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According to the annual "301 Report" released Monday and authored by the U.S. Trade Representative, China and Russia still top the "Most Wanted" list of countries whose residents pirate U.S. intellectual property.
Probably the most amazing statistic is buried on page 18: "Despite anti-piracy campaigns in China and an increasing number of IPR cases in Chinese courts, overall piracy and counterfeiting levels in China remained unacceptably high in 2006. The U.S. copyright industries estimate that 85 percent to 93 percent of all copyrighted material sold in China were pirated, indicating little or no improvement over 2005."
The USTR pays Russia far less attention than China, which was also the subject of a special USTR assessment that analyzed the country's reaction and proaction against piracy on a province-by-province basis. On the subject of Russia, the report does little more than grumble about how the actions against AllofMP3.com have been "unsuccessful". (Although the U.S. government has insisted that the site violates U.S. copyright law, to my knowledge no U.S. consumer has been prosecuted for buying music there.)
Interestingly, the USTR's report includes a "priority watch list" as well as a "watch list". On the latter are our good friends and neighbors, Mexico and Canada. Turns out that the U.S. objects that Canada hasn't passed stringent anti-camcording-in-movie-theaters legislation, and regards cheap Mexican drugs as an effect that was probably caused by Mexican drug companies violating U.S. patent law.
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The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has temporarily closed the runway at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) due to a cargo plane’s aborted takeoff caused by technical issues.
All operations were affected, and incoming and outgoing flights were temporarily suspended as a result.
KAA has stated that the safety of all passengers is their top priority, and they are working closely with relevant authorities to resolve the situation as quickly and safely as possible.
The authority advises all passengers to contact their respective airlines for the status of their flights and apologized for any inconvenience caused while appreciating the patience and understanding of all concerned parties.
According to a spot check by Kazinikazi.co.ke on FlightRadar24, the cargo plane was scheduled to depart Nairobi at 1:30 am and arrive in Amsterdam on Monday morning, April 17, at 9:40 am.
However, it stalled at the end of the runway, causing delays for all incoming and outgoing flights.
The JKIA’s temporary closure comes in the backdrop of Transport Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen’s announcement on government plans to construct a new terminal and runway at the airport.
CS Murkomen pointed out how the JKIA needed an upgrade to combat inefficiencies and system breakdowns.
The upgrade, to be implemented through a Public-Private Partnership model, will facilitate the expansion of JKIA, including a new terminal and a new runway to double the airport’s capacity and move the airport up the list of the world’s best airports.
The CS affirms that the upgrade will subsequently enhance trade and tourism between Kenya and other nations, boost tourism, increase trade and investment, and enhance regional integration. The impact of the temporary closure on the Casino Industry.
The temporary closure of JKIA’s runway will have a significant impact on the casino industry, which relies heavily on tourism.
Casinos generate a significant amount of revenue from tourists who visit the country to gamble and enjoy other entertainment options.
The suspension of flights is likely to cause a decline in tourism and, subsequently, negatively affect the casino industry.
The casino industry is already grappling with the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has caused a significant drop in tourism.
The closure of the runway at JKIA will only worsen the situation. However, the industry remains optimistic and is taking measures to minimize the impact of the temporary closure.
The temporary closure of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport’s runway due to a cargo plane’s aborted takeoff highlights the need for upgrades to enhance safety and efficiency.
The government’s plans to construct a new terminal and runway at the airport will go a long way in enhancing trade and tourism between Kenya and other nations, boosting tourism, increasing trade and investment, and enhancing regional integration.
However, the temporary closure is likely to have a negative impact on the casino industry, which relies heavily on tourism. The industry remains optimistic and is taking measures to minimize the impact of the closure.
As we wait for the runway to reopen, let us hope that the relevant authorities can resolve the situation as quickly and safely as possible, ensuring the safety and comfort of all passengers.

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FDA warns of burns from muscle and joint pain busters
(Reuters) – Over-the-counter muscle and joint pain relievers may cause chemical burns in rare cases, U.S. health regulators warned on Thursday.
Products that contain menthol, methyl salicylate, or capsaicin – including major brands such as Johnson & Johnson’s Bengay, Sanofi’s Icy Hot, Capzasin and Flexall, and Rohto Pharmaceutical Co’s Mentholatum – were found to cause first- to third-degree burns.
“These products should not cause pain or skin damage. However, there have been rare cases of serious burns following their use,” the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a statement, adding that some burns had led to hospitalization.
Second- and third-degree burns occurred with the use of products that had menthol as the single active ingredient.
Products containing both menthol and methyl salicylate, in concentrations greater than 3 percent menthol and 10 percent methyl salicylate, also caused severe burns, the agency added.
Over the years, the FDA identified 43 cases of burns related to these products. However, current FDA guidelines do not require these muscle and joint pain products to carry a warning on their label about the burns.
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A new Playstation could be less than 18 months away according to a Sony insider. The device will include the same chipset as the current PS3 but where it will differ from the current model is in the drive bay and in the attachment area. It will also include an extensive software suite for the managing of content being streamed to a TV or Hi Fi source.
Ken Kutaragi, the retiring chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment said in an interview last week that he clearly understands how the PlayStation game consoles should evolve in the next three generations, or fifteen to twenty years from now. He also said that in future it will be possible to create fully Internet-based game consoles.
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T-Mobile has made its new "UnCarrier" contract-free prices official in the United States. The new plans
, doing away with the two-year contracts and generally streamlining prices for all future customers, has been unveiled just days before the carrier was due to host a special event, where it is still expected to turn on its 4G LTE
The new plans start from $50 per month for one phone, which comes complete with unlimited calls, unlimited texts, and 500MB of tethering-enabled data allowance. Extending it to 2GB of data costs an extra $10, then a further $10 for every 2GB extra, with usage that goes past the allowance being throttled down to 2G speeds.
Though not launched yet, an option to include unlimited data across 4G is also available, making the total plan cost $70 per month. While it is billed as unlimited, it only includes a 500MB limit for the Smartphone Mobile Hotspot service, however this can be extended at an extra charge.
The new plan prices, now live, will not be the same as those offered through resellers
, such as Best Buy. An earlier leak for plans through retailers shows all prices effectively increased by $10, but still offering the same services.


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Consumers from 44 neighborhoods in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., have met the pre-registration goals that are required for Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) to install its new Google Fiber TV and wideband Internet service, according to the Internet giant.
When Google unveiled its Google Fiber TV product last week, the company said it would deploy the service first in neighborhoods in Kansas City that generate 40 to 80 pre-registrations. According to a Google site that tracks its "fiberhood" rankings, 44 neighborhoods had met their pre-registration goal by Tuesday afternoon. The Greenway Fields neighborhood in Kansas City, Mo., was at the top of the list.
The number of pre-registrations indicate that Time Warner Cable and AT&T could see their digital cable and high-speed Internet subscriber bases erode following the Google Fiber commercial deployments. Google plans to charge $120 monthly for its cable TV and high-speed Internet service, which will offer download speeds of up to 1 Gbps.
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DR believes that Intel won’t be in a position to supply the chips until the end of the third quarter this year and that’s not making the tablet makers very happy.
Microsoft and Intel have still got ambitions in the tablet and smartphone markets, despite spending billions of dollars with little result.
Microsoft is gambling that Windows 10, along with subsidies it is offering manufacturers, will generate extra demand although many feel that it and Intel have missed the bus on both the smartphone and tablet fronts.
DR claims that Intel won’t be able to supply the manufacturers with a reference design for Cherry Trail until the end of September.
That will force the mainly Chinese manufacturers to make do with Bay Trail Windows tablets which they’re going to push like mad in Western markets in time for the holiday season.
People who buy tablets don’t really care which chip and which operating system runs the devices – and that has given competitors like British chip ARM a leg up in market share.


