective and valuable Economic Framework.

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Google CEO Larry Page says internet giant is focused on the tablet market and could manufacturer a low end device moving forward
Google CEO Larry Page (pictured) has hinted the internet super company could enter into the low cost tablet market – admitting the market was “exciting”.
Google’s Android platform has grown significantly in recent years with market research firm Canalys recently releasing figures showing the platform now accounts for 48.8 per cent of the smartphone market.
Google has also enjoyed success with the launch of its Google nexus devices which have been manufactured by Samsung and have an agreement in place to purchase mobile phone giant Motorola.
“We’re very excited about tablets, obviously there’s been a lot of success on some lower priced tablets running Android,” Page said.
“We definitely believe there’s going to be a lot of success at the lower end of the market as well with lower price products.
“It’s definitely an area we think is important and we’re quite focused on,”


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Miami – On Wednesday, PETA’s “monkey” mascots will dump hundreds of humanely picked coconuts outside the Publix on First Avenue in response to the supermarket chain’s continued sale of Chaokoh coconut milk even after two PETA Asia undercover investigations revealed that the brand forces monkeys—who are kept caged and chained for life—to pick coconuts.
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The “monkeys” previously dumped coconuts outside Publix’s Lakeland corporate office, an Orlando Publix store, and the home of Publix CEO Todd Jones—and the coconuts will keep coming until the company joins the more than 33,000 stores that have banned coconut milk brands tied to monkey labor.
“Every can of Chaokoh on Publix’s shelves represents the misery of a chained-up monkey,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is bringing the message home to Publix’s CEO that it’s nuts to condone forced monkey labor.”
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview.
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If only someone in government had been looking out for consumers, the subprime mortgage mess might never have happened.
That theory is driving President Barack Obama's call for the creation of a new office within the federal government – a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. It would be dedicated to looking out for consumers as they do mortgage, credit card and other business with financial institutions – as part of a set of proposals announced today. The proposed agency, part of the most sweeping financial reform plan since the Great Depression, would take on some of the powers currently carried out by other regulators or the Federal Reserve.
But already, that idea is drawing opposition from some serious lobbying forces, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Financial Services Roundtable and the American Bankers Association.
“The ABA is strongly opposed to the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency. You cannot separate consumer protection from other regulatory concerns,” ABA President and CEO Ed Yingling said in a statement.
Yingling argues that the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency would separate the regulation of banks by other agencies, and the regulation of banks’ products such as mortgages and credit cards by the new agency.
“Banks would be subject to conflicting regulation between safety and soundness and consumer regulation in many instances,” he said. That could squelch banks’ ability to make loans.
The agency, as envisioned in a draft of the new financial regulations, would have the power to promote clear and concise language in agreements between consumers and lenders; force clearer disclosure of costs and penalties to give consumers a better idea of what kind of deal they’re actually doing with lenders; and make it tougher for people to sign expensive credit deals.
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So, there is no need for currency exchange, Paypal accounts or bank transfers. Just Bitcoins all the way ! As Bitcoin payments are largelyBitcoin and Litecoin marketplace and auction site with automated escrow. Earn Bitcoin and Litecoin by selling online. www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/05/us-bitcoin-auction-idUSKBN0M11. Mar 05, 2015 · NEW YORK The U.S. Marshals Service on Thursday held its third auction of bitcoins seized from Ross Ulbricht, convicted of operating black-market www.nytimes.com/2015/./us-auction-suggests-lingering.bitcoin.html Mar 05, 2015 · The latest auction was for Bitcoins seized from the computer hardware belonging to Ross Ulbricht, who was convicted in February on charges related to the . www.coindesk.com/third-usms-bitcoin-auction-bidder-interest The US Marshals Service (USMS) has announced that 14 bidders participated in today s auction of 50,000 BTC, worth $13.4m at press time, placing 34 bids over the . dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/u-s-announces-third-bitcoin-auction Feb 18, 2015 · Bidders in the third Bitcoin auction will have a six-hour period on March 5, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., to submitSell items online and start earning Bitcoin today. Bitcoin Marketplace and Auction Site. Buy online for Bitcoin securely. Bitcoin Marketplace and Auction Site. 30 Days Escrow and Buyer protection on all sold items. Buy and sell for Bitcoin online.
Anywhere Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Costa Rica Côte d Ivoire - Ivory cost Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Holy See (Vatican) Honduras Hong KongIn a magnificent show of technical ineptitude, today the U.S. Marshals revealed the identities of many anonymous bidders in its $18 million seized Silk Road Bitcoin auction by CC’ing them on an email thread. When one asked a question, the response was sent to 40 of the bidders, many whose names were attached or easily identifiable from their addresses, negating the whole point of the auction being anonymous.
Smooth, government. These 40 bidders now know each other’s identities, so they may leak. Here’s the email a source sent us from the U.S. Marshals’ Bitcoins Department Of Justice email account to the bidders, but as we’re honorable chaps at TechCrunch, we’ve blotted out the names: The government seized 29,656.51306529 bitcoin last fall when it raided digital black market Silk Road, which was known to facilitate sales of hard drugs, weapons and more.
At today’s market price, the stash is worth $18.08 million. Compared to bitcoin’s current market cap of $7.87 billion, the sum isSilk Road specialized in contraband of all varieties, including drugs and illegal weapons. The digital currency -- about $17.4 million of it, according to the currency converter Preev.com -- was seized from Silk Road, an online black market that authorities say had nearly 1 million users.
Silk Road operated in the largely anonymous dark corners of the Internet and specialized in contraband of all varieties, including drugs and illegal weapons. The FBI shuttered the site in October and seized the nearly 30,000 bitcoins that will soon be auctioned.
Agents also arrested Ross William Ulbricht, who the feds say owned and managed the site using the monicker Dread Pirate Roberts. They confiscated bitcoins he held and charged him with narcotics trafficking, computer hacking and money laundering charges, according to the government. Related: The Deep Web you don t know about The auction of the bitcoins seized from Silk Road will be held next week. It won t be for paupers. Federal Marshals said.


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It's a reasonable expectation that, when your company makes hundreds of millions of dollars in the space of two months, its output will probably increase. Niantic Labs, the developer of Pokémon Go, has only made two games so far, but apparently we can now expect more titles from the mobile studio.
When being interviewed by Game Informer, Niantic CEO John Hanke said work on post-Pokémon Go apps had already begun.
"[T]hat's always been our strategy," he told them, "to build up a platform underneath a game that can be used for other games, and frankly other experiences that may not exactly be games, but are still within that area of exercise, discovery, and social interaction.
"The Niantic platform is very much a part of our long-term vision and we have some projects that are in the early stages now that will be built on top of it so you can definitely expect to see that from us in the future."
The locations of pokéstops and gyms in Go utilise the same bank of data as Niantic's previous game, Ingress. Many of the locations and visual data have been submitted by users and approved manually over the game's three-year history. This could then be used by future mobile titles.
Unlike Go, Ingress is game set in a sci-fi dystopian future where two organisations known as the Enlightenment and the Resistance are fighting over crazy portal thingies.
At the same time, Niantic is also busy trying to "innovate and do new stuff" within Pokémon Go, according to Hanke. New features are welcome, but many of the game's existing players are still waiting for a functional replacement for tracking, which was removed from the game permanently a short time after release.


