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Famous Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo made a statement today. According to the statement, Apple cares about foldable phones. In addition, Apple is working seriously on this issue. However, we will have to wait until 2023 for the first foldable iPhone model. The wait however may worth since we are talking about a company which is in the business since the beginning.
Foldable phones have also been around for a long time, and more than 2 years have passed when they first appeared. Meanwhile, Samsung is among the biggest names in the smartphone market. We had the chance to see the foldable smartphones of Huawei and Xiaomi. However, Apple, the most popular brand in the “premium” segment, has never said or done anything about foldable smartphones to date.
We’ll wait two more years for foldable iPhones
Ming-Chi Kuo sent a note to its investors and shared information about Apple’s plans in the foldable smartphone industry. According to the information provided by Kuo, we will see the first iPhone-branded foldable smartphone in 2023. This phone will be 8 inches in size and its resolution will be QHD +. In addition, Kuo says SDC and Samsung Foundry will be the most important collaborators in Apple’s foldable iPhone work.
Today’s foldable smartphones can be folded from a single point of the screen. The silver nanowire touch panel will enable the screen to be folded from multiple points. The foldable iPhone model will become a product that can offer the laptop and smartphone experience at the same time.


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Google announced major changes to Google Consumer Surveys service functioning. From now on it will be divided into two tools:
• Google Surveys 360 – a new version, which is designed for corporate use and is integrated into the Analytics 360 Suite.
• Google Surveys – a tool for casual users, before known as Google Consumer Surveys. The service was renamed and moved to Google Analytics.
Google Surveys 360
The main advantage of the new service is the data transmission speed. Using the service companies are able to held a survey, find the right respondents and obtain statistically significant results in only a few days. Usually this process takes a couple of months.
The service covers more than 10 million online respondents. There are over 1 million surveys held weekly. Thus, all types of companies will have an access to new data regarding users’ behavior and their preferences.
Google Surveys 360 is already running and is available within 360 Analytics Suite.
Google has reported that this tool will undergo a massive redesign and receive several new features in the upcoming months. One of the main innovative features will become a cross-table for any questions:
It should be recalled that Google has introduced a new platform named Google Analytics Suite 360 in March this year. It is a comprehensive set of tools based to work with data and marketing analytics. The service is designed for corporate use.
Originally, the platform included six products: Google Analytics 360, Attribution 360, Tag Manager 360, Google Audience Center 360, Google Optimize 360 and Google Data Studio 360. Now it also conveys Google Surveys 360.

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As the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on towns and cities across the UK intensifies, the need to link business support to community need in the right place, at the right time and at the right scale has never been
The Hut Group (THG), the global, consumer brand & proprietary technology group pre-eminent in Beauty and Wellness, today announces its £10 million aid package to support vulnerable communities, key workers and emergency services in Manchester, the UK and its international
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is pleased to announce a new 16-week partnership with job recruitment app, Syft.
Aldi is also reviewing the small number of remaining purchase restrictions on certain products, after removing its previous four-item limit earlier this week. From today, restrictions have been lifted on beers, wines and spirits as well as nappies.
BAT’s US bio-tech subsidiary, Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP), is developing a potential vaccine for COVID-19 and is now in pre-clinical testing. If testing goes well, BAT is hopeful that, with the right partners and support from government agencies, between 1 and
A new Covid-19 Commerce Insight (ccinsight) project today launches showing for the first time how Covid-19 is affecting consumer expenditure online at both a global and regional level in multiple industry sectors on a daily basis
Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I, a proud part of AB InBev, the global brewer, is today announcing support for frontline and essential workers in the fight against Covid-19, as the number of cases continues to rise.
Kantar is urging retailers and FMCG brands to “take themselves out of the now” and being occupied with safety screens, protective measures, hazard pay and spot bonuses etc and think about will come next with the coronavirus pandemic.
The Supreme Court has today given its verdict on a landmark data breach case involving Morrisons supermarkets, ruling that it is not liable for the criminal act of an employee who leaked payroll data, and therefore personal data, of thousands
Kantar has pinpointed four lessons from the behaviour of UK grocery shoppers in the four weeks to 22 March.
Easter is not just for chocolate! The world’s first cheese Easter egg is back for a third year in a row. It’s the perfect pick for all savoury-toothed cheese lovers this Easter. With a flavour like no other and with
BOSS – the British Oil Security Syndicate, has recorded a significant reduction in forecourt crime incident reports during the first full weekend of the coronavirus lockdown. The news comes as BOSS releases the results of the latest Forecourt Crime
Specialist food producer Positive Kitchen is on a mission to thank frontline NHS staff by organising the biggest cake giveaway in history.
Kind-hearted communities have donated over 30,000 items to an urgent food bank appeal in less than two weeks to help those impacted by Coronavirus.
Co-op Midcounties is partnering with over a hundred local volunteering groups to offer a home-delivery service that will ensure the most vulnerable in the community receive essential food supplies throughout the Covid-19 outbreak.
Today, Lidl GB announces the extension of its NSPCC partnership to support their Childline service, founded by Dame Esther Rantzen, and its mission to ensure no child goes unheard. The partnership will be extended for the next two years, with
The Perfume Shop has temporarily suspended fulfilment of website orders so its warehouse team can follow Government advice to stay at home.
Aldi is donating almost half a million surplus Easter eggs to charities across the UK.
The current Covid-19 crisis is certainly accelerating the expansion of our retail eco system into areas which provide the convenience and security that shoppers are demanding.
The maker of affordable, well-made and stylish beds and mattresses is now selling beds and mattresses in Germany.
Britons on lockdown buy board games and puzzles and challenging building sets to ease Covid-19 confinement
Today global information company The NPD Group has published the top 10 best-selling toys as Britons prepared to go into lockdown in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
British Safety Council launches Live Online courses to support learning during the Coronavirus pandemic
The British Safety Council has developed a series of Live Online courses to help remote workers continue their health, safety and environmental training and learning as the nation changes its working habits to meet the threat of Coronavirus.
Graze, the UK’s number one healthy snacking brand, is set to bring its first ever Priced Marked Pack (PMP) range to the convenience and wholesale sectors. The line-up comprises the brand’s best-selling sweet and savoury punnet products, including Lively Lemon
From today [1 April 2020] the spending limit for contactless card payments has increased from £30 to £45 across the country, UK Finance has announced. The change means retailers in the UK can now update their payment systems to accept
Small business owners have been urged to check the type of loan they are signing up to before borrowing against their personal assets, as many have unnecessarily secured personal assets to the future of their business.


