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Per the terms of the deal, Ye and Parler plan to enter into a definitive purchase agreement.
Popular American rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, has agreed in principle to buy the alt-tech social media service Parler. Ye made moves to purchase the free speech platform after his Twitter and Instagram accounts were locked last week. Both social media platforms locked the accounts after Ye posted anti-Semitic messages. Now, the superstar rapper is buying the conservative social media platform, which describes itself as a “free speech” alternative to mainstream platforms like Twitter.
Parler was at the center of a controversy last year due to its role during the violence against the Capitol building. As a result of this, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), and more tech companies blacklisted the service. However, Google reinstated the app on its Play Store in September. The tech giant claimed that Parler made changes to its content moderation policies.
With his Instagram and Twitter accounts locked, Ye says as he agrees to buy Parler:
“In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves.”
Ye Agrees in Principle to Buy Parler
According to the announcement, the proposed acquisition means Parley has a future to create a non-cancelable ecosystem free for all voices. The CEO of Parliament Technologies, Parler’s parent company, was excited to welcome Ye. While speaking, George Farmer acknowledged the rapper as an advocate for free speech. In his opinion, the new deal between Ye and Parler will impact the world and change perceptions about free speech. He continued:
“Ye is making a groundbreaking move into the free speech media space and will never have to fear being removed from social media again. Once again, Ye proved that he is one step ahead of the legacy media narrative. Parliament will be honored to help him achieve his goals.”
Per the terms of the deal, Ye and Parler plan to enter into a definitive purchase agreement. The parties also expect the deal to close before the end of this year’s fourth quarter. Under the proposed transaction terms, Parliament will offer technical support and the use of private cloud services through Parliament’s private cloud and data center infrastructure.
Ye confirmed to Bloomberg News that Twitter and Instagram’s actions against him prompted him to buy Parler. The American rapper did not reveal the financial details of the deal. Ye is one of the world’s best-selling music artists, with more than 160 million records sold. With a successful career, a thriving Yeezy sneakers brand, and partnerships, his net worth is reportedly about $2 billion. However, his collaboration with Gap is over. Similarly, Adidas is reviewing its business relationship with the songwriter. JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) has also ended its partnership with Ye.


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A recent study by a motoring society has revealed that Britain's automotive manufacturing sector saw a turnover rise in 2010.
New figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) experienced a 20% increase in turnover to £49 billion last year.
Before the recession period, the number of vehicles produced in the UK rose 27.8% to volumes.
The year 2010 witnessed a 31% increase in the export of vehicles, while the industry also reduced the amount of energy used in manufacturing. For every vehicle built, there was a 10.5% reduction in CO2 emissions.
According to the figures, in 2010 there was 9% increase in the number of new apprenticeships in the sector.
SMMT chief executive Paul Everitt said: "We are making significant steps towards creating a globally competitive UK automotive sector, while keeping an eye on improving our environmental credentials to ensure a strong, long-term future for the industry.
"Manufacturing is vital to a rebalanced economy and cleaner, greener processes will support the transition to a low-carbon future."
He went on: "Automotive continues to attract major international investment, create high-value jobs and cut its environmental impact but the UK must continue to compete on a global platform to secure future growth."
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The London-listed firm said system sales, which include sales from its own and franchised stores, rose 76.5% to 4.21 billion Turkish lira ($223.82 million). Adjusted for hyperinflation in Turkey, sales grew 13.1%.
DP said the growth was achieved due to network expansion and strategic pricing, as well as high demand from its coffee shop chain.
The company added that it was still evaluating its presence in Russia and had closed 29 stores in the country in 2022, bringing the number of outlets to 159 as of 31 December.
DP said in late December it was considering options for its Russian operations, including a divestment.
While many western companies, including McDonald's, pulled out of Russia after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine began last February, DP Eurasia said in April it planned to stay, but would limit investment there.
DP opened 48 new stores in Turkey in 2022, ahead of its previously guided range of 30-40.
It said it anticipates its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for 2022 to come ahead of current market expectations.


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From January to June, Hainan received 18.52 million domestic tourists, up 11.8% from the same period of last year. The number of overseas tourists to Hainan was 350,600, down 13.7% year-on-year.
Hainan’s total tourism revenue in the first half of the year totaled 21 billion yuan, up 14.3% year-on-year, according to the tourism commission.
In the first half of the year, major tourist cities and counties worked on developing a new batch of quality tourism attractions including the Sanya Romance Show, Haikou Mission Hills Huayi Brothers Fengxiaogang Movie Theme Town and Wanning’s Outlets Shopping Center to help diversify its tourism economy.


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The San Francisco 49ers' new Santa Clara stadium may be under construction for National Football League games, but according to CBS sports, the $1.2 billion venue will also host a post-season college bowl game in 2014.
The team will also hold a press conference at 2 p.m. Tuesday to announce this “first non-NFL event” at the new stadium.
Stadium officials are wasting no time booking events at the new stadium. The 68,500-seat venue should open during the fall of 2014 for the NFL season.
This year's Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl is scheduled for Dec. 29 at AT&T Park.
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Kohl’s will close one free-standing and two mall stores in metro Atlanta as part of a belt-tightening effort by the retailer to prune underperforming locations.
The stores at 2342 Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell and at Northlake Mall, 4820 Briarcliff Road, will close June 19, the retailer announced Thursday. The Stonecrest Mall location, 2929 Turner Hill Road in Lithonia, will close Nov. 1.
Kohl’s said it is closing 18 stores nationwide, representing less than 1 percent of total sales. The company said its decision to give certain locations the axe included a comprehensive review of all markets, rent and expenses in the area and the customer base.
Kohl’s closure of the 18 stores this year is a shift away from its aggressive expansion of stores in recent years across the country.
Workers at the closing stores will be eligible for transfer to other locations or severance packages if the decline to move, the company said. Kohl’s said its stores employ about 80 to 100 workers on average.