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By now, it's accepted wisdom that the world is becoming a smaller place. Globalization is drawing the world together with ever-growing flows of trade and capital. Still, it's hard not to be skeptical at times. With so much excitement about China and other developing countries, sometimes it seems like the globalization evangelists have crossed over into hyperbole.
And then, more concrete evidence surfaces that seems to confirm that the transformation in the global economy is very real. Such evidence emerged yesterday as 3M
The St. Paul, Minn.-based firm indicated that it is seeing slowing growth in the developed world and is getting "mixed signals" from economic indicators. As a result, 3M is counting on the developing world to provide for its future growth. Countries like China, Russia, Brazil, and India will account for almost half of the firm's total growth in coming years, according to company CEO W. James McNerney, Jr. Of course, 3M is no stranger to international sales, as 60.6% of total revenue in 2004 came from overseas.
The emphasis on developing markets, though, presents new opportunities and challenges. 3M has had success in these countries in most of its business units, which include consumer products, communications, and health care. This fact suggests that growth in developing countries is broad-based. Nor is 3M's success the only indicator of developing countries' growing importance -- many of Boeing's
At the same time, 3M's concentration on developing nations exposes it to new risks. Developing countries are inherently more unstable than mature markets. The economic meltdowns in East Asia and Latin America in the 1990s are a clear indicator of the potential dangers that lurk behind impressive economic growth numbers. 3M's investors should understand that future growth may be on shakier ground.
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Fool contributor Brian Gorman is a freelance writer in Chicago. He does not own shares of any companies mentioned in this article.


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A new survey has found that lots of people are actually pretty annoyed with all the new driver assistance technology that's out there.
Does your car beep at you when you start to sway out of your lane? How about when you go too fast? Or trail behind another car a little too closely? Are all those chimes, bongs, and whistles really starting to get on your nerves? You're not alone.
A recent survey from J.D. Power found that these driver assistance technologies can be so annoying that a majority of people are turning them off.
J.D. Power's 2019 U.S. Tech Experience Index (TXI) Study, which was just released over the weekend, found that on average 23% of new car owners are really annoyed by driver assistance alerts. That annoyance ranges depending on the brand, with one unnamed domestic brand scoring as low as 8%, while some import brands scored as high as 30%.
That's high enough that around 61% of owners reported that they sometimes disable their alert systems just to have some peace and quiet.
The survey was based on responses from 16,400 new vehicle owners that answered questions about their first 90 days of ownership. Questions looked at several subjects, including collision protection, driver assistance, entertainment, navigation, smartphone mirroring, and comfort and convenience.
While most people reported they would disable their driver alert systems, a curious majority also still said they'd look for those same systems on their next vehicle. Of those that were annoyed by the systems, 63% said they'd still get similar systems on a new car, while 91% of drivers who were not annoyed by the systems would look for it on their next car.
The survey also broke down the results by specific vehicle, with the Kia Stinger achieving the highest overall score of 834 out of 1,000. Other winners included the Hyundai Kona and Toyota C-HR in the small crossover segment, the Kia Forte in the compact car segment, and the Chevy Blazer in the midsize SUV segment.
Another interesting thing that emerged from the survey was that a clear majority of users preferred to use their smartphone's navigation and features rather than the one provided in their car. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are clearly winning over car manufacturers when it comes to navigation and entertainment, which is causing some carmakers--such as the new Lotus Evija--to not include such systems at all and instead just have a mount for the driver's smartphone.


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Allied Building Products Corp. announced that solar products will be featured in its new state-of-the-art Contractor Tool Center located in Northern New Jersey.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Allied Building Products Corp. announced that solar products will be featured in its new state-of-the-art Contractor Tool Center located in Northern New Jersey. It is the first retail facility of its kind in the Northeast to feature solar products used regularly by solar contractors. Solar products will have a dedicated area within Allied’s Contractor Tool Center. As one of the nation’s leading distributors of building products, Allied established the facility to provide additional service and convenience to its core contractor customer base.
The 7,000-square-foot facility includes power tools, roofing products, flashings, sealants, fasteners, safety equipment and other products regularly used by contractors. The solar products area includes solar panel displays, string inverters, combiner boxes, Quickmount PV products, solar fasteners and other accessories.
Allied Building Products will host a Grand Opening celebration on May 12 at the new facility located at 250 Route 17 North in East Rutherford, N.J., inviting customer’s to tour the Contractor Tool Center and participate in several prize drawings. The all day event will begin at 12 p.m. EST with lunch and a vendor expo featuring over 25 vendors on-site to answer product and market questions. Later in the day, East Rutherford Mayor James L. Cassella will be joining the team for a ribbon cutting ceremony, followed by pig roast dinner at 5 p.m. EST.
In addition to the full day celebration, the branch will also be serving lunch again on May 14 for those unable to attend the May 12 event.
The Solar Division of Allied Building Products Corp. stocks a complete array of solar PV panels, inverters, mounting hardware and solar accessories. Solar contractors interested in obtaining a quote from Allied’s Solar Division may call 877-870-7887 or email@example.com visithttp://solar.alliedbuilding.com.


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SoundCloud has announced a new deal for college and university students that will let them buy a subscription to SoundCloud Go+ at half price. The offer knocks 50 percent off the price, making it only $4.99 a month for eligible students.
SoundCloud Go+ is the premium consumer tier of SoundCloud, which comes with high-quality audio streaming (256kbps AAC), an ad-free experience, the ability to download tracks for offline listening, and access to SoundCloud’s full catalog, which now encompasses over 200 million tracks between user-uploaded content and its deals with labels. To get the SoundCloud Go+ discount, you must be a full-time student at an accredited college or university in the markets where SoundCloud Go+ is available.
SoundCloud Go+ for Students is available in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada today, and it will be coming to Germany, France, and the Netherlands next week. Existing SoundCloud Go+ customers who are students can transfer their account to get the cheaper price on SoundCloud’s website.


