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NEW YORK — Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. on Tuesday reported a 95 percent gain in first-quarter income, boosted by the Calvin Klein businesses.
For the three months ended April 30, income was $48.7 million, or 87 cents a diluted share, compared with $25 million, or 46 cents a share, in the same year-ago quarter. Total revenues rose by 7.3 percent to $506.4 million from $472.1 million, which also included a 7.4 percent gain in sales to $454.2 million from $423.1 million. The balance of the revenue came in part from licensing income. The company said the Calvin Klein licensing business posted a 10 percent increase in operating earnings over the prior year because of growth from existing and new licensees, with “particular strength coming from fragrances.”
“We are extremely pleased that the strong momentum of 2005 continued through the first quarter of 2006,” Emanuel Chirico, chief executive officer, said in a statement. “The strength of the Calvin Klein brand continued to fuel significant increases in earnings in the Calvin Klein men’s better sportswear business, the Calvin Klein outlet retail business as well as the Calvin Klein licensing business. The brand continues to be a key growth engine for our company as we expand the breadth and reach of product offerings.”
PVH will host a conference call today for Wall Street analysts.
For the second quarter, PVH is projecting earnings per share to be 25 to 26 cents, versus 16 cents in 2005. For the full year, PVH said earnings are expected at $2.30 to $2.36, versus $1.85 in 2005.


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By Mark Hawthorne and Patrick Hatch
The largest assault on Australia's retail sector in decades has begun, with key Amazon executives flying into Australia during Melbourne Cup week in preparation for a pre-Christmas launch of the global retail giant's fashion brands.
BusinessDay has been told that Amazon deliberately chose Melbourne Cup week, when key rival Myer is partying at the races, to begin its foray into the local market.
The move is being co-ordinated by Prateek Ranjan, Amazon's Seattle-based head of marketing and international expansion. Mr Ranjan was previously the head of Amazon Fashion, and is now responsible for "expanding Amazon's footprint in new countries across the globe".
Amazon's New-York-based global production manager Nickole Brown is leading the biggest series of fashion shoots Melbourne has ever seen. Amazon is scheduled to undertake three fashion shoots per day, five days per week, at secret locations across Melbourne over the next month.
Ms Brown's international production team arrived in the city on Melbourne Cup day. That team includes Amazon's India-based production shoot manager Anisha Bhardwaj, who put out a request on LinkedIn for "E-commerce Product and On-body Photographers, Stylists and make up artists based out of Melbourne" three weeks ago.
"I have never seen anything like this in Australia," said a member of Amazon's Australian operations.
"I have seen major shoots for the big department stores, but nothing to this scale. Three shoots per day is unheard of, let alone every day of the week."
The first Amazon fashion shoot is scheduled for Monday morning.
"With Amazon's quick turnaround, they will be operational in the online fashion market in Australia by early December at the latest," BusinessDay was told.
An Amazon spokeswoman said the company could not comment on its future plans.
Amazon first confirmed its entry to Australia in April and industry watchers had been expecting a pre-Christmas launch, but the e-commerce giant has been tight-lipped about what its initial product offering will look like.
Citi analysts Bryan Raymond and Craig Woolford expect that Amazon will launch locally before the Black Friday shopping event on November 24.
They say electronics, clothing and footwear will be the key categories for Amazon when it starts trading, making Myer, Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi the local retailers most likely to be negatively affected.
In other markets Amazon sells other brands' apparel as well as its own private label clothing, including men's and women's basics, business attire, children's wear, and a recently launched sportswear range.
Amazon has registered trademarks in Australia on brands including AmazonBasics, which sell mass market products covering everything from electronics to kitchenware.
It has also recently registered its vitamins and supplements brand Elements, the snack and pantry staples brands Happy Belly and Wickedly Prime, and the sweets and chocolate brand Surprise.
Mama Bear, Amazon's range of baby products including nappies and infant food, has also been registered.
While Amazon is not expected to steal significant market share initially, analysts say it will hurt incumbent retailers by forcing them to drop prices to remain competitive.
Amazon has taken over a 24,000-square-metre warehouse in Melbourne's outer east and is converting it into a distribution centre, where it will fulfil and ship orders.
Amazon will host a Marketplace Summit in Sydney on Monday for 500 Australian merchants that have signed up to Amazon's Australian platform.
It is understood merchants will be told by the company's Australian chief Rocco Braeuniger that Amazon will be operational in time for this Christmas season.
Amazon's head of seller services for Australia, Fabio Bertola, will detail how the local Amazon platform will operate.

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The chief executives of Canadian companies aren’t yet in panic mode, but the stresses of a terrible dollar, tanking oil and a tepid economy are making them more pessimistic than normal. According to a recent survey of 49 Canadian CEOs by professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, 31% believe the global economy will become weaker in 2016. When asked the same question last year, only 9% of respondents agreed.
Their growing pessimism squares with the experience of CEOs everywhere; only 27% of the 1,409 chief executives around the world interviewed by PwC said they were confident that global economic conditions would improve. The survey—officially titled the 19th Annual Global CEO Survey—was completed during the fourth quarter of 2015.
While the sample of Canadian CEOs surveyed by PwC is small, their responses shed some light on what else is on the mind of our country’s top executives. Among the findings:
- 76% of Canadian respondents say they will implement “cost-cutting measures” this year; that’s 68% higher than their international peers.
- 80% are concerned about their tax burden, up from 68% in the 2015 survey. Many are also concerned about Canada’s looming debt burden, and the implications of a sluggish economy paired with falling tax revenues.
- A whopping 92% of Canadian respondents agree that “business success in the 21st century will be defined by more than financial profit.” They’ve observed that more of their clients expect them to be good corporate citizens and do more to tackle important issues—yet those clients are reticent to absorb extra costs for it.
- Perhaps in response to the above point, 80% of respondents are using new, non-financial metrics to report the value they’ve generated to their stakeholders.
- The overwhelming majority of respondents (90%) said they made significant changes to their branding and marketing strategies in 2015.
- Recruitment and talent retention are becoming more dynamic. Some 65% of respondents understand that top talent prefers to work for organizations with social values which are aligned to their own. (A related challenge they’re met with is accommodating “a new generation of digital natives” who are getting ready to move into positions of power.)
- 61% of respondents say that cyber security is the biggest potential business threat to their organization’s growth prospects, topping availability of key skills (cited by 49% of respondents), volatile commodity prices (43%) and consumer spending behaviours (43%).
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Tourism industry needs financial support - Jake
Accra, Oct. 5, GNA - Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, Minister of Tourism and Modernization of the Capital City, on Wednesday called on banks and other financial institutions to support the tourism industry as it was a major foreign exchange earner and a catalyst for development, especially rural economies.
He said lack of financial support for the tourism industry was a major challenge for its growth adding that the financial institutions could help through the reduction of interest rates to the private sector.
Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey was making a presentation on: "Ghana's Tourism Investment Opportunities" at a day's seminar organized by the Ministry in collaboration with the Barclays Bank Limited.
Participants at the seminar included private tour operators, financial institutions and insurance companies.
He said: "Tourism is a major wealth creation tool which grows at a rate of 12 per cent and contributes four per cent to the Gross Domestic Product per annum and generated 357 million dollars during the first half of 2005 alone."
Banks and other financial institutions, he said, should consider financing the tourism industry, as there were only a few investors in the sector.
He urged private sector operators to strive to achieve excellence in developing tourism products. "Anything short of an excellent product will not get the required patronage; people want value for their money." Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey mentioned marketing of tourism products abroad as a major promotional tool as the country had the needed qualities at attract international tourists.
"The people are peaceful and law abiding; we have sand and sun, eco-tourism, historical sites and a rich cultural heritage, which are very good tourism products. Ghana is also at the centre of the world." The Cabinet, he said, had agreed to market Ghana under the theme: "Ghana, The Golden Experience."
Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey said the sector expected about 700,000 visitors by the end of next year and had targeted one million tourists by year 2007.
Another constraint the industry faced was product development, which, the Minister said, was under-developed, apart from having poor infrastructure, weak human resource base, low investment and the lack of professional hospitality.
He announced that a national tourism plan that would tackle the rapid growth of the industry would focus on increasing hotels and restaurants, employment and expansion of the capacity of car rental companies.
The tourism plan would also look at increasing the capacity of tour operators and ways to boost domestic tourism and ultimately establish Ghana as the homeland of Africans in the Diaspora. Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey said the Ministry was currently promoting private-public sector partnership and developing community-based products for eco-tourism through value addition and access to land. The Minister asked stakeholders in the tourism industry to improve the human resource capacity in both formal and informal sectors by employing trained people.
"We are sourcing credit facilities to promote small and medium scale enterprises and generate large-scale private sector investment. Tourism has a magnificent opportunity for people to make money."
Mr Leonardo Lamptey, Solicitor Secretary at the Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC), in a presentation on: "Investment Incentives for Tourism" said the tourism industry had not been given much incentive even though it had been identified as a service activity for promotion. He said before July 2005, the industry had no location incentives and tax holidays.
However, a new incentive package has been designed for the industry.
The new incentive package has been categorized into accommodation establishment, which would be given exemption from payment of import duties. There is also tax holiday for five years for investors building two to five star hotels in Accra, seven years tax holiday for hotels outside Accra and 10 years for those located at or near tourist sites. The catering establishment, travel and tour establishment, conference and convention establishment, recreational and entertainment establishment would be given similar incentives specific to their respective operations.
There is also the strategic or major investment category, which have incentives given to organizations that market Ghana and attract strategic investors.
Mr Lamptey said there was also a section to help prevent abuse of the incentive package, citing people, who imported cars in the name of establishing a tourism facility only to give them to their relatives. He called on interested investors to register with the Ghana Tourist Board to enable them to get recognition form GIPC. Mr Foster Nyarko, President of the Ghana Tourism Federation, noted that some investors were scared when it came to investing in the tourism industry, and called on the banks and other financial institutions to support the sector.
Mr Nyarko said: "I hope Barclays Bank and other institutions will give the panacea to the financial wahala."