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Seth Goldberg, a partner and team leader at Philadelphia-based law firm Duane Morris‘ cannabis department, said PA’s program has remained stable during its three years of operation. He added that the state’s marijuana department has “worked out the administrative program kinks” to create a smooth-running program.
Goldberg highlighted achievements, including over 400,000 registered MMJ patients and soaring tax revenue, both of which help boost public support for the program.</blockquote?
Given the billions of dollars of revenues, including tax dollars, generated by the industry, which are generated by cannabis companies and companies that provide services to the industry, cannabis banking is truly a public concern. The very laws that seek to create transparency as to the public fisc, such as the Bank Secrecy Act, have forced cannabis to be a cash business, which means not all of the cannabis dollars may be accounted for as in other industries, thereby undermining the objectives of those laws. The SAFE Banking Act would resolve those concerns by allowing core and ancillary companies to utilize all of the electronic banking, checking, payroll, and accounting functionality that businesses in all other industries enjoy. There is no question the passage of this legislation would provide a game-changing boost to the cannabis space.
Earlier this week (March 18, 2021), U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (R-KY), Bob Menendez (D – NJ) and Rand Paul (R – KY) introduced a law, the Clarifying Law Around Insurance of Marijuana Act of 2021 (the “CLAIM Act“) to enable access to insurance coverage for cannabis businesses.
Named the “Clarifying Law Around Insurance of Marijuana Act of 2021“, the bill is intended to ease federal restrictions around insuring businesses related to cannabis growth, processing and dispensing.
Per NJ BIZ, 44 states have enacted some type of legal cannabis – whether medical, recreational or both. This past election season saw voters in New Jersey, Arizona, Montana, Mississippi and South Dakota approve legal adult use cannabis; and last month, New Jersey enacted legislation to officially legalize and regulate adult use cannabis.
The goal of the CLAIM Act according to Senator Paul is to stop legitimate businesses from being shut out from obtaining basic business protections.
Insurance Products – Under the proposed CLAIM Act, cannabis businesses would be permitted full and legal access to insurance products such as worker’s compensation, property, casualty and title insurance. Currently, state-authorized cannabis businesses are often denied access to the insurance market because the businesses could be prosecuted or face penalties under the Controlled Substances Act (a federal law).
Policy Limitations – Under the proposed CLAIM Act, insurers couldn’t be penalized or discouraged from providing coverage to a state-sanctioned and regulated cannabis business or ancillary business; and policies could not be limited solely because the insurer engaged with a cannabis-related business.
Supervisory Actions – Under the proposed CLAIM Act, according to NJ Biz, the federal government wouldn’t be able to take any adverse or corrective supervisory action on a policy to an owner or operator of a cannabis-related business or real estate or equipment that is leased to a cannabis-related business, solely because the owner or operator is engaged with cannabis or cannabis-related business.
The CLAIM Act represents a big step for cannabis related and ancillary businesses and would enable them to more easily access insurance related products that up until this point have been denied to them.
Duane Morris has an over 62 person Cannabis Practice Group that focuses on regulatory licensing, funds creation and raising, structuring, real estate related lease and ownership issues and intellectual property matters in the Cannabis arena.
If you have questions regarding the above post, please do not hesitate to contact Brad A. Molotsky, Tracy Gallegos, Christiane Schuman Campbell, Paul Josephson or Seth Goldberg or any other attorney you regularly contact at the firm.
Senators Dan Laughlin (R) and Sharif Street (D) are introducing legislation that would legalize marijuana for adult recreational use in Pennsylvania. This is the first time a republican senator has backed such a bill. The proposed legislation will attempt to generate revenue for the commonwealth and to promote social equity by way of increasing the number of licenses to operate, imposing a 6% sales tax, and imposing a 10% excise tax that would go toward a Cannabis Business Development Fund to provide aid, grants, and technical assistance to businesses and individuals in areas that have been disproportionately impacted by criminal prosecution for cannabis violations. Expungement of cannabis crimes would also be available.
Laughlin’s pragmatic views may encourage his republican colleagues in PA’s legislature to join him. As Laughlin stated during a press conference: “Our proposal prioritizes safety and social equity. And furthermore, it will let Pennsylvania’s robust agricultural industry participate in marijuana cultivation.” And both Laughlin and Street encouraged PA legislators to keep pace with lawmakers in New Jersey and New York, stating in their co-sponsorship memo: “This year our neighbors in New Jersey have signed adult use marijuana into law and our neighbors in New York are likely to legalize. It is our duty to taxpayers to seize the initiative and legalize marijuana concurrently with bordering states. Failure to do so risks permanently ceding hundreds of millions of dollars of new tax revenue as well as thousands of jobs at a time when taxpayers can least afford it.”
Earlier today, February 22, 2021, NJ Governor Murphy signed legislation to create an adult use/recreational marijuana marketplace, decriminalize cannabis and loosen certain penalties for underage possession of the drug and alcohol. NJ joins 13 other states (and the District of Columbia) which have legalized adult use marijuana including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington and Washington, D. C.
The Assembly and Senate passed a compromise bill to address most of Governor’s concerns that had held up the signing of the Bills – these areas mostly focused on easing penalties on underage possession of both alcohol and marijuana.
Under the law, NJ adults may legally purchase and possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana; retail sales will be taxed with 70% of such revenue being dedicated to lower income communities; a Cannabis Regulatory Commission will be established and oversee licensing; NJ will allocate 37 new grower licenses over the next 2 years; and currently licensed medical cannabis retail operations will be eligible to sell adult use cannabis.
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In connection with a crackdown on CBD manufacturers pursuant to its “Operation CBDeceit,” the FTC announced today settlements with six CBD-infused product manufacturers who, according to the FTC, allegedly made a “wide range of scientifically unsupported claims about their ability to treat serious health conditions, including cancer, heart disease, hypertension, Alzheimer’s disease, and others.” Under the settlements of the respective Complaints against them, each of the manufacturers will be required to pay a fine, and cease making “unsupported health claims” in connection with the marketing of their products.
In issuing its press release today the FTC attached the Consent Agreement and the FTC’s findings of violations of the FTC Act, which are set forth in a draft Complaint. These documents illustrate the FTC’s procedures in actions like these, and highlight the FTC’s concerns regarding allegedly misleading representations about CBD-containing products in violation of the FTC Act. Specifically, the FTC views health claims in connection with marketing such products to be misleading unless they “rely upon competent and reliable scientific evidence that is sufficient in quality and quantity based on standards generally accepted by experts in the relevant disease, condition, or function to which the representation relates, when considered in light of the entire body of relevant and reliable scientific evidence, to substantiate that the representation is true.”
Significantly, the FTC has not required the settling manufacturers to remove their products from the shelves and to cease selling them. They must, however, remove any unsupported health claims. Moreover, it would not be surprising if the announcement of these settlements spawns consumer fraud litigation against the manufacturers, which is often a much more serious concern to the business.
It is unclear how “Operation CBDeceit” will be implemented when the Biden administration takes over. For now, however, CBD manufacturers should continue to be mindful of their packaging, labeling and other marketing materials.
Today, the House of Representatives passed the groundbreaking MORE Act – legalizing marijuana at the federal level. The bill passed by a vote of 228 to 164.
As we previously discussed in our November 10th and September 4th blog posts, the MORE Act (Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 – H.R. 3884) legalizes marijuana and cannabis at the federal level, by removing them from the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates some cannabis criminal records.
While the bill represents a first step toward legalizing cannabis, states would need to adopt similar measures to fully decriminalize its use – currently, 15 states and the District of Columbia have legalized (or recently voted to legalize) cannabis for adult recreational use, and 35 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical cannabis.
The bill also makes other changes, including:
Replaces statutory references to marijuana and marihuana with cannabis,
Requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to regularly publish demographic data on cannabis business owners and employees,
Establishes a trust fund to support various programs and services for individuals and businesses in communities impacted by the war on drugs,
Imposes a 5% tax on cannabis products and requires revenues to be deposited into the trust fund,
Makes Small Business Administration loans and services available to entities that are cannabis-related legitimate businesses or service providers,
Prohibits the denial of federal public benefits to a person on the basis of certain cannabis-related conduct or convictions,
Prohibits the denial of benefits and protections under immigration laws on the basis of a cannabis-related event (e.g., conduct or a conviction), and
Establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings related to federal cannabis offenses.
While Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), the Vice President-Elect, introduced a counterpart bill (S.2227) in the U.S. Senate, its passage in the chamber is unlikely this Congress as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has declined to endorse the bill.
While this legislation is unlikely to pass the Senate this Congress, proponents of cannabis legalization have hailed the House vote as historic, and an important first step toward generating the momentum and support needed to favorably position the measure for future congressional consideration. And whether the measure would be approved by the next Congress likely depends on the outcome of the two Georgia Senate runoff elections scheduled for January 5, 2021. If both Democratic Senate candidates, Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, win the runoffs, then the Democrats will control both the House and Senate, with Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.
However, it is unclear if President-Elect Joe Biden would sign the bill since he has proposed rescheduling cannabis as a schedule II drug so researchers can study its positive and negative impacts as opposed to removing it entirely from the list of scheduled substances. While Biden has expressed support for decriminalization of marijuana, expungement of prior cannabis use convictions, and legalizing cannabis use for medical purposes – he has said he wants to leave decisions regarding adult recreational use to the individual states. Nonetheless, marijuana legalization advocates believe this symbolic vote on the legislation could send a strong signal to the Biden administration that this is a Democratic priority.
Even though federal legalization may not be on the immediate horizon, the passage of the MORE Act in the House, and the legalization of adult-use and/or medical marijuana in five more states on November 3, 2020, could influence a Biden-appointed attorney general’s views on enforcement of marijuana related activities. While AG Sessions attempted to reverse the liberal Obama administration marijuana policies set forth in the Cole Memorandum, and AG Barr has reluctantly acknowledged that the Cole priorities have been relied on and should thus be followed, an AG appointed by Biden, given the current pro-legalization wave, Biden’s favoring of state’s rights on this issue, and Kamala Harris’s favoring of decriminalization, might endorse an approach consistent with, if not even more liberal than, the Cole priorities. Thus, while the appointment of AG Sessions sent shockwaves through the cannabis industry, market participants and those who have been standing on the sidelines eager to get on the field seem to have a lot to look forward to.
Voters in the five states where the legalization of marijuana was on the ballot voted in favor.
In the populous states of New Jersey and Arizona, voters legalized marijuana for recreational use by adults over the age of 21. Given New Jersey’s proximity to New York and Pennsylvania, where medical marijuana programs have been popular, legalization in New Jersey could have a domino effect in the northeast, especially considering the tax revenue that will be gained by New Jersey from New York and Pennsylvania residents who travel there every day for work, the Jersey shore and casinos, and other reasons.
Voters in South Dakota and Montana also voted to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes, South Dakota voters also approved medical marijuana, and voters in Mississippi voted to legalize marijuana for medical purposes to treat 22 qualifying health conditions.
Seth Goldberg, Duane Morris partner and team lead of the Cannabis Industry Group, is quoted in the Philadelphia magazine article, “If Pennsylvania Is Going to Legalize Adult-Use Marijuana, This Is How It Should Be Done.”
Use the State’s Existing Supply Chain
“There is a supply chain that is already intact and could likely be expanded very quickly to allow for a recreational marijuana program to be implemented without too much challenge,” said Mr. Goldberg.
“You have growers and processors who can expand their production, labs who could expand their testing, dispensaries who could expand their sales, fairly quickly, to provide adult-use marijuana to Pennsylvanians. This is a very good framework to be utilized in a way that could get this done quickly and efficiently if people wanted to.” […]
Be Mindful of How Marijuana Is Taxed
Currently, marijuana growers and processors in Pennsylvania are taxed five percent on the gross receipts received from the sale of medical marijuana to a dispensary. But there is no sales tax on marijuana, so consumers who purchase it do not pay a tax. According to Mr. Goldberg, that could change with legalization, but it shouldn’t.
“Whether a marijuana sales tax is imposed on consumers or whether the five percent excise tax that’s imposed on growers and processors is increased, these are things that I certainly wouldn’t advocate for because I don’t know that it would be necessary to result in a boost in the tax revenue.” […]


