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With NHL games canceled through mid-December, NHL revenue is absent at Philadelphia Flyers parent company Comcast-Spectacor. However, a year after installing new leadership at its Front Row Marketing sales, analytics and corporate consulting unit, things are going swimmingly.
The success of the Xfinity Live! restaurant/sports bar complex next to the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia led to a broader sales relationship with developer The Cordish Cos. Front Row also signed to consult on naming rights for a venue that will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
“The vision here was to expand into new areas, and a year later, I can say we can and we are into areas like soccer, motorsports and growing our international business,” said Luukko, who first knew Lencheski as a Flyers season-ticket holder. “We’re a company that has promoted from within, just as we have generally built our businesses, rather than acquired them. But Chris has that sense of urgency that comes from running your own business, where if you aren’t selling, you aren’t eating.”
Other wins over the past year include representation for what is now the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl. Front Row is a finalist in one of the most closely watched agency shootouts of the year — the bid for West Virginia’s media and marketing rights. An agreement to sell naming rights at Miami of Ohio is intriguing, too, since the school is otherwise represented by IMG.
“We’ve raised our profile,” Lencheski said, “but there’s still a lot of work to do.”
Helping with that work will be two well-connected sales executives brought in recently — Sergio del Prado, who is now a regional vice president based in Los Angeles, and Lee Stacey, the unit’s new senior vice president of national sales.
While Front Row has some synergies with its closest corporate cousins, like venue management firm Global Spectrum, the ultimate potential is synergy across more distant NBC Universal properties, like selling for Universal theme parks or creating golf tournaments in which Golf Channel held a principal role.
NASCAR’s total sponsorship revenue is expected to drop slightly in 2013 as marketers continue to tighten their budgets and some sponsors depart the sport.
The sanctioning body had 13 sponsors up for renewal in 2012 and cemented extensions with seven of them: Sprint, Goodyear, MillerCoors, COPD, Featherlite, Chevrolet and Ford. It is still in discussions with Mobil 1, Procter & Gamble, DirecTV and USG, the official building products provider. Two sponsors, Office Depot and Dodge, decided to end their partnerships after the 2012 season.
Top series naming-rights sponsor Sprint is among seven partners who have renewed.
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But those deals weren’t enough to increase NASCAR’s total sponsorship revenue going into next year. It will be down by a single-digit percentage for the second consecutive year.
“I wouldn’t attribute it to a single sponsorship” said Jim O’Connell, NASCAR’s chief sales officer. “It’s a reflection of the fact that marketing budgets are a lot tighter.”
O’Connell said that in some cases NASCAR decreased the cost of a sponsorship in exchange for an increase in activation across the sport or against one of the sport’s key marketing initiatives and components of its five-year industry action plan, designed to bolster youth and multicultural interest.
“We want to hold to a rate card where we can, but support of our industry action plan is very important,” O’Connell said.
MillerCoors was one brand that committed to supporting those initiatives during its negotiations with NASCAR. The company last February announced a five-year extension with NASCAR that will see the Coors Light brand remain the sport’s official beer.
“We’re in this for the long term,” said Adam Dettman, director of sports and entertainment marketing for MillerCoors. “We want them to be successful, as well. Youth appeal and multicultural is important. It’s one of those things we’re all going to have to work collectively on.”
In addition to enlisting sponsors who will support its industry-action initiatives, NASCAR has focused on expanding its portfolio of green partners and increasing the number of sponsors that are part of its NASCAR Green program. The sponsors get rights to a NASCAR Green logo and can use their relationship with the program to promote their environmentally friendly initiatives.
O’Connell said the new platform has helped boost the sport’s bottom line at a time when traditional categories such as airline and hotel sponsorships remain difficult to sell.
“We have a really good story on the green side,” O’Connell said. “It all started with Growth Energy. That set the stage for us, and we’ve been able to attract sponsors who are comfortable showcasing their products and technology in the sport.”
NASCAR this year also signed a value-in-kind deal with HP. The technology company is providing the infrastructure for the sanctioning body’s new media engagement center, which will monitor, interact with and respond to social and traditional media.
O’Connell said the deal doesn’t preclude NASCAR from going after other technology companies and added that the sanctioning body remains focused on filling the technology category. “With green, we started with a bang,” O’Connell said. “Technology will be a slow build.”
Next year will be a light year for renewals, with only Toyota and Safety-Kleen up for renewal. New categories NASCAR hopes to fill include consumer electronics, quick-service restaurant, spirits and office supplies.
Editor's note: This story is revised from the print edition.
The 15-second TV spot opens with boxer Manny Pacquiao rhythmically peppering a green speed bag to music. When he unleashes a hard left hand, the bag explodes, spraying hundreds of pistachio nuts into the air. “Manny Pacquiao does it,” the narrator says seconds before impact, “with a knockout punch.”
Pacquiao joins Snoop, Snooki and the Simpsons in a quirky stable of pop culture figures to appear in Wonderful Pistachios’ 3-year-old “Get Crackin’” ad campaign. The fighter’s spot debuts tonight during “Monday Night Football,” then airs on “Late Show with David Letterman” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
Manny Pacquiao’s ad for Wonderful Pistachios debuts tonight during “Monday Night Football.” Wonderful also is one of six sponsors for the boxer’s Saturday PPV fight.
The one-year endorsement deal will pay Pacquiao in the mid-six figures, according to a sports marketing source. Paramount Farms executives would not discuss financial terms.
This is Pacquiao’s third deal from outside the usual lineup of brands that cast athletes in commercials. He appeared in a national spot for Hewlett-Packard’s tablet computer 18 months ago and in Hennessy’s “What’s Your Wild Rabbit” campaign earlier this year. Hennessy has renewed Pacquiao for 2013.
