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B2B SasS BusinessCanvas raises additional funding.. “Accelerating global expansion”
Business Canvas, the South Korea-based operator of Typed, a document collaboration tool, today announced that it has closed its Series A2 round with additional funding. The funding was led by IBK Capital, Won Asset Management, and angel investors Han Ki Yong.
The company previously raised KRW 5 billion in January from Sui Generis Partners, Shinhan Venture Investment, Infobank, Kakao Ventures, and Shinhan Capital.
“In addition to the new products and services that BusinessCanvas is currently preparing to launch, the company’s achievements and confidence in researching and developing generative AI-related products that meet the needs of consumers is the reason for the additional investment,” said Hanjae Kim, CEO of Sui Generis Partners, who led the investment.
BusinessCanvas will use the funding to accelerate its global expansion through aggressive talent acquisition.
“In addition to Typed, the new products we are preparing to launch have been well appreciated by investors,” said Kim Tae-young, Chief Financial Officer of Business Canvas. “We plan to create synergies with Typed through the launch of new products.”
“Based on the successful A2 investment, we will be able to accelerate the establishment of a global base in the second half of 2023,” said Woojin Kim, CEO of Business Canvas. “We will acquire more global users and stand out as a representative SaaS startup in Korea.”
Founded in July 2020, Business Canvas operates Typed, a documentation tool with global users in 184 countries. Last year, Typed was named the No. 1 “Product of the Day” by Product Hunt, a popular software ranking site, and became the first Korean SaaS startup to be nominated for the Golden Kitty Awards.
- WiRobotics raises KRW 4 billion in pre-Series A funding for its wearable robots
- Backend.AI, a data operations platform for AI learning, raises KRW 10.5 billion in Series A funding
- AI-based video privacy masking service ‘BlurMe’ raised seed funding
- Vietnam’s largest startup event, Techfest, was held in South Korea for the exchange of Korean-Vietnamese startups
- Cloud POS ‘Payhere’ raises KRW 20 billion in Series B funding
- The Edgeof to Acquire SoftBank Ventures Asia to Establish Pan-Asian Startup Ecosystem
- Nudge Healthcare raises 30 billion KRW to expand into global markets
- Sopoong Ventures invested in Silicon Valley-based Capture6
- Carbon management accounting company AENTS raises KRW 2 billion in Series A funding
- NAVER launches logistics service for SMEs with SK Energy and Hanjin Delivery


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The Czech industrial real estate market has grown up to 10.14 million sqm in size and surpassed the 10 million sqm mark. In this period, the largest real estate transaction in the history of the Czech industrial market was also registered with a yet undisclosed distributor leasing almost 234,000 sqm, Colliers reported in their last analyses.
The vacancy rate of the Prague Office market has not changed in Q2 2022 and remained at the same value as in the previous quarter. Nevertheless, the rents and service fees continue to rise and the volume of net take-up is the highest since the end of 2019, says Colliers.
Transactions of apartments and houses began to decline starting from the spring of this year, as a result of high energy costs, rising construction materials and fuel prices, in addition to the rising costs associated with mortgages, according to real estate consultancy Colliers.
Mark Richardson, Director, Head of Industrial and Investment Services at Colliers talked to Property Forum about the impact of the war in Ukraine on the CEE investment market, expected changes in the warehousing sector and the further development of PRS products in Poland and the Czech Republic.
UK-based commercial property fund manager and investor First Property Group concluded the sale of Tureni Logistic Warehouse, with a total area of about 8,300 sqm, in a deal brokered by real estate consultancy company Colliers.
Around 120,000 sqm of retail projects are slated for delivery in the second half of 2022, although some projects could be delayed until the first part of 2023, especially if the developers meet certain difficulties with the construction or leasing process, according to real estate consultancy Colliers.
Due to the growing interest of companies in locating their business in the Central and Eastern European region, Colliers has launched a new business line within its Strategic Advisory department – Business Consulting, which will cover the entire CEE market. Jan Kamoji-Czapiński, an expert with long-term experience in strategic consulting for foreign companies, who has been supporting Colliers' clients in the EMEA region for the last year, will be responsible for its development.
Collies released its 2021 Global Impact Report today, highlighting the firm’s performance and ongoing commitment to delivering resilient buildings, inclusive workplaces and spaces that promote health and wellbeing for its professionals, clients, and communities.
Most CEE economies have seen faster recoveries post-Covid than Western EU economies, with Poland, Hungary, Romania and the Baltics being especially strong performers. However the global inflationary pressures, higher interest rates and supply chain issues, together with the possible recession in China, might impact CEE economies in the second half of 2022 due to their reliance on capital flows from other parts of the world, reveals a report by Colliers.
Investment transactions worth €336 million were concluded on Romania’s property market in the first semester of 2022, up 13% year-on-year, while for the whole year the sector could generate deals closer to or even higher than €1 billion, according to a report by real estate consultancy Colliers.
InPost has opened a second logistics centre in Łódź. Ultimately, almost 300 people will find work in the 8,500 sqm facility. InPost's logistics centre, located in the vicinity of the A1 Central Logistics Hub motorway, occupies 7.5 thousand sqm of warehouse space and 1 thousand sqm of office space.
Domax, a manufacturer of wood screws and connectors, has leased a 5,800 sqm warehouse at Mapletree Park Gdańsk Airport. The logistics centre is located close to roads S6, S7 and the A1 motorway.
Five more companies have joined Okam's existing tenants in Warsaw's Żerań, including theMedicus.pl shop and the Fresh Group advertising agency, which will occupy a total area of around 1,500 sqm in the complex.
Agnieszka Boroń has joined Equilis Poland to take up the post of Development Director. She has worked in the construction and development industry for over 20 years, specialising in residential project management. Prior to joining Equilis Poland, she was programme director at Nexity. Prior to that, she worked in managerial positions at Dom Development.
Agnieszka Baczyńska took up the position of Head of Leasing - Retail in CPIPG. She is responsible for the commercialization of retail facilities from the CPIPG portfolio. Baczyńska also manages the leasing of office space on the buildings owned by CPIPG.
Ferenc Gondi has been appointed to a new post as Country Head for CTP Hungary. He's been part of CTP's activity for over 5 years.
Property Forum is a leading event hub in the CEE real estate industry with nearly 10 years of experience. We organise conferences, business breakfasts and workshops focused on real estate, in London, Vienna, Budapest, Bucharest, Bratislava and Prague, amongst other locations.