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Apple's impenetrable information fortress is crumbling. After several iPhone 4G leaks, another major update to one of its products has made its way to the public before Apple's official announcement: an iPod touch with a camera.
Tinhte.com — the same Vietnamese site that brought us a hands-on of an iPhone 4G prototype — now has a device that seems to be an iPod touch prototype. It's manufactured by Foxconn, with 64GB of memory and a 2-megapixel camera. It also seems to be running some sort of testing software or a diagnostic utility.
Check out a video of the device below.
It is unclear whether this device is an older prototype that never made it to the market, or something entirely new; either way, we're quite certain that Apple never intended for it to be revealed like this. Either Apple's secret police is not working as well as it did before, or maybe it's just getting harder for everyone to keep information private in the age of Facebook and Twitter.


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Harley-Davidson bids goodbye to Indian fans while Toyota seems to be in a bad mood
Since March 2020, when a countrywide lockdown was announced to contain the spread of the novel Coronavirus, automotive companies have been having a hard time. In the past few months, with the easing of restrictions, the situation has started improving for the automobile world, but there is still a long way to go before sales figures can reach pre-Covid levels.
Amidst this slump in sales, the iconic American motorcycle brand Harley-Davidson has made the announcement that they will cease sales and production activities in India. They will, however, continue to provide after-sales services to their customers.
The move by Harley Davidson came in the wake of the brand initiating its ‘Rewire’ strategy under which it will be pulling operations in several low sale markets while at the time consolidating its presence in high profitability markets.
In India, the company reported a $96 million loss between April and June 2020. According to SIAM (Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers), the brand sold some 103 units in July 2020 and some 176 units in August 2020.
Harley-Davidson is seen as an icon for bikers when it comes to the cruiser segment. The brand shutting down its manufacturing facility in Bawal is a big blow to the admirers of the brand.
Toyota flip flop
In a surprising turn of events, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, the Indian subsidiary of the Japanese car manufacturer, within the span of a day announced an investment of more than Rs 2,000 crore soon after its top officials said they will be halting expansion in the country.
Toyota, which had a market share of around 4.63% in 2018, has been doing better than Tata Motors and Honda in India. However, on 15 September 2020, Shekhar Vishwanathan, vice-chairman of Toyota Kirloskar was quoted in a Bloomberg report saying that the company won’t expand further in India due to high taxes, which make it difficult for automakers to achieve economies of scale. “The message we are getting after we have come here and invested money is that we don’t want you,” he said, according to the report.
However, just hours after the report came out, Kirloskar made public its investment plans in the country while stressing that India is an “integral part” of its global strategy. It also said it expects the Indian government to take steps to support the auto industry through tax cuts.
“In the wake of the slowdown that has been exaggerated by the Covid-19 impact, the auto industry has been requesting the government for support to sustain the industry through a viable tax structure. We remain confident that the government will do everything possible to support the industry and employment,” Toyota Kirloskar said.
The company further said that it continues to be committed to the Indian market and its workers and will do everything to protect its marketshare, along with its workforce and sales network.
The statement from Toyota motors came in response to a tweet by Prakash Javadekar, Union minister of environment, forest and climate change, who termed the Bloomberg report “incorrect” and said Toyota will invest more than Rs 2,000 crore in India over the next 12 months.
The conflicting stands taken up by the company have come in the backdrop of a slowdown in sales as well as the economy of the country. However, with the reopening of the markets and the festive season right around the corner, auto manufacturers are hoping for a turnaround.
What remains to be seen, however, is how automakers will deal with the lasting impact of the slowdown of growth of the Indian economy and the shock in sales due to the Covid-19 pandemic.


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Over the weekend, on a New York-bound flight from Washington, D.C., Huffington reportedly failed to turn off her mobile device, inciting the ire of an unimpressed cabin mate. Last month, Josh Duhamel was escorted off a plane in New York because he wouldn't turn off his BlackBerry. ( Lesson learned, the star later said.)
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These high-profile skirmishes are two of the latest examples in the debate to allow in-flight cell phone conversations.
In Europe, the Middle East and Asia, airlines that wire planes for connectivity can install special equipment to allow passengers to use their own cell phones to make and receive calls.
Domestic airlines own about 90 percent of the world's connected planes, but federal regulations still ban the use of in-flight mobile calls.
And while Uncle Sam doesn’t outlaw mid-air communications made using Skype or other Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, every U.S. carrier offering broadband has directed service providers such as Aircell/Gogo and Row 44 to block all voice calls and disable the VoIP function.
The disconnection may get wider.
At the end of 2010, more than 2,000 airplanes were wired for connectivity. "We expect that number to increase by 50 percent this year, to roughly 3,000 planes worldwide," said Amy Cravens, a market analyst for In-Stat.
With more international carriers jumping on the connectivity bandwagon, much of that growth will likely be represented by jets owned by airlines planning to, or already providing, mobile phone service.
And unless something changes in the U.S., some analysts worry the only travelers who will be unreachable by mobile phone will be those flying in U.S. airspace.


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Just shy of a year ago, you might recall reading here about Jerry Dior‘s quest to get credit for designing the iconic Major League Baseball logo (or maybe that split-second of controversy following the story over who really designed it). Now, after nearly a full rotation around the sun when the story first started circulating, and 40 of these rotations since the logo made it first appearance, Dior is finally getting his due, with the MLB this week recognizing him as the original designer. And for this, he was honored on the field yesterday at Yankee Stadium and will be again tomorrow at Citi Field. It’s a sweet story and we’re glad it all ended up positively. Here’s a bit:
With the recognition of Dior as the logo’s originator comes the answer to a question that has puzzled fans and journalists alike over the years: On which player is the silhouette based?
“People have said my design was based on Harmon Killibrew, but it wasn’t,” said Dior. “Mine wasn’t based on anyone — just a nondescript figure with a bat.”


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Back in our April article Move over cows, here come the plants, we discussed how consumers' diet and protein preferences are shifting from meat to plant-forward and plant-based proteins. Among that population are vegetarians (abstain from eating meat) and vegans (reject all animal products). But just how significant a population are they?
A July 2018 survey by Gallup has given us the answer. 5% of Americans are vegetarians and 3% are vegan. That adds up to one-in-twelve non-meat eaters (8%). However, the percentages vary by age and incomes.
Adults under age 50 score highest as vegans or vegetarians as do, surprisingly, adults with incomes under $30,000. Political ideology also shows a diversity of preference. Liberals score even higher with 11% vegetarian and 5% vegan for a total of 16% while conservatives are among the lowest at 2% and 2% respectively.
However, vegetarians and vegans are not the only consumers avoiding meat. Pescatarians eat fish, but not meat. And an even larger percentage of the population is reducing their consumption of meat, especially red meat, what is known as flexitarianism.
There have been a number of other surveys looking at the flexitarian trend. NPD found that 12% of consumers who do not consider themselves vegan or vegetarian are regularly using plant-based alternatives versus animal-based foods. A survey by Mattson found that 29% of the population are flexitarians, either cutting down on meat (20%) or mostly following a vegetarian diet, but occasionally eating meat (9%). A Nielsen survey found 39% , and a Datessential survey found 44% of Americans are trying to eat less meat and actively trying to include more plant-based foods in their diets (we believe this was inclusive of vegans, vegetarians and flexitarians).
Depending on which survey data is used, when you add the percentages together - the vegetarians, vegans and flexitarians- you end up with somewhere between one-fifth (20%) to two-fifths (39%/44%) of Americans either not eating any meat or seriously cutting back on meat and animal-based foods.
This no or limited meat/animal product consumption shift in Americans diets has taken place in a rather short period of time and seems to be accelerating. We're even seeing things like consumers demanding their coffee shops offer plant-based alternatives to dairy milk such as soy, almond and now oat imitation milk that is fast edging out the former two alternatives.
Futurist Faith Popcorn and her BrainReserve company have a documented 95% accuracy rate on forecasting culture trends. Faith, as part of what she has labeled the EcoPalypse Now trend, that environmental concerns will rise as a key issue for consumers and a powerful purchase motivator, is warning carnivores to beware as the environmental impact of meat will become a huge consumer issue, that meat will become the new tobacco, as its detrimental effects to the planet will push it into extinction, to be replaced by mushroom and plant-based “meats.”
One of the reasons our company does so much research on trends, including on food and drink, is so when we design and produce projects for our clients, their offerings and experiences will be in sync with current and future consumer wants, needs and preferences. Right now when working with our executive chef and restaurant operations team to develop menus for our clients' projects, we are making sure there is a minimum of 30% plant-based only items. This not only includes entrees, but also sandwiches, appetizers, small plates, snacks and even desserts. We're also developing meat dishes that are more plant-forward with smaller portions of meat.
Just offering salads and veggie wraps no longer will satisfy the plant-oriented consumers. The vegan and vegetarian offerings need to be diverse, tasty and craveable. Datassential's research found that 85% of consumers believe plant-based foods can be just as satisfying as animal proteins. Naturally colorful fruits and vegetables are also ideal for garnering consumers' attention and lend themselves to being very Instagrammable.