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A decade or two ago, users of mobile technology may have thought that the mechanics of a flip-top cellular phone, with its LCD number display and physical numeric keypad, was the pinnacle of high-technology design. We laugh now, but apparently the notion of a communications gadget being able to fold (or unfold) is making a comeback. It could be done via dual screens on a hinge, or having a touchscreen made of a new foldable (but delicate) material. The latter was utilized by Samsung in their prototypical effort, the Galaxy Fold last year. Now, they have a new design planned.
The Verge tells us that Samsung has got another product unpacking event lined up for next month. And while it will almost guarantee to headline the next Galaxy smartphone, rumored to be designated Galaxy S20 after the S10, there is also a good chance that the South Korean electronics giant will be showcasing its follow-up to the folding device craze that they jumped into with the Galaxy Fold in 2019. While the final revamped version of the Fold still had some fragility issues despite some redesign and reinforcements, Samsung should have taken its lessons to heart in designing the follow-up.
One of the issues perhaps that complicated the development (and emergency redesign) of the Samsung Galaxy Fold was the length of the touchscreen surface that must fold and be protected from elements like dust and rough physical contact. The hinge protection of the Fold was sufficient but not perfect. So it appears Samsung decided to cut down on the folding action; rather than a phone that unfolds into a tablet, it becomes a smartphone that folds up along its width like a “clamshell” flip-top cellular. It was teased by Samsung last October, and now rumor is that it will be called the Galaxy Z Flip.
While the clamshell folding touchscreen mechanism was only briefly sighted at Samsung’s event last year, several alleged leaks of what the Galaxy Z Flip might look like have hit social media. Its folding for smaller and easier storage (compared to the Galaxy Fold’s unfolding for a bigger display) was compared to the newest iteration of the Razr, one of the foremost models by longtime mobile manufacturer Motorola. Technically it looks like Motorola has gotten the drop on Samsung with the horizontal screen fold, and their dust protection for the display edges on their new Razr is somewhat more thoroughly secure.
More details will be known perhaps when Samsung’s unpacking event happens on February 11, even if the more “conventional” Galaxy S20 will be the central star. Meanwhile, Motorola’s folding-touchscreen Razr will be coming in that same month on the 18th.
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The reason Kinnari Patel sells synthetic cannabis is simple: "Money is the motivation".
"Why would you work 12-15 hours a day [in a dairy] to make $200 if you're lucky?" he said.
Mr Patel has set up shop in Hamilton East where he turns over $5000 a week.
A trained software engineer, he couldn't find work, so he opened a dairy. When he was no longer able to sell synthetic cannabis at his Melville dairy when the Psychoactive Substances Bill came into force last month, he leased a building on Grey St and put in an application for a licence to sell the products.
The new Psychoactive Substances Act allows people who had been trading in synthetic cannabis for at least 28 days before the Act came into force to apply for a licence to sell it. That does not include dairies, convenience and grocery stores, service stations or liquor outlets.
Hamilton News spoke to Mr Patel at his store last week. The shop front features no sign-writing other than a handful of crude A4 pages taped to the window stating opening hours and that the store is strictly R18.
Inside, it's freezing. Dimly-lit, the store houses only a counter and a grey steel cabinet. Mr Patel, in a bulky coat and beanie, is polite and even-mannered. He says he's doing nothing wrong and won't move from the Grey St store unless the council orders him to.
But Hamilton East residents and business owners are furious the store has set up shop there and want it gone.
Hamilton East Community Trust chairperson Lois Livingston said there was "no way Westfield Chartwell, or The Base would allow a store like this to open up, so why should we have to put up with it here?"
"Hamilton East is a very family-oriented area with schools in the vicinity. We don't want shops selling synthetic cannabis here."
Ms Livingston said the trust would support Hamilton City Council to "pass a citywide ban" on the products.
Hamilton East resident for 30 years, Shardell Quinn had spoken to several business owners in "the village", all of whom were concerned at the shop's presence and the security risk they believed it posed to their stores when being open late at night.
Mrs Quinn said there were schools in the area and as such many young people waited for buses near the store. "It shouldn't be in that location. Location is important."
"It looks shady with its blackened glass. The locals call the area 'the village' and we don't need that sort of shop in our village."
But Mr Patel says his patrons don't hang around the store front and he's set his opening hours to minimise any perceived issues with nearby businesses.
"I'm not a drug dealer. It's legal for us to sell it. If it's so bad, the Government should just ban the lot. If I don't sell it, someone else will. But if it's banned, I won't sell it. I won't do anything outside the law."
Mr Patel said if stores like his didn't exist the black market for the products would thrive. However, it seems it already is.
Hamilton News understands there are people in the CBD who dress in a certain way and peddle the drugs. They canvas the area by foot and occasionally by bike.
A customer of Mr Patel's told Hamilton News there was a city suburb that was a hot bed for dairies selling the products illegally.


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Kim Kardashian styled like Elizabeth Taylor for new perfume
HollywoodNews.com: Kim Kardashian is apparently a huge fan of Elizabeth Taylor as she not only bought some of her jewelry, but is channeling her in her new perfume ad.
Kim recently revealed a picture that will apparently be used to promote her new perfume, True Reflection, states UsMagazine.com. And with the old Hollywood look, Kim is well-aware of the icon she’s mimicking.
“Another pic from my new True Reflection fragrance ad campaign…ultra glam! LOVE red lips! #ChannelingElizabethTay,” Kim commented.
Will you check out her new perfume?
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COVID-19 pandemic now affects most countries and regions around the world. We feel greatly sorry for the severe loss of human lives.
As it's getting restored every new day, the economy has to recover urgently.
The Ministry of PRC has decided that the 127th Canton Fair is to be held online from June 15 to 24.
This will be an especially wonderful "Online Canton Fair " with special significance through special measures in this unprecedented time.
25000 companies from home and abroad will promote their products online and live video marketing.
Cross-border e-commerce services will be available to all companies and overseas buyers.
It is not simply a matter of copying the traditional fair on the internet, but a whole new online exhibition structure and re-engineered process.
Our company Hangzhou Dawnjoint B&T Co., Ltd. will be one of the exhibitors at 127th Canton Fair.
During this period, we will display our new product designs, as well as communicate in-depth with customers online.
There will be Inflatable Air Beds, SUV Car Air Mattresses, Travel Pillows, Swim Buoys, Waterproof Dry Bags.
We warmly welcome you to visit our online broadcast booth.
Please leave your contact information so we'll remind you and send the invitation code when the fair begins.


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Conservatives reportedly reacted negatively on social media when they discovered that Chick-Fil-A’s corporate office is now promoting a number of diversity initiatives, a revelation that came as brands such as Bud Light and Target face criticism for embracing enlightened ideology.
Social media users noticed that Chick-fil-A appointed Erick Reynolds as vice president of diversity, equality, and inclusion two years ago.
Chick-fil-A has a long history of being a company governed on the basis of conservative and Christian ideals.
However, on a section of its website dedicated to diversity and inclusion (DEI), Chick-fil-A prominently promotes a variety of diversity initiatives targeted only at women and people of color.
This DEI section first appeared in the days following sales and market capitalization setbacks for Target and Bud Light.
Chick-fil-A’s employment nondiscrimination policy also covers sexual orientation, gender identity, and “gender expression” in addition to race, sex, religion, and veteran status.
The ESG and DEI movements’ detractors claim that these ideologies focus on political and social issues, such as reducing carbon emissions or diversifying business leadership, in a way that interferes with profitability and leverages corporate power to further leftist goals.
Both publicly traded companies, Anheuser-Busch and Target, have witnessed a sharp decline in the value of their shares as a result of the boycott efforts.
Four years ago, Chick-fil-A faced backlash after its charity foundation stopped giving to many organisations that it deemed to be “anti-LGBTQ groups,” including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Salvation Army.