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Linarte’s viral video shows what it’s like to eat at the dine-in bakery, which is operated by the company famous for its small, sugary Hawaiian rolls. Of the 3.6 million TikTokers who watched her clip, many said they had no idea the restaurant existed.
The video’s popularity is in line with an ongoing trend on the app, where users share their state’s “secret” restaurants.
In one instance, TikTokers in Fayetteville, Ga., revealed their local Hawaiian-themed Chick-fil-A, which features its own menu and Tiki-inspired decorations. In another, a TikToker in California gave a tour of a seaside Taco Bell, which viewers immediately deemed the chain’s “fanciest” location.
Linarte’s video took a similar approach. Her footage shows an incredible spread at the restaurant — plus plenty of fresh Hawaiian rolls.
Her video starts by showing the interior of the restaurant, with Hawaiian-themed decor and a giant pineapple in the entrance.
Then, Linarte highlighted the food, including the tempting Hawaiian lunch and breakfast options, all of which come with a basket of rolls. She also showed the restaurant’s bakery, which features colorful cakes, different types of King’s Hawaiian bread and its mochi donuts, which she highly recommends.
TikTok users were completely blown away by the eatery.
“Heaven does exist,” one user wrote.
“I just passed this place last week i never knew it existed either,” another added.
“Noooooo please don’t make this place more popular,” one commenter wrote. “The wait is long enough!”
As it turns out, there are actually two King’s Hawaiian restaurants. The second, which is more focused on bakery items, is also in Torrance.
Both locations hark back to King’s Hawaiian origins. The company was originally founded in the 1950s as a stand-alone bakery in Hilo, Hawaii.


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Switzerland to import more cheese than it exports for the first time ever
In what may prove a shock for fans of Swiss cheese around the world, Switzerland is set to record its first-ever fromage trade deficit, meaning the country will import more cheese than it exports in 2023. While the residents of the alpine nation are eating more cheese than ever, the head of the Organisation of Swiss Milk Producers (Swissmilk) has warned that local farmers have failed to benefit from the higher demand.
Despite high demand, Swiss cheesemakers lose out
As the land of fondue and raclette, it’s little surprise that the Swiss are huge fans of cheese. This love of all things dairy also appears to be growing, as according to the latest data reported by Swissinfo, annual cheese consumption rose to 22,9 kilograms per person in 2022.
However, in an interview with Le Temps, the president of Swissmilk Boris Beuret announced that 2023 will be the first time ever that Switzerland imports more cheese than it exports. His forecast follows a report from the Gruyère Varieties Organisation which predicted that cheese exports will decline from the end of June 2023, with total cheese production for the year falling by 10 percent.
Cheaper cheese imports hurt cheese industry in Switzerland
Beuret blamed the phenomenon on a market "liberalisation process that began at the end of the 1990s.” He noted that since 2007, Swiss cheese has lost 12 percent of its market share to cheese imported more easily from overseas, adding that amid rising demand and fewer people farming, Swiss cheesemakers and especially milk producers have reached their production limits.
“If we want to meet the population's food needs effectively, we need to continue producing milk throughout the country,” Beuret added. “Otherwise, we'll end up importing it, which would be an economic, social and ecological absurdity”, he argued, explaining that 80 percent of Swiss agricultural areas are already devoted to dairy production.
Customers need to be prepared to pay more, says Swissmilk
Specifically, the president took aim at Swiss supermarkets and their price margins on milk. An investigation by Le Temps in 2022 revealed that many dairy farmers are having to sell their milk at a loss amid high inflation, and the two largest stores, Coop and Migros, are still making high profits off the fruits of their labour.
Beuret concluded that for the industry to thrive, prices for Swiss milk and cheese will have to rise.“I'm convinced that consumers are ready to understand that we need to be properly remunerated if we are to continue in this direction [of sustainable production]...If we do nothing, we will end up having to import milk,” he concluded.


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7 key LGBT markets likely to add at least $4billion additional tourism income to US economy during next three years The US Supreme Court Decision to legalise gay marriage is set to see the American economy benefit from an influx of 1.3 million LGBT tourists spending USD$4.25 billion over the next three years, reveals analysis […]
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British Airways is extending the number of routes on which customers can pre-order their meals to 21. The service allows customers in First, Club World and World Traveller Plus the option to choose their meals before travel to guarantee their first choice of main course.
British Airways has added another three new routes to its 2015 Gatwick schedule. Seville in Spain, Funchal in Madeira and Las Palmas in Gran Canaria will all be available to book from today, and the first flights will take to the skies from March 2015.
British Airways Launches New Look Interiors And Celebrates With A Million Seats From £39 To European Destinations
• Entirely new look and feel for cabins on 95 short-haul aircraft • Club Europe 2:2 configuration retained with stylish makeover • Extra seats with low fares
British Airways has seen an increase in the number of people booking via mobile devices by 290 per cent in just two years, and it launches its most advanced smart phone app yet. The intuitive app delivers personalised, relevant and time sensitive travel information at the touch of a button.
British Airways has added extra flights from Heathrow to Vienna, Stockholm and Athens for the Autumn, over and above its existing Winter 2014 schedule. Vienna leads the way with six additional flights per week, as well as an extra service to Stockholm on Tuesdays and to Athens on Saturdays, which all start from October 26. […]
British Airways and US Airways are launching a codeshare arrangement which will allow British Airways customers access to nearly 40 destinations in North America and the Caribbean. In the reciprocal arrangement, US Airways customers will be able to fly with British Airways to more than 70 destinations throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
This month British Airways managers have been left scratching their heads as they’ve seen a huge increase in the number of High Life magazines disappearing from their aircraft.
Rugby giants Chris Robshaw, Bryan Habana and Jean De Villiers have undertaken one of the biggest challenges of their careers – taking on the might of British Airways’ largest aircraft, the Airbus A380.
New research from British Airways has uncovered some distinct patterns when it comes to where people prefer to sit on a plane.


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Harry Morton, who was the founder of the Pink Taco restaurant chain, has died at the age of 38. The unnamed spokesperson of the company, while releasing this statement, said that Harry Morton has found to be dead. He further mentioned that Harry was a visionary entrepreneur who was quite ahead of his time, and his contributions towards the company are infinite. The spokesperson said that the company’s condolences are with harry’s family and his close friends. When asked about the details of the death of Harry Morton spokesperson denied revealing any of it. As of now, the details about the sudden death of Harry Morton are not clear to anyone. Reportedly Harry Morton was 38 years old who was the son of Hard Rock Cafe chain co-founder Peter Morton also a grandson of Arnie Morton, co-founder of Morton’s Steakhouse.
Harry Morton was interested in the restaurant chain business because of his family’s business. He even owned Viper Room Nightclub in West Hollywood, and a few months ago, he purchased the Beverly Hills real estate in Los Angeles for a whopping amount of more than 25 million dollars. Pink taco restaurant is quite famous in some major cities, and the credit is given to the visionary founder of this company Harry Morton. Pink Taco has its chain restaurants in Los Angeles, Boston, Los Vegas, Miami, and Chicago, which are quite famous in the local market. The sudden death of Pink Taco founder has taken everyone into a shock and a sympathetic situation. Recently Actress Lindsay Lohan, a close friend of Harry Morton, posted a photo on her Instagram account and wrote “Best friends. Best life”. Harry’s close friends and family members are saddened because of his sudden death; also, the company which he founded will surely miss him.


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Bangkok (Thailand) – September 5, 2019 (travelindex) – The World’s 50 Best Restaurants publishes an annual list of the world’s finest restaurants selected by a panel of culinary experts. The restaurants receive their award during an annual awards ceremony.
When Deepak Ohri, the Chief Executive Officer of lebua in Bangkok, the world’s first luxury vertical destination, received an invitation to be included in a list at World’s 50 Best Restaurants he declined.
“There are lots of dining awards, and many of them aren’t credible when it comes to fine dining,” he says. Ohri showed us an invitation from The World’s 50 Best and his reply to the group declining to be included.
After some Michelin starred chefs returned their stars and refused to be included in the red guide, Deepak, for his fine dining restaurants at lebua, is the first to have decline inclusion or any other association with World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
Deepak Ohri is not like most other hotel executives; he is a visionary taking experiential luxury to a higher level by offering exclusive experiences at lebua. If Ohri is not speaking at Harvard Kennedy School or at IIM Bangalore to deliver keynote addresses he is rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous, from Barrack Obama and George Clooney to Tony Blair and David Cameron (see below).
After having faced some criticism in the past, World’s 50 Best Restaurants, in 2019, overhauled its rules to encourage more diversity among the restaurant picks and gender balance among its voting body but is Ohri’s refusal a sign that more changes are needed at World’s 50 Best Restaurants?