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A dairy in China is installing the world's largest cowpat to electricity system in the world.
A bovine’s bothersome bowels could power your home in the future. A Chinese dairy has begun to install the world’s largest systems for capturing methane from fermenting cowpats to produce electricity.
Huishan Dairy is implementing a system to capture methane from the waste of nearly 60,000 cows, The Associate Press reports. The methane will generate 6 megawatts of electricity, which would power approximately 3,500 households in the United States.
Rearing cows (no pun intended) generates more greenhouse gases worldwide than driving cars, according to a 2006 report published by the United Nations. More cows means more methane.
Over 3,000 cows are imported from Australia to the dairy each month just to sustain its 250,000 head herd, the AP says. The Huishan Dairy project would ostensibly lessen the environmental impact of China’s rapidly growing cattle industry.
China isn’t the only place that has determined there is power in poop. Human waste is powering over 200 homes on the national grid of the UK.
My colleague Melissa Mahony found that the average human makes 66 pounds of “sludge” per year, whereas; a cow makes 140 pounds of manure waste per day. Maybe the UK should import more cows.
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...that more methane comes out as burps, than out the rear end. Unless either a) I'm wrong or b) we can collect this somehow, our bovine friends may still be warming us like a global leather jacket.
Great contributions folks. I'd like to hear more about these local farms. Is anyone familiar with one in the NYC area?
A farm in NH has been doing this for about 4 years. The system powers the farm and about 20 houses in town. The solid byproduct of the digesting process is spread on the farms cornfields instead of using chemical fertilizers with the excess being sold as fertilizer. The system has allowed them to reduce their operating expenses and make a modest profit selling power after paying back the loan that got them the fermenting equipment, methane powered turbine and generator.
This is a great story and may the idea become commonplace in all dairy and beef production, leading to a removal of the argument that meat and dairy products are causing climate change. Environmentalists need to consider how food is able to be produced safely for the environment and not be talking about preventing developing countries from eating meat and using dairy products.
We're already doing this in the U.S. and have been for quite some time. I don't recall whether or not the business has hooked into the grid to push excess electricity out of the farm/ranch/feedlot, but they do produce their own electriciity this way. I wonder if anybody has considered capping african termite mounds to harvest their methane. They produce more greenhouse gases that all of the cows in the world combined. The bacteria in the gut of termites, which breakdown vegetation are related to the bacteria found in the cow's digestive system. Both produce methane gas.


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Ritesh Agarwal’s Oyo Rooms raised $1 billion to fund expansion into China and other global regions in the funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund, the world’s largest private technology investor who invested 800 Million dollars Joining SoftBank are other existing investors — Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Greenoaks Capital. The fundraiser includes an additional commitment of 200 million dollars.
“With this additional funding, we plan to rapidly scale our business in these countries, while continuing to invest further in technology and talent,” Agarwal said in the statement. “We will also deploy fresh capital to take our unique model that enables small hotel owners to create quality living spaces, global.”
This funding round makes OYO India’s third most valued startup after Flipkart, prior to its acquisition by US retail behemoth Walmart earlier this year, and One97 Communications, which owns and operates digital payments platform Paytm.


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Music copied onto blank recordable CDs is becoming a bigger threat to the bottom line of record stores and music labels than online file-sharing, the head of the recording industry’s trade group said Friday.
“Burned” CDs accounted for 29 percent of all recorded music obtained by fans in 2004, compared to 16 percent attributed to downloads from online file-sharing networks, said Mitch Bainwol, chief executive for the Recording Industry Association of America.
The data, compiled by the market research firm NPD Group, suggested that about half of all recordings obtained by music fans in 2004 were due to authorized CD sales and about 4 percent from paid music downloads.
“CD burning is a problem that is really undermining sales,” Bainwol said in an interview prior to speaking before about 750 members of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers in San Diego Friday.
Copy protection technology “is an answer to the problem that clearly the marketplace is going to see more of,” he added.
Album sales in the North America are down about 7 percent this year compared with a year ago, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Yet the recording industry has seen a lift from online music sales, which when factored in with album and sales of CD singles increased overall music sales through July to 21 percent over last year.
The focus on CD burning Friday was welcomed by Alayna Hill-Alderman, who said she has seen music CD sales slide in recent years while sales of blank recordable CDs have soared.
“We are feeling the decline in our store sales, especially with regard to R&B and the hip-hop world,” said Hill-Alderman, co-owner of Record Archive, a two-store company operating in Rochester, N.Y. “It’s all due to burning. We’ve lost tremendous amounts of those sales to flea markets and bodegas.”
After experimenting with copy-protected CDs in Europe and Latin America in recent years, some record labels have begun releasing albums in North America with similar copy restrictions. The CDs typically allow users to burn no more than a handful of copies.
Velvet Revolver’s “Contraband,” released last year, was equipped with such copy-protection technology and grabbed the top sales spot in its debut week.
Some saw that as a sign music fans didn’t mind CDs with copy restrictions. But other releases since, such as the latest Foo Fighters album, have sometimes spawned fan complaints that the restrictions go too far or create technology conflicts with portable audio devices.
Simon Wright, chief executive of Virgin Entertainment Group International, which oversees the Virgin chain of music stores, said he’s in favor of labels releasing more albums in a copy-protected CD format, regardless of the potential for consumer backlash.
“If, particularly, the technology allows two-to-three burns, that’s well within acceptable limits and I don’t think why consumers should have any complaints,” Wright said.


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Colon cleansing. It’s a popular health trend. Celebrities such as Ben Affleck, Courtney Love, Janet Jackson and Angela Jolie reportedly partake regularly in bowel-clearing. The process is touted as a way of ridding the body of toxins that can build up in our systems and lead to illness and hormonal dysfunction.
While some colon-cleansing professionals may suggest homemade concoctions made from lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper, others rely on over-the-counter constipation remedies. But a recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement urges cleansers to steer clear of OTC laxatives as a way to bowel cleanse.
The announcement came just after the FDA issued its strongest safety warning to health care providers about two prescription drugs used to cleanse the bowel prior to colonoscopies. More than 20 reports of a rare but serious form of kidney failure have occurred in patients following the use of Visicol and OsmoPrep, prescription oral phosphate products made by Salix Pharmaceuticals. As a result, Salix Pharmaceuticals added new boxed warning label to those medications warning health care providers to use caution when prescribing the drugs to older patients, those who suffer from dehydration and kidney disease, or who take medications that affect the kidneys.
The FDA then expressed similar concerns that OTC treatments such as Fleet Phospho-soda, made by C.B. Fleet Company Inc., may cause the same kidney condition if used improperly for bowel cleaning rather than for use as a laxative.
“The FDA is recommending that consumers not use the over-the-counter preparations for bowel cleansing, but that these products be used under the direction of a physician,” Joyce Korvick, deputy director of FDA’s Division of Gastroenterology Products at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a recent article in Forbes. Korvick recommended instead that those wanting to colon cleanse should consider alternatives such as GoLYTELY and HalfLytely Bowel Prep.