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Infographic via Statista.
Believe it or not, some American tech interns rake in more cash per month than the median American household in the U.S. According to the Census Bureau, that is about $53,046 a year, but big companies such as Palantir and VMware send their interns home with a much fatter paycheck.
The infographic above, courtesy of online statistics portal statista.com, shows that when it comes to the highest average monthly base pay for interns in the United States, Palantir and VMware are listed as first and second, paying $7,012 and $6,966 respectively. At a close third is Twitter with $6,791 and LinkedIn occupying fourth place with an average monthly base pay level of $6,230 for interns. The popular social network, Facebook also pays its interns extremely well, at an average of $6,213 per month.
Though this does seem like a lot of money to pay an intern, and it is, their rare skill set is in demand, and the amount interns earn per month is also on par with what they might make as first year employees. However, most internships at these companies typically last only a few months.
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A few weeks ago, “Rollin’ On TV” unveiled its new Limited Branded Sponsorship package.
“We created this package because we continually have companies that want to sign up for our full 30-second Branded Ad packages,” said Executive Director Jose Moniz in a press release. “Unfortunately, due to television restrictions, we only have space for six full-time sponsors and advertisers. We also have companies that want to get all the visibility ROTV has on television and digital media but simply don’t have the ad budget to afford a full-time ad package.
The Branded Sponsor Package allows companies that want the advantages of ROTV’s cross platform media reach to acquire full-time online media exposure on “Rollin’ On TV” and part-time television exposure through branded segments and product features at a fraction of the cost.
“Like our regular full-time ad packages we are limiting the number of Branded Sponsorship packages to six,” Moniz noted. “With two companies already signed on we only have four of these packages available to fill by the end of May.
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The global IoT cloud platform market size is expected to reach USD 51.3 billion by 2030 driven by increased demand from the healthcare sector and the growing use of AI and ML integrated IoT platforms among organizations to reduce costs and maintain competitive advantage.
In addition, rapid adoption of internet of things (IoT) cloud platforms to connect hardware, such as sensors and smart devices to the cloud, to handle different communication protocols, and provide reliability, security, and authentication for users and devices.
is expected to boost the IoT cloud platform market growth.
According to the market forecast shared by ResearchAndMarkets.com, by offering, the platform segment accounted for the major revenue share of 68.3% in 2022 and is anticipated to maintain its dominance over the forecast period. Increased adoption of IoT cloud platform as it helps to minimize risk and reduce development & operational costs are driving the segment growth. It also offers capabilities to help and analyze organizations to achieve business-critical needs with increased agility
The service segment is expected to witness the fastest growth rate of 15.5% during the forecast period. Growing demand for IoT cloud services such as training, consulting, integration, deployment, support, and maintenance services are boosting the segment’s growth
Commercial deployment segment held the largest market share of 47.3% in 2022 and is expected to retain its position over the forecast period. Increasing use of commercial cloud deployment model owing to its benefits such as high flexibility and scalability, easy deployment, and minimal maintenance costs is boosting the segment growth
Hybrid deployment segment is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR of 15.5% during the forecast period owing to its low cost and greater security and control over critical workloads
In terms of organization size, large-size organizations segment dominated the market and captured the largest revenue share of 67.3% in 2022. The increasing use of IoT cloud platforms by large enterprises from manufacturing, retail, smart city, transportation, and healthcare verticals to optimize and monitor their IoT business processes is attributed to segment growth
The small and medium sized organizations segment is expected to witness the fastest growth rate of 15.3% during the forecast period. Growing investments in the adoption of new and advanced technologies and the rising shifts towards cloud-based services are propelling segment growth
In terms of the application, the industrial automation & smart manufacturing segment accounted for the major revenue share of 21.5% in 2022 and is anticipated to maintain its dominance over the estimated timeframe. Factors such as the increasing involvement of the government in supporting smart manufacturing and the adoption of cloud technologies are driving the segment growth
The healthcare segment is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15.9% during the forecast period. With the growing use of smart devices, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and cloud technologies, the demand for IoT cloud platforms is expected to increase in the healthcare industry
North America held the largest market share of 32.0% in 2022 and is expected to retain its position over the forecast period. An increase in IoT spending across the U.S. and Canada, early adoption of IoT platforms across the industrial segment, and the presence of leading market players such as Microsoft (U.S.), AWS (U.S.), and Google (U.S.) are driving the IoT cloud platform market growth in this region
Asia Pacific is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR of 15.8% during the forecast period owing to the rise in investments in smart manufacturing, smart cities, and the connected vehicle sector.


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Israel's Electra Consumer Products has agreed to buy upstart mobile phone operator Golan Telecom for 350 million shekels ($91 million), ending months of speculation over Golan's future.
Electra also said it had signed a 10-year network sharing agreement with Cellcom, Israel's largest mobile operator, and that Cellcom will lend it 130 million shekels to help finance the purchase of Golan.
Electra shares jumped 10 percent on news of the deal, which will see it pay at least 210 million shekels a year plus value-added taxes for the network-sharing agreement. The final sum will depend on the number of Golan subscribers and their usage, Cellcom said in a separate statement.
The deal puts Golan on a stable footing after Cellcom in November filed a request in a Tel Aviv court for the liquidation of Golan, alleging that Golan owes it 600 million shekels for using its network.
Golan was launched in 2012 after the Israeli government issued new licences to boost competition in a sector that had been dominated by three players. Golan has taken about 10 percent of Israel's mobile market by offering rock-bottom prices, hurting Cellcom and main rivals Partner Communications and Pelephone, a unit of Bezeq Israel Telecom, which are now barely profitable.
Cellcom tried to buy Golan in 2015 for about $300 million but was blocked by regulators.
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Nir Sztern, Cellcom's chief executive, said on Tuesday that the network-sharing deal with Electra allowed for "continued investment in future technologies."
Cellcom's shares jumped 8.6 percent on Monday in anticipation of the deal with Electra and were up another 2.5 percent on Tuesday in Tel Aviv.
Electra - which makes air conditioners and electrical appliances and is a unit of Elco Holdings - said it will also borrow 140 million shekels from Israeli banks and use 80 million shekels of its own capital to finance the takeover of Golan.
Barclays analyst Tavy Rosner said the takeover of Golan was very positive for the mobile sector since "it would allow price rationality to be restored in the market."
He noted that Golan would need to charge 50 shekels a month just to break even. That's higher than the 29 shekels a month, or less than $8, for its present package of unlimited calls and texts and 6 GB of Internet surfing, or 39 shekels for a package that includes unlimited calling to 56 countries.


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Thai AirAsia plans to introduce Krabi – Guangzhou service, its first nonstop service from Krabi to Mainland China. Based on Sabre timetable listing, this service would begin from 06NOV14 with daily service.
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KANSAS CITY, Miss. (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - Thousands of fans headed to the Chiefs Kingdom Champions Parade on Wednesday are going to need somewhere to eat and drink.
Fortunately, KC bars and restaurants are preparing as those thousands of fans are going to eat and drink.
Record Bar and the Brick, both right off the parade's path, are learning from the last parade.
When asked what that day of business is like, Roxie Danner of the Brick said this, "Chaos, but in the best way possible."
While Danner says the Brick had streamlined their menu and schedule, Ben Gipson of Record Bar says people have already rented out the patio space out front.
"Afterwards people stay, they're still hanging out," Gipson spoke.
Gonna be a great day
It's a huge day for the Chiefs, but it's also big for small businesses throughout the city.
"It's going to be a great day. I think a lot of people will be out, I think it's great for businesses down here. Gives us that extra little push that you know, every business especially after the pandemic really appreciates," said Danner.
But parade day isn't just about business. It'll be busy for sure, but it's also chance for staff, and for the city, to come together and celebrate.
"Our staff really loves to celebrate. We really love the Chiefs and we just love our city. So any opportunity that we can come here and work but kind of not work and just get to celebrate with the rest of the community, for us that's a win in our books," Gipson spoke.
Danner's got four final pieces of advice:
"Hydrate, Uber, eat something, but have a blast."