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April 4, West Bloomfield, Michigan – LSPediA Inc., a leading cloud solution provider for the pharmaceutical industry, today announced that Justin Winkelman joins LSPediA’s Leadership Team as Director of Operations.
Mr. Winkelman brings 22 years of experience in Life Sciences industry and 12 years specializing in pharmaceutical manufacturing. His functional savvy and technical knowhow have successfully supported compliance and operations.
In his new role, Mr. Winkelman will oversee and lead the delivery of onboarding, implementation, and support services for LSPediA customers, ensuring they leverage our solutions in order to work smarter, reduce waste, and generate profitability.
“As more and more supply chain entities onboard their serialization and traceability solutions, it is imperative that those efforts are led by subject matter experts who not only possess technical expertise, but also functional expertise. Mr. Winkelman has lived the life and walked the miles in our customers’ shoes. He is committed to delivering value through our innovative solutions for the benefit of our customers,” said Michael Ventura, VP of Solutions and Innovations at LSPediA.
“The root cause of nearly every compliance violation is not that things are being done poorly, but rather that things are being done fruitlessly and missing the target,” stated Riya Cao, CEO at LSPediA. “LSPediA is different than any other solution provider in this space. Our solutions deliver specific results on a targeted issue: turnkey compliance and value beyond that compliance. Mr. Winkelman’s commitment to compliance and his drive for operational efficiency aligns perfectly with LSPediA’s mission. We are very excited to support Mr. Winkelman in his strategic vision of delivering customer success.”
Welcome aboard Justin!
About LSPediA – Life Sciences Solutions
LSPediA is a SaaS solution provider in the pharmaceutical industry for CMOs, manufacturers, wholesale distributors, dispensers, and healthcare providers. Our customers use LSPediA’s OneScan solutions to make, move, track, verify, and ship serialized products in the supply chain.
LSPediA is different because our solution potential is limitless. Built with workflow, automation, and data security at the core, our OneScan and Investigator software deliver most accurate data exchange in the supply chain and resolve complex supply chain issues agnostically among trading partners. Integrated with ASN, EPCIS, VRS, auto alerts, and exceptions management, LSPediA is the go to solution provider for FDA and DSCSA compliance.


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THE impact of Tesco’s decision to pull out of a key town centre site is being assessed after plans for a new multimillion pound store fell flat.
The store was due to be built on the former East Durham College campus, in Essington Way, after the supermarket giant overcame a host of hurdles to win planning permission and the backing of residents and jobseekers.
But the company has now dropped the 400-job scheme as part of efforts to halt the firm’s financial troubles.
The shop proposals were one of 49 stores it hoped to launch and have now been ditched, with 43 existing, unprofitable, shops to shut as it looks to save cash.
The decision leaves the future of the site in limbo, as Tesco is the freeholder of the land.
The derelict building, empty since courses moved to Willerby Grove in 2009 and since become the target of arsonists and thieves, was last week sealed up with metal sheeting.
Local MP Grahame Morris has expressed disappointment with Tesco’s decision, and has said it will regret the move,
Plans to build the supermarket included a new library, as the existing service is part of the site, and would have been cleared in the demolition.
Sarah Robson, Durham County Council’s head of economic development and housing, said: “The college site forms an important part of the regeneration of Peterlee and we will continue to work with Tesco to secure a long-term future which supports and enhances the town centre.
“As part of this work, we will be looking at options for the future of the library.”
Tesco’s chief executive officer Dave Lewis has agreed the decision will be met with disappointment and was “extremely grateful for the support we’ve received for our plans”.
He has said it will work closely with the council to find the right solution for the community.
Store plans were approved in June 2011, alongside a supermarket as part of the Castle Dene Shopping Centre and Dalton Park, in Murton.
The decision to agree all three led to a legal wrangle, as Castle Dene tried to stop the Tesco and the Murton schemes, with a court rejecting both challenges.


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Using a mix of internet calling and personal interpreter services, the offering allows Skype users to talk instantly to anyone, anywhere in the world, at any time, regardless of language, for a fee.
Language Line Personal Interpreter Services over Skype can be used for $2.99 per minute. The service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Interpreter costs are automatically charged to the caller's SkypeOut account.
Saul Klein, vice president of marketing at Skype, said: "Language Line's Personal Interpreter Service greatly enhances the Skype experience for our growing multilingual customer base.
"Our consumers can now use the Skype technology to easily communicate in the languages their customers and friends prefer to speak."
The service uses Voxeo's Prophecy voice platform to automate the process of transferring the call from Skype to Language Line Services.
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Counterfeit code-signing certificates enabling hackers to hide malware being sold by cyber criminals
Certificates can be used as part of layered obfuscation to evade detection by anti-virus software


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The look at a recent trivia night at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Fla., was anything but trivial. It wasn’t modest either. Quilted bags said “money.” Feathered bags said “peacock” along with tiaras, sky blue blazers, slim white jeans and tweedy hot pants. Men wore velvet slippers. Women wore white ankle boots, espadrille wedges and Chanel spectator pumps, a perfectly named shoe for a voyeuristic poolside scene.
The crowd of 20 to 30-somethings skewed surprisingly young for a cloistered resort town that is known for its septuagenarian snowbirds, discriminatory private clubs, old-money socialites and former President Donald J. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Social observers have called it a “youthquake.”
They’re embracing venerable old places like the Colony, a midcentury jewel that was rediscovered during the pandemic, after languishing as a staid pink-and-bamboo relic. Now, it has become the kind of social media chum that tracks half its bookings to Instagram links, according to hotel management.
“Young people are discovering all the old things down here and posting about them, and the old people are amused watching them make such a fuss,” said Celerie Kemble, 48, the interior designer who, along with her mother, Mimi McMakin (both are Palm Beach natives), renovated the Colony’s lobby and 90 rooms. “It’s all kind of a hoax but it’s fun.”
The social face-lift is not limited to the Colony. The narrow island of Palm Beach — 16 miles long with many billionaires according to a 2021 Forbes ranking and a median sale price for a single-family home of about $9.9 million according to Redfin — has drawn young arrivistes from New York City and elsewhere, who fled during the pandemic. Many, at first, stayed with their parents, then bought houses and, finding life and parties better, have decided to stay.
Sofia Vergara, Kris Jenner, Kelly Klein, Daisy Soros, Tommy and Dee Hilfiger, Sylvester Stallone and his daughters, and others have been spotted in its sun-dappled courtyard this winter. Inside, dinners go until midnight in an interior that suggests a yacht off the coast of Sardinia and throbs like a nightclub, in an area where restaurants used to shut at 10 p.m.
But now the social focus is shifting to newer restaurants popular with the see-and-be-seen set.
The most difficult reservation on Worth Avenue, the town’s luxe window-shopping strip, is Le Bilboquet, an outpost of the Upper East Side French-inspired bistro, which opened in Palm Beach in 2021. Lola 41, a seafood restaurant from Nantucket, opened at the White Elephant hotel in 2020 with a buzzy courtyard that is great for multigenerational people-watching. Nearby is Cucina Palm Beach, a small Italian restaurant that becomes a late-night hot spot with a disco ball and bottle service.
A new English-style social club, Carriage House, designed to appeal to a younger demographic, is expected to open later this year. It is modeled afterAnnabel’s in London, with bars, dining and game rooms — but no dance floor to bother the neighbors.
“Palm Beach can be an intimidating place if you don’t have a connection,” said Sarah Wetenhall, 45, who with her husband, Andrew, bought the Colony Hotel in 2016 from her father-in-law and gave it a refresh, removing the jacket and tie dress code for dinner, booking celebrity trainers like Isaac Boots, and replacing the old-world cabaret space with pop-up shops.
“We set out to lower the wall and the privet hedges,” Ms. Wetenhall added, “and now people say we’re like a club without dues.”
Places like the Colony Hotel, which has become an influencer-friendly destination for the younger set, offer something different from the local clubs, which have traditionally revolved around golf, tennis, bridge and cocktails. Recent events included a dinner for Vogue, a party for Martha Stewart’s CBD gummies, a Veronica Beard runway show and art lectures by Christie’s.
Bettina Anderson, 35, a third-generation Palm Beach resident who models for magazines and works for the Paradise Fund, a charitable organization she founded with other young philanthropists to protect the environment and at-risk citizens, said she has seen the hotel come alive. “It’s still what it was when my parents came, but it’s much younger.”
Nick Hissom, 29, runs Wynn Fine Art gallery on Worth Avenue, selling the blue-chip contemporary collection of his stepfather, Steve Wynn, the casino mogul, as well as emerging artists through Aktion Art at the same location. He moved from New York City in 2020 and joined a wave of other gallery owners who set up during the pandemic, including Pace and Lehmann Maupin.
“I used to come visit on the family boat, and now we’ve moved down here and have immersed ourselves,” Mr. Hissom said of himself and his boyfriend, Kameron Ramirez, a 23-year-old film producer.
Michael Gregson Reinert, 30, moved to Palm Beach from Charleston, S.C., a few years ago, and positioned himself as a social media expert and fashion brand connector.
“I just kind of integrated myself here without pretensions,” said Mr. Reinert, who was recently featured in a Palm Beach Illustrated magazine spread, posing by the sea with his jawline against the horizon. “I can fill a room with the right people, so that if a brand wants a shoot or a dinner, everyone is beautiful.”
Some longtime locals are rankled by the younger social set who are demanding instant entry into clubs or suddenly packed private schools, or pressuring the architectural review board to allow bigger homes that raze gardens.
“They’re not so much rich people’s problems as challenges,” said Liza Pulitzer, a real estate broker whose mother was Lilly, the local fashion icon. “But it’s part of buying into a life here.”
On a recent Thursday night, Cavalier Galleries held an opening for the photographer Christophe von Hohenberg, drawing the well-heeled bons vivants. Nick Mele, 39, who is known around town as a Slim Aarons type, was photographing the scene.
“In the eight years since I got here, it’s become a different place and it’s booming,” Mr. Mele said, lamenting the lack of parking spots on Worth Avenue. “I just hope we don’t lose all our old Palm Beach characters.”
One of those characters walked in moments later: Jane Holzer, the Warhol “It girl” and subject of Tom Wolfe’s 1964 essay “The Girl of the Year.” She has deep Palm Beach roots and rents Le Bilboquet its space. A show of her Warhol portraits, including one of herself, was up at the nearby Ben Brown Fine Arts. Ms. Holzer, 81, does not resent the influx of young people.
“They’re all my friends and I think it’s the best thing that has happened to this town,” she said as a stream of well-wishers, including Mr. Hissom and Ms. Anderson, greeted her with reverence. “Andy used to love watching the kids in New York, and now I get to do the same thing down here.”