“The Get Crackin’ campaign is one of those places that you should want to be right now if you’re in the sports world,” said Lucia McKelvey, Pacquiao’s deal agent at boxing promoter Top Rank. “It’s fun. It’s great, visually. And they’ll have a huge media buy. It’s a great fit for Manny.”
Paramount Farms will spend about $40 million behind at least a dozen Get Crackin’ spots it will air this season, company executives said. It has spent about $130 million on ad buys since launching the campaign late in 2009.
The deal with Pacquiao began percolating shortly after the London Olympics, where Paramount Farms sponsored boxer Jose Ramirez, who is from Avenal, Calif., about 30 miles from the company’s pistachio processing plant in the San Joaquin Valley. Ramirez signed with Top Rank early last month and will make his debut on the undercard of Saturday’s fight. He, too, will wear the Get Crackin’ slogan on his trunks.
“We were kicking around ideas and thought it’d be great to have an ad that leveraged the physical, fun nature of boxing,” said Marc Seguin, vice president of marketing for Paramount Farms. “We knew boxing would work well. The next question was ‘Who is topical that has social currency and will reach a lot of folks?’ It wasn’t a hugely complicated equation.”
The Get Crackin’ campaign features what the brand calls “P-list” celebrities and other characters cracking open pistachios in creative ways. Bart Simpson slingshots them off Homer. Vincent Pastore of “The Sopranos” slams one open by banging a man’s forehead into a table. YouTube sensation Keyboard Cat taps one open on its piano keys.
It was a natural progression to a Pacquiao punch.
Pacquiao shot the commercial early last month in Los Angeles. Since then, Wonderful’s sweet chili-flavored pistachios have been a fixture at his training camp.
Wonderful joins a roster of six sponsors on the Pacquiao-Marquez fight: Tecate, Mexican wireless provider Telcel, Philippine wireless provider Smart, the Cinemax series “Banshee” and the Weinstein Co./Columbia Pictures film “Django.”
Stanley Black & Decker is looking to Liverpool FC for global activation efforts.
The company next month is launching its second “unique experience” contest with the English Premier League franchise. The Stanley Global Striker Challenge will be open to trade professionals and consumers worldwide through point-of-purchase and online sweepstakes entries. The contest will debut in 12 European countries but with plans to extend to the United States, Thailand, Canada and Brazil, among other countries, by the spring.
A 13-country sweepstakes this fall brought in winners to train at Liverpool’s academy, as well as meet club players and see a game.
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It won’t be the first time Stanley Black & Decker has built a contest around Liverpool. In October, the company hosted 32 tradesmen from around the globe to a weekend with Liverpool at Anfield, the team’s stadium.
A global audience is vital to Stanley Black & Decker, which is based in the United States but sells products in more than 100 countries. Earle Smola, director of corporate brand design and sponsorships, said the company generates about half its annual revenue outside the United States. Stanley Black & Decker also has sponsorship agreements overseas with professional bull riding in Brazil and with Fulham of the EPL, but it does not have plans yet to host experience sweepstakes with those organizations similar to those it is offering with Liverpool.
“This is the first program that we’ve been able to leverage with great success globally,” Smola said.
The participants in this fall’s effort were chosen from more than 15,000 entries of a point-of-purchase and online sweepstakes held during the summer. The contest was run in 13 countries with at least one winner selected from each. Those winners received training at the academy, met current and former Liverpool players, and watched the club’s 0-0 draw with Stoke City.
The global tools company is in the first year of a three-year contract with Liverpool FC that runs through the 2014-15 EPL season. Stanley Black & Decker is the official tools and security partner of the club and receives, among other deal points, pitch-side LED advertising at Anfield, player image rights, tickets to the club’s matches home and away, and the ability to present “unique experience” contests.
“Liverpool was founded in 1892 and has over 200 fan clubs in over 40 countries,” Smola said. “Our company has been around for almost 170 years. We felt that Liverpool’s rich history would be a perfect fit with our brands.”
The creative for the Liverpool efforts was developed through McCann in Birmingham, England, with the promotional execution facilitated by Retail Sports Marketing in Charlotte.
So when we heard about A-B testing new technology to leverage those relationships with stadiums that house the NFL, we were intrigued. When we discovered it involves proprietary in-stadium content, our news Geiger counter started ticking as if we were in Chernobyl. Enhancing the in-stadium experience tops the to-do list of every team and league marketer — except perhaps those at the NHL.
The test program with the Patriots and Dolphins offers proprietary content to stadium-goers.
A-B uses scoreboard announcements, team website ads and other assets gained through its team deals to drive awareness of the program.
Paragon Marketing conceived the concept for A-B and is developing the content and managing the relationship with technology provider Blippar, which labels the system “augmented reality.” Blaise D’Sylva, A-B vice president of media, sports and entertainment marketing, calls it an intriguing test.
“We’ve been looking for better ways to engage fans in stadiums and better leverage our NFL connections with them,” said D’Sylva, who added that A-B also has tested the Blippar system at retail, using NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick at Wal-Mart stores in the Southeast.
A-B is testing the in-stadium tech play for a season at the Patriots’ and Dolphins’ home fields before deciding if it makes sense to install it elsewhere within its massive portfolio of sports properties. Key metrics being considered are the number of app downloads and the amount of time spent with the content, which we’re told has impressive stickiness thus far. Those factors will be weighed against the combined costs of the technology and producing the content.
For now, this program is at NFL venues only. However, given A-B’s vast real estate within MLB venues, “there could be even more of a play there, while our NFL experience with this has been mostly pregame,” D’Sylva said.
