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The BBC has launched a service that allows UK viewers to watch live TV programs from suitable Wi-Fi connected mobile phones.
BBC Live TV is available in a beta test form, offering a limited number of the broadcaster’s channels, plus its radio stations.
FutureSource Consulting has produced an interesting chart that highlights the gulf between HDTV ownership and the penetration of Blu-ray disc players in Europe.
It shows that there are 69 million HD-ready TV sets but just 8 million Blu-ray players,including PS3 consoles – prompting the title: "61 million TVs starved of HD content".
Blockbuster is to be the latest online video-on-demand service to appear on TiVo DVRs.
The pair announced today that they are working to make Blockbuster’s service available on all TiVo Series2 and Series3 DVRs (including the HD and HD XL models) in the second half of 2009.
On2 Technologies has announced a 1080p video encoder aimed at improving image quality and compression performance in battery operated devices and consumer electronics.
The new hardware design, the Hantro 8270, supports H.264 Baseline, Main and High Profile video along with 16Mpixel JPEG still images.
Internet television viewership is increasing rapidly in the US due to better content and improved viewing quality, according to Move Networks.
The Internet TV service provider has released figures showing it streamed more than 100 million hours of high definition content and over 180 million total hours of content in 2008.
LG Electronics has announced the first broadband-enabled HDTVs with Netflix streaming software embedded directly in the set.
The new LCD and plasma “broadband HDTVs” will be able to show Netflix’s library of movies, TV episodes and HD content directly on the set without needing an external device.
XStreamHD has successfully tested a transport system that delivers Full HD movies, music, and games directly to subscriber homes via satellite.
The system, tested on the AMC-16 satellite at 85 degrees west longitude, will be able to provide content throughout North America.
Netflix has reached its target of 500,000 Blu-ray subscribers ahead of schedule.
The retailer’s chief financial officer Barry McCarthy said subscribers had added the option of paying an extra USD $1 to receive Blu-ray Disc titles at a quicker rate than Netflix forecast in October.
Blockbuster is rising to the challenge posed by cable companies and Netflix by launching a movie rental service via set-top boxes.
It is offering a STB made by 2Wire that plays movies downloaded over a broadband line.
The latest survey from SmithGeiger shows that HDTV owners would rather watch movies on Blu-ray Disc than stream content directly to their TV.
Well, hardly any surprise there. There’s never been any doubt about the phenomenal quality of Blu-ray images – but that still doesn’t seem to be translating into sales.
Even with price drops in the US of between USD $200 and $300, the HD players aren’t rushing off the shelves.


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Facebook is finally closing in on the mobile launch of Graph Search, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday. The news comes more than a year after the company trotted out Graph Search as a radical new way to search for people, places, photos, and interests on the social network's Web site.
The chief of the world's largest social network, now with more than 1.23 billion monthly active users, made the better-late-than-never revelation during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call with analysts.
"Pretty soon, I think, you should expect us to roll out the mobile version of this," Zuckerberg said. "I think that that's going to be an important step, because most of the usage of Facebook overall is on mobile, so we expect that that's where engagement will really start to come from on Graph Search over time."
Announced in January of last year, Graph Search gives people an unconventional way to query the network with natural language. The powerful search engine can be used to uncover items buried behind years of content, though there's a learning curve involved with using the engine to the fullest of its capabilities.
A year later, Graph Search, which was initially touted as a third-pillar product as core to Facebook as News Feed and Timeline, is still available only on desktop and in English. The lack of a mobile version is punctuated by Facebook's repeated mantra of now being a mobile-first company and the fact that a majority of the company's daily active users (73 percent) access the site from their smartphones.
Zuckerberg attempted to explain away the lag in a mobile release with remarks about the complexity of indexing more than 1 trillion connections and a trillion status updates. Graph Search, he insisted, is a multiyear effort.
"As a number of people on the team...have told me, a trillion pieces of content is more than indexed in any Web search engine."
Hear that, Google? Facebook thinks it's better at indexing content than you are. With mobile Graph Search finally on its way, it sounds like it's time to dust off the year-old story line of Facebook going after Google's bread and butter.

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Thanks to wholesalers, florists and consumers who supported America’s flower farmers, Mother’s Day overall was a floral success!
In fact, in some areas of the country, the response was better than expected, with many retailers selling out of flowers and florists having to ramp up significantly to keep pace with orders.
In other words, a good problem to have – and one that domestic flower farmers greatly appreciate!
As Patrick Busch of Len Busch Roses shared,
“Sales were very good, exceeding last year and very close to budget. Overall, demand was greater than we were prepared for.”
The Flower Peddler in New Jersey also saw success:
“We sold directly to retail customers for Mother’s Day and it was beyond anything we could have expected. We actually had to stop taking orders as we were running out of product,” shared Bethany Bernard.
Other flower farmers found success with gift card programs or on-farm sales.
But even with the recent increase in demand, not all farms are where they need to be to keep going. Thankfully, there’s a solution!
Consumers, wholesalers and florists can keep the momentum going and keep supporting cut flower farmers by backing what we’re calling “Mother’s May.” After all, for all they do, mom’s deserve more than one day of celebration. And since many are working from home, assisting with distance learning and still handling their usual mama duties, they’ve earned more flowers than ever this May!
We’re urging everyone to continue to honor their hardworking mom’s with American Grown Flowers.
And, as July approaches, we have another reason to celebrate: July is American Grown Flowers Month.
Perfectly timed for the peak production of amazing American Grown blooms and foliage, July is a great time to keep supporting America’s flower farmers and purchase flowers for life’s celebrations and to brighten your home.
Remember to look for the American Grown logo to ensure your getting top-notch, fresh domestic flowers.
With your help, we can help all American flower farmers continue to grow amazing blooms and greens, employ more workers and contribute to the economy.


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RIM was at BlackBerry World last week trying to impress the world with the upcoming BlackBerry 10 OS, and its not sitting still even coming off of that event. TomTom has announced a partnership with RIM that will see the Canadian company making use of the HD maps in BlackBerry Traffic, giving users access to accurate maps and precise traffic information.
Other apps like BlackBerry Maps and BlackBerry Locate will also make use of TomTom’s maps, with third party developers leveraging access to include the maps in their own apps. Nuno Campos, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for TomTom Licensing, says: “TomTom’s market-leading real-time traffic information will provide BlackBerry customers with the best mobile travel experience.”
RIM seems pleased with the deal too: “”We’re thrilled to work with TomTom to leverage their industry-leading traffic and travel content for BlackBerry Traffic and BlackBerry Maps, and to enable access to those capabilities for BlackBerry developers as well.” There’s no word on exactly when the change will be rolling out, but we expect it will be a free update for BlackBerry users, which is never a bad thing.


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Ubisoft revealed in its latest financial call that it will announce a new AAA IP at E3 this summer.
There was no mention of what genre this mysterious title will be. What we do know is that Ubisoft will release five AAA titles between now and March 31, 2017. Alongside this new IP, we’ll see releases of Watch Dogs 2, Ghost Recon Wildlands, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, and For Honor.
In its financial call, Ubisoft also revealed that The Division is outperforming expectations. The Division has 9.5m registered users and was the most successful launch ever for a new IP, surpassing the record previously held by Destiny.
Ubisoft also said that Far Cry: Primal's sales were record-breaking for a game released in February, but didn’t provide any specific figures.
Meanwhile, sales of Ubisoft titles fell 4.8% to €1.39bn from €1.46bn in fiscal year 2015, though were higher than the recently revised estimate of €1.36bn.


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Just Dial got listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), National Stock Exchange (NSE) and MCX-SX.
The issue price for the IPO was fixed at Rs 530/- per share, while retail investors got a discounted price of Rs 483 per share.
The company had fixed the issue price band at Rs 470-543, which got over-subscribed 11.5 times .
The issue was open for subscription between May 20 and May 22, 2013. The company is mainly engaged in providing search services over phone and Internet.


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BukuKas, a digital transformation startup based in Indonesia, announced raising $50 million in a Series B funding round backed by prominent angel investors Gokul Rajaram and Taavet Hinrikus.
The funding round comes just four months after BukuKas, which was launched in December 2019, raised $10 million in a Series A round anchored by prominent investor Sequoia Capital India.
BukuKas seeks to empower small business owners in Indonesia to run their businesses in a much simpler and smarter way, freeing up their time so that they can grow their business and give back to their community.
As of April 2021, the startup said it has onboarded 6.3 million small traders and shop owners across its platforms, which have a combined 3 million monthly active users.
The startup, founded by serial entrepreneurs Krishnan Menon and Lorenzo Peracchione, aims to onboard 20 million MSMEs by the end of 2022.
The fresh funds will be deployed to strengthen BukuKas’ leadership team, engineering, and product capabilities in both its Jakarta and Bangalore offices, as well as expand the range of services offered to merchants.
“We are grateful for the trust from our investors – both new and existing – who believe in our team and our vision to digitize Indonesian MSMEs,” said Krishnan Menon, CEO and co-founder of BukuKas.
The funding round followed the April launch of BukuKasPay, which enables smalls business owners to pay their suppliers on time and to collect money digitally from their customers through various digital payment methods such as Bank Virtual Accounts, QRIS, and popular electronic wallets such as OVO, Dana, GoPay, LinkAja, and Shopeepay.
Last year, BukuKas acquired a digital ledger app – Catatan Keuangan Harian – to expand market share. It then launched a commerce enablement platform Tokko to help merchants sell more effectively on social commerce channels.
According to co-founder and COO Lorenzo Peracchione, Indonesia is home to more than 60 million MSMEs who account for over 60% of the country’s GDP.
Small merchants, he added, are increasingly looking for simple digital solutions to their daily problems, from being on top of their cash flows to generating and handling more WhatsApp orders.
“BukuKas wants to become the preferred merchant ecosystem partner to help small business owners thrive and grow in our digital age,” he said.


