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Domestic sales were at 1,59,109 units as compared to 1,73,760 units in the same month last year, down 8.43 per cent, the company said in a statement.
Total motorcycle sales during the month rose 4.11 per cent to 2,44,958 units from 2,35,282 units in the corresponding period last year.
Domestic motorcycle sales, however, declined by 5.85 per cent to 1,42,287 units in February from 1,51,141 units in the year-ago month.
Bajaj Auto said its total commercial vehicle sales during the month under review stood at 28,555 units as compared to 37,437 units in the year-ago period, down 23.73 per cent.
Total exports in February this year were at 1,14,404 units as against 98,959 units in the same month last year, up 15.6 per cent, the company said.
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Brick sale funds playground, quad area
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A local charity dedicated to helping low-income children and adults unveiled its latest project today, thanks to the community's generosity.
The Friendship House unveiled a group of sponsored bricks for its 'stone soup' commemorative pathway.
The bricks were bought and paid for by the community and money from the sale will help fund a playground and outdoor quad area.
The 8-by-8 bricks sell for $300 and can be inscribed with the names of a loved one or a company logo.
Organizers said fundraising will continue throughout the year.
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TAMPA BAY, Fla. — Hopkins Travel Services owner Diana Hopkins peddled cruises through paradise for a fraction of the going rates. She sold the fantasy to Karen Regan, 60 of her friends and others. And then she used customers' money for cruises for herself and her family. A few months after booking “buy one, get one free” packages Norwegian cruise line canceled the trips, accusing Hopkins of committing credit card fraud.
Customers, including Regan, had been told the trip was $7,000. The real price tag was $23,000.
“It was a trip of a lifetime and none of us got to go,” Regan said.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Florida filed charges against Hopkins on March 4, accusing her of selling cruise packages to customers, taking hundreds of thousands of dollars for their trips, and then spending it on herself. Now, according to federal court , Hopkins has agreed to plead guilty.
Hopkins, who lives in Wimauma, was charged with wire fraud, access device fraud, and illegal monetary transactions in connection with her business operations between April 2017 and September 2019. The government said she misrepresented travel deals, made Ponzi-style payments on client’s reservations and used victims’ money to pay for personal and family expenses, including $24,500 for payment on a 2019 Dodge Ram. The financial losses to victims totaled $508,000.
Regan said she and her friends were lucky and got their money back.
“But we still want to see her charged and see her pay for what she did to all of us,” Regan said.
Other customers are still waiting for their money.
Hopkins' attorney Mark O’Brien told ABC Action News in an email: “My client sincerely apologizes for any harm she caused any of her victims. She has worked very hard to process refunds for many of her clients and will continue to do so. She entered her guilty plea because she is guilty. she accepts full responsibility for her actions.”
That responsibility, according to her signed guilty plea agreement, includes making a restitution of $508,883.78 to the victims. The next court date is on April 12 in Tampa where Hopkins is expected to enter a guilty plea. Sentencing is set for 90 days following the hearing. She faces up to 40 years in prison but because she has accepted responsibility, she may not receive the most severe sentence.
The FBI has not said how many victims were involved but anyone who has not yet come forward is asked to file a report with the agency.


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Jeeran’s Community of Neighbors Now Able to Track their Visitors
Middle East’s largest user generated content UGC community, Jeeran.com, announced the launch of a new marketing tool that allows bloggers and users to get insights about the traffic on their blogs and pages on Jeeran.com.
The new tool, “Visitors” , features statistics and charts of the number of visitors each page/blog receives, with the ability to track number of pageviews, top viewed content, visitors’ countries, and much more.
The launch of Visitors comes in line with Jeeran’s vision that aims to offer a unique user experience, where Arab users can enjoy convince and comfort while surfing and contributing to the web.
Jeeran, Arabic for neighbors, is a pioneer Arab online community that offers a variety of web 2.0 services including blogging, photo and video sharing, as well as web hosting, these services are backed with technologies that powers a platform for individuals to create their own presence on the internet, with minimum technical knowledge.
Commenting on the new tool, Laith Zraikat, Director of Innovation and Co-Founder of Jeeran.com, said: “We are so excited about Visitors as it puts our users in control, it’s very user-friendly and easy to operate, and it doesn’t need any installation or technical efforts.”
Mr. Zraikat also added: “With the growing popularity of user-generated-content communities such as Jeeran, bloggers and websites owners, as well as photo and video sharing enthusiasts, are in need for a free and reliable tool to evaluate their contribution to the web.”
Over the past few years, the community of Jeeran grew-up to host more than one million active users, in addition to 650,000 websites, and a growing community of bloggers that exceeded 120,000 blogs, the largest blog community in the Arab world.
Omar Kudsi, Jeeran’s President and Co-Founder welcomed the launch of Visitors, and said: “Our tracking system is user-friendly and comes in both Arabic and English, which offers a convenient Arabic-language tool to measure visitors and traffic.”
Mr. Zraikat pointed out that Visitors is already available for all users on Jeeran without the need of any installation, he also stressed on the fact that many features will be added to the system soon.
Kudsi concluded: “We strive to offer Arab users a top notch web experience that empowers them to contribute, communicate and interact, and Visitors is just the beginning of a series of features and products in the pipeline.”
This is a nice move by jeeran and a good offer for less tech savey users, I have not tested the analytical tool since i am traveling and have limited time and access to the Internet. however we will test Jeeran’s new tool, ask powerfull Jeeran’s users about their experience and compare it to the 3 analytical tools ArabCrunch uses


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Without more creative engagement, financial organisations could risk losing what is set to be one of the largest generations on earth says Rodney Hassard, Global Director of Product Managment, Genesys
To banks, the millennials must seem a fickle bunch. Also known as Generation Y, millennials are the generation born throughout the 80s and 90s and are said to lack two major factors that previous generations have demonstrated; they are bereft of brand loyalty and have incredibly short attention spans.
According to one recent report from KPMG, the UK is home to around 13.8 million millennials. Building engagement with this expansive generation is a significant challenge. Compared to their predecessors, millennials are more open-minded in their attitudes and lifestyle choices and less aligned with anything that has the slightest whiff of a faceless corporation. Banks and insurers, along with a host of major brands, often fall into that category —and millennials aren’t shy about shifting their loyalties without a second thought.
Millennials are soon to move into their prime spending years as one of the largest generational groupings in history. Their lack of loyalty and diminutive attention span makes building sustained engagement with them a real challenge, yet despite all of this, the financial world can connect with them. To do so, it must inject some creativity into its engagement.
An alternative view of personal banking
The impact of this generation will be immense – particularly in the financial sector. Millennials use banks for traditional services, such as credit cards and even lending. But loyalty is a different game, and there are plenty of technology companies out there chipping away at market share and steadily gaining greater acceptance among adults between the ages of 22 and 37.
According to Bain, a global management consultancy, consumers in the US and UK ranked PayPal and Amazon nearly as high as banks for trust with their money. Millennials think of finance in terms of crowdfunding, virtual currencies and online payment platforms as much as the local branch with an ATM in the wall.
Already we see that large tech companies offering core banking functions pose the greatest threat to established financial institutions. Amazon Cash has 10,000 retail locations and Alibaba has issued $96 billion in loans in five years. Apple Pay, Google, Snapchat and WhatsApp all have strategies that address millennial expectations, providing an experience that’s convenient, multi-functional and requires a few swipes on a mobile device to complete an interaction.
In the Bain research, only a quarter (25 per cent) of UK consumers feel that the banks’ digital channels allow them to do all they need – an indicator of changing attitudes and expectations. Some banks have responded wisely to these requirements by launching new websites, apps, Alexa skills and more. The problem is however, that the mega-tech companies continue evolving with services that attract millennials and build better relationships with them. What, then, can traditional banks do?
Leading in innovation
Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) across voice, web and mobile interactions is one way traditional banks can lead with innovation. In addition, banks have a wealth of data they can use proactively to provide advice to customers about their outgoings or interest rate changes that will save them money. When customers want to know more, banks can seamlessly connect them with their own financial advisor. And robotic advisor algorithms can be accessible through voice commands to take smart data-management beyond purely human interactions.
Banks can invest in these capabilities now, because omni-channel customer experience platforms are already available to support these deeper customer relationships and shape them into the future.
Shifting focus from the product to the customer
While digital engagement is critical, traditional banks must also ensure there is a personal element whenever possible. For years, banks have tried to cross-sell and upsell by focusing chiefly on the product, rather than the customer(“for current accounts press 1, for savings press 2”). Shifting to customer-centered selling means weaving in sales and marketing at relevant moments in the customer journey. This level of personalisation requires predictive engagement that uses real-time data to anticipate needs.
If financial institutions are to make real inroads and bond with their millennial customers, they have to get creative and engage early. As millennials grew up, many banks initially underestimated the demands, financial power, and impact of this generation. Generation Z is next, and no bank can afford to risk making the same mistake twice.
Prepare for more disruption courtesy of Gen Z
Gen Z is different, too. They have shorter attention spans but are no less complex or demanding. They expect even more out of technology and they have a lower tolerance for error in the digital domain. And remember, Gen Z is considered a “throwback generation”. They want to work, save money and avoid the trap of debt. Juggling two jobs as a full-time student, musician, and over-achiever can be typical.
This all means banks need to get creative now. To capture Gen Z and keep them as customers, institutions need to weave themselves seamlessly and creatively into the lives of these young people, to integrate technology with humanity, and to connect moments that deliver relevant and instant value through engagement with bots and humans.
Today, it is unreasonable to expect that customers will find single blocks of time to solve the problems they face, or to investigate important purchases. Within messaging apps, customers can communicate with a company during short moments of found time (for example, while on the train or walking the dog). Connecting with customers in this way dramatically reduces the level of effort required of them. And it enables continuous conversations that can span hours, months or even years.
Inspiring interaction with the right technology
To be constantly in touch with the millennial and Gen Z generations takes technology that brings all marketing, sales and service channels into a single platform with persistent context, giving customers the convenience of using messaging apps such as Apple Business Chat. By meeting customers in the messaging app of their choice, a company executes its business around the customer, allowing each one to get on with his or her life.
Right across the financial sector, organisations must come to terms with these two generations. The millennials and their younger Gen Z counterparts are vast and diverse markets with massive purchasing power. And like all generations, they need banking services. The difference is that they demand banking that fits in with the way they live. The delivery of that perfect connection requires innovative thinking and foundational technology that is both reliable and adaptable.
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Clear Marketing is implementing the second phase of its campaign for Smooth FM, the GMG Radio-owned station formerly called Jazz FM North West. The television campaign, which will break on September 20, will continue the lava lamp theme used in the first execution.
At the end of every week, I look at the key stories, offering my view on what they mean for you and the industry. From mitigating the impact of Covid on your career to Virgin’s updated loyalty offer, it’s been a busy week. Here’s my take.
The car brand is investing hundreds of millions annually over the next five years as it looks to create a seamless digital experience for customers.
Consumer insights fueled a nudge campaign that helped drive sales of Irish haddock, hake and whiting.
Rather than slashing R&D budgets in response to the pandemic, the vice-president of L’Oréal’s tech incubator believes there is still “so much room” for innovation.