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Naperville, Ill. – OfficeMax has appointed former Sears Holdings online president Jim Barr as executive VP and chief digital officer, effective Nov. 14.
In his new role, Barr will be responsible for all aspects of the office supply chain’s e-commerce business and for driving its multi-channel digital strategy.
Barr has been working with OfficeMax’s e-commerce unit in an advisory capacity since July 2011 “to assess the opportunities for the business and develop a strategy to maximize its potential,” the company said. He previously held full profit-and-loss accountability for Sears.com, where he “significantly” grew the business before leaving after two years in 2010.
Before that Barr spent 12 years at Microsoft, his last role as general manager, business-to-consumer e-commerce and marketplaces, where he had full business responsibility and led the company’s global e-commerce strategy.
“Jim is a proven digital expert who has built industry leading e-commerce businesses,” said OfficeMax president/CEO Ravi Saligram. “That expertise will be invaluable to us as we invest in our digital offerings and develop a seamless multi-channel experience for our retail consumers and our business customers.”
OfficeMax is the No. 3 office supply chain behind Staples and Office Depot.
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The Honda Jazz Crosstar Hybrid will be reaching our shores very soon,
The Honda Jazz Crosstar Hybrid (what a mouthful), a new ‘crossover’ variant to the Jazz hatchback we know and love, has now appeared on Kah Motor’s website, Honda’s official distributor in Singapore.
While there are no physical units in Singapore yet, a source from Honda informed us that the first units for sale will arrive early next year. However, it will not be making an appearance during the Singapore Motorshow happening in January, so its launch would most likely be after Chinese New Year.
As with the current trend of the industry, more and more sedan and hatchback models are being axed in favour of jacked-up crossovers. The Jazz will probably make way for its Crosstar sibling soon, and its rugged outlooks may just be a hit with the Singapore market.
Other than its obvious height difference, black trim pieces can be seen around the wheel arches and side sills, highlighting the new alloys that are on the car. Two paint options will be available, so buyers can opt for either a monotone or dual-tone look.
From press images released by Honda, the cabin carries over much of the same design language as current generation Honda models. But, the Japanese marque did reveal the possibility of water-resistant materials fitted to the cabin. This is probably a nod to the upholstery options available for the car, and we can see the Crosstar being used for more outdoor recreational excursions in future.
Kah Motor has not provided full specifications for the Crosstar yet, but with a similar price range to its hatchback counterparts, we can expect it to at least have equivalent features. What is currently available on their website shows that the Crosstar will have the same 1.5-litre 4-cylinder engine, but it has a slightly different power output at 104 bhp and 127 Nm of torque, compared to the e:HEV Jazz.
At the time of writing, the standard model starts at S$142,999 on Kah Motor’s website inclusive of COE.
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There is a standing presumption when one backs a Kickstarter project: you may lose your money. But there’s a new—or at least now proven—angle to consider, in light of Facebook’s acquisition of the virtual reality company Oculus: people may use your money to make a lot more money without ever properly starting a successful company in the first place.
When you contribute money to help get a company off the ground, you don’t expect them to sell out for $2 billion before they even manage to release the first version of their product. A lot of people are furious at Oculus VR for selling to Facebook, and understandably so – many of them contributed hundreds or thousands of dollars to support an independent, groundbreaking startup with a great vision and the chance to create a new paradigm for interactive entertainment, communication, and who knows what else. Instead, Oculus used that money to make itself an appealing acquisition for a company that will use its technology for its own purposes (hint: Facebook makes a lot of money off of ads). For people who had been dreaming of the amazing potential of VR, I’m sure it is frustrating to see a massive company snatch up that potential in utero.
Interesting to compare the indignation from Oculus VR backers to the exhilaration from Veronica Mars backers. The dynamic is similar – dedicated resources from a well-heeled corporate patron (Facebook and Warner Brothers, respectively) ensures a much wider distribution and a higher-quality product, while diluting the relationship with the most loyal supporters. But in the case of Veronica Mars, getting Warner Brothers on board seemed mostly to vindicate its Kickstarter backers’ faith (even though the studio had refused to commit itself for years, until the Kickstarter ensured that its modest investment came with no risk). There was some grumbling, but the prospect of sequels (or a new season of the TV show) would surely be seen as a major victory, even though it would return the property (and any associated profits) to its corporate parents, not to the loyal fans who resuscitated it from obsolescence. Maybe this is because Veronica Mars fans already cared about the franchise well before the Kickstarter; they see the movie itself, not its commercial success, as the reward for their support.
With Oculus VR, much of the above applies. Part of the reason people backed them was because the big players (e.g., Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo) didn’t seem to be interested in virtual reality hardware. To get that hardware in people’s hands, someone other than the establishment would need to make it happen. So Oculus got to work, and made enough of a case that thousands of people put their money into it, in part to get rewards like prototypes, development kits, etc., but in part to send a clear signal that there was consumer interest (and money!) in VR. Backing Oculus was a bet by contributors that this technology had a future, and in the end that bet seems to have paid off in a big way; but for Oculus VR and its VC investors – not for most of its earlier investors, left with nothing but a convenient place to scream into the void.
Now, with that said, the Oculus acquisition in some ways demonstrates just how successful the Kickstarter campaign was. In the year and a half since Oculus raised $2,437,429, industry legends joined the company, Sony announced its competing project, indie favorite game company Valve signed on to support Oculus and compete with it, among plenty of other indications that this technology is legit. That’s what Oculus backers were hoping for when they contributed, isn’t it? Whether it’s ultimately Oculus/Facebook or someone else, there’s too much momentum and too much investment for VR to disappear now. And it’s all because of the 9,500 people who put up their money to make it happen.
I don’t blame anyone for having a bad taste in their mouth, though. When you back a small, independent company’s Kickstarter to support their innovative ideas, you’re not doing it because you hope your contribution will help them get acquired. You’re buying into a story, one where your money keeps the lights on, so they don’t need to get acquired.
Ultimately, Joel Johnson is right – in some cases, Kickstarter may be the spark that lets small players get their businesses going, but for companies like Oculus VR, it’s an opportunity to get the little people to fund your project (and pay your salary) until you have something good enough for a “real” investor to find interesting. That’s a great deal for Oculus, and a great deal for VCs, but it’s not so great for Kickstarter backers.


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LIMA, Pa.—October 8, 2009—Pilot Freight Services, a worldwide provider of transportation and logistics services, announced that the company has been ranked number one overall in the Freight Forwarder category of the 2009 Quest for Quality™ Awards from Logistics Management, the distinguished magazine for supply chain professionals. The awards recognize overall service excellence in freight forwarding reader-based ratings in five areas: on-time performance, value, information technology, customer service, and equipment and operations.
“We are always thrilled to receive the Quest for Quality Award, but this year we’re especially excited to have received the highest overall ranking out of the freight forwarders being honored,” said Richard Phillips Jr., CEO of Pilot Freight Services. “Throughout the tough economic times of the past year, we have continued to recognize that customers need good service no matter what the economy looks like, and have remained committed to maintaining a high level of quality in our services. We firmly believe that those services will continue to lead us through the recession.”
Quest for Quality winners are determined by votes cast by Logistics Management readers. Voters rank companies based on each of the five criteria set by the magazine. Awards were presented at a reception on September 29th, in conjunction with the annual CSCMP Conference in Chicago.


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French iTunes law goes into effectThe closely watched French law that allows regulators to force Apple Computer Inc. to make its iPod digital music players and iTunes online store compatible with rival offerings went into effect Thursday, reports the Associated Press.
Although the law passed France's parliament June 30, the country's Constitutional Council last week threw out several measures, concluding that they violated constitutional property protections.
According to the AP, French President Jacques Chirac signed the legislation this week with the council's changes. The law was then published in the government's Journal Official on Thursday, formally putting it into effect.
Apple, which had described an earlier draft of the copyright bill as "state-sponsored piracy," did not respond to calls and messages seeking comment, the AP reported.
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Film maker Andrew Morgan opens our eyes to world of fast fashion with a hard hitting ethical fashion documentary
There has been a whole wave of fashion documentaries over the last few years, from Bill Cunningham New York, released in 2010, to Diana Vreeland: The Eye has to Travel in 2011, to the most recent Dior and I, which made the big screen this year.
This week there is another fashion documentary to add to the collection. But The True Cost is far from a glamour fest. It proves to do for the fast fashion business what Food Inc did for fast food.
In October 2013, having been shocked by the Rana Plaza factory collapse which left 1,134 garment workers dead – mainly women who made clothes for brands he knew and wore – Andrew Morgan launched a Kickstarter fund to raise the finances to make a documentary that would travel the world to find the true cost of the fast fashion industry on the world’s environmental resources as well as its people.
903 backers pledged $76,546 and on May 15, the film premiered at Cannes Film Festival. As one of the film’s producers, Livia Firth (wearing a dress by British ethical fashion brand Beautiful Soul and clutch by Aspiga, which aims to help fight poverty in India and Kenya through traid) accompanied Morgan down the red carpet for the first screening of The True Cost. Last weekend, the film’s crowd funders were sent their own personal link to the film in advance of the general release this week.
Morgan is a film maker who grew up in LA as part of a generation that had only known fast fashion – and never stopped to think about how those clothes came to be so plentiful and so cheap. But after seeing the Rana Plaza disaster unfold on the news, he was horrified.
"This is insane," he said. "How did I live this far into my life without even considering something as basic as where did my clothes come from?" So he set off on a journey around the world’s clothing factories and cotton farms to find answers to his questions. Along the way, he interviewed designers including Stella McCartney and the queen of upcycling, Orsola de Castro, as well as Livia Firth, whose own Green Carpet Challenge has taken fashion ethics to the red carpet.
But Morgan, who is in London this week to promote the documentary, is keen to stress that it is not a guilt trip (although at a short preview screening at the end of April hosted by the fashion website Business of Fashion, and attended by industry leaders and designers including Anya Hindmarch, there was a good dealing of surreptitious eye-wiping going on).
"It’s really an invitation to say, 'Here is something you might not have considered'," he said. "You are a part of something intrical [sic] just by buying clothes, as simple as just opening our hearts and eyes to this idea that there are hands, physical human hands that touch the things we wear - and those hands are lives that matter.
"My hope for the film is that we get to broaden this conversation and say, in the real world, 'Let’s take seriously this idea that when we buy something it is a moral act and there is a chain reaction of consequences'. So let’s begin to be more mindful and choose things that support life and not take it away."


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Olvi is looking to expand its footprint beyond its domestic market and is exploring acquisition opportunities in Belarus and th e Baltic states.
4 February 2013
Heineken has declined to comment on a report that it is looking to sell Finnish subsidiary Hartwall for US$790m.
6 October 2008
Finnish brewer Olvi has acquired a majority stake in Belarusian brewery Lidskoe Pivo.
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Cesu Alus has posted a record year for sales in 2007.
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Olvi Group has posted a strong set of results for the year so far, despite the poor summer in the countries it operates in.
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Cesu Alus has reported a boost in sales in the first half of the year.
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Olvi has posted a strong set of figures for the first six months of this year.
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Cesu Alus has posted a healthy increase in sales for the first six months of this year.
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Cesu Alus has posted a strong rise in sales volumes for the first five months of this year.