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U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows While Canada Widens
- The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services for July 2019 decreased by 2.7 percent, to $54 billion. The drop was due to a decline in the goods deficit by $1.6 billion, to $73.7 billion, and a decrease in the services surplus of $0.1 billion, to $19.7 billion. July exports rose 0.5 percent from June while imports fell 0.1 percent. The deficit from January to July 2019 was 8.2 percent higher than the same period in 2018. According to Reuters, “The politically sensitive goods trade deficit with China increased 9.4 percent to $32.8 billion on an unadjusted basis, the highest since January, with imports jumping 6.4 percent. Exports to China fell 3.3 percent in July. Smoothing out seasonal fluctuations, the shortfall with China dropped 1.7 percent in July as both imports and exports dropped.”
- According to The Wall Street Journal, in July Canada recorded a larger-than-anticipated trade deficit fueled by a drop in crude-oil prices. Canada posted a merchandise trade deficit with the rest of the world of C$1.12 billion ($842 million). Analysts expected a C$200 million deficit. Canadian exports fell 0.9 percent in July, making it the first time exports fell in consecutive months since late last year. Imports rose 1.2 percent. Exports to the United States dropped 1.1 percent during the month.
- The United States added only 130,000 jobs during the month of August, the Department of Labor announced last week, while the nation’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent. The reading was below the 150,000 new jobs analysts had predicted. Manufacturers added 4,000 new positions during the month.
- The Associated Press reported that, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, Americans have slowed the pace at which they’re forming new companies. Specifically, between 2007 and the first half of 2019, applications to form businesses that would likely hire workers fell 16 percent. Applications are down 2.6 percent so far this year compared with the same period last year. This data is significant because smaller companies account for roughly 85 percent of all hiring in the United States.
- The Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 49.1 percent in August, the lowest reading in more than three years that shows the sector is contracting. According to CNBC, “The report raised fears of a recession and hit the stock market.” The IHS Markit PMIfor the United States also fell, dropping to its lowest level in more than a decade.
- The IHS Markit PMI for Canada fell to 49.1 in August from 50.2 in July. Production and the level of new orders both declined and business optimism eased to a three-and-a-half year low
- In other economic news: U.S. construction spending increased 0.1 percent from June 2019 to July 2019, but declined 2.7 percent between July 2018 and July 2019; productivity in the United States increased 2.3 percent in the second quarter of 2019; and new orders for manufactured goods increased in the United States by 1.4 percent between June 2019 and July 2019.


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Megan Moroney shared the deluxe edition of her debut album Lucky, on Friday (September 22nd).
Lucky (Deluxe Edition) delivers three just-released songs from the “I’m Not Pretty” singer, including guest spots from fellow Nashville-based singer-songwriters Kameron Marlowe and Mackenzie Carpenter.
In addition, the vinyl edition of LUCKY will be released on November 3rd.
Moroney shared on Instagram last week, “the vinyl will include the original 13 tracks plus the 3 new ones- fix you too ft. kameron marlowe, nothin’ crazy ft. mackenzie carpenter & reasons to stay. i wanted to include these extra songs as a thank you for embracing my debut album and loving it as much as you have over these past few months – y’all have completely made this the best year yet already”


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Paxful is challenging the king of peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platforms LocalBitcoins for the throne. Paxful has continued to baffle with its trading volume which has been consistently going up since 2015. On the other hand, LocalBitcoins’ trading volume has dwindled since 2017 highs.
Paxful is a P2P Bitcoin trading platform that connects buyers and sellers. Much like LocalBitcoins, Paxful doesn’t get involved in the nitty gritties of the payments in the way centralized exchanges like Binance do. Instead, it allows buyers and sellers to handle their own payments. It supports bank transfers, mobile payment solutions, credit card payments and other payment processors.
The platform has been on an uptrend for the past five years.
Paxful hit its record weekly volume in November this year, registering $29.8 million in the week that ended on November 23. However, the most impressive thing has been that since 2015, Paxful’s weekly volume has been rising. This is despite the 2018 crypto winter that hit the market. In 2018, even the largest crypto exchanges such as Binance and Coinbase registered reduced volumes. Many smaller exchanges even went out of business or had to lay off many of their employees in light of reduced income.
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For LocalBitcoins, it hasn’t been so rosy. The volume peaked in 2017 but since then, it has gone down considerably. The fact that it has continued to introduce privacy-disabling measures has only hurt its market more. And then there’s the issue of LocalCrypto, formerly known as LocalEthereum. Previously, it was focused on Ethereum purely. However, it rebranded and included BTC as well. This has further eroded the market share for LocalBitcoins.
Despite this, it still leads the market, averaging $35 million in weekly trades of late. For how much longer it shall remain in the lead is anyone’s guess, with Paxful looking like a genuine contender for the throne.
So, why has Paxful not been affected by the winter as much? The answer could simply be Africa. Paxful focuses on Africa, a region where crypto isn’t as prone to price effects. Even during the 2018 crypto winter, Paxful added 800,000 new wallets from the continent. The future looks bright for Paxful, and Africa too.


