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Equipped with modern technological amenities, including FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube and Google accounts, the site also allows visitors wishing to travel to any of the many attractions showcased on the site to book accommodations online. It was designed by the Dominica-based web company, Delphis Limited.
She applauded the initiative that allows on-line booking and said she hoped more business would be generated through this facility. Porter also expressed confidence that the improved site would generate more interest in St. Vincent, resulting in more visitors to the country. Also speaking at the launch was Minister of Tourism Glen Beache, who indicated that the site, along with other initiatives, would make St.
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On this special edition of Marketing Matters, Americus is joined by Eran Ofir, CEO and Cofounder, and Dr. Charles Herman, Chief Medical Officer of Somatix. Somatix has created cutting edge technology for the health care industry in the form of a real-time gesture detection platform that utilizes sensors built into a range of wearables, as well as predictive analytics and machine learning to passively monitor, remotely track, analyze, and deliver insights and help act on massive volumes of detected gesture data.
Dreamit alum MPOWER Financing, a fintech company providing educational loans to high-potential international and DACA students, has completed its largest funding round to-date with $110 million in new financing for students enrolling in major US universities.
Dreamit startup Lia has been named one of TIME magazine’s Best Inventions of 2018.
Dreamit SecureTech startup CYR3CON, which helps companies predict and prevent cyber attacks using artificial intelligence, announced a $1.5 million seed round led by Scout Ventures, with participation from Michael Sutton (former CISO, Zscaler), Aleksandr Yampolskiy (CEO, SecurityScorecard), Steven Witt (former CEO, Onyara and Partner/Co-Founder of DataTribe), and Steve Hassell, (former CIO, Emerson).
Dreamit portfolio company LevelUp was acquired by Grubhub in a “spectacular outcome” for the accelerator and venture fund. Founder and CEO Matt Maloney told TechCrunch that while previous Grubhub acquisitions like Eat24 were designed to give the company’s delivery business more scale, “This is kind of a different acquisition. It’s a product and strategic positioning acquisition.”
Singapore-based smart lock maker Igloohome has closed a $4 million Series A round. The startup graduated from Dreamit in 2015. The investment was led by Insignia Ventures, the new firm started by ex-Sequoia venture partner Yinglan Tan. Phillip Private Equity, X Capital Ventures, K3 Venture’s Kuok Meng Xiong, angel investor Koh Boon Hwee, and existing backer Wavemaker Partners also took part. Inspired by the rise of Airbnb and hosts on the platform, Igloohome sells a range of key-less products that include digital locks, digital deadbolts and a digital safe deposit box. The products are notable because they work offline, requiring either a manually entry pin code or ‘Bluetooth key’ on a phone to unlock. Despite that, owners can still control access remotely, while there’s a physical key just in case.
Dreamit HealthTech alum Somatix beat out over 40 other startups to win the first-ever "Market Disrupt" pitch competition at the "Employer Healthcare & Benefits Congress and World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress."

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NAGPUR: Usually it is politicians who offer sops to voters
, but now businesses too have jumped into the fray with bonanza offers for those who sport the prized indelible inked finger. From restaurants, to beauty saloons to resorts, it’s raining offers for people who exercise their franchise.
Shadows Restaurant in Dharampeth is offering a whopping 30% flat discount on the bill on Thursday to anyone who ‘flaunts the inked finger’. Sachin Jahagirdar, co-founder of the food outlet, said, “I think of it as the world’s biggest festival where people don’t pamper themselves. So we three partners decided to each give up 10% of revenue share and offer a total of 30% discount to patrons who come tomorrow with an inked finger.”
Promoter of Chill N Grill, a rooftop restaurant in Sadar, Ajay Bagdi said patrons at his place will get up to 10% discount on the bill. “I strongly believe that all businesses should give incentive to people to vote. Youngsters specially must be encouraged to participate in this celebration of democracy
, and we are simply playing a small part in it by offering discounts to all voters,” said Bagdi.
Saroj Beauty Care parlour at Surendra Nagar is offering all ladies discounts up to 50% on most treatments plus a special gift. Owner Saroj Dahihandekar said, “An informed and educated woman bodes well for society. Females have a major impact on how their families act, hence it is important to incentivize them to vote. I want to encourage females to go out and cast their vote and not consider Thursday as a holiday to stay back at home and relax. The discount can be considered as a reward for all ladies who go out and vote.”
Resort Fun and Food Village too has offered 50% discount on the entry fee for all voters. Naresh Jharia
, manager of the resort, said, “It’s a one day offer that people who have exercised their franchise can avail. After participating in the important constitutional duty, people can have a good time.”


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The trade deficit is only one part of the reason for outsourcing. In the Steve Jobs biography it says Steve Jobs told President Obama that there wasn't enough engineers in the U.S. for his company and regulation made it hard to set up factories here. This is still a problem here so if a trade war started day one of Romney's presidency he could change regulation but not the engineer count.
So there won't be a high level high tech and most importantly high pay manufacturing renaissance for at least 4 years and that's being very generous because the skills needed to be a good engineer takes a lot longer than 4 years to obtain. This means a change in regulation will make little difference.
If you build it they won't necessarily come.
Engineering is only part of mix of what is made in China and sold here. There has been a big push in manufacturing in China in everything from denim jeans to pad locks. Will a trade war lead to a pick up in U.S. manufacturing in those areas? Maybe, but only after our multinationals write down their investments in China, and after that they'll want to see what the effects of the trade war will look like here before investing here. Namely they'll want to know what the trade war will do to demand.
So, starting a trade war with China won't lead to improvement in U.S. manufacturing numbers right away.
On the other side A trade war would lead to job losses here in America right away. The biggest employer in the U.S. is Walmart, and they buy a huge amount of cheap goods from China. A trade war would kill their margins. The margin hammering would lead to job cuts before price raises as their whole business model is built on low prices. But as the trade war rages on price raises will come. This is stagflation personified. While people lose jobs prices rise. And this will play out again and again at U.S. multinationals which we have by far the most in the world. Japan has the next largest amount and we have 3 times as many as they do, and all will be effected one way or another by a trade war with China.
In China the war will be felt but instead of the people blaming their communist government they'll blame the U.S. and the government will stoke those flames for sure. The question then becomes who can take the pain better. Our consumer demand is weaning, so we need to export more. China's consumer demand is on a major upswing so they're looking to sell more of their goods at home. As it stands now with our better structured economy and experience we are poised to sell China more and more goods as time passes. To label them a currency manipulator now is to cut off our noses to spite our faces.
Walmart doesn't employ the most workers in America because it's the best place in the country to work. It's the largest employer because it employs the most low skilled workers. America is full of low skilled workers. It will be difficult to change this but even more difficult in the mists of a trade war.
Then you have to ask what will this trade war with China mean for our borrowing costs. The pain will be significant on the Chinese side, but will it be significant enough to push them to sell the trillion or so in US debt they now own? That's not clear since they keep their currency low by buying US debt and dollars. But it's a possibility and as we all should know it's not only what's actually happening that effects markets but also what might happen. The perception that China may sell US debt could effect our borrowing costs. We don't want to find out the answer to these questions right now and neither does China.
So, no, China doesn't want a trade war Governor Romney, but neither do we!
We should have thought about this before we encouraged our citizens to be couch potatoes. The same way our air waves are flooded with campaign ads they should be flooded with warnings that if we don't get more serious about school we are doomed. Instead of less public television funding we need more. We need movies on PBS that scare kids into going to school with vigor. They should show what awaits the country if we stay on the path we're on. We should get our best and brightest directors and actors to do them and we should flood the air waves with commercials for them.
We don't do this because an uneducated electorate is an advantage for scrupulous politicians. You can't say stupid shit like "I'll label China a currency manipulator on day 1 I'm in office" to an educated electorate.
No doubt our trade with China needs to be addressed but before that our dependence on debt from them and the rest of the world needs to be addressed. And before we can address that that our education system must be addressed, and before that our culture and they way we look at learning has to be addressed.
Because before we can borrow from home we need enough people here with money to lend. That will also go a long way towards needing to borrow so much in the first place. Further more and in conclusion, announcing you will attack your biggest adversary is like playing chess and announcing your moves before the game begins. It's not smart, and the last thing America needs right now are actions and leaders that are "not smart."