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The harsh chill of this year’s winter left many areas battling heavy snow loads and icy road conditions while those home-bound by the weather dreamed of the spring and summer days ahead after the thaw. Waning winter brought a boost to retail sales, according to the National Retail Federation, which noted a 6.2 percent increase in March year-over-year for stores selling backyard products.
“Improving economic conditions and consumer confidence should push consumers to return to spending habits this spring,” NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said. “Consumers released some pent-up demand in March after two consecutive months of harsh winter weather that not only hampered employment opportunities but also retail sales. We remain optimistic that retail sales will continue their positive march this spring.”
Now, with the snow melt in full swing, retailers are hearing from their customers that they’re more eager than ever to be out enjoying the warm weather.
And that equals sales on lifestyle products for their backyards.
So what items should a savvy retailer stock to increase their bottom line and entice sales from the customers emerging from hibernation who want to make the most of their backyard experiences before fall descends?
The easy answer is whatever adds enjoyment to the space. That could mean new toys and floats for the pool, or spa accessories like games and scents. Ancillary barbecue items could prove more popular than in years past, plus customers could need to replace outdoor items that were damaged from the unusually severe season, like patio furniture or their furniture covers.


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General Motors says it has put two engineers on paid leave as it investigates its recall of millions of vehicles over a decade-old ignition defect linked to 13 deaths.
GM chief executive Mary Barra announced the first disciplinary personnel action on Thursday, stemming from the company's internal probe of the circumstances leading to the delayed recall of 2.6 million older model cars to fix the problem.
"This is an interim step as we seek the truth about what happened," Barra said in a statement.
"It was a difficult decision, but I believe it is best for GM," she said, adding that action was taken following a briefing from Anton Valukas, the former US lawyer hired by the company to oversee a probe of why it took so long for it to recall the vehicles.
GM did not identify the two engineers.
The ignition problem was detected at the pre-production stage as early as 2001, but the largest US automaker waited until February this year to begin recalling the affected vehicles.
The faulty ignitions can abruptly switch into "accessory" or "off" position while in drive, especially when the car is jolted.
That can turn off its electrical systems, including safety airbags, preventing them from inflating in a collision.
The recall is the first big crisis for Barra, who took the company's helm on January 15 as the first woman to lead a major car maker.
Barra has responded forcefully, apologising for the "terrible things" that happened after "something went wrong with our process" and vowing to make sure such mistakes would not happen again.
In February and March, GM recalled a combined 2.6 million Chevrolet Cobalts, Saturn Ions and other models fitted with the defective switches.
The company faces a Justice Department probe, lawsuits tied to the faulty ignitions, and potentially billions of dollars in penalties and damages.


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5G is the next generation of mobile communication networks, which is supposed to offer much faster speeds and wider use cases than 4G. It is believed that the rollout of 5G will accelerate the adoption of cloud gaming, AR/VR technology, Internet of Things, etc. 5G also has several enterprise use cases. 5G network in India first came into the conversation in 2017 when a high-level forum was set up by the government to chalk out a roadmap towards a 5G India by 2020.
Subsequently, in 2018, the 5G in India forum invited communication technology companies such to conduct major trials and devise a framework related to 5G Applications and Use Case Labs for 5G in India. The main advantages of the 5G are a greater speed in the transmissions, a lower latency and therefore greater capacity of remote execution, a greater number of connected devices and the possibility of implementing virtual networks (network slicing), providing more adjusted connectivity to concrete needs.
5G technology could also lead us to a new wave of technologies that have the potential to disrupt our daily lives. Autonomous vehicles will communicate, upload and download information while on the road in real-time. Telemedicine will become more common place as bandwidth expands.
Will 5G be expensive?
No telco has so far announced their 5G plans in the country. At IMC2022, Reliance Jio chairman Akash Ambani said that Jio “will make it very affordable, it should be affordable for every Indian – right from device to service”. Earlier this year, Airtel Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Randeep Sekhon had said that 5G plans in India are expected to be priced similar to the 4G plans currently offered in the country.
When will the rest of India get 5G?
Airtel says that it will roll out 5G services in several cities across the country by March 2023 and across India by March 2024. Jio will also start rolling out the 5G by this year to select cities. Vodafone, however, has offered no specific timeline for the launch or coverage of the ultra high-speed internet services.
5G is projected to account for almost 40 percent of mobile subscriptions – 500 million – by the end of 2027. By then, smartphone users in the region are forecast to consume 50GB of data per month on average. Even though 5G has not been launched commercially, there is already a good foundation for 5G uptake in India. There is significant consumer interest in adopting 5G – as an Ericsson Consumer Lab study indicated, 40 million smartphone users could take up 5G in its first year of availability.
Additionally, 21 percent of respondents that are smartphone users indicated that they already have a 5G-ready device. Indian consumers also claim to be willing to pay 50 percent more for 5G bundled plans. This presents a unique opportunity to grow revenue within a market that has historically had very low ARPU.2 Taking India to a 5G future 5G is the fifth generation of cellular networks, allowing for large volumes of data transfer with minimal lag. This new communication technology – now live across the world – brings new capabilities that will create opportunities for people, businesses, and society.


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Movado has appointed two executives to lead digital and social media, and also form a new Digital Center of Excellence. Behzad Soltani is new chief digital officer and Michelle Barna-Stern is the new VP of social media.
The Hugo Boss supervisory board decided at a meeting on Wednesday to extend the contract of CEO Mark Langer for a further three years. He will continue to serve as CEO of the German brand until December 2021.
The German fashion house expects sales growth to accelerate in 2018 thanks to a shift to add more sportswear and casual styles but is more cautious on profit as it keeps up investment in revamping stores and its website.
Fashion cars and fashion have always been good friends. Just ask Tommy Hilfiger, who on Tuesday announced a multi-year partnership with Mercedes Benz to be the Formula One world champion team’s official apparel partner.


