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On September 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a warning to the gluten-free community in regards to the “misbranding” of Kirkland Signature Chicken Tortilla Soup.
The soup is labeled “gluten-free,” but the USDA says this is a “false negative” claim given that the product contains gluten.
The USDA says it discovered the issue during laboratory testing of a particular batch of soup, where it found gluten despite the package being labeled as gluten-free.
I spoke with Andrew Hearns of Kettle Cuisine, the manufacturer of the soup in question, to better understand what happened.
He said the public health announcement only affected a small portion of soup, and the error was caught quickly.
He assured me that the soup has been and is currently formulated to be gluten-free. This was a mistake made in one batch that they promptly corrected.
Hearns said as a result of the public health announcement and to prevent this from happening again, Kettle Cuisine has increased its testing.
They test both the ingredients used and the finished product to ensure it meets FDA gluten-free labeling guidelines, which state a product cannot contain more than 20 parts per million of gluten.
The soup is still sold in Costco stores and is labeled gluten-free (I saw it last week at my local Costco).
Again, Hearns says the product is gluten-free, and customers should feel confident consuming this product again.
Warning Vs. Recall
The soups are no longer available for purchase in stores, so the USDA did not issue a recall; instead, the agency issued a “public health warning” to warn consumers who might have cartons of this soup in their fridges or freezers.
The soups in question were produced on July 26, 2023, and sold at retail locations in Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
They have a use-by date of November 23, 2023. The affected products are part of lot code 1394066, which is printed on the side of the cup just below the lip.
These products should not be used by anyone who cannot eat gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley, including people with celiac disease and gluten intolerance.
The USDA advises that consumers throw the packages away or return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.
There are no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products.
Some images were provided by the USDA.
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BETHEL, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Duracell today launched its Power a Smile program, which will donate up to 1 million batteries to Toys for Tots – the brand’s largest donation to the organization. Every eligible Duracell battery pack purchased will trigger a donation to Toys for Tots, which collects new toys to distribute to less fortunate children every holiday season.
“As a father it’s a joy to see my children’s faces light up on Christmas morning as they unwrap their gifts,” said Jeff Jarrett, Marketing Director for Duracell. “It’s a memorable moment that shouldn’t be spoiled because the toy is missing batteries. Through Duracell Power a Smile, we want to ensure every parent and child, no matter their circumstance, can experience that joy.”
To launch the Duracell Power a Smile program, Ellen DeGeneres joined Duracell and Toys for Tots at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles today. DeGeneres, along with Marines conducting the Toys for Tots Campaign in Los Angeles, helped prepare a C-130 cargo aircraft with Duracell batteries and toys. The plane was symbolically sent to go forth and collect batteries and toys for children in need.
“I love what Toys for Tots does,” said Ellen DeGeneres. “But if you think about it, a toy without a battery on Christmas morning is so sad. It’s like the ocean without the waves…or rain without the rainbow…or a strawberry without the daiquiri. I’m thrilled to join Duracell and to help bring a little extra joy to kids this season.”
“Toys for Tots is grateful for the support from both Duracell and Ellen as we start our work of collecting new toys from all over the country leading up to Christmas,” said retired Marine Major Bill Grein, Vice President of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. “Batteries are a critical part of our program as they play a big role in creating a wonderful holiday experience for children in need.”
To trigger a battery donation to Toys for Tots and stock up on batteries for the holidays, consumers can simply purchase an eligible Duracell Quantum or CopperTop battery pack at any major local retailer. Duracell will donate one battery for each Duracell Quantum AA 12 or CopperTop AA 16 pack purchased, from now until Dec. 27. For more information visit www.duracell.com.
Part of the Procter & Gamble Company [NYSE:PG], Duracell has been powering people around the world for more than 50 years. Our products serve as the heart of devices that keep people connected, protect their families, entertain them and simplify their increasingly mobile lifestyles. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-performance alkaline batteries, Duracell also innovates in renewable power and wireless charging technologies to help consumers live life without limits. Visit www.duracell.com for more information; follow us on Twitter.com/Duracell and like us on Facebook.com/Duracell.
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About Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation is a not for profit organization authorized by the U.S. Marine Corps and the Department of Defense to provide fundraising and other necessary support for the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. Now in its 66th year, Toys for Tots provides joy and a message of hope to economically disadvantaged children through the gift of a new toy during the Christmas holiday season. Their gifts offer these children recognition and a positive memory they will cherish for a lifetime. Many of the gifts they provide, such as books, games and sports equipment, make a significant contribution to the educational, social and physical development of these children. In 2012, Marines distributed gifts to 7.1 million children in 740 communities nationwide. The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation relies on individual donations from the American public as well as support from corporate sponsors, including Duracell. For more information, visit www.toysfortots.org.

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Many people continue to fall for it, whether it is hacker attacks or the son-daughter trick. Crime at the click of a mouse is on the rise.
Data protection is a top priority in Austria. But for many, it quickly stops when it comes to their own smartphone or PC. All cookies are quickly activated, and lots of data is revealed.
A look at the cybercrime statistics shows: There were 60,195 reports in the previous year, a 30.4 percent increase over 2021, and the trend is expected to continue as IT advances. “Fake cops,” international call centres, and digital investment fraud drive the statistics. There seem to be no limits to the ingenuity of criminals.
The cases range from blackmail to drug trafficking on the Darknet. Private individuals and businesses are both affected, with computer systems paralysed and money required to restore them. The daughter-son trick is particularly popular. Victims receive the WhatsApp message, “Hi mum, this is my new phone number.” The fraudsters pose as children and claim to have a new phone number.
However, the banking app on the new cell phone does not yet work. The victims may transfer a higher amount to a specific recipient …
False email addresses cause trouble
Phishing e-mails and websites, such as those with the false sender e-mail address finanzOnline@bmf.gv.at, are repeatedly causing trouble. If you follow the link, you are taken to a phishing website that asks you to enter personal information and credit card details.
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Digital disruption is rapidly changing the way that companies create and deliver value
Several years ago, digital disruption was something happening to someone else, to a few companies in select industries. Today, everyone is talking about digital disruption and it is fast becoming a reality for most companies across most industries. Many organizations are either experiencing or expect to experience some form of significant digital disruption within two years, but at the same time few appear really prepared for it and lack an enterprise-wide strategy that fully reflects how digital will change their business.
The speed and scope of digital disruption will continue to increase, forcing businesses to respond with or without their IT function. This leaves many CIOs with a narrowing window of time to seize the opportunity to redefine their role and change the way that technology drives value throughout their organizations.
KPMG research has revealed four pillars for digital success that can assist businesses and CIOs in helping navigate a successful transition. Please download the report to learn more.
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Written by Rami Cassis
The economic havoc wreaked by COVID-19 promises to end globalisation as we have known it. The dangers to governments, health providers and companies of overly long supply chains are clear – and, most of all, the risks of too great a reliance on China.
At one level this is about diversification and trust. All countries are chasing supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE), exposing an over-dependence on China. More significantly, as the live markets re-open, which allegedly spawned this virus, China has again shown the depths of its cultural divide with the West, stoking fears that it can’t be trusted.
The direction of travel in Western economies is clear. Painful lessons have been learned and taxpayers are paying the price. In early April, the UK government announced plans for local production of PPE amid reports that it had been forced to charter flights to bring emergency PPE from China. Meantime Germany’s “Bild” newspaper demanded China be held to account for unleashing chaos on world economies and forced to pay reparations. This seems unlikely, but a co-ordinated response, at least on a European basis, is possible although likely to be too weak.
Meantime companies and organisations will seek to secure their supply chains. In the new, post-COVID, world, this means securing production and bringing outsourced goods and services closer to home, at least regionally. Money will pour out of China and into “near-sourcing”, benefitting producers and suppliers across the West.
Specifically, we anticipate this will most benefit economies on the doorsteps of the United States and Western Europe, where many of the world’s biggest and most successful corporations are still based and also, India, which stands to gain as China falls from favour. Our own firm is looking at new acquisitions in countries like India, Argentina and Bulgaria, which now look attractive destinations to “near-source” services previously located further afield. This isn’t just about proximity, but also cultural alignment. In the new world, companies want to feel closer to their suppliers in every sense.
A consumer backlash is underway too. As the costs of this crisis mount – in jobs, lost income and to the public purse – calls to boycott Chinese products are growing in social media around the world and may continue #notmadeinchina, #china, #BoycottChinese Products, #BoycottChina.
Companies and brands may, as a result, look to authenticate and reassure customers about their sources of supply. We believe this could give a massive boost to software which traces the serial numbers on individual products, so they can be tracked from the point of purchase right back to their origins – identifying the factories and even components used in the production process.
Until now, the market for product serialisation tracking software has focused heavily on medicines and pharmaceutical products, where the risks to consumers can be life-threatening. This literally puts the lives of millions at risk, notably in developing countries. The current rush to develop a vaccine and drugs to treat COVID-19 has already spawned a flood of counterfeit medicines, and consumers as well as health services will rightly want greater safeguards as protection.
Looking beyond this, we also see much wider demand in the post-COVID world to authenticate the source and contents of many other products sold in the West. Trust, or lack of it, will clearly help to drive consumer demand for this as will investors’ demand for higher ethical and environmental standards to be met. Companies are likely to respond by investing further in software solutions which can deliver greater confidence and protection at individual product level.
Parabellum Investments has just acquired Advanco, a leader in product serialization with a software solution called Arc. This is exciting pharmatech but also we anticipate will translate into rising global demand for authentication and product tracing solutions. Advanco was one of the first companies to enter this market and is now working with industry bodies to introduce common standards, which should further boost the popularity of these products whilst providing consumers peace of mind.
Based in Brussels, Advanco is a European company which, with our backing, is now seeking to expand across international markets both organically and with further acquisitions. We believe the crisis has changed the game irreversibly for China and global supply chains and are therefore investing accordingly. We will not be alone.