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Last month, the Sixth Circuit held that photographs of “premium cuts” of meat on pet food packaging were not enough to mislead a reasonable consumer into believing that the kibble was made from these high-end ingredients. Wysong v. APN, 889 F.3d 267 (6th Cir. 2018). In 2016, Wysong Corporation, a pet-food manufacturer, sued six other … Continue Reading
Pet-food maker Blue Buffalo will pay $32 million to settle 13 consumer class action suits, the company announced last month. The 13 class actions—which pet owners originally filed in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Ohio, and South Carolina federal courts—were consolidated in the Eastern District of Missouri in October 2014. The … Continue Reading
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James Cameron's Avatar franchise has seen an incredible level of expansion in recent years. Starting with the release of Avatar in 2009, which went on to achieve astronomical commercial success, 20th Century Fox later announced a series of planned sequels were in the works. While little is known about the upcoming sequels, Avatar 2 is set to release in 2022 barring any other delays. However, that's not the only taste of Pandora that fans will be seeing in 2022 – Publisher Ubisoft has given Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora a tentative release window for next year as well.
This is not the first game set in the world of Avatar. James Cameron's Avatar: The Game was released in 2009 along with the first film, but only received mixed reviews. Hopefully, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has its sights set on a better critical reception, and with all that fans have been able to glimpse so far, it certainly seems like an ambitious title. Still, with the original film generating such a loyal and widespread fanbase, those already invested in the world of Pandora and its inhabitants are likely wondering how the upcoming game compares to the first Avatar film.
What Avatar Fans Have Seen So Far
Despite a release scheduled for next year, not much is known about Massive Entertainment's upcoming Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. After being officially revealed during the 2021 Ubisoft Forward earlier this year, the details of what players can come to expect from the game have been fairly sparse. From what has been seen so far, however, there are more than enough tidbits to go on to speculate on what Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora might entail. From the First Look trailer, fans were shown the familiar breathtaking and verdant world of Pandora with a look at the jungle, its bioluminescent sections, and its rocky canyons.
Pandora's vast, lush landscapes and exotic jungles were some of the best parts of the first film, and it's great to see them recreated in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora for players to properly explore. The developers have said that the in-game setting will be a "living and reactive world inhabited by unique creatures and new characters," no doubt pushing the capabilities of the Snowdrop Engine. The game will take players across the Western Frontier, a never-before-seen region of the hotly disputed planet of Pandora, which will hopefully provide exciting and fresh landscapes along with the more recognizable regions.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will be a completely standalone story, so it's unlikely that the game will crossover too much (if at all) with previously seen characters, although the story will center on the ongoing battle between the indigenous Na'vi and the exploitative Resources Development Administration (or RDA). Players will have the chance to control a Na'vi to fight against the RDA and stop their expansion across the resource-rich planet, as well as explore the immersive open world.
Some Things Change While Others Stay The Same
While the biggest difference will no doubt be the whole new area that players will be navigating, there are still some smaller changes from the first Avatar film. Along with new characters, the first glimpse provided a look at some brand new species of flora and fauna, with no doubt many more to see once the game releases. Familiar animals like woodsprites, direhorses, and flying banshees make an appearance, with the inclusion of flying banshees opening up interesting combat possibilities. There are still some creatures that keen-eyed fans have spotted in the brief trailer for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora that appear new to the world, though, like the larger dinosaur-like creatures that roam the plains.
The helicopters and mech suits utilized by the RDA are pulled directly from the first film, but the base that players can see in the reveal trailer seems like a new location specifically for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. With the aim of the game to stop RDA's invasive expansion across the planet, it's likely that they will have set up new bases or compounds across Pandora that players will have to shut down or destroy. Although the Na'vi look like they will once again be facing up against machine guns and modern weaponry with only their bows and arrows, an explosive arrow takes out a helicopter during the thrilling aerial fight in the reveal trailer, hinting at potentially diverse ammunition types in order for players to match up against RDA's seemingly superior might.
With newer elements combined with the familiar ones that made the first Avatar film the highest-grossing in history, it's clear Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has the potential to be as era-defining as its cinematic predecessor.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will be available in 2022 for PC, PS5, Stadia, and Xbox Series X/S.
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Just two weeks prior to the Google I/O conference, which is expected to throw up Google's first own-brand tablet, Upson told the folks at TechRadar that the company has no such plans to introduce a model running the Chrome operating system.
“We are not working on a Chrome OS tablet”, said Upson. “We have our hands full in delivering a wonderful experience on desktop and laptop and the Android team have their hands full bringing a great experience on phone and tablet. But the two teams are working together even more closely.”
If this was a mere hint at Android and Chrome coming closer together, then Upson offered up more, citing Apple and Microsoft as good examples why Android and Chrome could converge in future.
"The use cases in technology stacks on phone and tablet are very different to desktop and laptop, as are the user expectations, and the types of things you do are also very different," said Upson.
"That's why everyone has two different solutions for these problems. Apple has Mac OS and iOS, Microsoft has two – they just happen to call them both Windows – and at Google we do the same.
"But I think everyone does expect you will see more and more convergence and bringing together of [the two projects] so you can get the best of both”.


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Criminals, tradesmen and savers beware: the old-series £50 banknote is to be withdrawn from circulation this Wednesday, April 30.
After today, notes featuring the first governor of the Bank of England, Sir John Houblon, will be unlikely to be accepted in shops, and will only be exchangeable at the discretion of individual banks and building societies.
The BoE estimated a couple of weeks ago that 53m old “fifties” were still in circulation, worth £2.65bn. Should the notes – known in some circles as “nifties” or “bullseyes” – not be spent or deposited today, they can be exchanged at face value with the BoE.
So-called “Houblons”, introduced in 1994, are last remaining of the “E” series of Bank of England notes which also featured composer Edward Elgar (£20), novelist Charles Dickens (£10) and railway pioneer George Stephenson (£5).
Their replacement, introduced in November 2011, features Matthew Boulton and James Watt, the business partners who developed steam engine technology in the late 18th century.
The new notes incorporate a number of security features, including an ultraviolet feature and micro-lettering, that make them harder to counterfeit. They are the second of the BoE’s “F” series of notes, after the £20 note featuring Scottish economist Adam Smith.
New £5 and £10 notes are set to be introduced in 2016 and 2017 respectively, featuring wartime prime minister Winston Churchill and author Jane Austen. The selection of the latter followed a successful campaign to retain a female historical figure among those gracing the BoE’s banknotes.
These two notes will be printed on polymer, a thin flexible plastic film, rather than the cotton paper that has been long-used. The BoE has said that polymer notes will prove more durable and secure material. Australia and Canada are among the 25 countries already using polymer tender.
Alongside these advances in banknote technology is the advance of contactless card payment.
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UK consumers spent a record £109m using contactless cards during the month of March, treble the amount in March 2013, according to data released by the UK Cards Association.
Purchases up to the value of £20 can be made by touching a card against a retailer’s contactless reader. The average value of a transaction by contactless card is currently £6.46, the trade body says.
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The National Ploughing Championships 2014
Sep 23 2014 - Sep 25 2014
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Ratheniska, Stradbally, Laois, Republic of Ireland
The 83rd National Ploughing Championships 2014, Ireland's largest outdoor event, will take place in Ratheniska, Co. Laois this September.
The 83rd National Ploughing Championships 2014, Ireland's largest outdoor event, will take place in Ratheniska, Co. Laois this September. This year will see an array of new and exciting exhibitors as well as hundreds of veteran companies showcasing their products and services. The Livestock Arena promises to be a huge attraction with many very valuable prize-winning animals on show. In the ploughing stakes a particularly strong programme has attracted entries from all around the country and Northern Ireland bringing the number preparing to plough in Laois to over 300 for the 3 days. There are also 30 competitors expected from 10 countries around the world to compete in the European Vintage Ploughing Championships that will also take place at the site in Ratheniska.
The event is divided into two main aspects, a tented trade village and a machinery and livestock exhibition. There is also an auto arena, a bio-energy village and a forestry village. In recent years the N.P.A have developed a very comprehensive "lifestyle arena". This sector includes fashion shows, celebrity cookery demonstrations, I.C.A seminars, craft workshops, retail outlets, health, leisure, tourism, education, home and garden.
A food pavilion showcasing many artisan food producers and cottage industries as well as a leader food and craft fair. The second aspect, the national ploughing finals, involve 300 competitors from all over Ireland and some visiting countries competing in many different ploughing competitions to win national titles and qualify for world, european and other international competitions.
A diverse social programme includes a competitive horse speed trial, the hunt chase, sheep dog trials, sheep shearing, meggars, sheaf tossing, vintage machinery demonstrations, fashion shows, most appropriately dressed lady and gent competitions and the best of Irish and country music all day.