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At the moment, Digital Arts confirmed that hackers stole a large quantity of knowledge from the online game writer. A darkish net discussion board poster claimed to have obtained 780 gigabytes of knowledge within the assault, together with the supply code for FIFA 21 and EA’s Frostbite recreation engine, utilized by FIFA, Madden, Battlefield, Star Wars: Squadrons and Anthem.
“We’re investigating a current incident of intrusion into our community the place a restricted quantity of recreation supply code and associated instruments have been stolen,” an EA consultant stated in an announcement. The consultant added that “no participant information was accessed, and we have now no motive to consider there’s any threat to participant privateness.” VICE first reported the assault. EA has confirmed with WIRED that it didn’t contain ransomware.
The EA hack is the most recent in a string of high-profile online game supply code leaks. Final 12 months, Valve, Capcom, Nintendo, and Ubisoft reportedly suffered related information breaches. And earlier this 12 months, a ransomware assault hit Cyberpunk 2077 creator CD Projekt Purple. (The developer stated Thursday that it has motive to consider the info has made its approach onto the web.) Supply code is a sexy goal for hackers as a result of it describes precisely how the sausage is made—why pushing this button disables that entice, or precisely the place on an opponent’s head your bullet should land for optimum injury. When it lands within the incorrect arms, supply code has the potential to threaten the integrity of on-line video video games, their servers, and even gamers’ safety.
“Hackers are undoubtedly focusing on extra high-profile video games and firms in recent times than that they had earlier than that,” says OverkillLabs, who used to run the gaming-piracy-focused CrackWatch subreddit, “both for status or to show to the large firms that their safety has flaws in it, or just to achieve cash from them.”
Whereas ransomware has been the dominant theme of current high-profile hacks, online game supply code is a big-money commodity in and of itself, particularly for cheat-makers. Standard cheats are sometimes designed by injecting bits of the unique recreation supply code into one other piece of software program. A part of why online game firms sue cheat-makers is as a result of they’re using points of the sport code of their unlawful merchandise. (These fits typically cite copyright infringement, or extra particularly, utilizing copyrighted code with out official permission.)
“After they have entry to the supply code, they may simply see what makes the sport perform and the way they may adapt their cheats to the sport,” says OverkillLabs. “If the sport had anti-cheat, for instance, they may simply see a approach round utilizing this.”
A recreation leak scene member we’ll name Ridley says that shooter video games like EA’s Battlefield are widespread targets for cheat-makers, and subsequently supply code hackers. In these video games, he says, “Hacks are far more significant,” enabling superpowers like auto-aim and the flexibility to see by partitions.
One other use for this supply code is modding. Designing instruments and fan-made content material is less complicated when followers don’t should reverse-engineer video games’ code.
Not all leaked supply code is used for evil. Novice online game historians and preservationists covet these schemas for video games’ inside workings. Sport firms’ elevated management over their merchandise—whether or not it’s digital-only downloads or pressured web connectivity—sketches out players who view video games as cultural merchandise. And lots of recreation firms don’t have nice monitor data protecting their very own video games alive. “What number of occasions have we seen a recreation get taken completely offline as a result of the developer or writer went underneath, or just deemed it unprofitable?” says Jaycie, a gamer who collects supply code.


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Britain's economy avoided entering an unprecedented and politically damaging third recession in five years, according to official estimates. Although the data were hardly robust, and subject to revision, the indication that the economy eked out growth of three-tenths of 1 percent in the first quarter relieved some of the pressure on architects of the country's austerity drive.
Amer Sports hit
by lower demand
Sports equipment maker Amer Sports Corp., whose North American operations are based in Ogden and whose brands include Atomic, Salomon and Wilson, says first-quarter earnings fell 20 percent, to $19.3 million, partly because U.S. retailers reduced inventory. The fall in net profit from the previous year came despite a 2 percent rise in revenue.
coffee fix endures
Americans may not feel optimistic about the economy but they're still spending more at Starbucks. The world's biggest coffee chain said Thursday that its profit rose in its fiscal second quarter as a key sales figure climbed in the U.S., its biggest market. New drinks and food, such as its sandwiches and pre-packaged lunch boxes, helped lift sales.
For Amazon, profit
off, revenue rises
Amazon.com Inc.'s net income declined in the first three months of the year, even though revenue increased 22 percent, as the online retailer continued to spend heavily on order fulfillment and rights to digital content. The world's largest online retailer, which also sells the Kindle devices and services, said it earned $82 million, or 18 cents per share, in the first quarter.
shows privacy OK
Facebook says an independent audit found its privacy practices sufficient during a six-month assessment period that followed a settlement with federal regulators. The audit was required to resolve charges that the social networking company exposed details about its users' lives without getting the required legal consent.
NFL given OK to
shut bogus sites
The NFL won a court order to shut down the operators of nearly 1,500 China-based websites accused of selling fake NFL merchandise, continuing the league's effort to counter booming counterfeit sales of its popular player jerseys and other merchandise. The suit said a single network of counterfeiters was behind the phony sales ring.


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Seattle City Council cites the increased risk food workers faced during the coronavirus pandemic and is trying to give them a $ 4 an hour raise for the remainder of the pandemic.
The new legislation would require large grocery stores to give retail workers who fall under Seattle’s Minimum Wage Act a raise while the city is in a civil emergency due to the pandemic. Mayor Jenny Durkan declared the pandemic an emergency on March 3 last year. Legislation says the city council intends to reconsider the raise after four months, but that’s not binding.
This would apply to food companies with more than 500 employees worldwide and to stores larger than 10,000 square feet. This would not apply to convenience stores or farmers markets.
The legislation introduced by Councilor Teresa Mosqueda would require a three quarters majority in the Council to come into force immediately. It passed the council’s finance and housing committee 5-0 on Friday, and the entire council was able to pass or reject the regulation as early as Monday.
Mosqueda cited the continued growth of the virus and the slow adoption of the vaccine as reasons to cite the threat, which is paying off almost 11 months after the pandemic began.
“The people, who in many cases work and earn close to the minimum wage, make incredible sacrifices for us every day,” she said. “We have to offer them a risk payment to compensate for the danger they expose themselves to every day.”
It is the city council’s recent effort to raise wages for lower-paid workers, who are often far more exposed to the virus than higher-paid office workers, many of whom have switched to remote working.
Last summer, the city council asked companies like Instacart, DoorDash and Postmates to pay their delivery drivers an additional $ 2.50 per order during the coronavirus emergency. The city has also set how much food delivery services restaurants can charge while eating indoors remains banned. In the fall, the council passed laws ensuring that Uber and Lyft drivers receive the city’s minimum wage of $ 16.39, just like other workers. Uber promptly raised prices and Lyft said it could follow.
In Seattle, all app-based delivery and transport companies had to offer their drivers paid sick days during the pandemic.
The cities of Los Angeles, Berkeley and Long Beach, California passed or approved similar “hazard pay” increases for food workers last month.
The legislation cites research published in the British Medical Journal that food workers in customer service roles were five times more likely than their counterparts to test positive for the virus.
Maggie Breshears, an employee of Fred Meyer and a board member of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 21, said the wage increase was reasonable given the risks workers face.
“I didn’t sign up to sacrifice myself to keep my community going during the worst public health crisis of my life,” Breshears said, “but that’s exactly what I’m doing.”
Tammie Hetrick, president of the Washington Food Industry Association; representing grocers, wholesalers and suppliers; said it was “deeply concerned” about the legislation. She said that legislation “chooses who heroes are by singling out only one industry.”
“Our members take great pride in offering well-paying jobs that offer opportunities to grow and develop within the industry. They also support the communities they serve, ”said Hetrick. “This would have a huge impact on their ability to compete with much larger online businesses that don’t have the increased cost of having a storefront and community presence.”
The proposal is supported by Durkan, who said many grocery stores gave a hazard payment in the early days of the pandemic but then stopped.
“Too many employees have failed to receive this critical payment, which is why cities across the country and Seattle must implement this important proposal,” Durkan said in a prepared statement. “The pandemic has disproportionately affected the lives of certain workers or communities, especially the color communities.”


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UK electric vehicle charging infrastructure company Zest has partnered with British energy consultancy NFU Energy to deliver Zest’s services to rural clients.
The expansion will benefit horticultural and agricultural businesses in under-served regions of the UK.
This will help landowners and farmers diversify by transforming underused brownfield sites into a sustainable revenue stream.
- EV charging hubs
- destination EV charging
- solar canopies
Zest will offer fully-funded and fully-managed EV charging infrastructure services.
The EV charging firm is supported by the UK government’s £420 million ($524m) Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (CIIF) – managed by Zouk Capital – which recently doubled its investment in Zest to £60 million.
In recent months Zest has won several UK EV charging contracts including:
- partnership with Hackney Council for the roll-out of more than 2,500 EV chargers across the borough by 2026
- TfL contract for London charging infrastructure expansion
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New Berlin - The New Berlin Plan Commission tabled a proposal for a Walmart supercenter at 15205-15375 W. Greenfield Ave. on Monday, at the request of Walmart attorney Deborah Tomczyk.
Walmart needs more time to address objections that residents brought up, she wrote to the commission. But Walmart plans to return at the commission's March 4 meeting.
"Walmart representatives have now had the benefit of citizen comments at both the Jan. 7 public hearing and a neighborhood meeting held Jan. 23," Tomczyk wrote. "Many attendees raised thoughtful issues which our team feels warrant further study."
Even though the Walmart proposal was tabled, many residents spoke to the commission about it, mainly repeating concerns raised earlier about traffic, making area flooding problems worse, light and noise.
Robert Christie, a potential Walmart neighbor, held up a photograph of a brightly lighted Walmart supercenter taken from the yard of a neighbor of the Muskego store and said, "This is what you want to put in my back yard."
Zoran Markovich of Carriage Lane who also spoke against the Walmart at the Jan. 7 hearing that took some three hours with no one speaking in favor, pleaded, "Listen to us."
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US: Tyson Foods Inc. is recalling 3,120 pounds of frozen breaded chicken that may be contaminated with blue and clear soft plastic.
Frozen, uncooked and breaded chicken tenderloins were produced on May 17, said the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS).
A 12-lb. box containing 3-lb. plastic bags of “Uncooked, breaded, original chicken tenderloins,” with lot code 1378NLR02 were shipped to food service establishments nationwide. They are not available in retail stores.
The problem was discovered when Tyson Foods notified FSIS that their supplier was recalling breading ingredients due to possible foreign material contamination. There have been no confirmed reports of injury.


