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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Texas Roadhouse Inc. reported late Monday that its first-quarter net income jumped 39 percent on improved sales at its chain of casual restaurants. Its stock was up 7 percent in extended trading.
The Louisville, Ky.-based company earned $26.2 million, or 37 cents per share, for the 13 week period that ended March 26. That is compared with $18.9 million, or 27 cents per share, for the first quarter last year. It earned 31 cents per share in the prior year period on an adjusted basis.
Texas Roadhouse's total revenue increased 11 percent to $359.7 million as more people ate at its restaurants during the period, a trend which the company says has continued in its second quarter.
Analysts polled by FactSet, on average, were expecting Texas Roadhouse to earn 35 cents per share on revenue of $358.2 million.
The company's revenue from restaurants open at least a year increased 3.5 percent at company-owned restaurants and 4.5 percent at franchise restaurants. That metric is considered a key indicator of financial performance at restaurant and retail chains because it strips away the impact of recently opened or closed sites. The company reiterated its expectations that the measure will improve for the full year.
Texas Roadhouse plans to open 28 restaurants during 2013. The company operates more than 395 restaurants across the U.S. and in two foreign countries.
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The next HomePod reportedly won’t be a replacement for the full-size smart speaker. Apple is instead working on a combination Apple TV, HomePod and FaceTime camera.
The device supposedly will be the heart of Apple’s smart home strategy.
Apple TV, HomePod combo could run Apple’s homeOS
Reports of an Apple entertainment/communication device for the living room have been around for a while, and the project is still in active development.
“I absolutely do think a new HomePod is coming — specifically, a device that combines a HomePod, Apple TV and FaceTime camera,” wrote Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter. “The combination product will probably be at the center of Apple’s approach.”
Rather than making FaceTime calls with an iPhone, iPad or Mac, someone could make them from this device, and see the other person on their TV. And it would be an Apple TV, so it could access films and series from a variety of streaming services. And it’ll be a smart speaker, too.
This device apparently will run homeOS, a mystery operating system that gets occasional mentions in job listings.
At this point, it is not expected to reach customers until 2023.
HomePod will stay small
The future of Apple’s smart speaker is apparently the HomePod mini. The full-size version was discontinued in 2021 and reportedly isn’t coming back. “I don’t think a big stand-alone HomePod is still in development, but perhaps a new HomePod mini is coming,” said Gurman.
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The Fan community of the Manager – known for Twitter-Jokes – responded with overwhelming approval. At the present rate of about 483.000 votes, nearly 90 per cent in favour of a bass-heavy party in the basement.
If Musk is serious, or just a bit of PR among his Fans operates, is unclear. New residents protests would be guaranteed Tesla, so maybe the factory itself is in the municipality near Berlin great displeasure.
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The COVID-19 outbreak has been dominating news cycles in China. Journalists are racing to dissect its impact on every aspect of the society. Telum talked to journalists from different beats to find out the answers.
The COVID-19 outbreak has been dominating news cycles in China. Journalists are racing to dissect its impact on business, fashion, retail, education, F&B, etc. But what specific topics are they looking into and what would they make of the shock waves felt in almost every industry? Telum talked to journalists from different beats to find out the answers.
Zhang Xin, Wuhan-based Reporter, Lieyunwang.com
As a result of the epidemic, I mostly work from home. The difficulty of work is compounded as I cannot conduct interviews offline in Wuhan, and it is not always easy to coordinate the time of interviewees online.
This is an extremely difficult time for most small businesses. Most businesses are now resorting to personnel adjustments to mitigate the negative impact of the epidemic, such as layoffs. So I will pay attention to the impacts on small and medium-sized businesses and their employees.
At the same time, I will also keep an eye on the opportunities brought by the epidemic for startups. This outbreak may be a chance for some innovative projects, such as the no-touch delivery service and driverless low-speed transport vehicles, a project I have been looking at recently. This kind of new field, which is not very concerned, may also usher in opportunities.
Zhou Xin, Chief Editor, Record
The sheer quantity of stories covering the epidemic outbreak alarms us to the point that we have to be restrained with our own reporting. Our first story is from a reporter who was on vacation in Hubei province, providing a personal account of the situations in other cities in Hubei aside from Wuhan. Its angle was unique and not covered by any other media, making the article informative.
Our slogan is "pay attention to the nature of business, provide value-based perspective", which means that when selecting topics, we shall not be too persistent to report on phenomenon but to go deeper into its causes and solutions. As the virus outbreak is showing more and more of its lasting impacts, our focus now switches from the virus itself to industry and business related topics. For industries, we will not be too concerned about short-term effects but will pay more attention to areas that are affected in the long term, especially catering and other industries. As for the types of company, we will focus on the secondary market and some not-yet listed companies, such as Bytedance and Kuaishou.
Peng Xin, Gaming Editor / Technology Reporter, jiemian.com
In terms of the technology beat I cover, I mainly look at the impact the coronavirus outbreak has had on the technology supply chain. The impact shows on both the supply and demand sides. Now it becomes difficult for employees to get back to work, and since logistics in general is affected, raw materials are hardly in place for production, taking a toll on the supply side. Meanwhile, consumers become restrained with their buying, thereby affecting enterprise cash flows. The larger companies might be able to take the hit, but probably not so much for the SMEs.
Speaking of the gaming industry, I am following the performance of the leading companies, industry trends and how companies are handling the epidemic crisis. The gaming giants are in fact mostly unaffected in the face of the disease outbreak. However, small and medium sized companies could be in real danger if they could not keep on releasing new games. Product advertisements and promotions are likely to be affected as well, since gaming companies would not think it is good timing to launch large scale promotion campaigns. These are all trends that I will be following.
Christina Yao, Managing Editor, The Business of Fashion China
Generally speaking, the virus outbreak will have a certain impact on both the fashion industry and industry media. Our London-based colleagues are responsible for most of the editorial work in the Lunar New Year and have reported on the changing trends of China's fashion industry during the period, including the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on independent designers and brands in China. One of the major events on our agenda, also our strategic partner, Shanghai Fashion Week has already confirmed that it will postpone this year. Meanwhile, BoF China will also adjust our plan accordingly. In the coming months, we will discuss the changes brought about by this epidemic to the whole fashion industry from a macro perspective, as well as produce in-depth coverage on individuals who play an important role in different realms of the industry.
Speaking of industry trends, people will be under strict self-quarantine to limit the spread of the virus, which may result in a consistent slowdown of the retail industry. When the virus fades away and business goes back to normal, people who have repressed their desire of consumption may bring a quick rebound to the market. But overall, the offline retail industry is bound to experience a period of downturn.
As we are concerned about the business of the fashion industry, we will pay attention to measures that offline retailers may take, such as turning to online retail, developing live broadcasting on social media apps, etc. Live streaming commerce has become a trendy topic last year. During the Chinese New Year, live broadcasting on the construction of “Thunder Mountain” and “Fire Mountain”, the hospitals that were built by Chinese government in ten days, provides a new scenario of the application of live streaming, which will be worth reporting on.
In addition, we will also keep an eye on any impact on luxury brands. The virus outbreak has brought about changes in consumer mentality, making people put more value on human interests, health and things that money cannot buy. This may also lead to a dilemma for luxury goods. Therefore, brands may use online retail and marketing methods to re-build the image and develop products that are more environmentally sustainable.
Qasim Khan, Analyst, EqualOcean
The epidemic has brought about huge changes to the education industry. I will mainly pay attention to the paradigm shift in education. Traditional bricks and mortar schools in China are now exploring online education options and teaming up with companies that I follow very closely. Companies like DingTalk that mostly focus on office employees have stepped into the industry for children's online attendance. This also brings about many problems as some institutions that have no experience in online education have to suddenly shift from offline to online. The teachers who are used to offline education will also have to take their time adapting to the new system.
In short, the public education system will definitely give more importance to online education in the future, but it will not replace offline K12 teaching. The industry will become more solid from the perspective of users, either by charging brands and word of mouth for quality learning content or by seeking online free resources from public channels.
Matthew Bossons, Editor-in-Chief, That's GBA
As a lifestyle publication, we cover a wide array of topics and subject areas, and China's ongoing coronavirus crisis has had an impact on virtually all of them. For myself, I have been closely monitoring the negative effects on China's hospitality and food and beverage industries. With so many bars and restaurants ordered to temporarily close, there is genuine concern that many establishments may permanently go out of business. Additionally, with a major drop off in tourist arrivals and domestic travel, hotels are really suffering - with occupancy rates allegedly dipping below 5% in some Chinese cities.
In an effort to provide expats and locals alike with current information, we have been running a live blog that we regularly update with the latest information pertaining to the virus. We have also published advice on which masks are best (with insight from healthcare professionals), hygiene tips and lists of businesses that are still operating during this difficult time. We've also been publishing regular updates from consulates and embassies in China, just in case expats and foreigners in the country may have missed their bulletins.