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Prominent digital bank Revolut has reportedly launched services in Japan, as it continues to move forward with its ambitious global expansion plans. The Fintech Unicorn had first acquired a license to offer services in the country back in 2018.
Revolut’s management confirmed that its services in Japan are currently in their beta (or intro/testing) phase. The digital challenger had previously introduced certain premium accounts services in the Asian country, however, Revolut’s offering will now also include its widely-used free accounts.
The Fintech company claims that more than 10,000 Japanese consumers have already signed up to use its beta services.
The bank’s Japanese customers will be able to use the digital banking platform to send funds to Revolut users based in Australia, Singapore, the UK or the US instantly, without paying any transaction fees.
Nikolay Storonsky, CEO and founder of Revolut, stated that when spending or transferring funds to people in other countries, most consumers are not aware of the hidden fees that traditional banks usually charge them.
Storonsky pointed out that remittance fees in Japan are around twice what US consumers would pay, according to estimates from the World Bank. He noted that our world has become increasingly connected, due to rapid advancements in telecommunications technology. He recommended that financial services “should be supporting this, not hindering it.”
In addition to saving money on remittance fees, the bank’s Japanese customers will be able to use its “super app” which will make it easier for them to track and manage their spending. They can also use the app to split bills at restaurants or create special savings pots.
Although Revolut didn’t quite meet its customer growth targets last year, the bank has managed to sign up 13 million everyday customers internationally. It also reached a key milestone recently, as it now has over 500,000 SME users. Revolut introduced business accounts around three years ago.
As reported recently, Revolut added support for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC). The bank’s customers can now purchase, hold, and sell both cryptocurrencies, among others.
As reported in August 2020, Revolut’s customers experienced technical issues, as they were complaining that they didn’t get their salaries deposited on time. Also in August, Revolut added a new group bills feature to its banking app. The bank has now also joined at least 67 Fintech Unicorns operating globally.
As covered last month, Revolut’s revenue nearly tripled in 2019 to £162.7 million, while losses jumped to £107.4 million.


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Volvo Trucks North America, during a press tour at its Dublin, Va., truck manufacturing plant Thursday, introduced Volvo Dynamic Steering (VDS) – an electrically assisted hydraulic steering system designed to lessen steering input, helping reduce driver fatigue and increase road safety.
Volvo’s VDS, which debuted in Europe for the 2014 model year, will be available as an option in the Volvo VNL and VNR models in early 2020.
According to a survey of 250 drivers conducted by Volvo, 82% of respondents reported being in pain on the road, with 63% reporting they regularly visit a doctor in order to cope.
VTNA Product Marketing Manager Chris Stadler said VDS compensates up to 9 feet of torque in the steering column – the equivalent of having an extra hand on the wheel – while also eliminating vibration and offering directional stability.
The active steering system features an electric motor mounted on top of the hydraulic steering gear. Input from multiple vehicle sensors – at over 2,000 times per second – determines the appropriate steering response, “reacting before the driver can react,” Stadler said.
The self-learning system monitors the driver’s actions, environmental factors and road conditions, providing additional torque when needed and supporting driver reaction with greater control and less abrupt maneuvering.
At low speeds, the system requires 85% less effort from the driver to turn the wheel. Steering “tightens” at higher speeds, providing more directional stability.
The system’s Vehicle Stability Control leads to increased directional stability on the highway, which offers a more relaxed and safe driving experience with full control at all speeds. The Return-to-Center feature enables the steering wheel to return to the center position when the truck is in motion, making it easier to reverse the vehicle and maneuver in tight areas.
Dampening allows the steering system to filter input from the road and, based on feedback from multiple onboard sensors, improves handling and vehicle stability.
Lead/Pull Compensation offers a torque offset within the steering system to compensate for crowned roads, persistent crosswinds and other short-term conditions that can have a negative affect on handling.
If there is a system failure, Stadler said the driver is notified and can continue with conventional steering.
Testing, Stadler said, has shown that VDS has the potential to cut muscular strain by up to 30% and for some specific motions, muscular strain can be reduced up to 70%.
Stadler noted the system, which he called “a contributor to the future of autonomous development,” is also a tool for driver recruitment and retention in that it offers a more relaxed environment, is easier to maneuver at low speeds and offers full car-like steering support.
VDS will be available for order later this year with production set for April 2020.
The launch of VDS stateside is part of Volvo’s push to become “leaders in innovation,” a goal of company president Roger Alm. “We want to be ahead in technical innovation. We need to prove to our customers every day that we are better than our competitors. While other truck companies change with the times, we are committed to changing the times.”
“[VDS] is revolutionary,” added Magnus Koeck, Volvo’s vice president of marketing and brand management. “No one else is even close.”
Note: CCJ will publish a test drive recap of Volvo’s VDS system next week.


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Fashinza, a powerful technology platform solving manufacturing problems, will be available for attendees of the White Label World Expo 2022 in New York City on 29 and 30 September.
The technology platform will showcase ways by which they are revolutionising the apparel manufacturing industry through technology-led intervention, taking on industry problems head-on while fueling a culture of transparency, efficiency, sustainability and automation.
Saloni Acharya, Founder’s Office, Fashinza, says “The retail and e-commerce industries are experiencing a major challenge in balancing the fast evolving consumer demand with cost-effective sustainable supply chain; this is what our team is solving. It’s essential we are at events like this so we can showcase our Tech-based solution and help brands in predicting fashion trends, reducing delayed deliveries, long turnaround times and other major problems.”
Customers can use the Fashinza app to track time and action calendars, a tool used in the apparel industry to stay up to date on manufacturing milestones to ensure timely delivery.
The White Label World Expo is the premier destination for thousands of online sellers, retailers and distributors who connect and collaborate with vital businesses, e-commerce providers and founders, providing essential infrastructure, AI tools and data-driven trend forecasting including 45-day production turnaround.


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After 15 years of late-night pizza delivery, Hammy Pizza is calling it. The pizza parlor—home to Sicilian slices and unique pizza recipes like cheeseburger and breakfast pies—closes its doors tonight.
How late are they open? “As soon as we run out of product, it’s over,” the staff person who answered the phone said. He said that staff learned from a mass text message last week that the restaurant was closing up shop. But the staff had been “kind of watching business dwindle for a while.”
Hammy’s opened in 2007 and established itself to the mid-Old Portland crowd for its ultra-late delivery hours (until 4 am!). On a Reddit post titled “Hammy’s Pizza Closing 4 Good,” customers reminisced about the delight of piping-hot pizza at 3 am, when they were in need.
“Fond memory of a Hammy’s delivery driver coming to our house twice in one night (because we were that wasted) and saying ‘potatoes again, huh?’” a user going by Fuzacris wrote.
Rumors of the impending closure began spreading on social media yesterday, along with the claim that the business could be purchased from the owner for $40,000. WW could not confirm that amount, but we have reached out to the owner for comment and will update this post if he responds.


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One of the core tenets of PC gaming has always been the ability for communities to modify games, breathing new life into older titles and expanding their scope. Entire franchises like the Fallout series are especially well-known for their thriving mod communities, and their vast libraries of different fan mods. Easily one of the most memorable mods from recent memory would have to be Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Mod - JC2-MP for short.
Developed by a dedicated team over a year, the mod officially launched in December of 2013 and nearly immediately renewed discussion of the Just Cause franchise overall. The mod proved to be so popular, that soon after Just Cause 3's release the team announced a similar mod for that title named JC3-MP. Needless to say, following the lack of a dedicated multiplayer mode for Just Cause 3 - fans waited for the JC2-MP dev team to build the multiplayer for them once again.
Unfortunately, it seems like things won't work out that way. Just Cause 3 Multiplayer Mod's development hadn't had the smoothest of starts to begin with; Since Just Cause 3 shipped with Denuvo, the JC2-MP dev team had to seek access to the original Just Cause 3 development tools in order to implement their solution. Today the JC2-MP development team confirmed that the mod has now been delayed indefinitely, as an indirect result of some members of the dev team being hired by Avalanche Studios Sweden.
What does this mean for players that were looking forward to JC2-MP's dev team's latest work? They might be waiting a while for a release, if it ever comes to fruition at all. Thankfully there's still hope out there for a Just Cause 3 multiplayer mod - though, this time from modding dev team nanos, with their recently announced Just Cause 3 Multiplayer project (video embedded below). Much like JC3-MP, nanos' work is being done with Avalanche Studio's blessing. The timing between nanos' and JC2-MP's dev team's announcements seem a little more than coincidence, but with any luck Just Cause 3 players on PC will have access to fan-made multiplayer soon.