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10 cash-rich technology cosBy: Tech Editor , March 14, 2011|
The global economic meltdown taught the corporate world a big lesson: cash is king. When the global economy bled, businesses across the world realised the criticality of liquidity and how it helps weather economic storms and stay afloat.
Also, cash reserves gives the companies the required wherewithal to innovate and fund their inorganic growth.
So how rich are the world's biggest technology companies, how much are they stacking in their coffers. Here's looking into how much cash the world's biggest tech companies have.
Networking giant Cisco had cash and cash equivalents and investments worth $40.2 billion at the end of the second quarter for the period ended January 29, 2011, compared with $39.9 billion at the end of fiscal 2010.
Cash flows from operations were $2.6 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2011, compared with $2.5 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2010, and compared with $1.7 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2011.
The world's No. 1 software maker Microsoft has cash and cash equivalents of $40.23 billion as on Dec 31, 2010.
The company's Net income was $6.63 billion, or 77 cents a share, compared with $6.66 billion, or 74 cents, a year earlier. The company had operating cash flow of $4.2 billion
Microsoft recently tied up with Nokia to restrict the growing influence of Apple and Google in the smartphone market.
Computing giant Apple is one of the most cash rich companies in the world. The iPhone maker boasts of a cash war chest of over $50 billion. According to Wall Street Journal, the company's cash reserves are expected to inflate to $70 billion by the end of 2011.
Internet search giant boasts of $33 billion in cash and short-term investments as on Dec 1 2010. Google roughly had $26 billion in cash in hand in May last year.
In January 2011, Google reported earnings of $8.44 billion for the 4th quarter, ending December 31st, 2010, and announced that co-founder Larry Page would take on the role of chief executive, overseeing day-to-day operations of the company.
Enterprise software maker Oracle has total assets worth $59.38 billion including cash and cash equivalents of $10.42 billon as on November 30, 2010.
US-based IBM ended 2010 with $11.7 billion of cash in hand and generated free cash flow of $16.3 billion excluding global financing receivables, up approximately $1.2 billion year on year.
The world's biggest computer chip maker Intel has total assets of $63.13 billion including cash and cash equivalents of $5.49 billion. The company's short term investments as on December 25, 2010 were $11.29 billion.
The world's largest technology company by revenue has $9.9 billion net cash in its first fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2011. The figure includes cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and certain liquid long-term investments.
The company's net revenue of $32.3 billion was up 4% from the prior-year period.
PC giant Dell has $15 billion in cash and investments at the end of fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011. The company's cash flow from operations stood at $1.5 billion.
Revenue in the quarter was $15.7 billion and totaled $61.5 billion for the fiscal year, an $8.6 billion or 16% increase from the previous fiscal year.
Microprocessor maker AMD has total assets worth $4,964 million including cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1,789 million as on December 25, 2010.
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39 Flunch restaurants will be closed throughout France, after the collapse in turnover caused by the health crisis of 2020. Other brands run by the Mulliez Family Association suffered the same fate during the year .
The least we can say is that the Mulliez Family Association creams. After Alinéa, then Phildar, sold at the cost of thousands of jobs lost, the retail empire decided to sacrifice 39 of its Flunch restaurants across France to the crisis, out of the 160 non-franchised establishments that exist. Their closure was announced in a letter from the management, which AFP was able to consult.
Lille and Valenciennes restaurants closed
“After studying all possible solutions, including disposal, these restaurants will permanently close and will not reopen by the dismissal notifications which could begin as of August 16, 2021“, writes Guillaume Lecomte, managing director of the shareholder of Flunch. In Hauts-de-France, the restaurants of Lille and Valenciennes are affected by this closure. According to Philippe Delahaye, central union delegate CFE-CGC, “between 800 and 900 employees” are affected by these 39 closures. 18 restaurants are still awaiting an uncertain recovery, the social balance sheet could therefore increase further.
“Restructure on the back of the covid”, a deliberate strategy?
For employees, the pill may be hard to swallow. “The context allows the Mulliez group to restructure on the back of the covid”, already denounced in October 2020 David Malezieux, deputy secretary of the trade section of the federation of employees and executives of Force Ouvrière. The CGT also reported in June that “management remains in its position, namely not wanting to reclassify employees in other entities of the Mulliez group” and judged this process “unprecedented”.
The management justifies its choice of social plan and closures by the collapse of Flunch’s turnover, following the closure of restaurants in 2020. Despite this, it is difficult for the Mulliez family to side with the victims of the crisis . The fortune of the Roubaix patriarch, Gérard Mulliez, 89, is estimated at 26 billion euros. In 2020, despite the health crisis, he “and his family”, as Capital specifies, occupy 6th place in the ranking of the 500 largest fortunes in France. A much envied club, which the Mulliez family has not left since 1998.
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Vitamin Angels has announced the addditions of Carlyle Newell to its Board of Directors and Michelle Hobson to its Board of Advisors.
Both Newell and Hobson are passionate about giving the gift of nutrition to those in need and will utilize their career experience and expertise to fundraise, build brand partnerships, and provide strategic advisement to help expand Vitamin Angels programs and global business.
“We are thrilled to welcome both Carlyle and Michelle to the Vitamin Angels family,” said Howard Schiffer, Vitamin Angels founder/president. “Their strong business expertise coupled with their desire to make this world a healthier place will bring significant value to our business.”
Newell has global experience providing executive search and management consulting expertise. He currently serves as managing partner at Boyden Executive Search, a global talent and leadership advisory firm that has been ranked in the top 10 executive recruiting firms by Forbes magazine.
Newell specializes in global executive search and has experience and strong relationships with a variety of nutrition and wellness clients ranging from leading Fortune 500 corporations to venture-backed tech startups. He received his B.A. from Rutgers University.
Hobson currently serves as the director of sales at Market Performance Group (MPG), an innovative consulting and sales management services company that specializes in helping manufactures and retailers accelerate growth and profitability.
Before joining MPG, she spent some 20 years at Walgreens, where she held a variety of leadership positions including senior manager of beauty program development. In that role, Hobson created an end-to-end customer care model which included the hiring and training of 75 field leaders and 3,000 beauty consultants.
Hobson attended the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, where she earned a B.A. in journalism.
For more about Vitamin Angels Board of Directors and Board of Advisors, visit: https://vitaminangels.org/about/board-of-advisors/
Founded in 1994, Vitamin Angels is a global public health and nutrition organization that provides evidence-based nutrition interventions to at-risk mothers and children under five in the U.S. and around the world. Vitamin Angels reaches 70 million mothers and children in 70 countries, including the U.S. Visit www.vitaminangels.org.
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The lawsuit involves a setting in AdWords that gives advertisers the option to bid on clicks on Google's "content network," which consists of publishers using AdSense.
The problem, according to the claim, is that Google doesn't inform advertisers that if the option is left blank, they will automatically be charged for bids on ad inventory across its content network.
"In my mind, it hurts the least sophisticated advertisers the most," says Brian Kabateck, lead counsel on the case and managing partner of Kabateck Brown Kellner. "Wal-Mart and Amazon are not going to fall into this trap. They've got reps at the company. It's the smaller advertisers who don't have access to the same resources that get hit."
The claim was filed as a class action suit in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California in San Jose. David Almeida is the plaintiff in the case.
A Google spokesperson said the company hasn't seen the complaint yet and declined to comment.
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Recent research by UK money saving website VoucherCodesPro.co.uk has revealed that the spending habits of the average Briton varies dramatically depending on where they live. It showed that Londoners most love eating out, whereas people in Northern Ireland prefer spending on alcohol. The research provides a clear insight into lifestyle habits of people across the country.
The UK based money saving website www.VoucherCodesPro.co.uk has recently released a new piece of research on the spending habits of people across the country. They asked participants what they spent the most and the least amounts of money on in particular, as well as how much they spent on these habits each week. The results paint a very interesting picture of people across the United Kingdom.
When asked “what do you spend the most on”, the results across the country were incredibly different. It showed that:
- Transport was the highest expenditure of all, particularly in the South East, where people spent an average of £74.80 per week.
- People in London and Northern Ireland spent the most on food and non-alcoholic drinks, at an average of £57.90 per week.
- People in London also spent a lot of hotels and restaurants, averaging at £53.30 per week.
- People in Northern Ireland spent a large amount on alcoholic drinks and tobacco, averaging £16.50 per week.
- Finally, in the South East, people spent higher than average amounts on health, at £8.50 per week.
When asked what people spent the least on, the results were equally interesting. It was found that:
- The lowest amount nationwide spent on health was in Wales, at just £3.10 per week.
- The lowest amount spent on alcoholic drinks and tobacco was in London, at £10.10 per week.
- The lowest amount spent on restaurants and hotels was in Wales, at £31.80 per week.
- The lowest amount spent on food and non-alcoholic drinks was in the North East, at £47.50 per week.
- The lowest amount spent on transport was also in the North East, at £50.10 per week.
This research shows a clear difference in lifestyles and habits of people across the country. Naturally, many lifestyle choices are not quite choices, but rather abilities. For instance, people in the North East and Wales are more likely to live in areas of high deprivation, which means they are unable to spend as much on life’s little luxuries such as eating out and spending time in hotels. People in London do spend far more than the national average on hotels and restaurants, but this may also be due to the fact that they may work in London, but live somewhere else altogether.
As such, the research, while revealing, also lacks a number of clear insights. It would also be interesting to correlate this date with other pieces of information. For instance, people in Wales spend the lowest amounts on health, but it doesn’t show whether this is because they are healthier overall, or because they are less likely to be able to afford high quality health care.
“The research was very interesting and certainly showed which areas we should focus on as a money saving website”, says a spokesperson for VoucherCodesPro.co.uk. “Since the internet has become more localised, we will need to focus on advertising our vouchers for alcoholic drinks more strongly in Northern Ireland for instance. At the same time, we want to make sure that people have a greater ability to enjoy some of the finer things in life, so we will need to ensure our vouchers focus on those people who would otherwise not be able to afford certain things.”


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"I dreaded going in every day," said a Reddit poster who posted a text exchange between a former kitchen manager and general manager.
It's not an illusion: Fast food prices have become exponentially higher in the past year and change and customers are noticing.
"This is literally the sweetest thing I've ever seen in my life," said one commenter of the now-viral exchange.
"LITERALLY HAPPENED TO ME A WEEK AGO," one commenter wrote.
"It's bad enough companies don't give hazard pay for bad conditions, but to prevent people from tipping that themselves? That's atrocious," one commenter wrote.
The boy was reportedly accidentally shot with a gun belonging to his stepfather while he was waiting inside a parked car.
Viewers were left shocked by just how simple the recipe and storing process was, with only five ingredients, despite it tasting so good.
That's why we're sitting here for half an hour because you guys are drilling out online orders while we're all sitting here," the customer said.
A man's plea to restaurant goers, in the form of a TikTok video, drew plenty of backlash.
"It was ALWAYS something in the lettuce. Flies, ladybugs, I even seen a stink bug once," one user commented.
The temporary closure comes just one day after staff walked out of a New York Chipotle due to being overwhelmed by a $5 bowl offer.
Videos surfacing online have shown packed restaurants and long waits for orders, and many have been left concerned for the workers who have to deal with the annual offer.
The woman became aggressive when workers at a store in northeast Philadelphia said they would need to close because of staff shortages.
"You messed up my order, and then I come and I complain and you just get ignorant.... This is going right on Facebook," the customer said.
The supposedly nonalcoholic beverage is advertised as containing hibiscus, lemon, and turmeric.
Major brands are celebrating healthcare workers this Nurses Week with freebies and discounts.
Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol received a $23.2 million bonus in the pandemic year, while the company's workers saw a decrease in pay due to government-mandated restaurant closures.
Chipotle will give away $100,000 in free burritos and $100,000 in Bitcoin, while other restaurants are offering free or discounted burritos.
Whether its classic "Saturday Night Live" characters reuniting to help local businesses or a beer commercial that reminds you of the important things in life, Super Bowl LV has plenty of commercials that even people that don't life football will probably love.
Some fast food venues may also be operating on a modified schedule amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The day celebrates the beginning of Mexico's War of Independence from the Spanish in the 19th century.
A viral video on TikTok shows a man threatening to sue a Chipotle restaurant for refusing to serve him over not wearing a mask, demanding staff call the police to remove him.
Chipotle said it has "zero tolerance for any form of discrimination" after the Wheat Ridge officer was handed packaging with writing on it.
The Wheat Ridge Police Department said the incident has been "upsetting" for the officer and the entire department.
We look at the history of the holiday and ways to celebrate, including a virtual happy hour and a party online with live DJ music sets on Facebook and Instagram.
While stay at home orders have closed dine-in restaurants, major chains are celebrating National Burrito Day with free delivery deals.
Chipotle is also serving menu items named after hockey icons Chris McAvoy, Hilary Knight, Jack Hughes, and Kendall Coyne Schofield.
Nachos have been around since the mid 20th century and were created in a small town in Mexico.
How to get a $4 burrito from Chipotle for Halloween 2019 as part of Chipotle's annual Boorito campaign.
The day of celebration is September 16, 2019, and marks the start of Mexico's war of independence against Spain.