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Marketing is at a crossroads. People have dramatically changed. The way we live, communicate, and absorb information is evolving on a fast-track built by digital innovation.
We think in 140-characters or less.
We scroll when we used to turn the page.
We’ve traded talking for typing.
The digital age has empowered consumers to tune out marketing...and they are.
Commercials used to be the messiah of advertising, now 86% of people skip television ads. Online advertising isn’t much better – 84% of 25-to-34 year olds have left a website because of ads. Interruption on any platform is antiquated.
What would it look like if we created marketing based on the fact that people have changed?
Inbound marketing is for modern marketers who want to talk with their audience, not at them. Put your hands up and step away from the megaphone.
Inbound is the art of getting found online. By creating content people want and leveraging social and search tools, your audience will find you organically.
Inbound marketing is saving companies money. According to HubSpot’s 2013 State of Inbound Marketing Report, inbound marketers spending more than $25K per year save an average of 13% in overall cost per lead, and more than $14 dollars for every new customer acquired versus those relying on outbound strategies. Not to mention, it works. Inbound delivers 54% more leads into the funnel than traditional outbound leads.
There’s still a lot of ambiguity around what inbound really is. Is it social media? Is it blogging? Is it SEO?
Inbound marketing isn’t about individual tools or platforms; it’s about how those tools work together to drive engagement and make every interaction a prospect has with your company a lovable one. This coming August, HubSpot’s INBOUND 2013 will dive into how marketing can be lovable.
Yes, it is possible.
Marketers from all industries and caliber will leave INBOUND inspired to reinvent marketing for the modern consumer. The conference, with over 100 sessions and 5,000 attendees, will gear marketers from around the globe with the skills to attract, engage, connect, and delight their leads, prospects, and customers. Keynote speakers include the likes of Arianna Huffington, Nate Silver, Seth Godin, and Scott Harrison -- a diverse lineup of disruptors. INBOUND’s Bold Talks stage features over 30 remarkable thought leaders including Nancy Duarte, Marcus Sheridan, David Meerman Scott, Ann Handley, Rand Fishkin, and Elizabeth Dunn.
HubSpot CMO Mike Volpe once asked, “Nobody wakes up and says ‘I want to see an ad.’ So why do marketers wake up and say ‘Let’s make an ad?’”
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Amazon personal assistants (Alexa) already in the news for recording private conversations of the user and sending them to contacts without their notice. US Senators Jeff Flake and Chris Coons have sent a number of privacy-related questions about Amazon’s Echo voice secret recording mishap to Jeff Bezos.
Here is the allegation of the Alexa user.
My husband and I would joke and say I’d bet these devices are listening to what we’re saying,” said Danielle, who did not want us to use her last name.
But Danielle said two weeks ago their love for Alexa changed with an alarming phone call. “The person on the other line said, ‘unplug your Alexa devices right now,’” she said. “‘You’re being hacked.’”
“We unplugged all of them and he proceeded to tell us that he had received audio files of recordings from inside our house,” she said. “At first, my husband was, like, ‘no you didn’t!’ And the (recipient of the message) said ‘You sat there talking about hardwood floors.’ And we said, ‘oh gosh, you really did hear us.’”
“A husband and wife in the privacy of their home have conversations that they’re not expecting to be sent to someone in their address book,” she said.
It is not the first time for the Amazon to deal with this kind of issue. Back in March, Alexa received complaints from people regarding laughs from the speaker. Few Alexa users have listened to some unprompted laughs from the speaker which leads to a proper fix the device.
The senator panel including Jeff Flake, Chris Coons, Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, John Kennedy, Diane Feinstein, Richard Blumenthal, Kamala Harris, and others are demanding answers from Jeff Bezos about the issue.
According to the Wired, the letter contains questions about what is the technique used to anonymize users data, whether the Echo speakers are permitted to record background conversations until the ‘Alexa’ word is audible. Now we are waiting for the Jeff Bezos answers to the user privacy-related issues. It is a huge breach of the user’s privacy and we are expecting a clean anonymity of users privacy from the companies.


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The energy regulator Ofgem reports they are preparing to get rid of their disputed method of savings calculating.
Such a decision was made under the pressure of Times Money that was running an anti “personal projection” calculation campaign to end up artificial saving inflation. The savings were increased by switching the supplier of energy, and sometimes the number reached hundreds of pounds annually.
The decision of the Ofgem authorities was also reasoned by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) report that indicated the overcharges the energy suppliers did. The so-called Big Six has charged about £1.7 billion a year from 2012 to 2015 from their clients. The report also stated that about 66% of customers are still on the overcharged tariff.
Joe Malinowski, of theenergyshop.com, the only switching website that refused to adopt the personal projection approach for calculating savings, says: “Over the past two years we estimate that more than one million people have been misled by unrealistic and inflated calculations displayed on comparison websites. Some customers could have switched supplier when the real benefit was small or non-existent.” So how did the system work and hy was it flawed?
The personal projection
Before the system changed in 2014, you could go on to a comparison site, enter the details of your past 12 months’ energy spend and see if better deals were available. If your existing energy spend was £900 a year and you found a deal charging £800 for the same consumption, it seemed you had a saving of £100.


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This has not been a great week for American tech companies trying to do business in Europe. First, Google got in trouble over allegedly anticompetitive search practices and its policy on Street View data retention. Now, German antitrust authorities are looking at the way in which eBay has supported PayPal.
John Oates explained earlier today, "eBay.de recently asked sellers with low feedback points to offer PayPal. The company justified the move because it said the number of bad buying experiences is twice as high from sellers with less than 50 feedback points than the average."
But some people are less than pleased with the change, and as a result, "[T]he German Federal Cartel Office is investigating complaints made against eBay over this tying policy."
Since the promotion of PayPal should increase its market share and help eBay earn more money, they may have a point. eBay’s liable to have trouble arguing that there’s no other way it could protect buyers, at least.
As always, we’ll see what happens. German authorities haven’t yet launched a full investigation or given an indication which way they’re leaning. eBay, for its part, is still more in "dialogue" than "sound the alarm" mode.