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Unwilling to turn control of Sprint over to rivals at T-Mobile US, Sprint's chairman vowed this week to spend more money on the Overland Park-based company's wireless network.
Sprint Nextel, the third largest U.S. wireless carrier, is now under the control of the Japanese investment firm SoftBank.
Sprint has completed its acquisition of wireless network operator Clearwire Corp.
Sprint Nextel Corp.'s shareholders on Tuesday approved SoftBank Corp.'s acquisition of the bulk of the wireless carrier company.
Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. is officially abandoning its efforts to acquire Sprint Nextel Corp.
The flamboyant founder of Japanese telco SoftBank, which is close to a $21.6 billion takeover of US firm Sprint Nextel, on Friday added a new goal to his lofty agenda: creating the world's biggest company.
Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday it would not submit a revised bid for Sprint, leaving the path open for the wireless carrier to accept what it already considers a superior offer from Japan's Softbank.
Clearwire says it plans to delay a stockholder vote on Sprint's offer to buy the half of the wireless network operator that it doesn't already own.
Satellite TV operator Dish Network has raised its bid for Clearwire Corp., valuing the wireless network operator at $6.9 billion, in an attempt to outbid Sprint Nextel Corp. two days before Clearwire shareholders are meeting ...
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Kent, Washington (PRWEB) September 2, 2008
Nancy Skorupa, owner of Renaissance Yarns, recently kicked off a fundraiser to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Skorupa and a group of talented local knitters met at Bittersweet restaurant in Kent earlier this summer to create an Aran square knit throw to be awarded to the winner of a special prize drawing. Tickets for the drawing are $5 each and are available at Renaissance Yarns at 207 East Meeker Street in downtown Kent. All proceeds for the drawing will go to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The drawing will be held in October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month with details to be announced later.
Skorupa said this is the second year her knitting group has sponsored the fundraiser. Last year the group raised just over $1,600. For this year's fundraiser, the group put together a throw of 20 squares of different designs all of the same color - passionately pink, the signature color for breast cancer. Most of the knitters participating in the project are from the Kent area; the group also includes a knitter from Salt Lake City.
"This is such a great project," Skorupa said. "Not only will the winner get to take home this beautiful throw, but they'll be contributing to a cause that is near and dear to all of us."
For more information about the drawing or to purchase tickets for a chance to win the passionately pink throw, contact Nancy Skorupa at Renaissance Yarns at 253-852-YARN, 877-852-YARN or info @ renaissanceyarns.com.
Located in the heart of downtown Kent, Renaissance Yarns is a cozy boutique-style yarn shop featuring a variety of yarns, needles, patterns, accessories, classes, knitting circles and more. The store is open seven days a week. For more information including store hours and class schedules, please visit http://www.renaissanceyarns.com. Renaissance Yarns ~ feel the fiber!
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The financial press is becoming increasingly obsessed with interest rates – not just in the UK but in Europe as well – and this is one of the key factors influencing exchange rates this week.
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The Pound is set for a busy week with some expecting that this week’s focus on inflation – with the actual CPI inflation figures tomorrow and the quarterly inflation report on Wednesday – could push the Pound higher
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The Pound is starting the week at the 1.16s against the Euro – lower than last Monday when we came off the starting blocks at 1.17 but the Pound has actually regained some ground over the weekend from lower falls to 1.154 on Friday and 1.153 last Wednesday when we saw decidedly low GDP figures knock the Pound down.
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For any UK-based individual or business buying investments or goods in Europe, a change has occurred in the cost price of around 4 percent over the past two weeks, purely through the fluctuation in Sterling to Euro exchange rates.
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Last week saw the Pound open at the 1.16 levels against the Euro as the markets re-opened after New Year. This week Sterling is starting in a much brighter position against the single currency with the rate up to 1.20.
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ENFIELD, N.C. (WTVD) -- Officers in Eastern North Carolina are investigating after toys were stolen from a Toys for Tots warehouse in Halifax County.
According to WITN, Toys for Tots Coordinator Melissa Battle said she walked into the warehouse Monday morning for the last week of the Toys for Tots drive and found a room once full of toys was nothing but near-empty containers.
Battle said about two thirds of the toys collected by the charity were stolen.
She said she is working closely with Enfield Police Department, which is now investigating the case.
The silver lining is that people near and far have stepped up to help save Christmas, according to Battle
"Currituck County, which is two hours away, coordinator called me and said they're going to bring me a truckload of toys on Friday...a gentleman drove up from Greenville...he blew my mind. What a blessing," Battle said.
Battle is accepting donations through Friday afternoon. She hopes to have replaced all the stolen toys and then some.


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Android Jelly Bean OS carry innovative and smart features which contain a earlier interface, new Camera app and voice type offline, notification with few enhancement, a voice exploration tool, and a lot of additional.
The modification create to the new OS is talk about as “Project Butter” for the duration of the Google I/O developers’ seminar which referred to the under-the-hood development in progress. There are a lot of shield tweaks, and greater than before edge rates which the novel Android version boasts of which will help in the overall touch input events in sync better. Jelly Bean also has the new ability of touch forecast which essentially income that it tries to calculate where you’re going to stroke the display next. With the Nexus 7 tablet operation Jelly Bean, it is predictable that the supposed project is certain to create it run additional easily than any of the preceding Android versions. It is likely that Google will get some time here for last the version.
One of the additional features in the attention is offline voice typing. The new version allows users to dictate something to your phone without the need of a cellular or Wi-Fi data connection. Offline voice typing is the latest entrant in the features introduced by the Android version. Until now, every device which had poor data connection faced the problem of not being able to handle voice-to-text tasks. According to the first previews of the feature, analysts say that the feature is good enough and quick too. Voice recognition is basically controlled in the cloud in the first place since it is easy to match a voice with thousands of samples at the snap of your fingers. So it can be expected that the offline voice-to-text version is less accurate than the previous version, which is actually a minor issue.
Google Now is expected to be the future of the tech giant. Google is going to predict what the user will need and will also get it for you easily. The device is expected to know and learn your interests and inclinations and then work up relevant traffic and even minor point-of-interest information.
At the start, Google Now is not expected to give much information since it has to know what the user’s interests are. One needs to use it a lot more for actually getting the device accustomed to the user but surely, this is a feature which is one of Jelly Bean’s best attributes and has extreme potential in the future. Voice search was revolutionized by Apple’s Siri but Android makes it better with the S-Voice, the Siri competitor which is included in the latest Samsung smartphone, the Galaxy S III. The feature is going to be getting some new add-ons too.
Google’s voice search feature is being handled by Knowledge Graph which would depend on Google’s ability to predict answers to your query and the relevant web results follow next. Google’s voice search is certainly better than Siri. There are many more features which are offered by Google’s newest Android version, but that is for later, when the real things arrive! Android Application Development company have team of skilled and experience Android App Developer who develops apps and games for many platforms that suit for business needs.


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Big Cork Vineyards celebrates harvest with grapes, music
ROHRERSVILLE — Randy Thompson recalled how he envisioned a winery on acres of rolling farmland his family owned in the community of Rohrersville.
"This was a cornfield when we started," said Thompson, a longtime local businessman who also owns ThompsonGas.
It turned out the site was a superb location for grape cultivation, not only because of the soil, but features like steady breezes in the Pleasant Valley area that help prevent mold from growing on the grapes.
Today, Big Cork Vineyards, which Thompson owns with his wife Jen, consists of 35 acres under vines and a 10,000-square-foot production facility. The building, with its bright, airy atmosphere, also features a retail area and room for patrons to sip wine.
As it has done in recent years, Big Cork Vineyards, which opened in January 2015, invited the public to its winery on Sunday for a harvest celebration.
For $20 in advance and $25 at the gate, guests could enjoy a day at the winery sipping wine, eating food from Aleko's Village Cafe and the Rolling Rotisserie, and seeing where 16 varieties of grapes are grown. And because Thompson loves seeing musicians "cut loose and have fun," entertainment was provided by Grand Ole' Ditch, Sons of Pitches and The Hillbilly Gypsies.
Thompson and his colleagues talked about how important wineries have become for Washington County tourism. Many people who come to the county to spend money and visit Big Cork Vineyards are from outside the region, they said.
That was the case with Curtis and Gina Campbell of Fulton, Md., who said they were visiting the vineyard for the first time Sunday.
The couple, part of a crowd of up to 400 expected to attend, said some wineries in Virginia recommended they visit the local one. When Gina noticed that one of her favorite bands was playing at the festival, they decided to stop by.
They said they have visited the county before to get on the Appalachian Trail and enjoy some ice-cream shops.
"Ice cream and wine, we know what's important," Gina Campbell said.
Big Cork Vineyards, which company officials said is the largest winery in the county, expects to produce about 8,500 cases of wine this year. It employs 11 full-time workers and about 25 part-timers.