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The residents of Jyouna village in Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh, due to lack of education and widespread illiteracy, were facing several challenges, including unemployment, lack of sustainable livelihoods, and being defrauded by middle-men or vendors. The villagers were not aware of the concepts of maximum retail price, the manufacturing and expiry dates of products, the true value of their crops, etc. This often led to them being cheated of their fair remuneration.
The students of Bharti Foundation’s Satya Bharti School, Jyouna got together and decided to educate the residents. They first approached members of the Panchayat and the educated community members, seeking their support in spreading awareness among the community.
The students then divided themselves into five groups and started setting up education centres at strategic locations in the village like the local market, post office and the Gramin Bank. Each centre, besides students, had an ex-serviceman to educate and sensitize villagers on consumer rights and other related matters. These groups also sensitized the shop-keepers and vendors, explaining to them the consequences of violating consumer rights. The students also organized awareness rallies and street plays campaigning against defrauding and illegal activities.
Initially, the campaign faced criticism from shop-keepers and vendors who felt they were being portrayed in bad light and that their profession in specific was being targeted. But soon, they too realized that this campaign was beneficial for all. The Village Panchayat also lauded the campaign for curbing wrongful practices. Seeing the impact, the Gram Pradhan announced two new adult literacy centres to be set up in the village.
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If you were curious who had the upper hand nowadays in the real estate market, it appears it’s still the home buyers, according to real estate info service Zillow.
Buyers paid 3.3 percent, or nearly $7,039, below the final listing price on homes for sale during July.
Yes, nearly a quarter (22.8%) of all homes listed for sale on Zillow had at least one price reduction as of September 1.
The median home price reduction was 6.5 percent off the original listing price; homes listed for sale on Zillow during August were listed for a median 96 days, up from 91 in July.
Of course it wasn’t all bad news for home sellers; that 3.3 percent discount was less than the 3.5 percent ($7,630) discount in June, and down from the 4.6 percent ($10,260) reduction seen in January.
“The strong summer selling season in 2009 has led to a decreasing difference between the last listing price and final sale price, but most buyers are still getting some additional discount at selling time,” said Zillow Chief Economist Dr. Stan Humphries, in a release.
“We expected list-to-sale price ratios to fall as the sales volume picked up during the summer, and the California markets are showing strong declines in the discount off the last listing price, relative to levels at the start of the year. This is fueled both by increased sales and high proportion of foreclosures re-sales, which are already priced relatively low.”
Florida homebuyers had the most room to negotiate in July, with buyers in the Vero Beach MSA paying 10.2 percent, or a median $23,500, less than the last listing price.
The opposite was true in El Centro, California, where home buyers paid 1.8 percent, or a median $2,150, more than the listing price.


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Shares of Tesla jumped Tuesday after Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas, a widely-followed analyst on Wall Street, raised his 12-month price forecast on the electric vehicle maker.
General Motors recently announced plans to roll out a line of 20 all-electric vehicles over the next six years. Ambitious plans like these from traditional automakers have raised fears about more competition ahead for Elon Musk's company, but Jonas said Tesla's existing infrastructure "footprint" will be a "key differentiator" over the coming years, further boosting the stock.
"Infrastructure (of lack thereof) is the 'elephant in the room' of the EV revolution," wrote Jonas in a note late Monday. "Compared to other OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer), Tesla has made the biggest proprietary investment in superchargers and destination chargers globally. In most communities, we believe this infrastructure is larger than it needs to be in preparation for the expansion of the serviceable and charge-thirsty fleet. Other OEMs will closely watch how consumers react to this infrastructure."
Hardware is hard. GoPro is in search of a savior and Fitbit is languishing. Both rely on OEM manufacturers to produce their products while Tesla has broken the mold for new hardware companies by building manufacturing capacity from scratch. It helps that the company is building big ticket items like cars instead of trinkets but still manufacturing is fraught with complexity.
The share bounced emphatically from the $300 region today and a sustained move below that level would be required to question medium-term scope for additional upside.
I regard Tesla, and Netflix to a lesser extent, as canaries in the coal mine for the liquidity fueled expansion that has been underway since 2009. These are companies that have been extended extraordinary largesse by the credit markets and are still a long way from breaking even. They can continue to prosper because credit spreads are still tight and liquidity is abundant. When those conditions change it is in highly leveraged businesses that we are likely to see the first signs of stress. Today’s bounce suggests the canary is still singing.


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Elon Musk seems to be wanting to make Tesla a high-end fashion brand, as recently it was revealed that the company has launched red short shorts.
Perhaps, it is time for Gucci, Saint Laurent, Chanel, and other fashion brands to start upping their game.
You might be wondering what made Elon Musk to launch a pair of expensive red short shorts?
Well, reportedly the satin shorts were launched as a means for Musk to taunt the short sellers.
Short sellers are basically people who borrow and then sell stock. They then hope to re-purchase the stock at a lower price and make profits.
The people seem to be hyping the shorts as shortly after its launch, Musk tweeted that the popularity of the satin shorts “broke the website”.
The expensive shorts feature gold letters which read “S3XY”. This is a reference to the four models of Tesla as well as a play on words for “sexy”.
The common masses find the shorts indeed sexy as the garment has been confirmed to sold out despite being priced at $69.420.
A twitter user dared Musk to wear the shorts to a business meeting. This came after Musk revealed that he himself bought a pair of the red shorts in XL.
The entrepreneur had responded by saying that it would be “next-level”.
Tesla also become the most valuable carmaker after the company broke the Q2 2020 record. They did so by crushing all Wall Street estimates with over 90,000 deliveries.
Tesla has previously sold ‘Flamethrowers’ on behalf for the Boring Company, raising a whopping $10 million. The company continues to sell hoodies, shirts, joggers and toy version of its cars for kids, etc.
So, what are you thoughts on this? Do you think Elon Musk can defeat the other luxury fashion brands with its red satin shorts? Comment down below!


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People have been invited to nominate their borough to receive £1m to help reduce the mountains of food being thrown away each year.
Smart fridges which detect when food is going off and talking bins which offer advice could be provided to households in the winning area as part of the initiative by Sainsbury's.
The money would also fund rewards to encourage recycling, new packaging to keep products fresher for longer, and educational programmes for local schools and community centres.
Sainsbury's will also work with the council and local residents to get their ideas for tackling the issue.
The year-long pilot scheme, starting in 2016, will be used by the retail giant to develop a blueprint for cutting food waste across the country.
The average family throws away a staggering £700 worth of uneaten food each year, according to Sainsbury's, with 900,000 tonnes of food going to waste each year in London alone.
Sainsbury's Waste Less, Save More challenge is part of its commitment to invest £10 million over the next five years reducing the amount of food that gets binned.
Towns or boroughs must have a population of between 15,000 and 300,000, and must have a Sainsbury's store within a five mile radius, to be eligible.
The closing date for applications is Friday, October 30, at 11.59pm, and the winner will be notified by December 1.
For more information and to nominate your borough, visit www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/wasteless.
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SES, a provider of broadcast satellite connectivity globally, announced Tuesday that it has launched a 4K service for Latin America, just in time for the 2018 World Cup. The company already provides 4K channels in many regions, but this expansion is timed perfectly for the soccer-wild South and Central American markets. Meanwhile, SES has been growing its 4K offerings, including one with HDR content.
“We’re able to build up the largest 4K portfolio of any provider,” said Jurandir Pitsch, vice president of sales for Latin America and the Caribbean for SES. “Last year we launched the first HDR channel.”
SES has signed up many cable and broadcast customers in the United States, and worked with NBC recently to provide 4K transport for the 2018 Winter Games. SES will use two of its satellites, SES-6 and NSS-806, to provide coverage of the entire region, with SES-6 focused on Brazil. Later this year, the functionality now on NSS-806 will be replaced with the newly launched SES-14 satellite.
Once SES-14 is in operation, the lineup of 4K and HD offerings will expand significantly, according to Pitsch. In the last year, SES has seen growth of 18 percent in the Latin American market. The company transports more than 300 4K and HD channels on its satellites.