Like so much digital marketing, the rules are different. This is less of a “buy beer” message and more about driving home an association — in this case, A-B’s pricey NFL league rights, along with its 28 team deals and 11 exclusive NFL relationships.
“Everyone is trying to find a way to make that second screen pay off,” D’Sylva said. “This is our play and it’s being tested against some of the biggest NFL fans and some of our most important consumers.”
> SEASONAL GREETING: Retailer Finish Line, Coke’s Powerade isotonic, Dodge Ram Trucks, Ketel One Vodka and Pepperidge Farm Goldfish are lead sponsors with multiplatform buys for Sports Illustrated’s 2012 Sportsman of the Year award, to be announced today and celebrated at a Wednesday fete in New York City.
SI hooked Pepperidge Farm’s Goldfish brand.
Sportsman of the Year sponsor activation includes Powerade’s Underdog high school football platform, which included 10 webisodes on SI.com; Dodge having a vehicle on site at the Sportsman of the Year party; a 150,000-run custom publication highlighting “Enduring Sportsmen” as a December gift-with-purchase for Finish Line customers spending more than $75; and Goldfish staging a Sportskid of the Year contest with SI Kids.
As of press time, ad pages for the planned 156-page Sportsman of the Year issue, which has a cover date of Dec. 10, were at 57, an increase of four from last year and the most since 2008. Does that mean the recession is a distant memory?
“The recovery is ongoing,” Ford said. “On the print side [where 2012 looks to be flat from 2011], we are still under demands from marketers for more accountability. [Category-wise], domestic auto advertising is still lagging, but our digital is up, our experiential is way up [175 percent increase over 2011]. So, we look at the total pie and feel pretty good.”
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IDG has combined CXO Media and Network World into a single organization called CXO Media Network World. Michael Friedenberg is CEO and president of the new group; Network World's John Gallant is executive VP and GM. The new organization, in part, is modeled after IDG's PCW Communications, which houses PC World and MacWorld under one corporate roof.
No layoffs have resulted, though IDG seeks to develop "shared services" that may produce a few down the line.
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Lithium is in high demand due to rapid growth in the production of electric vehicles that use lithium-ion batteries, but there is a global shortage of metal supply, with Western countries rushing to create new mines for compete with China.
The Serbian government on Thursday revoked licenses for a major lithium project owned by British-Australian miner Rio Tinto Plc, which industry experts say is expected to prolong a supply shortage until the middle of the decade. .
Here are some key facts about major lithium mines and supply based on data from the Australian Department of Industry, the US Geological Survey, company reports and a Credit Suisse report.
Lithium is currently produced from hard rock or brine mines. Australia is the world’s largest supplier, with production coming from hard rock mines. Argentina, Chile and China produce it mainly from salt lakes.
Total global production, measured in lithium carbonate equivalent, was forecast in December at 485,000 tonnes in 2021, rising to 615,000 tonnes in 2022 and 821,000 tonnes in 2023, according to Australia’s Department of Industry.
Credit Suisse analysts are more conservative, seeing 2022 production at 588,000 tons and 2023 at 736,000 tons, and forecast demand to outpace supply growth, with demand at 689,000 tons in 2022 and 902,000 tonnes in 2023, around two thirds of which will be for electric vehicles. batteries.
Lithium carbonate prices have hit record highs over the past year due to strong demand from Chinese battery makers.
On January 18, Allkem, the world’s top 10 producer, said it expects prices in the half year to June to rise to around $20,000 (around Rs 15 lakh) per tonne at point of loading, in up about 80% compared to the six months to December. 2021.
The largest mines in the world
Greenbushes, Western Australia, Talison Lithium (a joint venture of Tianqi Lithium, IGO and Albemarle. Current production capacity of 1.34 million tonnes per annum of chemical grade and technical grade lithium concentrate.
Pilgangoora, Western Australia, owned by Pilbara Minerals, plans to produce 400,000 to 450,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate by June 2022.
Mt Cattlin, Western Australia, owned by Allkem, the company resulting from the merger of Orocobre and Galaxy Resources, produced 230,065 tonnes of spodumene concentrate in 2021.
Mibra, Minas Gerais, Brazil, owned by Advanced Metallurgical Group, producing 90,000 tons per year of spodumene.
Mount Marion, Western Australia, owned by Mineral Resources Ltd, is on track to produce 450,000 to 475,000 tonnes of spodumene by June 2022.
Salar de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile, owned by Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM), producing 110,000 tons per year of lithium carbonate.
Chaerhan Lake Mine, in Qinghai, China, owned by Qinghai Salt Lake BYD Resources Development Co, capacity of 10,000 tons per year of lithium carbonate
Yajiang Cuola Mine, Sichuan, China, owned by Tianqi Lithium, capacity 10,000 tons per year.
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We’re thrilled to take the ECTO-1 and minifigure characters from Brent Waller’s Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary project and release them as the next LEGO CUUSOO set. This is an amazing model, and the set will be a fantastic representation of the cult classic film. Supporters know that Brent put a lot of love into this, and the final model, which we can’t reveal quite yet, will be largely based on his original car design. The final design, pricing and availability are still being worked out, and the set will be released later this year, so stay tuned!
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SAN MATEO, Calif., March 3, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SendBird, the leading chat API service for mobile and web applications, today announced significant platform additions designed to make chat easy and accessible to any tech-driven company, from ride sharing services to marketplaces to online communities to dating apps.
With five billion people now accustomed to chatting on a messaging service on a regular basis, chat has become a must-have for modern tech-driven companies. On top of this, the API economy is gaining tremendous momentum globally as companies look to take advantage of high-quality solutions that enable them to go-to-market faster and at a lower total cost of ownership. With its latest enhancements and strong momentum, SendBird is well positioned as the industry's most feature-rich, highly scalable chat API. Its latest enhancements will further its category leadership by making chat more accessible for mainstream businesses while ensuring trust and safety for all users through moderation, delivering an even more delightful user experience, and facilitating engagement across users in different countries.