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Trade deal negotiations with India are continuing despite the current unrest at Westminster, but the government’s target of a deal with India by Diwali (24 October) is “very unlikely”.
Sources told the Times that hitting the Diwali deadline would have landed the UK with a decades long “disadvantageous” deal.
Here the IOE&IT Daily Update looks at the latest state of play in the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal negotiations, leading with the latest from the India talks.
Indian demands for more visas had already reduced the scope of any agreement after home secretary Suella Braverman said she had concerns about Indians overstaying.
“I do have some reservations. Look at migration in this country — the largest group of people who overstay are Indian migrants,” Braverman told The Spectator.
Indian negotiators were also said to have demanded the imposition of onerous “rules of origin” that would have meant significant British exports – such as cars and whisky – would not have easily benefitted from reduced import tariffs.
Negotiations started by former prime minister Boris Johnson in April targeted a doubling of bilateral trade by 2030, up from its current value of $31 billion, reports Reuters.
Apart from more visas, India wants to increase exports of leather, textiles, jewellery and food products to Britain, while the UK is keen to sell more whisky to India by reducing an import duty of 150%.
Indian car makers had proposed cutting the tax rate on imported automobiles from 60% to 100% to 30% as part of the agreement.
India Today reports that Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson for the Indian Ministry of
External Affairs denied reports that the FTA negotiations have come to a halt.
The UK’s first round of trade negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have concluded, involving discussions of objectives for the agreement and the exchange of technical information.
Technical discussions were held across 29 policy areas over 33 sessions involving more than 100 UK negotiators, the government said.
Forbes reports that a free trade agreement with the six oil-rich Gulf states could add £1.6 billion to the UK economy and increase bilateral trade by 16% or more.
The UK and Chile completed their third annual Trade Dialogue, noting that trade was worth £1.6 billion in the year to March 2022, an increase of 13% on the previous year.
Chile reaffirmed its support for UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to a government read out, which also reported a desire for joint work on areas such as the digital economy and future trade relations.
Meanwhile, Matthew Salter, director at the Department for International Trade in the UK embassy in Tel Aviv, said he expects an Israel-UK trade deal within 6-12 months, reports Ctech.
A deal would focus on hi-tech services that the UK would not have been able do as part of the EU, he said.
“There's no point in the UK negotiating an agreement with Israel if it’s not a very advanced, modern agreement,” he added.
Parliament’s Environment Food and Rural Affairs committee has asked the government to re-consider its response to a report on the Australian trade deal, calling for a commitment to core standards on food safety and animal welfare for imports.
Committee chairman and Conservative MP Sir Robert Goodwill argued that the previous response did not engage with the central concern of UK farmers and producers about “lower standards” food “disadvantaging UK producers”, reports New Food Magazine.
It has written to the DIT and DEFRA saying a similar approach to future agreements with larger food exporting countries – such as Brazil and the USA – could have a much greater impact on the UK than the Australia deal.
The UK is also no longer a leading enforcer of anti-corruption legislation, slipping from being an ‘active enforcers’ to only being a ‘moderate’ enforcer.
This is according to a new report entitled 'Exporting Corruption 2022’ from Transparency International, a leading anti-corruption non-profit.
The report ranks the performances of the 47 leading exporting countries in how they enforce anti-bribery standards. These countries combine to produce to 84% of global exports.
It found that global standards have been slipping since 2018, with only two countries - the US and Switzerland - still considered 'active enforcers'.
The UK dropped to being a 'moderate' enforcer, joining the likes of Israel, Germany and France in this category, with the remaining 38 states falling into the 'limited' or 'no-to-little enforcement' categories.
The report categorises 'active enforcement' countries as acting as a major deterrent to foreign bribery, whilst those in 'moderate enforcement' show encouraging progress, but still insufficient deterrence.


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DELRAY BEACH, FLA. – Despite ongoing softness in sales, results at Office Depot for the first quarter reflect strong operating performance across all business units.
Sales in the North American Retail division were flat for the three months, coming in at $1.62 billion, compared with $1.61 billion in the year-ago period. Operating profit for this division reached $123.6 million, up from $76.2 million in the same quarter in 2001.
The office products retailer said the first quarter of 2002 marked the fifth consecutive three-month period of North American Retail comp-store sales improvement, although comps declined 1.7 percent during the three months ended March 30. Overall comp sales were dragged down by an 18 percent decrease in comp sales of desktop and laptop computers.
Gross margins for the retail segment improved by 312 basis points year over year, although store operating costs were 23 basis points higher than last year.
Overall Office Depot sales edged up 1 percent, reaching $3.04 billion, compared with $3.02 billion in the same three months in 2001.
Operating income for the company was $164 million, an increase of 69 percent over the $97 million recorded a year earlier. Net earnings hit $102.7 million in the first quarter, compared with $56.3 million year over year.


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I have followed very well and took a vivid understanding of events unfolding around the governance and politics of this country. I have witnessed how the thirsty oil mafias in the USA play their cards. It’s not so much different from how the Mafias here play them with the news papers; with the people my friend wrote a full book about “the Bayam…”, though that side of USA and friends they play their cards in highly organized mafiasm.
I have seen how the mafias in Uganda have used media to promote or hype an event. Likewise, I have witnessed how CNN, BBC, Aljazeera have concentrate much of their efforts on someone in Uganda. I have not seen these media houses publishing a dam being launched somewhere, all along I see them tinting a bad image on this country, an image that has even affected the countries tourism sector. I know you all know we all see President Museveni has existed for so long, we need to change but the question remains how? Do we need to take a methodology that would destroy all the achievements of the country has so far reached? Being honest there are a lot strategic achievements perhaps others may not acknowledge them.
In a report by Harvard University under, Center for International Development (CID), predicted India and Uganda to be the fastest growing economies by 2026. I guess you can see that. Now what happens to promising African economies?
Let’s go back to Libya, as this country was progressing first, it had already secured financial freedom for its people, when you attain that you start thinking for the next generation. You all aware of caused the killing of Col. Maummar Gaddafi, it was just because his economy had started paving away for other African economies to be self reliant. Remember in Political Science, if you feed someone you can decide for him/her. The west was risking Africa away from their hands, we were taking about the Pan African Currency, a currency that backed by the Libyan Gold, oil and Silver reserves would be even strong than the Pound not even a dollar. It was such a nightmare to the west. Uganda is looking forward for that [ Libya’s]. When a country achieves much in infrastructure development, then you see a head of state focusing on a transition from subsistence methods of production to mechanized (Plan for Mechanization of Agriculture) then the country is at the right path.
People need to think twice about those who help them in their struggles. There is no free Lunch, if so you eventually pay for it in hard way.
At the time the China President and the USA president are in an economic cold war, that ranges from crypto world, Tech, oil extra, it’ s the same time we see American giant Android OS cutting off an understanding with Huawei. At a time when China’ s giant tries to manufacture I.T gadgets that are hi tech, and luxurious, on one side a party is scared that someone who once target the poor market of Africa and Asia is now coming to share Apple’s, Microsoft market share yet Apple (iPhone), Microsoft phones cannot target the poor African and Asian market. They started in big markets, there is no other bigger market than those they already supply too, and their future is at stake. China started in small markets is growing big into their bigger markets and you cannot stop that.
As Huawei is trying to build its own Operating system (OS) (an OS in simple terms is a software that you can install your apps on your phone) like android, the implication is when Huawei survives this storm, they later launch their own OS, an OS the USA won’t have chance to spy on, then it would not only be their security threat because they cannot spy it but also a threaten to the Android OS business wise. They thought it’s better to kill a child before it gets to a man, indeed it’s next to impossible to kill this grown up man Huawei the China Telecommunications Giant.
In international business some simple article of fake news can affect a brand, it can drop the sales, the stocks of a given company, it doesn’t only do that but it tarnishes the long built reputation of the company in a long run.
China’s Huawei spying on Ugandan opposition People Power leader Bobi Wine seems to be a hoax, seems to be fake news as China diplomats reportedly said to media. It’s difficult for a critical thinker to believe a report done by American media houses about Huawei following the Google issues (Android OS), the looming economic war between the two giants, the rivalry between the countries in technological advancements.
If you remember correctly there a lot of allegations being created on HUAWEI, the Canadian government is still holding Meng Wanzhou under electronic surveillance on a US warrant. Meng is the daughter of the founder of Huawei and she is the Chief Financial Officer of the company.
When a Russian company launched face app we saw the reported USA sponsoring of some fake news about the app, where they claimed that the App was collecting personal data from users. It was fake news, USA based companies are also collecting people’s personal data, and many of them, we know that but all they don’t want is a competitor.
I don’t trust in China on how it’s strategizing in Africa, I smell a dead rat. A Chinese national was appointed a chief in a state of Nigeria what is its future implication? But still the truth about something/ someone cannot be tinted off by a wrong done somewhere. Huawei is being followed even where it still have believers/ customers. They want to destroy Huawei completely, they know us (Africans) don’t read, we do not follow world events.
They are happy; it’s working, because they targeted the poor People Power group to help them bring down their competitor at free cost in its best side of its market share. They [People Power supporters] who are all over internet they can use them, they are better in using their data bundles to promote businesses they don’t benefit from. They know the leader of People Power Movement likes these events where he has a reception of international sympathy, they know he knows how to fake, hype issues. Now the people power enthusiasts are encouraging their followers to boycott Huawei products. Who is winning?? It’s not you it’s the enemy of Huawei who launched war against the giant long time ago. They know you are poor people even if you boycott, it would not even drop sales of Huawei by 0.001 % but they know you can spread their word at a free cost to help them bring down a children growing fast getting to manhood which would be their biggest future miscalculation.
Thank you for participating in a war that would affect you negatively in a long run, can you afford Apple or Microsoft products?