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The latest Illawarra business survey has shown signs for guarded optimism, according to IRIS research executive director Simon Pomfret.
The survey of business sentiment for the December quarter looked at trading conditions, profitability and employment.
While the sentiment was in "negative territory" - below the average for this quarter - things had gradually been moving towards positive ground over the past three quarters, Mr Pomfret said.
A net 3.7 per cent of businesses reported slower retail trade, a 3.3 percentage point improvement on the previous quarter.
Decreased profitability was experienced by a net 11.9 per cent of businesses, compared with 22.2 per cent the previous quarter.
Employment levels showed a slight improvement, with a net 9.3 per cent of firms reporting reduced staffing levels, an improvement of 1 percentage point from the previous quarter.
"In terms of the graph and the trend we've at least got more businesses than last time indicating that they were trading better, performing better," Mr Pomfret said.
"However, we're still in that negative weak territory so you've still got an economy that is contracting."
Overall, Mr Pomfret said while the figures did show conditions were still tough for the local economy, there were glimmers of hope.
"It gives us a little bit more optimism than if we saw a quarter with a similar figure than we got in September," he said.
"If you look at the graphs over the last 12 months, we're at least heading forward, in a positive direction, even though there are more businesses out there who say they are doing it tough than those who say they are doing quite well."
Mr Pomfret said contraction was slowing.
However, at least two more quarters showing similar improvement would be required before he could say the region was on the road to recovery.
The survey was conducted shortly before Christmas and Mr Pomfret said the expected signs of sales spikes didn't occur.
"December is normally an upturn quarter in terms of seasonal events, with Christmas trading," he said. "We didn't see that coming through when we did the survey a couple of weeks before Christmas for the retail sector.
"If you averaged the December quarters over the 15 years we've been doing these surveys, this would be certainly below the average for a December quarter, so it shows how things are still tough out there."
Mr Pomfret said concerns over what was happening internationally, the flow-on effects from redundancies at BlueScope, the high Australian dollar and the flat residential building industry were "key factors" affecting the region.
"But on the upside there is a fair bit of commercial activity going on," he said.
"We've got cranes in the sky which we haven't seen for quite some time."


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Developer Naughty Dog has announced that The Last of Us PC release date has been delayed, but only by a few weeks. As the new HBO adaptation of the zombie game proves to be a smash hit with new and old fans alike, Naughty Dog says it wants to take some additional time to make sure PC debut of The Last of Us is up to standard. Originally scheduled for March 3, The Last of Us PC edition will now launch March 28.
“We want to make sure that The Last of Us Part I PC debut is in the best shape possible,” Naughty Dog says. “These additional few weeks will allow us to ensure this version of The Last of Us lives up to your, and our, standards.”
The announcement notes the renewed excitement for The Last of Us that’s been sparked by the debut of the HBO series – and indeed, sales of The Last of Us Part 1 have been soaring on PlayStation since the show’s pilot episode aired.
“We at the studio have been completely blown away by the outpouring of love and support for The Last of Us these last few weeks,” Naughty Dog writes. “Hearing your love for the HBO adaptation, seeing your beautiful Photo Mode shots, and learning about how the world and characters our studio created nearly a decade ago continue to reach new and old fans alike floors us every day.”
So what to do in the intervening time? You could always check out some of the best survival games to forge your own stories about the power of human will in the face of formidable odds.


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The only consumer body able to bring class actions in the UK has slammed the system for being costly, time-consuming and offering little reward.
Speaking at The Lawyer’s antitrust litigation conference last week (25-26 November), Which? head of legal Deborah Prince said that after dedicating 20 per cent of her workforce to a class action against sports retailer JJB Sports and amassing significant legal costs, “it’s not looking likely that we would do it again”.
In 2005, Which? was given the right to bring collective actions against companies that were found to have breached UK competition law.
It was the only group to be given the power, which, said Prince, “was not great because it put the onus on us to succeed and doesn’t give the consumer any choice”.
It was not until 2007 that Which? brought its first collective action after the House of Lords upheld an antitrust claim brought by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) against JJB Sports.
In January JJB agreed to pay out more than £18,000 to those who bought overpriced replica football shirts between 2000 and 2001 (The Lawyer, 9 January).
However, despite an intensive media campaign by Which? – including a front-page splash in The Sun newspaper – take-up for the compensation was low, and the action named just 500 individuals.
Prince said the case had been a “journey of discovery” that had thrown up some practical issues with class actions. “Passage of time is the biggest problem,” she said.
In particular, while JJB was fined by the OFT in 2001, the retailer brought a series of challenges against the ruling, and it was only when these had finished in 2007 that Which? was able to bring a class action.
Anyone wishing to make a claim would need proof of purchase, Prince said, adding: “I have a 17-year-old son who I’ve bought loads of clothes for. How am I supposed to remember what I bought six years ago? Would anybody?”
The low value of individual payouts – £20 per consumer – gave little incentive for claimants to participate.
“We tried to make it simple, but it’s a lot of hassle for just £20,” said Prince. “Costs are up for discussion at the moment, but we used a lot of internal time – we had one person working on the cases for six months.
“The proportionality of the whole thing was a real problem, as was our reach, and I’m not sure what else we could have done.
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- A Spanish court upholds the indefinite suspension of Worldcoin’s data collecting, prioritizing privacy concerns over business objectives.
- Kenya maintains its suspension of Worldcoin owing to data security concerns, despite pressure from the US to resume operations.
The National Court of Spain has ordered Tools for Humanity Corporation GMBH (FTH), the company behind the cutting-edge cryptocurrency project Worldcoin, to cease collecting and using personal data until further notice.
The persistent conflict between innovative technology initiatives and the strict laws governing the protection of personal data is reflected in this court case. Spain is being cautious, but the United States has expressed support for Worldcoin’s operations in Kenya, highlighting the complex international politics that surround digital currency initiatives.
Spain’s Legal Setbacks
The Spanish Data Protection Agency’s (AEPD) concerns about Worldcoin’s data processing practices, including how it handles kids’ data and the possibility of uninformed consent as a result of inadequate information provision, triggered this legal action.
This position, now bolstered by the National Court’s decision, emphasizes the vital importance of individual privacy and the stringent standards set by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union, particularly with regard to the processing of biometric data.
US Lobbying vs. Kenyan Opposition
At the same time, Kenya’s steadfast opposition to Worldcoin in the face of American lobbying demonstrates the nation’s commitment to safeguarding the privacy of its citizens’ personal information.
The decision by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki to keep in place the August 2023 suspension of Worldcoin’s Kenyan operations emphasizes Kenya’s focus on data security and financial integrity over any potential financial gains from supporting such a cryptocurrency scheme. He stating:
“The United States has been pushing the government on the issues of WorldCoin, but we have remained adamant and firm.”
WLD Price: Optimistic Technical Analysis
Renowned analyst Youngerbest has highlighted Worldcoin’s market resilience throughout these regulatory entanglements.
In a recent tweet, Youngerbest noted that Worldcoin’s (WLD) valuation has increased, suggesting that the cryptocurrency may make a comeback to its previous top, with an aggressive price objective of roughly $8.5.
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As Worldcoin navigates a maze of international legal and regulatory obstacles, its audacious goal of creating a global digital identity through cryptocurrencies is closely scrutinized.
As ETHNews had earlier detailed, with more than 4 million users in 120 countries, Worldcoin’s journey presents an engaging story at the intersection of privacy, legal frameworks, and technology in the modern digital age.
Meanwhile, the WLD price has fallen in the last 24 hours and 7 days, by 6.74% and 17.42%, bringing it to $7.74.