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Looking at the feature set of Apple's new iPhone OS 4 release, one can't help but wonder whether Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T, used to steal Steve Jobs' lunch money in primary school. Or whether Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao once offered disparaging words about Jobs' fashion sense. Whatever Apple's motivations, iPhone OS 4 will have the fanboys gushing — and the CEOs of the world's telcos crying in their Corn Flakes.
Apple has already made no bones about its telco-bypassing content strategy — which, as I have previously observed, makes redundant the millions companies like Telstra have put into staking claims in the content space. But by intrinsically supporting VoIP — and then allowing developers to fund it with iAd, a mobile advertising model that seems to offer absolutely nothing for the carriers that deliver it — Apple has pushed mobile telcos into a difficult place from which it will be hard to emerge.
Telcos are trying to capture waves in their hands on the shores of a river of money that will, with the introduction of iAd, carry advertising dollars straight past them and into Apple's pockets
On the one hand, telcos have to offer the iPhone, because customers want it. Telcos make their money from voice calls and data bundles, and whatever extra charges they can charge in the form of exorbitant voicemail rates, time-restricted free-calling plans and outrageous excess-usage charges. But they are, increasingly, trying to capture waves in their hands on the shores of a river of money that will, with the introduction of iAd, carry advertising dollars straight past them and into Apple's pockets. The execution of Apple's iPhone strategy has made it extremely clear that the company has utter disregard for its carrier partners, which it sees as nothing more than dumb pipes to carry data to and from cashed-up consumers.
This app brought to you by: if you missed the announcement, iAd allows developers to insert ads into their applications. It's being touted as a smoother alternative to the current approach, which involves exiting the application to view ads in the Mobile Safari web browser and then struggling to return to the same point in the application. iAd will allow the app to basically pause for a commercial interruption, then resume in exactly the same place once the ad is finished.
It's great for advertisers because developers get 60 per cent of ad revenues. Apple would not confirm whether or not it gets all of the remaining 40 per cent or will share some with carriers, but its 70/30 App Store split and Google's carrier-free consumption of AdSense money support the idea that it's not sharing.
Despite the plus side for developers, the model threatens to saddle consumers with a new generation of iPhone and iPad applications that are absolutely swamped with advertisements. Some developers will take the high road and keep their apps ad-free, but I wouldn't expect too many to voluntarily give up the type of revenue streams on which the free internet was built. There's money in them thar apps and, for consumers in the short term, that means a mess.
Killing them softly with its VoIP: consider also the implications of multitasking, which will allow a VoIP application to keep ticking over in the background and display an alert when you get an incoming call. Suddenly, VoIP — which Apple now allows over 3G as opposed to its previous Wi-Fi-only restriction — is a viable alternative to carriers' phone services. Heck, I've recently started using Skype over Wi-Fi to make international calls from my iPhone; when I can receive incoming VoIP calls as well as make them, and do it anywhere, what incentive is there to use conventional phone services? Carriers will absolutely hate this.
If iPhone OS 3.0's support for tethering and other data-hungry capabilities stuck a knife in the backs of Apple's telco partners, iPhone OS 4 is twisting that knife quite vigorously. The new operating system will allow VoIP providers to not only eat the mobile carriers' lunch, but also to serve up ads that line their pockets in the process. Optus already expressed its thoughts on this business model by intercepting calls to phone-card VoIP services and charging customers normal international rates, and it's likely that other telcos will feel the same. But in the data-only world where VoIP calls look to carriers just like Twitter updates, there would seem to be little similar recourse.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
This wasn't how carriers ever expected smartphones were supposed to be. Remember a decade ago, when the carriers were pumping money into their mobile portals in an effort to keep subscribers on-net? And those subscribers were supposed to happily be buying products and concert tickets through carrier shopping portals, and downloading movies to their phones, and buying train tickets using mobile cash, and so on while carriers bathed in commissions? This approach would have allowed carriers to benefit from things like mobile advertising, but the advent of user-friendly mobile web browsing and YouTube access has killed all of that: the walled garden just isn't enough anymore.
Which brings us to the iPad: soon to be released in a 3G-capable version, this device — like the iPhone before it — will exacerbate the very difficult position in which carriers find themselves. They are carrying data to and from these devices, and that data is generating money for everybody else. But it doesn't seem like Apple is offering carriers much of a share of the profits, while expecting them to upgrade their networks to support a flood of mobile data.
Even worse for carriers, it appears the iPad is built around a prepaid mobile structure rather than the guaranteed income that 24-month post-paid plans provide. Perhaps carriers will be able to exchange subsidised iPads for that 24-month commitment, but the prepaid design gives customers choices that carriers would probably wish they didn't have.
It doesn't seem like Apple is offering carriers much of a share of the profits, while expecting them to upgrade their networks to support a flood of mobile data.
I am, of course, not privy to the negotiations going on between Apple and its planned iPad carrier partners. But if I were one of those partners, I would be pushing for a piece of the iAd pie as a concession for the ever-increasing investment I was being expected to make to bring customers ads, streaming VoIP calls, streaming videos in ever-higher quality, and other content that was putting nothing in my pocket. Apple cannot thrive without carriers onside, but it seems to be acting like it can.
Coincidentally, Telstra, which has struggled the most to integrate the iPhone into its walled-garden business model, has today announced an interesting move: partnering with LG Electronics to deliver Telstra's BigPond Movies service straight to LG's 20-strong line-up of 2010 TVs. This will ally Telstra's content strategy with a well-known brand, and will no doubt be quickly replicated by other vendors and content providers.
Yet even moves like that may struggle for success if Apple takes what is the inevitable next step: releasing a major update to its long-suffering Apple TV, which among its many long-needed enhancements will likely gain iAd support that subsidises access to free TV content and marks the return of paid advertising to the PVR world. Whether or not this resonates with consumers depends on their leanings, but one can assume that Apple sees a much bigger future for iAd than simply keeping it on the iPhone and iPad. And while that future relies on carriers' mobile connectivity, it appears clearer and clearer that they are nothing but the wheels on Apple's ever-stronger war machine.


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FORT LEE, Va., 2014-6-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — Commissary employees and customers are working together again this year to collect donations for the Feds Feed Families campaign.
The campaign, which takes place June 1 through Aug. 31, collects much-needed items for local food banks. Customers and employees can donate nonperishable food and personal hygiene items to the campaign using marked bins located at the entries or exits of participating commissaries.
“Contributing to the communities that surround our stores is important to the commissaries,” said Vicki Archileti, DeCA’s executive director of infrastructure support. “Times are still tough for a lot of families, and with commissaries and our patrons working together we hope to lessen that burden.”
Last year, commissaries collected almost 740,000 pounds, or 39 percent of the Department of Defense’s total, of items for local food banks. In 2013, DOD collected over 1.9 million pounds, and donations from the entire federal government totaled 9 million pounds.
Commissaries will again serve as collection points for the campaign. Once the items have been collected the installation will pick up the items and deliver them to a local food bank. Some commissaries also sold prepackaged donations packages, which allowed customers to purchase the bags and then drop them in the collection bins before leaving the store.
The most-needed items for donations include:
Canned vegetables – low sodium, no salt
Canned fruits – in light syrup or its own juices
Canned proteins – tuna, salmon, chicken, peanut butter and beans
Soups – beef stew, chili, chicken noodle, turkey or rice
Condiments – tomato-based sauces, light soy sauce, ketchup, mustard, salad dressing or oils
Snacks – individually packed snacks, crackers, trail mix, dried fruit, granola and cereal bars, pretzels and sandwich crackers
100 percent juice – all sizes, including juice boxes
Grains – brown and white rice, oatmeal, bulgar, quinoa, couscous, pasta, and macaroni and cheese
Paper products and household items – paper towels, napkins, cleaning supplies
Hygiene items – diapers, deodorants (men and women), feminine products, toilet paper, tissues, soap, toothpaste and shampoo
Although no goals have been established for the 2014 campaign, the commissaries are confident that with the help of their patrons and employees the 2013 totals will be exceeded. “For the last three years our patrons and employees have never failed to make this campaign a success,” said Archileti. “We are looking forward to another great campaign year.”
About DeCA: The Defense Commissary Agency operates a worldwide chain of commissaries providing groceries to military personnel, retirees and their families in a safe and secure shopping environment. Authorized patrons purchase items at cost plus a 5–percent surcharge, which covers the costs of building new commissaries and modernizing existing ones. Shoppers save an average of more than 30 percent on their purchases compared to commercial prices – savings amounting to thousands of dollars annually. A core military family support element, and a valued part of military pay and benefits, commissaries contribute to family readiness, enhance the quality of life for America’s military and their families, and help recruit and retain the best and brightest men and women to serve their country.
Kevin L. Robinson
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Catch up in Disney news in 5 minutes. Here’s what’s happening in the world of Disney Parks today.
Walt Disney World is Officially Decorated for Halloween
The decor’s here, it’s cute, it’s seasonal, it’s scaled back from past years. Halloween cavalcades are a hit. They feature Jack Skellington, Sally, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger and Mickey’s whole gang and even drop the Halloween tune, “Boo To You” as they drive past you. Fall food is here too, but that’s been slowly rolling out since last week.
More Pressure on Newsom To Re-Open California Theme Parks
Theories have been flying rampant around Disneyland’s much anticipated re-opening. Now a statement from Anaheim city spokesperson Mike Lyster makes it clear that Newsom and the city are not on the same page. Lyster said, “Beaches are open, museums are open, zoos are open and most of SeaWorld in San Diego is open…There does not seem to be a lot of consistency there.” Newsom remains mum on the issue. Our take? We don’t see Disneyland or Universal Hollywood’s re-opening happening anytime soon.
The Mandalorian Season 2 Trailer is Here
The trailer is FINALLY released! The new Mandalorian season drops Oct 30th on Disney Plus. Read what to expect for season 2 here.
— The Mandalorian (@themandalorian) September 15, 2020
Olu Pops Up at Polynesian Resort, Terrifying Some, Delighting Others
Olu Mel is a funky looking turtle who calls Shanghai Disneyland and Aulani Resort home. For a limited time he’s popped up with special treats and merchandise at The Polynesian Resort. The treats are a sweet decorated cupcake and a soft serve dessert.
— Denise at Mousesteps (@Mousesteps) September 15, 2020
In addition to the ‘Olu Mel merchandise, there’s a special cupcake & Dole Whip! pic.twitter.com/6P8zgi9YNp
— On the Go in MCO – Shelley (@onthegoinmco) September 15, 2020
And that’s everything you need to know for today’s Disney Parks news!