text: BY AARON BARNHART McClatchy Newspapers Feb. 19, 2008, was supposed to be a watershed day in the history of home entertainment. That was the day consumers could finally march into stores and buy the next generation of DVD player with confidence that they hadn't just blown $400 on the digital equivalent of the Betamax machine. It was the day Toshiba announced it was throwing in the towel on its HD-DVD format, one of two competing standards for encoding discs for high-definition video. After two years of rivalry, HD-DVD had lost the format wars to Blu-ray, a standard backed by Sony. Named for the bluish laser used to etch the data, Blu-ray had a disc capacity five times greater than its predecessor, enough to hold the mass of information needed to play super-sharp HD video with state-of-the-art sound. Toshiba's surrender freed the tens of millions of us with HDTV sets to jump off the fence and go get that high-def DVD experience we'd been waiting for. Funny thing: Here it is nearly nine months later, and almost everybody is still sitting on that fence. "We're still looking at it," said Jim Waddick of Kansas City, who owns a 62-inch projection TV and home theater system. He sees the $200 to $300 price tags on Blu-ray players, and the limited choice of models, and wonders if Hollywood really is on board with this latest shiny-disc format. One reason there hasn't been a run on Blu-ray players is that not that many titles are out on Blu-ray discs. Tens of thousands of movies and TV shows have been released on DVD, but the number of Blu-ray titles available hasn't even cracked the 1,000 mark (though it will by Christmas). "It's important to remember that it's still a very new technology," said Shawn DuBravac, an economist with the Consumer Electronics Association. "And not every product is meant to have the adoption rate of DVD players. You probably won't see that with Blu-ray." So why invest in one? From personal experience, I can say that Blu-ray delivers a top-of-the-line home theater experience that meets or exceeds the sensory effect of watching network shows like "CSI" and "24" in high def. Blu-ray discs hold a gargantuan amount of data -- 50 gigabytes per disc, or the equivalent of more than 10 DVD-R discs -- which means that video quality need not be compromised. Online services and cable and satellite TV all compress HD video to make the download times faster. Compressed video is often noticeably less sharp and fluid than uncompressed video. That's obvious to most people who compare the video quality of Blu-ray to downloads (or even HD movie channels like HBO and Starz). It's worth remembering, though, that most Americans picked the inferior VCR format over Betamax and that laser discs never really caught on, and that when people first brought HDTVs into their basements, it was to watch standard-definition movies and TV programs on their big screens; even when high-def cable was available, many didn't spring for it. Superior video quality is nice, but price and convenience matter, too. Indeed, after Blu-ray won the format war, Microsoft raised the white flag. The software and video game giant had supported the losing HD-DVD format in its Xbox consoles but has repeatedly denied any plans to switch to Blu-ray. Instead, Microsoft says it will support digital downloads. Even when price isn't a factor, consumers are balking on Blu-ray. Take Jim Waddick. In addition to three dozen high-def channels available through Time Warner Cable, Waddick can rent HD movies through Time Warner's video-on-demand service. He even has a Mac mini hooked up to his TV for downloading and watching HD titles straight from the Internet. Robert Bruce, proprietor of SoundFX in Kansas City, said his high-end customers are asking about download services more than they are about Blu-ray. One such service, which is on display prominently in his showroom, is the Vudu box. This small, Internet-connected appliance can instantly download more than 10,000 movies and TV shows at fees that start at 99 cents. Vudu has more than 1,100 high-definition downloads starting at $4, which means its HD library is larger than the total number of Blu-ray titles on the market. "We want Blu-ray to succeed, we really do," Bruce said. "But the feedback we get from our customers is that there aren't that many titles that grab you. If the 'Star Wars' trilogy was out (on Blu-ray), if all the 'Lord of the Rings' were out, and were really well done, people would be telling us, 'I've gotta have that."' That could start to change this holiday season. For instance, the animated hit "WALL-E" won't be offered in HD on Vudu, but it will be available on Blu-ray discs. If studios start favoring Blu-ray in that fashion, it would probably have an effect similar to when Tower Records stopped carrying, well, records. And the CEA's DuBravac argues that Hollywood hasn't begun to exploit the full potential of Blu-ray. With its massive storage, for instance, "you can actually have the director's picture superimposed over the movie, pointing things out" -- in other words, a video commentary track. (Or perhaps even a hologram -- what "Star Wars" nut wouldn't like to see the image of George Lucas beamed into his own film?) A lot of grumbling about Blu-ray would go away if the price fell dramatically -- $149, anyone? With retailers desperate to avoid the holiday blues, it still may be a Blu-ray Christmas after all. At an average $315, the cost of the average Blu-ray player has declined 14 percent in the last year, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. Still, $315 is several times the sticker price of a typical first-generation DVD player. Price cuts should be announced in the next couple of weeks, as retailers fearful of a soft holiday shopping season do whatever they can to get customers into stores. Blu-ray players under $200 should soon become a common sight. Even so, the CEA estimates only 1.7 million of the new devices will be sold in 2008 but projects sales will triple in 2009, to 5.8 million units.


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Uber also increased the top end of its gross bookings outlook for the third quarter to $22.8 billion.
Wedbush reiterated its "outperform" rating for Uber on Thursday, but lowered its price target to $66 citing "regulatory overhang."
Uber investors struggled to grasp its Q4 earnings, reflecting the company's uncertain road to profitability
Uber's mixed earnings report Wednesday highlighted the long list of obstacles it must overcome to survive the pandemic and eventually turn a profit.
Uber's recovery depends on the pandemic subsiding, which isn't likely to happen anytime soon. Luckily, delivery's making up the difference.
Shares of the ride-hailing giant sank as much as 5% in late trading Thursday following the earnings miss.
Business Insider asked two financial analysts what they believe to be the most important number in Uber's second-quarter earnings report.
The ride-hailing giant was forced to lean heavily on Uber Eats, which saw a huge increase in demand during the pandemic as rides tanked.
Several analysts expect Uber's Eats business to double in size over the quarter and possibly offset a slowdown in rideshare activity.
Uber is set to reveal how badly the coronavirus hurt its business in the 2nd quarter. Here's what to expect from its pivot to food delivery.
With rides-requests battered by stay-at-home orders, the company has leaned heavily on its Eats delivery option, including a deal to buy Postmates.
Uber reveals first-quarter losses of $2.9 billion because of the coronavirus — but says business is starting to pick up again
Uber Eats saw a 54% increase in bookings as customers ordered food amid the pandemic's shelter-in-place orders.
Daniel Ives of Wedbush called the results "a huge step forward" for Uber and said it "shows the business model is starting to hit another gear."
With the better-than-expected results, Uber's stock could trade above its IPO price for the first time in more than eight months since going public.
'One of our favorite stocks in 2020': Uber reports earnings today after market close. Here's what 4 Wall Street analysts are talking about.
Uber shares have shed as much as 18% since listing on the public market in May. Still, Wall Street analysts love the stock.
Rationalization is the one word likely to dominate Uber's earnings report. Here's why anxious investors are so keen to hear it.
Both Uber and Lyft are optimistic about the ride-hailing industry's "rationalization," but will it come soon enough?
UBS believes Uber is "the clear #1 player in North America," and a top player in markets where it operates outside of North America.
The head of 'Uber for Business' explains how it's helping the ride-hailing giant finally turn a profit — and reveals the new areas it's targeting
Uber's business-to-business segment is using new strategies to grow quickly, Ronnie Gurion, the general manager of Uber for Business, said.
"The controversy is around profit potential, heightened by the largest loss profile of almost any IPO," wrote Mark Mahaney of RBC Capital Markets.
Shares of the company fell as much as 6% in after-hours trading on Monday after third-quarter earnings disappointed Wall Street investors.
New data shows Lyft taking an increasing share from its larger competitor, which one analyst described as having a "horror show" since going public.
Uber is set to report 3rd-quarter earnings on Monday. Here's what 6 Wall Street analysts are saying ahead of the report.
After Lyft's rosy results, Wall Street is expecting that Uber will show a similarly strong quarter as the competitive landscape cools down.


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A video of a Tesla catching fire following a traffic accident went viral Tuesday evening on Chinese social media networks. According to a report from the Guangzhou Daily, a Tesla sedan hit the concrete separator on the side of the road while trying to overtaking from the rear right. After the collision, in which one person was killed, the vehicle ignited in flames.
The accident occurred at about 22:00 on April 17, north of Dongjiang Avenue in the southern city’s Zengcheng District. After a preliminary investigation, it was found that the vehicle collided with the concrete wall on the right side of the road, as well as another car. The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
Tesla has confirmed that the accident occurred, and that it immediately established a line of cooperation with the traffic police to investigate the incident.
Tesla has been widely discussed recently due to a consumer rights protection incident that took place at this week’s Shanghai Auto Show.