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Hershey says its planning to spend more to promote its brands to better compete for candy buyers' when Mars buys Wrigley. More specifically, they'll up advertising spending by 20% in 2008 and 2009. In addition, they're also making changes to their supply chain and marketing to combat rising costs for cocoa, energy and milk, and losses of sales to Mars.
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The very forces that have steamrolled the sanctity of Thanksgiving, “Black Friday” deals that have compelled stores to open on Thanksgiving Day, may actually come to save the holiday.
Travel has already turned into a nightmare for parts of the country and at some of the biggest airports the backlogs will get worse as a major winter storm rolls across the country.
Retailers are getting aggressive with Black Friday discounts and hype.
Baskets filled with food will be distributed to about 1,000 families in Denver.
Carrie Morey’s Black Pepper Biscuits will give your Thanksgiving table just the right amount of Southern flair and keep your family running for more.
Gov. John Hickenlooper says all Colorado highways damaged by September’s massive floods will be reopened before Thanksgiving, well ahead of the Dec. 1 goal the state had set.
Forget the ads for Black Friday. It seems the holiday shopping season has started earlier than ever.
Denver Broncos safety Duke Ihenacho was hard at work on Tuesday.
There is a big push to collect Thanksgiving turkeys for Denver’s less fortunate.
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Apple's recycling efforts are saving it a fortune
Apple’s agenda to be extra variety to the planet is not nearly getting Pals of the Earth off its again, it is also about saving bucketloads of money. The corporate revealed its environmental duty report for final yr that reveals that recovering valuable metals from previous iPhones is value loads of cash. The agency pulled sixty one,357,800 kilos of uncooked supplies out of discarded units, together with 2,204 kilos value of gold. Cult of Mac consulted the day’s metallic costs and located that the gold alone was value $forty million. As well as, the corporate pulled out three million kilos of copper (value $6.four million) and four.5 million kilos of aluminum ($three.2 million).
In recent times, Apple has devoted extra time and power in the direction of turning into a sustainable enterprise, and telling the world about it. At March’s Loop You In occasion, the agency revealed Liam, a robotic disassembly line that pulled aside iPhone 6 fashions and separated them into their uncooked supplies for reuse. The corporate’s secret weapon, nevertheless, is former EPA chief Lisa Jackson, who joined the corporate again in 2013. She’s helped the agency sink loads of money into solar energy tasks and sustainably managed forests for the corporate. Hopefully, as one outfit blazes a path for the monetary advantages of environmental duty, others will comply with.


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In this Mizuno ST-Z driver review, Neil Tappin tests the new ST-Z model to see if it improves on last year's impressive ST200.
Mizuno ST-Z Driver Review
Mizuno has made serious strides in the driver market in recent years. In terms of performance, the ST200 models from 2020 held their own against brands that traditionally take a higher share of the driver market.
For 2021, its driver designs have been refined and the launch of the ST-Z came alongside the Mizuno ST-X driver with a more compact head and draw-bias.
With this in mind, how did the Mizuno ST-Z driver perform and should you consider putting one of these into play?
That this is an evolutionary product is clear as soon as you set the latest iteration down behind the ball and compare it to last year’s version – the crown aesthetics are very similar.
Apart from a series of minor cosmetic changes, the biggest difference with the ST-Z is that it looks a little longer from front to back than last year’s ST200 and this year’s ST-X.
Putting the differences between generations to one side, the ST-Z driver looks superb and strikes a fine balance between modern, cutting-edge aesthetics and classic shaping.
One of the biggest improvements in 2021, according to Mizuno, is in the sound and feel. Whilst carbon composite drivers from the likes of Callaway and TaylorMade deliver a low-pitched, powerful impact sounds Mizuno’s ST200 drivers from 2020 were a little louder through the strike.
With the ST-Z model, Mizuno have created another excellent driver that is both forgiving and pleasing on the eye and ears. Superb all round performance and neutral ball flight will please a wide spectrum of players.


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Samsung’s Flagship Galaxy S10+ May Feature Triple-Rear Camera System
Dubbed the “Galaxy S10+”, it is one of the three premium handset models Samsung is expected to launch next year, and according to a new report by Pocket-lint, it will feature a triple-camera system on the rear. The folks over at AllAboutSamsung have already created a mock-up of the Galaxy S10+ rear camera, in comparison with the Galaxy S10.
The report adds that the Galaxy S10+ rear camera may consist of three units i.e. a main 12-megapixel f1.5/f2.4 camera in the middle, a 16-megapixel f1.9 super wide-angle cam on the right, and a 13-megapixel f2.4 zoom camera on the left. Each camera would be dedicated to its own tasks. An LED flash would also be present.
Meanwhile, the other two Galaxy S10 models will continue to feature the existing dual-camera setup, although they would reportedly ditch the zoom option in favour of the wide-angle unit and main snapper.
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Q1 2021 was the biggest quarter for cell sport downloads ever, with over 13 billion installs throughout Google Play and the App Retailer. That upward trajectory continued as the typical weekly cell sport advert spend surged from about $700,000 in February to over $1.4 million in March and reached even increased ranges in April at just below $2 million.
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However the business didn’t want the pandemic to prosper; in 2019, Sensor Tower estimated that gamers spent about $61.7 billion on video games. That represents a 12.8 p.c improve from 2018 and its $54.7 billion complete. Now the place do cell video games go from right here and what does that post-pandemic journey seem like? Forward of this week’s digital Los Angeles Video games Convention panel on the expansion of cell video games, we spoke with Skillz Inc. CEO and founder Andrew Paradise about his ideas on the modifications affecting creativity within the enviornment, what position fundraising tournaments have performed in COVID and the cell sport tendencies he foresees rising.
What do you are expecting would be the modifications that can have an effect on creativity and innovation within the cell video games market throughout and post-COVID-19?
Because the pandemic started, the cell gaming sector has fared higher than most types of leisure as a result of the vast majority of our content material may be constructed remotely, whereas many different varieties of leisure require giant teams to work in studio or workplace settings. Current months have proven how resilient cell video games are, each as an business and a type of digital leisure. As cities and economies have shut down around the globe, Skillz gamers have turned to their favourite video games as a lot wanted leisure, whereas our developer companions continued constructing and launching new video games from their residence workplaces. I believe this pandemic can be exhibiting us how highly effective cell gaming is as a method to keep related to family and friends. After hours, I like to compete with my buddies in a few of our favourite video games. It’s a enjoyable new method to socialize after an extended day of video calls.
What position have fundraising tournaments performed in Skillz’s response to the pandemic?
Skillz has a proud historical past of leveraging the facility of our platform to offer again to essential causes. Throughout this pandemic, we mobilized the Skillz platform to fund Purple Cross blood drives throughout the nation and lift cash for 170 youngsters’s hospitals preventing COVID. We’ve lengthy helped nonprofit companions just like the World Wildlife Fund and American Most cancers Society attain youthful, mobile-first demographics, shortly launch giant scale digital fundraisers, and interact new donors by means of enjoyable, aggressive video games. The Skillz dedication to giving again is core to our firm’s values, and we’re honored to be a part of the battle in opposition to this pandemic.
What space of the cell video games market do you’re feeling has been most impacted by COVID? How is Skillz addressing this?
COVID-19 has tragically disrupted the worldwide financial system, however like all types of digital media, cell gaming has turn out to be an essential type of consolation and leisure through the pandemic. The Skillz enterprise has remained robust, and we’ve seen elevated curiosity from manufacturers trying to leverage our platform as a brand new method to attain customers now that stay-at-home orders have disrupted many conventional advertising fashions.
How is Skillz additional bridging the hole between disruptive adverts and a seamless participant expertise?
Skillz gives a brand new method to monetize cell gaming content material that’s confirmed to be 5-20x more practical than conventional fashions. Legacy monetization fashions like interruptive promoting and in-game purchases can put builders at odds with gamers. Skillz permits builders to focus solely on what they love and do finest: constructing nice video games. Skillz helps indie builders construct multi-million greenback franchises by enabling social competitions of their video games. We offer an simply built-in answer with patented know-how to fee gamers’ abilities, guarantee honest participant matching, and shield in opposition to fraud and dishonest.
What sort of creativity and innovation is required for the cell video games market to turn out to be extra accessible and luxuriate in sustainable long-term progress post-COVID-19?
The good information about cell video games is you possibly can take them wherever! If folks sheltering in place uncover a Skillz sport they love taking part in, in all chance they’ll proceed taking part in that sport when they’re again on the go. Most significantly, video games will not be particular to the standard stereotype of “avid gamers” – in actuality, everybody performs video games. Our developer companions proceed to encourage us with inventive sport ideas that broaden the recognition of our platform. As an example, a current hit sport on Skillz reimagined Bingo and shot to the High 25 within the App Retailer.