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When one of Elizabeth Sarquis' sons traveled to Ecuador at age 14 to work with Free the Children, he came back a different person. What he saw there changed him, and sparked an idea within his mother that — a few years later — is finally on the cusp of bearing fruit, in the form of her video game company.
Sarquis' son met a 10-year-old Ecuadorian boy named Javier. It took Javier three hours to travel to and from school — each way — and by the time he got home in the afternoon, he had to help his mother take care of her younger children, because their father was away working in the city to earn money for the family. The arduous commute discouraged Javier from attending school.
"It had a huge impact on him," said Sarquis, speaking of her son in a recent interview with Polygon. "I'm originally from Colombia," she added, "so I knew that there [were] a lot of Javiers in the world, and all over the world."
Sarquis had always played a lot of games, starting with Ms. Pac-Man in the 1980s and continuing through today with popular mobile games such as Angry Birds and Tiny Wings. She eventually hit on the idea of using video games to connect people with charitable causes, and that was the genesis of her company, the Global Gaming Initiative. The for-profit, privately funded video game publisher releases mobile games tied to specific charities, with 50 percent of a game's proceeds going directly to the associated charity.
"We want to be the place where people go to play games that effect social change," said Sarquis, founder and CEO of the Global Gaming Initiative. "We want to be the place where people understand that micro-giving is done at its best within the game world. So you can play a game, and you can make a difference."
"We want to be the place where people go to play games that effect social change"
The Global Gaming Initiative is set to release its first game, Sidekick Cycle, next month, but the company has had a long road to get to this point. Sarquis originally attempted to have the company's games made in-house: She hired a team of eight developers who were working on an iOS racing title using the Unreal Engine. But when she contacted a public relations company to promote the game, a representative for the agency told her, "This is the worst game I've ever played, and my 14-year-old son could program better than this."
The company advised Sarquis to scrap the unfinished project and start over with an external development team. Sarquis and the agency attended the Game Developers Conference and began to meet with developers around the globe, including the Finnish studios Remedy Entertainment (Max Payne, Alan Wake), Housemarque (Super Stardust, Outland) and Rovio Entertainment (Angry Birds).
Sarquis spoke with 17 companies in all, and according to the PR rep, they all showed interest. But Sarquis said the developer that really understood her program was It Matters Games, a small studio in Berlin that was founded in January 2012 and focuses on making so-called serious games. In tandem with its part-owner, the Munich-based incubator Remote Control Productions, It Matters has been working on Sidekick Cycle for about four months, with development being overseen by the North Carolina-based casual-game company Gameblend Studios.
The defining element of the Global Gaming Initiative's approach to charitable games is that the company first selects a charitable organization to support, and then finds a team to develop a game that's specifically designed to incorporate that charity's work.
"They've got to be congruent," said Sarquis, explaining the link between the charity being sponsored and the design of the game related to it.
Another key factor is that the organization's work must be quantifiable in more concrete terms than financial ones. "It can't be a black hole [for donations]," she said. "It has to be a charity that produces a tangible good."
Sidekick Cycle is an endless runner-type game. The player navigates a bicycle rider through 50 levels in a variety of environments, including dirt roads set against a backdrop of straw huts and the umbrella thorn trees that define the African savanna. It also includes a cutscene of the rider handing his bike to African villagers.
The setting and design are based on the charitable organization Sidekick Cycle supports: World Bicycle Relief, which has distributed nearly 128,000 sturdy bicycles to people in impoverished African nations. A bike can greatly improve life in rural Africa, providing access to education, health care, economic opportunities and other vital services.
Sarquis acknowledged that Sidekick Cycle is a simple game, but said the company didn't want or need it to be a particularly innovative experience — it's more important that its mechanics are familiar to mobile game players, and that they're tied directly to World Bicycle Relief.
Sidekick Cycle costs $0.99, and offers in-app purchases for elements like sidekick animals that provide multipliers for the coins earned in the game, as well as customization options for the bike and its rider. Half of the proceeds from all those purchases go to World Bicycle Relief, and 387 downloads contribute enough money for the organization to deliver one bike. At that rate, 1 million downloads would translate to more than 2,500 bikes.
1 million downloads would translate to more than 2,500 bikes
We asked Sarquis why she chose to run the Global Gaming Initiative as a for-profit company rather than a nonprofit organization. She explained that aside from certain limitations that non-profit status entails, she didn't want to have to ask for donations to the company in order for it to continue existing; the charities should be the focus, she said. In addition, Sarquis subscribes to the economic views of Muhammad Yunus, who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 along with the Grameen Bank, his microfinance corporation in Bangladesh.
"You can't effect social change without capitalism," she said, giving her interpretation of Yunus' philosophy. "We have to make money in order to give money."
As soon as players load up Sidekick Cycle, they'll see a thank-you note from the Global Gaming Initiative, and the game's home screen displays a bar that keeps track of how many bikes the community has produced — that's why it's important for the charity's output to be a tangible good. Sarquis hopes that practice, as well as future titles the company publishes, will build a community of giving gamers, and ultimately, a generation of young people who see games not just as entertainment products, but as tools through which they can make the world a better place.
"There's a huge audience of people out there [who want] to connect to causes by actually seeing how their money's making a difference," said Sarquis.
Sidekick Cycle is set for release on iOS in June, and the Global Gaming Initiative expects to launch an Android version four to six weeks afterward.


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The health and wellness trend is transforming the beverage industry in Australia, with soft drinks in terminal decline, whilst calorie neutral options, such as sparkling water, have witnessed an explosion in sales, according to SodaStream Australia managing director, Mark Fenton (pictured below).
“Innovations such as Coke Life and smaller pack sizes have yet to turn back the tide for soft drinks and sparkling water is now by far, the fastest growing carbonated beverage category in the country,” he said.
Since 2010, the category has grown by 7.9% with increases year-on-year with the most recent sales figures from 2014/2015 pointing to a 8.9% increase, representing over $350 million in sales. Moreover, a report by Euromonitor International in March 2016 predicted that the sparkling water category will grow by 40% between 2015 and 2020.
“With sparkling water now the star of the show, it is only a matter of time before Australian consumers catch on that they are paying an exorbitant amount for something they can source for next to nothing from their own tap at home,” Fenton said.
“It costs 40 cents per litre to make SodaStream sparkling water, compared to the $6.86 per litre you would pay for a competing brand. Sodastream users average three gas refills a year, which is 180 litres of sparkling water. Therefore, over one year SodaStream users would save, on average $1,162.80, compared to what they would spend on a premium bottled brand.
“International blind taste tests have consistently shown that when SodaStream is pitted against shop bought brands, consumers cannot distinguish between the different brands,” he added.


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- Marcato Capital has held talks with chicken-wing chain
- Firm seeking strategic, operational or management changes
Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. jumped the most in almost six months after activist investor Marcato Capital Management LP acquired a stake in the restaurant chain and vowed to push for changes.
The hedge fund, run by Mick McGuire, reported a 5.1 percent holding in Buffalo Wild Wings, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. Marcato said it has held talks with the chain’s management and board and expects discussions to continue.
The investor is targeting a once-hot restaurant chain that has cooled in the past year. After posting stock gains for seven straight years, Buffalo Wild Wings suffered a 12 percent decline this year through the end of last week. Marcato plans to boost shareholder value by seeking strategic alternatives or shaking up operations and management. That could include changing the business’s capital structure and its mix of franchised versus company-owned restaurants, the firm said.
The stock rose as much as 6.2 percent to $149.50 in New York on Monday after Marcato made the disclosure. That was the biggest intraday gain since Feb. 4.
Buffalo Wild Wings has struggled with higher chicken-wing costs and has raised its menu prices, driving away some customers in the process. Chains such as TGI Friday’s, Chili’s and Applebee’s also have focused on improving their bars with cocktails and craft beers, bringing more competion.
Buffalo Wild Wings reported a same-store sales decline of 1.7 percent at company-owned locations in the first quarter. It’s scheduled to report second-quarter results on Tuesday.
McGuire founded San Francisco-based Marcato in 2010 with startup capital from Blackstone Group LP after he worked at Bill Ackman’s firm, Pershing Square Capital Management. Marcato primarily invests in small- and mid-market public companies.


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Steel imports have grabbed 19% of the U.S. market share so far this year, including just 14% in November.
The United States imported 1.8 million tons of steel in November, according to the U.S. Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis. That's down 28.1% from the 2.59 million permitted tons in October and a 14.4% decrease from the October preliminary import total of 2.17 million tons.
In November, imports of finished steel products that require no further processing in the United States, such as at the more than 20 steel companies at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor, fell to 1.2 million tons, down 18.8% from 1.47 million tons in October, according to the Washington, D.C.-based trade association The American Iron and Steel Institute. The offshore country with the largest finished steel import permit applications were South Korea, Japan, The Netherlands, Germany and Taiwan.
Last month, imports of black plate rose by 353%, cut lengths plates by 39%, line pipe by 28%, reinforcing bars by 18% and hot rolled bars by 16%.
For the first 11 months of the year, the United States imported 26.6 million tons of steel, down 16.3% from the previously year, likely as a result of the Section 232 tariffs of 25% on most foreign-made steel. Imports of finished steel products dropped by 18.6% to 19.5 million tons during the period, as compared to the same time a year earlier, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute.
So far this year, imports of black plate have risen by 90%, steel piling by 34% and tin free steel by 20%.
The largest offshore suppliers, excluding Canada and Mexico in North America, through the first 11 months of 2019 have included South Korean, Japan and Germany, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. Imports from South Korea are down 10%, Japan 9% and Germany 21%.