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Windows 8.1 details are officially here. I'm Jeff Bakalar, filling in for Bridget Carey. This is your CNET Update. Microsoft has unveiled the Windows 8.1 and showed off a bunch of the new fixes and features today at the Build event in San Francisco. Like we reported yesterday, the start menu is officially back, although it won't be as robust as you might remember it from versions past. Windows 8.1 still makes you dig a little deeper to find recent files, but right-clicking it will give you access to commonly performed tasks. Windows 8.1 will allow users to boot right into the desktop instead of the tile screen. Also new in 8.1 is Xbox Music, as the service is getting a heavy redesign to make for smoother navigation. Microsoft has also upgraded search functionality which now extends into SkyDrive, the web and apps- will even get relevant entertainment results when searching for music and movies. Other improvements include more flexibility with snap view, a much improved camera app and a new and improved Windows Store for a full list of everything that's new in Windows 8.1, head on over to CNET for a deeper dive. Microsoft also announced the developers who'd like to get their hands on Kinect for Windows can do so by opting in to the early access program for $400. Starting this November, the program will allow developers to begin crafting software for the platform in time for Kinect's Windows release which is set to take place sometime in 2014. Square, the mobile payment service-- that recently signed a massive partnership with Starbucks is now going after the likes of eBay and Amazon. Square Market will allow merchants to sell their products online without having to worry about the cost of building and maintaining their own websites. Square Market sellers will not pay a listing fee, but instead will have to hand over 2.75 percent of an item sale price. A new report from security firm lookout says that an alarming amount of Android users are installing apps riddled with adware. According to the firm, 1 million Android users have unknowingly downloaded adware and as much as 6.5 percent of all the free apps in Google's Playstore contains some form of adware as well. Speaking of Google, the company is now selling the Google Play editions of the Samsung Galaxy SIV and the HTC One for a shipping date of July ninth. The SIV will go on sale for $650, while the HTC One will come in at $600 even. That's gonna do it for your tech news update. You can find more details on these stories and more at CNET.com/update and follow along on Twitter. From our studios here in New York, I'm Jeff Bakalar.
Microsoft's full Windows 8 tablet arrives in two weeks, Verizon releases iPhone sales numbers, and Facewash scrubs the filth from your Facebook profile.
Facebook and Google test new site designs, Groupon gets a two-for-one CEO deal, and Windows Phone users face app injustice.
Apple lengthens song sampling to 90 seconds, Google settles its class action suit regarding Buzz, and Amazon and eBay enable gift-giving over Facebook.
The flagship Windows Phone packs a 41-megapixel camera, popular apps arrive for Windows smartphones, and Microsoft hints about new features for Skype and the Surface tablet.
Users of the iPhone and iPad get a software update, Google has an Android announcement later today, and Sony Ericsson is rumored to be readying an Android gaming phone similar to the PSP.
Photos hint at the first video game controllers for iOS devices, Nintendo reveals new details on upcoming Wii U games, and Microsoft brings the Windows 95 game 'Hover!' back to life.
The craze for Google's Chromecast continues, Android 4.3 heads to Xperia devices, and Google Translate understands handwriting.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs reveals details of the new iPhone's front- and rear-facing cameras. New features include more megapixels, an LED flash, and HD video recording.
Microsoft is updating its Windows Live apps, Google's home page looks a bit more like Bing, and the Kno textbook e-reader is revealed.
HP launches the TopShot LaserJet Pro printer that can scan 3D objects, Netflix finally arrives on most Android phones, and Amazon.com is rumored to be in talks with major publishers to launch a Netflix-like service for books.


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Masterfoods is expecting a 20% uplift in sales in its Galaxy large block range, following the launch of Promises, which it claims will attract new customers to the brand as well as create a new ‘everyday luxury’ confectionery category.
Available from September, Promises has been developed in response to the growing consumer trend for everyday products that deliver a little extra luxury. Each square piece of chocolate is moulded into two triangular sections, with Galaxy milk chocolate in one half complementing a rich flavour in the other, all held together on a bed of dark chocolate. There will be four flavours: cocoa crisp, rich coffee, roast hazelnut and caramel crunch – the latter two are expected to be the best sellers.
Recommended selling price is 99p per 100g block.
The launch will be supported by a £4m marketing campaign, part of the £12m core brand support for the year.
Andrea Taylor, trade relations manager for Masterfoods, said the launch of Promises was a major new product development initiative for 2005: “Masterfoods will be the first to create a new everyday luxury category, set to bring in new consumers and grow the whole large block sector.”


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Giotex has partnered with Dutch fibre solutions firm The Movement to develop a fully traceable recycled cotton blended yarn.
Giotex claims to be the largest certified recycler of textile waste-to-yarn in North and South America. The firm recovers fibre from post-industrial and post-consumer textiles and spins a full range of dyed cotton blends for leading mills and brands.
The Movement, meanwhile, offers innovative branded sustainable fibre and yarn solutions for the textile industry, including its new Aware technology that uses tracer particles and blockchain to guarantee that the recycled cotton that enters the supply chain is the same that comes out as apparel.
The partnership will see Giotex begin to sell recycled cotton blended yarn embedded with the Aware tracer particles this month in a move that means brands and retailers from the US, producing their products locally, can now also benefit from 100% traceable recycled cotton yarn.
“Today, nothing is more important to manufacturing than sustainable practices and radical transparency. Aware has joined advanced tagging technology to blockchain transparency. We simply had to be included in The Movement,” says Steven Usdan, co-founder of Giotex.
Feico van der Veen, founder of The Movement, adds: “We believe that genuine traceable recycled cotton yarn should be available from all important production areas in the world, to avoid unneeded shipments of materials.”
The company already has licensed spinners in Europe and Asia, including Bangladesh fibre company Simco Spinning & Textile.
Launched earlier this summer, Aware technology could help establish more trust in the textile industry by offering validation, transparency, and verification, according to The Movement.


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Pedego Greater Long Beach Rockets to Second Anniversary
It’s a party as electric bike shop in Seal Beach celebrates successful second year.
The party will be one of the couple's most memorable events since they opened their doors. “We're delighted to see so many people enjoying Pedego electric bikes,” said Ballard. “We're looking forward to welcoming the community to a really fun party this Saturday.”
Pedego Greater Long Beach has plenty to celebrate with another year of spectacular success, due in part to some surprises that marked 2014. Black won a competition by sending a brief essay to Time Warner Cable Business Class. The award was a national ad campaign, including a TV commercial and Internet presence. As a result, the couple has enjoyed introducing the fun of electric bikes to people all around the country.
Pedego Greater Long Beach has also achieved some local acclaim. Ballard is well-known for attending community events to promote Pedego. In December 2014, Irvine-based Pedego Electric Bikes awarded the couple a special prize at the annual Pedego Dealers Meeting: a Pedego-branded tent in recognition of Ballard's efforts at so many outdoor events. And it is well used.
Celebrations at Pedego Greater Long Beach always include a lot of food and fun. Activities will include free test rides and a raffle with great prizes. The shop is also offering a discount on some of their chic biking accessories. At 3:00 p.m., guests will take part in a group Pedego ride. Several electric bikes will be available for visitors to ride for free during this popular activity. Helmets will be provided for those who plan to ride, but they may want to bring a light jacket.
"We're so excited to be starting our third year," said Black. "Time Warner Cable even helped us kick it off with another photo shoot in the store!" Ballard smiled and added, "Looks like we'll be rolling into another great year at Pedego Greater Long Beach!"
About Pedego® Greater Long Beach
Pedego Greater Long Beach is the Long Beach area’s premier outlet for Pedego Electric Bicycles where customers can choose from purchasing, renting or enjoying a special tour event on an electric bike. A new tour is starting in December, the Bembridge House Architectural Tour, offering a guided e-bike ride through historical neighborhoods to a docent-led tour of a Victorian mansion. Customers can also enjoy flexible rentals of hourly, daily or weekly duration. Located in the Pavilions shopping center, at the corner of Main Street and PCH, you'll find Pedego GLB at 1065 Pacific Coast Highway, Seal Beach. Call (562) 296-5782 to reserve a guided tour or arrange a free test ride.


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“I don’t have a massive retail presence, I don’t chase it, I don’t advertise, I’m an institutional dealer,” he said. “It’s amazing how many people we’ve had call, stop in and come in to pick things up. This week I’ve had people calling for dumbbells, a bench, resistance tubing. Just things (people) can do on their own and it’s for a home gym or for a little workout at home.”
Ken Harrison, general manager with Apple Fitness, said he normally sees this kind of volume around Christmas time.
“It sounded like (the demand hit) Sport Chek, Walmart and Canadian Tire and then it went to the specialty stores,” he said. “It’s basically cleaned house basically everywhere. Nobody was really ready for that kind of volume.”
Harrison said his store has been doing its best to prevent the spread of the virus by first limiting the number of customers who enter to six before eventually closing to the public. Apple Fitness is still taking orders online and over the phone.