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South Dakota-based Beef Products sued ABC for over $1 billion, claiming that their reports from 2012 hurt its business.
The Tesla CEO is known for moonshot ideas, but his game is all about calculated risk instead of irresponsible risk.
In his first public remarks since being elevated at the internet radio company, Naveen Chopra sent Pandora shares soaring.
Stocks higher as materials lead gains.
The addition of American Express means users can begin using their credit cards for in-store and in-app purchases.
Qualcomm showed off the under-screen fingerprint sensing technology at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Shanghai.
Hamm: A drop in prices into the $30 to $40 per barrel range would force drillers to reduce capital expenditures and cease drilling new wells, rendering the market under supplied.
Loop Capital sees either a turnaround for Family Dollar, or expects Dollar Tree to sell the business.
Mizuho calls Visa a buy, MasterCard a neutral.
CBI was up another 10% Wednesday.
Happy 10th birthday, iPhone!
Mizuho gave square a $28 price target.
The company is spending $6 million on 3-D scanners that will be tested in eight airports once TSA gives the green light.
The good doctor thinks that the financial system is now safe.
Japan Tobacco will start selling its vaping device in flagship stores on Thursday.
CVS rival Walgreens thinks customers should be able to choose if they buy things that are 'bad' for them.
Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices shares have surged so far this year.
Time for some Apple predictions.
Altaba is the holding company created after Yahoo's sale of its core internet business to Verizon Communications, and controls a significant interest in Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba.
This deal looks likely to be wrapped up soon.
Jim Cramer says it's extremely important to buy stocks that are exactly right for you and your level of risk tolerance.
Blue Apron lowered its valuation by 35%.
Funds are buying these three big tech stocks with both hands.
Tesla's first mass-market car will support fully autonomous driving and go from zero to 60 mph in under six seconds.
Growing digital acceptance and pricing is also a positive for Visa.
The Coalition to Protect America's Healthcare is paying for the ad campaign.
The head of BlackRock's China equities thinks China could grow to represent 40% of MSCI emerging market indexes.


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Brewers’ spent grain may offer a novel source of prebiotics, according to a new study from Anheuser-Busch InBev that found arabinoxylan from the waste may boost bifidobacterial levels in the human gut.
Oral supplementation with magnesium (Mg) - in particular magnesium oxide - facilitates glucose absorption while increasing insulin levels to help alleviate the symptoms associated with diabetes, according to a systemic review of related trials.
People with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who see the biggest benefits of adhering to a low FODMAP diet, which restricts intake of fermentable carbs, have a distinct gut bacterial profile, new research has revealed.
A paper that concluded that DNA barcoding techniques were more cost-effective than traditional practices for identification of vegetation species has been retracted after the lead researcher – Dr Steven Newmaster – failed to respond to questions about...
Supplementation with a proprietary combination of extracts from Bergamot orange and Tongkat Ali led to significant reductions in BMI in a 112-day study with obese people, showing the potential of the ingredient for weight management formulations.
With CBG more difficult to source than CBD, Leafreport sought to find out whether this meant a lot of CBG products were on the market that didn't meet label claims listing the amount of the cannabinoid shoppers should expect to find inside.


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The developers behind Ninjawords, Matchstick Software, have released an iPhone version, currently available from the App Store for just $2. Here’s how they describe it:
Excellent article about Apple’s app censoring of – essentially – a dictionary.
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Dream Theatre Pvt. Ltd. - the Brand Managements and Licensing Agency has tied hands with Producer / Director Rakesh Roshan’s FilmKraft to launch the KRRISH 3’ Merchandise and make it available to the the cinegoers as well as the normal public. The Krrish 3 collection includes toys, apparel, figures, accessories and much more. This will be officially launched by Actor Hrithik Roshan and his father Producer & Director Rakesh Roshan on Tuesday, 1st October 2013 in Mumbai.
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The Asian Cultural Union held its annual celebration of fashion, entertainment and culture on the New York University campus Saturday, reports NYU.com.
The 30th annual Fashion & Benefit Gala featured student models showcasing fashion from New York’s trendy shops such as Superdry, Purdy Girl, AuH2O and others.
“It’s really cool to see a lot of local stores and designers up there,” freshman Max Gode said.
Entertainment from musicians and dancers rounded out the night.
You can read more about the night at NYU.com.


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Supermarket chain Woolworths will work alongside Australia Post and DHL to make online grocery deliveries, as the number of people in self-isolation increases.
Customers in the ACT, NSW and Victoria will be able to order online a Woolworths Basics Box for $80 and will include meals, snacks and other essential items.
The boxes will be delivered by Australia Post within two to five business days of ordering.
The initiative will later be rolled out to other states and territories.
The boxes will only contain a set number of items, which the supermarket says will mean packing and delivery will be faster, and customers cannot switch or select specific products in the box.
Customers will receive updates on the delivery through Australia Post through text and email.
Online deliveries of groceries have surged in recent weeks as more people stay home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci said orders can be placed over the phone for those who couldn't access the internet.
"We understand many of our older or more vulnerable customers will be anxious about their grocery needs in the weeks ahead," he said.
"Going to the supermarket is a key part of everyday life for many of them, and some will have never even considered ordering groceries online before."
The announcement comes as the supermarket said it would be expanding the number of stores that would be turned into a priority delivery hub for home deliveries.
Following a trial of the initiative at 41 stores, a further 100 supermarkets will be turned into the new delivery hubs to help get more deliveries to priority assistance customers.
Trading hours for those stores will be adjusted as a result.
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Just a day back, we reported about Oppo F5 posters and real images of the device getting surfaced in Philipines which also included the flurry of Instagram photos and Videos from Celebrities. Today we have more details about the official launch date of Oppo F5. As per one of the celebrities/ brand ambassadors of Oppo F5, Oppo F5 is set to officially launch on October 26 in Philippines. This information was shared on Instagram along with Oppo F5 shot from the rear. Unfortunately, we still have not much clue about the hardware specifications of the device or the pricing.
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Oppo F5 posters and real images surface, may officially launch in October
Just a few months back Oppo had launched Oppo F3 and F3 Plus smartphones, but it seems the company is planning to launch the successor of Oppo F3 pretty soon. Posters of Oppo F5 have surfaced in Philipines revealing the rear panel of the device and indicating a possible launch of the device in October. We can clearly see the back panel of Oppo F5 in these posters in Red and Black colour. The rear panel design reveals the placement of fingerprint sensor at the back along with the main rear camera. The fingerprint sensor at the back panel suggests an infinite 18:9 Fullview display in Oppo F5, as Oppo devices till date comes with a front Home button.
Apart from these posters, a flurry of images and Videos have surfaced on Instagram from Oppo brand ambassadors clearly showing the Oppo F5 device getting unboxed revealing the design of the device. The unboxing videos match with the promotional posters above. On the rear panel, the main camera along with LED flash is placed at the left corner of the device.
We managed to take a screen grab from one of these videos showing the front display of Oppo F5 though it is in powered off condition. There is no front home button and the display clearly looks like an 18:9 Full view display.
AT the moment, we have no information about the hardware specifications of Oppo F5 or any idea about the exact official launch date. Stay tuned at Androidpure and we will keep you updated.


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A $ 10 billion fund is considering buying bitcoins Thursday, May 13
Balyasny Asset Management, a multi-strategy investment firm created by former trader Dmitry Balyasny, is considering buying bitcoins, according to a report from Street.
The company has more than $ 10 billion in assets under its management.
After its disastrous performance in 2018, which was the first year of decline for Balyasny, the company was able to make up for the fall caused by the epidemic in 2020 due to its diversified portfolios.
The fund says it is currently investigating bitcoin and other digital assets.