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When the cloud first emerged one of its main selling points was the ability to place applications into a hosted enviornment without any fear of having capacity problems.
That attraction saw a number of applications from email and backup head into the cloud and many users took their first steps looking for a third party to take on responsibility for storing and securing their data.
But with the growth in the volume of that information as well as significant changes to what the business intelligence community can offer the reasons for adopting hosted solutions is changing.
Now the buzzword for the channel to master is "customer engagement" as according to the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) it is driving around a third of users decisions to move into the cloud.
Earlier this month Gartner revealed that improving the customer experience was a major driver in digital transformation projects as firms looked to not only pull together all of the sources of communication with users, including the traditional as well as social media, but they were also looking to break down a siloed approach and create a unified organisation.
It is at that point that some are turning to the cloud to host their customer services and support activities to take advantage of the capacity and speed that is on offer from the technology.
The CIF user survey found that improving customer service and support was now one of the top three business objectives driving investment in the cloud, with SMEs very keen on the idea. For those that have made the decision to go ahead the results seem to be positive with 26% improving their customer service and 23% reporting an improvement in their customer engagement by using cloud services.
Alex Hilton, CEO of the Cloud Industry Forum, said that there were competitive advantages for those firms that were using the cloud: “It is clear that Cloud is making a big impact on the way businesses interact with their customers. From streamlining the support desk, to providing a solid foundation for an omni-channel customer engagement strategy, the flexibility of Cloud means that the conventional frustrations of customer care are eliminated.”
The findings tie-in with a current trend in the market for customers to use IT to become more competitive, mining more nuggets out of their interaction with customers than their rivals are able to.
There has already been some take-up in key verticals that live and die by their customer service, including the retail and hospitality sectors, but there can not be too many customers that do not want to learn more about how they can improve the support and services they provide.
Keiron Dalton, director of cloud solutions EA at Aspect Software, said that the results showed a welcome move from talking about cloud technology to a discussion around how it could change business performance.
"Much of the conversation to date about cloud has been about how it compares with on-premise solutions from a technology point of view. If you’ve got an ageing bit of kit and need a replacement, or need to be able to scale in line with your changing business, cloud can help. Of course these are valid reasons, but agility and scalability aren’t end goals in and of themselves; ultimately you want to be able to offer your end users, be they internal or external, more support and an improved experience, which is one of the great strengths of Cloud computing," he said.
"Customers today, Millennials in particular, want to be able to easily and conveniently slide between mobile channels during the same interaction, from social media and mobile apps to the traditional voice call. Therefore it’s important that businesses can respond with the same agility and provide a frictionless service regardless of the contact method used," he added.
Earlier this week Avangate cut the ribbon a B2B cloud platform for tech vendors keen to make sure that they did not miss out on meeting ever higher customer demands with the firm using the moment to underline just why getting user engagement right matters.
“The New Services Economy represents the next rapidly expanding trillion-dollar market and is reshaping how companies should view Digital Commerce. It’s no longer a hit-and-run, one-time transactional economy. The proliferation of pay-as-you-go business models and the explosion of revenue moments across the activation, upsell/cross-sell, renewal and retention stages require companies to focus beyond just upfront customer acquisition,” said Carl Theobald, CEO of Avangate.
“Each revenue moment is an opportunity for digital businesses to build long-term relationships with their customers. Otherwise, it can be a point of failure that drains revenue. How companies navigate these moments and points of revenue leakage across the Commerce Lifecycle are life or death for digital businesses," he added.


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The Irish government has released guidelines on how to apply for Ireland’s recent VAT changes. It includes the procedures to be followed by VAT registered traders in light of the recent changes to the VAT rates.
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Earlier this week, the United Arab Emirates’ Federal Tax Authority released its new guide on how to navigate VAT compliance around eCommerce and digital services.
Bulgaria to slash VAT Rate for Beer & Wine, Tourist Services and Sports Facilities
The Netherlands will not be following their neighbouring countries, Belgium and Germany in granting VAT rate cuts to stimulate the economy against the pandemic.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced today (8 July) in his summer statement that he will be cut VAT from 20% to 5% for parts of the hospitality sector.
In light of HMRC’s extension of Making Tax Digital Phase II roll-out, we have outlined key aspects of making tax digital and the digital links required.
An account of an unprecedented VAT deadline from the COO of VAT IT Reclaim – Foreign.
The Lithuanian Tax authority will allow for an extension of the 13th Directive deadline originally set at 30 June 2020 to 30 September 2020.
The Serbian VAT Authority have extended the 13th Directive deadline (originally set at 30 June 2020) by 3 months.
The extension has been granted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and hopes to ease the pressure off non-European businesses who may be struggling to ready their claims for submission while working remotely and in isolation.
How to protect your business during times of economic uncertainty.
With an unprecedented amount of employees working from home, international travel bans abound in major trading countries, Covid-19’s VAT impact is significant.
The Maltese national party has called for a suspension of the 7% VAT on accommodation to aid hoteliers and local entrepreneurs in a time of ‘uncertainty’.
The UK Government published Budget 2020 on 11th March. The measures were announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak
What is your business doing to claim the VAT that is rightfully yours?
Foreign businesses who conduct business within Bahrain must keep up the pace if they want to claim a cross-border VAT refund for 2019 expenses.
Acquiring a company tax number in New Zealand entails registering for Domestic GST.
Oman is soon to follow it’s GCC neighbours UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in introducing Value Added Tax in 2021 in a bid to increase Oman’s economic growth by 2%.
The agreement between the EU council and the UK proposes a transition period till 31 December where the EU Directive and some ECJ rulings may still apply to UK post Brexit.
Hungary drops its VAT rate on accommodation for commercial purposes
Eleven European countries have approved the quick fixes made to four EU council directives which will be in effect from 1st January 2020.


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BARCELONA/MADRID: September 09, 2016. Ekol Logistics has been named National Champion for Spain after the first round of the 2016/2017 European Business Awards (EBA), sponsored by international tax and auditing company RSM.
The EBA, now in its 10th year, celebrates business excellence and is supported by 33,000 businesses in 34 countries as well as academics and politicians.
Ekol Spain was evaluated on innovation, ethics and success and will now go through to a second stage of the competition that includes a public vote prior to a Gala Final in 2017.
"We are a young company in Spain but it motives [sic] us to work even harder, as it proves the strategy we realize is the proper one," said Alfio Centocinque, Ekol Spain country manager and member of the company's Executive Board. "Obviously, Spanish companies can do good import and export business only if they have good transport solutions. Therefore, the fact that logistics operators such as Ekol are improving their services and infrastructure is positive news for our economy," he added.
With companies in 14 countries across Europe, Turkish integrated logistics company Ekol operates also five RORO vessels and 5,500 truck/trailers. Ekol Spain offers daily groupage services throughout Europe and via Turkey to Iran, Iraq, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.
Spanish shippers are also benefitting from the launch of IAG Cargo's improved animal handling capabilities at Madrid-Barajas Airport. From this month, every pet travelling through the facility will receive a full veterinary check-up supported by a 25-strong care team (right).
IAG Cargo says investment in bespoke in-house staff training, animal track and trace, welfare regulations and container requirements is the start of improvements it is making to handling live animals at its Madrid hub.
"At IAG Cargo and we pride ourselves in going above and beyond the requirements set out by IATA Live Animal Regulations," said Daniel Johnson, manager Global Products, IAG Cargo. "Having worked closely with the City of London Animal Reception Centre at Heathrow, we have an unrivalled understanding of the needs of a huge variety of species, including endangered animals."