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Panasonic is aiming to become the "No.1 Green Innovation Company in the Electronics Industry" by the company's 100th anniversary in 2018. In line with this goal, the Panasonic various solutions on display at the CES 2012 Panasonic booth (Central Hall #9405 & #9808) will feature the company's comprehensive energy solutions that begin with the entire homes and eventually expand to entire towns, as well as its cutting edge digital AV products.
Panasonic is also pleased to announce that the company will host a global interactive video stream broadcast, Panasonic LIVE @ CES, during CES2012 on January 9th from its press conference, and on January 10-11 from Panasonic's booth (#9405) at the Las Vegas Convention Center.Panasonic's Facebook™ page through the chat module connected to the video stream.
Panasonic LIVE @ CES host Cali Lewis will kick off live coverage at the start of CES on Tuesday, January 11 at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. GMT. Cali, the charismatic Host of GeekBeat.TV brings years of consumer tech expertise to Panasonic LIVE @ CES, and is among the podcasting pioneers with her podcasts being viewed hundreds of millions of times in the last five years. Cali is also the President of Livid Lobster, Inc, Geek Beat's parent company.
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Justsim has announced today that they have sent an update to the ‘stores’, which has now released, of their Barcelona scenery over on Facebook. Moreover, Andrei teased that their next airport is soon to be announced, of which it will be a ‘very large airport’. I wonder what that could be?
The X-Plane update is expected to release within the next two weeks they have stated. At the moment we are not clear whether these updates will be payware for existing users however with Justsim’s updating past, we can expect these to be payware. A full changelog can be seen below.
You can purchase the new version of Barcelona for a full EUR 19.50 or for EUR5.50 if you own a previous version of this scenery over on Simmarket.
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Bitcoin News Today – Bitcoin extends its slide, tumbling below $50,000
Bitcoin resumed the slide of its on Tuesday, tumbling as small as $45,040 according to FintechZoom.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen titled bitcoin “extremely inefficient” & warned about its use in illicit activity.
After hitting one dolars trillion in market value for the very first time last week, bitcoin is currently worth lower than $900 billion.
Bitcoin’s selling price descended further on Tuesday as U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in addition to the Tesla CEO Elon Musk weighed in on the cryptocurrency’s the latest rally.
The world’s most effective digital coin plunged eleven % in twenty four hours, sinking below $50,000 to exchange around $48,080 during 11:30 a.m. ET, based on information from Coin Metrics. It had earlier fallen almost as sixteen % to hit an intraday low of $45,041.
Smaller digital tokens as XRP and ether additionally tumbled. Ether slipped eleven % to $1,573, while XRP sank seventeen % to trade roughly 47 cents.
Yellen on Monday called bitcoin an “extremely inefficient way of managing transactions” and warned about the use of its in illicit activity. She furthermore sounded the security alarm about bitcoin’s effect on the environment. The token’s wild surge has reminded some critics of the sheer degree of electrical energy needed to produce brand new coins.
Bitcoin News Today – Bitcoin extends its slide, tumbling under $50,000
Bitcoin isn’t controlled by any central authority. So-called miners run high power devices which compete to resolve complicated math puzzles to make a transaction go through. Bitcoin’s networking consumes much more electricity compared to Pakistan, based on an internet tool from researchers at Cambridge Faculty.
Yellen even warned about the chances for retail investors buying bitcoin.
“It is actually an extremely speculative asset and you recognize I think people must keep in mind it can be really volatile plus I do be worried about possible losses that investors could suffer,” the former Federal Reserve seat told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin at giving a new York Times DealBook conference.
Bitcoin is still up over 360 % in the last twelve months, data from FintechZoom, and around sixty % since the beginning of the season, and cost swings of around 10 % are not a rarity in crypto markets. Bitcoin once climbed to nearly $20,000 in 2017 before shedding 80 % of the value of its the following year.
The digital coin hit $1 trillion in market worth for the first-time last week – although it’s today sunk under $900 billion, according to CoinDesk. It’s gotten an increase from information of Wall Street banks as well as big corporations like Tesla and Mastercard warming to cryptocurrencies.
Tesla‘s Musk said of the weekend that the costs of bitcoin as well as ether “seem high.” The comments of his came soon after Tesla’s announcement earlier this specific month which it’d decided to buy $1.5 billion really worth of bitcoin. Tesla shares on Monday suffered the biggest fall of theirs since Sept. 23.
“It’s a virtual forest fire,” said Glen Goodman, an U.K. based trader. “The wood was bone-dry and waiting for a spark. Elon Musk was which spark.”
“Crypto futures traders had been borrowing a lot of cash to purchase Bitcoin contracts, they caused borrowing rates to skyrocket,” Goodman added. “By Saturday 20th Feb, they were paying 144 % each annum. Obviously that situation couldn’t continue. In those conditions, rates have to fall to shake out the over-optimistic borrowers and return borrowing fees to regular levels.”
Bitcoin has been getting traction from mainstream investors, around part due to the notion that it is a market of value comparable to gold. Bullish investors say the cryptocurrency can work as a hedge against climbing inflation.
But skeptics warn which bitcoin has no intrinsic value and it is among the most important market bubbles in historical past. Analysts at JPMorgan last week said bitcoin was an “economic side show” and that crypto assets rank while the “poorest hedge” against considerable declines in stocks.
Bitcoin News Today – Bitcoin extends the slide of its, tumbling under $50,000


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Uber has announced that it will be launching a new minibus service in the extremely congested Egyptian capital, Cairo.
It's amazing how different certain aspects of our lives are compared to just 10 or 20 years ago. Services that we take for granted now even though not that long ago, we'd get by perfectly fine without them. Social media, smartphones, Netflix, almost everyone reading this can likely recall a time when we had none of those things. What on Earth did we do with our time?
You can add Uber to that list. Uber has been around for less time than any of the things listed above, yet 100 million of us use it worldwide. The ability to click an app and summon a car to our exact location is amazing. Yes, we have had taxis for a long time, and still do, but it isn't the same thing. Why do you think taxi drivers dislike Uber so much?
This week, Uber's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi held a press conference and announced that his company would be launching a new form of transport in Cairo, reports the Financial Post. An Uber minibus service. It will slightly differ from the service we're accustomed to, as the minibuses used will have other passengers. There will be various pickup points where customers can board Uber's new bus service.
The Egyptian capital is an extremely congested city and Uber is looking to relieve some of that congestion via its new service. Khosrowshahi hopes that the addition of an Uber Bus service to the residents of Cairo's options will promote ridesharing and it will also be affordable. He also revealed that it is part of many steps Uber will be taking to increase its users from 100 million to 1 billion.
Those of you who call Cairo home or have visited the city may be aware that there is already a service like this in place. They're called microbuses and to put it mildly, taking a ride on one is terrifying. The vehicles, or more specifically, their drivers, are renowned for speeding and having little regard for other road users. Uber's equivalent will obviously be a little bit more on the professional side of things.


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We recently held a roundtable discussion with customs brokers, forwarders and importers/exporters to discuss the move to CDS. Below we share some observations and comments from the roundtable.
The transition to CDS will potentially have a bigger impact on the industry than Brexit. Businesses must prepare now for the upcoming changes.
The main concern in the transport and logistics industry is that many customers of customs brokers and freight forwarders, particularly smaller businesses, are not prepared for the CHIEF switch off and transition to CDS. Given the impending 30 September 2022 deadline for imports, this is putting pressure on transport and logistics – and associated – businesses.
CDS itself appears to have issues where there are differences between the test and live environments and also the time taken to complete a declaration has significantly increased, at least initially.
UPDATE: Access to CHIEF may be extended
HMRC have launched an online application service, in order to request permission for continued access to CHIEF, where there is a clear business reason.
The Customs Declaration Service (CDS) must be used from 1 October 2022 for import declarations, with CHIEF due to be switched off. However, some businesses are experiencing difficulty in migrating to CDS and so an online service to request permission for an extension to use CHIEF beyond 30 September is now available, if there is a clear business reason.
The online request form can be found here.
Are businesses prepared for the Introduction of the CDS?
Businesses must be aware that they will need to register for CDS through a Government Gateway account, select a payment method to use on the financial dashboard and authorise their customs brokers and freight forwarders to use their deferment account, if they have one. A new direct debit instruction will also need to be set up, as CDS uses a different bank account to CHIEF, so the bank must be contacted. Customs brokers and freight forwarders will also need to be given authorisation to act within CDS, by their customers, so it is important to do this.
Failure to do the above, will result in the entry not being accepted by CDS.
Larger traders that import and export frequently appear to be reasonably well prepared, but not the smaller ones. Training is essential before a business can consider going live on CDS. There are recommended CDS training programmes available, for example, the BIFA e-learning training course, in conjunction with ASM UK, is recommended and details the differences between CHIEF and CDS.
It is also important for businesses to familiarise themselves with the new CDS documentation, such as the CDS tariff, which also includes all the customs declaration rules and guidance. It is essential for businesses to contact software providers and bridge any gaps between the old and new systems, to avoid duplication of entries where possible.
Test & Live Environments
Currently, it appears that not many businesses have used the live platform. Those that have already started to use CDS are still using the Trader Dress Rehearsal (TDR) function. There are concerns that the TDR and CDS do not mirror each other completely and that until businesses go live on CDS, they will not appreciate the impact of the change and the time involved.
As it stands, it is taking a lot longer to prepare a declaration under CDS, which could have an impact on resource which is already under pressure. Therefore, businesses should plan accordingly.
It would also appear that there is no requirement to use the TDR function before going live, so in theory, businesses can go straight to the live environment, without any testing or training.
Delayed implementation and contingency planning
In dealing with HMRC about the expected go live dates, there has been discussion around contingency plans for the possible scenario where goods do not move, and ports and airports suffer delays. This could lead to storage and logistical issues, due to the lack of documentation being successfully and accurately completed to allow goods to be moved.
What would HMRC’s plan be for this potential outcome, as surely they cannot risk ports and airports grinding to a halt?
One view, shared recently by BIFA members, is that HMRC might employ a similar contingency plan to the delayed declaration procedure as they did with Brexit, in order to ensure goods still move -even if the declaration has to follow. However, the concern here again, is that this could result in non-compliance, putting businesses at risk of exposure with HMRC.
There are mixed views as to whether the first transition deadline of 30 September 2022 for imports will be pushed back. Some think it would be a sensible approach, whereas others say there should be no further delay, as the implementation is inevitable anyway
There are concerns over the accuracy of declarations and non-compliance going forward, with incorrect tariffs potentially being applied, due to the complexity and lack of understanding of CDS. CDS is open to many potential workarounds, which users are likely to find and use, however, this will have consequences.
From the manufacturer’s viewpoint, the CDS transition is yet another challenge to overcome. Following COVID and Brexit, businesses are fatigued, which is a possible reason for why the take up has been slow. That said, the CDS transition has been in planning for nearly ten years, although it has also been pushed back on several occasions, which is probably why businesses have not invested too early.
The key now for customs brokers and freight forwarders, is to get customers talking, making them aware of the change and educating them.
The potential impact on businesses will be unknown, until CDS goes live for everyone, and CHIEF is decommissioned. As with all change, there will be initial challenges for businesses to overcome and with prices to move goods already increased since COVID and Brexit, this particular change must be well managed and monitored by businesses. However, the intention of CDS is clearly to provide businesses with an updated and modernised import/export system, to replace CHIEF, which has been in existence for almost 30 years.
It is essential that companies take this change seriously and invest in the right people and time to keep on top of the changes and deadlines, as they happen.
Please act now if you have not already done so and contact your customs broker, freight forwarder, or Menzies, for guidance. If you have questions regarding any of this, or require assistance with next steps, please get in touch below