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ANICAV: "Metal recycles forever"
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On the second day of the International Food Expo organized in Parma at the beginning of May, the ANICAV and RICREA presented the new logo for "Metallo si ricicla all’infinito" (metal recycles forever) aimed at promoting an approach among industrial operators that encourages the total recyclability of packaging by consumers.
The event was led by a master chef, who invited participants to volunteer for a blind test that involved tasting different types of tomato products, along with a food technician and an agricultural engineer who explained the interaction between the quality of the raw materials and the processing operations used to obtain a high-quality preparation.
"The steel can, which guarantees the sanitary condition of the product as well as food safety for consumers, has been the most popular food container for the past 150 years, used by our processing companies to package tomato products," explained the General Director of the ANICAV, Giovanni De Angelis. "In addition to preserving the nutritional and organoleptic characteristics of the product, it is also long-lasting and guarantees total recyclability."
Whether used in making cans, industrial drums or closing mechanisms, steel packaging containing tomato products is easy to separate from other waste and can be recycled again and again whilst retaining all of its qualities, in order to be reused for new products.
In an attempt to raise awareness among final consumers regarding these qualities and the importance of sorting the different containers with a view to recycling them, the ANICAV has worked alongside RICREA in promoting the new logo for "Metal recycles forever" created by Metal Packaging Europe and in getting it adopted by industrial companies.
"Thanks to companies that are part of the ANICAV, canned tomato products are one of the symbols of the canning industry in Italy and throughout the world," stated Domenico Rinaldini, President of RICREA. "With this agreement, the logo used on packaging will immediately and directly make consumers aware of the environmental advantages of steel packaging, and thereby contribute to promoting recycling culture, which is the basis for the future success of reuse and recycling efforts."
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For Audi’s latest advertising campaign, the automaker says it’s promoting a cause, not just its cars. With a motto of “Diesel: It’s no longer a dirty word,” the “Truth in Diesel” campaign aims to convince consumers that diesel is the greenest solution, said Scott Keogh, Audi of America’s chief marketing officer.
“You get behind a cause, you don’t get behind an engine option or a feature,” Keogh said. Switching to a diesel-engine vehicle “is something that you can do that’s realistic and right now and practical.”
The campaign is currently in its first phase, Keogh said. Phase two will be more heavily commercial, with greater emphasis on Audi’s A3 and Q7 turbo direct injection vehicles.
One component of the online campaign is a video distributed via YouTube, Vimeo and other Web sites. It illustrates the history of U.S. dependence on gasoline (images of foreign oil wars, empty pumps and angry Americans) and how diesel is a “cleaner, stronger, faster” choice (images of champagne spraying as an Audi TDI car wins a race). If 30 percent of drivers switched to a “clean diesel” vehicle, the U.S. would use 1.5 million fewer barrels a day, the video claims, citing Environmental Protection Agency projections.
To be sure, diesel is not a perfect solution. While the Audi campaign stresses diesel for “right now,” the automaker says it has hybrid vehicles in the works. Though diesel engines can be 20 to 30 more fuel efficient than gasoline engines, they’re still noisier and emit more particulates of soot (which contribute to smog). Also, fewer gas stations sell diesel fuel.
“We wanted to go emotional about [green], not scientific like a lot of our competitors,” said Bree Rossi, a senior account director at Factory Design Labs. The agency designed a social aggregator on the Audi USA homepage that trolls the Web for Audi-related blog posts, videos and Tweets; the various hits appear when visitors mouse over oil barrel icons.
The oil barrels play a big part in the Audi’s diesel campaign overall: in the television spot, barrels of what is assumedly foreign oil roll through city streets on their way back to a tanker ship, as puzzled townspeople — and Audi A3 and Q7 vehicles — look on.
For other online efforts, Audi enlisted SS+K – a creative agency that worked on Barack Obama’s presidential run – to create a Facebook cause page in conjunction with The Nature Conservancy, a global conservation organization. Similar to other donation-based Facebook ventures, Audi will donate one dollar for each person who joins the cause online through July 23 (up to $25,000), with the money aiding a carbon offsets program.
Factory Design Labs is also working on other interactive components for the Audi TDI campaign, including a Facebook game described as “Mob Wars meets Oregon Trail” and a calculator that shows how much one could save on gas by switching to diesel.
The Audi TDI campaign is not the first time an automaker has tried to promote the greenness of its diesel engines, or partnered with The Nature Conservancy to do so. To promote the launch of its BlueTEC clean diesel vehicles, Mercedes-Benz gave $100,000 to the Conservancy’s U.S. “Adopt an Acre” program.


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Steve McNab and Sarah-Jane Denton warn the huge potential of the energy storage market risks being held back by legislative uncertainty
The idea of energy storage is not new - pumped hydro-electric solutions have been used in the UK for decades, but advancement in battery technologies and a sharp decline in the cost of lithium-ion batteries...
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Apple introduced its newest privacy feature called App Tracking Transparency to iPhones and iPads with the iOS 14.5 update late last week. What this update requires from individual apps is users' consent before tracking them across different apps and services on the device.
Now, we know that Facebook was one of the biggest companies that showed its reluctance to this update. Facebook and Instagram (which is owned by Facebook) have started showing prompts to iOS users who recently updated to iOS 14.5 with a notice on screen with a plea highlighting that surveilling users helps keep these services free. In a way, this is Facebook hitting back at the new privacy change that Apple brought with the latest update.
Ashkan Soltani, a technology researcher, was the first to point out (in a tweet below) the new prompts from Facebook and Instagram apps. In a similar worded prompt, Facebook and Instagram talking about how iOS 14.5 requires app developers to ask for permission to track data from the device to improve ads. The prompt then talks about how Facebook uses this tracked information about user activity received from other apps and websites to show relevant ads that are user personalised, help keep Facebook (and Instagram) free of charge, and support businesses that rely on ads to reach their customers.
The prompts would have passed through without much of any contest only if Facebook didn't throw the scare tactics to its users. Notably, the second prompt shows that Facebook manages to keep its apps free to use services through tracking, which is absurd. This would have been apt if the company announced plans to offer a paid version of Instagram or Facebook or, in that case, Messenger.
In its latest update to the blog acknowledging the new iOS 14 policy, Facebook tries to put forward its side of the story.
"At Facebook, we use data to provide personalised ads, which support small businesses and help keep apps free," the company said in the blog, again reiterating how tracking its users is helping it keep the apps free.
"Apple will require apps that engage in what it calls "tracking" to ask permission when using information from apps and websites owned by other companies to personalise or measure ads," the company added.
For those wondering, why haven't they seen Facebook and Instagram prompts yet, even after upgrading to iOS 14.5, then wait till a few more days. The company says the prompts will start appearing.
The prompt also shows Facebook's desperation to get more users onboard and the need to keep people using its services for free with a small catch.
Here are a few lines from the recent blog from Facebook where it alleges Apple design prompts to discourage users from giving permission. "This will happen through a prompt designed by Apple that discourages people from giving their permission and provides little detail about what this decision means."
The new scare tactic by Facebook tells us one clear thing that the social media giant really wants users who upgrade to iOS 14.5 to enable app tracking. However, to do so, the company also crossed a line and kind of left a warning for those who care that App Tracking Transparency could cost users. The reality is Facebook may never introduce a paid version of its services on the lines of what Twitter is planning.