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Samsung unveiled a plan to invest 450 trillion won for the next five years to develop future industries, including semiconductors and biologics. Hyundai Motor Group and its affiliates will invest 63 trillion won for the next four years in electric vehicles and robotics. Lotte and Hanwha announced an investment plan of 37 trillion won and 20 trillion won, respectively. SK and LG will soon announce a long-term investment strategy as well. Businesses are coming up with a series of massive investment plans for development of future industries and new engine for economic growth in response to the new administration’s policies with emphasis on economic and technology security leveraging private-led growth and future industries.
Samsung’s investment plan has grown by 120 trillion won from 330 trillion won invested for the past five years in both domestic and overseas operations. The company aims to maintain a super gap in the memory semiconductor market, where it is ranked the world’s No. 1, and increase its foundry competitiveness, which is currently behind Taiwan. Biotechnology, whose strategic importance has been highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic, is another key area where Samsung will put efforts to generate another legend like that of semiconductors.
The latest set of investment plans will mitigate concerns that Korean businesses will increase only foreign investments and create jobs in other countries. 80% of Samsung’s investment, 360 trillion won, will be put into R&D sector in South Korea and expected to generate 16,000 jobs annually and 80,000 jobs in the course of the next five years. This is equivalent to creating new quality jobs, the figure of which is the same as 70% of Samsung Electronics’ staff and executives in South Korea. Hyundai Motor Group’s investment in South Korea is five times its investment in the United States, which the carmaker announced during President Joe Biden’s visit to South Korea. This shows the company’s resolve to develop South Korea as the hub for electric vehicles.
The ball is now in the government and the National Assembly. To remove regulations is the utmost priority, so that businesses can freely compete. The construction of semiconductor plants, which can be completed in two to three years in advanced countries, takes seven to eight years in South Korea because of various regulations. However strong the willpower of businesses is, too much regulations will hold back investment. Labor shortages in semiconductor, electric vehicle, and battery industries are not improving because of college enrollment caps. The corporate tax system that imposes two to three times more taxes on South Korean companies than businesses from other countries also need to be overhauled.
The existing global supply chain has demolished, and major economies are creating regional trade blocs to maximize their benefits, giving rise to big shifts in the world economy. South Korea’s survival depends on its businesses with competitiveness in cutting-edge industries. The government should spare no effort so that audacious moves by Korean companies bear fruit of new engine for economic growth.


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Simplifya, a regulatory and operational compliance software platform serving the cannabis industry, today announced a new searchable database of cannabis regulations across the U.S., known as RegFinder. The company has also expanded license tracking capabilities within its Simplifya Verified platform, adding coverage of 25,000 active hemp licenses.
The launch of the new services comes alongside an infusion of expansion capital of $500,000 from existing shareholders.
According to the company, RegFinder is the most comprehensive regulatory database for the cannabis industry. Getting a complete picture of a given state's cannabis regulations can be difficult, as many states' cannabis regulations are found across multiple sources due to different departments having their own rules.
In addition, the regulations are not always available in an easily searchable format. RegFinder makes it easy for operators, lawyers and others who reference regulations to access differing cannabis regulations for each state in a single, searchable database. Users can also compare regulations from state-to-state, which is especially useful for multi-state operators or those looking to enter a new state.
"The cannabis industry is rife with issues when it comes to finding information scattered across different state agencies, all of whom utilize different processes," said Marion Mariathasan, founder and CEO of Simplifya. "This is true of both regulations and licenses. When states don’t record their regulations in a searchable format, locating a specific line within pages upon pages can be unnecessarily difficult."
The company also announced improvements to Simplifya Verified, a service that streamlines the process of locating cannabis and hemp licenses, and organizes the disparate information into a single app with unlimited search flexibility.
The database is updated daily, saving time when compared to the standard process of combing through state agency websites, many of which can be difficult to navigate and display information in different formats from state to state.
Altogether, Simplifya Verified tracks more than 90,000 licenses nationwide, and monitors licensing rounds and reviews data from more than 100 state agencies. The license tracker can also be used for monthly monitoring that analyzes a list of businesses and returns a report with current license status; alternatively, Simplifya can integrate an API into a user’s system to create an automated process.
"Tracking licenses can have idiosyncrasies that make the process twice as confusing and time-consuming," Mariathasan adds. "An agency might decide to show where the owner lives as opposed to where the business resides. For example, a business located in Colorado might show up in the Texas registry simply because the license owner lives there. The expanded Simplifya Verified and our new product RegFinder are our solutions to save the cannabis industry from wasting this time unnecessarily.”


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Representing more than 8,000 writers from across the United States, the Authors Guild is suing Google for “massive copyright infringement,” claiming damages and “demanding the search engine stop uploading the contents of library books,” James Sturcke of the Guardian reported yesterday.
“This is a plain and brazen violation of copyright law,” said the Authors Guild president, Nick Taylor. “It’s not up to Google or anyone other than the authors, the rightful owners of these copyrights, to decide whether and how their works will be copied.”
Google’s product management vice-president, Susan Wojcicki, says authors will be the ones losing out in the end. She claims the project will encourage the sales of books by making out-of-print, obscure, and lightly marketed titles accessible to millions of potential buyers, while preventing piracy with safeguards that include disabled copy and print functions. Says Wojcicki: “At most we show only a brief snippet of text where their search term appears, along with basic bibliographic information and several links to online booksellers and libraries.”


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Two new restaurants are opening today at Rio Rancho’s Unser Pavilion development — Prime and WisePies Pizza.
The eateries are the creation of restaurateur and entrepreneur Michael Baird of Vernon’s Hidden Valley Steakhouse in Los Ranchos.
This will be Baird’s second Prime location, (the other operates out of Vernon’s), and third WisePies restaurant. Baird’s first WisePies opened in January at 4545 Alameda Road NE, west of Jefferson Street, with a second location opening this summer at 6261 Riverside Plaza Lane at the corner of Coors and Montaño Boulevards, at the Riverside Plaza shopping center. It will likely not be his last.
Development of the 50,000-square-foot Unser Pavilion has been headed up by Jeanie Springer-Knight of Springer5 Investments. She has moved quickly to bring tenants to the development and says the stretch of Unser Boulevard could become Rio Rancho’s version of Albuquerque’s “restaurant row.”
Springer has already brought on a Vanilla Bean Frozen Custard and Treatery, Einstein Bros Bagels and Subway to Unser Pavilion, among other tenants. The development is located at the southwest corner of Wellspring Avenue and Unser Boulevard.
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US: Strike could force Hostess to "wind down"
Hostess warns of liquidation threat if workers strike
Struggling US bakery group Hostess Brands has warned it would be forced to liquidate the company if its unionised workforce takes strike action.
Earlier this month, Hostess won approval from a US bankruptcy court to push through a collective bargaining agreement that had been rejected by some unions, notably the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers union.
The deal will see pay cut by around 8% across the workforce, US reports have suggested. The Twinkies maker started to roll out the changes to its terms and conditions this week.
The move has raised the possibility of industrial action but, a spokesperson for the company told just-food, significant strike action would likely lead to the liquidation of the group.
"Talks with our unions have been completed. The Teamsters and several other unions ratified our last, best, final offer. The court authorised implementation of the changes with the remaining unions," the spokesperson said. "A strike is still possible, and should a significant one occur, we would be forced to wind down the company."
Hostess filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January with over US$1bn in debts. It is the second time the company has entered Chapter 11; it did so as Interstate Bakeries Corp. in 2004, emerging five years later.
Previously, Hostess has warned its 18,500-strong workforce any sale or closure of the company would result in job cuts.
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- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was spotted on billionaire David Geffen‘s superyacht, Rising Sun, this week.
- Geffen reportedly paid $590 million for the yacht, which previously belonged to Oracle founder Larry Ellison.
- Rising Sun is something of a playground for the rich and famous, as Geffen has been known to host celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Leonardo DiCaprio on board.
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The event will have between three to six startup pitch before a diverse group of investors in the ecosystem. Beside the opportunity of getting equity investment, successful startups will receive mentorship from investors.
Investors confirmed for the event include Kresten Buch of 88mph, Chika Nwobi of L5Lab, Elo Umeh of Twinpine Mobile and Bastian Gotter of iRoko.
“The selected startups will be at the frontier of the evolving mobile/web industry in Nigeria,” said Kresten Buch of 88MPH and co-Founder of 440ng. “Their businesses will use mobile/web technology to scale & disrupt traditional businesses, and target African consumers. They will be a part of creating a new generation of tech giants.”
440ng also informed that it is shifting from the traditional accelerator program which it launched in 2014 because it noticed that startups thrive better when they have experienced entrepreneurs as investors. The company says with Deal Weekend, startup founders wouldn’t have to “commit to a long accelerator programme, so they can continue their daily business operations and get help and advice whenever they need it”.
Application closes by 13th August, 2015 and the event will hold on the 4th to 5th September, 2015.
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Traveling with your dog can cost hundreds
LOS ANGELES — Having an 80-pound Labradoodle as a travel buddy means B.L. Ochman can quickly separate the hotels that love dogs from those that just put up with them.
A bed-and-breakfast she visited north of New York City wouldn’t let her pooch Benny trot around in the main house, among other troubles. Ochman, a Manhattan Internet strategist, has since discovered Audrey’s Farmhouse, a B&B in Wallkill, New York, that caters to dogs and doesn’t charge pet fees that can top hundreds of dollars.
“Dog-friendly means your dog is welcome,” she said. “If the dog is welcome, he shouldn’t cost extra money. Of course, I am a dog owner, not an innkeeper.”
Hotels ranging from major chains to small outposts are capitalizing on the wave of travelers who bring along their dogs, some by charging for perks that pamper pets and others by expanding fees. What started as a basic, one-time pet fee has blossomed into a per-night charge at many places and costs that can total hundreds.
Some properties offer amenities from patches of grass to chew toys, designer bowls and in-room massages — usually for an additional price — while others simply levy cleaning fees, whether your dog makes a mess or not. Those hotels often don’t offer extras or permission for pooches over a certain weight, locking out larger pets like Ochman’s.
“There is a huge difference between pet-tolerant and pet-welcoming,” said Carol Bryant, a pet industry public relations strategist from Forty Fort, Pennsylvania.
She’s been traveling with dogs for decades and says hotels that simply tolerate animals don’t offer services such as bowls and beds, so dogs might be sleeping on thin carpeting.
Perks such as organic treats usually cost more, but “I never forget when businesses extend themselves to my dog,” Bryant said. “Does my dog know? Probably not, but I do. And I do the spending.”
Hotels charge a range of prices for pets. More than 120 DoubleTree by Hilton hotels in the U.S. charge a maximum $75 nonrefundable fee used for cleaning, said Maggie Giddens, director of public relations for the hotels.
Many chains charge differently by city. In San Francisco, flat fees are common, with the Radisson charging $75; the Marriott, $50 to $100; Holiday Inn, $75; and the Hyatt, $100, according to petswelcome.com, a pet travel services website. But the InterContinental requires $50 a night there.
Many properties have no fees, including Motel 6, Studio 6, Red Roof Inn, La Quinta and Kimpton, which has 67 hotels nationwide, said Cindy Dahlen, marketing director for New York-based petswelcome.com.
Others charge per night, including Rodeway Inn and Westin hotels at $10-$15; Best Western and Travelodge at $20; and Extended Stay America at $25.
Bryant said the highest fee she’s faced was a one-time $250 cleaning charge at the Trump SoHo New York. Dogs staying at the luxury hotel also have to be under 25 pounds.
Other pet policies, which exclude service dogs, vary by hotel and can include:
• Rooms on designated floors, allowing other customers to avoid pet dander.
• Restricting dogs from getting on furniture in rooms and lobbies.
• When dogs must be leashed.
• Where they can go on the property.
• Bans on certain breeds, which generally match the city’s laws.
For Ochman, bed-and-breakfasts beat out hotels, because they’re more distinctive and usually have fewer restrictions on pets.
“People approach travel in different ways,” she said. “We are just looking for a pretty place where we can relax and take the dogs.”