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In 1994, when Corey Brunetti was a newly minted Easton Area High School graduate, he and a friend started a store in Downtown Easton that focused on skateboarding and streetwear.
“We always wanted to open a store,” Brunetti said Tuesday of the two and a half years Five and Dime existed in a small space in the first block of South Second Street. “It was a great experience.”
Being 18 had its challenges in the retail world in what wasn’t yet an up-and-coming neighborhood.
“Just being that young, not really understanding how to handle money,” Brunetti said. They knew what they wanted to do. But they also wanted to be teenagers. His business partner eventually went off to college and Brunetti had other responsibilities, including a daughter.
Brunetti would head to Rutgers University and get a degree in turf grass management, he said. He worked about 10 years in the golf course industry and then joined his father Jerry’s business Agri-Dynamics in his native Lower Mount Bethel Township. Corey Brunetti is now a co-owner and also owns a lawn care business, he said.
In both places he has strong business partners so he figured it would be a good time to return to his roots, he said.
Now 42 and a College Hill resident since 1989 -- outside of a brief stint in Palmer Township -- Brunetti is teaming up with his brother Chip Black, 52, to reimagine Five and Dime in a 1,000-square-foot space at 140C Northampton St., next to Mercantile Home in the Grand Eastonian complex.
They hope to open some time this month.
As for what brands of clothes or skateboarding equipment will be sold, Brunetti said they are still negotiating with distributors.
They currently make their own hats and shirts, but would like to eventually build their own brand of boards, he said.
Brunetti figures to draw from the current younger generation of skaters, but also bring back those who knew the store in its initial incarnation. Folks who maybe skated with him back in the day at the Trench off Route 378 in Bethlehem.
The streetwear styles and skating passion of the 1990s have returned, he said. Just look at the Forks Township skate park, he said. It’s “flooded” with skaters, he said.
“Everything is back and bigger than ever,” he said, adding he hopes the new shop becomes a destination for out-of-towners. “It’s the perfect time to reopen the shop. ... We’re going to have clothing you can’t get around here. It’s exciting. We’re bringing something new and fresh to Easton.”
Brunetti said he’s not worried about opening a store in an economy that’s far more friendly to online ventures. The web part of the business will come after the doors open, he said. The website is already up. Five and Dime is also on Facebook and Instagram.
“Skate shops were designed as brick and mortar, pretty much,” he said, pointing to such businesses in New York City. “We just want to follow in the tradition of how skate shops were originated."
They want to “develop a more personal relationship with the city” of Easton and give customers the opportunity “to hang out,” he said. “We’d just like to have a shop so people can see what we have up front -- to be more a part of the community than in front of a computer."
They return to a changed business district.
“It’s Restaurant Row now,” he said of the revived Downtown. “It’s a great town now. It’s built up now.”
The Five and Dime name is meant to be confusing, he explained.
His first partner and he “kicked around names” back in 1994 and settled on Five and Dime because it felt like the 1950s.
“It goes back,” he said. “It’s the kind of theme we wanted.”
Having people curious about what the store sells, “that’s the cool part,” he said. “I like that part of it. We were trying to come up with other names. (Five and Dime) generated a lot of people’s interest.”
While Brunetti and Black are inspired by their cousin Erik Brunetti’s brand success with online streetwear label FUCT, they’ve also checked in with some locals.
They’ve enjoyed talking to their neighbors at Mercantile Home, and Adam Fairchild at Easton Outdoor Company just up the street “helped us out with his input,” Corey Brunetti said.
The brothers have been looking for a place since early winter.
“This one popped up and it was perfect,” fronting on a busy street with a $1,400 monthly rent, Brunetti said.
“We’re excited about it. Hopefully somebody else is," he said. "A lot of kids skateboard and there’s nothing like it in Easton.”


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Supermarket giant Tesco has announced it will continue with plans to remove volume-led promotions of sugary foods, despite the government pushing back legislation by a year.
The supermarket said this decision had been taken after customer feedback that they wanted the business to help them make healthier choices.
Removing ‘buy one get one free’ promotions on products high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS products) will go ahead from October 2022, the grocer said.
The government is expected to introduce legal curbs from October 2023.
“Our mission is to make Tesco the easiest place to shop for a healthy, more sustainable basket – while keeping the cost of the weekly shop in check. It’s vital that we keep making the right calls on behalf of customers and communities,” Tesco UK & ROI CEO Jason Tarry said.
“Customers are telling us they want to eat a more healthy, sustainable diet, but without having to stretch the weekly shopping budget,” Tarry added.
The supermarket said the full list of products affected by these changes would be confirmed nearer the time.
Last week, the Department of Health revealed its plans to curb “buy one get one free” deals, as well as free refills for soft drinks, had been postponed for a year while officials assess the impact of rising costs for households.
Tesco chief customer officer Alessandra Bellini added: “With more than eight in ten people reporting a rise in their cost of living, value is the number one factor that drives choice in our stores. We will always make sure our products are competitively priced. But we can’t stop there. Obesity levels are rising among adults and children and the health of our nation must also be at the top of our agenda.”
The government also announced that ambitions to block advertising of junk food and paid-for-ads online before watershed at 9pm had also been postponed until January 2024.
Celebrity chef and healthy food campaigner Jamie Oliver has been a vocal critic of the government’s u-turn on the rules.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not have “the backbone and spine to complete anything,” Oliver said on LBC’s James O’Brien programme on Wednesday.
“You have told us time and again that your government would deliver on its strategy, including ending junk food advertising to children, only to u-turn after the law has already passed,” he said.


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Two years ago when Nike signed Tiger Woods to a reported five-year endorsement deal, it seemed "like another stroke of marketing acumen," but early returns suggest that Nike "made a vast miscalculation," according to SI's "Scorecard." Mike Jaffey, manager of a Nevada Bob's in Las Vegas, said of Nike's Woods line: "None of it is selling very well." Noting the cost of $225 shoes and $75 shirts, Matt Brown, of an OR-based golf shop, said, "Young kids like it, but young kids don't have the money to buy it." SI reports that Brown's comments "speaks to what seems to be the main problem with the line: It appeals to the consumer who can't afford it." Nike would not release sales figures but "suggested that while off-course sales have been disappointing, the Woods items are doing better in pro shops." SI: "That doesn't appear to be the case. Several pro shops with a high-end clientele ... don't even carry the Woods line." SI adds that golfers "may have been turned off" by the "radical" design of Woods' shoes and the "in- your-face nature of his ad campaign." Bill Grigsby, VP/Apparel & Merchandising at Edwin Watts Golf Shops: "Nike tries to use the different-is-cool theme that works well in sports. But in golf that formula doesn't work" (SI, 8/24).


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Sri Lanka’s nation-wide inflation, measured by the change in the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), rose to 7.9 percent in August on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, accelerating from 6.3 percent a month ago, the data released by the Department of Census and Statistics showed.
Both food and non-food categories contributed towards the YoY inflation in August.
The change in the NCPI measured on an annual average basis increased from 6.2 percent in July to 6.5 percent in August.
When the monthly change is considered, the NCPI decreased from 122.4 index points in July to 122.3 index points in August.
This monthly decrease was mainly due to the decrease in prices of the items in the food category. Within the food category, prices of vegetables, red onions, garlic, fresh fish and rice decreased during
Meanwhile prices of big onions, some fruits, coconuts and potatoes increased during the month.
Prices in clothing and footwear; furnishing, household equipment and routine household maintenance; health (payments to private hospitals room charges); transport (airline fare); education (vocational training course fees); and miscellaneous goods and services sub-categories increased.
Prices in housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels and communication sub-categories increased marginally during august 2017.
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco (areca nuts) sub-category also increased during august 2017.
Meanwhile, prices in recreation and culture; and restaurants and hotels sub-categories remained unchanged during the month.
The NCPI core inflation, which reflects the underlying inflation in the economy increased to 4.8 percent in August 2017 from 4.2 per cent in July 2017 on year-on-year basis.
Annual average NCPI core inflation declined from to 5.9 percent in July 2017 to 5.8 percent in August 2017.