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Apple made a large number of declarations about its interest in and commitment to the U.S. economy to some degree on account of the new tax law.
Apple will invest $350 billion in the US economy over the course of the following 5 years. The organization also promised to make 20,000 new employments and open another campus in the US. It said it hopes to pay in regards to $38 billion in taxes for the swarm of the money it intends to bring back to the United States. This infers it will repatriate practically the majority of its $250 billion in abroad money.
Apple additionally said, it will spend over $30 billion in capital expenditures throughout the following five years and about $10 billion in capital consumptions will be investments in U.S. data server farms.
$5 billion investment in innovation fund
Apple included that it will burn through $5 billion as innovation support fund, up from the $1 billion CEO Tim Cook reported a year ago.
The job creation will include direct employment and furthermore providers and its application business, which it had officially intended to develop significantly, as application designers earned $26.5 billion in 2017. The new campus will mainly focus on client support.
This announcement demonstrates that, Apple will at present still have many billions of dollars of money and it could spend that cash on buybacks, profits or acquisitions of variety of ventures.
Apple CEO, Tim Cook, said in a statement, “Apple is a success story that could only have happened in America, and we are proud to build on our long history of support for the US economy.”
Further, he stated, “We believe deeply in the power of American ingenuity, and we are focusing our investments in areas, where we can have a direct impact on job creation and job preparedness. We have a deep sense of responsibility to give back to our country and the people who help make our success possible.”
Apple’s shares were high about half a percent after the announcement, which added about $5.6 billion to the company’s market capitalization.


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Is RIM’s Stock Worth Buying?
Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ/RIMM; TSX/RIM) has been one of the worst-performing technology stocks in recent memory. As the mobile environment has continued to evolve, Research In Motion (RIM) has failed to keep up with other technology stocks that were developing new and innovative products. This is clear from the current market view, as represented by the huge decline in RIM’s stock price and the massive decline of its market share. While at one time RIM had over 40% market share in the smartphone segment, it’s currently in the low single digits—a huge decline in a short period of time.
Some investors are hoping that the current price level is a bottom for the share price. With other technology stocks in the sector soaring to new heights, namely Apple Inc. (NASDAQ/AAPL), everything for RIM rests on the view platform called “BB10.”
To start with, RIM once again disappointed the market earlier this year when it announced the delay in the release of its new operating system and hardware until early 2013. This is a very long delay for technology stocks in this fast-moving sector. This also resulted in a further negative market view, as shares did indeed sell off at the point.
However, there are now reports that the existing BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) infrastructure will not be compatible with the new BB10 software. Essentially, RIM is forcing all businesses to upgrade their hardware and software to the new BB10 platform. While technology stocks do need companies to upgrade in order to generate revenue, I’m not sure this heavy-handed approach is smart. The market view, as seen by the stock’s performance, certainly isn’t very confident in this strategy.
Companies transitioning to the new operating system will have to run both systems at the same time to manage their networks until they are fully integrated. I also think this move might actually push companies to abandon the BlackBerry platform for another; considering the continued level of disappointment over the years by RIM and increasing demands from employees for other mobile operating systems, this might be a final push. Companies might just say enough is enough and avoid upgrading to the new operating system.
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While some technology stocks have had strong years, RIM is not one of them. Every move up hasn’t been met with heavy selling, as the market view continues to be negative. The only bright spot is a positive divergence by the Relative Strength Index (RSI) and moving average convergence divergence (MACD) indicator from the stock price.
I think this gives little comfort to long-term holders of this company. Another lesson: technology stocks that continue to innovate and increase market share should be on one’s buy list, while technology stocks that are continually disappointing the market and falling behind in product developments should be sold. It doesn’t take a genius to note that the market view is negative and will remain so until the company can prove it has a chance to turn things around.
While there is the possibility of a quick move up, the question is whether it will be sustained over the long term. As one can see in the chart above, there are significant headwinds of resistance for the stock on any move up. We won’t know for some time how effective this new operating system will be in penetrating the market. With other technology stocks moving so far ahead, it might be too little too late. With the market view so negative, it will take significant momentum to turn this ship around.


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Virgil Abloh Had Plans to Enter Web3 Space
Paradigm’s Fred Ehrsam has shared a document revealing that Virgil Abloh had been exploring NFTs and DAOs this year. Abloh died of cancer aged 41 Sunday.
- Virgil Abloh was exploring launching a DAO, social token and NFTs prior to his death, Fred Ehrsam has revealed.
- Ehrsam said that Abloh wanted to enter Web3 to "change the balance of power in favor of creators.”
- Abloh reportedly inspired many artists to join the NFT boom as the technology started to attract mainstream attention this year.
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Abloh was “ahead of the curve on Web3,” Ehrsam said.
Virgil Abloh Saw Potential in Web3
Virgil Abloh had a keen interest in crypto and Web3, Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam has revealed.
In a Sunday tweet storm, hours after news of Abloh’s death had surfaced online, Ehrsam shared a post detailing how he had been in contact with Abloh to help him launch a DAO and run of NFTs. “Virgil Abloh was a pioneer in music, art, and fashion. Most people don’t know he was also ahead of the curve on Web3,” Ehrsam wrote.
Virgil Abloh was a pioneer in music, art, and fashion. Most people don't know he was also ahead of the curve on Web3.
Shared with permission from his team, here is an early iteration of a DAO he envisioned.https://t.co/nb0hSmnAi9
— Fred Ehrsam (@FEhrsam) November 29, 2021
Ehrsam shared a link to a document in which Abloh outlined his vision for a DAO. The project, titled “Skyscraper,” involved plans to launch a social token, form partnerships with crypto-native projects like Zora, and design NFTs. A quote from Abloh in the project’s preface reads:
“What I have been running in my head is to start a real-life, digital museum. For it to become an institution where the currency used in that space is my unique social token. Inside the space will be my work, but also the work of a community of adjacent artists operating on a token of the space.”
Ehrsam’s post also revealed that Abloh wanted to explore Web3 to “inch us a little closer toward a utopia for creativity.” He added that Abloh “wanted to fundamentally change the balance of power in favor of creators,” and that their conversations had taken place months before the NFT space exploded in 2021. According to Ehrsam, Abloh’s belief in the Web3 space inspired a wave of creators to join the NFT movement as it started to gain traction throughout the year.
Ehrsam concluded the note with a preview of Abloh’s first intended NFT, which depicts his envisioned DAO smashing into the Louvre in a nod to Web3’s potential to disrupt gatekeeping in the traditional art world.
Abloh died of a rare form of cancer aged 41 Sunday. LMVH announced the news on social media, revealing that he had been battling the disease privately for several years. Abloh was regarded as a visionary in the creative industry. He was best known for overseeing the popular fashion house Off-White and went on to become the artistic director of menswear at Louis Vuitton. Beyond the fashion world, he was also an avid DJ and curated the visual direction for some of Kanye West’s most iconic albums. Pharrell, Drake, and Gigi Hadid led the tributes to Abloh following the news of his death.


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Our UMi Hammer S discount code giveaway has come to an end and we have chosen 7 GizChina readers to get discount codes for a $20 saving.
UMi announced that they had decided to cancel their Treasure Hunt Promotion in favour of reducing the cost of the UMi Hammer for everyone. So instead of winning a chance to take part in the now canceled promotion, UMi instead replaced the prices with 7 x $20 discounts for the UMi Hammer S.
As I’m in China at the moment with poor internet it has taken longer than I hoped to announce the winners but here they finally are:
Gizchina News of the week
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I have already emailed each winner with their unique $20 code allowing them to buy the UMi Hammer S at the newly discounted price of only $109.99. Those of you who were not lucky enough to win can still buy the Hammer S at the new price of only $129.99.
The Hammer S will be the worlds most affordable USB Type C phone once launched and features a 3200mAh battery, rear fingerprint scanner, 5.5-inch display, a Mediatek MT6735 quad-core chipset, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, Sony IMX179 rear camera and Android 5.1.
Keep posted for details of our next giveaway coming soon.


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November has brought us two stories of stolen laptops that were recovered with the help of tracking software. Looks like hot computers are the "it" gift for the recessionista.
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The supply chain crisis caused by the pandemic highlighted the world's over-dependence on China for API supply. Early on, India was among the countries affected by the situation but quickly restructured its domestic supply to meet the demand. Indian API manufacturers also proved to be reliable with steady exports at reasonable prices to help the world fight the CoVID-19 pandemic. India has emerged as a critical player in the API market and a dependable alternative to the Chinese suppliers. India's API export stood at USD ~5 billion for FY 21.
India has over 2700 API manufacturers, manufacturing greater than five hundred different APIs. Metformin, followed by Paracetamol, remains the most exported APIs by volume. Cefuroxime and Omeprazole are the most exported API in terms of value.
The Indian government has shown commitment to fostering this growth, with a nearly twofold increase in allocation to the Department of Pharmaceuticals. The majority of this is expected to target the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme and the creation of bulk drug parks, emphasizing the API market. Government initiatives like Atmanirbhar Bharat and Pharmaceutical Technology Upgradation Assistance Scheme are further expected to improve the domestic industry.