"We knew powerful moderation capabilities were a must-have before brand-conscious businesses would introduce chat into their app user experience," said SendBird CEO, John Kim. "Growth-oriented companies don't want to spend time building moderation features, in part because they are extremely difficult to do well and they are not flashy or exciting. The same goes for features like offline messaging, which is a hard engineering challenge to solve at scale. Our commitment as one of the pioneers of the API economy is to make powerful chat capabilities simple to incorporate into any app or service."
In addition to market-leading moderation capabilities, SendBird has also released several new features to better service global customers, including offline sync and on-demand translation of messages, and usability improvements to increase engagement and drive better business outcomes via chat.
Some of the new features include:
Moderation and Safety:
Image Moderation: For nearly every vertical-- especially communities, marketplaces, and dating apps, censoring unwanted graphic content, such as violence or nudity, and keeping a chat thread clean has never been easier. SendBird's new image moderation capabilities can be applied to both image files as well as URLs in the message.
RegEx Profanity Filter: With this new feature, moderators define patterns of regular expressions in user messages that they would like to intercept before they are delivered to the recipient. The objective is to limit the sharing of information that violates the terms of communication or service. For example, a marketplace might want to limit the exchange of phone numbers between buyers and sellers in a chat so that the transaction happens on the marketplace platform itself. The feature can be used to detect other patterns that have regular expressions as well.
GDPR API: SendBird is committed to protecting the privacy of its users and therefore developed a GDPR- compliant API to ensure that user data and privacy is protected at all times according to the industry's most stringent standards. This is one of many measures SendBird has taken in its commitment to privacy and security.
Moderation API: SendBird has developed an API to help customers extend the out of the box moderation capabilities already provided. This enables them to fully customize the moderation experience for administrators as well as have additional flexibility on how they report on moderation activities.
Offline Sync: SendBird's offline synching capabilities cache messages locally during service interruption and ensure message delivery when the user goes back online. It's especially useful for apps with large user bases in countries with unpredictable service.
On-demand Translation: Translating messages on-the-fly is a game-changer for many marketplaces and applications. On-demand translation allows the user to translate only certain messages and complements the existing auto-translation feature that translates every message coming through the system.
Push Translation: With translation of push notifications customers can create end-to-end translation in the conversation.
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Reactions: SendBird gives users the ability to add a reaction, such as a thumbs up or a smiley face, within its chat interface, making large scale chat feel similar to one-on-one or group texts with friends.
Full Text Search: To help users find specific content they are searching for within a thread, SendBird lets users conduct a keyword search, eliminating the process of having to scroll back through countless messages to find what they are looking for.
Delivery Receipts: This feature provides the ability to alert the sender when messages are successfully delivered. Delivery receipts help facilitate transactions in industries such as food delivery, ride sharing, and marketplaces.
SendBird Extends Market Leadership
The new product enhancements come as SendBird disclosed impressive company momentum, becoming the industry's #1 Chat API.
"With every app looking for a chat strategy, we're seeing demand across industries we would expect like marketplaces, ride sharing, and communities, but also newer industries like healthcare and live streaming of events," said Kim.
Over the last year, SendBird has seen triple digit growth in the monthly active users chatting on its platform, bringing its total to more than 90 million active users across the globe. Currently over one and a half billion messages are sent through the SendBird platform every month and more than 65,000 developers create chat experiences on the SendBird platform.
Additionally, SendBird has closed a number of new customers in the U.S. and across the globe, including Grand Rounds, Meetup, Delivery Hero, and KeepTruckin.
After closing $102 Million in Series B funding, the company has opened offices in Singapore, India, London, and New York to further product development and grow sales in order to meet demand for its technology.
To learn more about SendBird's new products enhancements please visit https://blog.sendbird.com/making-chat-mainstream-product-update.
SendBird's top global customers include Yahoo! Sports, gojek, Carousell, Virgin Mobile UAE, YOLO, Dream 11, Grand Rounds, Hanger, Glu Mobile, TriNet, Accolade, Yell, Hinge, Kookmin Bank and SSG. It is backed by Shasta Ventures, August Capital, ICONIQ Capital, Tiger Global Management, Y Combinator and FundersClub. SendBird is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
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New regulations on D.C. bag law
The D.C. Wire is reporting that the D.C. Department of the Environment published new regulations Friday clarifying which retail stores have to charge the 5-cent tax on plastic bags, and how the city would enforce the new law.
The proposed regulations, which become law following a 30-day public comment period, say the tax applies to bakeries, delicatessens, grocery stores, convenience stores that sell food, restaurants, street vendors that sell food, liquor stores as well as "any business that sells food items."
But the new regulations, published in the D.C. Register, say the tax will generally not apply to bags used to package goods inside food stores.
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CT Culture is Stronger Than Ever
CT culture continues to grow stronger than ever with over 1.75 million tweets containing "gm". Over 80% of users have tweeted out "gm" at least once showing just how popular this trend has become across all ages and backgrounds!