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Daily use of sunscreen keeps the skin looking younger for longer, according to research led by Queensland Australian of the Year Professor Adele Green.
The world-first study of 900 men and women aged under 55 shows people who apply a broad-spectrum SPF15+ or higher sunscreen on most days for several years have no detectable photo-ageing of the skin.
The ageing research is the latest phase of a large sunscreen trial.
Earlier results showed that regular sunscreen use helps prevent skin cancer.
In the latest research, silicone impressions were taken from the back of participants' hands at the start and end of a four-and-a-half-year period.
Those who had not used sunscreen regularly showed severe photo-ageing. Those who applied sunscreen most days had no detectable ageing of the skin.
"This has been one of those beauty tips you often hear quoted, but for the first time we can back it with science. Protecting yourself from skin cancer by using sunscreen regularly has the added bonus of keeping you looking younger," Prof Green says.
"And the study has shown that up to middle age, it's not too late to make a difference."
The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, is a collaboration between the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the University of Queensland's School of Population Health.
Prof Green says there are no significant side effects from sunscreen.
Three per cent of participants had skin irritation but this was resolved by changing to a product with a different base.
"Along with seeking shade and wearing clothing cover, sunscreen is a mainstay of sun protection. It prevents sunburn in the short-term and skin cancer in the long-term," Prof Green says.
Although certain skin moisturisers offer sun protection, they do not typically have the same long-lasting effect as sunscreen, she says.
The study also tested the theory that beta-carotene supplements can prevent skin ageing.
"Our findings suggest that beta-carotene supplements do not influence skin ageing, although we can't rule out the possibility of a small difference for better or worse."
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Amazon Game Studios unveiled three new Fire-centric games this morning being created in conjunction with a trio of different partner studios.
Til Morning's Light, which is set in a haunted New England mansion, is a touch-based action adventure game that has players exploring the cursed home, solving puzzles and even a touch of combat. The game is in co-development with WayForward Technologies, the company behind a slew of titles including DuckTales Remastered, A Boy and His Blob and Aliens Infestation. The game will be out "soon" exclusively for the Fire Phone.
Tales From Deep Space is a two-player, local co-op game in development exclusively for Fire tablets. The comic adventure is set on a space station called Big Moon and has players helping a traveling salesman trying to escape the station. The game will feature a free digital comic and is being co-developed with Frontier Developments, the team behind Elite: Dangerous, Zoo Tycoon and LostWinds. It will also be available "soon."
Finally, CreepStorm is a Fire tablets game that has players trying to destroy the world's most powerful vampire. The tower defense title allows players to move upgradeable heroes to destroy hordes of undead in their fight against the vampire. The game, due out soon, is being co-developed with Happy Tuesday, the studio behind Coin Dash! and Pumpkin Sweet Adventures.
Make sure to check out our interview with Amazon Game Studios design director Ian Vogel for more insight into Amazon's continued push into games.


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Oppo has announced its Fantastic Day Sale. During this time, customers will be able to take advantage of offers on many smartphones of the company. Customers will be benefited by Amazon India and Paytm. Smartphones such as Oppo A3s, Oppo A3s Oppo A7s, Oppo A5, Oppo F5 Pro, Oppo F11 Pro, Oppo R17 and Oppo R17 Pro of Oppo are both listed with e-commerce platforms with exchange offers. This sale has started and it will continue till April 19.
Oppo has also partnered with major banks for giving 12 months of no-cost EMI option. The point of attention is that Amazon offers benefits only when OPPO phones are purchased from Appario Retail Pvt Ltd. Talking about offers, customers will get the benefit of discounts of up to Rs 2,500 on both Amazon and Patiala under the exchange discount on the recently launched Oppo F11 Pro. Apart from this, Amazon customers will also get Rs 500 as Amazon Balance. Oppo F11 Pro is priced at Rs 24,990 in India.
Talking about Oppo F9 Pro, this smartphone is available for Rs 17,990 after the recent price cut. In this, customers can also avail the additional discounts of Rs 2,500 under the exchange. The special feature of this smartphone is that it has a 25 megapixel selfie camera.
Similarly, if you talk about Oppo R17, then the customer can take advantage of an additional discounts of 3,000 rupees. Apart from this, you can avail of a discount of Rs 2,000 on Oppo R17 Pro, Rs 5,000 for Oppo A3s and Oppo A5 at Rs 1,250 and on Oppo A7 for an additional exchange discount.


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Manufacturers worried about consumers’ purchasing power, consumption
With the real GDP growth of the manufacturing sector falling in the first quarter of 2020, local manufacturers have expressed worries that reduction in household incomes, occasioned by the loss of jobs and salary cuts due to the coronavirus pandemic, alongside inflation, will further affect consumption and capacity to purchase goods.
Indeed, a recent survey by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) showed that 83 per cent of business owners plan to cut down on salaries and reduce the number of people in their employment.
According to the LCCI survey, the COVID-19 crisis impact on the Lagos business community revealed that 81 percent of respondents were ‘severely’ affected by the pandemic with the median daily revenue loss of N500, 000.
The Chamber noted that the lockdown has significantly destabilized business and economic activities especially in the informal and MSMEs space given their lack of adequate cash buffers to withstand the shock.
To manufacturers, reduced income equally translates to poor capacity to purchase goods and services.
With the manufacturing sector’s real contribution to GDP in 2020 first quarter dropping to 9.65%, lower than the 9.79% recorded in the first quarter of 2019 but higher than the 8.74% recorded in Q42019, the Acting Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Chuma Oruche said local manufacturers do not expect an improved performance in the GDP figures in the second quarter.
According to him, it is glaring to everyone that Q2 will take a downturn, as many sectors are yet to kick-off and those operating are doing so within a restricted time.
He said: “We expect a downward trend in the GDP in Q2. We do not expect much progress because of Covid-19 pandemic, as sourcing of raw materials has become a problem. The curfew has equally affected operations in the sector, as shifts could not take place.
“The Minister has already said the country will go into a recession going by the trend. Consumption has reduced across the sectors. Those that experienced some sales recorded low turnover. Most of the production outfits are in Lagos and goods are not being moved across the country”.
A look at the latest NBS data shows that nominal GDP growth of the Manufacturing sector in the first quarter of 2020 was recorded at 28.47% (year-on-year), or -7.97% points lower than figures recorded in the corresponding period of 2019 (36.45%) but 2.18% points higher than the preceding quarter’s rate of 26.29%. Quarter on quarter, growth of the sector was recorded at 2.84%.
The contribution of the Manufacturing sector to Nominal GDP in the first quarter of 2020 was 12.98%, higher than the share recorded in the corresponding period of 2019 at 11.31% as well as the fourth quarter of 2019 at 11.37%.
Real GDP growth in the manufacturing sector in the first quarter of 2020 was 0.43% (year on year), lower than the same quarter of 2019 as well as the preceding quarter by –0.38% points and –0.81% points respectively. Growth rate of the sector, on a quarter-on-quarter basis, stood at –5.38%, lower than the quarter on quarter growth rate recorded in the preceding quarter of 2019.
The Director-General of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr Muda Yusuf noted that though activities during the first quarter are usually slow, the effect of the coronavirus pandemic, starting taking a toll on the economy at that time, adding that the economy could have only recorded some marginal growth.
On his part, the Director-General of Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Timothy Olawale said the slowdown in the GDP growth reflects the earliest effects of the disruptions on the non-oil economy, coupled with an escalating war of words between the U.S. and China which resulted into low demand in global oil.
“The lockdown of the Nigerian economy commenced in April due to the pandemic, therefore, the real impact of COVID-19 on the economy would be felt in the Q2 GDP result. We applaud the managers of the economy, as the economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter because of a boost in oil production.
“We anticipate a contraction in the second quarter, as the economy witnessed a six-week lockdown on the commercial nerves of the country, and a similar trend was witnessed in the global economy, except China, whose consumption of fuel due to opening of industrial hubs and transportation could portend mild positive growth pattern due to demand for crude oil.”
“There is the need for the Fiscal and Monetary authorities to develop more aggressive and decisive policies to sustain economic recovery in the wake of further low oil prices. We believe that more coordinated stimulus packages targeted at the worst-hit sectors of the economy would sustain the economy from experiencing a contraction of 8.9% as predicted”, he added.
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A non profit organization that represents tech startups and the general tech community has spoken out against rights-holder calls in the U.S. for piracy filters to be made mandatory for internet service providers and websites.
The non-profit, Engine, says that not only are piracy filters prone to false positives, they will also be so costly that it will hurt nascent companies and stifle innovation in the process.
"Reversing two decades of sensible copyright policy to require OSPs to deploy tools that are costly, easily circumvented, and limited in scope would deeply harm startups, users, and content creators alike," says Engine.
In Engine's report, the startup lobby group cites a recent case study which found a false positive rate of 1 to 2 percent when piracy filters are used.
This may not sound like a lot, but considering many sites deals with millions of user generated files, this could lead to tens of thousands legitimate files being filtered for no reason.
"Accordingly, a 1–2 percent false positive rate for an automated filtering procedure is problematic for the same reasons, as such a technique would result in filtering legitimate content at rates that would frequently obstruct speech," Engine's report states.
Engine also estimates the cost of implementing a filter for a medium sized file sharing service would be $10,000 and $25,000 in licensing fees alone, something that will be out of reach for smaller startups.
So an mandatory filter could end up being an expensive foible that's prone to false positives could also be easily made redundant, with new file formats escaping the filter's attention, and it would also not stop sites outside of the U.S. not beholden to the country's copyright laws from offering pirated files.


text: AppDynamics is an application performance monitoring company that has raised $50 million in a Series D round of funding led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). Other investors that participated in this round include Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. AppDynamics raised a total of $86.5 million and they plan to go public. AppDynamics manages the scaling, monitoring, troubleshooting, and user experience. AppDynamics has grown 300% in the past year as they now have 500 customers. This is up from 250 customers last year.