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Even though many of the lockdown measures are starting to ease, scammers are continuing to take advantage of people’s anxieties and concerns. Here is what to look out for.
Criminals and fraudsters are sadly taking advantage of the current disruption. Here are some of the current scams we’re aware of, and ways to avoid them.
New overdraft rules are coming into effect that could make regular use of an overdraft much more expensive.
If you’ve got a credit card, heads up: we can probably save you proper money.
It’s easy to think of budgeting as a chore. Instead, think of it as a way of bringing some control into to your life.
Ok, you may not be in a ‘debt crisis’, but the only ones winning from your minimum payment are the credit card companies.


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VIETNAM: Textiles Among Country's Biggest Exporters By 2020
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) has claimed that Vietnam's textile-garment industries and electrical industries will become the country's biggest exporters by 2020 with a combined export revenue of $70bn. The Saigon Times reports that in a study into the country's economic policies, Jica claims that the country could bring in as much as $100bn from export revenues, $15-20bn of which is likely to be made up of the export of garments and textiles.
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Singapore certainly loves drones. In October 2015, Singapore Post, the country’s national postage company, successfully tested drone delivery by carrying a T-shirt and a letter 2.3 kilometers.
Now, thanks to Foodpanda, the world’s largest online food delivery platform, Singapore can look forward to food being delivered by drones. Foodpanda started testing drone deliveries a few months ago, and CEO Ralf Wenzel says that if the trials go well, a Singapore-wide rollout of food delivery drones could happen in the coming years.
Wenzel also said Foodpanda plans to offer the drone delivery service throughout all 24 markets covered by Foodpanda, including Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Thailand and Malaysia.
Emma Heap, Foodpanda Singapore’s managing director, told CNBC the goal is to offer delivery time under 30 minutes. “We’re constantly looking at the most convenient and fastest experience for customers ordering food online. With our riders navigating traffic, there’s a limit as to how fast that can be.”
This isn’t the first time drones have been tested for delivery purposes, of course. Amazon has for some time been teasing online shopaholics with a glimpse of how its Prime Air drone delivery service could work. And Google says its delivery drones will be up and running in 2017. Alibaba used a drone to deliver tea in China, a pizza shop in Russia made a 30-minute delivery by drone, and a drone in South Africa dropped off beer to concertgoers.
We’ve also seen some pretty poor attempts at drone delivery. In a PR stunt to promote its new Norlin shoe line, Crocs attempted to use drones to deliver shoes in a pop-up store in Tokyo. However, the drones failed more often than not, even crashing into the crowd. Watch the video below.
And who could forget the restaurant owner who tried to deliver asparagus using a drone. Shortly after takeoff, however, the drone crashed and burned, reminding us all at the time that drone delivery isn’t yet ready for prime time.
Drone technology has come a long way in just one year, hopefully Foodpanda’s drone delivery service doesn’t crash and burn, too.


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Eagle Eye Networks Inc., a digital video surveillance management solutions provider, has launched a new tool for businesses looking to add video to their other applications.
Based in Austin, Tex., Eagle Eye Networks’ new application programming interface (API) will make it simpler for developers to build and integrate their apps with video storage and analytics. Leveraging the RESTful API, it allows businesses to capture, store, and index their videos. It also makes use of Eagle Eye Networks’ Big Data Video Framework, giving developers the chance to integrate alerts and user interfaces.
Using the API, they will also be able to search, edit, tag, play, share, and stream video inside their apps by adding code. That can help with businesses seeking to record incidents to improve customer service, to train their employees, to embed videos inside mobile or web apps, and to store videos for the long term. And of course, businesses can also use the API for security and surveillance, monitoring a store, a cash register, or a building with digital video cameras.
While it sounds relatively simple, combing through video has been deemed a difficult task in the past, as videos heavy on data have been hard to stream and to search. There’s also been the issue of equipment. Typically, businesses need to buy servers, storage, and software, as well as hire or assign staff to keep the equipment up and running.
“Streaming video from cameras is an under-utilized resource,” said Dean Drako, the president and CEO of Eagle Eye Networks, in a statement.
“The Eagle Eye Video API dramatically changes this, allowing developers to fully harness video content in their applications without having to worry about a complex infrastructure, in the same way that Twilio allows them to easily incorporate voice, VoIP and SMS.”
Pricing for Eagle Eye Networks’ video surveillance service is set at around $5 per camera per month. There are no additional fees to use its new API.


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Tata Safari 400 to launch in India during Mid 2016
The 2016 mid year release of Tata Safari Storme will be essentially called as Safari 400 and this car would be launched sometime in the year 2016. Tata Motors is working on getting new products and every year the company plans to launch 2 new products. This year, Tata has already come up with two products like Tata Bolt and Tata Hexa. Along with this, Tata plans to introduce many upgrades on its existing product portfolio.
Tata Safari 400 launch
New Tata Safari 400 launch is expected to happen on Mid-2016. Talking about the features of the car, Tata Safari 400 shall get Harman music system with an output from whooping 10 speakers. According to earlier company plans, the car should have already been launched by year 2014. However, there is a delay of 2 years. Tata Safari 400 is the new model for 2016 and it will compete in terms of power, fuel efficiency, top-notch features and the best space in its segment.
Safari 400 Engine options
The all new Safari 400 is expected to be powered by 2.2-litre engine and shall churn out a maximum power of 170bhp and a peak torque of 400Nm. New Safari 400 would also come in automatic transmission variant, which will be mated to six-speed ZF transmission. The manual variant of Tata Safari 400 would also get a six-speed gearbox. Tata is planning to make the most out of Jaguar Land Rover and ZF partnership, by utilising its resources.
New Tata Safari 400 Price
The on-road price of new Safari 400 is expected to be between INR 11 to 16 Lakhs.


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Online dating sites had been reporting increases that are great subscribed members as individuals are more confident online.
Analysts state individuals seeking partners online are willing to pay for a registration charge for quality services — and people that fee charges are more inclined to endure in the foreseeable future than free web internet sites.
Daniel Stevens, an analyst at Jupiter Media Metrix, told CNN there was indeed a healthier growth in online dating sites as a result of a booming population that is internet.
Online dating sites might attract more and more people because users may be anonymous, and users are immediately matched he said as they sign in.
The dating that is global Match, which claims its solutions have actually resulted in significantly more than 1,400 marriages, 75 young ones and thousands of relationships worldwide, is reporting a rise in new users all over European countries.
Over the past 8 weeks, how many new authorized Match users expanded by 45 % in Germany, 39 per cent when you look at the Netherlands, 27 per cent in Spain, 48 % in France, 39 % in Italy, and 26 % in Denmark, vice-president Joe Cohen said.
Into the month that is first of 12 months alone there have been a rise of 50 per cent brand new British users registering their profile with Match, bringing the full total wide range of British members to 100,000, he stated.
Match and uDate, which can be another worldwide website additionally reporting an increase, cost a registration charge of $24.95 30 days for users to get and respond to mail off their users. It really is able to spot a profile on the internet site.
Away from its 30,000 British people just 10 % are spending users.
The CEO of uDate, Mel Morris, stated that your website saw a worldwide upsurge in income of 1,200 % during 2001.
Additionally smaller British web internet internet sites such as for instance Dating.co.uk and Singlesclub state the sheer number of individuals trying to find love on the web web sites has grown 20 and 40 per cent correspondingly since this time this past year.
Dating, which includes an overall total of approximately 3,000 subscribed people, is a free service financed through ads additionally the purchase of numerous products, whereas Singlesclubs 10,000 people need to spend Р€15 for 90 days or Р€25 for one year to respond to mail off their users.
Stevens predicts that the amount of individuals who utilize such services continues to develop in European countries since the internet population grows.
But he highlights that online dating sites only interests a portion of this populace, and then he doubts if the British will see membership numbers ever into the millions.
He predicts there’ll only be a few web sites kept in a years that are few.
“Many internet web web sites will likely need to charge with regards to their solutions — but individuals who utilize off-line agencies are acclimatized to the expense, as well as others will realise that they’ll need certainly to spend for quality solutions,” he stated.
Dating, among the biggest online dating sites in Denmark, having its 475,000 pages — Denmark has an overall total population of a tad bit more than 5 million individuals — is a free website.
Nevertheless, the marketing manager and co-founder Morten Oliver Wagner, stated that your website ended up being considering asking its people.
The website, that has skilled a rise of nearly 50 per cent because this time this past year, is financed by ads and off-line occasions, but users are charged a tiny charge when they want to produce a profile fling with additional advanced level features.
The general mindset towards dating on the net changed, Wagner said.
“When Dating began it absolutely was a taboo in Denmark to meet individuals online. Now individuals notice it merely being a extra means of fulfilling other people.”
Camilla Jensen, a 27-year-old legislation pupil, logs on to Dating each day from her house in Copenhagen.
“Dating on the internet is a good way of fulfilling people whether you’re looking for a partner that is long-term simply a night out together.
“It places you in touch with individuals who you’ll have not met otherwise and there’s a much greater range of individuals compared to your every day life.
“I would personally remain utilising the site if I’d to cover a fee that is reasonable” Jensen stated.