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HomeChoice shaping up as financial-services company
HomeChoice, which markets mainly to lower-income customers through catalogue selling, might soon be better described as a financial services company with a retail sideline. HomeChoice’s most recent results to end-December show that FinChoice, HomeChoice’s specialist loans business, is still easily outstripping the growth registered by the traditional retail core.
If this trend continues it won’t be too long before the profits from HomeChoice’s lending operations surpass the retail component.
Such a development might well spook more conservative investors who have seen such aggressive diversification efforts go awry in the past. But right now HomeChoice seems undeterred in its effort to build up its financial-services segment, even though the broader consumer segment in SA is under immense pressure.
The latest report shows that FinChoice, which was initially anchored on lending to the retailer’s most creditworthy customers, represents more than 40% of group earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) and has been a meaningful margin enhancer over the last few years. FinChoice increased loan disbursements by a hefty 27% to R2.3 billion in the year to end-December, a level of growth well out of sync with prevailing business conditions.
But there are some signs of strain at FinChoice. A deeper look into the financial segment’s numbers show that revenue was up 17% to R871 million, but ebitda crept up only 1.4% to R362m as the margin was pressed down under 42% (from almost 48% the previous year) by higher debt costs (up 54%) and a 17.5% increase in bad debts written off.
HomeChoice disclosed that 84% of loan disbursements were made to existing customers, but also reports an increase in loans to externally sourced customers. The company said FinChoice had integrated with other external acquisition channels to acquire customers, mainly from digital sites.
HomeChoice argues that the initial risk of these externally sourced customers was mitigated with lower credit limits and shorter-term loans until their credit behaviour is proved. This strategy can be seen playing out in the loan book, with the average term decreasing from 19.7 months to 19.4 months and the average loan balance reducing from R9 474 to R8 628.
But any comfort investors take from those statistics is offset by the admission that the markedly higher number for bad debts written off (net of recoveries) was mainly caused by higher credit limits given to new MobiMoney and externally sourced customers.
HomeChoice admitted these customers were given credit limit increases too early in their life cycle. The company stresses corrective action has been taken to treat external customers’ limits “more conservatively for longer durations of demonstrating good payment behaviour before migrating them into the existing customer risk profiles”.
It will be intriguing to see evidence of whether FinChoice will temper its growth ambitions in the six months to end-June this year. With the retail segment — which finished 2019 with revenue up 4.5% to R2.6 billion and ebitda down 2.4% to R442 million — likely to face further pressure, HomeChoice could be in for a tough 2020.
But what is worth noting, though, is that HomeChoice’s stand-alone personal insurance business is sprinting ahead with premiums increasing 48% (admittedly off a low base) with 61 000 policies in force already. Two new products have been launched in the year and HomeChoice reported increased penetration of the existing client base as more customers elected to insure with the group.
This article first appeared on Business Live.


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Model: Ram 2500
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Sub Model: Laramie
Exterior Color: Other
Interior Color: Black
Bremen, Georgia, United States
Hidden amidst the overall very positive sales figures that Chrysler released earlier this week were a few disappointments, the biggest of which may be the Dodge Dart. While Dodge sales in general were down 11 percent from a year ago, the Dart's poor figures stood out from the rest - with 4,888 units sold, the Dart was down 37 percent in February.
It comes as little surprise, then, that the automaker has announced layoffs at its assembly plant in Belvidere, IL. According to The Daily Herald, Dodge will temporarily lay off 325 workers "to balance vehicle supply with current sales demand." Put more simply, there are more Darts than buyers at the moment...
We don't think the Dodge Dart is a bad car, but it's playing in a market that offers a few standout sellers, like the Chevy Cruze, Ford Focus, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla. According to AutoPacific analyst Dave Sullivan, as quoted by The Daily Herald, "great incentives on the Dodge Avenger" are also partly to blame for the Dart's poor showing.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is recalling a total of 747,817 vehicles in the US in two separate campaigns recently added to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration database.
The first one covers about 434,581 units of the Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, Challenger, Durango, and Jeep Grand Cherokee from the 2011-2014 model years with electric hydraulic power steering, the 3.6-liter V6 engine and a 160 amp alternator, according to FCA. In the affected vehicles, it's possible for the alternator to fail without warning and possibly cause the car to stall. According to the documentation submitted to NHTSA, the automaker began investigating the problem in August 2014 and has found possible evidence of one crash caused by the failures but no known injuries.
Customers will begin receiving notification about the recall next month, and obviously the repairs will be done at no cost to them.
There's a scene in the James Bond movie, Casino Royale, where Daniel Craig's Agent 007 is captured by villain Le Chiffre, played by Mads Mikkelsen. Le Chiffre tortures Bond in a scene that is rather difficult to watch (especially for blokes) and impossible to describe on these digital pages (Google at your own risk). This video is the automotive equivalent of the Casino Royale torture scene.
It shows a Dodge Viper - a late, first-generation GTS judging by the center-exit exhausts - getting assaulted by a giant piece of heavy equipment. The large claw shows no mercy on the V10-powered sports car, rending its muscular curves into pieces and then running it over, just for good measure. It's a painful video to watch (and hear!), made worse because we don't know what the Viper did to deserve such a fate. About a third of the way through the video, the cameraman indicates that the man with the claw is a new operator from Chrysler, and it appears there may be some fire damage, but beyond that, we don't have much to go on.
Scroll down for the video but be warned, it isn't for the faint of heart.


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|Electronics stamper uses hybrid press for precision parts
Wiegel Tool Works stamps large, complicated automotive circuitry in high volumes for perfection-demanding applications. The manufacturer needed a fast press with a large bed and adjustable-stroke capabilities. It had a specially designed mechanical press custom-built for its unique needs.
July 30, 2014
|See women in manufacturing
Women now comprise more than a quarter of the manufacturing workforce, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics—28.7 percent of the 14.8 million people employed in industry in the U.S.