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The supermarket chain has made a strong recovery from a near-death experience. How did CEO David Potts do it? Alice Gråhns reports.
We’re always hearing that chief executives “need silly money because there is an international market for their services”,
says James Moore on Independent.co.uk. If that’s really true, then David Potts, the boss at retailer Morrisons, “should get poached”. Many other company bosses who earn far more “won’t get close to what he has achieved”.
Morrisons, Britain’s fourth-biggest supermarket, appeared to be in “terminal decline” not too long ago. Now it has just unveiled a 40% rise in first-half profits, and sales at stores open at least a year “showed a nice improvement”.
This takes its run of growth to seven consecutive quarters, “an impressive feat given the UK’s brutal and unforgiving food market”, says Ben Marlow in The Daily Telegraph. So how did Potts, who arrived in 2015, rectify “a series of strategic missteps under misfiring former boss Dalton Philips”? He “kept his head down, and embarked on some old-fashioned, simple retailing”. Prices have been slashed and thousands of workers hired to bolster customer service.
Reviving the Safeway brand looks an “inspired” decision, as it will allow own-label products to be distributed in more than a thousand convenience stores and newsagents. Potts has also struck deals with Amazon, McColl’s and Ocado. The group’s stick-to-your-knitting strategy contrasts starkly with rivals’ “frantic” takeover sprees in response to the “onslaught” by Aldi and Lidl.
The “fix, build and grow” strategy isn’t just paying off in the retailer’s bottom line, says Martin Waller in The Times. On other measures, too – cash generation, the reduction of debt and the disposal of unwanted properties – “Morrisons is ahead”.
The twin deals with Ocado and Amazon mean Morrisons exists on the internet as both branded retailer and wholesale supplier, says Lex in the Financial Times. With only 6% of the UK’s online grocery market, “Morrisons can afford to experiment”. Competitors with larger web footprints are quaking in their boots after Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods – Morrisons’ tie-up with the US retailer provides “a shield”.
Some reckon Amazon could buy Morrisons, but that seems unlikely. As a result, the current valuation of 20 times forward earnings induced by takeover speculation seems lofty. Morrisons would need to “leave its recovery phase far behind to warrant its steep share price.”
A cliff-hanger in Toshiba’s soap opera
“If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again yet expecting different results, there is something mad in Toshiba’s long-running sale of its memory-chip business,” says Jacky Wong in The Wall Street Journal. After naming private-equity firm Bain Capital as the preferred bidder for its chip unit in June, Toshiba got embroiled in several legal disputes.
Three months later, it is back with its original suitor. Yet “an actual transaction is hardly closer than it was three months ago”. Western Digital, the other half of Toshiba’s memory-chip joint venture, still claims it can block any sale by Toshiba that it doesn’t like. It has made a competing offer in partnership with private-equity firm KKR.
The reason for this “long-running soap opera”, says Quentin Webb on Breakingviews, is that “the business is a hot property”, but too big for a single buyer to digest on its own. Lots of vested interests are therefore “jockeying for supporting roles”. Toshiba has promised to sign a deal by month-end, and after months of drama, reports suggest the mooted price has moved up around a tenth to ¥2.2trn ($20bn).
Ignore the drama and just keep an eye on the money, says Tim Culpan in Bloomberg Gadfly – specifically what Toshiba gets. “At around ¥2.1trn, the company will have failed (again), but if it can extract a much higher price, then Toshiba’s board might finally be seen to be doing its job.”
• “James Murdoch will be none too pleased,” says Alex Brummer in the Daily Mail. 21st Century Fox is bidding £11.5bn for the 61% of Sky that it does not already own. But Culture and Media Secretary Karen Bradley has overruled regulator Ofcom and is preparing to refer the deal to the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA), citing “media standards”.
The CMA is already looking at the deal from another angle – the potential impact on competition. There is now a chance that chief executive Murdoch may decide “the hassle of dealing with Britain’s political pygmies has become too much and pulls the offer”.
• Judge Simon Wolfson’s mood by his willingness to run share buybacks, says Nils Pratley in The Guardian. The Next chief executive turned them off in March “because there was too much uncertainty in the air”. But now he’s willing to return to them.
A 1% tickle to his profit forecast for the year has provoked a 13% rise in the share price. “Another reason for investors’ enthusiasm may be the fact Wolfson gives them useful information.” An analysis showed that its stores would generate £1bn of cash over a decade even if like-for-like sales declined by 6% per year. “Such analyses should be compulsory for mature retailers.” Investors deserve to see the maths.
• Support services and construction group Interserve says on its website that it wants to “redefine the future for people and places“, notes Alistair Osborne in The Times.
It has just done so for investors by halving the share price in a day. New chief executive Debbie White, who arrived a fortnight ago, has issued the group’s fourth profit warning since May 2016. Meanwhile, Interserve has redefined the future for White, too: the value of the shares she was recently awarded has also halved, “a point she’ll no doubt make to the pay committee”.


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Many of the biggest news stories this year are the aftermath of the COVID-19 global pandemic, including supply chain disruptions, economic uncertainty, and the adoption of hybrid work practices.
Supply chain disruptions, economic uncertainty, IT industry layoffs, cybersecurity threats and multi-billion dollar acquisitions. So far as the year draws to a close, let’s take a look at what has become the biggest news story in the IT industry and channels in 2022.
Corona 19 itself may have faded into a top story. However, some of the major news this year comes from the ongoing impact of the global pandemic and its impact on the economy, IT industry and channels.
For example, ongoing supply chain disruptions have been a major challenge for the industry. Shortages of semiconductors, components and finished systems are forcing IT vendors and solution providers to struggle to meet customer needs. They also see supply chain issues as accelerating the adoption of cloud services, as IT products required to run on-premise data centers are often unavailable for weeks or months.
Economic uncertainty has kept many IT and channel executives up all night watching for signs of slowing sales or customer withdrawal. Many IT companies, from giants such as Intel, Cisco Systems, and HP Inc. to startups and solution providers, have launched cost-cutting efforts and laid off employees.
And amid major changes in how businesses operate, the telecommuting and hybrid work practices imposed on millions of workers by the pandemic now appear to be at least semi-permanent. This represents changes and opportunities in the IT products and services offered by the channel.
Some of the biggest news of the year concern blockbuster acquisitions that are changing the face of the IT industry and its channels. Some deals, such as AMD’s $49 billion acquisition of Xilinx, were the largest acquisitions in semiconductor industry history. Others are in the works, such as Broadcom’s pending $61 billion deal to acquire virtualization giant VMware.
The ongoing threat of malware, ransomware, and other cyber-attacks against businesses, government agencies, and IT firms remains a major problem that managed service providers are frequently targeted at. Changes in Microsoft’s channel programs and practices and their impact on partners made headlines this year. And how the IT industry responded to the war in Ukraine concludes the main article.
Here are the top 10 news stories for 2022, counting down from 10th to 1st. Take a look and see if you agree with our selection.