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The pandemic didn’t create food insecurity in the United States. It merely brought greater attention to the vital role of food pantries across the country.
According to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, most of the 300 million Americans who relied on food pantries in 2017 experienced food insecurity. Basically, they didn’t have access to enough food. And for as many as half of these people, their food insecurity was so severe that they sometimes skipped meals or didn’t eat for days at a time.
By virtually every account, it’s believed that the pandemic has made food insecurity an even bigger problem. Historic unemployment rates have forced many to turn to food pantries for the first time. It’s also dramatically increased the number of people who are experiencing severe food insecurity.
In the best of times, food pantries were occasionally knocked for the quality of the food they were giving out. With it coming in from so many sources, it can be “hard to control for nutritional quality,” says Heather Eicher-Miller. “And getting enough healthy food is challenging.”
Eicher-Miller is an associate professor of nutrition science at Purdue University. She’s also extensively studied food insecurity in the U.S. Based on several studies she recently completed in the Midwest, Eicher-Miller says there’s ample reason to believe that food pantries are improving the diets of those who rely on them.
A significant portion of their diet
First, she says, for many people who turn to food pantries, the food they receive makes up a significant portion of their diet. “Most people who use food pantries visit multiple pantries,” Eicher-Miller writes in an article about her findings for The Conversation.
A separate study estimated that food pantries provided a third of the food their beneficiaries consumed on a daily basis. So, food pantries aren’t just filling a crack in the system; they’re filling a Grand Canyon-size void for some.
The frequency of food pantry visits is also closely linked to nutrition, Eicher-Miller says. “Going more than once a month, rather than once a month or less, is linked with a higher-quality diet, or doing a better job of meeting the recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the science-based dietary guidance that the federal government maintains to promote health,” she writes.
And that small improvement, she notes, is very often enough to help stave off chronic disease.
Greater diversity equates to better nutrition
It also turns out that the food provided by pantries is a reliable source of nutrients, after all. After surveying more than 600 people who had used a food pantry about the amounts and kinds of food they ate and where that food came from, “we found that compared to supermarkets, other stores, and restaurants, food pantries provided the most fruit, something that most people in the U.S. at all income levels need to eat more of every day,” Eicher-Miller writes.
Americans, regardless of their income level, also generally don’t get enough fiber, calcium, vitamin D, and potassium. But Eicher-Miller found that the food provided by pantries was the highest in these nutrients among the food sources of people who visit pantries.
A big reason for that is people who depend on pantries tend to eat a wider variety of food, which helps ensure that basic nutritional needs are met. “The day after visiting a food pantry,” Eicher-Miller writes, “people ate two more kinds of food compared with what they ate the day before.”
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ABERDEEN, S.D. – Emily LaBore-Heintzman didn’t take a traditional route to business success. The former cosmetologist and tanning salon operator was a stay-at-home mother when she and her husband, Steve Heintzman, started Double Duty Movers & Portable Storage.
The couple started the company from scratch in 2011 and have turned it into a business with several trucks, dozens of storage containers in the field and annual sales in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. “I was looking for something new and different to start, and portable storage was really emerging,” said Emily LaBore-Heintzman, founder and chief financial officer. “It’s been good to us.”
Kelly Weaver, regional director at the Aberdeen office of the South Dakota Small Business Development Center, has assisted the company from the start and been a trusted adviser, Emily LaBore-Heintzman said. Weaver said she has helped Double Duty with consulting services in a variety of small ways. “We’ve assisted in providing a structure for their business, creating processes, and developing strategies for growing their business,” Weaver said. “Her sales have grown every year, and her intention is to continue to grow.”
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(Left to right) Weatherford Mayor Mike Brown; Kodak Director of Flexographic Packaging Operations Boon Tien Pang; Kodak CEO Jeff Clarke; Speaker Pro Tempore of Oklahoma House of Representatives Harold Wright Jr.; Kodak President of Flexographic Packaging Chris Payne; Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin; Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce and Tourism Deby Snodgrass; and Kodak Weatherford Plant Manager Gene Meier
It’s a big day in Weatherford, Oklahoma as Kodak CEO, Jeff Clarke, and Governor of Oklahoma, Mary Fallin, cut the ribbons that signify the official commencement of construction for a new Kodak flexo plate manufacturing line.
Scheduled to be in full production by early 2019, when it will produce KODAK FLEXCEL NX Plates for packaging printers and prepress providers in North and South America, the major capital investment, which totals over $15 million, is driven by Kodak’s rapid growth in this segment of the package printing industry.
Since the introduction of the KODAK FLEXCEL NX System in 2008, Kodak technology has been changing the face of flexo printing and driving growth for customers and the flexo industry with digital flexo plate technology that has brought the highest quality, consistency and efficiency to a long-established but previously somewhat under-performing, print process.
Joining the celebration were some of Kodak’s pioneering FLEXCEL NX customers, including Ben Abray, President of Autumn Graphics, a London, Ontario-headquartered prepress company which was one of the original beta sites for the technology; and Gabriel Jaramillo, Operations VP of Colombian flexible packaging provider Plastilene. The previous day, both gave keynote presentations at a Kodak-hosted industry media event that explored the rise of flexo printing for packaging and “the new face of flexo” – a face that is versatile and cost-effective and does not force brands to compromise when it comes to quality and color consistency.
The manufacturing expansion, which will see the site become a sister operation to Kodak’s existing plate manufacturing operation in Yamanashi, Japan, is a cause for celebration in Western Oklahoma and the Weatherford area. It will bring new jobs and revitalization for a manufacturing plant that this year celebrates the 50th anniversary of the original site groundbreaking.
The facility today plays a major role in Kodak’s FLEXCEL NX business as the specialized manufacturer of the high resolution, thermally imaged film material KODAK FLEXCEL NX Thermal Imaging Layer (TIL). This material is a key component of the competitive differentiation that enables Kodak’s flexo customers to win and boasts an experienced, dedicated and long-standing workforce – two reasons that make the site the perfect choice for the addition of the new line.
IMAGE IN HERE [Kodak Weatherford employees celebrate the Weatherford, Oklahoma groundbreaking with Kodak CEO Jeff Clarke, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Kodak Weatherford Plant Manager Gene Meier (second to last row)]
Plant Manager Gene Meier, a Kodak Weatherford veteran with 43 years of service under his belt, couldn’t be more proud that the new line will be in his home town. “It’s a privilege to participate in such a great Kodak growth story and for Weatherford, Oklahoma to be at the center of a business that is literally changing an industry. Not many people get to say they’ve been part of something as special as this in their career.”
The groundbreaking comes just weeks after the opening of Kodak’s new Flexo Packaging Technology Center in Shanghai, China, further demonstrating the investment that Kodak is making in its flexo business around the world. There’s no doubt that Kodak is serious about flexo.