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BERLIN (Reuters) - Struggling Taiwanese PC maker Acer Inc is not interested in acquiring the PC business of bigger rival Hewlett-Packard Co, which the U.S. firm is trying to carve out from the group, a senior Acer official said.
HP stunned markets when it announced two weeks ago that it is considering shedding its PC business, part of a wrenching series of moves away from the consumer market that included killing its new tablet.
"As far as I know we don't have any interest," Stefan Engel, the head of Acer's German operations told Reuters in an interview on sidelines of IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
Last week Acer reported a worse-than-expected quarterly loss, the first in the company's history, as it took charges to reorganise in a troubled first half, and said it would be impossible to break even for the full year.
Acer has been a dominant force in the PC business, particularly in the low-cost notebook segment, but has failed to counter the runaway success of tablets such as Apple's hot-selling iPad that have cut into PC sales and hurt profits.
HP has said selling the PC division to a rival such as Acer, which acquired computer maker Gateway in 2007 or to China's Lenovo Group Ltd, which purchased IBM's PC division in 2004, is not a desirable alternative.
(Reporting By Nadine Schimroszik, Writing by Tarmo Virki; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)


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The Twitter-Musk scenario has been the excitement of the city ever since Elon Musk proposed to purchase the microblogging platform. Following the acceptance of the provide, valued at $44 billion, now we have seen a number of turns and twists on this sage. Now, the newest to hitch the rising listing is a lawsuit towards Musk filed by a Twitter shareholder. Listed below are the main points it’s good to know.
A Lawsuit for Musk!
A Twitter shareholder (on behalf of different shareholders too) has filed a lawsuit towards Musk in federal district court docket for Northern California accusing him of market manipulation on the time of shopping for Twitter. Musk allegedly purchased Twitter at an “artificially low” inventory value to learn himself by delaying revealing his share in Twitter.
He’s accused of not submitting Type 13G after he had exceeded buying over 5% of the Twitter shares. To recall, Musk started shopping for Twitter shares on January 31, 2022. The lawsuit claims that this exercise benefitted him by round $156 billion.
Additionally it is reported that Musk intentionally posted tweets that create doubts about Twitter and triggered its inventory costs to plunge in the previous few weeks. Musk has apparently violated California company legal guidelines, says the lawsuit doc.
To place issues into perspective, Musk started elevating issues concerning the presence of too many spambots on Twitter and claimed that the deal is quickly on maintain till he will get data on the precise variety of bots on the platform. It’s mentioned that this was finished to both name off the deal or to finally buy Twitter at a cheaper price than the proposed one.
“Musk proceeded to make statements, ship tweets, and have interaction in conduct designed to create doubt in regards to the deal and drive Twitter’s inventory down considerably with a purpose to create leverage that Musk hoped to make use of to both again out of the acquisition or re-negotiate the buyout value by as a lot as 25% which, if achieved, would lead to an $11 billion discount within the Buyout consideration,” reads the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says that this conduct is unethical as Musk already was conscious of Twitter’s bot scenario and had agreed to “waive detailed due diligence” as a situation to finish the deal.
And whereas Musk claimed to have put the deal on maintain, it couldn’t have been the case because the buyout contract doesn’t allow this. Additional, it has been revealed that Twitter’s valuation fell by $8 billion after the buyout was formally introduced. The submitting means that “Musk’s wrongful conduct has not solely considerably harmed Twitter’s shareholders by inflicting Twitter’s inventory to the crater by roughly 25%, nevertheless it has additionally considerably harmed Twitter’s staff.“
It presently stays to be seen how this lawsuit is dealt with. We don’t know if the Twitter deal will nonetheless keep put, what Musk intends to do to retaliate, and extra on this. One factor we all know for certain is that that is an attention-grabbing flip of occasions and ready is the one choice to seek out out what is going to occur subsequent. In the meantime, do tell us your ideas on this new improvement within the feedback under.


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Türkiye and Russia are Azerbaijan's biggest importers of non-oil products, Trend reports via Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan's non-oil export to Türkiye and Russia amounted to $462.2 million each, from January through July 2022.
Export of non-oil products from Azerbaijan to Türkiye increased by 28.64 percent or $102.9 million compared to the same period the previous year, and to Russia - decreased by 1.22 percent or $5.7 million.
Furthermore, Georgia ($107.6 million), Switzerland ($101 million) and the US ($59.4 million) were among top five countries importing Azerbaijani non-oil products.
Non-oil export in Azerbaijan increased by 24.2 percent from January through July 2022 and amounted to $1.7 billion.


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Trade deal with Europe expected to promote supply chain formation
06:00 | 02/12/2020 EVFTA
(VEN) - Given the global trade recession, the newly implemented EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is expected to provide great opportunities for Vietnam’s economic growth. To make better use of these opportunities, businesses need to pay attention to developing supply chains.
Vietnam seeks to steer clear of rivalries threatening global trading system
06:00 | 30/11/2020 Trade
(VEN) - New trends and developments in the world economy, and specifically challenges to the global trading system, are affecting multilateral cooperation in general, and Vietnam’s international economic integration in particular. This was one of the issues tackled at the mid-November summit of Southeast Asian leaders, chaired by Vietnam.
Domestic producers, EU trade pact boost export growth
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(VEN) - Foreign trade totaled almost US$51.1 billion in September 2020, up 14 percent from the same time in 2019, taking the total to US$388.3 billion in the first nine months of this year, up 1.6 percent from the same period last year. Exports were estimated at US$202.86 billion, up 4.2 percent, according to Ministry of Industry and Trade data.
Saudi Arabia allows resumption of Vietnamese seafood imports
06:00 | 20/10/2020 Trade
(VEN) - After a suspension lasting over two years, Saudi Arabia has allowed 12 Vietnamese businesses to resume export of seafood products to its markets, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Asia-Africa Market Department on September 15.
Farm exports to EU face name recognition, standards challenges
06:00 | 19/10/2020 Trade
(VEN)- The protection offered by the European Union to 39 unique Vietnamese products under a newly activated trade pact opens the door to Vietnam’s agricultural produce. However, to take advantage of this protection under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), Vietnamese businesses must adhere to the world’s most stringent quality standards.
Vietnam looks ahead to production, trade recovery
06:00 | 16/10/2020 Trade
(VEN) - To promote economic growth and create momentum for the coming years, Vietnam has been drastically accelerating the progress of infrastructure investment and public investment disbursement, stimulating demand and supply and boosting economic growth.


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KANSAS CITY – Premium chocolate and candy products that offer an element of novelty are trending in new confectionery launches.
Consumers are seeking unusual colors, popping candy, hot and spicy options, cooling effects, and interactive, personalized packaging, according to Innova Market Insights, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
“In light of rising health awareness, consumers are not necessarily reducing confectionery consumption levels,” said Lu Ann Williams, director of innovation at Innova Market Insights.
Multiple flavors, textures and colors add a modern spin to classic brands, including Now and Later and Laffy Taffy. “Poppability” and “sensory excitement” are among key trends in product development at Ferrara Candy Co., Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.
The company introduced Now and Later Morphs, an assortment of chewy candies featuring flavors that transform from cherry to mango, lemon lime to strawberry, grape to watermelon and blue raspberry to lemon. Laffy Taffy Laff Bites are unwrapped, candy-coated taffy bites in cherry, strawberry, green apple and blue raspberry flavors.
Mars Wrigley Confectionery, Hackettstown, N.J., is embracing the trend of flavor mash-ups. Launching in 2020, Skittles Dips combine chewy, fruit candies with a soft, yogurt-flavored coating. Also on tap is Twix Cookies & Crème, featuring chocolate cookie bars layered with crème and cookie bits and enrobed in milk chocolate.
M&M’s Fudge Brownie, another new product, has a fudgy filling and is the third M&M’s variety to feature a soft and chewy center, following the launches of M&M’s Caramel and M&M’s Hazelnut Spread candies. Developing the proprietary technology to produce the candies was a multi-year effort and among the company’s largest technical endeavors.
Investing in quality
Longstanding brands are introducing new formulations and forms to remain relevant to today’s consumer. Boyer Candy Co., Altoona, Pa., the maker of Clark Bar, launched Clark Cups, which are peanut butter cups incorporating the century-old chocolate bar brand’s signature crunch. Boyer, which produces the Mallo Cup, bought the rights, recipes and equipment for the Clark Bar brand in 2018 after its previous owner, The New England Confectionery Co., filed for bankruptcy.
The Chick-O-Stick from Atkinson Candy Co., Lufkin, Texas, features an updated recipe with simple ingredients and more peanut butter. The product, characterized by its flaky, crunchy combination of peanut butter and toasted coconut, originated in the 1940s. Atkinson said it has removed artificial red and blue coloring in favor of colors derived from turmeric and vegetable juice concentrate.
Ferrero North America, Parsippany, N.J., is benefiting from investments in increased marketing and recipe improvements for the chocolate brands formerly owned by Nestle USA, Arlington, Va., including Butterfinger, Baby Ruth and Crunch.
“The United States is the No. 1 confectionery market in the world,” said Paul D. Chibe, president and chief executive officer of Ferrero North America. “We believe there is still significant opportunity to grow the business here as people look for quality. Our company is known for quality. And that’s where the megatrend is.
“People are looking for better products in every class of food, beverage and at home. We happen to be a company that has a 70-year legacy of being maniacally focused on quality, and it’s playing to our strengths right now.”
Millennials are changing the purchasing patterns for chocolate and are more likely to choose small-batch products with unique flavors and textures and high-quality ingredients, according to a report released by the National Confectioners Association.
“We found that the fine chocolate consumer is generally younger, more socially conscious and more driven by experimentation and trial, even if they already have a favorite chocolatier,” said Bill Guyton, executive director of Fine Chocolate Industry Association. “Fine chocolate consumers believe small-batch chocolate has a superior taste and are willing to seek it out, visiting farmer’s markets, festivals and specialty online channels more frequently than other chocolate consumers.”
Cannabis in candy
Cannabis is a friend and foe to the confectionery industry, said Marcia Mogelonsky, Ph.D., director of insight at Mintel Food & Drink, Mintel. The effect of a growing recreational marijuana market may create major challenges as well as opportunities for manufacturers.
“The most popular way to enjoy recreational marijuana is through edibles, including chocolate and candy,” Dr. Mogelonsky said during a presentation at the Sweets & Snacks Expo, held May 21-23 in Chicago.
Recreational marijuana is legal in 10 states and the District of Columbia, Canada and several European markets. In a survey of legal cannabis users, 58% said they are interested in chocolate candy edibles, and 47% are interested in sugar confectionery edibles, according to Mintel.
“There’s going to be lots of room to develop chocolate and gummies and gum with recreational marijuana in them,” she said. “There’s a synergy … and it’s especially popular among the youngest cannabis users. They’re in fact trading alcohol use for cannabis use, and they’re getting their cannabis through candy.”
In the case of cannabis, established confectionery companies may develop completely new brands marketed to adults for the edibles market, she said.
“That has got to be key, is making sure these things do not appeal to kids,” she said.