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The annual occasion returns in June for a digital broadcast
Microsoft has introduced that the 2022 Xbox & Bethesda Video games Showcase will stream on Sunday, June 12 at 10 a.m. PT.
The annual occasion guarantees to showcase titles coming from Xbox Recreation Studios, Bethesda, and their companions all over the world. The occasion guarantees to cowl many upcoming video games for the Xbox ecosystem, together with upcoming releases to Recreation Cross on Xbox and PC.
The Xbox & Bethesda Video games Showcase will probably be streamed on quite a lot of retailers, in over 30 languages. Followers can tune in on Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and extra.
This Showcase occasion is the one one introduced to date for the normal early June time slot, within the wake of E3 2022 occasion being cancelled.


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Colchester clothing store in shock closure
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Peacocks clothing store closure is the latest blow for hard-hit Colchester town centre.
Peacocks clothing store in Colchester has announced that it is closing down on July 12.
But it’s not the only retailer to suffer the same fate in Colchester’s Priory Walk area, where eight units now stand empty.
In 2013, the movement of Colchester bus station from Queen Street to Osborne Street significantly cut passing trade to the area.
Then the former Sale Shop store on nearby Long Wyre Street shut its doors for the last time in 2014 and a host of other stores nearby have followed suit, including Compucchino Internet Café and Superdrug in 2015.
The high street has been battered by bad news this year, after a dire Christmas that saw profits plunge. Elsewhere in Colchester, Goldsmiths jewelers on Shewell Walk have just announced that they’re also closing in next month.
A sales assistant in Peacocks said: “Its so sad, but our sales have been dropping. Lots of shops around here are suffering the same fate - this part of town is really struggling.”
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One shopper, Emma Burrows, 46, of Wivenhoe, said she thought that Peacocks had seemed quieter ever since rival budget clothing retailer Primark opened last year in the former home of BHS on Culver Street East. “I used to go to Peacocks all the time, but since Primark opened I find myself buying most of my clothes there instead,” she added.
Competition is also gearing up nationally between budget retailers as Poundland has also entered the fashion market. Clothing by the brand Pep&Co has been added to more than 300 stores, including the Poundland store in Turner Rise, Colchester.
But the closure of Peacocks’ Priory Walk store doesn’t appear to be the result of poor national profits for Peacocks’ owners Edinburgh Woollen Mill, which also counts Austin Reed, Jane Norman, Jaeger and Country Casuals in its portfolio.
The company’s sales topped £592m and generated profits of nearly £84m in the year to February 2017, and Peacocks is launching several new stores across the UK this year, including one in Crosby.
Although Peacocks’ head office didn’t respond to requests for comment, staff at their Priory Walk store are blaming the Colchester store’s problems on its location, saying: “We are just not getting the footfall in this area.”
It is feared that proposals for an out of town shopping centre at Tollgate Village in Stanway, with 21,200 sq m of retail floorspace, will spell more bad news for Colchester’s town centre retailers.
A Peacocks employee said she’s heard a “rumour” that Peacocks will be opening up a new store in Tollgate Village when that opens.
“If I’m given the choice, of course I’d rather shop at a retail park where the parking is free,” said Nicky Mortimer, 38, of New Town. “It’s very sad for the town centre though. I remember buying my maternity clothes at Peacocks, and now my daughter is turning 12. Peacocks has been an important part of Colchester town centre for many years and it will be missed.”
The nearest Peacocks store to Colchester will be the one on West Avenue in Clacton and one on Carr Street in Ipswich.
Major investment on the way
Although recent times have been hard for the dilapidated Priory Walk area of Colchester, its future now looks brighter, thanks to the £30 million ‘food and drink-led quarter’, which is replacing the old bus station and former Keddies department store across the road on Queen’s Street.
The development features Curzon cinema in Roman House which will open its doors on Friday 6 July, boasting three screens, two cafes, a rooftop terrace and a total capacity of 300 seats. The cinema will be showing “the best of quality mainstream including family films, independent gems and events,” according to its website.
Next year, Travelodge is set to open an 87-bed hotel in the former Keddies building in Queen Street.
And over on the corner of Long Wyre Street and Culver Street East, The East of England Co-op has planning permission to restore the former Sale Shop building, with five restaurants, two retail units and 24 flats.


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With just a week till launch, yet more Day One PS4 bundles have been made available, with Amazon the latest retailer to offer the console in time for launch.
Despite having last week revealed that any new PS4 pre-orders would not be shipped until after the Christmas period,
While the standard PS4 console will set wannabe owners back £349, the Day One Killzone bundle has been handed a slightly more costly £384.99.
Although the PS4 bundle is being offered for Day One delivery, with the November 29 PS4 release date now just a week away, Amazon has revealed the console will only be available for shipping to certain areas of the country.
“When you place a pre-order for an item offering Release Day Delivery and you select either First Class or One-Day Delivery (available for eligible postcodes only), Amazon.co.uk will dispatch your order prior to the release day, with the intention that it arrives with you on the actual release day,” the company has stated.
Although short, the list of ineligible postcodes appears to include only the very northern most points of Scotland and areas of Ireland.
With the Xbox One release date to see the Microsoft branded console go on sale at midnight, the Sony PS4, already available in the US, will hit UK stores next week.
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Motorola has announced the launch of the Motorola Edge 30 smartphone in Europe, a smaller version of its flagship Edge 30 Pro. The new model in Europe will cost 449 euros (about $475) and it will also appear in the markets of Asia and the Middle East later this year. However, for North America, Motorola is planning another smartphone from the Edge series, which should be released later this year.
Motorola Edge 30 offers a smaller screen and a thinner design than the Edge 30 Pro. The smartphone’s 6.5-inch OLED 1080p display supports a refresh rate of 144 Hz, but the model is generally positioned lower than the flagship, so it got a less powerful Snapdragon 778 processor and Adreno 642L graphics. In addition, the amount of RAM can be only 8 GB, and built-in 128 or 256 GB. There is no support for memory cards.
But the main cameras of the Motorola Edge 30 have the same configuration as the flagship:
- 50-megapixel wide-angle module with optical stabilization, phase autofocus and f/1.8 aperture;
- 50-megapixel ultra-wide module with f/2.2 aperture and electronic stabilization;
- 2-megapixel depth sensor.
The 32-megapixel selfie camera has a lower resolution compared to the 60-megapixel camera on the 30 Pro, and video recording on the main camera reaches 4K instead of 8K.
The smartphone has also received 802.11 a/b/g/n/a/6e wireless modules, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC, and support for A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, and GALILEO satellite navigation systems.
The built-in battery in the Motorola Edge 30 has a capacity of 4020 mAh, it can be recharged faster thanks to the support of chargers at 33 watts.