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Investors show confidence in Qatar’s retail sector
24 April 2017
A new wave of retail real estate supply has hit the market in Qatar. According to property consultant, DTZ, the supply of organised retail mall accommodation increased by 30% in December 2016, with the opening of Mall of Qatar.
Cityscape Qatar Conference 2017 Returns to Doha
10 Feb 2017
The largest meeting place for debate, discussion and knowledge for real estate investment and development in Qatar will be held on March 13th, 2017 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center and will run in parallel with the successful Cityscape Qatar 2017 Exhibition.


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Bloomberg news is reporting the owner of Nova Chemicals is not planning, for now, to sell the plastics manufacturing company that’s currently spending $2.2 billion to expand in the Sarnia area.
Bloomberg posted a video online of its interview with Musabbeh Al-Kaabi, CEO of petroleum and refining for the Mubadala Investment Company of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, where he said the company doesn’t believe this is the right time to sell Nova Chemicals.
It was reported in early 2019 that Mubadala had been exploring a sale of Nova Chemicals and, in June, there were reports the Chevron Phillips Company, a joint venture between Chevon Corp. and Phillips 66, had submitted a bid.
Headquartered in Calgary, Nova Chemicals has more than 1,000 employees in Lambton County, with three production sites in St. Clair Township and another polyethylene plant currently under construction there.
It also has manufacturing sites in Alberta, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio.


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Is a new window plaque directed during clarifying a car’s fuel potency carrying unintended effects?
New investigate from University of Michigan researchers Anocha Aribarg and Katherine Burson suggests that a informed “Monroney sticker” on new cars could be causing some confusion.
“The emanate is how a scale is presented to people and how they appreciate that,” pronounced Burson, associate highbrow of selling during U-M’s Ross School of Business. “There are opposite ways to demonstrate it, and a apparent choice competence not always be a optimal one if you’re perplexing to inspire people to buy some-more fuel-efficient vehicles.”
The longstanding miles per gallon rating is informed yet widely misinterpreted. Because it’s not a linear scale, people tend to blink a fuel potency advantages on guzzlers like SUVs and overreach them on smaller, fuel-sipping cars. For example, a potency benefit between 10 mpg and 15 mpg is most incomparable than between 40 mpg and 45 mpg.
To fight that, regulators combined a new scale to a sticker—gallons per 100 miles—in Jan 2014. This is a linear scale and gives a consumer another approach to appreciate a same information.
Aribarg and Burson’s study, “Tipping a Scale: The Role of Discriminability in Fuel Efficient Choices,” co-written with Richard Larrick of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, shows how consumers appreciate a new information.
The authors ran experiments display how some-more than 2,100 consumers done choices in shopping an SUV.
When a miles per gallon magnitude was emphasized, people customarily chose a some-more fuel-efficient vehicle. But when a gallons-per-100-miles scale was emphasized, people chose a reduction fuel fit vehicle.
The problem appears to be a distance of a numbers. A miles-per-gallon scale of 27 vs. 20 looks like a some-more apparent alleviation than 3.7 gallons per 100 miles vs. 4.8.
“The disproportion looks smaller with a gallons-per-100-miles scale, even yet it’s a accurate same information,” pronounced Aribarg, associate highbrow of marketing. “So it has this unintended, impolite effect. People stop chasing a fuel-efficient car.”
In another experiment, Aribarg and Burson tweaked a scale to gallons per 10,000 miles, a series that approximates miles driven in a year.
The incomparable numbers seemed to have an effect—consumers done some-more fuel-efficient choices when gallons per 10,000 miles was emphasized.
The researchers advise changing a Monroney plaque to simulate gallons per 10,000 miles, or stealing miles per gallon so it doesn’t dwarf a gallons per 100 miles numbers.
“What we don’t wish is for companies to change their plan since consumers are misinterpreting a tag and creation it seem they don’t caring about fuel efficiency,” Burson said. “We used a conjoint research since it shows how people make choices, not what they self-report. We know we can get them to make some-more fuel-efficient choices formed on how numbers are scaled.”
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IMF frets over record debt
THE International Monetary Fund has sounded the alarm about record government debt in emerging markets.
There had been a sharp rise as governments were lured by low interest rates. Public debt in emerging markets averaged about 70% of GDP, compared with 65% in industrial countries, a study had shown.
'This study should be viewed, at the very least, as a yellow warning light,' said Kenneth Rogoff, the Fund's chief economist.
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Cryptocurrency trading is a popular pursuit, as the fluctuation of digital.
Excavo has written 1,227 technical analysis reports which have captured over 850,000 views.
Besides detailing some short-term BTC trends last week on Dec.
Use Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash to play online casino games here.
BTCUSD moving inside uptrend channel but the last downward movement is swallowed by all previous growth. Binance stopped the fall of Bitcoin – forcibly closing.
Bitcoin Cash price monthly 2017-2020. Published by Jennifer Rudden, May 6, 2020. The price of Bitcoin Cash for the end of April 2020 amounted to 252.24 U.S.
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is a direct result of a Bitcoin fork that occurred on August 1,
On November 15, 2018, we will pause Bitcoin Cash (BCH) trading, including the.
Announcement: As of December 19, 2017 Coinbase will add Bitcoin Cash to.
Bij Admiral Markets kunt u zowel Bitcoin als Bitcoin cash ofwel BCH (BCH/ USD CFD verhandelen).
populaire trading platform MetaTrader 4 kunt u Bitcoin Cash , Bitcoin CFD's en.
BCH – USD, juli – september bitcoin cash voorspellingen.
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In partnership with LA Family Housing, R Baron has announced their first annual Thanksgiving food drive. The Los Angeles based music management company known for their artists such as Shoreline Mafia, 1takeJay and more, will be starting the Feed The LAnd Food Drive this November.
With proceeds going towards feeding Los Angeles’ overwhelmingly large homeless population, any and all support in the form of volunteer hours to canned goods will make a difference. In the past six years, L.A.’s homelessness has surged 75% to roughly 55,000 from about 32,000 according to LA Times. Three out of four homeless people — 41,000 — live in cars, campers, tents, and lean-tos, by far the biggest single group of unsheltered people in any U.S. city.
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This is HUGE even by Texas standards. According to newscast and the Austin American Statesman, Taylor, Texas beat out Austin and locations in New York and Arizona for Samsung’s $17B chip manufacturing plant. Taylor is about 35 miles northeast of Austin (city hall to city hall) and is about 9 miles northeast of Hutto, itself a growing city. The size of the plant is projected at a mere 6M square feet! The location will have 1,000 acres and be southwest of Taylor. Samsung expects that 2,000 people will work at this site (that’s about the population of a small city).
Mike Paxton, an economist with the Angelou Economics, stated that this news will bring the need for additional housing, retail and restaurants to the area. In other words, Taylor is going to BOOM and so will the areas near it. In fact, the whole area is booming. Recently Oracle and Tesla have stated that they are moving their HQ to Austin. And don’t forget that little plant that Elon Musk is building a $1.1B in south Austin to build trucks.
What’s bringing these firms to our area – inexpensive land compared to California, a talented labor pool, affordable housing compared to California, and no state income tax.
For us investors in local residential real estate, the news couldn’t be better. For those of you who don’t own a piece of our local residential real estate, well what are you waiting for!?