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In November of last year, online financial content provider Fund.com took a majority stake in AdvisorShares.
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AdvisorShares Investments, LLC, an innovative investment management firm designed to offer actively managed ETFs, is pleased to announce Kathleen Young has joined as Director of Marketing. Kathleen is a former Vice President, Equity Liaison of A.G. Edwards and is well-recognized to more than 6,000 registered representatives as a marketing and financial services professional.
At A.G. Edwards Kathleen conducted broker training programs, created marketing campaigns, participated in television broadcasts, and served as host of the firm's morning research call. Kathleen was known as the 'voice of A.G. Edwards' to the firm's more than 6,000 retail brokers. Kathleen was well-regarded for her ability to take complicated institutionalized research reports turning them in to short, easy to understand, client-friendly alerts. Additionally, Kathleen served on the firm's business development committee, taught training classes at Edwards University and created the Research Information Center providing an important communications resource for retail financial consultants.
Kathleen says she is 'looking forward to her new role at AdvisorShares and sees tremendous growth potential as so many investors today are seeking greater diversification and transparency in their investments.' Kathleen can be heard beginning April 20th on the AdviorShares weekly podcast available at www.advisorshares.com.
Kathleen joins Dan Ahrens, Executive Vice President and James Carl, Vice President of Business Development at AdvisorShares. Dan has extensive experience in the investment management industry covering portfolio management, sales and administration. His background includes responsibility for operations, finance and compliance. Prior to joining AdvisorShares, Dan founded Ahrens Advisors, L.P., in 2005, an SEC-registered Investment Advisor. Prior to forming Ahrens Advisors, he was President of the MUTUALS.com Funds. Dan is an accomplished author and speaker, and has appeared on numerous financial programs including CNBC, ABC News and Bloomberg. James Carl brings extensive experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining AdvisorShares, James worked as an Independent Financial Consultant where his primary client was an asset management team for an RIA/broker-dealer with $1 billion under management. James' experience also includes FOLIOfn as the Manager of both Business Development and the Institutional Sales team.
Noah Hamman, CEO and founder of AdvisorShares, said, "We are very pleased with today's announcement as Kathleen brings extensive experience in marketing and servicing financial advisors and clients having dedicated more than 20 years to the financial services industry." Noah notes that he is "pleased to be hiring in an environment where many in the financial sector have been laying off."
AdvisorShares is an innovative investment management firm designed to offer actively managed ETFs. Exchange Traded Funds are one of the fastest growing investment products due to their operational and tax efficient structure, and ease of accessibility. AdvisorShares intends to offer a variety of investment products designed to help investors reach their financial goals. The Company seeks out top investment management firms interested in sub-advisory and product development opportunities, as well as qualified emerging money managers.
AdvisorShares Investments, LLC, is majority owned by Fund.com Inc., an online financial community which provides investment insight, analysis and portfolio planning tools.
Additional Information about AdvisorShares Investments, LLC is available at www.AdvisorShares.com
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|EuroCham President Alain Cany speaks at the Việt Nam-EU Trade Forum on Thursday. VNA/VNS Photo
HCM CITY — Việt Nam will promote sustainable, green and inclusive growth, and technology transfer to boost exports to and attract investment from the EU, said Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên.
Speaking at the Việt Nam-EU Trade Forum on Thursday, Diên said to take advantage of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), Việt Nam would spare no effort to meet EU technical and environmental standards for exports and attract investment from the bloc.
The trade pact is expected to help promote high-quality investment between Việt Nam and the EU, he added.
Diên recommended all EU member states soon ratify the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA). By establishing a clear legal framework, the EVIPA will help EU investors feel more confident to invest in Việt Nam as their interests will be protected.
An increase in EU investment would allow Việt Nam to better integrate into global value chains, according to Diên.
Alain Cany, EuroCham President, spoke highly of Việt Nam’s stable macro-economy and growth rate, and the country’s promotion of trade liberalisation with countries and regions around the world, including the EU.
The Vietnamese Government has been able to ensure speedy economic recovery and control inflation despite external challenges, which helps increase investors’ confidence, he added.
It’s a good time to further promote trade and investment between the EU and Việt Nam to speed up economic recovery and growth post pandemic, he noted.
He also noted that with a long coastline, Việt Nam is among the most vulnerable nations to climate change as most of the population is living in low-lying areas.
Việt Nam is still heavily dependent on fossil energy, making it increasingly difficult to tackle carbon emissions, he said.
To compete in the EU market and take full advantage of the EVFTA, Vietnamese businesses need to comply with strict environmental standards, he said.
To attract more investment from the EU, the country must promote green transformation, including green technology and infrastructure.
It is important to enable sustainable development through the transfer of European technologies, funds, resources, and knowledge to Vietnamese firms as part of Việt Nam’s commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Due to Europe’s expertise in green, sustainable industries and high-tech manufacturing, European companies are well positioned to play a leading role in this process, according to Cany.
Tạ Hoàng Linh, director of the ministry’s Europe-America Market Department, said understanding EU regulatory requirements is key to export success in the EU market.
It is important to learn about key information needed to access the market, such as CE marking (which indicates that a product is compliant with EU safety, health and environmental protection requirements), customs duties, intellectual property rights, data protection and environmental regulations.
Local exporters also need to invest in innovation in technology and machinery to improve competitiveness and meet the strict criteria of the EU market.
The ministry has developed a search engine and a database for local exporters to learn about their business partners in the EU before signing contracts with them, he said.
The EU has recently revised its regulation on the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) for exports to the EU to ensure traceability for production, packaging, brands, and others.
Speaking at a recent meeting, Nguyễn Hải Minh, vice chairman of EuroCham Vietnam, said European firms are showing their optimism about the Vietnamese economy post-pandemic.
The new-generation trade deal has improved bilateral trade and kept Việt Nam afloat at a growth rate of 2.58 per cent during the pandemic.
In the first eight months, the two-way trade between Việt Nam and the EU reached US$42.4 billion, up 14.85 per cent year-on-year.
From August 2021 to July 2022, total imports-exports reached $61.4 billion, up 11.9 per cent, of which, exports were worth $45 billion, up 17 per cent.
The EU is Việt Nam’s fifth largest foreign investor with total registered capital of $27.6 billion as of August 2022.
The EU invested in 104 new projects worth a total of $2.2 billion in the first eight months, up nearly 70 per cent year-on-year.
Việt Nam’s exports to the EU were valued at $31.9 billion in the first eight months, up 23.6 per cent year-on-year, resulting in a trade surplus of up to $21.6 billion, a rise of 46.4 per cent.
Two-way trade between Việt Nam and the EU reached $57 billion last year, up 14.5 per cent year-on-year. — VNS


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Despite EU mobile operators reducing roaming charges in line with maximum price caps introduced by EU rules, consumers still do not enjoy significantly lower tariffs according to a European Commission report published today. Whilst price transparency has improved, the report concludes competition on the EU's roaming market is not yet strong enough to provide better choice and even better rates to consumers.
Commission Vice President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes said: "The cost of using mobile phones or devices when abroad in the EU has fallen continuously since the adoption of the first roaming rules. But three years since the rules came in most operators propose retail prices that hover around the maximum legal caps. More competition on the EU roaming market would provide better choice and even better rates to consumers."
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In the Commission's view, EU rules give operators plenty of margin to offer more attractive roaming tariffs below the regulatory limits. Ultimately the difference between roaming and national tariffs should approach zero by 2015, in line with the objectives of the Digital Agenda for Europe.
For data roaming, the report confirms that wholesale prices have fallen to well below the EU maximum (1 euro - 85 pence - per MegaByte uploaded or download). Operators were charging each other an average of 55 cents (47 pence) per MegaByte at the end of 2009. Average consumer prices have also fallen, from 3.62 euro (3.08 pence) per MegaByte to 2.66 euro (2.26 pence) at the end of 2009.
The Commission expects operators to pass on savings at wholesale levels to consumers as lower retail prices, and will continue to monitor the markets.
The Commission's analysis also shows that consumers are making more use of roaming services. Despite an estimated 12 per cent decline in travel, overall volumes of calls received and SMS sent while abroad in the EU have grown over the past two years.
Following the introduction of the EU-wide 11 cents (9 pence) SMS price cap, 20 per cent more text messages were sent in the summer of 2009, than in the previous summer.
Data roaming services grew by more than 40 per cent in volume terms in 2009. As smart phones and other hand-held devices become more widespread, this trend is expected to continue.
The Commission will review the 2009 roaming rules in full by the end of June 2011. It will assess whether their objectives have been achieved and whether the market for roaming services is working as it should - namely as a single digital market.
One of the targets in the Digital Agenda for Europe is that differences between roaming and national tariffs should approach zero by 2015. In this way, the Commission will achieve a true Single Market for telecoms services.
Source: Cellular News