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Africa’s foremost e-commerce company, Jumia says it will pull out Jumia Food, its food delivery business in Africa by the end of 2023, a measure targeted at cutting cost.
Countries to be affected include, Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Uganda, and Algeria.
The unprofitable e-commerce company, which lost $19 million in Q3 2023, has changed its strategic focus and doubled down on its ambition to reach profitability since it named Francis Dufay as CEO last year.
Dufay told Reuters that the food delivery segment has challenging unit economics and big losses.
He also blamed the closure of Jumia Food increasing competition and cost of operations.
“There is downward pressure on the commissions that we make and upward pressure on marketing costs because everyone is fighting for customers.”
He also described the segment as not offering the same “upside potential” as the company’s physical goods business.
“Our priorities need to change,” Dufay told TechCabal in September.
Since then, Jumia has laid off 900, or 20%, of its employees and moved 60% of its top management team from the United Arab Emirates to the respective African countries to save costs.
It has also drastically cut its advertising and marketing spend.
Closing Jumia Food, an unprofitable business segment since its launch in 2013, is another push to focus on business segments that can drive profitability.
While Jumia began focusing on small-ticket everyday items in 2021, Dufay has changed that, and he has also begun a push into smaller Nigerian cities.


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Sainsbury's to sell cars
Sainsbury's is to start selling cars nationwide with financing through Sainsbury's bank, its joint venture with Bank of Scotland. The company said the scheme made it the first UK supermarket to enter the car market. Price lists will be available in stores and customers then place orders over the phone.
Car sales have been trialled at 60 stores, with the Peugeot 206 the favourite model, it said.
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Bing Crosby continues to hold the title of “King of Christmas” as his estate and Primary Wave Music announce several exciting new activations. Crosby was one of the 20th century’s greatest multi-media stars. He was a major force in the development of three industries – audio recordings, motion pictures, and radio broadcasting. Today, his estate along with the team at Primary Wave Music continue to use his very playbook that helped elevate him to stardom to expand his presence by using new mediums and new technology to reach new audiences.
This year’s holiday traditions kicked off with the release and 45th anniversary celebration of the Bing & Bowie classic “Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy.” The track, which has been referred to as “one of the most successful duets in Christmas music history”, was released as a limited edition, candy cane swirl colored, 45 RPM vinyl. The duo also released a limited merch capsule that is available now at Bing’s revitalized e-commerce store – store.bingcrosby.com
Another exciting partnership that was recently confirmed is Crosby’s Winter Wonderland within the metaverse. Located in Decentraland, Bing’s amusement park is a love letter to the aesthetic of a classic Bing Crosby Christmas. Visitors to Bing’s Winter Wonderland in Decentraland will be able to experience newly designed mini-games themed for the holiday season. They’ll see “Bing’s Sweater Shop” where patrons can purchase Crosby’s Christmas sweaters for their avatars, a Bing Crosby Museum and more.
In October, Primary Wave Music collaborated with UMe on the release of Bing Crosby’s “Christmas in Lofi.” For this project, producer LOUALLDAY took 7 of Bing’s classic holiday tracks and gave them a chilled, lofi spin. A whole new generation of fans are now able to discover these classic holiday tunes that will help provide the perfect soundtrack for any of your holiday celebrations. The EP is available to stream here: BingCrosby.lnk.to/ChristmasInLofi.


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Ad tech vendor Sharethrough to shut European operations, blames GDPR
Sharethrough is shutting its European operations. The San Francisco-based company said it is centralizing support for its U.K. and European accounts out of its North American offices. As part of the move, 11 employees in the London office will be let go.
Sharethrough CEO Dan Greenberg told Digiday its European operations were hit “severely” by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation last year. Other U.S. ad tech firms including Verve, Kargo and Drawbridge have also recently retreated from Europe, citing uncertainty surrounding GDPR compliance.
“While our exchange has recovered and is hitting record levels of consented supply, the political and competitive conditions in [the] U.K. have led us to decide that the best way for us to continue to operate an efficient exchange for our customers is to centralize our support to the U.S.,” Greenberg wrote in an email.
Sources told Digiday Sharethrough appointed a bank and was exploring a potential sale of the company earlier this year.
“We’ve seen tremendous growth in programmatic ‘enhanced ads’ this year and have looked at some interesting opportunities this year. We’re always exploring strategic paths for the company,” Greenberg said.
Greenberg said many of Sharethrough’s publisher clients were already managed out of the U.S. and that the broad publisher adoption of header bidding meant a centralized support model was more appropriate.
Sharethrough was founded in 2008 by Greenberg and Rob Fan, and has raised $30 million in venture backing. Its last funding round — a $10 million Series D raise — was in 2014. Sharethrough has recently looked to expand its offering beyond its native supply-side platform, this year launching an “enhanced ads” product that helps advertisers turn their existing display and video ad assets into native formats
Sharethrough competes with other native ad platforms such as Adyoulike, Nativo and Triplelift, as well as the native ad offerings from larger players such as Google and Verizon Media. After the London office closes it will have six locations, spread across North America.
In its most recently filed U.K. accounts, for the year to March 2017, Sharethrough Limited generated a turnover of £2.2 million ($2.8 million,) up 48% on the prior year. The company booked £109,300 ($140,000) in profit in the period. U.K.-specific revenue currently represents less than 5% of Sharethrough’s total revenue, Greenberg said.
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The existing tile floor at the facility was failing with grout degradation and tiles were becoming loose resulting in breakdown of underlay screed giving hygiene concerns. The client chose resin flooring after Central Flooring Services offered a specification that would provide a food safe, durable, sustainable floor to meet the needs of the client. The project involved removal of the existing floor tiles across a 150m2 area with an 80mm thick underlay screed. The floor was prepared by planing and a new Altropol polymer underlay screed was installed to levels. Once cured the underlay screed was prepared and primed to receive Altrocrete polyurethane food grade resin flooring (FeRFA type 8). The perimeter was then coved with Altrocove polyurethane mortar and expansion joints reinstated. The program was carried out observing the strict hygiene regulations with the 24/7 production room, keeping to a very tight program, as this is the main pot washroom within the company. Over 95% of the waste created from the project was recycled; including the old removed flooring and packaging waste from the new installation. The client is extremely pleased with the installation and plans to carry the system throughout the rest of the factory.
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- IBA has officially announced the second Strong Women Strong Business conference for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business women to be held in early 2020 with more details to be announced in the coming weeks.
- IBA will engage with Indigenous businesses to partner in the delivery of the conference
- This announcement builds on the hugely successful inaugural conference in 2018 and the growing online community of over 1,400 women
- IBA is committing a further $1.1 million over the next 12 months for tailored programs to support Indigenous women in business. This is in addition to IBA’s regular commitment which has seen over $18 million in business finance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women over the past two years.
With over a million and half business owners in Australia, only 11,583 of those are Indigenous and only 0.25 per cent of the total are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander women according to the 2016 Australian Census. Of all Indigenous business owner operators, only 33% are women.
In May 2018, Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) launched its inaugural Strong Women Strong Business conference, bringing 200 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business women and aspiring business women from across the country together in Adelaide for a three-day event. Further, there is an active network of over 1,400 women on the Facebook group who will have access to support and mentoring through the new platform.
IBA has been growing its support for Indigenous women in business, with nearly 700 women entrepreneurs supported with finance or business support in the two years since 1 July 2017. The number of IBA business loans given to women increased by 93 per cent (correction on 4 Oct 2019 from previously published 83%) in the period 2017 to 2019. The proportion of loan approvals that were only for women also increased by 27 per cent over that same time.
Stella de Cos, Business Solutions Director at IBA and an Arrernte woman, has been on the Strong Women Strong Business journey since the beginning.
‘We developed Strong Women Strong Business in direct response to the increases we saw in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women starting and growing their businesses over the past three years. While we had high hopes for the initial conference, we were overwhelmed with the response we received.
‘We are excited to confirm our second Strong Women Strong Business conference will take place in early 2020 and will be sharing more details in the coming weeks around the event location, applications, partners, speakers and more so stay tuned.
‘Strong Indigenous women in business have always led their communities and other Indigenous business women to learn and succeed. Following our inaugural conference, it was clear that we needed to create a way for women to connect, share and learn from one another outside of just events and this is what inspired the creation of our online platforms.’
The Strong Women Strong Business online presence includes a highly active Facebook community and online mentoring platform that matches women as mentors and mentees to enable learning and development that otherwise would not be available to most women.
The Strong Women, Strong Business Mentoring Platform consists of information modules that enable Indigenous women to better their skills and confidence in business, and acts as a guidance resources for mentors and mentees to learn from each other.
Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, is passionate about Strong Women Strong Business and ensuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women get support to start and grow their businesses.
‘The platform allows our female entrepreneurs to connect with other strong Indigenous women and access support and resources to start or grow their businesses,’ Minister Wyatt said. ‘The network comes from all around the country, and it’s particularly important for those women in regional and remote areas to know they are not alone.’
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Asda to expand online business and launch click & collect pods
Asda has unveiled plans to grow its online business by expanding its home shopping and click and collect service over the next four years.
The plans include the acquisition of a fully automated ‘click and collect’ pod technology concept that will see orders delivered to a temperature controlled unit from where customers can collect their goods at their convenience. Developed in Holland and a first for the UK, the new pods will be trialled in early 2015.
Asda is also planning to increase the number of Click and Collect points from 400 to 600, expand its Drive-Thru Click and Collect points to 200 and expand same day Click and Collect services to 100 new sites to bring the total up to 350.
As well as investing in expanding its physical presence, the supermarket is also refining its online offer to make shopping easier for customers. Currently, Asda operates three online stores: Grocery Home Shopping, George.com for fashion and home, and Asda Direct for everything from books to garden furniture to kettles. However, from February 2015 80% of Asda Direct ranges will be merged into Asda’s Grocery Home Shopping and George.com online stores.
Asda president and chief executive Andy Clarke said: “In 2013 we set out a five year strategy to redefine value retailing – with a clear ambition to lead online. We’ve already made significant progress in this area and today’s announcement clearly demonstrates our commitment to step up our game even further.
“In what is still a challenging market, I am delighted that we are able to make an investment that will not only step on delivery of our strategy, but also bring new and convenient ways for our customers to shop with us.
“We’re also creating an online experience that logically fits with how our customers want to shop and focuses on the areas that our customers love. Ultimately, we want to give more people access to the price, quality and style that we are famous for.”
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Sales during Riverbend's third ticket promotion before the city's major music festival are tracking higher than last year, officials with the event say.
Last year, 20,000 pins were sold at Kangaroo gas stations, and so far this year sales have increased by 5 percent, said Chip Baker, executive director of Friends of the Festival. That number is expected to spike in the next week as the weeklong event, Friday through June 18, approaches.
"Chattanooga is a last-minute town," Baker said. "Everyone waits till the end."
Riverbend pins went on sale May 1 at Kangaroo gas stations for $30 each and will be sold at that price until the day before the festival starts. Thereafter pins will cost $40.
Chris Hughes, regional director at Kangaroo, said pins are being sold at 93 locations from Dalton, Ga., to Athens, Tenn.
"We are proud to be Riverbend sponsors," he said. "It's such a family-friendly event, we love to partner with them."
In April, pins could be purchased through the Riverbend Rewards program for $28, and before Christmas businesses could buy the tickets in bulk for $24.
"It just makes sense to buy them now," Baker said.
Baker said sales are improving some this year because the festival has spent 10 percent more on entertainment than in 2010, but he wouldn't say how much was spent on hiring acts.
Country music stars Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert and Kellie Pickler are headlining, along with Huey Lewis and the News, the Beach Boys, R&B singer Brian McKnight and Christian artists Casting Crowns.