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Isabel, or Nana Isabel, is the matriarch of the Vasquez family, and her recipes not only fed three generations, but they inspired the opening of the Vasquez's first restaurant, South Phoenix's Poncho's in 1972, and Someburros, the fast-casual, six-restaurant chain which opened its first store in Tempe in 1982.
Now, after 40 years, Nana Isabel is poised to become the Vasquezes' newest restaurant namesake with Isabel's Amor, the new Mexican eatery set to open in October at 1490 East Williams Field Road (Williams Field and Val Vista Drive).
Isabel's Amor will serve up made-from-scratch Mexican dishes alongside a craft cocktail list created by noted mixologist Travis Nass, currently the "Spirit Guide" at Last Drop Bar at Lon's at the Hermosa in Paradise Valley.
Here's what guests can expect.
From a menu of Mexican comfort food, expect homestyle dishes like slow-cooked chilis, flavorful carnitas, homemade tamales and tortas, and flour tortillas made in-house daily.
Look to pair the food with cocktails created by Nass that include a revamped margarita called the Lychee Rose, a tequila-based Anejo Sazerac, and a rotating selection of aqua frescas that can be boozed up as you please.
Open for lunch and dinner seven days a week, Isabel's Amor will feature a patio, a bar area, and a warm-wood finished interior.
"Growing up, Nana Isabel's recipes were the centerpoint of every celebration and happy occasion," says Tim Vasquez, co-owner of Isabel's Amor. "We have wanted to serve Isabel's beloved dishes in a comfortable, homey setting for years and my family and I are excited to see it come to fruition. We hope that Isabel's Amor will create loving experiences and memories for all patrons, just like Nana Isabel's cooking always did for us."
Isabel's Amor 1490 East Williams Field Road, Gilbert 480-290-7060 www.IsabelsAmor.com


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Friday, January 30, 2015
Postcard TW-1466040 from Taiwan was an advertising card for MoreSpace (摩爾空間), a personal storage company established in 2008. The Super M dog shown on the card is the guardian mascot for customers' properties.
During the 2015 Super Bowl XLIX between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks this Sunday on February 1, 2015, there will be a showdown among the big game ads as well, where a 30-second commercial spot reportedly costs $4.5 million. In the past, the ads were secrets until the game day. However, today many commercials are already being released online before the kick-off.
Budweiser's "Puppy Love", a follow-up to last year's popular theme, was among the early favorites. On the other hand, GoDaddy's controversial "Journey Home", also featuring a lost puppy and apparently a parody of the Budweiser ad, had already been pulled after protests and outrages from social media.


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Apologises for ending advertising on Gamasutra.
Intel has responded to criticism for taking down adverts on the video game developing website Gamasutra, issuing an apology to those who were angered.
Intel removed its advertising campaign from Gamasutra following pressure from advocates of the Gamergate movement, a movement which campaigns against percieved video game journalism bias. It has also been linked with sexism and misogyny in the gaming world, with female gamers and journalists on the receiving end of cyber abuse.
Intel came under pressure from the Gamergate movement to remove its ads becuase of articles that were critical of Gamergate being published on Gamasutra.
Intel initially said: "Our ad placements coincided with recent technology launches and campaigns, and we were using a purchase order made much earlier this year before Gamasutra’s recent controversial articles were published."
Intel then followed this statement up, saying that it did not aim to show support for the Gamergate movement by removing its ads.
The chip maker said: "For the time being, Intel has decided not to continue with our current ad campaign on the gaming site Gamasutra.
"However, we recognize that our action inadvertently created a perception that we are somehow taking sides in an increasingly bitter debate in the gaming community.
"And while we respect the right of individuals to have their personal beliefs and values, Intel does not support any organization or movement that discriminates against women.
"We apologize and we are deeply sorry if we offended anyone."


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A British man was among those killed in the crash of an Air Algerie airliner in Mali, it has been announced.
Organisers of a "spectacular" screening of Back To The Future have cancelled the event for a second night running, once again disappointing thousands of ticket holders.
Published: 15 November 2012
Weakening consumer confidence was laid bare today after new figures revealed a much worse than expected October for retailers.
The worst month for the High Street since April intensified fears over more pain for the UK economy today, raising speculation of a return to the printing presses by the Bank of England.
The shock 0.8% slide in sales volumes for struggling retailers during October was far worse than feared in the City and put a “serious dent” into growth hopes for the fourth quarter, according to City economists.
Despite a 1% growth surge between July and September, today’s downbeat figures add to mounting evidence of a tough October for the British economy.
IHS Global Insight’s Howard Archer said the figures were “disappointing and worrying” with inflation also rising to 2.7%.
Capital Economics economist Samuel Tombs said: “The renewed pick-up in inflation together with growing signs that the resilience of employment is starting to fade mean that the backdrop for spending is not looking good ahead of Christmas.”
The worst-affected sectors were food and clothing, with grocers suffering their worst month for a year. Clothing and footwear retailers endured a 2.3% sales slump, the worst since an Easter-impacted April.
ING economist James Knightley said more quantitative easing was likely: “With Federal Reserve officials talking about stepping up QE3 in the US and the Bank of Japan set to do likewise next year, we continue to believe the Bank of England will have to follow suit. Governor King talked yesterday of the need for stronger external demand to help rebalance the UK economy. This implies further QE is probable in an effort to keep a lid on sterling and maintain competitiveness.”
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The US has shut out the cruise industry from its $2 trillion pot of bailout money but in Europe, everything is still up for grabs. It should not be given a blank cheque, writes Sönke Diesener.
Sönke Diesener is transport policy officer at the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU).
The lobby group Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has sent a letter to the European Commission asking for a series of aid for the sector.
We don’t know what the response will be. But handing over public money to this giant tax-dodging offshore polluter, with no strings attached, should make both economists and environmentalists feel seasick.
For the last two decades, the cruise industry has enjoyed a boom, with several years of double-digit growth. Cruise companies tripled their fleets, and their increasingly giant ships brought hordes of tourists to many European ports.
For shareholders, the cruise companies were cash-printing machines working in a low cost, low wage, almost zero tax environment. Carnival Corporation, the biggest of the global cruise giants, in 2016 declared a 17% net profit from their revenue, but a tax “burden” of only 0.3%.
The environment was also being short-changed. Cruise ships have for years typically run on a much cheaper, dirtier fuel type than used in road vehicles, High Sulphur Fuel Oil (HSFO). On land this has long since been banned even in power stations as too polluting.
Last year we learnt that the ships of just one company, Carnival Corporation, emit 10 times more health-damaging sulphur oxides (SOx) than all of Europe’s 260 million cars.
This externality imposed on society was supposed to be cracked down on by tougher global sulphur standards on all ships this year.
But the cruise industry’s response has largely been to install “scrubber” devices – which do successfully capture air pollution using sea water – but then return thousands of tonnes of contaminated washwater to the sea, containing a cocktail of chemicals which can build up in the marine food chain, and have been linked to several cancers.
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After it became clear that cruise ships were early spreaders of coronavirus in February, the industry was brought to a halt. Now, it has almost no revenues. In good times, cruise lines have shunted the true cost of their operations onto others, so it’s no surprise they now seem to have few friends in bad times.
The US has given the industry the cold shoulder. The largest US-headquartered cruise companies are registered in the Bahamas, Panama, and Liberia to avoid US wage laws, labor laws, and nearly all federal income taxes. Decades of breaking environmental laws in US waters has also not endeared cruise lines to US politicians.
While we wait to see the response of the Commission, member states seem more eager to prop up this industry.
TUI group, the world’s biggest tourism company and owner of TUI cruises, asked for state aid in Germany and in return was granted a €1.8 billion loan by public bank KfW.
As the cruise industry suffers, so too do European shipbuilders and suppliers. As Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics announced this month, Germany, France, Finland, Italy and Norway have agreed principles on how to suspend the repayment of debts for cruise ships financed by state export credit guarantees for one year.
Germany alone is currently securing payment obligations for the financing of cruise ships manufactured in Germany of around €25 billion.
To use public money to secure these investments is already quite dubious for an industry that chooses to register its ships and corporations in tax haven locations outside Europe.
But if taxpayers money is used directly to help the cruise industry, it must drastically change its attitude towards nature, people’s health, and our climate.
There is a chance for governments to respond to the current crisis in a way that also adjusts our societies to the even more severe multiple crises that climate change is bringing our way.
It is crucial to link state aid to binding criteria that will lead to more social and environmental friendly behaviour of the recipient, especially in an industry that has been at the centre of criticism due to its woeful performance on workers rights, climate, and air pollution.
NGOs don’t want to fight bailouts at the cost of the sector’s employees. Indeed they must be the first to receive any state support, and better working conditions should be tied to any rescue package.
On climate and air pollution, we ask decision makers to link any state aid to the cruise sector to three binding criteria: ban HFO immediately and switch to cleaner distillate fuels; make use of shore power mandatory in all European ports it is available, by 2023; and climate neutral cruises by 2030.