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Have you started slacking off at work to do some holiday shopping yet? 52% of us will online shop at work this year, according to a new survey. And just under half of those people admit it makes them less productive. 1 in 5 will spend over an hour a week on it.
Cyber Monday is the #1 day of the year for “work-shopping.” 43% of us plan to spend at least a few minutes at work checking out deals on Cyber Monday this year, which is December 2nd. Only 29% of people said they NEVER shop while they’re on the clock.
Men are more likely to shop at work during the holidays than women, 58% vs. 48%.


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U.S. consumers likely boosted spending in October, helping to power the broader economic recovery as businesses step up investment and the labor market tightens.
Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal estimated that consumer spending rose 1% in October from a month earlier and that personal incomes edged up 0.2% last month. The Commerce Department’s report on October personal income and spending is scheduled to be published at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday. It includes a key reading on inflation, the personal consumption expenditures price index.
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For years at Volkswagen, talk of efficiency improvements almost always involved TDI—the badging that denoted VW’s diesel technology, now effectively mothballed in the United States because of the company’s costly emissions scandal. It’s no surprise that this week at the Vienna Motor Symposium, the automaker showed several different paths that it sees leading to carbon-neutral mobility—with no mention of TDI.
One of these is the VW Golf TSI BlueMotion, powered by a new 1.5-liter TSI (turbocharged, direct injection) gasoline four-cylinder engine fitted with what the company describes as an “affordable micro hybrid system.”
What that amounts to is essentially an engine stop/start system with a significantly broader operating range. The new BlueMotion system employs the seven-speed version of VW’s DSG dual-clutch automatic transmission. If you lift gently off the accelerator, it simply declutches and disables the engine at speeds up to 81 mph. The setup is a little more complicated than it sounds, as it requires a higher-capacity battery—here a compact lithium-ion one—to handle the vehicle’s electric loads during long engine-off coasting stints. The battery is managed alongside a traditional lead-acid one, with a special Q-diode to isolate vehicle systems from the starter circuit. Three methods are used to restart the engine: by use of its starter motor, by re-engaging the clutch to crank the engine, or by combining the starter with clutch engagement.
Although the “hybrid-style characteristics” that VW says the new BlueMotion system provides might not constitute a hybrid by traditional definitions, it promises a boost of about 2 mpg, based on extremely optimistic European-cycle efficiency numbers (up to about 50 mpg, from 48 mpg).
The 1.5-liter TSI engine, which is being introduced in Europe this year, also has VW’s active cylinder management, which switches off two cylinders under light loads.
Volkswagen also revealed a new engine that will be offered in subcompact models: an 89-hp 1.0-liter turbocharged three-cylinder designed for compressed natural gas (CNG) but also capable of running on gasoline. When the engine is warm or under low load, it runs two cylinders on a rich mixture while one is on a lean mixture. That creates a more oxygen-rich exhaust stream from which the catalyst can more effectively convert methane.
The Shape of Things to Come? Not Quite
Both of these technologies are unlikely to be brought directly to the United States anytime soon, however. While Volkswagen does plan to bring the 1.5-liter TSI engine to the U.S. in a couple of years—in the next-generation Golf, among other products—it’s unlikely the coasting system would provide significant gains in EPA testing; nor is Volkswagen expected to go through the trouble of federalizing the little 89-hp triple.
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What we can count on from Volkswagen in the U.S. instead is electrification—in forms that California and other ZEV Mandate states require, with designs previewed by the I.D. BUZZ, BUDD-e, and I.D. Crozz concept vehicles. There’s a new generation of traditional hybrids on the way, too.
While VW doesn’t have a lot of choice in some of its amends—including a 10-year Electrify America program—it’s making good on its own in a more stringent regulatory environment by investing $11 billion into advancing the fuel efficiency of its internal-combustion engines by up to 15 percent. That’s on top of more than $3 billion spent in the past five years. It’s as strong an indicator that we can have that, even for embattled Volkswagen, the internal-combustion engine sure isn’t dead yet.


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Ukraine PM pledges illegal logging crackdown after Earthsight exposé of IKEA
Denys Shmygal’s announcement came the same day officials confirmed a criminal investigation has been launched into a local forestry body used by Ikea's suppliers to source illegal wood.
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The report, Flatpacked Forests: Ikea’s illegal timber problem and the flawed green label behind it, revealed how illegal wood ended up in best-selling Ikea products sold in stores worldwide. These included the furniture giant’s popular Terje and Ingolf chairs. Products were certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the world’s leading green label for wood.
Speaking to Earthsight, Kaplunov said federal inspectors and local police raided Velyky Bychkiv SFE in mid-June over its logging activities. Inspectors identified “numerous violations” at the forestry enterprise, he added in a Facebook post published on Thursday.
Kaplunov confirmed that illegal ‘sanitary logging’, used to stop the spread of disease and pests, has continued in the area despite inspectors finding illegalities in 2018.
The 2018 inspection found that the SFE broke the law when issuing logging permits, resulting in widespread illegal forest clearances. This enabled firms to cut trees during the breeding season for rare species, when it is banned.
Earthsight’s 18-month investigation revealed that a major Ikea supplier, Ukrainian furniture manufacturer VGSM, was among those issued with illegal licences. Flatpacked Forests also uncovered evidence that the SFE allowed logging breaches to persist in 2019 and 2020.


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MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) - Rapidly becoming one of Broadway’s biggest hits, “Hamilton” is coming to Minnesota for the first time this summer. But getting your hands on some tickets will cost you a pretty penny.
“Hamilton” won't start its six-week run until the end of August, but anticipation for the show already has some charging massive prices for tickets.
“’Hamilton’ is the biggest phenomenon on Broadway that we've probably seen, ever. We haven't seen popularity like this, [even] Book of Mormon,” said Dale Stark with Hennepin Theatre Trust.
The Hennepin Theatre Trust said it has already sold about 15,000 tickets in season ticket packages alone.
Season ticket holders have another couple of weeks to buy additional tickets.
Then, the theatre trust expects to announce when about 100,000 remaining seats for single shows will go on sale in the next three to four weeks.
“When we sell for a season, we have to make sure there are tickets available for individual shows; we have to cap the number of season ticket packages we sell,” Stark said.
On ticket re-sale sites like Stub Hub and Ticket King, “Hamilton” tickets are going anywhere from about $500 to as much as $6,000 each.
But the Hennepin Theatre Trust said if you don't buy your tickets from the box office or Ticketmaster, it’s buyer beware - and no one wants to throw away their shot at seeing the best of Broadway.
"The fact that we have it for six weeks means we really get to know them, they get to come to Minnesota and see what kind of terrific theatre audiences we have," Stark said.
The Hennepin Theatre Trust said it will probably offer a limited number of rush tickets to “Hamilton,” like other cities have done.
“Hamilton" premieres on Aug. 29 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis.