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Enterprise Europe Network has organised an international B2B matchmaking event as part of the hugely popular Yorkshire Games Festival at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford (UK). The two-day business matchmaking event, “Up Your Game” will give international companies a unique opportunity to have a series of short, pre-scheduled B2B meetings with creative technology firms, to help them establish valuable connections and find out how immersive technology and gamification could benefit their business in terms of efficiency, productivity, growth and profits.
To take part in the matchmaking event, interested companies will need to purchase a Games Pass from the Yorkshire Games Festival, which also gives them access to the Festival’s full programme of events. Limited grant funding worth up to £250 (around €280 depending on exchange rate) is available for overseas companies wishing to attend.
“Up Your Game” offers a unique local opportunity to meet with UK and international companies in sectors as diverse as digital, animation, games, motion graphics, special effects, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) sectors, alongside a whole host of industries looking to learn about new technology and form potentially game-changing global collaborations.
The last day to register is 30th January 2019. Please see event website for further details.


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Vecna Robotics partnered with GEODIS to implement unique and autonomous solutions for the GEODIS distribution center.
“Vecna’s offering allows us to enhance the work experience for our teammates by placing their work where they need it to operate more efficiently,” said Kevin Stock, senior vice president of engineering at GEODIS. “Vecna’s technology and orchestration systems have proved very useful in this operation and we look forward to expanding our partnership.”
GEODIS has deployed two pallet jacks driven by Vecna’s autonomous technology and Pivotal orchestration system in their distribution center. The self-driving pallet jacks pick up pallets and independently deliver them to a GEODIS team member who then utilizes a manual forklift to put the pallet away in the appropriate rack. To date, this pilot operation is expected to see a 33% increase in productivity due to reducing the distance traveled by each operator.
Vecna’s orchestration system, Pivotal, optimizes and organizes daily robot work orders, and allocating the work to the appropriate vehicle based on priority, location, and availability. In addition, Vecna’s software utilize machine learning algorithms and tracks the vehicles to provides data-driven insight and creates a continuous improvement cycle over time.
Matthew Cherewka, Director of Business Development at Vecna Robotics
“The autonomous warehouse is a critical differentiator, and Vecna is thrilled to partner with GEODIS so they can offer world-class, autonomous logistics services to customers,” said Matthew Cherewka, business development and solutions design manager for Vecna Robotics. “Our combined expertise in cutting-edge robotics and supply chain solutions allows this partnership to deliver significant advances in the supply chain industry. We look forward to continuing to grow together.”
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Four U.S Senators have sent a letter to Lina Khan, the chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), expressing concerns that Activision Blizzard’s pending acquisition by Microsoft has “impeded unionization efforts and undermined workers’ calls for accountability.” The letter, sent by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Cory Booker, asks the FTC to oppose the acquisition if it is found to “enhance monopsony power and worsen the negotiating position between workers and the parties to this deal.”
Prior to and throughout the process of being acquired by Microsoft for a total of $68.7 billion, which far outpaces any previous acquisition in the game industry, Activision Blizzard has found itself under the scrutiny of multiple government organizations. The company recently settled a lawsuit brought forth by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding claims of sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination in the workplace taht created an $18 million fund for claimants.
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which first brought allegations of misconduct and discrimination at Activision Blizzard to light, is continuing its case against the company. This case, along with the financial woes it brought to Activision Blizzard, eventually led to Microsoft’s acquisition of the company.
Likewise, Activision has seen a surge in unionization efforts since Microsoft’s announcement that it intends to purchase the gaming giant. In January, 34 QA staffers at Activision’s Raven Software, the developer for the publisher’s hit battle royale title Call of Duty: Warzone, voted to form a union. Activision has since refused to voluntarily recognize that union and reorganized Raven Software’s QA department, spreading many of its members across multiple departments rather than keeping them in one cohesive unit.
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Christmas came a few weeks early for Guide Dogs of Texas (GDTX), when the nonprofit received a $195,000 grant from the Petco Foundation on Dec. 4. Funds will benefit the organization’s programs that support clients who rely on a service dog to provide them with freedom, mobility and independence. The grant is a result of fundraising efforts sponsored by Petco and Natural Balance Pet Foods during National Guide Dog Awareness Month in September.
“Guide Dogs of Texas is honored to receive a portion of proceeds of the National Guide Dog Month awareness campaign hosted by two great companies – Petco and Natural Balance Pet Foods,” said Larry Tuttle, GDTX president and CEO. “Petco’s corporate presence in the San Antonio community makes this gift even more meaningful. We are privileged to share in the success of National Guide Dog Month fundraising and to be able to use this donation to increase mobility for Texans who are visually impaired.”
During National Guide Dog Month in September, pet owners were encouraged to visit their local Petco store and make a donation at the register or to purchase specially marked bags of Natural Balance Pet Foods at Petco or at participating independent pet stores across the country. Customers could also make donations online at Petco.com. The month-long fundraiser supports several guide dog schools throughout the country, including GDTX.
“Guide dogs are provided for free to enhance the lives of visually impaired people, but each dog takes up to two years to train and costs more than $40,000,” said Charlie Piscitello, senior vice president of human resources for Petco and president of the Petco Foundation. “Both Petco and the Petco Foundation are proud to present this important grant and to support the incredible work done by Guide Dogs of Texas, and many other similar organizations, in order to provide these life-changing animals to people who need them.”
Ron Montgomery, Natural Balance senior account supervisor, said Natural Balance was happy to support GDTX. “Every seven minutes someone in America becomes blind or visually impaired. Natural Balance is committed to the cause of guide dog programs that empower the visually impaired with the gift of a guide dog,” Montgomery said. “We are dedicated at both the national and local levels to raise money and awareness in support of the transformational power of guide dogs.”
Funding from the Petco Foundation will allow GDTX to continue its work with clients who, after being paired with a guide dog, come to the San Antonio-based center for an intensive, three-week, one-one-one training period with a guide dog mobility instructor before returning home with their service dog. GDTX currently serves 28 clients. Another 14 visually-impaired Texans are on a waiting list.