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In July 2013 the Automotive Council published ‘Driving success – an industrial strategy for growth and sustainability in the automotive sector’. It was presented by the two co-chairs of the Council Professor Richard Parry-Jones CBE representing the industry and the Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable.
The strategy sets out how the UK can secure the long term future of the industry over the next 20 to 30 years by growing the UK share of the value chain and by getting ahead of the game in research and development of low carbon vehicles.
The key deliverables from the strategy are:
- The creation of the Advanced Propulsion Centre to position the UK as a centre of excellence for low carbon propulsion development and production.
- The creation of the Automotive Investment Organisation targeting inward investment in the UK supply chain.
- Boosting supply chain growth and investment to help more companies of all sizes achieve world class performance to enable them to win new business.
- Create a skills pipeline through improved information and advice for young people, more and better apprenticeships, high quality graduate and post-graduate training, and responsive vocational training to help companies up-skill.
- Tackling the key competitiveness, policy and macro-economic issues that will cement the UK as the best place in the world to do automotive business.
Supply Chain Development
A new Automotive Council report has highlighted a fresh £2 billion growth opportunity for UK component suppliers as UK car makers enjoy an unprecedented period of success.
The report, released on 4 November 2014 assesses the ‘reshoring’ potential for ‘upstream’ automotive suppliers – in other words, the capacity for the UK to increase local supply of components and raw materials which are currently imported.
The £2bn figure comes on top of £3bn identified last year for supply direct to vehicle manufacturers, on which progress is being made. Industry experts point to the accelerating growth potential in the automotive sector as well as local-sourcing benefits of lower logistics costs, greater flexibility and faster response times.
Currently around one third of the components in a UK-built vehicle are sourced in the UK. The report identifies a realistic aim to increase this local content to around 60% – similar to other European countries such as France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Business Minister Matthew Hancock said, “The automotive sector is thriving and our supply chain firms are helping to create jobs and generate growth, but there is more to be done. That is why last month we announced £10 million of government money to address skills shortages in the auto supply chain to help UK companies win more contracts.
“This news that there is an extra £2bn of sourcing opportunities for UK automotive suppliers – taking the total to £5bn – is great news for the UK economy.”
Another key finding to emerge from the report is that UK automotive suppliers are – in the main – confident about their future prospects. Of the companies surveyed, 80% expect their business to grow in the near-term.
Dave Allen, Purchasing Director, Jaguar Land Rover and Chair of the Automotive Council Supply Chain Group, said, “The current success of the UK automotive sector presents a renewed opportunity for automotive suppliers to invest in the UK and to increase local sourcing of the high value components that the UK’s world-class vehicle makers require.
“With this report we now have good visibility of the depth and value of the opportunity throughout the supply chain, together with deliverable actions to turn this opportunity into reality.”
Automotive companies seeking local content supply can also take advantage of SMMT’s Automotive Supplier Finder, a comprehensive database covering over 4,000 automotive product and service categories.
The full report ‘Growing the Automotive Supply Chain’ can be downloaded below.
Updates to all of this information are provided by the Automotive Council on progress towards delivering the strategy and these will be available on this web page.
It is a core function of the APC to provide a channel of communication for the Automotive Council. The APC contact for questions relating to the Automotive Council is Jon Beasley who can be emailed at firstname.lastname@example.org


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Citing consumer demand for nutritional transparency and choice, The Hershey Co. has announced plans to update front-of-pack calorie labels and make more of its standard- and king-sized items with 200 calories or fewer.
Hershey said 31 percent of its portfolio of individually-wrapped standard- and king-sized items already contain 200 calories or fewer, but the Pennsylvania-based confectionery giant wants half of those items to meet that benchmark by 2022. The company plans to achieve it by reformulating products, creating new, shareable items, and adjusting the size of other items.
Furthermore, all of Hershey’s standard- and king-size items will carry the “Facts Up Front” calorie label by the end of 2018. Hershey says 70 percent of its products carry the label, created through an initiative led by the Grocery Manufacturers Association. It includes a product’s calorie content and measurements of saturated fat, sodium, sugar, potassium and Vitamin A.
“Consumers are at the heart of all that we do, and we have been at the forefront of providing the choice and transparency we want,” says CEO and President Michele Buck. “We aim to delight our consumers, and these steps will provide an even wider range of portion options and clear information to help them select treats that fit their lifestyle.”
These objectives build on Hershey’s commitment to transition to using “simple,” recognizable ingredients. By 2020, all everyday Hershey’s brand chocolate confection products will meet that threshold.
In 2015, Hershey led the development of and adoption of SmartLabel, a digital platform that displays a full suite of nutritional information such as ingredients, product usage instructions and handling advisories when a consumer scans a QR code on the package.
This year, SmartLabel product and ingredient information will be available online for 100 percent of its products. In 2018, SmartLabel QR codes will be on all packaging linked to detailed product and ingredient information.
Most recently, Hershey launched Sourcemap, a tool enabling people to trace the origin of key ingredients in Hershey’s Milk Chocolate with Almonds and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. The company plans to source all the cocoa it purchases globally from certified, sustainable sources by 2020.


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By Daniel Strauss - 05/09/13 04:24 PM EDT
"This practice has already proved tragic. Most rental companies have now changed their policies, but we need a law to ensure that recalled cars are never again driven off of rental lots. This bipartisan bill is a common sense safety measure, and I’m very grateful that Senator McCaskill has agreed to hold a hearing on it."
The legislation, the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013, was introduced by Schumer as well as Sens. Lisa MurkowskiLisa MurkowskiOvernight Energy: Obama integrates climate change into national security planning GOP pressures Kerry on Russia's use of Iranian airbase Overnight Energy: Lawmakers kick off energy bill talks MORE (R-Alaska), Barbara BoxerBarbara BoxerDems gain upper hand on budget Overnight Finance: Senate rejects funding bill as shutdown looms | Labor Dept. to probe Wells Fargo | Fed to ease stress test rules for small banks Funding bill rejected as shutdown nears MORE (D-Calif.), and Claire McCaskillClaire McCaskillSunday shows preview: Pressure on Trump for second debate Clinton’s strategy: Get under Trump’s skin Clinton campaign chair jabs at Trump's age MORE (D-Mo.).
The bill is named after two sisters who were killed in an auto accident because of a steering hose defect in the rental car they were driving.
The bill bars the rental or sale of cars that are "subject to a safety recall" and authorizes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to investigate and oversee rental car companies' procedures for safety concerning recalled cars.
The law also lets rental car companies continue to rent out a car if the company follows steps recommended by the manufacturer to prevent risk until the necessary parts to permanently prevent risk are available. The car company has to hold the car and repair it once the parts are available.
According to the statement, the bill has been endorsed by all the major rental car companies.
Boxer had previously tried to get rental car companies to "voluntarily" agree to make the changes. She held multiple press conferences last year with Raechel and Jacqueline Houck's mother to draw attention to the issue, but just one major company, Hertz, agreed to make the change on its own.
—Keith Laing contributed reporting.


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WISBECH: ASDA ditches two approved extensions to bid for a much bigger store
ASDA has ditched two proposed extensions agreed by planners for their Wisbech store to submit a proposal for an even larger addition. Consultants Work Architecture, on behalf of ASDA, says the supermarket giant took a fresh look and questioned the feasibi
ASDA has ditched two proposed extensions agreed by planners for their Wisbech store to submit a proposal for an even larger addition.
Consultants Work Architecture, on behalf of ASDA, says the supermarket giant took a fresh look and questioned the feasibility of another larger extension.
They had already won approval in 2007 for a single storey side and rear extension and in 2008 was told they could erect a canopy.
Now Work Architecture has applied for the bigger extension which will enlarge "the mezzanine level internally as well as extra workspace and storage areas".
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The extension is proposed for the north west part of the site and will be shielded from public view by existing trees between the boundary and a cemetery.
"At present the store is not functioning to its full potential and the client wishes to address this," said a spokesman for Work Architecture.
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Currently delivery trucks back up to the gates in the service yards and goods are unloaded via a mobile lift platform.
"These are then manually or mechanically moved into the enclosed marshalling area and beyond" said the spokesman. "This process is very labour intensive and the brief from the client is the ease this process of deliveries whilst considering a more logical space planning layout internally."
Ground floor space will be extended by 463 square metres and the mezzanine level will increase by another 420 square metres.
The new extension will be 37 metres long and 13 metres wide, extending to 17 metres wide in the service yard.
The spokesman said the new scheme fulfils ASDA's "functional goals more efficiently" and will lead to a safer and more stream lined working environment for staff.
"Delivery unloading times will be reduced leading to less traffic disruption" said the spokesman.