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In the presence of His Excellency Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy; And His Excellency Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade and Chairman of the UAE Bullion Market Committee, the UAE Bullion Market Committee launched the “Emirates Standard for Good Delivery” for refineries and smelters.
The event was attended by Ahmed bin Sulayem, CEO and CEO of DMCC, and Ibrahim Al Zaabi, Assistant Governor of the UAE Central Bank for the monetary policy and financial stability sector.
The Emirates Standard for Good Delivery is a voluntary standard that provides a national framework for the gold sector in line with international best practices. The new national standard represents a reference in the quality and technical specifications of refineries and gold production facilities in the country, and includes three evaluation criteria related to the technical capabilities of the facilities, their financial soundness, and their procedures related to gold sources.
Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi stressed the importance of launching the standard within the framework of the federal policy for the gold sector and in line with the Cabinet’s decision to adopt the Dubai Good Delivery Standard as the applicable standard at the national level.
He pointed out that the standard represents a qualitative addition that contributes to the consolidation of the country’s position as one of the most important poles of the gold, jewelry and bullion trade in the world, and enhances the competitiveness and attractiveness of the products of refineries and local facilities and facilitates their access to global markets.
He added: “The Emirates Standard for Good Delivery” supports the development of the sector’s role as a vital economic tributary that enhances the diversity and flexibility of the national economy system, as the contribution of gold, diamonds, jewelry and jewelry has reached 25% of the country’s total non-oil foreign trade.
On the other hand, His Excellency Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of State, confirmed that launching the Emirates Standard for Good Gold Delivery is a developmental methodology aimed at promoting and adopting best practices in gold trading in the country, whether exports or imports, as well as manufacturing and logistics operations.
He stressed the importance of continuing to adopt the best initiatives and practices to advance the gold trade sector in the UAE and enhance its position in the global trade map of this strategic commodity.
In 2020, the country’s foreign trade volume of gold, diamonds, jewelry and jewelry amounted to nearly $100 billion, and the UAE’s gold exports grew by 56 percent compared to 2019, with a value close to $30 billion.
In the first half of 2021, the value of the sector’s exports exceeded $18 billion, recording a growth of about 40% compared to the same period in 2020 and nearly double compared to the same period in 2019. The UAE’s bullion exports also recorded a growth of 42% in 2020.
The gold and jewelry sector is witnessing a steady growth in the UAE, as the number of licensed smelters has reached 28, while the country hosts 5,604 facilities operating in the minerals and gemstones sector and related commercial activities.
The UAE Bullion Market Committee formed its executive office, and began the actual implementation of the committee’s activities and initiatives, including managing the operations of the Emirates Standard for Good Delivery.
Mohammed Ali Al Kamali, Head of the Executive Office of the UAE Bullion Market Committee, said: The launch of the Emirates Standard for Good Delivery translates the committee’s work objectives in developing an integrated system for the UAE bullion sector. The office will support the committee by implementing the most prominent initiatives and activities assigned to it, in addition to managing the Emirates Standard for Good Delivery and supervising the progress of the operations of the standard and the programs emanating from it.
He added: We are working in cooperation with all concerned parties to develop various plans for future activities to promote the standard through various channels and at the local and international levels. We will continue our efforts, in partnership with the private sector, to monitor all developments in this vital sector to contribute to its sustainability and consolidate the country’s position as a global center for trade, as we witnessed an increase in bullion exports from 50.6 billion dirhams in 2017 to 105.3 billion in 2020.
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SHANGHAI, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Apple Inc AAPL.O fully supports China Mobile's next generation TD-LTE technology and talks are ongoing over a possible iPhone tie up with the carrier, China Mobile's chairman was quoted as saying.
China Mobile 0941.HK, the world's largest carrier by subscribers, has been negotiating for years with Apple to develop an iPhone that runs on TD-SCDMA, the home-grown standard it is using for its 3G network.
“We hope that when they develop the next-generation models, since Apple can create CDMA, they can also consider developing TD-SCDMA,” China Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou was quoted as saying on Wednesday by the Sina Technology news portal.
“These two years we have been discussing the issue. Right now the situation is moving forward. Apple has made it clear they will support TD-LTE,” Wang said in Davos, Switzerland.
Currently, Apple's iPhone is only available through China Unicom 0762.HK, China's second-largest mobile carrier, which runs on the global 3G standard.
The smartphone’s exclusive availability through China Unicom has crimped sales of the device in China as China Unicom has a much smaller pool of subscribers and number portability is not allowed in the country.
China Mobile had 584 million mobile phone subscribers in December last year while China Unicom had 167.4 million. (Reporting by Melanie Lee; editing by Kazunori Takada)
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Perry MacDonald, senior vice president of English television and local sales for Bell Media, said the demand for advertising slots during this year’s championship game was as strong as ever. The Super Bowl is the most-watched program in the country and MacDonald said the 9.2 million Canadians who were tuning in on average last year attracted tens of millions of dollars in advertising revenue. Continue reading.
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The Bank of Ghana has established a new fintech and innovation office to drive the bank’s cash-lite, e-payments, and digitisation agenda.
The emergence of fintech solutions, according to the central bank has introduced significant complexities that require the sector supervisor’s focus, to understand and supervise effectively.
The new fintech and innovation office will be responsible for licensing and oversight of dedicated electronic money issuers (mobile money operators), payment service providers (PSPs), closed-loop payment products, payment support solutions and other emerging forms of payment delivered by non-bank entities.
The office will also develop policies to promote FinTech, innovation and interoperability in Ghana.
The BoG advised stakeholders and the general public to contact the fintech and innovation office for further information and to direct all enquiries to the Head FinTech and Innovation Office.


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Can’t find your ODU size at the CG Exchange? Here’s what’s going on.
A change in fabric manufacturing processes means many Coast Guard members may experience difficulties finding their operational dress uniform (ODU) size at the CG Exchange (CGX).
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LG sees lower profit as mobile business stays in red, shares slip
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LG Electronics Inc's operating profit likely fell by a smaller-than-expected 19 percent in the first quarter, even as losses in its mobile business and rising competition in the television segment pushed its revenue down to below consensus.
Shares of the South Korean firm trimmed earlier gains after the news and turned down as much as 1.5 percent on Friday, in a broader market that was up 1.2 percent.
The second-biggest TV set maker in the world, after Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, estimated an operating profit of 899.6 billion won ($792.77 million) for the January-March period, versus 1.1 trillion won a year earlier.
Revenue likely fell 1.4 percent to 14.9 trillion won, the South Korean firm said, below a 15.3 trillion won consensus.
LG did not disclose further details of first-quarter operations and will announce full results in late April.
Analysts said LG's longtime loss-generating smartphone business, in the red for seven quarters, and intensifying price competition in the global TV market likely weighed on earnings.
"LG's competitor Samsung recently cut prices for its TV products in a bid to get ahead as Chinese television makers have been rapidly catching up," said Park Sung-soon, an analyst at BNK Securities.
Analysts also have a dim view of LG's smartphone business and expect it to continue generating losses.
LG held a 3 percent share of the global smartphone market in terms of shipment last year, according to a report from market tracker Counterpoint Research. The company plans to release its 5G-enabled smartphone in South Korea later this month.
Mobile carriers in the country, which has one of the world's highest smartphone penetration rates, rolled out the latest wireless technology this week on Samsung's new 5G-enabled handset Galaxy S10.
Samsung flagged earlier on Friday that it was heading for its lowest quarterly profit in more than two years as a glut in memory chips, slowing panel sales and rising competition in smartphones hit margins.
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FDA Stop Unapproved Nitroglycerin. Generic drug makers Konec Inc. and Glenmark Generics Inc. have apparently been marketing unapproved nitroglycerin tablets for years. While the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently ordered both firms to stop doing so, the drug continues to be sold in pharmacies while the Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) order takes effect.
Nitroglycerin tablets are placed under the tongue to reduce chest pain in angina or to stop a heart attack. Taking an ineffective or defective nitroglycerin tablet could cause angina to progress to a heart attack.
Unfortunately, heart patients often have varied responses to nitroglycerin tablets, so it will likely be impossible to determine if any of these pills caused any adverse effects, the New York Times said. The FDA said that it had not examined the quality of the products it was ordering off the market but that it had recorded problems with other unapproved nitroglycerin products in the past.
At least four million prescriptions – close to 80% of all those written
At least four million prescriptions – close to 80% of all those written – were filled last year for nitroglycerin tablets that were not approved by the FDA. Drug makers like Konec and Glenmark have marketed unapproved drugs for years, claiming they were grandfathered in when the FDA was established in 1938. However, the FDA disputes this interpretation. According The New York Times, the agency has recently been cracking down on such drugs.
On March 16, the agency sent warning letters to Konec and Glenmark ordering them to stop producing nitroglycerin tablets within 90 days, although they can continue to ship them for another six months.
The FDA has not asked Konec or Glenmark to recall the unapproved nitroglycerin tablets. According to The New York Times, some major pharmacies, including CVS and Walgreens, plan to continue selling the drugs because the FDA warning letter stipulated that the nitroglycerin could continue to be shipped for another six months.
Nitrostat, made by Pfizer, is the only nitroglycerin pill currently on the market that has FDA approval. Pfizer has stepped up production and expects to be able to meet the entire U.S. demand for nitroglycerin tablets.
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U.S. Marine Link Important for Nova Scotia's Economy
(March 24, 2016) – TIANS is pleased that ferry service has been confirmed from Nova Scotia to the United States with a secured ship operated by Bay Ferries Limited. “This marine link is a critical part of our ability to ensure ease of access into the Province from our most important market,” says Glenn Squires, Chairman of the Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia (TIANS).
“This is welcome news for Nova Scotia’s tourism industry,” says Squires, “the announcement provides the confidence for visitors and tour operators that we will be open for business.”
“TIANS believes that there is tremendous potential to build business with a direct ferry link to the United States, however, the Province will need to ensure there is an integrated marketing plan to leverage Nova Scotia’s investment in the service that will build new business into the province and extend the traditional season,” says Squires.
TIANS is pleased that the Provincial Government is working with an experienced and quality operator and are confident that with a strategic business approach over the next few years we will realize significant results.
“The ferry link is vitally important to Nova Scotia’s economy and should quickly demonstrate a solid return on investment with the appropriate metrics in place. This has the potential to be a significant economic generator for the entire province and TIANS will continue to advocate for a Nova Scotia first approach,” says Darlene Grant Fiander, TIANS President.
TIANS has not been provided any specific details around the operating deal and awaits detailed information that can be shared with the tourism industry.
Working with partner associations and stakeholders, TIANS is committed to representing the best interests of the Industry, enhancing and supporting the development of a competitive business environment, advocating on issues critical to the industry's success, and most importantly, leading Nova Scotia's most promising economic sector.
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Ms. Darlene Grant Fiander, President Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia
2089 Maitland Street, Halifax, NS
Phone: (902) 423-4480