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This article is published by ABC NEWS on Tue at 2:19pm 2020.
If you receive a text message that appears to be from the Federal Government about coronavirus, you should think twice before clicking on any links.
As Australians use their mobile phones more than ever to stay connected, cyber criminals are sending texts and emails to try to steal confidential details from unsuspecting people.
Since March, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has received more than 95
reports of Australians losing money or personal information as a result
of COVID-19-themed scams.
The ACSC has also responded to 20 cyber security incidents affecting either government departments or private businesses that are responding to the coronavirus crisis.
The centre’s Karl Hanmore says criminal groups are using coronavirus as a weapon online.
“Their job is to steal money [and] what they are doing is just trying to get you to click,” he says.
“What’s different is the focus. “If,right now, there’s nothing to worry about in the footy, the only thing
that they [the cyber criminals] can reliably work out you’re going to be
interested in is coronavirus, and so we’ve seen a trend towards that.”
Can you spot the difference?
In one case, a text message was sent to thousands of Australians on March 30 from what appeared to be the Federal Government.


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In Seattle and 60 other cities today, fast-food workers are striking at McDonald’s, Burger Kings and other establishments in their latest effort to raise wages in the service sector. Early this morning coffee shop workers joined the walkout, protesting in front of a Starbucks in the 1100 block of Fourth Avenue, a Specialty’s Coffee on Third Ave, and Top Pot Coffee one block away. Fast-food workers will also assemble in Seattle’s Westlake Park to protest a Subway and Jimmy John’s. Yet another protest is currently underway outside a Wendy’s in Ballard.
These demonstrations are part of a year-long campaign which quickly spread across the country and have disrupted or shut down restaurants in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee and St. Louis.
Today’s protests by fast-food workers will also be supported by retail staff from stores like Macy’s, Sears and Dollar Tree. Fast-food workers are pushing to organize unions in the virtually union-free sector without employer retaliation and bargain for higher wages.
Workers nationwide are demanding pay increases of $15 per hour, far above the $7.25 which is the current federal minimum wage. Workers comp attorneys also point out that most of these workers fail to get the benefits full time workers enjoy in other sectors, despite the fact that workplace injuries are legion.
Martin Rafanan has helped organize these walk-outs in St. Louis, and explained that employees of McDonald’s and Wendy’s in his city simply can’t survive on that pay.
“If you’re paying $7.35 an hour and employing someone for 20, 25 hours a week, which is the average here, they’re bringing home about $10,000 a year. You can’t survive on that.” Rafanan said. Missouri’s minimum
According to organizers, support and participation have been building over the course of the summer as the movement receives financial and logistical support from the Service Employees International Union, community activists, labor employment lawyers, progressive politicians and even religious organizations.
Last fall, over 200 workers walked off the job in New York City fast-food restaurants. Groups across the country followed their lead in the ensuing months. Yet the restaurant chains have not modified their wage policies in response to these strikes.
The median wage for (non-management) fast-food workers is $8.90 per hour, according to an analysis of government data by the National Employment Law Project (NELP), an advocacy group for lower-wage workers.


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A group of university researchers has had the ability to hack right into an auto's caution systems through wireless sensors, sending out phony tire pressure messages at highway speeds and also at some point frying an onboard computer system. Obviously, different establishment-controlled propaganda body organs, specifically those connected to the CIA, rejected and downplayed the most up to date worries regarding CIA automobile hacking. Drive your car onward, full doglegs as well as other maneuvers which will certainly aid you prevent accidents against barriers and also various other cars and trucks.
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An Uber self-driving car climbs a hill in San Francisco. Up until it gets protection all determined, the German firm is keeping back from adding complete Internet connection functions, such as real-time details from the engine that informs the local cars and truck shop beforehand. Now, carmakers are starting to embrace routine safety protocols from the information-technology area, such as safeguarding documents read more and use with digital signatures.


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2016-2017 Envision also recalled for incorrect weight labels.
Buick is issuing two recalls for two very different problems. The first concerns a potential fire risk in the 2011 Buick Regal sedan, while the second is perhaps less dramatic, and concerns warning labels in the 2016-2017 Envision crossover.
The 2011 Buick Regal is subject to a recall because the wiring harness for the eight-weight power front seats could chafe against the seat frame, causing a sort circuit. In the best-case scenario, the power seats simply wouldn’t work. But Buick says that the short circuit could also cause smoke or flames from the wiring harness. Buick first received a customer complaint of a seat fire in December 2015. The recall, which involves replacing the wiring harness with a newer design, affects 42,984 cars.
A recall for the 2016-2017 Buick Envision concerns the crossover’s federally required tire and weight rating labels. The stickers don’t accurately represent the Envision’s maximum Gross Vehicle Weight Rating and Gross Axle Weight Rating figures, which could lead a customer to inadvertently overload the vehicle. Buick says it has reprogrammed the software that produces the labels, and that dealers will apply overlay stickers over the defective ones. This recall only affects 3,889 vehicles, because few Envisions have been sold so far and many had the recall fix applied before they left the factory.


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Big time New Jersey brand William Hill is launching its online sportsbook in Colorado today, sources tell Elite Sports NY.
William Hill becomes the latest online sports betting app to launch in Colorado. It is available to all users in the state across iOS, Android and the web.
New users who sign up here can get $500 free bet with a deposit.
Made quasi-famous locally by their decision to be first out of the gate with a physical sportsbook when PASPA was overturned in 2018, William Hill has struggled a bit to keep up with the likes of DraftKings and FanDuel when it comes to online sports betting, which is not yet available in New York.
However, last year William Hill retooled their entire platform and now offer a much more modern user experience which mobile-first players will be more familiar with.
William Hill focuses on prop bets and real-time betting more than they used to. With their launch in Colorado, William Hill will join an increasingly crowded market. DraftKings and FanDuel went live in the state in May, and more entrants have come into the market since.
The William Hill app available in Colorado will be the same one that is available in New Jersey.
New users who sign up here can claim a $500 free bet which comes in the form of instant cash upon deposit. Unlike other sportsbook offers, this money does not need to be wagered to be eligible for withdrawal.
The William Hill app in Colorado will be available on the iOS app store and as a direct download on Android, because the Google Play Store doesn’t allow for real money gaming apps.
William Hill’s launch comes just before week one of the NFL season, a big activation period for online sportsbooks.
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May 28, 2021 (Investor Brand Network via COMTEX) -- XPhyto Therapeutics (otcqb:XPHYF) , a bioscience technology accelerator, recently received the CE-IVD approval (European certification) of its 25-minute COVID-19 RT-PCR test kits ("Covid-ID Lab"). The approval facilitated initial sale and distribution of the Covid-ID Lab in Germany and, later, other parts of Europe, the Middle East and North America. The company also recently announced delivery of 2,000 units of Covid-ID Lab to an established medical distributor in Israel. This, subject to commercial regulatory approval and subsequent potential product distribution, signaled XPhyto's entry into the Middle East. "These units will be used for clinical evaluation based on the European CE-IVD approval, one of several international medical device certifications recognized by the Israeli government," reads a recent article. "The evaluation, expected to be completed within 90 days, will be conducted by the Medical Device Division of the Israeli Ministry of Health ('AMAR'). 'We are excited by the opportunity to expand potential distribution beyond Germany,' said CEO Hugh Rogers. 'We are building strong partnerships around the world, and Israel is a leading nation for COVID-19 management and research.'"
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text: Mike Jensen has been made president of Reef, the beach lifestyle brand recently divested by VF Corp. He was most recently the general manager and brand manager of DC Shoes at Boardriders. He previously worked for Asics, Spy and Converse. Jensen will report directly to Gregg Ribatt, the new chief executive of the Rockport Company. Like Rockport, Reef is now a property of Charlesbank Capital Partners.