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Ministry of Industry in Dhi Qar Distributed 75 Thousand dinars " EID"
A company affiliated to the Ministry of Industry in Dhi Qar distributed 75 thousand dinars "Eid" for each associate
The General Administration of Or Company of the Ministry of Industry in Dhi Qar announced on Sunday that it will pay the Eid reward to its employees.
The general manager of the company, Haidar Sahar, told Al-Ghad Press that "the decision to pay the Eid reward came in implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Directors of the company to distribute the Eid al-Fitr reward to all members." He pointed out that "the number of employees covered by Eidiyah is more than 3250 members"
He stressed that "the amount of Eidiyah will be 75000 dinars per associate," noting that "this step comes to support the company's employees and motivate them to provide the best service to the Iraqi industry."
"The Eid did not include employees assigned outside the company, as well as those who have a vacation more than 10 days," he said.


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Supermarket chain Aldi is to create more than 400 new jobs across Wales between now and Christmas.
The company is looking to hire 463 new colleagues over the next few months across various positions - from apprentices to store managers.
The retailer, which currently has more than 920 stores and employs around 38,000 people, is pushing ahead with plans to open more than one new store a week this year.
Aldi is opening new stores in towns and cities up and down the country - including Swansea. However, the store is looking to hire in several places across Wales such as Cardiff and Newport.
The UK’s fifth-largest supermarket is looking for people of all levels of experience to fill roles at its stores and distribution centres across the region, with salaries of up to £47,080.
This includes apprenticeships and part-time positions such as Store Management Apprentice and HGV Driver, all the way up to Store Manager.
Store assistants at Aldi can earn up to £10.57 nationally with the supermarket also paying for breaks. Other store roles available will include managerial positions, caretakers and cleaners, as well as store Apprentices.
The recruitment push forms part of Aldi’s nationwide expansion drive in recent years, with the supermarket currently looking to fill thousands of roles across the UK before the end of the year.
The supermarket is also currently recruiting for 900 jobs across its 13 regional distribution centres around the UK, and a further 175 vacancies at its head office in Atherstone, Warwickshire.
In addition, Aldi is also on the lookout for over 80 graduates to join its next intake, starting from September onwards.
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Kelly Stokes, Recruitment Director at Aldi UK, said: “As we continue to grow, we’re looking for ambitious and hard-working individuals to join our team at stores and distribution centres across Wales.
“There’s something here for everyone, from new starters looking to take their first step on the career ladder to more experienced team managers seeking a new challenge.
“Our amazing colleagues are central to everything we do at Aldi and remain one of the key factors in our success. We’re looking forward to welcoming our new recruits to the team.”
Those interested in applying for a career with Aldi can visit www.aldirecruitment.co.uk.
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Bunge’s decision to ban corn grown from cutting-edge Syngenta seed – a curb which has sparked a legal battle – was imposed for fear of damaging America’s nascent exports of the grain to China, the crop processor said.
Soren Schroder, the chief executive of Bunge’s North America division, said he was "surprised and disappointed" that Syngenta was seeking in court a result that would "put at risk a major export market for US corn producers – China".
Handling Syngenta’s Agrisure Viptera seed, which is genetically modified against insect pests such as corn borer and corn rootworm, would risk contaminating the Bunge crop handling chain with a variety banned in China – and threaten repercussions.
China, while historically a minor corn importer, has emerged as a medium-ranked buyer, with purchases forecast at 2.0m tonnes in 2011-12, with its ability to produce the grain failing to keep up with demand both from hog farmers and from industrial users turning it into the likes of ethanol and sweeteners.
And, as the world’s second-largest corn consumer, China is viewed has having significant potential to raise its imports.
"Our obligation to our farmer customers it to provide access to the global marketplace and the price benefits of that access," Mr Schroder said.
"Syngenta’s decision to commercialise Agrisure Viptera should not foreclose our ability to sell to a major market – China."
While Swiss-based Syngenta believes it will early in 2012 gain Chinese approval for the corn variety, Bunge "must protect the integrity of our export supply chain by not accepting Agrisure Viptera and other varieties that do not have major market approval," Mr Schroder added.
"China is currently the seventh largest destination for US corn with imports expected to grow significantly this year."
The comments come the day after Syngenta revealed that it was suing Bunge for failing to accept Agrisure Viptera corn, in violation of "a number of federal and state laws".
"When a product has been legally approved growers should be able to use that technology without subsequently being subjected to arbitrary actions," David Morgan, head of Syngenta’s US seeds business, said.
After being approved by US authorities, as Agrisure Viptera has been, a seed should be able to be used by farmers "without subsequently being subjected to arbitrary actions".
Bunge shares closed 4.1% higher at $62.04 in New York. In Switzerland, Syngenta shares closed up 2.6% at SFr233.10.
Separately, Barclays Capital analysts initiated coverage on shares in both Bunge and meat giant Tyson Foods with "buy" recommendations.