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Wednesday was a nightmare to NASDAQ: KBSF which lost $0.15 but now luck is on the way to bring over $2 position while major stock indexes lose serious points. As the market closes KBSF reaches $2.21 by having a positive 16.32% change.
Spanish and Italian fashion brands quickly started to manufacture face masks as the COVID-19 spread widely throughout Europe. The same happened to Asian counterparts. So, KBS Fashion could adapt to the urgent situation by partnering with face mask manufacturing companies to distribute one-time use face masks. As the demand for that product rises KBS Fashion could offer its own custom design.
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Living in the era of dynamic tech change Alex decided to stay tuned in changes that make any person find comfort and adapt to new devices. Furthermore, gaming became his passion for spending leisure time with his close ones. Although, he has a degree in Business Administration (majoring in Finance) writing for technology and as well as finance has been one of the precious aspects of his life


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SOLD OUT – Tim Burton’s “Mars Attacks” is getting a Zavvi exclusive Steelbook release in May
UPDATE – this now appears to be sold out – we’ll update again if it comes back!
Tim Burton’s sci-fi comedy Mars Attacks arrives on UK steelbook on May 5th with some great artwork.
You can pre-order now. If this is anything like Beetlejuice, it’ll sell out quick, so don’t wait too long!


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Jul 22, 2022
Since receiving support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund in 2018, Fathom Science has delivered customized data analytics solutions.
Mar 16, 2022
After receiving support from the Chancellor's Innovation Fund, two professors' sustainable forestry startup is using new technology to mitigate climate change.
Jul 29, 2021
This year’s Chancellor's Innovation Fund projects could reshape medicine, immunotherapies, consumer packaging, stealth jets and solar-energy cells.
Jul 29, 2020
This year's Chancellor's Innovation Fund winners are working toward safer treatments for human and animal health, novel manufacturing methods for toilet paper, lightweight car frames and synthetic fuel.
May 1, 2019
NC State debuts the first phase of an online system that aims to streamline research administration.


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Canadian fintech Nuvei has announced its acquisition of US payments solution company Paya in a deal worth 1.7 billion CAD.
Nuvei announced the deal on Monday as it looks to expand in the US and enter new verticals. It says it expects to finance the acquisition with a combination of cash on hand, and an existing as well as a new $600 million USD credit facility.
“The proposed acquisition of Paya is a powerful next step in the evolution of Nuvei, creating a preeminent payment technology provider with strong positions in global eCommerce, Integrated Payments and business-to-business (“B2B”),” said Philip Fayer, Nuvei’s Chair and Chief Executive Officer.
Established in 2003 by Fayer, Nuvei provides tech-enabled payment solutions to merchants and partners. Its services include card issuing, banking, as well as risk and fraud management services. The startup’s customer base comprises firms that operate in the gambling, online retail, financial services, and travel sectors, among others.
“The proposed transaction will combine two people-first, technology-led, high-growth payment platforms. It will accelerate our integrated payment strategy, diversify our business into key high-growth non-cyclical verticals with large addressable end markets and enhance the execution of our growth plan.”
“We are pleased to have reached this transaction with Nuvei, which is a testament to the incredible talent at Paya, and will deliver immediate and significant cash value to Paya shareholders,” said Jeff Hack, Paya’s Chief Executive Officer.
“We continue to see strong momentum in our high-growth and underpenetrated middle market partners in durable end-markets, and believe that Nuvei’s resources will enable us to continue our mission of solving complex business problems with easy-to-use payment solutions.”
Nuvei went public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in September 2020 with a $700 million USD IPO. As did most of Canada’s largest tech firms, Nuvei has seen its share price decline over the past year, by about 55 percent, as the sector contracts amid the downturn. Nuvei is trading at $35 USD at press time; in contrast, its stock was priced at around $84 in January 2022.


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Netflix’s Orange is the New Black is more popular than The Handmaid’s Tale from Hulu this week. Two new shows launched have also reappeared on the top ten. Here are the full insights from Parrot Analytics.
For May 18, 2017 – May 24, 2017 – Top 5 Digital Original Series in the US and Average Demand Expressions™:
- Orange Is The New Black, Netflix: 21,585,066
- 13 Reasons Why, Netflix: 20,993,869
- The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu: 17,249,886
- Sense8, Netflix: 9,000,055
- Master of None, Netflix: 8,841,504
Insights from Parrot:
- This week, Netflix’s Orange is the New Black overtook previous fan-favourite 13 Reasons Why due to the recent hack. The Handmaid’s Tale from Hulu slips to number three in the top digital original series chart in the United States. The prison drama series had 25% more demand than The Handmaid’s Tale.
- Also, Netflix’s Master of None has reappeared in the chart this week when new episodes aired on May 12.
Parrot Analytics is a data science company that empowers media companies, brands and agencies to understand global audience demand for television content. Wielding the world’s largest audience behavior data sets, the company has developed the world’s only global cross-platform, country-specific audience demand measurement system. For more insights visit www.parrotanalytics.com


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Diversity in Tech in the Congressional Spotlight
Members of Congress last week took on the issue of diversity in tech—or, rather, its absence.
A subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee heard testimony from a handful of witnesses March 6 about the longstanding reality that the workforces at most big-tech companies lack racial, ethnic, gender and other forms of diversity. Consensus from the speakers—who included everyone from researchers to a former Facebook manager, although no current representatives of tech companies—was that the monolithic nature of tech companies’ staff is ingraining bias in their products.
“While the U.S. has become more and more diverse, the workforce of the technology sector has not kept up,” Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), chair of the committee, said in a statement. “And we are seeing the effects of that in the products and services we use—like wearable fitness trackers that don’t work for people with dark skin, online job advertisements targeted at men over women, and websites with buttons and links too small for people with motor impairments to use.”
The former Facebook staffer who testified, Mark Luckie, who has been outspoken about the lack of diversity in tech, cited controversies like an Amazon hiring algorithm that inherently favored men and an Apple health app that could track a sea of health concerns, yet erroneously left out menstrual-cycle tracking.


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Blizzard has announced the official date for its annual BlizzCon fan festival. The event its scheduled for August 21st – 22nd and will bring fans of World of Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft all under 1 roof in the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
CEO and Co-Founder of Blizzard Entertainment had this to say on the upcoming event:
“We’ve been amazed by the incredible response to each of our previous BlizzCon events. We’re pleased to be bringing the convention back to Anaheim this year, and we look forward to this new opportunity to meet Blizzard gamers from around the world.”
The spectacle that showcases Blizzard’s upcoming games as well as future plans for expansion will be a ground-breaking event to not to miss this coming fall of 2009. Features at this years BlizzCon will be games, tournaments, contests, developer panels, and exclusive merchandise that can only be seen at Blizzard’s BlizzCon.
Over the course of the next few months, Blizzard will announce further details about this highly anticipated event. Stay tuned.


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The Wilmslow URC Supper and Mini Fashion Show took place on the evening of Wednesday 20 May February 2015. Around 60 people attended and enjoyed a presentation about Chifundo & Chanasa, "supper in a basket", a fashion show, and a very busy Chifundo sales stand.
There was a Women Making a Difference Meeting on Saturday 18 April 2015 in Chester. After introducing ourselves to each other Susan Flynn gave a report on her recent visit to Malawi.
We have received the following news from Susan Flynn in Malawi. Please click on the title above to read the whole letter.
Susan has sent the following message from Malawi. She has now been there for a week. Please click on the title above for the full message.
On 9 March 2015 Chifundo UK was officially registered by the Charity Commission in the UK.
Upton-by-Chester High School Fashion Show took place on Wednesday 4 March 2015. Students from the school modelled skirts that Christine had made from Chitenge and a blouse that Gloria has decorated. Gloria and Susan had a stall of Chifundo and Chanasa products and raised £100.
The Rock Ferry URC Fair Trade Evening event took place on Saturday 28 February 2015. The evening began with a short talk about Fair Trade which was followed by a presentation about Chifundo UK and Chanasa by Susan Flynn.


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The latest figures from the ONS show that volume sales were up by 6.4% year on year in November, marking the 20th consecutive month of growth and the highest rate since May 2004, when sales were up by 6.9%. Compared to the October sales were up 1.6% with growth across all main store types for the first time since December 2013.
The total amount spent also increased, up by 4.3% to an average weekly spend of £7.9bn in November, compared to £7.5bn a year ago. Average store prices were down by 2% year on year, the largest fall since August 2002 caused mainly by a drop in fuel prices and the cost of food.
Retailers adopted the “Black Friday” promotion much more widely than in previous years, with companies from Tesco and Asda to Carphone Warehouse and Argos offering customers promotions, typically on electrical goods.
However, there are concerns that the offers simply bought forward Christmas shopping rather than adding to it. John Lewis, after posting record sales in Black Friday week, saw sales slip by 5.8% last week. Sales of electronics were down 4% year on year in the week to 13 September while overall sales rose 0.6% compared to a year ago.
Dixons Carphone’s finance director Humphrey Singh, speaking on a call following its results yesterday (17 December), also said that Black Friday sales pulled forward some purchases that would usually have been made closer to Christmas.
Analysts have raised concerns that while many retailers saw record sales over Black Friday, it simply altered shopping patterns rather than adding to retailers’ overall takings. Asda has said that while sales of products that were on offer on Black Friday were strong, the supermarket saw little halo effect on the rest of its business this year.
The slow start to Christmas shopping has pushed much of the high street to discount in the important last few shopping days. Retailers including Marks & Spencers, Gap and H&M are all offering discounts, some of up to 70%, as they attempt to attract savvy shoppers into stores.
That despite many retailers admitting that heavy discounting last year failed to lift profits. Retailers including Debenhams and M&S had disappointing Christmasses compared to the likes of Next and John Lewis which didn’t go on sale before Christmas.
Ian Geddes, UK head of retail at Deloitte, says: “These results highlight that a more volatile pattern of trading is emerging, where it is becoming harder to predict and therefore to plan for peak demand. Dealing with this peak demand is one of the biggest challenges faced by retailers today. During this key trading period, having the right stock and the right level of staffing, along with resilient and stable platforms in place to serve consumer demand, is critical and can ultimately define success or failure for the entire year. Those retailers that have got this balance right will be the winners this Christmas. For the rest it’s back to the drawing board in January as the planning cycle starts again.”