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In the age of digital communication, the term “gm” has become increasingly popular among users of Twitter. With over 1.75 million tweets containing the term, it is clear that CT culture is strong as ever. It appears that over 80% of users have tweeted out “gm” at least once. CT stands for “good morning” and has been used to greet people since the early days of social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. It is a way to start conversations with friends or strangers alike, often accompanied by an emoji or other image. The use of this phrase has grown exponentially in recent years, with many people using it as a way to express their feelings about something they are passionate about or simply as a friendly greeting. The popularity of this phrase has led to its use in various contexts outside of social media platforms such as television shows, movies, books and even advertisements. For example, some companies have started using the phrase in their marketing campaigns to target younger audiences who are more likely to be familiar with its usage on social media platforms. Additionally, many celebrities have also taken up the trend and incorporated it into their daily lives by tweeting out “gm” when they wake up each morning or when they want to wish someone good luck before an event or competition. The rise in popularity of this phrase is indicative of how quickly technology can spread trends around the world and how easily people can connect with one another through social media platforms like Twitter. As more people continue to join these networks every day, it will be interesting to see what other trends emerge from them in the future!


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Datacom International, Inc., Minneapolis, developer of the dataSIGN on-demand enterprise software product for the custom sign manufacturing industry, announces that it has been accepted by the World Sign Associates (WSA) as an Associate Product Member (APM).
The WSA is a sign industry trade association representing nearly 200 members since 1947. (visit www.wsapublic.org for more information). The dataSIGN product is an end-to-end Web-based software solution for sign manufacturers, providing an integrated platform for estimating, sales (CRM), manufacturing, financials and more.
“Datacom is honored to have been accepted as a WSA member,” says Don Roepke, CEO of Datacom. “The WSA has long been recognized as an organization that represents the best of what the sign industry has to offer. The WSA’s member companies endorse an environment of education, fellowship and community, and we look forward to working with the WSA to further promote its core values," added Roepke.


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Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the ratings of Burger King www.bk.com/ franchisee Caribbean Restaurants LLC to B3, from Caa2, after the company successfully refinanced its debt, the agency said Monday, March 5.
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TeamLogic IT, a leading national provider of comprehensive computer-based services for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announces that it has ranked No.
A gardening business set up by a former finance director when he was made redundant has branched out with its first franchisee.
Shelley Fitzgibbon, Principal Razzamataz Wokingham and Woodley was awarded the Franchisee of the Year due to her sheer utter passion and dedication to the arts and her students and New Franchisee of the Year, Lisa and Neil Roberts, Principals of Razzamataz Rickmansworth have simple taken to the business like a ‘duck to water’.
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Governor Scott Walker Signs Legislation Into Law Easing Tax Burden and Bolstering Freight Mobility in Wisconsin
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Ashwaubenon – Governor Scott Walker signed Assembly Bills 558 and 629 into law today at the Northeast Wisconsin Truck Expo, held at Shopko Hall in Ashwaubenon. The Northeast Wisconsin Truck Expo is the largest transportation industry expo in the state and attracts business leaders from trucking, transportation, and logistics companies from across the state.
“The legislation we’re signing here today in Ashwaubenon brings our state into compliance with existing federal weight regulations for vehicles operating on the interstate highway system and increases mobility to support the ongoing growth of our economy and freight transport in Wisconsin,” Governor Walker said. “The bills also lower the tax burden on small businesses and consumers by eliminating a tax on a tax by preventing state sales tax from applying to the federal excise tax on heavy trucks.”
Assembly Bill 558 – as amended, makes a number of technical modifications to existing state law relating to vehicle size and weight permits issued by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) authorizing the operation of vehicles that can exceed weight and length limits on certain highways. In particular, the bill clarifies and correctly implements the federal weight grandfathering provisions for both the I-39 and I-41 corridors. Authored by Representative John Spiros (R – Marshfield) and Senator Jerry Petrowski (R – Marathon), the bill passed the Assembly on a voice vote and was concurred by the Senate on a voice vote. It is Act 360.
Assembly Bill 629 – exempts the federal excise tax on the retail sales of heavy trucks from the definition of taxable sales price the federal excise tax on the retail sales of heavy trucks. The bill takes effect retroactively beginning September 1, 2014, ensuring the state treats sales of heavy trucks the same as it did prior to that date. Authored by Representative Kathleen Bernier (R – Chippewa Falls) and Senator Jerry Petrowski (R – Marathon), the bill passed the Assembly with a vote of 90-2 and was concurred by the Senate with a vote of 31-1. It is Act 361.
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Amish furniture ‘sells itself’
It’s been about six months since Chriss and Laurie Stutzman opened their furniture store, and the business has done exceptionally well, Chriss said.
“We believe our furniture sells itself once people get to see it, feel it and touch it,” he said.
The furniture is Amish-crafted and 95 percent of it comes from Ohio, where the Stutzmans lived prior to moving to the area four years ago.
They were “living the American dream” in Mt. Eaton, Ohio, Chriss said, noting he had a business that involved buying standing timber and land. But they felt called by God to the mission field and sold everything and moved out to Montana, completed a Discipleship Training School at Youth With a Mission’s Pablo campus and made a two-year commitment to the ministry, he said. (The couple grew up Amish but left that lifestyle in 1998.)
They traveled across the U.S. and to Egypt, Morocco, Japan and Samoa, with Chriss sharing the gospel through Power Feats of Strength. This involved bending steel, breaking bricks, running through 2x4s and bursting rubber water bottles with one’s breath. These represented examples of things the couple faced in life, and they were able to share their life story through them, Chriss said.
When in Samoa in December 2015, they felt a different call. “I felt God leading us to start a business,” Chriss said, noting that he had wanted to start a high-quality furniture business if he ever left Ohio.
“At first I thought we’d have to be in Kalispell or Missoula, but why not be here?” he said. “People ask us, ‘Why Polson?’ I say I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.”
The business is the only one in the state that sells Amish-crafted furniture exclusively, he said.
Customers range from Whitefish to Missoula and beyond.
“The Amish don’t compromise” when making their furniture, which “represents quality, integrity and attention to detail,” he said.