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Apple needs to do more to prevent unauthorized apps that deliver music to users in unlicensed ways appearing on its App Store. That’s the demand from the Recording Industry Association of Japan and several other industry groups in a communication sent to Apple recently.
The popularity of smartphones and their accompanying software ecosystems have given rise to large volumes of applications that appear to infringe copyright.
With its side-loading ability, Android is by far the most affected platform, with apps easily installable on millions of devices granting access to unlicensed content, including music, movies, and TV shows.
However, even when apps are pre-vetted for availability on Google Play or Apple’s App Store, some rogue tools slip through the net. This situation is unacceptable to most rightsholders but given the manner in which music is often consumed these days, recording labels tend to be the most dissatisfied.
This has prompted a large coalition of music-focused industry groups, headed up by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), to write to Apple demanding change.
In a joint request the RIAJ, the Japan Association of Music Enterprises, the Music Publishers Association of Japan, and the Federation of Music Producers Japan, to name just four, seek assurances from the US-based tech giant that it will “tighten up” its processes to prevent “unauthorized” streaming apps ending up on its platform.
According to the industry groups, “unauthorized” means any app that allows a user to stream music in “ways that fall beyond the intention of the music’s copyright and neighboring right holders.”
The groups don’t offer any specifics but it seems extremely likely that given the pressure on sites and tools that rip, source, or otherwise cull content from YouTube, these are prime candidates for Apple’s attention.
“The recent torrent of Unauthorized Music Apps flooding the industry is enabling users to listen to music for free, resulting in these app operators to gain unfair profits through advertising sales,” the groups write.
“These operators are not only committing copyright infringement, but also stealing profit from the music’s rightful copyright owners and legitimate service providers—profit that they would have otherwise gained through CD sales, downloads, and streaming.”
That CD sales are placed at the head of the list is unsurprising. Despite much of the world ditching plastic discs in favor of digital streaming, Japan still has a love affair with the format, albeit one that’s on the wane.
According to figures published by the RIAJ, 88.65 million CDs were produced in Japan during 2018, down 13 percent on the previous year. That’s compared to 52 million units sold across the entire US during 2018. In 2014, around 85% of music sales in Japan came from CDs. Around 54% of consumption now comes from streaming.
The RIAJ acknowledges that Apple removes “unlicensed apps” from its App Store in response to takedown requests. However, removed apps sometimes reappear on the platform after being disguised as new tools. As a result, the RIAJ wants to be involved in the app approval process, to ensure that rogue software doesn’t appear on the App Store.
Calling for Apple to “strengthen its review process”, the RIAJ says the US company should begin “contacting and working with RIAJ for apps suspected to be Unauthorized Music Apps” while expediting takedowns for tools that violate Apple’s own terms and conditions.
“The music industry associations and music streaming service providers will continue to discuss and engage in efforts to tighten control over Unauthorized Music Apps, strive to build an honest and fair market, and demand speedy amendment of the Copyright Act that regulates leeching sites and apps,” the RIAJ concludes.
Many thanks to TorrentFreak for the breaking news.


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LiveNation is putting on a promotion to sell ticket packages for five country artists including Florida Georgia Line, Rascal Flatts and more.
All of the concerts will take place at Darien Lake Amphitheater and will include a free same-day admission to the theme park. The tickets include three tiers of seating arrangements and will be available for one price, providing admission to all five showings.
The concert tickets will go on sale on Megaticket’s website on February 1, 2019, at 10 a.m. and will last until May 10. The concerts will run from May 24 to September 13.
More information on the shows is available here.


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BROKEN ARROW, Okla. -- Coinciding with its upcoming golden anniversary, QuikTrip announced it will kick of the festivities by opening its 500th store location here this month, the Broken Arrow Ledger reported.
"QuikTrip is focused on building and operating high volume, great looking stores. Five hundred stores is a milestone in our history; what makes me most proud is that every one of those stores and the people who run them meet the high standards our customers expect," Chet Cadieux, president and CEO of QuikTrip, said told the paper. "In fact, over the years QuikTrip has closed 420 locations that no longer met our standards."
The 500th store will fittingly be opened in Broken Arrow, said Cadieux who explained that the company's first store was opened 50 years ago in the same region. "Reaching 500 stores has been a long-range goal for us for over (the last) 10 years, so it will be nice to check that off our list," Cadieux said. "I should hope we will not take 50 years to get to 1,000 stores."
With the official anniversary date in September, Cadieux extended his thanks to those who made the journey possible. "As we reach this milestone, I would like to thank every past and present QuikTrip employee and their families from the bottom of my heart for their dedication to excellence and providing outstanding customer service day in and day out to our valued customers," Cadieux told the paper.


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Welcome to the Daily Market News.
Big Market movers of the day Energy as OIL was +2.59%, BRENT +3.00%, NAT GAS +1.49%
Asia: NIKKEI +0.08%, SHCOMP -1.70%, HANG SENG -0.54%, ASX 200 +0.05%, KOSPI +0.02%
Europe: DAX +0.57%, FTSE -0.15%, CAC +0.31%
US: DJIA -0.18%, S&P 500 +0.10%, NASDAQ +0.22%, RUSSELL 2000 -0.37% VIX, +2.65%
Energy: OIL +2.59%, BRENT +3.00%, NAT GAS +1.49%
We look at the move in OIL today pushing to fresh 2019 highs. This is the busiest week for corporate earning with nearly 2/3 of public companies reporting. More than 140 S&P companies are releasing their quarterly earnings results this week. Highlighting earnings for tomorrow include Coca Cola (KO), Verizon (VZ), and Twitter (TWTR) all releasing before the open. And, Snap (SNAP) set to release after the close. The economic calendar is light with US Housing Price Index data at 13:00 GMT and US NEW HOME SALES at 14:00 GMT.


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Doutzen Kroes to ‘Reveal’ a New Side of Calvin Klein
After reviving Christy Turlington's iconic Eternity campaign,Doutzen Kroes is ready to “reveal” a new side of herself as the new face of Calvin Klein’s upcoming scent.
The Dutch darling will be featured in the campaign for the brand’s Reveal fragrance once it hits shelves in September, according to Women’s Wear Daily. It marks a big return for Kroes, 7 years after fronting its iconic Eternity scent with Karl Lindman. Since then, the blonde bombshell not only earned her wings as a Victoria’s Secret Angel, she also turned up the glam on her portfolio with L’Oréal Paris and Tiffany & Co. contracts to boot!
While details for the scent itself are under tight wraps, we trust that the label will likely have a clean scent with a spicy element to suit Kroes’ sultry persona. It looks like the campaign won't take a different turn, as the model mom-to-be shared a snap from behind the scenes via Instagram. But we’re sure Kroes has what it takes to kill it!


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US Election Excitement Rises With Bitcoin Betting
The US presidential election is just months away and debates as to which candidate deserves to represent the parties and to take the highest seat continue to heat up. This has already spread across the Bitcoin prediction markets as election-related topics become hot events for Bitcoin bettors. BetMoose, Fairlay, Augur, and BitBet.us are some of the online prediction sites that cover the US elections. Even some sportsbooks like Nitrogen Sports and OneHash are likely to open bets for Bitcoin election betting .
“The US presidential election is a major world event. With Bitcoin, people from all over the world can join in America’s excitement as it chooses its next leader while they earn their share of successful bets.”
Bit-X Debit Cards Enable Convenient Payment System
Bit-X is a licensed cryptocurrency trading platform for Bitcoin and Litecoin, and it became the latest company to offer a Bitcoin debit card, which comes in various types. The Bit-X debit cards enables user to shop online, pay bills, and withdraw funds from the ATM using any of the balance loaded to its card. The Bit-X cards supports BTC, LTC, USD, EUR, and GBP.
“Users of Bitcoin and Litecoin will find the Bit-X debit cards more than useful. Other than making payments online and offline, they can also receive cashback rewards of 10 satoshis or 0.0000001 BTC for every spent amount of €/$/£0.01.”
FancyHash.io Ensures Trust With Transparency
FancyHash.io is not the typical Bitcoin roulette game online. It is a blockchain-based game that features transparent and honest gameplay reflected on its European-inspired roulette. The FancyHash Bitcoin roulette bears simple design aesthetics and gives more emphasis on the gameplay and provable fairness rather than graphics.
“FancyHash.io takes it a step further by releasing how the site determines the winning number, presenting how its game is provably fair. It starts by skipping the null characters in the code from the left plus one except for zero. The next two characters are then changed into a hexadecimal number.”
Steam’s Bitcoin Use Will Bring Monumental Changes
Talks of Valve accepting Bitcoin through Steam surfaced recently as a source code for its Bitcoin integration was leaked online. If true, users can purchase online games using the digital currency. Popular titles like Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global offensive—games favored for Bitcoin eSports betting, are available on Steam. BitPay will be in charge of processing Bitcoin payments, and will be instrumental in allowing for an increase in Bitcoin adoption .
“The real winner in this scenario is BitPay. Already one of the largest Bitcoin payment processors in the world, this will raise the company’s profile exponentially. People can expect that BitPay will be using its new Payment Protocol for Steam transactions, which is monumental.”
Bitcoin and Gambling: Russia Deals With Change
Russia appears to be softening up on online gambling and even Bitcoin as recent developments hint to friendlier policies and behavior toward these two rather controversial matters. Legalizing online poker may soon happen while pro-Bitcoin regulatory laws are in the works.
“This has even resulted in Bitstamp opening its doors once again to Russians. Plus, the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin is being investigated by the Russian central bank for future use.”