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Supply chain solutions company Chep has announced the appointment of Marco Salort as the company’s new commercial director in Spain. The manager, who until now has overseen the company’s commercial activities in the Middle East and North African markets, will become part of the team that Vicente Mollá, General Manager of Chep Spain, has been managing in Madrid since late 2019. Salort’s contribution focuses on the Strengthening the company’s role “as a leader in the regenerative economy, promoting its position as an innovative company and building important partnerships through sustainable initiatives” and “strengthening the protection of the ‘wealth culture'” in all commercial equipment of the Spanish division by Chep.
“Marco Salort’s experience will give us an international vision and more digitization”
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Salort’s main responsibilities at Chep focus on people development, customer experience and digitization. “I hope that my experience in other markets will help promote the company’s digital culture,” said the new commercial director of Chep Spain. For his part, Vicente Mollá has argued that the creation of Salort represents “a qualitative leap” since “his experience will give us his international vision and will help to digitize the company and place it in a more competitive position”.
Marco Salort holds a degree in Environmental Management and several Masters degrees in Quality, Environment and Occupational Risks. Before becoming Chep’s Commercial Director in the Middle East and North Africa in 2019, he also led the company’s Last Mile Solutions business on a European scale. According to the company, Salort has “many years of experience in corporate and category management, packaging, product development and sustainability in the areas of logistics, wholesale distribution and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG)”, which he acquired after his time at companies such as Auchan Retail and Ecoembes.


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In order to boost its tourism competitiveness internationally, Uganda has to capitalize on its unique culture.
This means it will have to identify experiences that tourists would only find here, Jim Dion, the business development associate of the National Geographic Maps, has said.
“Help us identify people, places and experiences most distinctive of your locale, those people, places and things that capture the region’s unique character and beauty,” he said on Thursday in Kampala.
Mr Dion said Uganda’s greatest asset is her character, which once developed would influence the quality of the people who visit.
Chris Seek, the President of Solimar International – an international tourism consultancy and marketing firm, said many foreign tourists thought more of South Africa and Kenya whenever they are considered of travelling to Sub-Saharan Africa.
“But these two are ‘too discovered,’” Mr Seek said, and that is why Uganda has to market its cultural aspect since its competitors are focusing on wildlife.
Messrs Dion and Seek are here to explore how Uganda could use partnership approaches to marketing the country internationally.
Presently, Uganda faces stiff competition from South Africa and Kenya, which not only boast of landscape and animal attractions that Uganda offers, but they go an extra mile by spending more on marketing abroad.
For instance, South Africa spent euros 44.8 million in 2005 whereas Kenya spent $6.4 million in early 2004 on marketing respectively. This resulted in an increase in foreign tourist arrivals in the two countries.
According to the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry Website, 1, 084, 000 tourists visited Uganda 2009.
Mr. Chris added stakeholders in the tourism industry should use the partnerships approach to implement ‘integrated marketing campaigns’ – not just one little activity.
He said the private sector should lead while the government should provide an enabling legal framework.
He added that Uganda needs to reach out to international operators, use Internet marketing and social networking, domestic and international media outreach.
“When it comes to marketing, you cannot do it alone,” he said.
He adds that it needs to be private sector led, but government supported, and lastly that marketing Uganda needs an integrated approach “not just one little activity”.
Although Uganda has an amazing resource base; it is lagging behind its competitors in the region.
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Dutch Love Cannabis has announced they are now offering same-day recreational cannabis delivery in 11 cities across British Columbia , using an all-electric delivery fleet.
In mid-July, new regulations took effect in British Columbia that allows for same-day recreational cannabis delivery from private retailers.
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“With delivery legalized, we’re bringing our values to life in a new way with improved access to safe, regulated cannabis products,” said Harrison Stoker , chief growth officer at Dutch Love. “And since another brand promise is to stay true to Mother Earth, we’re excited to honour that commitment by using an all-electric delivery fleet.”
Stoker said the company was able to refine its delivery process in Ontario, where the provincial government temporarily allowed private retailers to offer delivery as part of its COVID-19 measures.
“The lessons learned and feedback from our Ontario customers has been parlayed into how we built our experience for our B.C. customers,” said Stoker.
The company is offering same-day delivery across the Lower Mainland and Kelowna area, including in Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, Burnaby and New Westminster.
Advocates have been pushing for Ontario to permanently allow private cannabis delivery options.
“Making cannabis delivery permanent rather than temporary would be a huge step forward for the legal market in Ontario,” David Clement wrote for The GrowthOp last May. “It would significantly benefit retailers. But more importantly, it would benefit consumers by expanding and enhancing their options.”
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The New York Times has the story of benefits from some of the West Coast’s biggest names in tech: Facebook, Evernote, and Google…
Today, Evernote’s 250 employees — every full-time worker, from receptionist to top executive — have their homes cleaned twice a month, free.
It is the latest innovation from Silicon Valley: the employee perk is moving from the office to the home. Facebook gives new parents $4,000 in spending money. Stanford School of Medicine is piloting a project to provide doctors with housecleaning and in-home dinner delivery. Genentech offers take-home dinners and helps employees find last-minute baby sitters when a child is too sick to go to school. …
At Google, the company has expanded its benefits beyond free meals, dry cleaning and other services on campus to offering $500 to new parents. The company has also arranged for fresh fish to be delivered to the office for employees to take home.
Evernote also hands out a grand to spend on vacation, but only if you go on “a real vacation.” For example, “you can’t visit the in-laws.”


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Islamabad, July 22 (ANI): The Pakistan Government is reportedly preparing to further liberalise trade regime with India and also grant Most Favored Nation (MFN) status to its neighbour.
Some believe that MFN status and opening up trade with India will be a death knell for Pakistan economy.
According to the Express Tribune, the speculated reasons behind this perception are likely to be duty free imports from a special status country, hurting the domestic sector by opening up the local market to Indian goods, balance of trade suspected to weigh heavily in favour of India, risk of a conflict because of delicate relationship between India and Pakistan and risk of infiltration.
However, MFN status only suggests that for trade purposes a WTO member country will not be discriminated with other member countries.
Moreover, it is expected that cheaper imports will mean lower costs for our industries in the long run which is going to benefit the end consumer and the government in the form of revenues, the report added. (ANI)