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With the objective of continuing to consolidate the country as a benchmark for homosexual tourism and to extend to the rest of the Argentinean regions the same concept that consolidated Buenos Aires as the gay friendly capital of Latin America, the Institute of Tourism Promotion of Argentina…
With the objective of continuing to consolidate the country as a benchmark for homosexual tourism and to extend to the rest of the Argentinean regions the same concept that consolidated Buenos Aires as the gay friendly capital of Latin America, the Institute of Tourism Promotion of Argentina (Inprotur) and the Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CCGLAR) have sealed a collaborative agreement to undertake a series of joint actions.
For Pablo de Luca, president and founder of the CCGLAR, “the gay tourist is an attractive consumer since he spends more on his travels. The average spending in Argentina of heterosexuals is 120 dollars a day compared to the 200 dollars of homosexuals. To this we must add the fact that their average stay is higher in a 40 or 50% “. Of the five million tourists that Argentina received in 2010, 17.8% belong to the LGBT group.
According to communiqué sent to arecoa.com, in addition to Buenos Aires, cities such as Mar del Plata, El Calafate, Bariloche, Mendoza and Iguazú have already been established as friendly destinations with the homosexual community, to which has contributed very positively the legalization in Argentina of gay marriages.
De Luca considers that “the model of Buenos Aires is more like Barcelona, where the gay move is not concentrated in ghettos or neighborhoods, but it merges with the city and has gained prominence through the organization of activities for the homosexual community.”
The CCGLAR works to organize four large annual gay events in the country. Two are already celebrated today: The gay harvest of Mendoza, during the first week of March, and the gay Pride march in Buenos Aires, which takes place on the first Sunday in November and which in 2010 gathered 150,000 people. For this year the inauguration of the first gay cruise of Argentina, ‘ EGO ‘, which will sail in mid-December of the port of Buenos Aires and visit the ports of Punta del Este and Montevideo as part of its itinerary.
Peru plans to capture US $60 million in Travel Mart
With the expectation of generating business for 60 million of dollars for the participation of 70 buying companies and 75 sellers of tourist services in the Peruvian destination, today began the tourism fair Peru Travel Mart, event that takes place in Lima…
With the expectation of generating business for 60 million of dollars for the participation of 70 buying companies and 75 sellers of tourist services in the Peruvian destination, today began the tourism fair Peru Travel Mart, event that takes place in Lima.
The XVIII edition of Peru Travel Mart is dedicated this year to the centenary of the discovery to the world of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, which the Peruvian government will celebrate next July, but also seeks to increase the reasons to visit the Andean country, according to Collect expansion.com.
“The celebration of Machu Picchu is an international relaunch of Destiny Peru to the world, is a media event”, but what the business sector wants is “Peru is a tourist destination per se,” said Canales.
For this reason, the organizers of the fair have taken a hundred representatives of the participating companies to a luncheon, in a restaurant at the seaside, where they tasted and learned to prepare ceviche (raw fish cooked with lemon juice) and pisco Sour (pisco cocktail and lemon juice).
In addition, Canales reported that they took them to visit the markets suppliers of fish, fruits and different inputs of Peruvian gastronomy.
“It has been interesting because they have seen the amount of potatoes we have, the types of lemon and fish, and now they can know that a ceviche is cooked very quickly by the quality of Peruvian lemon,” said the president of Naturo.
On the other hand, Canales announced that the tourism sector is also betting “that Lima will become the center of the Tourism of meetings of Peru and Latin America” in the next five years.
With the recent inauguration of the Westin Hotel in Lima, the executive said that the Peruvian capital is able to offer events for 2,000 participants, but still requires greater investment in hotel infrastructure, services and connectivity Air.


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The British Finance Minister unveiled his government's public spending plans today. Nobel-prizewinning economist Paul Krugman is a keen student of Britain's economy and a stern critic of the way it's been managed. In light of the today's economic news from across the pond, we examine Krugman's case. Plus, the fashion market for fake fur has grown so fast that some suppliers are meeting the demand with real fur. Retailers as large as Nieman Marcus have been caught up in the faux faux fur kerfuffle. And we put a little twist on the NCAA bracket and predict a winner based off of the team with the best state economy.


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Earlier today, April 30th, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) announced a new marketing partnership with AutoInsurance.com, that will establish a website designed to help consumers compare coverage and rates for automobile insurance.
The deal does not include Wal-Mart taking a stake in AutoInsurance.com, but Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) receives a promotional payment per store each month. In addition, the pages of the AutoInsurance.com website now display a Wal-Mart logo, and there will also be displays and signs in stores and online directing shoppers to AutoInsurance.com.
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Statements from Wal-Mart and Autoinsurance.com
Both Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) and AutoInsurance.com commented on the deal. “It’s another service to help our guests save money from a monthly expense that our surveyed shoppers have said they feel they overpay for, more so than other expenses,” said Daniel Eckert, senior vice president of services for Wal-Mart U.S.
“Nearly 90 percent of people comparison shop online for products and services like airline tickets, but our survey data shows that only 1 in 5 comparison shop for auto insurance,” AutoInsurance founder Joshua Kazam explained.
Earlier pilot programs
Wal-Mart tested the partnership by running two concurrent pilot programs to test various models for the site. One of the pilot programs was in Pennsylvania and the other in Illinois. After the pilot program, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) said Pennsylvania (the pilot that was closest to the selected business model) drivers who bought policies saved an average of $1,150 on 12-months auto insurance coverage.
As part of the deal, AutoInsurance.com is paid a fee for each new policy bought through the site. This business model means low-price auto insurance carriers that offer quotes on the new site are likely to benefit from new customers choosing them with the comparative tool. However, analysts note that since the average Wal-Mart shopper is relatively price-sensitive, the comparative tool could hurt insurance carriers that weren’t offering competitive prices.
Eight states are included in the initial rollout: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas. Other states are expected to be added in the coming months.


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Mooch was featured in BBC My World! BBC's video covered how soaring global inflation is impacting lives, and they included a tutorial video from our @amoochlife TikTok on how to do a 50/30/20 budget. As prices continue to increase worldwide, BBC points out that budgeting tips have been trending online and uses Mooch's tutorial as an example of how to create a balanced budget using this simple rule.
From the reporter's video:
"One budgeting tip that has been trending online is a 50/30/20 rule. The basic rule of thumb is to divide your monthly income into three spending categories: fifty percent for needs (these are things like bills), thirty percent for wants (things you enjoy), and twenty percent for savings or paying off debt.”


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Last week, Kanye West set the airwaves on fire with his new leaked single “Theraflu.” We guess he finally caught wind of the company’s criticism to the misuse of their name. This is their statement when they spoke with TMZ:
We in no way endorse or approve of the references or use of the image and likeness of Theraflu in this manner. Theraflu is an over-the-counter product used to help relieve cold and flu symptoms that millions of consumers rely on.
While there have been no lawsuits reported against West, he has decided to not take any chances. As of now, the song has been changed to “Way Too Cold.” The artwork has been slightly altered with a white bottle. Check it out below.
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UQM to supply motors to Boulder Electric Vehicle
- Cathy Proctor, Denver Business Journal
Electric motor manufacturer UQM Technologies Inc. has signed a three-year agreement to supply motors to Boulder Electric Vehicle, maker of all-electric commercial vehicles.
The agreement announced Wednesday will make UQM the exclusive supplier to Boulder Electric Vehicle, which makes delivery vans for UPS and the U.S. Department of Defense SPIDERS program.
UQM (NYSE: UQM) is based in Longmont. The company will be supplying its PowerPhase HD 220 motors to Boulder Electric Vehicle, said Eric Ridenour, UQM’s president and CEO.
The Denver Business Journal has more on the deal at the paper's website.
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State authorities will begin a formal investigation into how to regulate ride-sharing companies such as Lyft, Sidecar and Uber — an inquiry that could eventually legitimize the controversial businesses.
For the past two years, the California Public Utilities Commission has struggled to provide oversight of the burgeoning industry, which relies on mobile devices and informal payment systems as an alternative to the more rigid — and regulated — taxi industry. The commission has issued cease-and-desist orders to the startups and levied fines of $20,000 apiece.
However, all three businesses continue to operate undeterred, explaining that the commission’s laws did not take into account technological innovations that the companies are employing.
On Thursday, the commission opened an order instituting rule-making, a formal investigation that will explore aspects of ride-sharing, technological innovations, safety, insurance and jurisdiction over the companies. In six months, the commission anticipates a proposed decision on how to regulate the companies.
Sunil Paul, founding partner of Sidecar, said the investigation will be good for his company.
“We’re cautiously optimistic that the investigation will result in rules that will support innovation and support the benefits that Sidecar represents, which are reductions in emissions and congestion and more affordable transportation options,” Paul said.
Mark Gruberg, a spokesman for United Taxicab Workers, a cabdriver organization opposed to the ride-sharing companies, said he too is hopeful the investigation will result in positive changes for his industry.
“I really hope that this makes clear that those kind of companies are illegally providing taxi services,” Gruberg said. “These companies are operating under fraudulent pretenses, and I think the commission has every right to regulate them out of business.”