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Coldplay has revealed details of a special album launch show they will perform in London later this month.
The band will celebrate the release of their upcoming album, ‘Music Of The Spheres’, with a one-off performance for fans at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
The concert will take place on October 12. Fans who pre-order the album (which will be released on October 15) from the official Coldplay store before 11:59 p.m. on October 4 (including those who have already done so) will receive a unique code, giving them the chance to purchase tickets to the show.
Tickets cost Â£ 20 plus booking fees, with all profits going to the ClientEarth environmental charity.
Fans who pre-order “Music Of The Spheres” from the official Coldplay UK store will also receive an access code to purchase pre-sale tickets for the band’s upcoming UK tour.
Music Of The Spheres album launch // London Shepherd’s Bush Empire, October 12, 2021 // UK fans who order (or ordered) the album from https://t.co/67HhtIPslf before 11:59 p.m. on October 4 get exclusive access to ticket sales. All tickets are donated to @ClientEarth. pic.twitter.com/eyVJ4TCvK5
– Coldplay (@coldplay) October 1, 2021
Yesterday (September 30), Coldplay and BTS finally released the music video for their new collaboration, “My Universe”.
The joint single was released on September 24 and was co-written by the two groups alongside Swedish hitmaker Max Martin. The song is also the second single to be taken from Coldplay’s âMusic Of The Spheresâ following their comeback song âHigher Powerâ.
Over the past week, the two groups also released a documentary titled In my universe, which tells about the creation of “My Universe”. They also unveiled an acoustic version of the single, as well as a ‘Supernova 7’ remix.
Coldplay performed ‘My Universe’ on the New York stage of Global Citizen Live this weekend. While BTS was not physically present at the concert, the group was presented in the form of holograms against the background while Martin performed in English and Korean.


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If you are still replaying the Sonko interview, chances are that you weekly tech news. It has been an eventful week in the tech world.
As usual, we have compiled a list of top ten weekly tech trends.
For the first time in several weeks, Safaricom was smiling all the way to the Prestige Plaza and back to their Westlands office.
This is after the telecom giant launched FLEX, a product that allows customers to manage their airtime for data, SMS, and calls.
This product will allow Safaricom customers to convert their airtime into FLEX units that can then be allocated to data, SMS, and calls.
The minimum plan costs Ksh. 99 and with this, you get 115 FLEX units valid for 24 hours.
2. M-Akiba Bonds Market
M-Akiba has unlocked the bonds market since you can now invest in bonds with as low as Ksh. 3,000
This investment opportunity was officially launched on 23rd March 2017 and it is expected to attract ordinary Kenyans who had been locked out of this opportunity due to the high minimum investment amount of Kshs. 50,000.
This is great news. Probably one of the best tech news that have happened this week.
3. Tecno Camon CX and CX Air Launched
Tecno finally launched Camon CX and Camon CX Air at an event held at the Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi
This brings to an end speculations and rumors about the handsets’ specs.
Camon CX comes with a 5.5-inch IPS display, Octa-core 1.5GHz, Android Nougat with HiOS, 2GB RAM, and 16MP rear and front cameras.
4. Android O sneak peak
Google has given developers a sneak peak of its next version of OS, Android O.
Android v7.0 is barely weaned yet Google has already conceived Android O.
The new Android platform comes with several improvements such as saving on battery usage, advanced notification controls, adaptive icons, and much more.
This version is set to be released later this year.
5. Kilimall partners with Aramex
Kilimall has partnered with Aramex, the global logistics and transport provider to enhance its delivery network.
The partnership with Aramex brings the total number of delivery partners to four since the e-commerce site already works with Fargo Courier, Posta Kenya, and G4S.
Earlier this year, the company partnered with Safaricom to allow customers to pay for goods and services using Bonga points.
6. Taxify Kenya fare hike
Taxify Kenya has introduced a temporary fare hike in what is seen as an effort to revise its price structure.
This comes barely two months after the company slashed its fare prices by 15%. You will now pay Ksh. Ksh. 32 per kilometer up from Kshs. 50.
The Kshs. 75 base fare and Kshs. 2.3 per minute prices have been maintained. The new fare structure is expected to change beginning April.
This came days after Uber agreed to revise its prices after pressure from its driver partners.
This did not receive a lot of focus but it’s not shocking since we cannot expect Taxify to make explicit public statements on the price hike.
7. Remember Nimbuzz? No?
This used to be a social media network before Whatsapp came and divert all the attention it had received.
This platform is coming back from the dead since the Mara Social Media Company has announced that it will acquire Nimbuzz assets.
At present, it is estimated that the platform has several million users and is compatible with several platforms including Android and iOS.
Mara plans to roll out an improved version of Nimbuzz.
8. My Safaricom App revamped
The My Safaricom App has undergone some changes as it has added M-Pesa to its menu.
Earlier, you could access several self-care services within the app but M-Pesa was not one of them.
You can view your data balance, redeem Bonga points, check your minutes’ balance, airtime top up, among others.
9. Infinix S2 launch date
Infinix Mobile is set to launch Infinix S2 on the 10th March 2017.
This will be Infinix’s next flagship and it is expected to come with impressive specs.
10. Dingah App
The recently launched Dingah app is great news for the car hire industry since it will connect car hire providers and drivers to potential customers via their smartphones.
The app can be accessed via Play Store.
That’s it for tech news this week. Do have a lovely week.


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Yahoo acquires video ad platform BrightRoll for $640 million
- 12 November, 2014 10:47
In 2012, Yahoo accidentally leaked the private key that was used to digitally sign its new Axis extension for search and browsing for Google Chrome. Security blogger Nik Cubrilovic discovered the package included the private crypto key used by Yahoo to sign the extension, noting it offered a malicious attacker the ability "to create a forged extension that Chrome will authenticate as being from Yahoo." Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after that. In another unrelated incident for Yahoo, the company acknowledged that about 450,000 unencrypted passwords and user names were stolen from its Contributor Network, taken by a group calling itself D33Ds Company.
Yahoo is acquiring the video advertising platform BrightRoll for $640 million, in a move that could help to offset declines in its traditional display ad business.
Yahoo already runs video ads on properties like Yahoo Screen, but BrightRoll's system gives marketers a way to buy ads in real time across thousands of websites and mobile apps.
"Online video advertising is increasingly fragmented across thousands, if not millions, of sites and mobile apps," the companies said. Advertisers want ways to buy video ads at scale and across many sites in fewer, simpler transactions.
The deal is expected to close by March and will make Yahoo's video advertising platform the largest in the U.S., they said.
Yahoo has struggled to grow its ad business and compete better against Google and Facebook. It may have made some progress lately, reporting in its earnings call last month that its native ads are doing well on mobile.
It's been struggling in the area of traditional display ads on the desktop, however. But it contended Tuesday that video ads are the new display advertising.
"Video is display 2.0," CEO Marissa Mayer said in a post on Tumblr.
"Its what brand advertisers love. Its a format that elegantly and easily transitions from broadcast television to PC to mobile and even to wearables," she said. "This is why video is a key part of our strategy."
It can also replace the branded banner ad, according to Mayer.
Digital video advertising is increasing at "an eye-popping rate," eMarketer said recently, although spending on TV ads still outpaces it.
BrightRoll's revenues are expected to exceed $100 million this year, Yahoo said. The company expects to retain its team of roughly 400 employees.


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Apple hates competition and is taking a very controversial approach to get rid of it.
Many parents who control the use of smartphones by their children, but also a large number of people who care about the hygiene of their lives, use applications that measure the time spent with these devices. These tools give you a precise insight into how you use your smartphone and how much time you spend on each activity. Such applications are available both for Android and iOS smartphones. For some reason, Apple has decided to fight them.
This reason is most likely money…
With the update of iOS to version 12, Apple has introduced a feature to keep track of your activity. It allows you to see how long you’ve been using Facebook, how much life you’ve lost on Netflix, YouTube, and so on. Since then, Apple has been gradually removing apps that offer similar features from its app store, allegedly under the guise of not meeting the conditions for their existence in the App Store.
The New York Times reports that Apple has banned as many as 11 of the 17 most popular parental control apps and tools to combat its smartphone addiction. Tammy Levine of Apple said, “Apple treats all apps the same way, even when they compete with Apple’s apps. But it’s hard to believe.
Apple is praised by brand lovers for taking care of all apps that appear on the App Store. None of them can appear in the store unless they are verified and accepted. In a word: Apple representatives accepted hundreds of versions of a dozen or so banned apps before suddenly they decided to get rid of them…. and this happened, of course, when Apple launched its own alternative with similar features.
One of the most popular applications removed from the App Store is Freedom. The number of downloads was counted in millions and Freedom CEO, Fred Stutzman does not hide his indignation about Apple’s actions. He believes that Apple does not want to help people fight their addiction and the company should not be trusted to observe its actions in the field of banning alternatives to its own solutions.
The Times reports that the developers of the applications Kidslox and Qustodio have filed a complaint to the European Union authorities, pointing to an act of unfair competition. Let us hope that the authors of the other tools follow the same path.