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Mark Zuckerburg and other individuals
Microsoft owns 1.3%
Digital Sky Technologies owns 10%
Although the Facebook ownership map may not look big, in fact it only consists of one other company, but they dominate the social media sphere. After researching big conglomerate companies such as Disney and GE, I realize it is in no way on the “big 6” level, but I think it has potential to reach that level. Facebook bought out the rising photo editing and sharing application Instagram while it was booming and most recently attempted to buy out the ever so popular Snapchat, signs that Facebook is entering into the business side of social media.
The “big 6” may be huge conglomerates that own consumer products, media outlets, theme parks, film productions, and so much more, but what they lack that Facebook has invested in is the future generation. Apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat have a potentially huge future awaiting them. Facebook does not have a concentration of ownership on the social media world yet, but they have and are clearly trying to attempt to monopolize the revenue of social media. Theories on why they bought Instagram consist of Facebook wanting to get rid of the leading competitor and to eventually create a revenue model for Instagram.
Facebook buying Instagram and attempting to buy out Snapchat shows an attempt at horizontal integration. If FB were to end up owning Snapchat and Twitter on top Instagram, they would have ownership across the social media sphere. The challenge with getting a monopoly on social media or of integration within the social media world is that new social media apps pop up daily and whether or not they will be successful is solely up to the users. So realistically a monopoly of this world would be impossible.
Just like with other media, especially newspaper as we discussed in class, Facebook’s main revenue comes from advertisers. If FB were to dominate the social media world, companies would only want to advertise with Facebook, which would result in synergy. No other company would be able to compete in the social media world unless they had many strong investors which would be unlikely because smart investors would invest in Facebook and the companies they own because they would be the successful ones.
What’s different about social media compared to news media is that the public creates the content so the fact that profit is the main goal for investors and owners has yet to cause a problem. News media only focusing on the business side results in poor content or infotainment. News media has a presence in social media, but it is completely up to the public what they post. Therefore I don’t see harm in concentration of ownership, but I also don’t think it is as realistic in the digital age. New application will be forever popping up and who knows which one will make it big.


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The new Hed Kandi America website is finally here!!!!
Hed Kandi America is proud to bring you our new home on the web. The new site is chock full of new features including complete album listings, a brand new events map, news and opinion features, and our very own heritage section!
We will be bringing you exciting news, competitions, and updates on events in your area on a regular basis, so be sure to check back often.


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In a move that will bring joy to all Final Fantasy fans, Square Enix has announced the release of one of the hottest game in the long running series, The Final Fantasy IX on mobile and PC later this year.
.. The game will initially be released in Japan but Square Enix remains mum as to when it will be released in other markets.
. . It is not confirmed as to how much the game will be improved and sharpened but the trailer does show some promise. We did see more sharpened and higher resolution version of some of the characters from the game. Square Enix has promised better graphics; new achievements, a new high-speed and auto-save mode and multiple gameplay boosting features.
. . Also what will sound as more music to the Final Fantasy fans, game director Hajimi Tabata announced Final Fantasy XV, to be released this year.
. . This will be the first non-MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) title in the franchise. Also it set to deviate from the well established mechanics of the franchise especially in battles. We can say that it does carry a lot of expectations but if it will be able to deliver on them is yet to be seen.
. . With the release of these two titles Square Enix has given its fans plenty to cheer about this year but to see how these games finally pan out, we’ll have to wait and watch.


text: Hammerson has announced that it is looking to redevelop its empty retail units, with a medium to long-term view of using them for alternative uses, such as residential, hotels or workspaces.\u00a0\r\n\r\nThe landlord said there are opportunities to \u201creinvigorate the assets and grow revenue by filling void units, generating additional income streams and changing the tenancy mix to improve footfall\u201d.\u00a0\r\n\r\nIt said that in the near-term, examples of more capital-light reinvigoration would include \u201cinnovative\u201d initiatives and partnerships for cultural, F&B and leisure experience offers, including food halls, event and destination spaces, health and wellbeing, boutique and roof top theatres, galleries and cinemas.\r\n\r\nAccording to Hammerson, the biggest opportunity for redevelopment would be in its department store space, where it currently has over 800,000ft2 of void space or short-term leases. This space has an average ERV of \u00a33 per ft2, meaning there \u201cremains considerable upside\u201d.\u00a0\r\n\r\nAs it \u201cconsiders our entire estates as space to be monetised\u201d, it said its car parks also represent a future opportunity as they are underutilised today, and with changes in car use and travel patterns, they could \u201cpresent additional income potential for the future\u201d.\r\n\r\nHammerson said: \u201cAs we invest in our destinations and brands and continue to consolidate into prime retail space, we will attract new and successfully established occupiers to drive footfall.\u201d\r\n\r\nIt comes as the profitability of its \u201cprime\u201d urban city assets have been affected by both Covid-19 and a lack of targeted investment over recent years to upgrade them.\r\n\r\nNews of the plans came alongside the group\u2019s latest half-year results, where it reported that net rental income was down by 8% year-on-year. Adjusted profit rose by 14% to \u00a320.1m however, reportedly benefitting from recovery in Value Retail and lower net finance costs.\r\n\r\nHammerson said that footfall in all territories has \u201cyet to recover\u201d, and is currently averaging at around 75% of 2019 levels. This follows an initial spike on reopening, with inner-city footfall still down on pre-pandemic levels ahead of a wider return to offices.\u00a0\r\n\r\nIt noted that categories that have performed strongly during the period included jewellery, footwear and homeware, while the pandemic also created a \u201cnoticeable lifestyle shift\u201d with a demand for outdoor entertainment and facilities, a trend it expects to continue in the long term.\r\n\r\nRita-Rose Gagn\u00e9, CEO of Hammerson, said: "We have continued to respond to the changing landscape during the first half of 2021, which again was impacted by Covid-19.\u00a0 As we emerge from a unique moment in time, I see a pathway to create sustainable value as we transform the business to become more agile and able to anticipate and respond to this change.\u00a0\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u201cWe own flagship destinations around which we can curate and reshape entire neighbourhoods and city centre spaces for generations to come. To realise this opportunity we are focused on continuing to de-lever the balance sheet through disposals of non-core assets, creating a leaner and more agile organisation, driving value in our destinations and accelerating our longer term developments."