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NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- There has been ample research to demonstrate that many consumers spend time reading online reviews—but one report suggests that a surprisingly small population of consumers actually spends time writing reviews. According to British travel site Travolution, nine out of 10 travelers consult online reviews before making any big travel-related purchases, yet the reviews that populate online travel sites are penned by a very small portion of the overall consumer population. This surprising finding has won the attention of Reputation Changer, an industry-leading reputation management and monitoring agency.
In a new statement to the press, Reputation Changer CEO Cliff Stein shares his comments on the Travolution report—and he says the implications are potentially dangerous for businesses and brands. "What this report indicates is that online reviews are massively influential among consumers—and yet that influence is being dictated by a small group of people," Stein explains. "This means that a single review can make or break a company; because there are so few reviews out there, a single opinion is statistically significant. One negative reviewer would mean little if his was one voice among a thousand, but, as this report makes plain, that lone reviewer is probably going to command a lot of attention."
Stein says that his company has dealt with all manner of online defamation within the travel community. "At Reputation Changer, scam accusations and online complaints are just as common, and just as dangerous, as bad reviews posted to sites like Travelocity and Yelp.com," he explains. "The impact of these defamatory posts can prove severe. For example, Reputation Changer has witnessed hotels brought to the brink of ruin, simply because one guest decides to write a nasty review—and that review just happens to be the only review to show up on the hotel's Google search results page."
This is not just a problem in the travel industry. "Consumers turn to online reviews to inform all of their major purchasing decisions, these days," Stein affirms. "As such, negative online reviews can prove disastrous for retailers, for restaurant owners, even for medical and legal practices."
Because a single negative review can so thoroughly poison a brand's online reputation, Stein says businesses are smart to actively seek out positive reviews. "A negative review will make much less of an impact if it joins a hundred or even a thousand positive, glowing reviews," Stein remarks. "As such, the pursuit of brand-enhancing reviews is far from unimportant. Businesses can protect their online reputation by ensuring that their best clients have ample opportunity to provide positive feedback."
For some businesses and brands, however, this approach might prove too little, too late. "Once a bad online review or a scam allegation makes its way onto the first page of a Google search results page, a lot of damage can happen," comments Stein. "It becomes imperative for businesses to combat online defamation as promptly as possible." He notes that companies like Reputation Changer offer an array of review-suppressing and brand-enhancing services. "What our company does cannot make bad reviews disappear, exactly, but it can render those reviews non-issues, burying them under mountains of positive, brand-enhancing content."
And that, according to Stein, is the ultimate goal of the online reputation management industry. "For the team at Reputation Changer, scam citations and defamatory reviews meet a swift and decisive response, as we seek to diminish their impact and present the client's business or brand as desirable and appealing among consumers," he concludes.
Reputation Changer was founded in 2009 by a team of direct response marketing professionals. The company quickly grew into the world's leading online reputation management and monitoring service; today, Reputation Changer provides an array of services in brand enhancement and negative listing suppression, to a client base that includes Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and individuals. At Reputation Changer, scam reports, online complaints, and negative reviews are treated as serious threats to the client's reputation, and as such they are responded to effectively and promptly.
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Used trucks are still commanding high values during Ritchie Bros. auctions, but the prices have softened in recent months – particularly in Canada.
The company’s index that monitors truck tractor prices is up 34% over the same time last year, but down 16% compared to April and May, according to its June 2022 Used Equipment Market Trends Summary. Prices dropped for tractors between four and seven years old.
Price inflation is slowing in all equipment categories except large earthmoving equipment.
In the U.S., the index is 46% higher than the same time last year, but down 6% from last month and down 12% over the last two months. Median prices for trucks between four and seven years old were all down during the months when compared to February and March.
Vocational trucks are seeing price pressures of their own, with a vocational truck index up 19% in Canada over last year, and the U.S. up 28%. The Canadian measure dropped 11% in the last two months and 10% in the U.S.
“Used sales volumes continue to lag behind prior years. Through five months of the year, transaction volume in 2022 is about 25% less than the prior year,” the auctioneer said, citing data from its Rouse Retail Value Index.
“Retail values continue to trend higher, increasing for the 15th straight month. Retail values in May rose 2.5% vs. the prior month,” it said. “Auction values also continued to rise, increasing for the 26th straight month. Values rose 1.5% in May, the slowest rate of increase we’ve seen since mid-2021.”
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. -- The drumbeat of announcements about new-to-industry (NTI) convenience stores from some of the channel’s largest and best-known chains has been growing. There’s the wave of c-store chains launching in Florida—Wawa, Thorntons and CEFCO to name a few—and operators entering new markets, such as QuikTrip’s debut in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, and Kum & Go’s introduction to Denver.
“We’re seeing a greater pause in how we’re using our locations,” said Mitch Morrison, vice president of retailer relations for Winsight at the 2018 Outlook Leadership conference’s opening general session. To dig more into the factors behind the trend, Morrison led a panel of three retailers who are leading this NTI surge.
For QuikTrip Corp., Tulsa, Okla., the evolution to its current model has been 60 years in the making.
“One thing that has changed dramatically is the ability for people to get in and out of the stores,” said panelist Stuart Sullivan, vice president and CFO of QuikTrip. He pointed to the modern QuikTrip’s multiple entrances and the layout of its lots, which allows the c-store chain of more than 780 stores in 10 markets to maximize the efficiency of its sites.
Rutter’s may be smaller than QuikTrip, but the York, Pa.-based chain of 60 sites has “a somewhat similar story,” said President and CEO Scott Hartman. It too is committed to new builds. “We like to own our own dirt,” he said. And more recently, it has been searching for sprawling lots, opening its largest location to date—a 10,500-square-foot c-store on 11 acres of land. For Rutter’s, it was about providing room to introduce a few new-to-the-retailer offers: video gaming and beer caves.
In 2017, the state of Pennsylvania passed legislation that allows truckstops to have video-gaming terminals, and so Rutter’s built a site that fits the state’s requirements. Similarly, legislators opened beer and wine sales to c-stores for the first time only two years ago, and so Rutter’s has added beer caves to all of its new locations, despite the hefty license fees.
In fact, Hartman believes that Rutter’s biggest mistake has been to not buy enough land for some of its locations to expand. “We really understand we need to grow sales and need to anticipate ahead of time to have enough land,” he said.
For Kum & Go LC, West Des Moines, Iowa, its recent launch into the Denver market was made possible by the lessons it learned from entering the Little Rock, Ark., and Colorado Springs, Colo., markets. The retailer is entering Denver with its Marketplace 4.0 concept, which features 5,800 to 6,100 square feet of retail and kitchen space, including a full-service fresh market and outdoor seating.
In its move into Denver, Kum & Go was certain to implement a couple of best practices: quickly introduce its culture to new associates and customers by relocating some of its best general managers into the new market, where they could build teams and train associates for promotion into management positions. “We want the best and brightest, but our core team is doing work the way we want to do work,” said Todd Meiners, operations manager.
Another important tool for success: philanthropy. Kum & Go donates 10% of its profits to local charities. “All of this helped us to quickly become part of the community and not be seen as an out-of-town organization,” Meiners said.
Kum & Go also learned that timing its construction pipeline was critical to its success in a new market. For example, in Colorado Springs, the slow pace of store openings—due to local dynamics that bogged down construction approvals—slowed down the chain’s introduction into the community.
To keep its new builds in new markets, QuikTrip focuses heavily on establishing a good relationship with local planning, zoning and government representatives. The success of its model—where every store has a nearly identical inside offer and customer experience—depends on its ability to master the NTI model.
“Consistency of the offer is key to our success,” said Sullivan. “The only way we can make sure is if we build it.”
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Analog Devices, Inc. announced that it has become an affiliate member of Mcity at the University of Michigan. Mcity is a public-private partnership led by the University of Michigan to advance connected and automated vehicles. Among Mcity’s key initiatives is operating the Mcity Test Facility, which is the first purpose-built proving ground for testing connected and automated vehicles and technologies in simulated urban and suburban driving environments. Analog Devices will use the facility to test and refine future products in its Drive360TM suite of technologies, including 28nm CMOS RADAR, solid state LIDAR, and high-performance inertial measurement units for automated and autonomous driving applications.
By joining Mcity, ADI is committing to support the autonomous driving ecosystem as a premier semiconductor solutions provider and will use Mcity to understand market requirements through collaboration across the automotive design chain to bring connected and automated vehicle technologies to the commercial market.
ADI joins ranks with Mcity’s more than 65 industry members, which all play a role in creating a viable ecosystem to support connected and automated vehicles, including auto manufacturers and major parts suppliers, as well as vehicle communications, traffic infrastructure, and insurance companies, among others.
“Organizations like Mcity provide an important stage for testing products in real-world scenarios and for gathering real-time feedback from our customers and other key players in the autonomous driving ecosystem,” said Chris Jacobs, vice president, Autonomous Transportation and Safety, Analog Devices. “Working with the initiative will help shape our product and technology strategy by creating an open line of communication with customers and other industry leaders. This powerful connection will allow us to directly identify and address the toughest challenges to enable autonomous transportation.”


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As part of the agreement, CheckedSafe plans to further its growth across Europe and beyond via introductions to CMAC’s supply base. Meanwhile, CMAC will gain from CheckedSafe’s Software-as-a-Service solution to safeguard passengers and ensure vehicle compliance for its supply chain, which include minibuses and coaches.
Gary Hawthorne, Director and co-founder of CheckedSafe, says: “Joining forces with CMAC Group means that we can accelerate our growth whilst offering more specialised services to the taxi and private hire industry. We have much in common with CMAC, particularly our passion for safety and continued innovation – we’re excited to start working together.”
CMAC transported more than two million travellers last year, reporting a 33% increase in revenue.
Neil Micklethwaite, Chief Operating Officer of CMAC, says: “We’re excited to announce this affiliation with CheckedSafe. CMAC prioritises passenger safety and ensuring that our supply network can offer an enhanced level of compliance data in real-time is important to our business and our clients.
“The partnership will facilitate powerful new developments for both businesses, and we’re confident that our supply network will reap the benefits of engaging with CheckedSafe.”