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Net income reached US$97.6 million, an increase of 59% from 2008.
The year’s revenue totalled US$845.1m, which is an increase of 1.6% on last year’s results. EBIT also increased by 35.4% from US$100.0m to US$135.4m.
Trina Solar says the increases are due to a fall in the cost of silicon purchase prices and reductions in non-silicon manufacturing cost per watt in 2009.
Jifan Gao, Chairman and CEO says: "Our increased brand recognition and ongoing commitment to improving customer support in key areas resulted in the near doubling of our shipment volumes and a year-on-year revenue increase in 2009.”
In 2010, Trina Solar intends to continue its work in cutting costs in non-silicon manufacturing by improving technology and the manufacturing process. Along with cutting costs the company will focus on meeting current demand by expanding its annual production capacity to between 850 MW and 950 MW.
Trina Solar also predicts total solar PV module shipments to reach 750-800 MW in 2010.
Share price down 3.6%
By 16.30 GMT on 24 February, the Trina Solar share price had fallen 3.6% to US$22.82 from an opening price of US$23.70.


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If you’re wondering whether electric cars are worth it, it helps to have all the facts in front of you before making a decision.
Below we look at electric car benefits, and how much money you can save with an electric car, so you’ll be better informed when deciding if making the switch is right for you.
‘Going electric’ meant something a little different in the sixties.
While the ever-developing vehicle industry may be akin to a rolling stone, gathering no moss, these days it’s the switch to electric vehicles that is at the centre of much cultural and social debate.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are no longer a new phenomenon.
With around one million electric car drivers and fleets on the roads in the UK, people across the country are turning to EVs rather than petrol or diesel cars.
But as they become increasingly popular and present, the question remains: how much money could you actually save with an electric car?
The current electric vehicle market in the UK
There’s no denying the rising popularity of EVs in the UK. Far from a fad, the trajectory of the EV market in recent years indicates that more and more people are buying into the idea of going electric.
According to Statista, new EV sales more than doubled between 2020 and 2021, despite the widespread challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
This increased demand has been met with more widespread production of EVs.
Globally, there is far greater choice between makes and models of EVs even compared to pre-pandemic production, with some of the world’s most well-known manufacturers expanding their range to include EVs as part of their catalogue.
How much does an electric car cost?
Since they hit the market, EVs have had higher barriers to entry than petrol or diesel cars.
But with such a significant increase in the production of various makes and models in recent years, it’s never been more affordable to make the switch from petrol or diesel to electric.
Arguably, the fundamental appeal of EVs is that the upfront cost is made up over the long term due to the lower running costs.
This is why even when choice was limited, consumers began migrating towards electric cars. Now though, there is a huge range of options, from affordable to high-end.
A recent Electric Car Cost Index from LV=General Insurance found that entry-level cars from manufacturers like Fiat and Volkswagen are available for around £26,000, while more expensive models from the likes of Tesla and Hyundai were upwards of £40,000.
What are the financial options when switching to an electric car?
There are plenty of alternative options to simply buying an electric car outright.
If you’ve got it in mind that an EV is a good option due to the long-term savings you might enjoy, then you can research the range of financing options available.
Leasing – While leasing, or personal contract hire (PCH), means you don’t get to keep your car at the end of the contract, you’re getting the day-to-day benefits of an EV’s low-cost running. However, there are often leasing limitations that you should research, such as a limit on annual mileage
Salary sacrifice – More companies are now offering a salary sacrifice scheme for employees. It offers similar tax benefits to pensions or cycle-to-work schemes and is an affordable way to pay monthly for an EV — often with the added bonus of insurance, maintenance deals and breakdown assistance all in the same place
Hire purchase/personal contract purchase – Both of these options allow drivers to pay a combination of deposits and instalments over a certain period, after which they will own the car outright. This model can fit around your finances, since the length of the contract will depend on the size of the initial deposit, so you can make it work for you
Electric v petrol and diesel
One of the primary benefits that EVs have over petrol and diesel cars is that they are more affordable to run over the long term.
So, if you are thinking of your next car purchase as a long-term investment, it could make financial sense for you to consider switching to an EV.
Charging up an EV is a cheaper option compared to refuelling a petrol or diesel car, meaning the benefits can be as clear cut as cost-per-mile.
The recent fluctuations in petrol prices due to macroeconomic issues like the Russia-Ukraine conflict have laid bare the volatility of the oil market, and those that don’t drive EVs are at its mercy.
But it’s also true that EVs are cheaper to maintain. With fewer moving parts compared to that of a vehicle with a combustion engine, there is less chance of high-cost repairs on electric cars.
And with an increasing number of spots across the UK implementing clean air zones, older petrol and diesel cars are subject to high fees due to the emissions they produce — while EVs remain exempt.
What are the benefits of an electric car?
The numerous financial and environmental benefits of electric cars mean they’re set to continue growing in popularity as they become more financially accessible to drivers.
Their low emissions mean they are far better for the environment than petrol and diesel cars.
Plus, the lower costs to run an EV — from charging to maintenance — mean that buyers can recuperate some of the money they have spent on the vehicle over the long term, compared to non-electric cars.
And with demand for EVs remaining high, their resale value is another benefit; depreciating in value less than petrol and diesel cars means you can get more of your money back if you’re looking to sell up.
Is buying an electric car worth it?
It’s not totally plain sailing with EVs. Yes, they’re getting more affordable, and yes, they are cheaper to run over the long term than petrol or diesel cars.
But there are some factors to consider before making the switch. For one thing, the UK government has recently announced that as of April 2025, owners of electric cars will no longer be exempt from paying road tax.
Removing one of the financial incentives from the purchase of EVs in the UK may well reduce their appeal for drivers in years to come — so this is something to consider if you’re on the fence.
Buyers should also consider how they use their car. Distance is a big factor in EV usage. If you’re going to be travelling long distances regularly, remember that the range of EVs can vary massively.
This is something that has improved in recent years, with some electric cars now able to go hundreds of miles without recharging.
That said, if you’re sold on EVs, buying the right model is key. Some will work for you as a short-distance runabout, since their ranges are shorter, while more expensive models will prove better if you’re going to be hitting the motorway regularly.
Ultimately, there is such a huge range of electric cars out there that you can choose one that best suits your lifestyle.
There’s no doubt that the appeal of long-term savings remains with EVs — just make sure you shop around before landing on the right one for you.
Like all big financial decisions, buying a new car can be challenging.
Let us match you with your perfect financial adviser, so you can make the most of expert financial guidance on the things that matter.