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It's the week ending August 28, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather a collection of what we feel is the highlight from each.
Once again, the biggest news involves the end of the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) program AKA "Cash for Clunker" rebates, culminating in 690,114 transactions valued at $2.88 billion, with stories galore on its "wildly successful" outcome. LeftLaneNews reports on some of the downfalls of the program, saying the clunkers' Web site crashed several times, resulting in a bottleneck of applications. Moreover, only about a third of dealers have received their first clunkers check, leaving many dealerships with cash flow problems. Consumer Reports shares the environmental impact, saying the average new car bought with the rebates got 9.2 mpg more than the average clunker traded in, for an annual average fuel savings per driver of 277 gallons of fuel or about $720.
Pizza magnate Papa John Schnatter has finally been reunited with his Camaro. In celebration, he gave away nearly 36,000 free pizzas. Click here to read the detailed story of how Jalopnik helped make it happen -- and if you want, you can even browse the gallery of photos snapped by Camaro owners when they used their car as the ultimate coupon.
You wake up in the morning and suddenly everyone is driving on the "wrong" side of the road. Sound freaky? Well, that is exactly what is going to happen in Samoa on September 7th of this year. All Cars All The Time predicts this move will be an epic fail. The Wall Street Journal seems to agree. We suggest travelers stay away until they get their drivers retrained.
Are we there yet? Jaime Case and Chris Hodges hopped into a Fusion sedan provided by Ford, and took off on a six-week pre-wedding road trip around the country to see friends and family prior to signing their marriage certificate. Well, they've finally tied the knot, apparently the road trip is nearly over, and to celebrate the couple plans to change their names.... to Ford. Jeez, I hope Ford lets them keep the car after all that!
Get this: AutoBlogGreen.com suggests watermelon juice could be the next great automotive fuel, saying there's enough watermelon juice available to brew 2.5 million gallons of ethanol, which would displace up to 15 percent of corn or molasses, cut down on water usage, and supply needed nitrogen to the mix. Seems like the perfect use for the 360,000 tons of watermelons left to rot and spoil each year!
Chrysler and Nissan have decided to part ways, scrapping three joint-vehicle programs originally intended to fill yawning gaps in their respective line-ups. With Nissan officials recently telling TheDetroitBureau.com they were still open to working with their Detroit counterpart, it appears that the announcement was heavily influenced by Chrysler's new parent, the Italian automaker Fiat. It also appears Nissan is the loser in the latest developments. A separate agreement calling on Nissan and Chrysler to share transmission remains unchanged.
AutomotiveTraveler.com has snagged spypix of the upcoming 2011 Ford Fiesta -- only not the little Euro hatchback version we've seen so many Fiesta Agents driving! This article features several remarkably clear road shots of the four-door sedan version destined to arrive in American dealerships in the second quarter of 2010. I'd like one in magenta, please?
We all hate sitting in traffic, and in the Los Angeles area, it's notoriously bad. AutoBlog.com
shares the results of a study that demonstrates having a GPS system
with real-time traffic can save drivers four days per year and reduce
emissions by 21%!
If you're writing a research paper on the history of electric vehicles, then look no further than cleancartalk.com which shares everything you ever wanted to know -- but were afraid to ask -- about the electric car. With detailed info from its origins in the 1830s to modern-day options, this article is good reading for green gearheads.
Mark Tapscott may very well be THE founder of the Carnival of Cars concept, and he had the wisdom to include ME in one of his first editions, nearly three years ago! If you want to keep up with Tapscott's current content, favorite him at Examiner.com
Thanks for joining us for this week's autoMedia.com CARnival! Have you got something of interest you want us to include in a future carnival? Then fill out our online form so we can be notified of your interesting entry to our weekly blog CAR-nival. Check back next week for another installment--until then, have a great weekend!
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Citing the UK as one of the most attractive markets for solar products in Europe, a leading German-based solar module manufacturer, Centrosolar has gained certification for its entire line of crystalline modules, including S-Class Deluxe, Excellent, Ultra and Professional modules under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS).
Having recently established operations in the UK, Centrosolar can now supply its modules to MCS approved installers.
“We see a tremendous potential in the attractive feed-in tariff offered in the United Kingdom, especially in the area of in-roof and on-roof systems, which are at the core of Centrosolar's business,” noted Simon Gerrard, Managing Director of Centrosolar UK Ltd. “We have spent much time and effort in thoroughly preparing for our entry into the UK market. Now that we have received certification, we are glad to finally start our activities.”
The certification process also includes an inspection of manufacturing plants to ensure quality control and product specifications.
Centrosolar has recently expanded and upgraded its 4 production lines in Wismar, Germany, making them highly automated and efficient. Overall capacity has been increased to by 45MW per annum to 200MW to meet growing demand in Germany and across Europe. This equates to 4,000 modules a day being produced.


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TWO Greenford men are raising money for Diabetes UK with a 2,000-mile Top Gear-style driving challenge from Boulogne to Monte Carlo in a car worth less than £300.
How hard could it be?
Tesco colleagues Ian Dodimead and Mark Andrews, from the Greenford dotcom Centre, will spend four days completing their journey.
They will start on May 8 and travel through Switzerland and Italy before arriving in Monte Carlo three days later.
The men are aiming to complete the annual Crumball Rally in a customised £300 Alfa Romeo 147 with a mirrored chrome effect and chequered strips across the bonnet.
The pair hope to raise £3,000 for Tesco’s national charity partner, Diabetes UK.
Ian, a delivery operations manager, said: “It’s a fantastic opportunity for colleagues at Tesco to get involved in an exciting fund-raising event.”
Ian and Mark have a JustGiving page and you can follow their journey on twitter @montecarloorbus.


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Tomorrow’s release of the COMME des GARÇONS x NikeLab VaporMax is sure to be a frenzied affair, so it makes sense to have some kind of contingency plan in place in case you happen to take the L. For those who miss out or are just looking for a “cheaper” alternative, look no further than this gorgeous spring-ready Nike VaporMax which has surfaced in light grey/red.
We’ve been excited about the VaporMax for a long time, and with the March release not far off, it appears Nike is beginning to percolate colorways online. Here, the sneaker features light grey Flyknit uppers and Dynamic Flywire cables with red accents. As we all know, however, the star of the show is that bubble unit outsole; Nike has admitted it will change how they develop sneakers going forward in the future.
While we don’t know the exact March release date, it’s been said these will drop for around $200, which is a fair climb down on the price we initially estimated.
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A MULTI-MILLION euro new supermarket has been given the go ahead for Moyross.
German supermarket retailer Aldi had applied to Limerick City and County Council to develop a €7million new store in the area, which had previously been subject to an appeal to An Bord Pleanála.
Now, the planning appeals board has given the development the green light to proceed.
The store is planned to be open in late 2025, and will create 30 permanent jobs once it is open, while 50 jobs will be supported during the construction period.
One of the appeals to the new Aldi store being built was lodged by Iceland Stores, whose flagship store in Watchhouse Cross Business Park closed last September.
The new Aldi store will be 1,315 square meters, and will have 110 car parking spaces, with 10 bike parking spaces.
The outlet’s electricity demand will also be entirely met by solar panels which will be installed on the roof, according to the retailer.
Colin Breslin, managing director of buying and services at Aldi Ireland, said: “It’s great news to receive planning permission from An Bord Pleanála to open a new store in Moyross. Every new Aldi store brings greater choice, quality and Aldi’s unbeatable value to shoppers.”
“The new store will provide even further opportunities for local food and drink suppliers to work with Aldi.”
Aldi has also announced that it will be paying the living wage of €14.80 per hour to people starting their careers with the German retailer in its stores or warehouse operations.
The planning green light will make the new Moyross outlet the second Aldi store currently under development in Limerick City, with works on its Roche’s Street store already underway.
A decision from An Bord Pleanála is expected in the coming weeks on yet another store from the global retail giant, hoped to be built in Dooradoyle.


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Primark to open Bluewater store
Budget fashion retailer Primark is to open a 46,000 square foot store at the Bluewater shopping destination.
Due to launch in 2019, the shop on Thames Walk will stock clothing for women, men and children as well as footwear, accessories, beauty and homeware products.
Landsec, Bluewater’s owner and asset manager, said insight gathered from its SMG guest feedback programme had revealed that Primark was one of the most consistently requested retailers by Bluewater shoppers.
Russell Loveland, portfolio director at Landsec, said: “We are always looking for ways to enhance our offer, from securing new premium brands to ensuring we provide the very best of affordable fashion. By providing a comprehensive, relevant and engaging offer, from brands to experiences, we ensure Bluewater remains the number one destination.”
The signing of Primark follows openings by Kate Spade, Coach, Godiva, Neal’s Yard Remedies, Smashbox, Lindt and GraVity at Bluewater in the last 12 months.
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Sumary of Keeping chocolate milk smooth, stable without carrageenan:
- Fat-free chocolate milk processed for the first time with high-pressure jet technology exhibits enhanced viscosity, stabilizing cocoa particles in the fluid and eliminating the need for adding a controversial emulsifier.
- That’s the conclusion of a team of Penn State researchers, whose study suggests that the new technology can preclude the use of carrageenan in chocolate milk.
- The widely used food additive — which helps keep the liquid smooth and well-mixed even after days sitting on a store shelf — is not desired by many consumers, especially in organic chocolate milk.
- “And carrageenan definitely is not something they want in chocolate milk.
- We know that USDA has considered banning it for organic chocolate milks.
- ” In the study, researchers thermally treated fat-free chocolate milk formulations containing skim milk, cocoa powder and sugar and then processed them using high-pressure jet technology from 125 to 500 megapascals.
- The viscosity, flow properties and stability of chocolate milks treated with high-pressure jets were compared with chocolate milks that did not undergo high-pressure jet processing, prepared both with and without adding carrageenan.
- As expected, carrageenan-free chocolate milk exhibited immediate phase separation of the cocoa powder, whereas formulations containing carrageenan were stable for 14 days, with cocoa particles not dropping out of suspension.