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April 6, 2018
OiDroids was named the winner of the License This! competition for new creative concepts at Brand Licensing Europe Thursday as the trade show rounded out its 17th year.
Presented by Jonathan Klemenz, OiDroids are pop-out and build collectible cardboard robot toys. Aimed at the pocket money sector, each robot features quirky details and unique personalities.
The brand beat out three other finalists–Natu Natu, "Victoria Spunge" and Wussywat–to take home an expanded prize package valued at more than £6,000. The prize package includes a fully furnished stand for BLE 2016 to bring OiDroids to market along with LIMA membership for one year and one ticket to the LIMA Licensing Essentials Course & Spring Fling Networking Party in May 2016.
“I’m so excited to have won again such strong competition, and am looking forward to bringing the property to Brand Licensing Europe 2016,” says Klemenz.
This year's judging panel was led by Kelvyn Gardner, managing director, LIMA U.K. and also included Charlie Donaldson, joint managing director, Rocket Licensing; Tom Gunn, international brand director EMEA, MTV Networks, and Wendy Munt, managing director, Be Inspired Consulting.
The runners-up include:
Natu Natu, presented by Fran Bravo: An eco-friendly, cross-media project that features small, fantastic creatures and aims to help promote a more ecological way of life.
"Victoria Spunge," presented by Stuart Simpson: An animation series in development about the sweet, smart Victoria Spunge and her visits to her Grandpa, the eccentric inventor, Albert Custard.
Wussywat, presented by Simon Quinn and Simon Rolph: "Wussywat the Clumsy Cat" is a 2D animation series for 3- to 5-year-olds currently airing on CBeebies, about a curious and clumsy cat, discovering the world with his other animal friends.
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Over 2180 exhibiting companies set-up shop within the 1.2 million square feet of trade show floor space for last month’s NPE2018 trade show, making it the largest Plastics show in North America. Over 11,000 international attendees from over 110 countries took part in this 5 day event.
Recycling for the future
One of the most exciting initiatives at the show was a goal set by the show organizers themselves. Their goal was to raise plastics recycling awareness through a 100% recycling initiative during the show. Commercial Plastic Recycling Inc. worked with exhibitors to collect all scrap plastics from booths, sort them into batches for shredding and granulating. The granulated plastic then went through quality control in their Tampa, Florida plant before re-entering the market.
Investing in future leaders
Over 120 local students were invited to attend this years show to learn about the industry and see plastics in action. Students participated in a half-day event where they got up close and personal with plastics materials, machines, and people to learn the needs of today’s (and tomorrow’s) consumers.
Plastics Market Watch Report: Bioplastics
The report “Watching: Bioplastics” was also released at the show, and reports on the interest in and the education needed on bioplastics. The report found that consumers are expecting to see more bioplastics in their consumer products and packaging. The report suggests that businesses be aware of and implement bioplastics in their products and packaging in the coming years. Access the full report here.
If you missed NPE this year, you can attend the next conference May 17-21, 2021 in Orlando, Florida.


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Honda recently issued a worldwide recall for about 2.1 million Honda Accord midsize vehicles due to a risk of fire from faulty battery sensors.
The recall, which comprises about 1.15 million vehicles in the United States, affects vehicles equipped with 12-volt battery sensors made for the 2013 to 2016 model years. A short in the battery sensors has been found to cause a fire. The car manufacturer stated that the battery may not be sealed properly and could allow moisture to seep into it.
The Japanese auto maker made the recall announcement in mid-July this year.
So far there are no known injuries or deaths associated with this problem, Honda said.
News of this latest recall by Honda will affect many car owners who have already been grappling with the widespread recall affecting the car’s airbags made by Takata. These airbags may potentially explode and have been linked to 12 fatalities in the United States and several other worldwide.
For more information about the recall go to Owners.honda.com or call Honda at (888) 234-2138.
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Over at the weblog for Make: magazine, they run down a variety of non-Starbuck options for blending delicious drinks via human power, including the Xtracycle-based Byerley Bicycle Blender, Tyler Durden’s favorite soap blender, and a homebrew margarita mixer from Vancouver.
It what could be the worst use of pedal power ever, Starbucks has been getting press for their Fender Blender that whips up drinks full of fat and sugar. I saw it on MSNBC, found a related news story online, and images. Now if that had been to power the lights in the store with pedals, or a lean drink, or something healthy.
Several clicks and related links later, I found the Bike Blender blog where they are doing good things with their bikes and blenders. We need a beer brewing bike.
We met Elizabeth racing monday nights in Portland. She graduated from college in the 80s, worked for Bill Davidson, got the 2nd Impulse ever made and after racing her ass off, hung the bike up for 20 years. She recently rediscovered the bike and is racing it today!
She noted that the wheels are new but everything else is just as it was. Old school.
Bill is building today. I ride a custom ti rain bike built by Bill and Pam’s custom racing bike is ti. Last year Bill built ti/carbon frames and expect to see more advanced frames from him later this year.
The Surgeon General affirmed today what many already knew about smoking. Second-hand smoke kills and there’s no debate. The Surgeon General also testified that smoking sections do no good and said that, “Smoke-free environments are the only approach that protects nonsmokers from the dangers of secondhand smoke.”
I hope this means that some day soon, all states will ban smoking in public and the world will be a better place for cyclists and everybody.


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Former GM executive Mark Hogan tapped for Toyota board
TOKYO (AP) - Toyota has tapped a former executive at US rival General Motors to be on its board, the first time in the Japanese automaker's 76-year history it is appointing board members from outside the company.
The appointment of Mr Mark Hogan, effective April 1, underlines efforts at Toyota Motor Corp. to grow more international, nimble, transparent and responsive to regional markets as it recovers from difficult years, including the massive recall fiasco in the US, to regain its position as the world's top automaker.
Under the changes announced by President Akio Toyoda, Toyota set up a new division called "No. 1" to oversee North American, European and Japanese markets, and another "No. 2" for emerging markets.
It also promoted four non-Japanese managers to oversee regional businesses, including Mr James Lentz, an American who already leads Toyota Motor Sales in the US. He will head the North American region.


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Recently NLPC has reported about Coca-Cola’s holiday ad campaign to protect polar bears with donations up to $3 million to the World Wildlife Fund, which was a barely disguised effort to fund environmental pressure groups’ fraudulent global warming fight.
But Coke’s passion to avert climate catastrophism runs deeper than the Arctic ice. The company even has a position statement that says “the consensus on climate science is increasingly unequivocal,” that “global climate change is happening” (everyone agrees with that – it always has changed and always will), and that “man-made greenhouse gas emissions are a crucial factor.”
“Across the Coca-Cola system, we recognize that climate change may have long-term direct and indirect implications for our business and supply chain,” the company Web site says. “As a responsible multinational company, we have a role to play in ensuring we use the best possible mix of energy sources, improve the energy efficiency of our manufacturing processes, and reduce the potential climate impact of the products we sell.”
The company’s latest “accomplishment” on that front was noted by Carbon Trust, a U.K.-based nongovernmental organization that advises companies how to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. The achievement? Coke attained the group’s highest score for carbon (dioxide) reduction in their history.
“Coca‑Cola Enterprises is determined to grow more and to use less, and we are very proud to achieve the highest carbon performance score ever awarded by the Carbon Trust Standard,” said Simon Baldry, managing director of CCE in Great Britain. “This is a tremendous milestone that demonstrates our commitment to operate as a low carbon, zero waste business, but we know we have much more to do on our journey.”
By buying in to the environmental pressure groups’ climate and sustainability scam, Coca-Cola has invited the eco-proctologists in for a most invasive exam, and without discernment has accepted their prescriptions for what, in truth, is benign (many say beneficial) carbon dioxide growth. According to Carbon Trust, Coke was subject to a “rigorous” 12-week assessment process and came away with a score of 95 percent for “carbon” (dioxide) performance.” Evaluators examined Coke’s “carbon management standards” across all operations and also assessed the company’s “measurement techniques.”
Among the moves that earned Coke praise from Carbon Trust:
· Allegedly reduced energy use by 11.25 percent by utilizing “sophisticated energy monitoring systems”
· Installed LED lighting in 23,000 machines, apparently replacing perfectly good fluorescent lights
· Spent $2.76 million on “biomethane heavy goods trucks” which Carbon Trust claims can produce 65 percent carbon (dioxide) savings compared to diesel trucks
The announcement by Carbon Trust is just the most recent to emerge from the seemingly bottomless pile of environmentalist rankings and scorekeeping on various, contradictory criteria. Businessweek reported late last month that many major corporations are engaged in a “race to decide who’s greenest,” and the demands of eco-graders and corporate social responsibility activists have become as burdensome as any government regulator.
“Companies are buried in requests for data as groups jockey to be the arbiters of sustainability,” Businessweek reported.
Of course those are the kinds of inefficiencies and outright wastes of time that are acceptable to environmentalists, because corporate compliance with them boosts their credibility, legitimizes their agenda, and thus enables them to raise more money. Still, Coke has bought into the corporate social responsibility competition with enthusiasm. The Atlanta-based beverage maker has set environmentalist-oriented goals for energy efficiency, climate protection, “sustainable packaging,” and “water stewardship.”
Coke’s green-minded goals include a pledge to keep carbon dioxide emissions at 2004 levels by 2015, and to eliminate hydrofluorocarbons (which also contribute to the greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere) from all new cooling equipment by 2015. HFC’s replaced that other devilish compound despised by environmentalists, chlorofluorocarbons, because they were said to contribute to ozone depletion. Coke even goes to great pains to calculate the carbon footprint per can or bottle of each beverage the company produces. The company – and Carbon Trust – maintain that each can of Coca-Cola requires 170 grams of carbon dioxide to produce it, and each single-serving plastic bottle takes 240 grams of CO2.
As for other environmental goals, Coke says it intends to “recover 50 percent of the equivalent bottles and cans used annually” and to “return to the environment, at a level that supports aquatic life, the water we use in Coca-Cola system operations through comprehensive wastewater treatment.” That’s a lot of money going toward feel-good measures that accomplish little, and do nothing to reduce prices of Coke’s products or reward investors for their faith in the company to make money for them.
Other objectives that only a liberal could love include healthy living goals. As if to gratify Michelle Obama, Coke promises to support at least one physical activity programs in every country where it operates, and to not “directly” market its beverages to children under age 12. Is Coke now the beverage equivalent of Camel cigarettes? Meanwhile Kraft Foods’ Kool-Aid doesn’t have any reservations about selling its sugary drinks to kids.
Coca-Cola, according to its own estimates, accommodates 1.7 billion servings of its products per day. Its business – as with any good business – is to grow, meet others needs and desires via free and open exchange, and to do good by maximizing profits for shareholders and keep prices on its products as low as possible. That’s how capitalism works and accrues to the benefit of the most people Coke is capable of affecting. Its pursuit of “solutions” to a phantom carbon dioxide menace – which is anti-capitalist and is actually harmful – has no effect on environmental conditions for living beings and diverts important company resources to counterproductive functions.
Paul Chesser is an associate fellow for the National Legal and Policy Center.