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CK International is in receipt of Grant for R&D support from Invest NI for the Multi Ram Baler project. This project which is part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme 2014-2020 will be implemented over the next 24 months and aims to develop an innovative new type of baler for the recycling industry.
Colm Grimes, MD of CK International said: “While we cannot divulge too much information on this new product at the moment, we are very excited with the impact this new machine can have on the recycling industry.”
“We have listened carefully to our customers’ needs and requirements and have come up with a new concept for a recycling baler, which we believe will offer a solution of maximum capacity and low energy consumption that can revolutionise the industry. We are in the process of protecting the design and are hoping to launch the new product at next year’s IFAT exhibition in Munich.”
“We’ve benefitted from a range of support from Invest NI over the years which has helped us grow and build our product portfolio; create new jobs; and upskill our experienced workforce. This partnership approach has allowed us to scale quickly and increase our competitiveness.”


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A new outdoor brand, Artilect®, has announced its launch on the global market. The founders of the brand, based in Boulder, Colorado, are Trent Bush and Corry Taylor. Bush is no stranger to building brands. He founded his first brand, the Twist Clothing Company, in the early 1990s. Since then, he has worked with many well-known outdoor and lifestyle apparel labels. Taylor is the founder, chief executive and managing director of Bradshaw Taylor, a distribution company for outdoor, active and lifestyle brands, among them Keen, Tentree, Schöffel, Le Chameau and Sherpa Adventure Gear. Taylor specializes in building and developing young and innovative labels into leading brands on the European market. Bush and Taylor are Artilect’s owners and act as co-executives.
According to Bush and Taylor, the new brand is a “creative outdoor clothing studio focused on enhancing human performance in any environment and developing clothing systems that anticipate consumer needs from within.” The brand’s mission is to blend cutting-edge technology, sophisticated style and sophisticated functions. For a brand that, according to its founders, ”melds art and intelligence for next generation performance apparel,” sustainability will also be a core principle from day one.
In its first season, Artilect will be launched with women’s and men’s lines, developed under the direction of Bush and the brand’s design director, Erica Cahn, who brings to the brand her vision of the future of the outdoor sector. In the past, Cahn has worked for Pilgrim Surf, The North Face and Topo Designs.
A preview of the first product line will be available to retailers and the media in December, with the first line available at select retailers in fall 2021. European sales are managed by Wolfgang Jahn at Bradshaw Taylor.


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Survey: Spiked seltzer is here to stay
A new survey of college students finds that the hard seltzer trend isn't going away.
The big picture: The shift among young adults toward spiked seltzers — and away from cheap beer — will prompt lasting changes in the alcohol industry.
By the numbers: After a pandemic boom, recent sales data indicates that interest in hard seltzer brands might be slowing, with the spiked seltzer maker Boston Beer warning in late June that earnings would come in below analyst forecasts.
Yes, but: No one has told college kids about that.
- Axios received an early look at a new survey of college students' drinking preferences and brand perception from the polling and research firm Generation Lab.
- Respondents were asked to rank 13 alcoholic brands — a mix of beers, wines and hard seltzer. The results show that seltzer industry leader White Claw was seen as the coolest brand, while White Claw and its rival Truly were viewed as "on the rise."
What they're saying: While beer brands like Bud Light and Corona were viewed by respondents as having the most brand exposure — mostly through ads — the seltzer brands "are something respondents were increasingly seeing at parties and other social events," says Cyrus Beschloss, CEO of Generation Lab.
The bottom line: While hard seltzer sales might level off — in part due to the reopening of bars — beer and hard liquor drinking trends for young people "are changing in a way that seems relatively permanent, and they're going to stay with seltzer," Beschloss says.


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More summer travel plans are being impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Norwegian Cruise Lines announced Friday that it has extended the voluntary suspension of cruises through June 30.
Company officials hope to restart trips on July 1.
Norwegian Cruise Lines Holdings owns not only ships under the Norwegian name but also Oceana and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Fox News reported.
Carnival Cruise Lines has stopped all ship sailings through at least June 26.
All San Francisco sailings have been canceled for the rest of the year. Carnival Sunrise sailings through and including Oct. 19 have been canceled. The Carnival Legend sailings will not resume until after Oct.30, while Carnival Radiance sailings will begin after Nov. 1.
For the latest on Carnival’s plans, including refunds and credit information, click here.
Royal Caribbean’s itineraries have also been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
All sailings on any Royal Caribbean ship have been canceled through June 11.
For more on Royal Caribbean’s plans, including refund and future cruise credit information, click here.
Disney Cruise Line has canceled new departures for the Dream and Fantasy through May 17. The Magic’s sailings have been canceled through June 7. The Wonder’s sailings have been canceled through June.
For more information on refunds and future cruise credits, click here.


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The owner of the farm that provides Wimbledon with its strawberries has said she hopes there is a mechanism for European citizens to work seasonally in the UK after Brexit.
Marion Regan, who owns Hugh Lowe Farms in Kent with her husband Jon, relies on seasonal labour to make sure the tennis championship is supplied with fresh fruit throughout the tournament.
The farm sends about 28,000kg (61,700lb) of strawberries to the event each year, most of which is picked by eastern Europeans.
Regan said: “In common with lots of other horticultural producers, such as apple growers and salad growers, we all depend on having a really good supply of seasonal labour to help hand-harvest our crops, and we are extremely lucky on this farm to have some fantastic people predominantly from eastern European Union countries who come here for the summer.
“I very much hope that when we leave the European Union there will still be a mechanism by which these great young people are still able to come here.”
Last week a report commissioned by British Summer Fruits, the industry body that accounts for 97% of berries supplied to UK supermarkets, warned that strawberry and raspberry prices could rise by up to 50% as a result of Brexit.
The BSF chairman, Laurence Olins, said: “This is as extreme as it gets. If we do not have the pickers, we do not have a soft fruits industry.”
The report says 95% of seasonal fruit pickers in Britain come from the EU.
The BSF urged the government to allow labourers from Europe to work in Britain after Brexit on fixed-term contracts to fill the vacancies it says British people do not want.


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CALGARY – Forzani Group Ltd. (TSX: FGL) said Tuesday strong consecutive quarters have prompted the sporting goods retailer to consider paying regular dividends once a 2.3-million-share stock buyback is completed.
"As the ongoing strength of our cash flow continues, then a regular dividend is something that would be logical for us to look at," chief executive Robert Sartor said, following the company's annual meeting in Calgary.
One of Canada's largest sports retailers, Forzani scored a 151 per cent increase in first quarter net earnings to $739,000 for fiscal 2008, from $294,000 a year ago on strong returns from its 223 franchise locations.
Excluding a $900,000 one-time hit from a loss on the sale of an investment in a trademark licensing company, Forzani's net earnings were $1.3 million.
The company has been the object of takeover rumours for the past week, but denies being in negotiations with any company.
While inquiries are common business to business, Forzani has not been approached with a serious bid recently, Sartor said.
"We certainly didn't need the disruption this has caused," he added. "When all of your employees are focused on that for the better part of a week, I think it is a disruption to any business."
The company is in the "enviable position" of having more cash than needed to fund operations, and could be debt free within a year, Sartor told shareholders.
Forzani will take advantage of its strong cash flow to go ahead with a stock buyback up to 2.3 million shares over the year.
The regular dividend proposal continues to be on the table, but is not first on the company's agenda, Sartor added.


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The meetup, which includes local Bitcoin community members and the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, described 2x as a “reckless endeavor” that “will cause disruption and harm.”
“Due to the combination of both a lack of consensus across the community and a lack of strong replay protection, we consider SegWit2x a reckless endeavor that will cause disruption and harm to the ecosystem,” the statement, released Wednesday reads.
“We therefore strongly oppose SegWit2x.”
The Meetup joins an increasing number of cryptocurrency entities opposing Bitcoin’s latest hard forks, with its counterpart in Seoul, Korea earlier this month issuing words to similar effect.
New businesses are adding their perspective on a daily basis, with the majority appearing to take a midway stance; if the 2x chain gains suitable support, those businesses too will support it.
Some have faced difficulty ironing out how they will address November’s hard fork. Coinbase this week received criticism after it appeared to U-turn on its opinion a day after stating it would effectively treat the 2x chain as an altcoin.
Hong Kong signatories conversely did not mince their words.
“Should anyone want to conduct a hardfork and for the new token to be regarded as Bitcoin, the proponents of the hardfork should kindly ask the Bitcoin community to support them and then only proceed with the hardfork if there is widespread community support,” the statement continues.
“With respect to SegWit2x, this was not done.”