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The Hero MotoCorp 'Hum Mein Hai Hero' song was one of the most popular advertising jingles of 2011, proof of which lay in the fact that many Youtube users created videos with it as a background track. This has now paved the way for the next stage of the campaign - asking consumers to generate content that will be aired as TV commercials.
Anil Dua, senior vice president - marketing and sales, Hero MotoCorp, explained, "Composed and sung by AR Rahman, the 'Hero' song was released to mark the launch of the new Hero. The song met with a great response, and was spontaneously used by many viewers to create their own versions. The thought for the new campaign has its genesis in this ownership displayed by the people. What if the content for the next film was created by people? What if every individual was given a chance to create a video that could be seen by others? The engagement program begins with a set of TVCs created by Hero, using everyday people singing along the Heroes song, inviting others to join in."
He added, "Along with an extensive TV campaign, the initiative is going live on social media. People are being invited to sing the Heroes song, shoot their video and upload it to heromotocorp.com and their video can become a part of the film. And one doesn’t have to be a great singer to be a part of the film, because you have AR Rahman singing for you. All people have to do is to sing and make it interesting and they may see themselves featuring in the film."
Rahul Nangia, chief creative officer, West and South, Law & Kenneth, said, "The user-generated content will find itself as a campaign on air. It's a bold experiment from our end, but the truth is the era where brands can talk to consumers about what they are is over - consumers will decide and shape the brands now. This is an attempt to make the consumer the centre of the entire communication process. What you see on air right now is the call for entry phase, which in a fortnight will change to the 'Billion voices' where consumers shoot videos of themselves which will be stitched together in an appropriate manner and then put on air."
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Client Servicing: Debarjyo Nandi, Siddharth Kunkunakar
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Two months after the xenophobic attacks that shook South Africa, the Competition Commission – the country’s anti-trust regulator–wants to know if small foreign retailers are behind the decline of South Africa’s local retailers.
While the inquiry (pdf) is set to probe the grocery retail sector as a whole, the Competition Commission argues that there’s a difference in the performance of foreign-owned and local small retailers. This, says the Commission, has created the perception foreigners are more successful than their local counterparts.
There’s nothing wrong with the need to “examine the dynamics of competition”, what is worrying to some is the insinuation small foreign retailers are to blame for the decline of South African-owned small stores and the local informal economy.
Earlier this year, after the outbreak of xenophobic violence–meted out on mostly Somali, Ethiopian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani retailers–South African minister of small business development, Lindiwe Zulu, implored small foreign retailers to share their trade secrets to avoid any further harassment.
“Foreigners need to understand that they are here as a courtesy and our priority is to the people of this country first and foremost. They cannot barricade themselves in and not share their practices with local business owners,” she said.
Zulu’s statement suggests that small foreign retailers have a secret treasure trove of business practices–one they are not willing to share with their South African competitors.
But research on the business models and practices of small foreign retailers disproves Zulu’s sentiments, and the Competition Commission’s insinuation of uncompetitive behaviour.
Vanya Gastrow, a researcher from the African Centre for Migration in Johannesburg, published her case study on the economics of small traders in South Africa two years ago. Titled “Somalinomics”, Gastrow’s study outlined the trade practices of Somali traders in South Africa.
Her study found nothing unsavory about the business practices of foreign small traders.
Instead, savvy business principles are used: most small foreign retailers set a low mark-up to make a high turnover, they locate their businesses highly trafficked pedestrians areas, they open early and close late and have a wider product range.
Customer-focused business practices sets them apart from their South African counterparts–no dark arts or uncompetitive behavior.
Gastrow’s report found Somali retailers invest considerable effort into sourcing low prices for their products, using sourcing techniques like buying in bulk in order to get discounts from wholesalers.
Almost all the Somali traders in the study pool their resources each month to source goods. Each retailer procures specific goods for their store individually but the costs associated with restocking, like transport and labour, are shared.
Another study (pdf) – by the South Africa Migration Programme–found small foreign retailers employ a sizeable number of South African people, women in particular. In addition, they contribute a huge chunk to South Africa’s value-added-tax (VAT), through their large purchases of goods from major South African wholesalers.


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Consumers are now leaving more tracks as they browse and buy, and Concinnity Marketing & Technology is picking up those pieces of data and using them to show businesses who their customers are and how to reach them.
The “relationship marketing” firm believes in understanding that data to develop a targeted approach to connect with consumers to make them brand advocates, not just customers.
What does Concinnity do? A database marketing company, Concinnity drills down into data to identify a business’ core customers and establish ongoing relationships with them. President and CEO Chris Gunzenhauser said businesses often focus so completely on their products, they don’t have a firm grasp of who they are making them for and how to connect with them.
For instance, new Concinnity client East Coast Bat Co. of Albemarle makes baseball bats. It has tapped into the expertise of Concinnity to identify its core customers, establish relationships with them and turn them into advocates.
Using a data-heavy approach, Concinnity can estimate specific returns on investments in marketing, which becomes more important as marketing budgets are constricted during a tough economy, said Neil Linnell, chief operating officer.
“It’s all about a measurable call to action,” Linnell said.
How did it get its start? Gunzenhauser had completed the launch of a website in 2000 for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco’s new Eclipse brand when he decided to pursue a consulting career. With the Eclipse website, Gunzenhauser realized the potential of using a data-based approach to market directly to consumers, and he got excited about applying those more broadly.
As a consultant, Gunzenhauser began helping companies build consumer databases, but realized that he wanted Concinnity to begin managing and using those databases, not just building them. That business model evolved into the larger firm now headed by Gunzenhauser, Linnell, Chief Technology Officer Rich Freiberg and Chief Strategy Officer Cal Faino, all of whom have a background in the tobacco industry.
“The technology and the infrastructure is the enabler that allows us to execute on the strategy,” Linnell said.
Concinnity continues to work in the tobacco industry, with Florida-based Commonwealth Altadis Inc. as a top client, but also serves the pharmaceutical industry, along with local businesses such as Allegacy Federal Credit Union and Le Bleu of the Triad.
How has Concinnity survived the recession? Gunzenhauser said the firm focuses on making businesses understand that the money spent on database marketing isn’t an expense, but an investment. Concinnity is able to show what that return is through sales and exposure metrics, he says. It’s not enough just to rack up Facebook “likes” if those aren’t converted into sales and those consumers aren’t turned into brand advocates, Gunzenhauser said.
Successful strategy for attracting clients? Concinnity offers an hour of free consulting time to prospective clients that allows the firm to better understand whether what it can offer fits a business’ model. At the same time, clients get a more concrete look at the return they can receive from working with Concinnity.
Advice to small business owners? “The key to any new business is to make sure you understand who your customers are and make sure you’re meeting or exceeding their needs,” Gunzenhauser said. “It doesn’t really matter what you think of your product. It’s what your customers think of your product.”
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Thursday, October 10, 2019
Principals of Gonet Bank & Trust presented the government with a $200,000 cheque to support The Bahamas’ pavilion at 2020 Expo Dubai.
Accepting the cheque on behalf of The Bahamas government, October 3, 2019, at the Office of the Prime Minister was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest.
Deputy Prime Minister Turnquest thanked Gonet Bank for its support. He said that the Bahamian people were also appreciative of the private banking sector for continuing to support the country.
“We are aware of the difficulties that the financial sector has faced in recent years and so we wish to thank you for your confidence in The Bahamas,” said the Minister.
“Expo 2020 is a great opportunity for us post Hurricane Dorian to show that our country is still open for business. This is a part of the world that we have not historically pursued aggressively, so we are happy for this opportunity to expose not only our natural elements of sun, sand and sea but also our products and services.”
Executive director of the Small Business Development Centre Davinia Grant expressed appreciation for the donation and said that this opportunity would showcase local entrepreneurs to the rest of the world.
“Our agency will be representing entrepreneurs so individuals will not only experience the Bahamas via art and culture but also via our products.”
Her team will manage the retail store and will be assisted by the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC), The Bahamas Hotel & Tourism Association (BHTA) and the Tourism Development Corporation (TDC).
Gonet Bank & Trust is a Swiss Bank that has been operating in the Bahamas since 1982. The bank offers financial services to private clients and has been in the private banking sector for over 170 years.
Executive chairman of Gonet Bank & Trust Patrick Feuz said that they were pleased to be a part of this venture. “The Bahamas has been good to the bank since its arrival here, therefore we were excited for this opportunity to be good corporate citizens and gave back.”
Pictured: (from left) Architect, Michael Diggiss; Executive Director/Small Business Development Centre Davinia Grant; CEO/Bahamas Chamber of Commerce Jeffrey Beckles; Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates & The State of Qatar Tony Joudi; CEO, Gonet Bank, Nicholas Gonet; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest; Executive Chairman of The Board of Gonet Bank Patrick Feuz; CEO/Executive Director, Tourism Development Corp Janet Johnson; Managing Director, Gonet Bank, Ahmed El Shahawy; Senior Advisor at the Office of the Prime Minister Joshua Sears; and Consultant to Bahamas Pavilion Expo 2020 Dr. Tyrone McKenzie. (BIS Photo/Raymond A. Bethel, Sr.)


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Döner Summer, a vegan kebab and street food chain based in the north of England, has revealed it will soon be opening a new location. Hints posted on social media have led fans to speculate that it will be in Sheffield. The popular street food outlet said it had just signed a lease on the new store, which will be its fifth to date.
“Our meat substitutes are so realistic meat-eaters often can’t tell the difference”
Döner Summer’s existing stores are in Leeds, York, Manchester, and Hull. The Hull location opened last November, with over 200 customers queueing to get in on the opening night.
Döner Summer hinted that the new location would be about 35 miles from Leeds and was somewhere it had traded before while offering street food. The final hint was “K***** *****D”.
Many fans believe the company is referring to Kelham Island in Sheffield. The company added that another new store is also coming soon, and could potentially open before the fifth location.
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Plant-based eating is still less common in the north of England than in the south, however, an increasing number of plant-based products are being manufactured in the region. Dairy group Meadow Foods last year opened a plant-based facility in Chester for the production of milk, cream, yogurt, soft cheese, custard, and sour cream, and Beau’s recently opened a state-of-the-art vegan ice cream facility in the northeast.
VBites produces some of its meat alternatives in the northeast, while Boston, Lincolnshire, is home to the biggest vegan meat facility in Europe.
“Our meat substitutes are made in our production kitchen in Leeds and are so realistic meat-eaters often can’t tell the difference,” co-founder Andy Tordoff told the York Press. “It is all 100 percent vegan — including the wines, beers, and cocktails.”