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IOS Sports & Entertainment completes 17 years in sports industry
Neerav Tomar, founder and MD of IOS Sports, who has clocked sponsorships worth over Rs 100 crore in the last five years for Olympic and other non-cricketing sports, said there was great interest from the big brands.
Hold Sun TV Network, target price Rs 470: Emkay Global
Sun TV Network Ltd., incorporated in the year 1985, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 16204.76 Crore) operating in Media & Entertainment sector.
Stock market update: Stocks that hit 52-week highs on NSE
KPI Global Infra, Apar Industries, Priti International, Standard Ind and Globe Intl. Carriers, hit their fresh 52-week highs at 11:20AM.
Stock market update: Stocks that hit 52-week highs on NSE in today's trade
Dynacons Sys, Sonu Infratech Ltd., Apar Industries, Cool Caps Industries Ltd. and Kohinoor Foods, hit their fresh 52-week highs during the day.
Stock market update: Stocks that hit 52-week highs on NSE
Sonu Infratech Ltd., Akshar Spintex, Kohinoor Foods, Standard Ind and Hindustan Motor, hit their fresh 52-week highs at 10:39AM.
IPL media rights: Bidders may not hit it out of the parkWhile some reports said the winning bids could hit the Rs 60,000-65,000 crore mark, experts polled by ET put them closer to Rs 48,000-50,000 crore for the 2023-27 rights cycle.
IPL media rights bids cross Rs 43,000 cr on Day 1Package A--TV rights for the India subcontinent–received 16 bids. Package B--India subcontinent digital rights—got 30 bids, said the people cited above.
Six players in field for IPL media rights; Google, Amazon, Airtel missing from actionBCCI received technical bids from rights holder DisneyStar as well as Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN), Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) and Viacom18 for the India rights, and Times Internet and FunAsia for the rest of the world (TV and digital).
IN10 Media taps former Sony executive Vivek Krishnani to foray into film production businessKrishnani comes with over 25 years of experience across films, television, radio, and advertising. He will oversee the setting up of the motion pictures business and produce movies for theatrical and streaming platforms.
Buy Zee Entertainment Enterprises, target price Rs 310: Emkay GlobalZee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., incorporated in the year 1982, is a Large Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 23503.82 Crore) operating in Media & Entertainment sector.
Zee faces 'double blow' but D-Street sees up to 77% upside!Although ZEE launched more than 90 new shows in FY22, its network share was down by 20 bps sequentially to 17.1 per cent - a second-consecutive quarter of decline. Some industry participants have removed channels from free Dish, which should impact ad revenues in the near term," said Emkay Global.
Most analysts bullish on ZEE, but cut targetsZee Entertainment reported a consolidated net profit of ₹81.93 crore for the March quarter compared to a profit of ₹272.36 crore for the same period a year ago. Its total income in the quarter stood at ₹2,361.17 crore compared to ₹1,984.39 crore in the year-ago period.
Stocks in the news: Hindalco, Infy, BPCL, Coal India, Nalco and BataHindalco , Berger Paints, Motherson Sumi, Page, Muthoot Finance, Piramal Enterprises, Colgate-Palmolive , NMDC, Oberoi Reality, Cummins India and Zee Entertainment are among the companies which will announce their March quarter earnings today.
Stock market update: Stocks that hit 52-week highs on NSE in today's tradeReliance Chemo, Accuracy Shipping, Empyrean Cashews Ltd., Shanti Overseas(Ind and Kohinoor Foods, hit their fresh 52-week highs during the day.
ZEE signs exclusive media rights deal for Emirates Cricket Board’s UAE T20 LeagueOn November 30, last year, ET first reported that ZEE was making a comeback into sports broadcasting by signing a 10-year media rights deal with the ECB for their upcoming UAE T20 League. The deal, pegged at around $100-120 million, was signed just after ZEE completed its non-compete for sports with Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN).
Startup funding woes may hurt IPL ad prospectsInbound investments were $4.6 billion in January, but quickly fell to $3.6 billion in February, $3.4 billion in March, and $2.6 billion in April. Globally, venture capital firms are becoming more vocal about a looming economic slowdown and the need to be more “defensive”. Investors are asking startups to focus on return on investment and reducing cash burn.
Startup funding woes may hurt IPL ad flow, tooSo far this year, leading startups have fired more than 3,000 employees. These include ed-tech unicorn Unacademy, quick commerce startup Blinkit, online learning platform Lido, edtech firm Vedantu, online furniture retailer Furlenco, social commerce startups Meesho and Trell, and digital credit ledger OKCredit.
India aims to roll out 6G telecom network by end of decade: PM ModiAccording to the prime minister, a task force has started work on rolling out 6G network by the end of the decade. Taking potshots at the previous Congress-led UPA government, Modi said the 2G era was symbolic of policy paralysis and corruption. The country, under his government, has moved transparently to 4G and is now going to 5G.
VIL says multiple network initiatives boosted 4G experience for customers in Delhi-NCRThe company has, till now, deployed the highly efficient 900MHz spectrum as well as 1800 MHz band on about 8,400 sites in New Delhi and NCR. This will enable customers to avail stronger network indoors as they work, study, socialise, access entertainment, use e-commerce and other digital services on the network, the company said.
Stock market update: Stocks that hit 52-week highs on NSEDangee Dums, IRIS Clothings, Avro India, Silver Touch Tech and Impex Ferro Tech, hit their fresh 52-week highs at 11:15AM.
IPL media rights: Bidders get 10 more daysThey include rights holder Disney Star, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN), Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) and Viacom18/Reliance, according to people with knowledge of the matter
Entertainment Network (India) Ltd posts Rs 99.4 cr revenue in Q4ENIL incurred an expense of ₹6.3 crore towards its strategic initiative in digital platforms. Without that, its Ebitda for the quarter would have been ₹23 crore and net profit ₹2.4 crore.
Web3 fintech platform Bliv.Club raises funds from Alpha Wave Ventures, other investorsIn 2022, the NFT market size reached $45 billion, indicating a significant rise compared to the market size of $100 million in 2020.
IPL media rights to fetch BCCI Rs 32,890 crore at base priceTop executives who have accessed the tender document confirmed to ET that there are four packages – India subcontinent TV rights, India subcontinent digital rights (exclusive and non-exclusive), non-exclusive digital rights (18 matches), and the rest of the world.
IndusInd Bank drags Zee Entertainment to NCLT over Rs 89 crore defaultOn Friday, the company informed the stock exchange in a late evening stock exchange filing that the private sector lender has approached the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) under the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP).
Invesco, Zee, Sony: A happy threesomeWhat does dominance of foreign companies over India's entertainment audience mean for India? It speaks of Indian business' tendency to realise the value they create during its growth phase, selling out to a foreign buyer, rather than play the long game.
Sony-Zee merger to bring immense value to both companies, shareholders: Punit GoenkaIn a chat with Gaurav Laghate and Vinod Mahanta, Goenka, Ravi Ahuja (chairman of Global Television Studios at Sony Pictures Entertainment) and NP Singh (MD & CEO, SPN), discuss the contours of the merger and the way forward.Load More
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Will humans ever stop arguing about tipping? Recently, New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells claimed that tipping should be abolished – sending waves of responses across the Internet.
Whether you're for or against the practice, here are five things you probably didn't know about it.
1. Waitresses who wear red get more tips.
Women who wear red shirts are more likely to get tips from male customers, according to a study published in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research.
This isn’t surprising. Another study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology in 2010 found that when shown pictures of a woman in a dress, men were most “amorous” when the woman was wearing red.
Touching patrons on the shoulder, squatting so you’re at eye level with the customer and giving candy along with the check can also help waitstaff – male or female – get more tips.
2. Tipping wasn’t common in the United States until after the Civil War.
Tipping didn’t catch on in America until after the 1860s, when wealthy Americans traveled to Europe and brought back the practice in order to look worldly. But the custom wasn’t welcome in the United States – in fact, it was met with feverish opposition. For one thing, tipping underlined class differences. Some states even passed anti-tipping laws in the early 1900s (although they were all later repealed). Even etiquette queen Emily Post was not wild about tipping. In the 1950 edition of her ubiquitous blue book, “Emily Post’s Etiquette,” after listing the appropriate tips for hotel personnel, she notes, “Tipping is undoubtedly an undesirable system, but it happens to be in force.”
3. The waitstaff provides better service in restaurants where tips are eliminated.
Some restaurants have seen great success in eliminating tipping entirely. For example, before restaurant owner Jay Porter recently closed his San Diego eatery, The Linkery, he eliminated tipping from the establishment. Instead, every check came with an 18 percent service charge.
After making the change, the service improved. Porter explained in a Quartz article that this resulted from waitstaff not worrying about how they would be compensated while working. He also cited research that demonstrates for many people, the amount a person tips isn't actually related to the quality of the service – it has more to do with personal tipping patterns.
4. In Japan, tipping is often considered an insult.
When New York City restaurant Sushi Yasuda recently eliminated tipping, owner Scott Rosenberg said he was just following Japanese custom. In fact, tipping in Japan is uncommon and can be considered rude. If you must tip someone in Japan, it is acceptable to give the tip in a white envelope – don't just slip cash to the person.
5. Your restaurant tip doesn't always go to your server.
At some restaurants, your server – the person who you think you're rewarding for excellent service – doesn't actually receive your full tip. Rather, all tips are pooled and split among the staff. If it's important to you to reward your server, ask what the system is at that establishment – and if you really want to reward someone, you can give him or her cash directly.


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The Samsung Galaxy Wearable app has been down for the past several days, with hundreds of users reporting log-in and update issues. The issue affects Samsung Gear and Galaxy Watch Active watches, with the app freezing on a white screen when users attempt to sign in on their phones.
A thread on Samsung’s community forums, which was started last Thursday, now spans 65 pages of users reporting problems with the app. The issue appears to affect several Android devices ranging from Google Pixel phones to the OnePlus 6T, Moto G7, and the Xiaomi Mi 9.
Nobody can sign into their Samsung account or update apps on the Galaxy Wearable app. Thread over 42 pages already. White screen appears when signing in. Affects Samsung Gear watches h…
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Pokémon Go raises the price of a crucial feature by almost 100%
On April 6, the price of Pokémon Go’s Remote Raid Pass is set to increase, almost doubling the cost of one of the game’s most vital features. Remote Raids were introduced during the pandemic as a way for players to engage in PvE battles from the comfort of their own homes. However, Niantic, the developer behind the mobile-based AR monster-catching simulator, has decided to place a higher premium on the feature. The three-pack price will increase from 300 to 525 PokéCoins, and a single Remote Raid Pass will now cost 195 PokéCoins, up from 100.


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The next generation of business apps take advantage of unique iOS capabilities
and are making everyday tasks infinitely more productive.
Jul 24, 2014 ... (Business Insider, always happy to stick a knife in Apple and twist it, ran back-to
back-headlines: “Apple … Whiffed On iPad Sales Again” and ...
Sep 9, 2015 ... Apple's new iPad Pro is its largest yet, and it feels gigantic.
Jul 24, 2013 ... In the June quarter, Apple's iPad sales dropped a startling 14% year over year, ...
But that doesn't mean it's the wrong decision for the long term.
Jul 24, 2013 ... Apple's iPad business, which is supposed to be its second mega-business, has
already hit the wall as far as growth is concerned. Last quarter ...
Sep 9, 2015 ... Apple's iPad line has grown up, both in size and in number. The iPad Pro adds a
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Aug 31, 2015 ... 10 Things Apple Could Do to Revitalize iPad Business .... abound over what
happened to iPad sales and what Apple can do to revive them.
Aug 13, 2015 ... The company is working with 40 companies to make the iPad work ... Apple
pushing iPad in business as sales fall .... Wrong tool for the job.
Sep 16, 2015 ... Apple faces hurdles as it positions iPad Pro for business use ... referring queries
to a product announcement event that happened Sept. 9.