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Why I'm Hooked on Virgin Mobile
On Nov. 3, Virgin Mobile USA announced that it had signed up its 1 millionth customer. It reached that milestone just five quarters after the youth-oriented service debuted -- as fast as any other wireless provider in history.
That rapid growth struck many analysts as a testament to the power of the youth market. In a research note that day, analysts at SG Cowan said Virgin Mobile is "one of the key drivers of value" at Sprint PCS (PCS ), Virgin's partner in the joint venture, and applauded Virgin's ability to market to the age 12 to 24 demographic.
As a none-too-hip 37-year-old, I can attest that Virgin Mobile owes its rapid growth to more than mere marketing. I'm one of its 1 million customers, and it's a safe bet that none of Virgin's marketing messages, which most often appear on late-night TV, have ever reached me. Even if they had, I'm a working mother with two small children. So Virgin's current ad slogan -- "Live Without a Plan" -- wouldn't have resonated in my household, where the ability to stay on plan is a priority.
NOT OUT OF TOUCH.
I, like 300,000 other Virgin Mobile subscribers above the age 30, use the service for reasons that have nothing to do with the ability to select ring-tones from artists like Ludacris and 50 Cent. The opportunity to download MTV News or have rocker Sammy Hagar recite my voice mail message also isn't what keeps me there.
So, industry analysts and mobile-phone execs, take note. I use Virgin for one reason: It's by far the most affordable cell-phone carrier, given my usage pattern -- which is that I almost never use it.
Truth be told, I'm pretty easy to reach these days. About 90% of the time, I'm either at my desk at work or at home. I carry a phone for emergencies, but luckily I rarely need it. Virgin Mobile charges 25 cents a minute for the first 10 minutes and then 10 cents a minute for the rest of the day. That may be a lot for people who have a cell phone glued to their ear. But it's a good deal for me.
In fact, for the times I actually need the phone, I'd be willing to pay more. I'm also willing to pay for the tiny, (and I think, cute) Audiovox phone I bought for $120 when I signed up.
What I don't want to do is pay for lots of minutes I don't use. Been there, done that -- first with a traditional cell-phone plan and then with another prepaid phone service. The traditional plan I had -- a few years back -- was a mystery, the excess charges a fortune, customer service unreachable. I ended up losing my "free" phone only to discover that I had to pay more than $350 to replace it just to use a plan I was locked into for two years.
And with the other prepaid plan I tried, the minutes expired after a month or two, making me feel like the service was going to waste. Virgin's unused minutes, on the other hand, roll over.
In addition, the prepaid cards from my earlier carrier were a pain to buy. If I ran out of minutes, I frequently would have to scramble to find a store that carried them. Then, when buying one, I often had to suffer through some aggressive salesperson trying to switch me to a monthly plan. With Virgin I can "top up" via the Web or the phone using my credit card.
To get such conveniences I'll gladly suffer through teen-age blather on Virgin's automated customer service line and Web site. For example, they promote its simple billing plan with claims such as, "Never any bizarre fees that only pointy-headed garden gnomes can understand." I cheer the sentiment, even if the Virgin marketers' prose doesn't speak to me.
It turns out that I'm not alone. Prepaid service is likely to grow faster than traditional service, says Tole Hart, a wireless analyst with Gartner. Along with Virgin, another fast-growing prepaid service called Boost that's only available in California and Nevada is proving that an untapped market exists for prepaid services with simple pricing plans.
GLAD TO SELL.
At the end of 2002, there were 9.5 million prepaid phone customers out of 141 million total mobile-phone users in the U.S., according to Gartner. But by the end of 2003, that should be 11.7 million prepaid customers out of 154 million total users. "Prepaid will grow in terms of total percentage," says Hart, "But it will likely stay less than 20% in the long run just because carriers prefer customers to be on postpaid plans, and most customers are used to them."
Virgin Mobile USA Chief executive Dan Schulman says his company welcomes every customer -- even ones who plan to rarely use it. "We built the service knowing the youth market doesn't spend as much as the professional market," he says. "We don't have to be conflicted about bringing in people who might not spend as much."
Just as I don't feel conflicted about using a product aimed at teens who listen to bands I've barely even heard of.
Commentary by Amey Stone, senior writer for BusinessWeek Online


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Tardiness is costing a dozen of the 25 cannabis retailers in Ontario thousands of dollars in penalties. The Alcohol and Gaming Commision are penalizing the retailers for failing to open their stores at the beginning of April – in what is a system of escalating fines.
The initial fine is $12,500, which will be taken from the retailers $50,000 initial deposit. These retailers risk losing the entire amount if they still aren’t up and running by the end of April. There was only one pot shop open in Toronto and ten ready for business when the deadline initially rolled around.


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What other features will be in Diablo IV? What are they ditching from previous games?
Diablo IV is slowly getting unveiled to the world at large ever since its reveal at BlizzCon 2019. And some of the things they’re unveiling isn’t popular with fans. However, a new update has noted that Ancient Items (that were introduced in Diablo III) will NOT be in the new title. Rather, they’re going to have a new kind of item that is only available in the endgame.
They acknowledge that they can’t just remake the game, nor should they ignore everything that went into the previous titles:
“We agree with the feedback that Diablo IV shouldn’t just mimic the itemization in our previous Diablo games,” said Blizzard while talking about making Diablo 4 unique from previous installments. “Our plan is to take the best parts of previous games and improve upon them while introducing new elements to make Diablo IV unique. We don’t want to create an exact copy of Diablo II or Diablo III. It’s worth calling out that, on this subject, there was a lot of mixed feedback and differing opinions, and we acknowledge that means there’s no single approach that everyone in the community will agree on.”


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The new U.S. administration could insist that any vehicle built in North America contain a certain percentage of U.S. content as a way of increasing manufacturing jobs in the United States, auto-industry officials and trade experts say.
As Donald Trump's government gets set to take office on Friday, renegotiation of the North American free-trade agreement is at the top of its agenda, and restructuring how the trade deal applies to the auto sector is expected to be a critical part of the talks.
As The Globe and Mail reported earlier this week, the rules of origin under NAFTA are a key focus for the United States. Those rules, which are particularly prominent and in the automotive sections of the agreement, stipulate that 62.5 per cent of a vehicle contain North American content in order to qualify for duty-free access to each of the countries.
That content could come from all three countries or any single country, although in practice all vehicles have a mix of parts originating in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Setting a minimum threshold for U.S. content in vehicles – suggestions are that the United States could demand 25 per cent or 33 per cent – and raising the overall North American content requirement to 75 per cent, would likely lead to more auto-parts plants locating in the United States, meeting Mr. Trump's goal of increasing U.S. manufacturing jobs.
"A new NAFTA requirement to mandate that a specific amount of local content come from the U.S. may satisfy some American concern regarding investment flight to Mexico," said one industry source. "That might be palatable to Canada and Mexico if it also came packaged with an increase in overall NAFTA regional value content level across the continent."
Trade lawyers cautioned that it is too early to know if the rules of origin in the auto sector will be the focus of U.S. negotiators.
"I had always assumed that the Americans would want to negotiate more U.S. origin content as a starting point for their negotiations in automobiles and other manufacturing goods," said veteran trade lawyer Lawrence Herman.
"They probably have in mind insisting that for duty-free treatment into the U.S., there has to be a higher level of U.S. origin content. That could be, and I say could be, one of their positions, but we don't know until we see the details."
Simply raising the overall regional value content requirement to 75 per cent from 62.5 per cent wouldn't meet Mr. Trump's goal of increasing U.S. jobs because auto makers could purchase more parts and components from Canada and Mexico to meet the new target.
Mr. Trump has already singled out several auto makers with threats that if they export vehicles to the U.S. market from Mexico, they could face high tariffs.
"Much of this is about Trump wanting to prevent vehicles from being manufactured in Mexico, causing a loss of U.S. jobs," said trade lawyer Cyndee Todgham Cherniak.
Canadian officials and auto-industry executives should ally themselves with governors of auto-producing states in the Great Lakes area, she said, so the new administration gets the message that there is already high U.S. content in Canadian-produced vehicles.
Riyaz Dattu, a specialist in international trade at law firm Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, said changes to the rules of origin would upend global supply chains for manufacturers in the auto sector and in the oil patch that have evolved over more than 20 years of free trade.
"It may wreak havoc on supply chains, because supply chains are currently based on the existing rules of origin, and the current rules may allow for third-country products to be embedded into the manufactured goods that are sold to the United States," he said. "While the target might be Mexico, if these rules are going to be part of NAFTA, we will get sideswiped."
Rules of origin apply to other sectors as well as automotive.
Steel, for example, that is shipped duty free between the three countries must originate in one of the NAFTA countries. Steel that is imported can also be shipped duty free if it is significantly altered so that its tariff code changes, such as steel coil being galvanized or processed into steel tubing, said Joseph Galimberti, president of the Canadian Steel Producers Association.
With files from reporter Jeff Lewis in the Calgary Bureau.