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Spotify might be gearing up a more formal Internet radio option, a pair of sources claimed Thursday. While it already has basic radio features, the new method outlined to Bloomberg would be more akin to one like at Pandora or Slacker, where explicitly labeling it as radio would get government-regulated lower royalty rates. The method would also purportedly get it access to artists that normally wouldn't sign for the usual on-demand Spotify system.
A gang of 11 people of have been imprisoned or given suspended sentences in the UK after being convicted of scamming the Amazon and iTunes music stores out of royalty payments, according to Digital Trends. The scheme involved uploading music to the services and then buying it with stolen and cloned credit cards. To avoid being detected by credit card holders, the gang would never spend more than £10 in a transaction. It nevertheless managed to pull in almost £500,000, costing Amazon and Apple somewhere between £750,000 and £1 million after compensation was paid to the victims of credit card fraud.
Amazon's two days of its 99-cent Lady Gaga album promo were costly but may have paid off in a market share battle with iTunes, both official and unofficial sources said Friday. Music industry contacts said that about 440,000 copies of the pop star's album sold in the two days of the promo, almost all of which were the less extensive but much cheaper sale version. Since Amazon was still paying Universal and Interscope the full $8.39 cut, Billboard estimated that Amazon MP3 took a loss of $3.2 million on all its sales.
[Update: Sony, other media companies upset by early announcement] Amazon in the night unveiled its rumored media locker and beat Apple and Google in the process. Cloud Drive gives users a way to store a minimum of 5GB of files on the web and access them from any Mac or PC. The company has a unique tie-in with Amazon MP3: any songs bought through the music store are saved to the Cloud Drive and available either for backup or for remote streaming without counting towards the quota.
Apple has allegedly begun urging record labels to decline participation in Amazon's Daily Deal promotions, an unnamed major-label executive told Billboard.biz. Although record labels initially did not interact with Amazon for the promotion, it has since evolved into a more complex cooperation aimed at exclusive terms and special marketing.
Amazon's highly-touted MP3 store has had little to no effect on the success of iTunes, according to a new analysis by The NPD Group. A study conducted by the group reveals that just 10 percent of all purchasers at Amazon MP3 are converts from Apple's service, with the rest either switching from other stores or else are new to direct-download music. This comparatively new audience is a "healthy indication" that other stores don't necessarily have to draw customers away from iTunes to grow, says NPD entertainment analyst Russ Crupnick.
Web-based music service eMusic today celebrated a milestone with its 200 millionth song download. The figure was reached approximately four and a half years after the store's November 2003 launch of its MP3-based subscription service but is touted as having been accomplished without the help of most major labels, relying chiefly on independents for its content. By comparison, Apple is known to have sold more than four billion songs since launching iTunes in April of 2003.
MySpace's frequently rumored music download store could launch as early as today, according to a rumor put forward by CNET. The publication claims to know sources who say that an initial announcement is planned that will expand the site's currently hands-off music section into a service that offers a combination of downloads and streams. Mirroring past stories, the feature would allegedly let users either pay to download full MP3 songs and ringtones or else stream songs for free on the web. Users could also buy their concert tickets directly from the site.
MySpace is currently in talks to create a music service that would offer both free and paid service, according to alleged leaks from those familiar with the negotiations. The social networking site is reportedly securing rights from all four major music labels for a simply-titled MySpace Music service that would allow it both to provide free, streaming music from its pages as well as paid MP3 tracks; the cost of the former would be offset by the advertising that already forms a staple of the company's web pages.
One of the key reasons Radiohead has refrained from signing on to digital music is licensing rights, the band's lead singer Thom Yorke says in an interview with Wired. The musician observes that the group's previous, multi-album contract with music label EMI contained virtually no clauses for digital music rights as it was struck years before digital music stores were available. Radiohead's release of In Rainbows in October with flexible pricing was the first real opportunity the group had to earn money on a digital offering.
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An Apple job listing for a dedicated clock face team may suggest future fashion-brand partnerships, possibly in time for the updated watchOS updates that are likely to be revealed at this spring's Worldwide Developer Conference. Since the introduction of watchOS 2, there has only been four new watch faces, but three of them were left over from the first release, with only one truly new one -- the co-branded Herm√©s face exclusive to that edition. There is a rumored March 15 event, but if that takes place it will likely focus on new band options as regards the Apple Watch. http://apple.co/1O1TbTI


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Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: ARTHUR ‘BO’ FISHER III
CEO, FISHER AUTO PARTS, STAUNTON
Bo Fisher spoke of “the great loss of my father, partner, boss and best friend,” when his father, Art Fisher, died in 2004.
Already serving as president of Fisher Auto Parts, the younger Fisher was unanimously elected to succeed his dad as CEO and chairman of the board. He also serves as chairman of Federated Auto Parts, which Art Fisher founded.
Blair Coiner, Fisher’s grandfather, founded the company in 1929 as a small auto-parts sales concern, and it grew under Art Fisher’s leadership, changing its name in 1983 to Fisher Auto Parts. It’s now one of the nation’s largest automotive parts retailers, with 500 locations.
A James Madison University graduate, Fisher joined the company in 1992 and created the Art Fisher Memorial Scholarship program, which assists students pursuing careers in the automotive aftermarket.
In 2022, Fisher was honored with the Mort Schwartz Excellence in Education Award by the Auto Care Association. In July, he attended the opening of the Mary Louise Fisher Breast Center at Augusta Health in Fishersville, a facility named for his mother, who died in 2018. Fisher Auto Parts donated $1 million to the center.


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Google has opened in the online store Google Store capable of accepting orders for the new anti-shock smart watch CASIO Outdoor Smart Watch powered by Android Wear. The announced cost of a novelty in the U.S. Google is $500.
Recall that CASIO Outdoor Smart Watch is first smart watch with built-in MIC and water resistance to 50 meters, they are certified according to U.S. military standard MIL-STD-810G, resistant to water splashes, shock, vibration and other adverse conditions.
In addition, the novelty has two modes of LCD display: color, supporting various functions of Android Wear, or black, which saves battery power, showing only the time and date. In addition, the clock installed apps like ViewRanger, MyRadar and Runkeeper. With them the user can navigate the terrain, to measure the atmospheric pressure and even learn how to change the weather in the next few hours.
Other specifications for the CASIO Smart Watch Outdoor:
- Display: double-layer display 33.5 mm; Color LCD display c TFT-matrix (320x300 pixels) monochrome LCD display
- Dimensions: 61,7x56,4x15,7 mm
- Weight: 93g
- Memory: 512 MB RAM, 4 GB internal
- Platform: Android Wear
- Color: Olive only in Google Store; Orange
- Materials: plastic case, Mineral glass, Back of the case is stainless steel, Polyurethane strap
- Lithium ion battery
- Communication: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 with low energy consumption
- Other: pressure Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetic sensor, Built-in microphone