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KATHMANDU, Oct 2: The Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection (DoCSP) has fined 140 stores out of 298 in course of its market monitoring for the upcoming festive season.
According to the department officials, those stores were fined Rs 2.38 million for charging customers arbitrarily, failing to furnish required documents, and selling sub-standard products.
The department has started market monitoring from August 18 with an aim to check unscrupulous practices in the market during the Dashain, Tihar, and Chhath festivals, officials said.
According to data from the department, it carried out market monitoring between mid-August and mid-September as well as in the last week of September.
The government has intensified market monitoring for the festive season as many traders tend to overly charge and sell substandard or adulterated products to the customers.
“We have monitored malls, branded shops, ordinary shops, grocery shops and vegetable market this year,” said Yogendra Gauchan, director general at the department.
According to officials, some traders shut down their stores as soon as they see market inspectors coming for monitoring.
“As soon as we reached some malls, the stores were shuttered. Those stores who refused to cooperate with the market inspectors during the monitoring were also fined on the spot,” said Gauchan.
To check the market distortion and to protect the interest of consumers, nearly half dozen
agencies are working under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies.
The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control, Department of Livestock Department, DoCSP, and local governments among others work for consumer protection.
The department has monitored various stores at Durbarmarg, Lalitpur, Civil Mall in Sundhara, vegetable market of Kalimati, and BG Mall of Gongabu in recent weeks.
“While some small stores were found to be unaware about the rules that they have to follow, there were branded shops that were flouting rules even after knowing them,” Gauchan said.
However, the department is criticized for its monitoring only during the festive season. Some consumer rights activists say that the market monitoring has not been able to curb malpractices and anomalies in the market.
However, Gauchan defended the move of market inspection, arguing that it was protecting consumers from being cheated by the traders. “Every year, we do market monitoring and we have found some changes. It is also helping to educate small stores on the rules that they have to follow,” he added.
Following the enforcement of the Consumer Protection Act 2019 in February, the market inspectors have got the authority to impose fine on the spot if any producer, transporter, importer, seller or service provider is found to be violating rules.
Earlier before the law was introduced, the market inspectors did not have any authority to penalize those who were flouting the rules.


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Japanese homewares and lifestyle chain Muji is set to accelerate its expansion plan in China, adding 50 new stores per year.
According to Nikkei, the retailer will start the China expansion in the fiscal year ending August 2024 despite the controversial Xinjiang cotton-sourcing decision.
In its largest international market, Muji is currently experiencing a swift recovery with sales in the third quarter increased 10 per cent and strong online performance. Meanwhile, sales in Europe and North America remain poor, plummeting more than 40 per cent year on year.
Due to the new Covid-19 waves in Southeast Asia, Muji’s sales in this region are also recording a drop. This could trigger the retailer to shift its focus to expand progressively in China.
“The Japanese and Asian markets are the pillars of growth,” senior MD Nobuo Domae, who has been appointed as Ryohin Keikaku’s new president, told Nikkei Asia Review.
Ryohin Keikaku estimates Muji will record approximately US$6.3 billion during the year through August 2024 with operating profit expected to reach 52 per cent growth. Launched in China in 2005, as of last May the chain operated 294 stores across the country.
Besides China, Muji is also planning to expand its presence in other Asian countries such as Thailand and South Korea.


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Minecraft for Mobile Generated $110 Million in Revenue in 2018
Popular sandbox construction game Minecraft, which made its debut on mobile back in 2014, is continuing to generate revenue for its publishers at an ever-increasing rate. According to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence, 2018 was Minecraft’s most profitable year yet on the App Store and Google Play, with over $110 million in revenue.
The game generated the revenue worldwide from its premium purchase price and in-app purchases on iOS and Android for publisher Microsoft. Its 2018 revenue was almost 7% more than the previous year when the game grossed close to $103 million.
The statistics show that the largest portion of spending in the game in 2018 came from the U.S. at 48% of the total or approximately $52.8 million. Great Britain’s $7.3 million (about 6.6%) was a distant second, while Japan ranked third for spending at 5% or approximately $5.5 million:
2018 started with Minecraft’s best quarter ever on mobile devices, when it grossed an estimated $30 million from players worldwide. This was 22 percent more than the $24.5 million we estimate it generated during the first quarter of 2017.
Minecraft has grossed nearly $500 million worldwide on mobile since 2014. Last month, it ranked No. 95 for global mobile game revenue across both platforms.
You can learn more about the game at the following App Store link.
Download Minecraft for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad [Direct Link]


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The civil complaint regarding BTS Jungkook’s “backdoor advertising” controversy has been concluded.
In response to complaints that raised suspicions about Jungkook‘s “backdoor advertising”, the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) decided not to proceed with the investigation and judged this case as not violating the “Act on Fair Labeling and Advertising”.
Previously, there were 2 complaints against Jungkook’s “backdoor advertising” were filed with the FTC. They exposed Jungkook’s mentioning of a tea brand on VLIVE and the clothing brand founded by Jungkook’s brother to the media.
Regarding complaints that Jungkook had intentionally advertised the clothing brand, the FTC explained that there was no problem in this case for two reasons. First, economic consideration should affect the content or reliability of the post, so samples and souvenirs paid to an unspecified number of people are not counted as paid advertisements. Second, it was a voluntarily post by an individual.
In addition, they also said it was difficult to determine whether his act of revealing the clothing brand was an advertisement or a voluntary behavior.
Moreover, FTC explained that the complaint saying Jungkook promoted a tea brand was terminated since he neither mentioned the brand’s name nor revealed its tag. Therefore, it’s hard to say this was a promotion.