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WORCESTER – Worcester’s “Food Truck Row” is set to celebrate its Grand Opening on Monday, April 2 with extended hours and a pajama party behind the Worcester Auditorium.
The state’s first food truck row will host 10 food trucks at the celebration and anyone showing up wearing pajamas from 4 PM to 7 PM will get a free drink from one of the trucks.
All 10 trucks will also be giving out free samples of food throughout the day from 11 AM to 7 PM. A prize wheel will also be at the celebration for attendees to win free food.
A list of trucks can be found at www.facebook.com/worcesterfoodtrucks. General attendance and parking is free.
The Row is located in the municipal parking lot at 40 Highland St., directly behind the Auditorium.


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Dixons Carphone has revealed its estimation of how much the customer data was stolen in the recent disclosed breach by almost nine million records.
The UK retailer has revealed in June that the attackers had accessed almost 1.2 million personal data of Currys PC World and Dixons Travel Store customers. Those hacked data includes names, addresses and email addresses.
However, in the recent statement today it is claimed that almost around 10 million records have been accessed which do includes the personal data in the 2017 incident, whilst has also admitted that “there is now evidence that some of this data may have left our systems.”
However, the high street giant has again pointed out that the compromised records “Which do not contain any payment card or bank account details and there is no evidence that nay fraud has resulted.”
Alongside the 1.2 million records which contains the personal data, the original breach has saw an ‘attempt’ to compromise 5.9 million cards which were held in the systems. Dixons Carphone said that 5.8 million of these has chip and PIN protection and those stolen data of course do not include the pin codes, card verification values (CVV) or any authentication data which is for sure making it more difficult for any attacker to monetize although they are still exposing customers to a serious CNP fraud risk.
“Since our data security review has uncovered last year’s breach, we have been working around the clos to put it right. That’s included closing off the unauthorized access, adding the new security measures and launching an immediate investigation, which has allowed us to build a fuller understanding of the incident that we are updating on today,” said CEO Alex Baldock.
“As a precaution, we are now also contacting all our customer to apologize and advise on the steps they can take to protect themselves. Again, we are disappointed in having fallen short here, and very sorry for any distress we have caused our customers.”
Mark Adams, who is the regional VP for UK & Ireland at Veeam, he argued and worrying that Dixons Carphone got the scale of the breach so wrong.
“These days the public care a lot about how their data is handled and by whom, and they want organizations to be more proactive in managing that data, so the size of the breach is going to translate into a much higher loss than many will imagine,” he added. “With so much competition for business, this will be an expensive breach with a long tail of damage for the organization’s brand and reputation.”


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FitXR Survey: Consumers Prefer ‘Social’ and Embrace the Rise of Virtual Reality Fitness
Over half of respondents work out regularly, and many prefer non-traditional workouts and have a strong interest in the social aspects of fitness
LONDON – September 4, 2019 – FitXR, a pioneer in virtual reality (VR) fitness games, today announced survey results covering consumer attitudes about workout preferences, “social” fitness interactions and VR usage.
The survey data highlights a strong consumer trend of preferring to work out alone, at the gym or elsewhere, that is supplemented or replaced by running, watching fitness videos and other activities. Having a social element to their workouts was also important to a high percentage of respondents. And a small – though high-usage – group owns VR headsets for gaming and other activities, including exercise.
Some 69% of consumers prefer to work out individually, yet more than half (56%) said the social aspects of fitness are important to their progress, with 43% stating that social fitness motivates them to do their best. The social aspect of their workouts also makes consumers more accountable (36%), and nearly a third (32%) said that group workouts allow them to meet more people.
Digging a little deeper into the social aspects of fitness topic, when asked what they would be willing to give up rather than “social fitness,” the results represented a range of people’s enjoyable activities: 32% would give up their morning Starbucks; 30% said their nightly cocktail; 28% said avocado toast; 22% would ditch their Netflix subscription; and, on the opposite end of the spectrum, 25% said they wouldn’t give up anything because they don’t find social fitness important.
At the highest level, the survey illustrates that most people work out regularly, with just over 60% of respondents reporting “regular” workouts. Additionally, 98% of consumers schedule workouts at least once per week, with 30% working out daily. In terms of preferences, working out at the gym was the clear favorite at 48%, followed by running (33%), hiking (25%) and free YouTube exercise videos (24%). The survey data also illustrates that consumers are ready to embrace the benefits of non-traditional workouts, like VR workouts, home fitness subscriptions and more. Some 69% wanted to work out from the comfort of home, saying that home workouts are cheaper than a monthly gym membership (49%) and they can do it without the judgment of others (49%).
Consumers are also embracing technology-enabled fitness, a logical next step for the market. Over 20% of respondents said they own a VR headset, with 14% of that group saying they use VR hardware for working out. Overall, more than 6% of respondents said they use VR headsets during workouts, and VR was also cited for adventure activities that people might not do in real life – like rock climbing and mountain biking – which came in at 15%. And 41% said they would be open to short, one-to-two minute “fitness breaks” during long video gaming sessions, with 33% saying it would be a good way to reset and get their body moving and 26% said they’d “love that idea.” Nearly 21% said they would link nontraditional workouts to their social channels and share results and progress with friends.
“The survey results support the main reasons that we started FitXR – that people are interested in working out in ways that don’t involve just going to the gym, and they welcome the use of technology like VR to do it,” said Sam Cole, co-founder of FitXR. “VR isn’t just for gamers. Anyone can use BoxVR to enjoy the convenience, social aspect and high-end fitness experiences they crave to supplement or replace the traditional, out-of-home workout experience.”
About the survey
The survey, conducted in partnership with Propeller Insights, polled more than 1,100 consumers in the U.S. It represented a near-even gender split and age group representation. Ages ranged from 18 to 74 (plus a smaller percentage over age 75).
FitXR is breaking new ground in virtual fitness, helping to define the category with award-winning games and services for all popular virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) platforms as they become available. The company’s first fitness app, BoxVR, has won multiple awards and been described as “Guitar Hero crossed with a studio boxing workout.” FitXR is building a suite of pro-quality fitness games to give anyone, anywhere, the precise workout experience they want, whenever they want it.


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Administration fear for King’s Lynn store
Workers at Lynn’s Greenwoods branch, shown above, are facing an uncertain future after the clothing chain was put into administration.
The Bradford-based clothes store has 63 shops nationwide and employs 318 people. It is thought the Lynn branch, in Broad Street, employs four staff.
Administrators from Deloitte have been appointed to oversee the affairs of the firm, which is reported to have an annual turnover of £20 million.
Joint administrator Adrian Berry said: “We are currently assessing the options available to the company, including a potential sale of the business, and are continuing to trade it in the meantime. No redundancies are being announced at this stage and we are grateful to the employees for their support at this difficult time.
“This is a challenging time for the UK retail sector, which has affected the company.”
The company was previously placed into administration in 2009, when a Hong Kong-based investor bought most of its stores.


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Nissin hands cup noodles to ADK
Hong Kong - Nissin has handed its Cup Noodles product campaign to Asatsu-DK Hong Kong after a two-way pitch.
Nissin said that ADK's presentation for the account during the pitch matched the group's business objectives, which are promoting the Nissin brand and encouraging purchase of products.
Nissin's instant noodles ad campaign, which appear in print, online, product labels and billboard set up at Wan Chai's football stadium, will last for two months.
The group's 2007 annual report showed 3200 million instant noodle products were sold in Asia over the year, with cup-type instant noodles contributing 37% of Nissin food product's total sales.
Founded in Japan in 1958, Nissin established its Hong Kong office in 1984.
- Asatsu-DK Hong Kong Ltd
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