Their hardwood furniture includes red and white oak, maple, cherry, hickory and walnut.
The store also sells some softwood furniture from Amish in Rexford, including blue pine and Douglas fir.
Chriss explained that when some American furniture makers began moving their operations overseas in the 1980s and ‘90s, the Amish stayed true to their craft and consequently became the No. 1 maker of hardwood furniture in the U.S.
Furniture that comes outside the country is typically made of particle board with a veneer finish. That has its place in the market, Chriss said, but he believes solid wood furniture is best.
Stutzman’s Amish Crafted Furniture also sells canes, quilts and outdoor furniture made from recycled milk jugs. The outdoor furniture is virtually maintenance-free and comes in 15 colors.
Custom furniture orders based on type of wood, stain or size can be ready in 8-10 weeks, he said.
The business is located at 201 Second St. East on U.S. 93 (Second Avenue) in Polson.
Business hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The phone number is 406-319-2555. The business can also be found on Facebook.
“If it continues going on the pace it’s going, we’ll have to expand,” Chriss said.


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This week saw a whistleblower expose a shocking example of how American factory farmers are euthanising thousands of their pigs causing them “extreme, prolonged and unnecessary suffering”. Due to a glut of market-ready pigs following closures and slow-downs of packing plants because of high COVID-19 infection rates amongst workers, farmers are aborting and euthanising the pigs, removing them from the food supply chain. Animal rights group, Direct Action Everywhere, published the footage revealing pigs “shrieking in agony” by asphyxiation by turning off the ventilation system and pumping gases into their packed enclosure. The pork producer featured in the video, Iowa Select Farms, which owns 800 factory farms across Iowa and markets 4 million hogs a year, hit back saying that the activists were ‘hitting farmers when farmers were down’. Yes, farmers are also pawns in a factory farming system dominated by a few vast packing houses that squeeze so much of the profits from farmers, that they also have to get vast and mechanised or get out of the industry. There are cracks at every level and without whistleblowers the public would be unaware how these systems are unfit for purpose and unfit for shocks. Unless we protect our UK farmers in the Agriculture Bill, they will have to compete in this race to the bottom.
Along with such abhorrent failures in factory farming we read that some scientists are now hypothesising that industrial farmed pigs could be vectors for COVID-19, that is, could immunocompromised factory farmed pigs be the genetic path COVID-19 took between bats and humans? The report makes some striking correlations between the number of infected cases in Brazil and the number of high density pig farms in the area.
With the Tories refusing to ensure the Agriculture Bill bans imports of meat that would be illegal to produce in the UK, our farmers will have to compete against a system that is totally and utterly flawed. Please write to your MP, and to Members of the House of Lords, to urge them to prevent imports undercutting our farmers. And please sign this petition from the NFU asking for a law that prevents food being imported into the UK which has been produced in ways that would be illegal here. This includes animal welfare standards. We are aware that Red Tractor Assured pork products promoted by NFU in the UK are not great standards, but they will get a great deal worse with the pressure to compete with lower standard imports from abroad.
Equally important is to be aware that if we buy pork from factory farms we are a part of the problem. We all need to either give up meat or buy less but better meat, by only buying pork that has a label to say that it has come from a happy pig farm, i.e. RSPCA Assured, Free Range or best of all Organic.
We are really grateful to all the farmers who have made short videos about lockdown life on their high welfare farms. At June’s Farm, the crisis hasn’t had much impact on daily life on the farm, but online sales have gone through the roof!
Finally, this week we interviewed Pete Ritchie, the executive director of Nourish and owner of Whitmuir farm. He speaks about the need for a shake up in the food system, for a larger number of smaller scale abattoirs. He calls for a food system that respects meat, values high welfare, provenance and quality, and minimises animal stress rather than what we predominantly have now; mass, crass production.
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Honda is working very hard to bring a host of new motorcycles to the market by 2020, and after the news of a new Africa Twin, and the patent files that show how Honda is working on a three-wheels X-ADV and other models, a set of new patent files first published by Morebikes website show that the Japanese manufacturer is developing a new safety system that includes 3D vision!
On the schematics seen on these patent files, it’s clear that Honda plans to install two cameras on opposite sides of the bike, at the front, which will enable the use of modern safety systems that we’re now used to find on high-end premium cars.
Bosch, for example, known for developing advanced ABS systems for bikes, has been working on a set of new safety systems for motorcycle manufacturers like BMW Motorrad and KTM. These new advanced electronic packages will bring car active safety systems to the motorcycle world, but Bosch is using radars and not cameras to reach this goal.
Why use two cameras and not just one?
The answer is quite simple actually. Honda wants to use active safety systems, probably a development of their own Honda Sensing system that they’ve been using on their cars lately. By using two cameras, Honda plans to let the system control traffic situations like possible collisions, people crossing the road in front of the bike, traffic signs, highway exists and a whole host of different riding situations that might be dangerous for the rider.
The use of separate cameras means Honda is planning to use stereoscopic 3D vision, allowing the safety systems to be more effective in tracking and reacting to possible dangers on the road.
Although the bike depicted on the patent files is a VFR1200F, inside sources have confirmed to us that this new 3D vision safety system will be used on the new Gold Wing that should be available on the market by 2020, with Honda planning to reveal that luxurious touring bike this Fall, probably on the next Tokyo Motor Show.


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Assassin's Creed Syndicate's story will have a lighter tone and more humor, according to one of the game's developers. In an interview with ...
Bullfrog Productions’ 1993 cyberpunk real-time tactical game Syndicate is now free for PC users as part of EA’s On the House initiative for ...
The makers of Syndicate and The Darkness have a new project up on their website: Storm.
When Syndicate was released last week it came with a special message to anyone looking to pirate the game.