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Comic book renumbering has become sort of a thing this year as comics publishers reconnect with and embrace their rich heritage.
The two longest-running titles in the DC Comics library, Action Comics and Detective Comics, both returned to their original numbering this year after having been rebooted for The New 52. Marvel is reverting back to the original numbering for its titles as part of its Legacy initiative.
While the Big Two shuffle their numbers, Todd McFarlane is staying the course.
The creator of the long-running hit Image Comics title Spawn, which just recently published its 276th issue, is not a fan of renumbering comics. While it has become a popular strategy in recent years for publishers of aging books to reboot and go back to the beginning as a way to freshen up their comics and perhaps attract new readers, McFarlane does not subscribe to that theory.
During SYFY WIRE's extensive sit-down with the comic book legend, McFarlane explained -- using baseball as a comparison point, naturally -- why he doesn't buy that the number on the front of the comic has much of an influence on sales. He also insists Spawn will never be rebooted.
Watch the video and then hit the comments and let us know if you agree with Mr. McFarlane.


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Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) today proclaimed a new technology PC gaming experience in association with Ubisoft (EPA: UBI) that promises to bring customers closer to their games than any other time in the recent past. Company has incorporated the Nvidia GeForce GTX technology with the help of recently unveiled GTX 980 and 970 GPUs.
By coordinating Nvidia’s unrivaled GameWorks advances, Assassin’s Creed Unity – the most recent portion in Ubisoft’s establishment will offer HBAO+, TXAA, PCSS and tessellation innovations. These games permit Ubisoft reasonably to render the sixteenth century environments situated in Paris amid the French Revolution.
“Nvidia has worked hard, hand-in-hand with our development teams, to help provide the best experience for our PC players,” said Jean-Francois St.Amour, Lead Graphics Programmer at Ubisoft Montreal. “Their support and insight is even more important now, as we make a big technological leap into the next-generation of Assassin’s Creed games.”
An alternate but hugely visual and technology overhaul here is Far Cry 4. According to the company, Far Cry 4 likewise coordinates Nvidia Godrays and HairWorks technologies for rendering the practical, yet fatal foes that will be experienced in the diversion.
In addition to these offerings is The Crew, a street-racing game. It accompanies an Android app that delivers gamers a chance to tinker with their ride before playing it live, visit remotely, search companion profiles, and send your group on occupations.
For more information on the GeForce GTX GPU “Pick Your Path” promotion, click here.


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- It’s high noon for investors and foreign businesses to take a decisive move and team up with Avyanco for easy Incorporation of Business in Dubai.
Avyanco, a global business startup advisory that is a leading company for helping thousands of businesses in their successful establishment in Dubai will be partaking in the upcoming and highly anticipated Dubai Expo 2020. Those looking to lay the foundation of a company setup in Dubai can not possibly miss this opportunity to secure a better future in one of the fastest and most promising markets in the world. With 100% foreign ownership, it is an opportunity to settle your roots along with the added bonus of Dubai Expo 2020, which is revamping Dubai’s business landscape on global proportions. It is the place-to-be for all business houses where they will avail the benefit of interacting with international clients and develop new prospects for their better future.
Dubai Expo 2020 is promising a lot of opportunities for businesses from around the globe along with the prospect to start a business in Dubai for foreign investors with relative ease and 100% foreign ownership. The event started on October 1st and continue for the following six months, where ample opportunities lie for businesses and individuals looking to make solid investments. The time is right, and Avyanco will be present to help businesses and entrepreneurs looking to settle in the land of opportunities. With more than 80% of visitors having already arrived, businesses can hope to capture solid opportunities for meeting up with the right investors.
The Dubai Expo 2020, which was delayed last year due to the pandemic, is now commencing at full pace with an expected visitor count of 25 million from around the globe. His Excellency, Sheikh Mohammad has expressed great satisfaction with the arrangements of the event in terms of safety precautions and the prospects the event will bring for Dubai and the whole region of UAE. A total of 192 participating countries and organizations are ready to showcase what they have to offer in terms of innovation, architecture, and sustainability in their respective pavilions. The site, in its entirety, covers over 4.3km2, equivalent to 613 football fields. There will also be a dedicated metro station for easy convince of the visitors around the site.
In retrospect, this will relaunch the economy of Dubai with 33 Billion Dollars while creating 300,000 new jobs, which speaks for the number of opportunities are available for the taking. Businesses looking for fast and promising global expansion can not possibly miss this event. Entrepreneurs and businesses can greatly benefit from this boost in Dubai’s economy, which will bring along limitless prospects. A remarkable and appreciable green initiative by the authorities is the announcement of reusing 90% of the materials used for the construction to build permanent buildings after the event has elapsed.
The largest event ever held in the Arab world has come as a gust of fresh air in the wake of one of the worst recessions in the history of the country. The economy is predicted to make a strong come-back and those at the forefront will have limitless opportunities and benefits to reap. The economy contracted by 6.6% last year as the government sought to help businesses by announcing a series of reforms and attracting new investors. As a result, the growth outlook is starting to look better and better with IMF upgrading it to 3.1% for this year.
Among the major sectors that are highlighted by Avyanco and Dubai Expo 2020 executives to show promising growth include Real Estate, which is expected to grow by 20% to 25%. Another industry that is definitely going to observe an unprecedented boom is Tourism, with an increase in the number of tourists visiting Dubai Expo day by day, hotel occupancy rates have increased by 90%, with the majority of the hotels being already booked for the next 6-months.
The case is the same for the FMCG industry; as the occupancy rates increase, so will the consumption of consumer goods. The drastic increase will present numerous opportunities for both, incumbents and new entrants alike. Growth in businesses all over directly translates to an increase in general trading activities and support services for businesses like accounting and bookkeeping, business advisory, holding companies, and financial organizations.
As the buying capacity or the purchasing power will increase, it is likely that the aforementioned sectors will observe a massive growth surge. As more and more investors keep pouring in during the period of Dubai Expo 2020, businesses are actively seeking out partners and investors.
The ambitious project seeks to diversify the economy and shift it away from oil, which in turn is good news for investors from around the globe. Businesses and entrepreneurs looking to enter Dubai’s flourishing economy could not have asked for a better moment than this. Avyanco will be at the forefront to serve as the means for establishing your business in Dubai, whether of mainland or free zone, get 100% foreign ownership with easy processing and speedy completion of processes that may otherwise take months, even years before a business can earn a single penny.
According to Avyanco senior representative Shweta Singh,
“If we only look at the figures, they are remarkably astonishing and speak for themselves. The Expo 2020 and its legacy will boost the regions, especially Dubai’s economic activity by $33.378 billion. The whole tenure of the organization of this event, from 2013 to 2021 has created more than 900,000 full-time jobs and the overall economic activity equals 1.5% of UAE’s GDP. SMEs, during that period, has flourished with an investment of 1.279 billion and creation of more than 12,600 per year since 2013.”
She further adds.
“Sectors like hotels and restaurants, construction, and event organization and business services have observed investments worth billions. The economy is diversifying and reaching the next level of its evolution that everyone wants to be a part of. This is where Avyanco helps foreigners pick their fair share and Establish their businesses in Dubai. Our innovative practices and refined practices allow for a smooth and easy registration for businesses with ample opportunities for growth and investment. Especially during expo 2020, businesses can hope to establish better relationships and brand awareness.”
According to officials, the acceleration of the government’s efforts for diversifying the economy and its smart evolution is an open calling for outsiders who believe they can stimulate the business landscape. The event is likely to boost the image of Dubai as an economical frontrunner despite the pandemic, which in turn, will fortify the image and reputation of businesses operating from Dubai. If you, as a business or entrepreneur, want to sell your product or services to other businesses, then this is the best opportunity and time to invest in Dubai because you have investors and potential clients from all over the world gathered under a single roof of Dubai Expo 2020.
Avyanco is assisting numerous businesses and entrepreneurs to expand their business in Dubai. Although the process may be defined as relatively simple, it is far from it. Businesses and entrepreneurs need to realize that there are high levels of complexities involved in such matters that are better left to professionals like at Avyanco who are seasoned experts and aware of the processes surrounding the execution and establishment of a business in Dubai. The event of Dubai Expo 2020 has brought unprecedented opportunities for the growth and development of businesses due to the availability of potential global partners. Businesses looking to establish their existence in Dubai also have UAE Vision 2021 and Vision 2071 to look forward to that aims to revolutionize the market of UAE and Dubai, along with creating new opportunities for job creation and establishing of businesses.
Disclaimer: This is a company press release. No LM journalist is involved in creation of this content.
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Bombay HC refuses to interfere with Centre’s move to make ISI mark on toys a must
The Bombay high court (HC) has refused to interfere with the Toys (Quality Control) Order, 2020, issued by the Union commerce ministry, which makes ISI marking by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) mandatory for all toys in India.
“Apart from describing standards for regulating trade activity, the order of 2020 also has an element of public health,” said the bench of justice Nitin Jamdar and justice Milind Patil while refusing to stay implementation of the order.
“It is made applicable to the toy products or materials used in trade by children under the age of 14. The purpose and intent of order is to protect the health and safety of children, who are normally the consumers of toy products,” the bench added.
The department for promotion of industry and internal trade of the commerce ministry had issued the notification on February 25, making BIS norms mandatory for all toys used in India, for ensuring standardisation and quality adherence of toys. The move came in the wake of a study conducted by Quality Council of India revealing that 67% imported toys failed in the testing survey.
United Toys Association had challenged the validity of the order, contending that it was not possible to comply with it, and it will have serious implications on the entire toy industry. The association claimed that the order was unwarranted, especially when import quality control mechanism was already in place.
It was also argued on behalf of the association that the quality control order was beyond the powers conferred upon the central government under the BIS Act, 2016, as sections 16 and 17 of the Act only refer to rule of standard mark and do not contemplate a scheme as sought to be done by the impugned order.
HC, however, did not find merit in the submissions. The bench said section 25(3) of the BIS Act “prima facie confers powers on the central government to issue directions as may be necessary to protect the interest of consumers and other stakeholders and it cannot be said that the order was issued without competence.”
As regards to the hardship likely to be faced by the industry, the bench said it was a matter to be considered by the central government, but it cannot be a ground to stay the order, which has come in the form of a subordinate legislation.
HC also took into consideration that the order was notified in February and was slated to come into force from September 1, but the central government has extended the date to January 1, 2021, in order to give more time to the industry.