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The Ace Smoke Shop is a small business in every sense of the word. What largely draws customers these days is an array of e-liquids in flavors like butterscotch and kimi-strawberry, as well as disposable e-cigarettes. But can it stay in business? https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-06/vape-shops-los-angeles-public-health …
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance that will ban the sale of all flavored tobacco products in Altadena and other unincorporated communities — the latest in a flurry of laws passed in response to a sharp rise in teen vaping. 📸: @luissinco
By one estimate, there are more than 300 vape shops in L.A. county. Despite health concerns, vape shops are one of the few types of retail businesses that have thrived in the era of Amazon and online sales. https://lat.ms/3358ydV
Vape shop owners say that health advocates and regulators are stirring up hysteria by lumping nicotine vaping sold at legal vape shops with black market THC cartridges that may be contaminated with impurities. 📸: @luissinco https://lat.ms/3358ydV
The industry may just be biding time. The FDA has been planning for a comprehensive safety review of all vaping products, and Trump has said the federal government is getting set to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and vapes. More from @ldarmiento: https://lat.ms/3358ydV
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Government slashes grants for plug-in cars 3 WEEKS EARLY due to spike in sales after revealing it was being cut just 10 days ago
- Rates for the Plug-in Car Grant were to change on November 9, according to the DfT's announcement on October 11
- However, due to high demand, the incentive has been culled 19 days early
- It means electric cars are eligible for a saving of just £3,500 - down from £4,500
- Plug-in hybrid models now no longer qualify for the government grant
- DfT said this was due to a six-fold increase in sales of cars eligible for the grant since the October 11 announcement
The Government grant for new low-emission cars have been slashed three weeks before the proposed deadline due to a spike in demand, it has been confirmed.
As of last Sunday, pure-electric cars eligible under the Department for Transport's Category 1 system will qualify for a subsidy of £3,500 (reduced from £4,500).
Meanwhile all plug-in hybrid vehicles will no longer be entitled to the £2,500 saving that was previously available.
Reducing the incentive to buy an electric vehicle comes despite the Government having greener roads as a priority.
The DfT originally announced the change in rates to the Plug-in Car Grant on October 11, where it said the reduced subsidies would come into effect on November 9 unless subsequent sales of the greenest vehicles were 'higher than expected'.
It means the reduced grant for electric cars and non-eligibility for hybrids has been brought forward by 19 days.
Therefore, motorists had just 10 days to purchase a vehicle at the expiring rates between the announcement of the grant being slashed and the Government choosing to prematurely cull the subsidy.
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The DfT said the decision was made as sales of vehicles eligible for the grant were six times higher than normal.
It said an average of 900 grants at the previous, more generous levels were claimed in each of the 10 days since the announcement, compared with 140 during the first six months of the year.
Cash incentives through the plug-in car grant have been offered since 2011 to encourage more people to buy greener cars.
Vehicles included in the scheme were previously divided into three categories based on their CO2 emissions and zero-emission range.
Motorists who bought Category 1 cars – pure electrics which meet the toughest CO2 restrictions – could claim up to £4,500 towards the cost of purchase.
Grants for Category 2 and 3 models – plug-in hybrids – reached £2,500.
How the Plug-in Car Grant has changed as of October 21
CATEGORY 1 CARS - GRANT REDUCED FROM £4,500 TO £3,500
These vehicles have CO2 emissions of less than 50g/km and can travel at least 112km (70 miles) without any CO2 emissions at all.
BMW i3 and i3s
Hyundai IONIQ Electric
Hyundai Kona Electric
Kia Soul EV
Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive
Nissan e-NV200 (5-seater and 7-seater)
Smart EQ fortwo
Smart EQ forfour
Tesla Model S
Tesla Model X
CATEGORY 2 CARS - £2,500 GRANT REMOVED
Category 2 cars These vehicles have CO2 emissions of less than 50g/km and can travel at least 16km (10 miles) without any CO2 emissions at all.
Audi A3 e-tron
Hyundai IONIQ PHEV
Kia Niro PHEV
Kia Optima PHEV
Mercedes-Benz C350 e (with 17 inch rear wheels)
Mercedes-Benz E350 e SE
Mitsubishi Outlander (except Commercial)
Toyota Prius Plug-in
Volkswagen Golf GTE
Volkswagen Passat GTE
Volvo S90 Twin Engine
Volvo V60 D5 Twin Engine
Volvo V60 D6 Twin Engine
Volvo V90 Twin Engine
Volvo XC60 Twin Engine
CATEGORY 3 CARS - £2,500 GRANT REMOVED
These vehicles have CO2 emissions of 50 to 75g/km and can travel at least 32km (20 miles) without any CO2 emissions at all.
Mercedes-Benz E350 e AMG Line
MINI Countryman PHEV
Following the changes, the maximum grants for Category 1 cars has been cut by £1,000 while Category 2 and 3 models are no longer eligible for the incentives.
Motoring groups have warned that the decision will leave the Government struggling to meet targets to reduce vehicle emissions.
Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation, said: 'While ministers might have fallen out of love with hybrid technology, this last-minute rush to showrooms suggests the reassurance of running in part on conventional fuel is attractive to buyers with range anxiety, especially when it comes at an attractive price.
'The big question is whether motorists' enthusiasm for hybrids will hold up now that the plug has been pulled on the grant.'
The Government has announced a plan to ban new diesel and petrol cars and vans in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution.
And just last week, the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy committee called for that deadline to be fast-tracked to 2032, which received criticism from motoring organisations who called the suggestion 'nigh-on impossible'.
A DfT spokesman said: 'Following exceptional demand, the sales cap for all vehicles eligible for the grant has been reached, and the new grant rates are now in effect.
'These changes will allow us to focus support on zero-emission vehicles, such as pure electric and hydrogen fuel cell cars.
'Hybrid vehicles will continue to be supported through lower car tax rates, grants for charging infrastructure and local incentives such as free parking.'
Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show the market share for alternatively fuelled new cars last month was 6.9 per cent, up from 5.3 per cent in September 2017.
Reacting to the news that the grant had be culled earlier than expected, Simon McCulloch, director of comparison site comparethemarket, said: 'We're surprised and disappointed that, having explicitly stated that greener roads are a priority, the Government is scrapping subsidies for hybrid cars - even earlier than initially warned - and reducing the incentive to buy an electric vehicle.
'Our research shows that the cost of electric and hybrid vehicles is a major deterrent to nearly half of UK drivers, with 49 per cent saying they could not afford to go green.
'Getting rid of subsidies is likely to make this even harder and could have the impact of driving down sales of more environmentally-friendly vehicles.
'For sales of electric cars to really take off, steps must be taken to improve and expand the infrastructure on which they rely, as well as making greener vehicles the best financial option for car buyers, so this news is a big step away from achieving the much needed clean-up of our roads.'
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VerSe Innovation, the parent company of content provider platform Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, has raised over $450 million in a Series I funding round led by Siguler Guff, Baillie Gifford, Carlyle Asia Partners and others.
The Series I round included existing investors Sofina Group, Qatar Investment Authority and BCap which brought the company’s revenue estimates after doubling its valuation from its unicorn cycle.
Between December and February 2021 in the series Series H round it has raised a total of $200 Mn from Falcon Edge Capital, Alpha Wave Ventures, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Google and Microsoft.
The company said the recent investments will focus on strengthening market position through marketing and more, deepening and expanding the Dailyhunt and Josh’s artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science capabilities, as well as improving monetization including e-commerce and live streaming. It will also have an eye on expanding to overseas markets with the same appetite as India.
Founded in 2007 by Virendra Guptha, VerSe Innovation, a B2B company, catered to telcos and provides SMS alerts on jobs, property, matrimony, news and education subscribers across India and also across Bangladesh and Africa.
In 2011, the company decided to enter the B2C game when it acquired Eterno Infotech, founded by Umesh Kulkarni and Chandrashekhar Sohoni. Eterno Infotech launched Content platform Newshunt in 2009, which was again rebranded in 2015 as DailyHunt.
According to a report by RedSeer Management Consulting, the country’s short video market is likely to witness a growth by 4x on the total time spent and reach (400-450) Bn minutes a month in the coming five years 2020-2025 from the current 110 Bn minutes.
The company says it has more than 50 Mn creators with more than 80 Bn videos playing per month. It also claims the short video app Josh has more than 115 Mn monthly active users and more than 56 Mn current day to day users, which means it has the best DAU/MAU ratio in the industry. With Dailyhunt, the company is said to operate more than 300 Mn users every month in 14 languages, featuring content from more than 100,000 content partners and individual content creators.
In March, VerSe acquired Vebbler, an interest-based photo and video sharing app. In 2013 Sahil Bhagat founded Vebbler, as a visual-first social network for meaningful conversation. DailyHunt said Vebbler’s cameras and creative tools would make Josh a powerful market differentiator.


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Schools in the states of California and New Mexico are among those just saying no to the spicy puffed snack beloved by children everywhere (so much so this tribute happened). In the Illinois city of Rockford, schools have already stopped selling Hot Cheetos altogether.
School officials attacked the Frito Lay snack on the grounds of its poor nutritional value. As reported by ABC News’ Lindsey Davis, each bag equals to 26 grams of fat and 25 percent of the recommended daily sodium intake. Stained fingers and “hyperpalatability” seem to be major concerns for officials as well. The latter describes the addictive quality of a certain food or drink—that “once you pop, you can’t stop” effect.
In the case of Hot Cheetos, there is empirical evidence that speaks to the snack’s addictiveness. The chorus of the Y.N. Rich Kids anthem indicates as much: “I can’t get enough of these Hot Cheetos and Takis/Got my fingers stained red/And I cannot get them off me.”
In response to the ban, Frito Lay released a statement that stated a commitment to responsible advertising, which means not targeting anyone under the age of 12.
Sounds like a tempest in a tea pot if you ask us. Let the kids have their Hot Cheetos, because when you start working in an office, leaving a trail of spicy Cheetos dust on everything you touch is no longer a viable way to live your life.
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Jia Yueting recently sent a letter to more than 100 creditors to assure them of his convictions to pay back all debts accumulated from his founding company, Leshi Holding Group
LeEco founder Jia Yueting is being scrutinized by Chinese securities regulators and Leshi is on the edge of delisting.
LeEco founder Jia Yueting is welcoming his second white knight after investments by Sun Hongbin, billionaire real estate developer and the founder and chairman of Sunac China Holdings. This white knight came with 300 million U.S. dollars in hand.
The Beijing Securities Regulatory Bureau released an announcement on December 25 that former LeEco chairman YT Jia must return to China by December 31. Jia is required to fulfill his duty as LeEco’s actual controller to deal with LeEco’s risks and protect investors’ rights and interests.
An army of Chinese brands led by Xiaomi has come to dominate the domestic smartphone market. SONY, Samsung, Blackberry and a large number of overseas brands have become its victims. Foreign media reported that Samsung’s smartphone market share in China fell to 2 percent in Q3, putting it in ninth place.