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Apple 'like Godfather' with new App Store rules
"Apple says it's opening up, but it still has a tight fist around iPhones", says Colton Adamski, a former hacker and businessman who lives near Chicago and is trying to launch one of the first alternative app shops in the EU. The 22-year-old has been running an unofficial iPhone app store for more than six years. For everywhere other than the EU, starting an app store is against Apple's terms, and installing apps outside the official App Store is prohibited. In the last few weeks, since Colton secured his line of credit, Apple has said that app developers of "Good standing" for at least two years can also build an app shop without the €1m. Colton's next hurdle to overcome is how to make a profit. So if someone downloads his app shop app but never uses it, he still has to pay Apple 50 cents. Another charge being criticised is the 17% fee Apple will charge on any sales of an app sold on its App Store and elsewhere.
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Here are some bits from the travel, points, and miles world this week that you might not have seen.
Opening a Bank Account with a Selfie
Yep, with HSBC and Barclays now in the UK, you can open bank accounts by taking a selfie and uploading it to them for verification. For HSBC, it is only business accounts right now but they have signaled that they want to expand it beyond the UK and business accounts. It would be really nice to see Chase bring something like that to the US to combine with their fantastic cash bonuses for opening new accounts! – Link
Samsung Note 7 Banned on Multiple Airlines
Because some of the new Samsung Note 7 phones have burst into flames, Samsung had issued a worldwide recall of 2.5 million devices that is estimated at costing the electronics giant between $1 – $5 billion! Because of the dangers that a random phone could have this problem (even though the number has been very small), airlines around the world are issuing bans on using this particular phone on the aircraft. While many airlines are banning their use aboard the planes, the FAA has only issued a strong urging about it and not an outright ban. – Link
Wells Fargo Fires 5,300 Employees in Light of 2 Million Fraudulent Accounts
This was a big one. Federal regulators this week released the report and news that Wells Fargo employees had set up about 2 million fraudulent accounts (bank and credit) to take advantage of sales bonuses. Wells Fargo has also been given a $185 million fine for these practices, which included having some of their customers be hit with fees for insufficient funds when the employees moved the money around different accounts. – Link
WOW Air Brings Flights to Miami
For those that want to escape the heat of Miami in the summer, Iceland can be your new destination next year as WOW Air has announced they are bringing their services there. WOW is the airline that has the fantastic $99 sale fares from the US so this could be a great, cheap way to get to someplace cooler – for less than a ticket to NY! Just remember to check those fees that they assess on, well just about everything! – Link
Citi Credit Card Locking Feature
It happens – we sometimes misplace our credit card(s) or leave it/them at a store. Now, Citi gives you the ability to “lock” your card so it cannot be used until you find it. This sure beats calling in and getting a new one, with new numbers to update everywhere, issued! Login your account to learn more!
That’s it for today’s roundup! Hope you have a great weekend!


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Hitwise UK said the share of UK internet searches for the PS3 increased 14 per cent in the past four weeks and overtook the Nintendo Wii in the week ending February 10. The Xbox 360 was the third most searched for console ahead of the PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo DS.
Many consumers are using the web to search for cheap consoles, and are also comparing the£425 UK price tag - which is£120 higher than the US retail price - with overseas markets.
However, the study also showed that the excitement surrounding the console has decreased since plans were first announced in May 2005. Searches were 49 per cent higher the week the console was unveiled compared with last week.
By contrast, searches for the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii increased 119 per cent and 40 per cent respectively the week before launch.
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Saputo Inc. (SAP) Price Target Lowered to C$57.00 at Scotiabank
Saputo Inc. (TSE:SAP) had its price objective reduced by research analysts at Scotiabank from C$58.00 to C$57.00 in a note issued to investors on Friday. The firm presently has an “outperform” rating on the stock. Scotiabank’s target price points to a potential upside of 26.98% from the company’s current price.
Several other research analysts also recently commented on SAP. Desjardins downgraded shares of Saputo from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and issued a C$47.00 price objective on shares of Saputo in a report on Friday, October 27th. TD Securities raised their price objective on shares of Saputo from C$49.00 to C$52.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 27th. National Bank Financial reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a C$50.00 price objective on shares of Saputo in a report on Monday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised shares of Saputo from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a C$48.00 price objective for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 19th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of C$50.29.
Saputo (SAP) traded down C$1.55 on Friday, reaching C$44.89. 478,416 shares of the company traded hands.
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In other Saputo news, insider Louise St-Jean sold 838 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$43.39, for a total value of C$36,360.82.
Saputo Company Profile
Saputo Inc produces, markets and distributes dairy products, including cheese, fluid milk, extended shelf-life milk and cream products, cultured products and dairy ingredients. The Company has three geographic sectors. The Canada Sector consists of Dairy Division (Canada). The USA Sector aggregates the Cheese Division (USA) and the Dairy Foods Division (USA).
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This week, the tech industry gathered in Las Vegas for CES 2024. From AI-enabled home appliances to cutting-edge gaming hardware, the trade show had a gadget to offer every type of tech enthusiast. Samsung showed off its own VR gaming monitor, which doesn’t require a headset.
On the environmental side, scientists reported that 2023 was officially the hottest year in a century and a half. And in space, Astrobotic’s attempt at the first commercial moon landing went awry following a fuel leak in its rocket.
Below, Hypebeast has rounded up the top tech stories of the week so you can stay up to date on trends in the industry.
The majority of tech product announcements and previews stemmed from the annual Consumer Electronics Show. Taking place in Las Vegas over the past week, CES 2024 played host to 4,000 exhibitors, from names such as LG and Samsung to smaller startups.
Among the trends that dominated CES this year was advancements in AI. Baracoda Daily Healthtech showed off its BMind Smart Mirror. The device looks like a regular mirror but is in fact engineered to help improve one’s self-worth and mental health. The smart mirror uses a camera to analyze an individual’s facial and gesture recognition, as well as their voice commands and will respond with affirmations and recommendations to improve their day based on the measured level of well-being.
Space travel’s Astrobotic had a lofty goal to pull off the first-ever moon landing carried out by a commercial company. The Vulcan Centaur was carrying the Peregrine lunar lander and on its way to the Moon when the mission went awry.
First, technical difficulties prevented Peregrine from turning its solar panels to face to Sun, so the lander couldn’t charge its batteries. After that issue was resolved by scientists, the rocket sprung a leak, leading to a “critical loss of propellant.” With only 40 hours of fuel left, there was no chance of the rocket making it to the Moon’s surface.
“At this time, the goal is to get Peregrine as close to lunar distance as we can before it loses the ability to maintain its sun-pointing position and subsequently loses power,” Astrobotic said.
Samsung headed to CES 2024 to debut a VR gaming monitor that doesn’t require a headset. Currently known as simply the Samsung 2D/3D Gaming Monitor, the device contains two cameras the track eye and face movement. The monitor can also be used in a 2D mode but when set to 3D, it adjusts where graphics come from on the screen to create the multi-dimensional effect.
The company says that the monitor is compatible with Steam VR. While it’s ahrd to gauge how immersive the screen actually is without trying it firsthand, the device was awarded “Best of Innovation in Gaming and eSports” at CES.
2023 was the warmest year in a century and a half, according to a new report conducted by the European Union climate monitor and published by The New York Times. The publication says that “averaged across last year, temperatures worldwide were 1.48 degrees Celsius, or 2.66 Fahrenheit, higher than they were in the second half of the 19th century.”
The news is tragic but not surprising to many, particularly those who live in regions heavily affected by climate change. Canada, for instance, experienced its worst wildfire session in history in 2023, with 45 million acres of land burned.