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Digipanda Marketing, the London based China focused marketing agency, is partnering with the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) in the UK on a Freshers’ Campaign targeting Chinese students coming to the UK this autumn. The campaign scheduled to commence on 17 October 20202, will be a live streaming session themed on pre-departure preparation. It will be hosted by CSSA which has 190,000 current members.
The event will be held on Bilibili which is a video sharing platform mainly used by under 25-year-old students or fresh graduates. There were over 172 million active users on the platform by the end of the second quarter of 2020. They are also a loyal audience as they have to regularly interact with the platform in order to gain access to all its features.
By sponsoring this event, it will give you the opportunity to promote your products/services to students who will be here for at least one year. You will also be included in the pre-promotion campaigns, live stream as well as the post-campaign review.
CSSA in UK held the first live streaming pre-departure session with Alipay on 15/08. A review article cab be accessed here.
Currently, the UK has surpassed US to become the first destination of overseas study for Chinese students. It is estimated that a record-breaking number of 12,000 Chinese students are to arrive in the UK this autumn.
If you are interested in becoming part of the campaign, or want to know more details, please contact firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Rhode Island companies make some of the world’s most amazing textiles and are an important cog in the US textile and apparel supply chain, especially with respect to innovating and manufacturing textiles used by America’s military, National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) president & CEO Auggie Tantillo said while welcoming the launch of RITIN.
At the launch, RITIN also unveiled its new website and held an expo featuring local manufacturers. The activities dovetailed with NCTO’s We Make Amazing campaign promoting the US textile industry, namely that Rhode Island’s textile industry is involved in research, development, design and manufacturing of an incredible array of end products and providing career opportunities with on-the-job training and advancement.
"Thanks to e-commerce and other emerging technologies, the global textile and apparel sector is experiencing an era of rapid change. Rhode Island is to be commended for being proactive in helping to ensure that its industry remains at the forefront in leveraging those changes to America’s benefit," Tantillo added. (RR)
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It’s Showtime – Magic Johnson enters ‘booming’ crypto fan item market
The market for NFT collectibles based on blockchain technology has grown to more than $250 million in the past year.
Basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson has a new team. The former Los Angeles Lakers star is not returning to the court, however, but is joining a sports company that specialises in Bitcoin Machine developing digital crypto trading cards.
Michael Rubin, the CEO of the corresponding fan merchandise manufacturer Fanatics, told CNBC yesterday that the market for digital and physical collectibles is literally “exploding” at the moment, as the population is spending significantly more time at home than usual due to the Corona crisis.
“We’re seeing a real boom at the moment,” Rubin notes. He adds: “I am convinced that there will be massive value creation in this area. Many people will try to get a piece of the pie, but not everyone will succeed. Ultimately, it’s going to be about delivering great content and great products, only that will lead to long-term success.”
Magic Johnson, who has joined the Fanatics board as an independent director, shares this optimism. For example, he sees NFT digital trading cards as an evolution from physical trading cards, which gained particular popularity during his active career in the 80s and 90s. “The industry has been revolutionised,” says the charismatic leader of the “Showtime Lakers” exuberantly.
As a reminder, NF tokens (NFTs) are crypto coins that are designed to literally have no fungibility
Each crypto token can therefore not be duplicated and is unique, which is why this form of cryptocurrency is particularly suitable as a vehicle for digital collectibles.
The NFT market, which has particular applications for art, trading cards and music, has grown to $250 million in the past year, a fourfold increase. An example of the market’s potential was recently provided by former baseball player Micah Johnson, who has since turned artistic, by selling an NFT artwork for US$2 million.
Large sports corporations such as the American basketball league NBA are now also successfully participating in the market. The NFT project NBA Top Shot has already turned over more than 230 million US dollars through the sale of crypto trading cards, making it one of the market leaders.


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Last March Which? reported Breastlight, a breast-screening device, to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) because we’re concerned it doesn’t meet legally required conditions for sale.
But the MHRA has made no decision and the product remains on sale in stores, including major high street retailer Boots. By contrast, the health regulator in Canada has requested an immediate end to sales.
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A spokeswoman for the MHRA told us: ‘Our investigation has involved an extensive review of the product. As we have received no adverse reports or user complaints and there are no known safety issues, it has not been classified as a high priority and higher-risk devices have taken precedence. Cases are handled according to priority in the interests of public health.’
In contrast to the MHRA’s indecision, the health regulator in Canada has requested an immediate end to Breastlight sales, saying there’s no evidence that it detects early breast cancer and it could pose a health risk to women who rely on it for that purpose.
Women may miss diagnosis
UK-based consultant radiologist Dr Steven Allen told us: ‘Many women may be using this unproven technology because it’s on sale through such a large retailer. Reliance on an ‘all-clear’ result – rather than a mammogram – could have potentially devastating consequences for a few.
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Govt to develop framework for sim card registration by year end
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Nairobi - The government will develop a framework for new mobile phone sim card registration by the end of 2013, a senior government official said on Monday.
Information Cabinet Secretary, Fred Matiang'i, told journalists in Nairobi that the new legal regime will stem the abuse of mobile infrastructure by criminals.
"Kenya will borrow from international best practice in sim card registration in order to manage aspects of crime and cyber security," Matiang'i said when the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) launched a service to enable taxpayers to inquire information via mobile phone.
This announcement comes barely a week after the government asked all telecom companies to ensure that there are no unregistered sim cards on their network.
"The country has been lax for a longtime on the strict observance of sim card registration," he said. "We want to create an orderly society in which everyone is accountable for their actions," Matiang'i said.
He said that currently mobile sim cards are being sold on the streets without the proper verification of the details of the buyers. "Our studies have shown that within two hours, these sims are already operational," he said.
The cabinet secretary said that under the new regulations, all sim card vendors will have to be approved by the communications regulator. "This will assist security agencies to be able to trace all mobile phones numbers," he said.
Matiang'i said that the deployment of the Information Communication Technology is a critical component of Kenya's economic blueprint, Vision 2030. He noted that in the next five years, Kenya will accelerate the automation of all government functions.


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A firm that specialises in making cheese for pizzas is undergoing a £3 million expansion after winning new business at home and abroad, with support from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Prima Cheese in Seaham, County Durham, is a family-owned dairy processing company that supplies cheese products to wholesale food and catering businesses across the UK, Europe and the rest of the world.
The business has outgrown its headquarters at Seaham Grange Industrial Estate and is now expanding into adjacent units to accommodate a new fourth production line.
The new line, along with an investment in state-of-the-art machinery to modernise existing production lines, will boost Prima’s production capacity by 50 per cent.
The investment is part of a £3 million programme to support the firm’s long-term growth, boosting quality, efficiency and productivity.
It comes on the back of a successful 2016 that saw Prima grow exports by 88 per cent after it won business in new and emerging markets including Hong Kong, the Dominican Republic, Taiwan and the Maldives.
Prima’s Finance director Andy Davis said: “We’ve been at our current site since 2001 and had reached full capacity, so we have acquired some adjacent units to grow into, which will see us grow from 33,000 sq ft to 55,000 sq ft by the end of 2017.
“We’re upgrading our three production lines with state-of-the-art new machinery, as well as adding a fourth production line, which together will boost capacity by 50 per cent.
“Our growth has been driven by entering new export markets, launching new products and winning market share in our current markets.
“We’ve also invested heavily in research and development to improve efficiency in our production process, as well as investing in things like energy efficient lighting.”
Prima already sells to 17 countries, with export sales making up a growing 20 per cent of revenues.
It’s biggest overseas market is the Middle East, which has helped drive turnover from £42 million in the year to March, 2016, to just under £60 million in the current period.
Prima’s workforce is planned to hit 100 for the first time in 2017, having doubled in the last three years.
Prima is backed by a Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking asset-based lending facility, which enables businesses that have capital tied up in invoices, stock, plant or property to increase their working capital by raising funds using those assets as security.
Money can be released from these assets into the business, funding growth plans and helping smooth over peaks and troughs in revenue.
Andy said: “Asset finance has been a fantastic support for the business.
“It’s flexible, it allows us to spread payments out and it means that we have the working capital we need to keep our business moving.”
Alison Smith, Relationship Director, North East, Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking mid markets, said: “Prima Cheese has continued to grow, even through a period of political and economic upheaval, and it’s great to see it winning contracts in emerging markets overseas.
“We look forward to continuing our support as the business targets further domestic and international growth.
“Backing mid-sized businesses like Prima, which are an essential part of their local economies, is all part of our plan to help Britain prosper.”