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“Tim Cook’s third annual CharityBuzz auction ended this afternoon, earning $200,000 for the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights,” Juli Clover reports for MacRumors. “The auction, which had more than 20 bids, includes a one hour lunch date with Tim Cook at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino and two VIP passes to an Apple keynote event to watch Apple unveil new products.”
“Though the auction earned an impressive $200,000 for the RFK Center, it brought in less money than previous auctions held in 2013 and 2014,” Clover reports. “In 2013, the inaugural CharityBuzz auction for a coffee date with Cook brought in an impressive $610,000, and 2014’s lunch auction ended at $330,001.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: At this rate, next year, you might even be able to get in for a mere five figures!
Apple CEO Tim Cook auctions lunch at Apple’s campus, VIP keynote passes – April 15, 2015
Charity auction bids for coffee with Tim Cook pass $500,000 – April 26, 2013


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1 April to 30 June 2017
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published ACCCount, its quarterly report on its activities for the period 1 April to 30 June 2017.
ACCCount details the work of the ACCC in promoting competition and fair trading, protecting consumers from unfair business practices and unsafe products, and regulating national infrastructure and other markets. It covers enforcement, mergers, compliance, adjudication, regulatory, economic and international activities.
Read more in the attached PDF of the full report about:
Maintaining and promoting competition
§ The ACCC continues its inquiry into the competitiveness of prices, trading practices and the supply chain in the Australian dairy industry
§ The ACCC institutes proceedings in the Federal Court against Ramsay Health Care for alleged anti-competitive conduct
Protecting consumers and promoting fair trading
§ The ACCC institutes proceedings in the Federal Court against Thermomix regarding the safety and recall of its TM31 model
§ The ACCC institutes proceedings in the Federal Court against Murray Goulburn alleging it engaged in unconscionable conduct
§ A penalty of $18,000 against Domino’s after the ACCC issues two infringement notices
§ The ACCC publishes its tenth quarterly report on the Australian petroleum industry
§ The ACCC implements a fixed broadband performance monitoring and reporting program.
The full report and all previous editions can be found at http://www.accc.gov.au/publications/ACCCount


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Apple today quietly pulled the plug on TV rentals via iTunes, Apple TV, and other devices, citing customer demand for purchases as the prime motivator. Company spokesman Tom Neumayr told us that "iTunes customers have shown they overwhelmingly prefer buying TV shows," adding that "iTunes in the Cloud lets customers download and watch their past TV purchases from their iOS devices, Apple TV, and Mac or PC, allowing them to enjoy their programming whenever and however they choose."
This shouldn't come as a huge shock. The company recently flipped the switch on streaming purchases for its relatively new second generation Apple TV, thus opening a far larger pool of content to choose from. It doesn't seem that this decision is in any way related to that Wall Street Journal mention yesterday of a 'new technology' for getting content to end-users on their TVs. However, sources have indicated to us that talks are ongoing at the company in regards to subscription deals with television content-distributors.


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Haiti Hope: Reflecting on a Fruitful Partnership
Partners gather to celebrate the successes of the Haiti Hope Project and reflect on the power of public-private partnerships as a vehicle for development.
In January 2010, only two weeks after a devastating earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck Haiti, a conversation between several leaders at the World Economic Forum sparked an innovative public-private partnership that would create sustainable economic opportunities for thousands of Haitian families.
That day, Muhtar Kent, chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and Bruce McNamer, former president and CEO of TechnoServe, discussed what could be done beyond initial relief efforts to support the long-term development and revitalization of Haiti’s agricultural sector. Joining forces with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other partners, TechnoServe, Coca-Cola and IDB launched the Haiti Hope Project to boost the incomes of 25,000 Haitian farmers.
Yesterday, that partnership culminated in an event held at IDB to celebrate the successes and reflect on the lessons of Haiti Hope.
Luis Moreno moderated a panel with Muhtar Kent, USAID Administrator Gayle Smith, and TechnoServe President and CEO William Warshauer. The partners lauded the project’s many achievements, particularly in the face of challenges. Over five years, the project:
- trained 25,125 farmers in production, post-harvest and marketing best practices;
- established and worked with 262 Producer Business Groups (PBGs) to sell directly to exporters, with 94 percent of the groups earning a profit in 2015, while seasonally employing more than 2,800 community members;
- promoted gender equality, with women participating in all parts of the mango value chain and comprising 46 percent of farmers trained and nearly 40 percent of PBG leadership positions;
- grew the export volumes of Fair Trade and Organic certified mangoes by 315 percent to 614 metric tons in 2010; and
- planted more than 60,000 mango trees, and grafting an additional 65,000, for a more productive future.
The sustainability and growth of this impact is a central focus for all the partners as the project comes to an end. Muhtar Kent stressed the importance of ensuring that “the project is priming the pump, but then the pump has to run itself, because there is a business proposition that is attached to it.”
“This is not philanthropy,” Kent said. “This is bringing the expertise of great partners to life, connecting it to business needs, with the needs of the community.”
William Warshauer echoed Gayle Smith and others in praising Haiti Hope as a potential model for future projects with similar business and social goals. “Progressive businesses like Coca-Cola are working on creative business models that are making sustainable sourcing from smallholder farmers make sense,” said William. “I don’t think we are anywhere near the limits of what is possible.”