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Honeywell Flour Mills Plc (HFMP) first quarter profit performance for the period ended June 30, 2019 improved by 6 percent thanks to sales from its pasta products.
This was inspite of finance costs incurred by the company to set up an ultra modern factory for the seamless availability of its products.
As a result of the sales, the Nigerian food manufacturer, said it’s revenue moved up 7 percent to N19 billion, compared with N17.7 billion recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2018.
Lanre Jaiyeola, the company’s managing director said, the revenue growth was driven by sales of its various Pasta products, which led to the continued strong performance of the firm’s B2C business line.
He said, despite the difficult operating conditions in the country, the firm was able to commence full commercial production at its ultra-modern Foods and Agro-allied complex in Sagamu, Ogun State.
At the complex , HFMP was able to grow it’s capacity to meet the increasing demand for pasta products which is evidenced by the impressive 157 percent volume increase, Jaiyeola stated following the firms Q1 earning release.
“The performance in Pasta gives credence to the company’s commitment to continue to expand its footprint into growth areas that will positively impact the long-term sustainability of the business,”he added.
Jaiyeola further explained that the company’s execution of well-embedded savings and efficiency initiatives aimed at improving margins led to a 14 percent drop in selling and administration expenses from N2.2 billion to N1.9 billion.
This translated to the operating profit accelerating at a faster rate than revenue by 52 percent, from N1.02 billion to N1.54 billion.
The growth in operating profit he further explained, “was however moderated by increase in finance expense which was up by 58 percent from N892m in the corresponding quarter of the last financial year to N1.4b.
The growth in finance expense was as a result of the cost of financing the Foods and Agro-allied complex which is now being recognised in the income statement following the commencement of commercial operations. As a result, profit for the period only increased by 6 percent from N102 million to N108 million.
Confident of sustaining an improved performance through the remaining period of the financial year and the future, Jaiyeola noted that “We will continue to execute on our five core strategic pillars through three key drivers of growth, efficiency and capability.
We will also strengthen and expand our business portfolio, generate additional revenue streams by offering new products tailored to consumers’ taste and nutritional needs and we will drive margin improvement by enhancing operational efficiency and developing capabilities to extend product offerings and serve new markets.”


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For Walgreens, the word of the future — and the present — is omnichannel.
Deepika Pandey, group vice president of digital marketing, online strategy and customer experience at Walgreens, centered her talk around her self-described passions: digital, beauty and retail.
“Omnichannel is a buzzword that we’ve all heard about over the last few years,” said Pandey. “For us, it is not just a fulfillment strategy. We are hyper-focused on creating those brand experiences across all formats and channels.”
That includes the retailer’s Walgreens and Duane Reade brick-and-mortar stores and its Web sites, which include Drugstore.com, Beauty.com, Skinstore.com and walgreens.com.
“What this portfolio of properties allows us to do is play in a lot of different sandboxes,” Pandey said. “We can test something at Walgreens or Duane Reade and really figure out what the omnichannel experience is, and we can address the pure play on Drugstore.com, Beauty.com and Skinstore.com. We hit them through mass on Walgreens, Drugstore.com and Duane Reade; we get the prestige customer through Beauty.com, and we can reach the cosmeceutical customer through Skinstore.com.”
No matter what the question, mobile is always the first thing considered. “Leading with digital allows you to lead the transformation,” said Pandey. “The retailers and companies that build those platforms are going to own that customer moving forward. Mobile has really changed the expectation of how a customer is going to interact with you.”
Social media is also a key driver for Walgreens. Strategies are customized; for example, Duane Reade’s Twitter feed has become a guide to New York City, offering information on events such as yoga classes and book readings.
“It’s the little things that are going to make a consumer feel differently about you,” said Pandey. “That came into focus when we launched refill [of prescriptions] by scan. We got an e-mail from a customer who said, ‘That was so much fun I wish I had more prescriptions to fill.’ If you can get an omnichannel reaction like that with filling a prescription, imagine what you can do with beauty.”


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General Motors delivered an eyebrow-raising 9,714,652 vehicles around the world in 2013, an increase of 4 percent compared to 2012.
2013 highlights (vs. 2012):
- Chevrolet sold a record 4,984,126 vehicles in 2013, an increase of 19,304 from the previous record set in 2012. Key product launches included the Silverado, named the 2014 North American Truck of the Year, and the Corvette Stingray, named the 2014 North American Car of the Year.
- Cadillac’s global sales were up 28 percent. The brand ended 2013 as the fastest-growing full-line luxury brand in the United States, with sales up 22 percent following the introductions of the all-new XTS and ATS. In China, Cadillac’s sales grew 67 percent to a record 50,005 vehicles. Cadillac broke ground on a new assembly plant in China last year and plans to add one new model per year in the country through 2016.
- Buick’s global sales were up 15 percent as it introduced redesigns of the LaCrosse and Regal in all of its major markets and added new models in North America, including the Encore crossover. Dealers delivered 1,032,331 vehicles for the best year in the brand’s 110-year history. The previous record of 1,003,345 vehicles sold was set in 1984, before the brand entered the China market.
- Opel/Vauxhall sold more than 1 million vehicles globally and delivered a slight increase in European market share to the mid-5 percent range, its first in 14 years, following the successful launches of the Mokka and ADAM.
“A healthy auto market in the United States and China, and very successful product launches at all of our brands worldwide drove GM’s growth in 2013 and helped us navigate difficult conditions in Europe and parts of South America and Asia,” said Dan Ammann, GM executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Sales By GM Region
GMIO and GM North America were the two biggest GM regions by sales volume with sales growing 7 percent each in 2013. However, GM Europe and GM South America dropped by 3 percent and 1 percent, respectively.
General Motors 2013 Sales By GM Region
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Sales By Brand
Chevrolet finished the year as the most popular GM brand, selling just shy of five million vehicles. The Bow Tie was followed by Opel/Vauxhall and Buick, with roughly a million sales each, and Cadillac took a distant fourth at 250,830 units sold. The remaining 2.3 million sales are attributed to GM’s non-core brands such as Wuling, Baojun, etc. All brands except for Chevrolet and Opel/Vauxhall posted double-digit increases for the year.
General Motors 2013 Sales By Brand
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Top 5 Countries
The General’s top five countries by sales volume consisted of China, United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, and Russia — in descending order. For the year, sales were up in the first four nations, but dropped 11 percent in Russia.
General Motors 2013 Sales - Top 5 Countries
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About The Charts
- GM North America includes United States, Canada, Mexico, and other North American markets*
- GM Europe includes Western, Central and Eastern Europe (includes Chevrolet Europe)
- GM International Operations include Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East*
- *Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and Sudan are excluded from sales volume calculations.


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"The first 2 stores are both going to be in Delhi NCR region and we will be expanding to more metros in the next 6-9 months", Nathasha, Vajor.com
Nathasha AR Kumar
VAJOR.COM is an e-commerce company soon to go offline route as well. In an exclusive conversation with Nathasha AR Kumar, Founder, VAJOR.COM highlights the growth plans of her venture.
SRS Limited runs its retail operations under the brand names of SRS Value Bazaar SRS Fashion Wear. In an exclusive conversation with Tinku singh,Group President and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), SRS Group shed light on overall group operations.
Being Human is planning to open at least 15 exclusive stores in cities like Goa, Jamshedpur, Patna, Ranchi and Baroda by FY 17-18: Manish Mandhana, Being Human
In an exclusive conversation with Manish Mandhana, MD, Mandhana Industries ( Being Human) talks about the growth plans of the brand.
Organically we add up to 60-70 screens in a year and will continue to expand to reach our next target of 1000 screens by 2020: Gautam Dutta
In an exclusive conversation with Gautam Dutta, CEO, PVR Cinemas highlights growth plans of the company.
We already have over a Million sqft and plan to keep growing at 30% or more each year: Rajeev Krishnan
In an exclusive interview with Rajeev Krishnan MD and CEO, SPAR India/Max Hypermarkets highlights the brand's growth strategy.
Complicated Legistlation & import rules have been one of the bigger challenges for us: Manish M Sanwal
Manish M Sanwal
In an exclusive conversation with Manish M Sanwal,MD, DFS India Pvt.Ltd highights the growing opportunities of airport retailing.
Manuj Terapanthi, CEO & Founder of Organic Shop
In an exclusive conversation with Manuj Terapanthi, CEO & Founder of Organic Shop explains how 'organic' can be the next big thing.
In conversation with Retailer Media, Siddarth Kumar, Director, Resil Chemicals Private Limited shares the list of technology brands with which they work.
We have started working in handloom industry, which is the second biggest income generating industry after agriculture in rural India.
Varinder Singh Jawanda
Retailer Media had a candid conversation with Varinder Singh Jawanda, CEO & Founder, Trendybharat to understand his ideology of trendy and hassle-free online shopping.