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Target added three hours and will open at 9 p.m. compared with its 12:01 a.m. Black Friday start in 2011, the Tampa Bay Times reported. It is offering a second round of special deals will start selling at 4 a.m.
Walmart will begin offers at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, only two hours ahead of last year’s opening. It boasts a special electronics sale from 10 to 11 p.m.
Toys R Us will open an hour earlier at 8 p.m., according to the Times.
The additional hours are not, however, good for employees who might have to work longer hours during the holiday shopping season. In fact, people have created petitions on Change.org requesting the chains remain closed during Thanksgiving with 154,000 supporters signing as of Nov. 12.
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Competition is good for everyone, but just how many options for the same kinds of service does one actually need? Whether you’ve jumped on the iTunes Radio bandwagon (or Google Play All Access for that matter), stuck with the smaller firms like Pandora, Slacker, Spotify or have kept things light with IHeartRadio there’s plenty of music services to choose from. Once upon a time Amazon was all about the books, but today there isn’t anything that comes to mind that I cannot find on the site. The fact that my Prime membership makes delivery and streaming pay for themselves is just icing on the cake.
The rumors of an Amazon Prime music streaming service continue to grow. The latest report out of the Wall Street Journal suggests that Amazon plans to introduce the service along with an increased rate Prime subscription, with the end goal being to get folks buying more music from its MP3 store. To take care of this Amazon will reportedly allow access to tracks and albums through the service for a limited time only. Amazon has been courting the record labels – according to Billboard – with a target of older music and smaller payments based on how often tracks are played.
The idea of an Amazon music service bundled with Prime isn’t too outrageous considering its current video offerings, but if this all pans out the execution is likely going to be different to competing products like Spotify, Google Play All Access and Pandora. It shouldn’t be too long of a wait though – they’ve already got the infrastructure in place so it’s just a question of closing deals.


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Ecommerce product discovery and search platform Unbxd announced this week that it has raised $12.5 million in series C funding led by Eight Roads Ventures.
Unbxd will reportedly use the investment to further enhance its proprietary Intelligence Engine. The solution currently captures and processes more than 50 shopper data signals that are leveraged to power personalized search, navigation and product recommendations on hundreds of well-known ecommerce sites.
With ecommerce success relying heavily on the quality of the customer experience today, it is solutions like Unbxd's AI-powered platform that sellers are beginning to turn toward in order to enhance their shopping journey and increase conversions and revenue.
"Traditional rules-based ecommerce technology is hard for retailers to manage while also delivering a poor experience for their shoppers. With a better AI solution in place, retailers are more competitive because shoppers can more easily buy what they seek," said Pavan Sondur, Co-Founder & CEO of Unbxd.
Artificial intelligence is impacting ecommerce in myriad ways, influencing critical aspects of the retail experience including pricing, inventory planning, and manging product assortments.
The benefit of AI, of course, is that it takes out the guesswork from what was once a very complicated and imprecise practice. AI makes it possible for data to be digitized, consolidated and analyzed, making forecasting more exact. AI stands to be one of the most disruptive forces in ecommerce in quite a while, the only question is: are ecommerce merchants willing to invest?


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Is NFT Déjà vu for 3D TV and Its Heydays?
By Lim In-kyu, a CEO of LVC Co., Ltd.
The rise of the NFT (Non-Fungible Token) has turbo-charged the world of blockchain, turning it into a major social phenomenon. But, for most people, it is still a strange concept and few can define what NFT is or explain why it has so much potential. How big might the NFT market grow? What dangers might prevent this tech from achieving mainstream acceptance? And is it the real deal, or just a flash in the pan?
I think a very useful comparison for understanding NFTs is the rise of 3D television, a little over a decade ago. There had been a few attempts over the years to launch 3D TVs, but things really got serious after 2009, with the release of the incredibly popular 3D-movie Avatar by director James Cameron. Avatar became the most successful movie of all time, and home appliance manufacturers all over the world thought its release on DVD would spur major demand for the technology, so they began to produce 3D TVs. In addition, Nintendo started offering 3D technology on their flagship portable video game console.
If 2009 was the first year of the 3D home video business, 2021 could be considered the foundation of the NFT, the year it started to reveal its strong potential. One blockchain and crypt statistics company, The Block, found four of the five major NFT services (Axie Infinity, CryptoPunks, NBA TopShot, and Sorare, but not Crypto Kitties) were actively trading. So far in 2021, there have been many big success stories involving NFT. Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, sold an NFT version of the WWW source code from the early 1990s for $5.4 million. And, in March, the artist Mike Winkelmann — better known as Beeple — sold an NFT of one of his artworks for $69 million.
However, the reality of the NFT market is not hundred percent positive. Trading volumes and the number of users has already started to decline, even though NFT tech was introduced less than a year ago. This downturn could be due to a general slump in crypto assets, and overall NFT market volume faced a dip by the time Beeple’s painting was sold. Since that huge sale, newer NFTs haven’t been considered unique or original enough to fetch the same kind of prices. Quartz magazine published a provocative article on June 11, 2021 titled “The NFT boom has gone bust — for now”.
Back in 2009, 3D TVs manufacturers didn’t know it yet, but it turned out that demand for 3D TVs was already at a peak. The technology just didn’t sell, and by 2017 most companies had stopped making them. There were many reasons for this, but the biggest is that consumers voted with their wallets, and it turned out that what they really wanted was higher resolutions (4K) and HDR.
Today, a lot of people can barely remember there was a 3D TV period. They’ve forgotten the massive advertising campaigns and the flooded market. It wasn’t that long ago, but people forget quickly.
Which makes some people wonder: Are NFTs the next 3D TV, overhyped and destined to flame out?
I think the most important thing to think about, when evaluating how likely a hot trend is to become part of daily life, is practicality. Could 3D TV been more successful if people didn’t have to wear those big, uncomfortable glasses? What if 3D content could have been watched without an expensive playing device? What if visual improvements like HDR had been applied to 3D? If the technology has been implemented in a more practical manner, maybe today we’d be watching sports, blockbuster dramas, and movies on 3D TVs.
This is an important lesson we need to learn. NFTs at this stage involve a fairly inconvenient user experience, with new NFT markets localized for each country and local regulations. This means that each NFT market is designed differently and the various blockchain wallets tend to have completely different policies. When you sell your NFT item, you must send the funds to another crypto-asset exchange to convert the money back into a legal currency and then exchange from there again. This leads to large fees for each transaction and process — plus, for Ethereum-based trading, you also have to consider the huge amount of electricity usage. So, given all these problems, is there a case for NFT optimism?
Well, imagine these scenarios. Imagine there’s an artwork by a famous cartoonist and everyone knows about it. What about a rare, powerful item from a popular video game that can be turned into an NFT and made available for trading in the game? Imagine there’s an NFT market asking for less input but with more output per post than Instagram. Imagine digital information that has never known physical form but you can put value on it and buy and sell it. Imagine a world where you can buy NFT items with only a few clicks and save them on your hard drive or in your cloud, just like regular online shopping and express shipping.
If content options flourish and the market operations are free and convenient environment, big businesses will increasingly grow comfortable with NFT, creating a bigger pool of NFT items for the public to trade freely.
LINE released a beta version of the NFT market in Japan on June 30 that is integrated with LINE BITMAX Wallet and uses its own crypto asset (LINK) as a payment method. The LINE Blockchain Team is leading the way in popularizing NFT and improving the user experience so that more companies will adopt this innovative technology, helping to make NFT more fun and accessible for all.
Source: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) Koala Newsletter
Original Column: https://www.hankyung.com/economy/article/202107058273i


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