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For global coffee market, consumption is expected to rise by 3.3% to 170.3 million bags (60 kg/bag) in the 2022-2023 harvest, rising from 164.9 million bags in the 2020-2021 crop. Thus, consumption is predicted to exceed supply by 3.1 million bags.
Production report of the coffee market in November 2022
The International Coffee Organization (ICO) anticipates global coffee production for the crop year 2022-2023 at 167.2 million bags, a 2.1% decrease from 170.8 million bags in the previous crop year. In the 2022-2023 harvest, global coffee consumption is expected to rise by 3.3% to 170.3 million (60 kg/bag), up from 164.9 million bags in the 2020-2021 crop. As a result, consumption is predicted to exceed supply by 3.1 million bags.
- Honduras: The coffee industry is still struggling with leaf rust, and production in Guatemala is declining owing to the harsh environment and manpower scarcity.
- Colombia: Coffee production is expected to fall by 12% as a result of the La Nia phenomenon, which causes more rain, affecting the country’s coffee crops.
- Brazil: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently adjusted Brazil’s production by 2.6% to 62.6 million bags.
Consumption report of the coffee market in November 2022
According to the International Coffee Organization, worldwide coffee exports in October, the first month of the crop year 2022-2023, totaled just 9.7 million bags (60 kg/bag), a 1.9% decrease from the same period last year.
- Green coffee bean accounts for 88% of export volume at approximately 8.5 million bags, a 2.5% decrease from the previous year. This reduction was observed throughout all coffee groups, but the Brazilian arabica group, on the other hand, began the current crop year with a very positive outlook, increasing by 0.5% over the same period last year and recording an increase for the third consecutive month, reaching 3.4 million bags.
Robusta was the coffee category that saw the highest decrease in the first month of the 2022-2023 crop year, with a 4.8% decrease to 2.8 million bags. All major Robusta exporters decreased in October, with the exception of India and Indonesia, with Uganda down 6% and Vietnam down 19.5%.
- In contrast to green coffee, global instant coffee exports increased by 10.9% year on year in October to 1.2 million bags. Instant coffee currently accounts for 9.5% of total global coffee exports, up from 8.9% in the same period last year.
Brazil, the world’s top supplier of instant coffee, exported 291,345 bags to the international market in October, a 6.2% decrease year on year. However, the export volume of instant coffee from India and Indonesia increased by 25% and 33.7%, respectively, reaching 180,000 bags and 397,805 bags.
- Roasted Coffee: Exports of roasted coffee declined by 18% last month, to 61,226 bags, from 74,697 bags in the same period last year. Except for Asia, exports declined in the most of areas.
South America: Coffee exports declined by 0.2% in October compared to the same period last year, reaching over 5 million bags.
Asia and Oceania: This region’s exports climbed by 10,000 bags to 3.2 million bags. However, regional exports showed mixed results, with India and Indonesia increasing by 15.1% and 34.5%, respectively, to 0.5 million and 1.1 million bags, while Vietnam decreased by 19.5% to 1.4 million bags.
Africa: Coffee exports were 1.1 million bags in October, a 2.4% decrease year on year.
Central America and Mexico had the greatest decrease in October, with a 14.6% year-on-year drop to 0.5 million bags.
Price movement of coffee
In November, the global composite coffee price index fell 12.3% month on month to an average of 156.8 US cents/lb, the lowest level since August 2021. The price varied from 151.4 to 164.2 US cents/lb.
According to the Import-Export Department, global coffee prices continued to fall in November. Consumption demand has fallen due to concerns about an economic recession, which has resulted from major central banks raising interest rates to control inflation.
This puts pressure on consumers, causing them to cut back on non-essential purchases. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts global growth of 3.2% in 2022, with the world’s two largest coffee-consuming markets, the United States and Europe, falling into recession. Concerns of an economic recession as a result of major banks raising interest rates to control inflation.
Coffee market forecast
According to the Import-Export Department, the global coffee market would remain under pressure due to abundant supply and slow demand.
According to the published data, the US GDP increased by 2.6% in the third quarter compared to the previous quarter. This will support the Federal Reserve (Fed) in maintaining to boost interest rates. Many largest central banks in the world will announce their final policy decisions of the year in December, bringing an end to a period of aggressive interest rate hikes to fight inflation.
On December 14, the Fed raised the policy rate by 0.5 percentage points, raising it from 4% to 4.5%, the highest level since 2007. Interest rates are predicted to remain high through 2023 and only begin to fall in 2024.
The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE) are expected to follow suit with an increase of 0.5 percentage point. Borrowing costs might also be higher in Switzerland, Norway, Mexico, Colombia, and the Philippines.
With a series of signs indicating that interest rates will continue to rise, we predict that coffee prices will stay under pressure in the near future as purchasing power is impacted by limited credit. However, the market has also shown positive signals. When the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reduced the production of many major producing-coffee nations in the crop years 2022-2023 due to severe weather, funds and speculators returned to purchase.
Please see the article to learn more about coffee market: Basic Information & Forecast The Coffee Market In 2023


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True paradigm shifts are only visible in hindsight. You won’t know it was the-day-everything-changed on that day itself, and, of course, it’s harder to capitalize on the moment when that moment has already passed...
As more consumers look to connect with the people and stories behind the products they buy, a new logo finds traction.
A new USDA report shows—shocker!—avocado consumption is rising. But just how much we rely on foreign imports for this popular fruit is surprising.
Inspired tea and herbal tisane products invigorate the category.
For people who don't eat enough fish (and we know most Americans don't), here's what to do.
Using only one particular kind of banana can sometimes cause sourcing challenges, but it allows this brand to stand out in the snack aisle.
We trolled the Expo West and Engredea show floors in Anaheim to see what was on the mind of show attendees.
After finding success in the juice aisle, Forager forayed into snacks, and is now adding on to its original line of chips made from juice pulp.
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Communities look to their independent retailer for new products (and much more!). Find something new for your store by checking out these 24 new SKUs from the May/June issue of Natural Foods Merchandiser.


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JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) – Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) officially opens the Retail Government Bonds (ORI15) with indicative coupon rate 8.25 percent with tenor of three years, said the government official on Thursday (04/10). The offering period will take place starting today until Oct. 25, 2018.
Director General of Financing and Risk Management for MoF, Lucky Alfirman, said so far the government had issued retail bond Rp17.7 trillion (US$1.22 billion). “In line with the efforts to deepen the domestic financial market, the government is indeed trying to expand the domestic investor base,” he said at the Indonesia Stock Exchange Building.
Some of these efforts, he continued, include increasing the frequency of retail bond issuance compared to the previous year. In 2018, he said, the government issued five retail bond instruments namely the Retail Sukuk (SR010 series), Savings Bond Retail (SBR003 and SBR004 series), Retail Government Bonds (ORI15), and Sukuk Savings (ST002) which are scheduled to be published in November.
“This can simultaneously improve the stability of the domestic government bond market, in addition to securing the financing of the State Budget,” said Affirman.
He reminded, before making an ORI015 purchase order, prospective investors should first understand the information memorandum released today. Information can be accessed through www.kemenkeu.go.id/ori.
Furthermore, Affirman said, in the sale of this latest instrument, the government took 17 distribution partners. It consists of 15 banks and two securities companies, including PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (IDX: BBCA), PT Bank CIMB Niaga Tbk (IDX: CIMB), PT Bank Mandiri Tbk (IDX: BMRI), PT Bank Danamon Tbk (BDMN), as well as PT Bahana Securities.
Please note, ORI015 is a script-less state bond. That means, can be traded on the secondary market and only between domestic investors referring to the third digit of the Single Investor Identification Single Number.
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The Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA), Chicago metropolitan area's new-car dealer association, presented the fifth annual Spirit of Carol Cooling Scholarship - a $1,000 grant - to John Hersey High School graduating senior Lucas Philip during an in-school presentation.
For the 13th consecutive year, consumer voters selected their favorites in five categories in the Chicago Auto Show's “Best of Show” balloting.
The Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA), producer of the Chicago Auto Show, partnered with Loyola University Chicago to host a collegiate video contest.
The interactive media company 360° Revo, in conjunction with the Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA), have produced an interactive tour of the 2018 Chicago Auto Show for car enthusiasts worldwide to experience.
The Chicago Auto Show, in partnership with Telemundo, is gearing up for its annual Hispanic Heritage Day on Friday Feb. 16.
The Chicago Auto Show, the nation’s largest, is ramping up for its closing weekend which runs Friday, Feb. 16 – Monday, Feb. 19 (Presidents Day).
Chicago Auto Show organizers are wrapping the 110th edition of the show with the return of Family Day on Monday, Feb. 19.
In recognition of the growing purchasing power and expanding role of women in automotive, show organizers, manufacturers and exhibitors will coordinate a full day of special events and programming for the Chicago Auto Show’s annual Women’s Day on Tuesday, Feb. 13
First Look for Charity, the cornerstone fundraiser of the Chicago Auto Show, raised more than $2.8 million for 18 local nonprofit organizations.
Automakers, manufacturers and enthusiasts from around the world are revving up for the 2018 Chicago Auto Show.


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Compounding firm Kraiburg TPE GmbH & Co. KG has brought new recycled-content and super-soft thermoplastic elastomers to market in 2021.
A new product line for exterior automotive applications contains a high percentage of post-industrial recycled material is aimed at European automakers, officials with Kraiburg in Waldkraiburg, Germany, said in a recent news release. With at least 20 percent post-industrial recycled content, the compounds meet OEMs' high requirements and contribute to a circular plastics economy, they added.
The new materials are available in black and are targeted to meet high requirements for automotive exteriors, such as weathering resistance and high surface quality, using 20-40 percent recycled content. Officials said these product solutions will enable suppliers to replace current components with recycled materials-based TPEs.
"To take the first steps towards a more sustainable automobile, the plastics industry needs to not only think about moving towards the circular economy but also has to take action," Matthias Michl, automotive application development head, said in the release.
"We want to proceed toward sustainable applications together with our customers," he added.
Kraiburg's Next Generation-brand super-soft TPEs have been adapted to new applications and requirements, based on customer suggestions and practical experience, officials said.
They added that there's strong demand for very soft, tough and durable materials in applications ranging from orthopedic appliances and bicycle equipment through lids for cosmetics.
All three compounds of the Next Generation super-soft TPEs are therefore being combined under the new brand name Thermolast S. Officials said the extremely soft TPEs have "a pleasant, soft surface" similar to human skin
The materials can be processed by injection molding and 3D printing, playing to their strengths in both processes. Their good skin compatibility makes them suitable for paramedical applications such as orthopedic appliances.
The three Next Generation super-soft TPEs are available in a translucent version as standard, and transparent compounds. They also can be individually custom-colored on request.