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The Co-operative Food is ditching its “one size fits all” store model to better appeal to local shopper demographics.
The retailer will try new formats and has revamped two stores in the past two weeks to introduce tailored price promotions and ranges to suit the affluence of the surrounding areas.
Co-operative Group chief executive Peter Marks told Retail Week that the “look and feel” of the shops have been changed and they have already shown encouraging results.
Marks said: “We have a ‘one size fits all’ business model which is not appropriate [across the board]. We need to play with categories depending on the location of the stores.”
He said the two trial stores –featuring tailored merchandising and ranging – had delivered “stunning” results by deploying “a full menu that matches our competition”.
Group chief financial officer Stephen Humes said: “We are talking about the importance of range, pricing and promotional packaging. The whole market place is seeing a swing into value and you have to range appropriately.
“If the store is all diamonds and pearls you can give the impression you are too expensive. We have to move away from a ‘one size fits all’ mentality and be more local.”
Kantar Retail retail insight director Bryan Roberts said: “The Co-operative Food has all the ingredients it needs to create a more propelling proposition but there is a perception that it is too expensive; it’s no fun to shop there and its service needs polishing.”
Last week, The Co-operative Food reported a 20% fall in operating profit to £309.4m in the year to December 31 2011. Like-for-likes slid 2.1%.
Marks blamed the fall on “the worst trading conditions of my 40 years in retail”.
The retailer said TV advertising has been designed to “shout value”. It has improved its supply chain infrastructure and will launch or remodel 1,400 own-label lines this year.


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In its biggest acquisition yet, Facebook has purchased photo-sharing website Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock.
Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his own “timeline” on Facebook that his company would be “building on Instagram’s strengths and features rather than just trying to integrate everything into Facebook.”
Instagram CEO and co-Founder Kevin Systrom says on his own blog that Instagram will continue to be the same service users “know and love.”
Here’s Systrom’s full statement:
Instagram + Facebook
When Mike and I started Instagram nearly two years ago, we set out to change and improve the way the world communicates and shares. We’ve had an amazing time watching Instagram grow into a vibrant community of people from all around the globe. Today, we couldn’t be happier to announce that Instagram has agreed to be acquired by Facebook.
Every day that passes, we see more experiences being shared through Instagram in ways that we never thought possible. It’s because of our dedicated and talented team that we’ve gotten this far, and with the support and cross-pollination of ideas and talent at a place like Facebook, we hope to create an even more exciting future for Instagram and Facebook alike.
It’s important to be clear that Instagram is not going away. We’ll be working with Facebook to evolve Instagram and build the network. We’ll continue to add new features to the product and find new ways to create a better mobile photos experience.
The Instagram app will still be the same one you know and love. You’ll still have all the same people you follow and that follow you.You’ll still be able to share to other social networks. And you’ll still have all the other features that make the app so fun and unique. We’re psyched to be joining Facebook and are excited to build a better Instagram for everyone.
UPDATE: An earlier version of this post had a caption that incorrectly identified Instagram founders Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom. Krieger is on the left.


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Google has warned millions of Gmail users about a common scam impersonating the email service’s technical support team.
If you need to recover your account credentials or change your password, Google has warned people to be sceptical of any support which reaches out with unsolicited support.
It said there is only one way to officially seek Gmail tech support, and that is through Gmail’s Help Centre site.
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But pop-ups and scam phone calls attempting to steal banking information and personal data from users have prompted the tech giant to release a warning.
“Be aware of third-party websites or pop-ups that claim to offer technical support for Gmail and other Google products,” it said.
“These contacts and their websites have no affiliation to Google and may claim to provide password reset assistance as well as other Gmail-related support services.”
It also claims some of the scams have requested payment from users, something official affiliated tech services would never do.
“In addition, these sites may require the submission of payment for their support services,” Google said.
“Google does not charge users to recover their account credentials or change their password.”
Pop-ups aren’t the only way these scams are targeting users — Google said hackers are also calling users directly.
“In other cases, these websites may call you and claim that your Google account was hijacked or that your computer has a virus or other malware on it,” Google said.
“Google does not provide phone-based support for Gmail, and these calls are not affiliated with Google.
“These contacts may deceive you into providing your username and password (account credentials) which may result in your account being compromised and ‘unlocked’ for a fee.
“Do not provide your account credentials to anyone purporting to be from Google.”
Google also shared the red flags to be aware of, and the “golden rules” to follow when faced with an email which claims to be from Google.
“Slow it down — scams are often designed to create a sense of urgency. Take time to ask questions and think it through,” Google said.
“Spot check — do your research to double-check the details you are getting. Does what they’re telling you make sense?
“Stop. Don’t send — no reputable person or agency will ever demand payment or your personal information on the spot.”
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With an estimated $122.7 million economic impact, Monday’s 114th Boston Marathon will give a needed boost to Greater Boston’s sagging visitor industry as it kick-starts the spring tourism season.
The Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau estimates a 16.8 percent increase in race-related spending from last year, courtesy of a larger field running the 26.2-mile course from Hopkinton to Boston – including more international runners – and a greater number of hotel room bookings.
“This spending impact is equivalent to if Boston were to host an NCAA men’s Final Four tournament,” said Pat Moscaritolo, president and CEO of the GBCVB.
And the projected $122.7 million in spending from Thursday to Monday couldn’t come at a better time for the visitor industry, which has had a difficult last 15 months weathering the recession, according Moscaritolo.
“Visitors cut back on their spending, and business travelers are now pretty much chained to their desks and aren’t the road warriors of the boom times of 2007 and the first half of 2008,” Moscaritolo said. “Convention spend is also down.”
This year’s marathon has 26,800 runners, 400 more than in 2009, and 4,200 international runners compared to 3,977 last year. About 32,000 hotel room nights have been booked, a 10.3 percent increase from last year.
Runners and their families and friends, and the three-day John Hancock Sports and Fitness Expo at the Hynes Convention Center, are expected to account for $85.6 million of the spending. Spectators numbering 500,000 to 750,000 along the route will spend $10 million, according to the GBCVB.
The Boston Athletic Association, which runs the marathon, will spend an estimated $6 million for costs including security, staffing and money paid to cities and towns along the course.
Athletes running the race as fund-raisers are expected to bring in $11 million for charities, and marathon sponsors including Adidas and John Hancock, along with the estimated 1,000 members of the media, are expected to account for $10.1 million in spending.