Does this re-launched blast from the past stack up with the big boys of today or does the sci-fi shooter that is Syndicate fall short?
This week in gaming brings of the joy of new hardware, the fury of a god, and nightmare becoming a reality.
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Realme had reportedly planned to launch a foldable phone in 2022. However, for reasons best known to the company, its launch has been postponed until this year. Samsung, Huawei, Motorola, Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo, and Tecno are some of the mainstream smartphone brands that have launched foldable phones. OnePlus will enter the foldable market in the third quarter of this year. It now appears that Realme will also unveil its first-ever foldable phone this year.
Realme CEO Madhav Sheth hinted at the release of a foldable smartphone by asking users which one they would like to see first, the Realme Fold or the Realme Flip. Among the above-mentioned brands, Samsung is the only one that offers its foldable phones in more markets. Most of the other brands have been actively launching foldable phones in the Chinese market.
There are two kinds of foldable phones available on the market. The first is is horizontal folding design, which allows users to open the device like a book to access its large foldable screen. This allows users to take advantage of a tablet-like experience.
The next one is a flip, or the so-called clamshell design, which allows users to open the device vertically to use its foldable screen. It is unclear whether Realme’s upcoming foldable phone will be a fold or a flip device.
At present, there is no word on the specifications of the Realme Flip / Fold. In all likelihood, Realme’s first foldable phone may debut in the second half of 2022.


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NORTHERN isles MP Alistair Carmichael is encouraging local people to support Fairtrade Fortnight 2012, which runs from Monday until 11 March.
The theme of this year’s event is ‘Take a Step’, with people being encouraged to make a small gesture to increase the profile of fair trade goods and raise awareness of the positive impact that the fair trade movement has had within the developing world.
“When the Fairtrade movement was founded, the only product available was a single chocolate bar. Since then, the range and availability of Fairtrade goods has grown to the extent that global Fairtrade sales reached £712 million in 2008. The Fairtrade Foundation currently has over 3,000 Fairtrade certified products for sale throughout the UK,” Mr Carmichael said.
“People in the northern isles were in the frontline of the fair-trade movement as it developed in the UK. Westray and Fair Isle were amongst the first communities in the country to achieve Fairtrade status. I am confident, therefore, that there will be strong support for this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight across Orkney and Shetland.
“Local people know that the way we choose to shop has a profound impact on the lives of people in the developing world. By choosing Fairtrade we can help families and communities work their way out of poverty. I would encourage everyone in Orkney and Shetland to consider participating in Fairtrade Fortnight this year.”


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To help gamers prepare for the upcoming release of Tekken 7 later this year, Microsoft has announced that Tekken 7 is now Xbox One backwards compatible.
Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb announced on Twitter: “TEKKEN 6, Midway Arcade Origins and Mutant Storm Empire are coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility today ”
It’s worth noting that Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is also backwards compatible on Xbox One. You can play both games before Tekken 7 comes out later this year.
There’s still no release date for Tekken 7, but a release date is expected to be announced sometime next week. Bandai Namco still says the game will be released in the earlier part of 2017. This should mean we should see the game before June 2017 at least.
If you own Tekken 6, you can now just pop the disc into your Xbox One and it will play. If you own the digital copy, you should see it in your downloads list. The same can be said for the two other games.


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Intigua raises $10 million in financing round
Also, Israeli venture capitalist retracts offer to U.S. startup incubator after founder’s critical tweets about Gaza op, in today's Tech Nation.
Israeli venture capitalist retracts invitation to Y Combinator over anti-Israel tweets
Israeli capital fund managing partner Roi Carthy has withdrawn an invitation for a “meet up” with American startup incubator Y Combinator following Twitter posts by Y Combinator founder Paul Graham that were critical of Israel, Fox Business News reported last week. As a result of Graham’s tweets, which recently highlighted civilian casualties in the fighting in Gaza, Carthy – who is managing partner of Initial Capital, which invests in early-stage startups in Israel and Brazil – wrote that he was rescinding an offer to meet with a Y Combinator partner who was planning a trip to Israel. Fox Business quoted Carthy as saying that although Graham is entitled to his views, the Israeli will not lend a hand to a firm that is “comfortable with its founder criticizing a nation, while at the same time pitching to incubate its best and brightest.” (TheMarker)
Intigua raises $10m with Intel Capital’s help
Intigua, a startup that is involved in providing virtual information technology management products, announced Friday that it had completed a $10 million financing round led by a new investor, Intel Capital, the investment affiliate of U.S.-based chipmaker Intel. Prior investors in Intigua, Bessemer Venture Partners and the Israel-based Cedar Fund, also participated in the current round, which brought total investment in the startup to $21 million. Intigua did not disclose the valuation for the company upon which the latest funding round was based, but plans to use the capital for marketing and development, including efforts to broaden its global sales activity. The company, which maintains its U.S. offices in Newton, Massachusetts, was cofounded in 2010 by its current CEO, Shimon Hason. Intigua has a workforce of 40 people, which is expected to increase to 50 by the end of the year. (Inbal Orpaz)
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – More is more, when it comes to thread count.
The new breed of luxury bed sheets, boasting counts of 800 to 1,000 threads per square inch, can sell for hundreds of dollars each.
But some manufacturers are deliberately deceiving consumers by falsely claiming high thread counts so their sheets can fetch top dollar, according to a class-action lawsuit filed by a Florida woman against a major retail chain.
The pending settlement could mean refunds, gift cards and discounts for “tens of thousands” of Bed Bath & Beyond customers, court documents said. Advocates are advising consumers to read the labels on any new bedding purchases carefully: The thread practices protested by the lawsuit probably won’t disappear, experts say.