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By Karen Lynch
In response, governments say they will step up efforts to address the challenges of facilitating growth in SME trade while ensuring tax collection, the protection of intellectual property (IP) rights, security, and consumer safety.
In March 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) unveiled its strategy for addressing new cross-border e-commerce dynamics.1 A month earlier, the World Customs Organization's (WCO's) First Global Cross-Border E-commerce Conference gathered public officials and import-export business executives from around the world in Beijing to focus on solutions.2 And in a related development in December 2017, over 70 of the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) 164 member nations formed a group devoted to advancing multilateral trade negotiations on cross-border e-commerce.
These government commitments come at a critical time for import-export businesses, observers say. "With e-commerce, timing is everything, and companies that succeed can't be held back by customs delays," said Bram Jan Streefland, managing director of the ViaEurope logistics company.3
"We have seen B2C e-commerce grow at a faster pace than most other industry sectors in recent years, with premium cross-border shipments growing from 10 percent to more than 20 percent of the volumes of DHL Express," said DHL CEO Ken Allen. "There is the same potential for cross-border B2B e-commerce to grow at a dynamic pace."4
According to a global e-commerce report by IDC and ORC Research, "the majority of retailers are expanding cross-border, with a third of respondents rating international selling as a top growth lever for the business." One reason for heightened interest in import-export e-commerce business is that domestic e-commerce markets have entered a period of saturation and maturity, the report said.5
Many import-export businesses are concerned about the potential downsides of customs compliance processes and miscalculations regarding cross-border tariffs and taxes, the report said. While SMEs often rely on major e-commerce marketplaces such as Amazon and Alibaba to handle complex border requirements,6 the report cited competitive tensions. "Delivery experiences and speed of fulfillment play a key role in securing and retaining new customers and promoting a long-term relationship – more now than ever before," the report said.7
"Technology-enabled global trade by [SMEs] is diffused, package-level, and about very, very large numbers," according to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). In its promotion of import-export business, the ICC has called for what it termed "Trade Facilitation 2.0," building on the Trade Facilitation Agreement currently being implemented around the world by members of the WTO. A priority would be enabling SMEs to sell goods online more efficiently.8
One solution supported by the ICC is a higher de minimis value.9 This involves the minimum dollar threshold for subjecting goods to customs procedures and duties. Higher de minimis values can reduce costs associated with duties and fees, accelerate shipment delivery through customs clearance, and reduce documentation requirements, according to the United Parcel Service of America (UPS).10 The U.S. raised its de minimis threshold from $200 to $800 in 2016,11 while other countries have much lower thresholds, according to tradevistas, a trade promotions group.12
"A higher de minimis threshold, for example, would save government agencies from expending resources on assessing low value parcels while increasing the incentive for anyone to engage in cross-border e-commerce," the ICC said. "SMEs are hurt the most in countries with low de minimis levels because of the disproportionate amount of clearance fees paid for low value shipments."13
Other ICC proposals in support of import-export business include enhancing cooperation between trade and postal administrations and creating a globally consistent program for "trusted e-commerce shippers" that incorporates customs facilitation.
But it remains complicated. "E-Commerce shipments pose the same health, safety, and economic security risks as containerized shipments," according to CBP Acting Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan. For example, "transnational criminal organizations are shipping illicit goods to the United States via small packages due to a perceived lower interdiction risk and less severe consequences if the package is interdicted. Furthermore, new or infrequent importers often possess less familiarity with U.S. customs laws and regulations, which can lead to the importation of non-compliant goods."14
CBP's solutions emphasize educating the import-export business community, streamlining enforcement processes, leveraging enforcement partnerships with agencies abroad, and improving data collection. "CBP's first e-commerce strategy positions CBP to address the various complexities, opportunities, and threats resulting from this global shift in trade to an e-commerce platform," the agency said.15
At the global level, meanwhile, the Beijing WCO conference produced a commitment to find new approaches and policies to address the challenges posed by cross-border e-commerce. The "Beijing Declaration" focused on areas including stronger cooperation within the international customs community through the exchange of information, mutual recognition of control and facilitation mechanisms, and mutual assistance regarding law enforcement and facilitation. It also called for enhanced cooperation between the WCO and other international organizations.16
The declaration also acknowledged the set of e-commerce principles drafted by the WCO's Policy Commission in December 2017, which delved into the issues at a more granular level. To simplify clearance procedures for small shipments or parcels, for instance, the commission has called for simplified return/refund procedures, such as "control of return shipments by reconciling the inbound with the outbound shipment and granting duty exemption on re-importation."17
A WCO survey of members provided details about e-commerce practices around the world, including some promising news – in Denmark, at least. There, an automated system handles low-value shipments below the de minimis level within a maximum of 15 minutes, and performs risk assessment of declarations and the collection of value-added taxes. In other countries, however, "risk assessment for low-value e-commerce shipments, especially postal items, is highly manual, resource-intensive, and performed in real-time at the border."18
At the conclusion of the Beijing conference, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya promised change. "The WCO is ready to deliver inclusive global standards and provide all necessary support to meet the expectations of all stakeholders towards further supporting cross-border e-commerce in a harmonized and efficient manner," he said.19
E-commerce is increasing pressure on customs agencies and other border authorities, as the sheer volume of smaller packages increases. Companies in the import-export business may not be able to afford losing time in today's rapid-delivery market, and SMEs can hardly afford more costs. Government officials around the world are promising to step up efforts to speed shipments through customs procedures.
Karen Lynch is a journalist who has covered global business, technology and policy in New York, Paris and Washington, DC, for more than 30 years. Karen also is a principal at Content Marketing Partners.
1. “CBP Releases E-Commerce Strategy,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection; https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases-e-commerce-strategy
2. “First Global Cross-Border E-commerce Conference Concludes with Beijing Declaration,” World Customs Organization; http://www.wcoomd.org/en/media/newsroom/2018/february/first-global-crossborder-ecommerce-conference-concludes-with-the-beijing-declaration.aspx
3. “Going Dutch: How Schiphol is Solving Cross-border E-commerce Issues,” Air Cargo World; https://aircargoworld.com/allposts/going-dutch-how-schiphol-is-solving-cross-border-e-commerce-issues/
4. “DHL and Cranfield School of Management Report: E-Commerce is Transforming B2B,” Deutsche Post DHL Group; http://www.dpdhl.com/en/media_relations/press_releases/2018/dhl_cranfield_school_of_management_report_e-commerce_transforming_b2b.html
5. Evolution at Home, Revolution Abroad: The 2017 Global E-commerce Report, IDC and ORC Research; https://www.pitneybowes.com/us/campaign/ecommercereport2017.html
6. “What to Expect from the Logistics & Shipping Sectors as E-Commerce Grows Up,” SupplyChain24/7; https://www.supplychain247.com/article/what_to_expect_from_the_logistics_sector_as_ecommerce_grows_up
7. Evolution at Home, Revolution Abroad: The 2017 Global E-commerce Report, IDC and ORC Research; https://www.pitneybowes.com/us/campaign/ecommercereport2017.html
8. WTO Business Focus Group 1: MSMEs and E-commerce, International Chamber of Commerce; https://cdn.iccwbo.org/content/uploads/sites/3/2016/10/WTO-Business-focus-Group-1-MSMEs-and-e-commerce.pdf
10. “Want to Grow Your Business Globally?” UPS; https://solvers.ups.com/want-to-grow-your-business-globally/
11. “De Minimis Value Increases to $800,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection; https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/de-minimis-value-increases-800
12. “’De Minimis’ Thresholds Are Not Trivial,” tradevistas; https://tradevistas.csis.org/de-minimis-thresholds-not-trivial/
13. “E-commerce Can Make Trade More Inclusive, but Greater Coordination is Needed,” International Chamber of Commerce; https://iccwbo.org/media-wall/news-speeches/e-commerce-can-make-trade-inclusive-coordination-needed/
14. “E-Commerce Strategy,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection; https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2018-Mar/CBP-E-Commerce-Strategic-Plan_0.pdf
15. “CBP Releases E-Commerce Strategy,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection; https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases-e-commerce-strategy
16. “First Global Cross-Border E-Commerce Conference: Beijing Declaration,” World Customs Organization; http://www.wcoomd.org/-/media/wco/public/global/pdf/about-us/legal-instruments/declarations/beijing-declaration-1022018.pdf?db=web
17. “Resolution of the Policy Commission of the World Customs Organization on the Guiding Principles for Cross-border E-commerce,” World Customs Organization; http://www.wcoomd.org/-/media/wco/public/global/pdf/about-us/legal-instruments/resolutions/policy-commission-resolution-on-cross_border-ecommerce_en.pdf?la=en
18. “WCO Study Report on Cross-Border E-Commerce,” World Customs Organization; http://www.wcoomd.org/-/media/wco/public/global/pdf/topics/facilitation/activities-and-programmes/ecommerce/wco-study-report-on-e_commerce.pdf?la=en
19. “First Global Cross-Border E-commerce Conference Concludes with Beijing Declaration,” World Customs Organization; http://www.wcoomd.org/en/media/newsroom/2018/february/first-global-crossborder-ecommerce-conference-concludes-with-the-beijing-declaration.aspx
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Institute of Communication Agencies: Top 10 Leading Edge Brands In Canada
As Advertising Week 2012 is just around the corner, Institute of Communication Agencies has released data from a survey that reveals the “Top 10 Leading Edge” brands in Canada. The survey was conducted by Ipsos Reid, with a panel of 1,013 adult residents of Canada.
- Cirque de Soleil
- President’s Choice
- Tim Hortons
The results are not that surprising as they all invest a significant amount in advertising to consumers, but always interesting when you compare these brands to those on an international list.
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