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NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- The new Apple (AAPL) - Get Apple Inc. (AAPL) Report iPhone 4S released Friday boasts a better camera, faster processor and new apps, but it's the phone's voice-activated personal assistant feature, better known as Siri, that may be getting the most attention.
With Siri, users can search for nearby restaurants, set up appointments and dictate email all without having to actually type on the phone, which is great since the iPhone keyboard leaves much to be desired. But we decided to put Siri to the test and see whether this high-tech personal assistant could also serve as your quasi financial planner.
How well can Siri, the new iPhone's voice-activated personal assistant feature, manage your fiscal life?
More often than not, Siri understood the question we asked it and responded with a relevant answer, though just how helpful those answers were varied significantly from question to question. For example, when we asked Siri to define a 401(k), it responded with a detailed chart from the search engine Wolfram Alpha breaking down investment fundamentals. On the other hand, when we asked for the "best deal" on microwaves, Siri responded with microwaves on sale in Deal, N.J.
So what's the verdict? It doesn't look like
machines will be taking over
for financial advisers anytime soon, but if you need to set up an appointment with a living, breathing financial adviser on-the-go and quickly brush up on some personal finance 101 terms, Siri's your girl (or boy, we don't really know).
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"The mobile financial services is not about technology, but about building and winning the market," said Telenor Executive Vice President, Kristin Skogen Lund as she addressed a packed auditorium at the Mobile World Congress (MWC).
The use of mobile financial services and applications are expected to grow noticeably in the next couple of years. As part of a keynote session at MWC labeled “Financial Services in a Mobile World” Kristin Skogen Lund and CEOs from financial institutions discussed new developments and progress within the mobile money industry.
In her presentation “Mobile financial services for everyone” Kristin gave a short account of Telenor Group’s efforts within this area, which goes all the way back to 1998. Since then, Telenor has delivered mobile money services in all its markets; Enabling customers in Budapest to pay toll road fees on the mobile, bus tickets in Stockholm, utility bills in Dhaka, to make internet payments in Bangkok and so on.
Addressing some of the challenges experienced during the first wave of mobile money services, Kristin pointed out that every time Telenor, or other players, launched mobile payment services market pick-up was slower than expected.
Not about technology
“Based on this, we believed that the technology was not mature. But this is not about technology. This is about building the market,” she said explaining to her peers how Telenor Group has broken ground by shifting its focus.
“After a few years of mobile business in the early nineties we realized that mobile telephony is for everyone, including ordinary customers in emerging economies. To reach everyone, we therefore developed a method and an attitude, which we have also used in rolling out financial services. With low costs, we reach wide, where people and businesses are,” said Kristin and pointed to Easypaisa in Telenor Pakistan – our flagship mobile money service – as a good example of this.
Our flagship mobile money service
Easypaisa already has the largest financial services network in Pakistan, with more than 16.000 certified agents, compared to the bank’s combined 9.000 branches. Account openings can be carried out in only 5 – 10 minutes. Money is sent immediately to anyone that the customer would like to send money to, not only to those with bank accounts.
Similarly, she also highlighted mobile money services in Sweden where Telenor has joined other telcos in a company called WyWallet, which offers customers a secure and easy eCommerce payment services.
“We have found a way to work with banks and regulators. Banking services will have to be done under banking licenses – in the banking space. We know national financial authorities welcome mobile financial services, as efficient banking made for everyone will grow the national economy and create opportunities for the large groups of people and businesses,” she said with reference to last year’s study commissioned by Telenor Group which indicates that mobile financial services may increase financial inclusion by 5 – 20 per cent by 2020 and lead to up to 5 per cent increase in GDP.
“We find regulators growingly supportive of players outside the regular brick-and-mortar banking industry,” she continued.
Near Field Communication
The proliferation of NFC-enabled handsets, and the deployment of the associated infrastructure is said to be reaching the tipping point which will bring advanced mobile money services to the mass market. In a comment to this, Kristin said that NFC (Near Field Communication) will win ground as a technology if it serves the needs in the market and we – the operators – understand how to win the market.
Last year, Telenor and DnB Nor, Norway’s largest bank, ran a NFC pilot in which 250 or their customers tested the option of paying via mobile. The findings from the trial were solely positive. 80 % reported satisfaction and 97 % said that they would use such services in the future. Test users said they would use mobile payment if it is offered on preferred mobile phones at numerous shops.
“We know how to do this; we know how big we need to think; we know the marketing resources need; we know how to work with the banks. We will create mobile banking for everyone – convenient and efficient,” Skogen Lund concluded.


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Will Samsung's smartwatch be called the GEAR?
Discovery of Samsung's trademark filings reveal the potential name for a forthcoming smartwatch.gadgets Updated: Jul 03, 2013 17:49 IST
Discovery of Samsung's trademark filings reveal the potential name for a forthcoming smartwatch.
The South Korean company has confirmed that it is making a smartwatch and now, thanks to Phandroid, we know that it will likely be called the Samsung GEAR.
The blog unearthed a filing, made at the US Patent and Trademark office on June 27, for the use of the name GEAR in relation to clocks, wristwatches and bracelets. In the Identification section of the filing, the company outlines "watches that communicate data to personal digital assistants, smartphones, table PCs, PDA, and personal computers through internet websites and other computer and electronic communications networks."
In recent days, trademark filings in Russia, Mexico, Colombia, Turkey, Japan and Taiwan for the term 'iWatch,' made by Apple have set tongues wagging. This is mainly because Apple never, ever divulges what it has planned until the moment it chooses to launch a new product or serivce. Compare that with Samsung who has been forced on three separate occasions this year to announce a new product before its official launch because it has already leaked, often months in advance.
In the course of its digging, Phandroid also unearthed a trademark application from Qualcomm for the ‘TOQ,' which, according to the accompanying description, is also a smartwatch.
Since the beginning of 2013, LG, Intel and Acer have also confirmed that they are working on wearable devices and rumors have persisted that as well as Apple, Google and Microsoft are poised to enter the wrist-worn computing sector.
First Published: Jul 03, 2013 17:46 IST


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Jun 18, 2014 The car maker announced another recall for a defect in cars' ignition switches.
Jun 6, 2014 Tesla says its New Jersey showrooms aren't a threat to car dealerships.
Jun 4, 2014 The Tian’anmen Square protests were about more than just students and democracy.
Jun 3, 2014 Auto sales figures out today show a huge increase. What’s behind the sudden rise?
Jun 2, 2014 John Basalla, an educator and archivist, takes us into the time tunnel.


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After announcing the tie-up in February, Nokia has signed a definitive agreement with Microsoft to build a new global mobile eco-system, 'unlike any other'. Executives from both the companies said that their teams were busy integrating applications and services from the two platforms and are working on a multi-year product roadmap. Nokia said that, although it is on schedule to deliver volume shipments for the first Windows Phone devices, it is under tremendous pressure to bring them in 2011 itself. Devices at different price points Microsoft mentions that the partnership with Nokia will enable it to hit different price points. Presently, Microsoft has stringent hardware requirements for Windows Phone 7 powered phones, and only high-end phones qualify. This increases hardware cost, will Microsoft relax these requirements for Nokia to reach out to more users? Developer Love? Since, a successful mobile 'eco-system' depends a lot on apps, and apps are designed by developers, Nokia is incentivising Symbian developers who want to develop for the Windows Phone platform. It is offering a free registration to Microsoft's developer platform, for the first year to all published Nokia developers. Going Beyond Hardware Both the companies plan to go beyond the hardware-software collaboration, and integrate each others flagship services. Microsoft will leverage Nokia's mapping solutions, while Nokia will deploy Bing search, XBox Live and cloud services from Microsoft. Some of the services will also reach Symbian users. The question that comes to our mind, will Microsoft update its mobile operating system to bring Nokia services…
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Pennsylvania Lemon Law Attorneys Kimmel & Silverman Honored As Super Lawyers For Eighth Year
May 27, 2011 (PRLEAP.COM) Business NewsFor the eighth year in a row, Robert M. Silverman and Craig Thor Kimmel, founding partners of the Ambler and Pittsburgh-based lemon law and consumer advocacy firm of Kimmel & Silverman, have been named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in a survey conducted by Law & Politics Magazine. In addition, Jacqueline Herritt, Managing Attorney for the Firm and a 12-year lemon law veteran, has also been named to the list for a fifth year running; and associates Richard Scholer and Amy Bennecoff were named Rising Stars for the second year running. Kimmel & Silverman is proud to have more Consumer Protection Lawyers named to the list than any other Firm in the State.
The findings are published in the June 2011 edition of Philadelphia Magazine. More than 34,000 attorneys were asked to vote for the most effective counsel they have personally observed in action. Kimmel and Silverman attorneys were recognized among the top 5% of all lawyers statewide for building Pennsylvania's oldest and largest full-service lemon law firm and assisting more than 60,000 distressed drivers across the Northeast with cost-free legal representation.
Kimmel & Silverman is the only lemon law firm in the nation to be honored by the American Bar Association. Their efforts have been featured on Nightline, Good Morning America, Extra, The CBS Early Show, and hundreds of newspapers and magazines including Kiplingers Personal Finance Magazine, Consumer Reports, Automotive News, Black Enterprise, and USA Today.
The Firm, which started out of a small office in Blue Bell, PA in 1991, has grown to include seven offices across Eastern and Western Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, Ohio, and Delaware with a team of 11 attorneys, three certified automotive experts, and a support staff of over 40 employees. In addition to handling claims under state lemon laws and federal warranty statutes, the firm's attorneys have also successfully represented consumers against several automotive manufacturers in national class action suits, and expanded their practice to include automotive dealer fraud claims and unfair trade practice litigation.
In 2002, Kimmel & Silverman worked with the House of Representatives in expanding the Pennsylvania Lemon Law to include leased cars and tighter title provisions for used cars. The firm has also worked with the Consumer Affairs Committee on House Bill 2284, which they hope will become the nation's first Computer Lemon Law; and testified on bills to include additional protection for Pennsylvania consumers with motorcycles and recreational vehicles.
Celebrating their twentieth anniversary as consumer advocates, Kimmel & Silverman provides 100% cost-free lemon law and breach of warranty representation to consumers throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maryland, Washington DC, New York, Michigan, Tennessee, Wyoming, and Ohio. For more lemon law information about Kimmel and Silverman, and the services they provide, please call 1-800-LEMON-LAW (1-800-536-6652) or visit the firm's website at www.lemonlaw.com


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Flowers Foods is recalling 3,000 loaves of Nature’s Own Honey Wheat bread.
The product contains milk, an allergen not declared on the label. No illnesses or incidents have been reported to date.
A list of the recalled products, which were potentially distributed to retail customers in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, the cities of Blythe, Brawley, Calexico, Calipatra, El Centro, Needles, and Westmoreland, California, the city of Laughlin, Nevada, and to one wholesale distributor in California serving Mexico, may be found here.
What to do
Consumers with an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk who purchased the recalled products should not consume it. Instead, they should discard it or return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.
Consumers with questions may call Flowers Foods at (866) 245-8921 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EST).