Bed Bath & Beyond has denied the suit’s allegations or any wrongdoing, said spokeswoman Catherine Gentile. But the company has agreed to settle, pending approval at a May 28 court hearing.
Thread counts traditionally were calculated by multiplying the number of vertical and horizontal threads woven within a square inch – a method informally agreed upon by the industry for many years. But in the past decade, as more manufacturing moved overseas, some companies began twisting two threads together and then counting the two-ply strands twice.
So what previously was called a two-ply 300 thread-count sheet, for example, became advertised as a 600-count product.
Enter April White, a massage therapist from Clermont, Fla. About five years ago, White splurged at an Alabama Bed Bath & Beyond, spending about $183 on an 800-count, two-ply sheet set for her massage table.
White declined to talk to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel for this article. But she told The New Yorker last month that she became suspicious when the sheets lost their posh feel after the first washing. She had them tested at a textile lab, and learned the two-ply truth.
She filed a class-action suit in New Jersey district court last year, naming Bed Bath & Beyond and Synergy Inc., the store’s manufacturer. It charged the companies had engaged in practices that were “unconscionable, deceptive and fraudulent,” according to court documents.
No other retailers were named in the suit.
The high-thread trend has increasingly driven marketing campaigns as even celebrities talk about what counts grace their beds.
Bedding retailers, with
$2.5 billion annually in sheet sales, have “beat it into consumer’s heads that (thread count) is the most important thing,” said Warren Shoulberg, editor of the trade magazine Home Furnishings News.
Yet, many other factors determine bedding’s feel and quality, including the type of cotton, the finish and the weave.
“You can’t say the higher count always is better,” said Norma Keyes, director of product standards for Cotton Inc., a marketing and research group for U.S. cotton growers and importers.
Hardy Poole, director of regulatory and technical affairs for the National Textile Association, representing makers of bed linens, said the settlement could bring more awareness to an issue that has confused consumers for years. Shoppers should carefully examine products claiming counts above 800, Poole said, as “they are extremely difficult to manufacture because the yarns have to be so small.”
The U.S. textile manufacturers, who comprise no more than 20 percent of the market, have repeatedly complained about thread count inflation to the Federal Trade Commission.
The American Society for Testing and Materials International, which drafts manufacturing guidelines for a wide range of products, in 2006 created a thread count standard stating that multi-plied yarns could not be counted more than once. But the standard is voluntary, not the law. As part of the settlement, Bed Bath & Beyond agreed to label its thread-counts by ASTM standards for the next five years.
Shoulberg thinks one solution is for consumers to choose linens by touch, not thread pedigree.
“I always have said that anything over a 300- or 400-thread count is more in your head than in your hand,” he said.


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Redmi 10 2022 was silently launched within the world markets over the weekend. The newly launched smartphone by the Xiaomi sub-brand is powered by a MediaTek Helio G88 SoC, paired with 4GB of RAM. Redmi 10 2022 sports activities a 6.5-inch full-HD+ DotDisplay display with an adaptive refresh charge of as much as 90Hz. The smartphone options an AI quad rear digicam setup, headlined by a 50-megapixel major sensor. Redmi 10 2022 runs Android 11 with MIUI 12.5 out-of-the-box. The specs are similar to the present Redmi 10.
Redmi 10 2022 availability
Redmi 10 2022 was introduced by way of a publish on Xiaomi’s weblog however would not specify the place it will likely be out there to buy. Moreover, there isn’t a point out of the value of the brand new Redmi smartphone. It’s out there in Carbon Gray, Pebble White, and Sea Blue color choices. Redmi 10 2022 is accessible in two storage configurations — 4GB + 64GB and 4GB + 128GB.
Redmi 10 2022 specs
The twin SIM (nano) Redmi 10 2022 runs Android 11-based MIUI 12.5 out-of-the-box. It sports activities a 6.5-inch full-HD+ (1,080×2,400 pixels) DotDisplay display with an AdaptiveSync refresh charge of as much as 90Hz. It additionally will get Studying Mode 3.0 in addition to Daylight show, has 405ppi pixel density, and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 safety. Below the hood, it incorporates a MediaTek Helio G88 SoC, paired with Arm Mali-G52 GPU and 4GB of RAM.
Redmi 10 2022 options an AI quad rear digicam setup. It will get a 50-megapixel major sensor with f/1.8 aperture, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle sensor with f/2.2 aperture and 120-degrees field-of-view, and two 2-megapixel depth and macro sensors with f/2.4 aperture. For selfies and video calls it sports activities an 8-megapixel sensor with f/2.0 aperture.
The newly launched Redmi 10 2022 options as much as 128GB eMMC storage that may be expanded by way of a microSD card (as much as 512GB). Connectivity choices embrace 4G LTE, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v5.1, NFC, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a USB Kind-C port. Onboard sensors comprise a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, AI face unlock, GPS, A-GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou, e-compass, accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient gentle sensor, and a vibration motor.
Redmi 10 2022 incorporates a stereo speaker setup and an IR blaster on the high. It packs a 5,000mAh battery with help for 18W quick charging and 9W reverse wired charging. Nonetheless, the smartphone is bundled with a 22.5W charger within the retail field. Redmi 10 2022 measures 161.95×75.53×8.92mm and weighs 181 grams.
As per Xiaomi, the one variations between the vanilla Redmi 10 — that launched in Malaysia in August — and the brand new Redmi 10 2022 is the kind of the SIM and the location of the SIM tray.


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The FCA has begun a new consultation on the deadline based on the responses it received to its first PPI consultation paper released in November 2015, it said.
An FCA-led consumer communications campaign would raise awareness of the issue and the deadline, and would be paid for by the 18 firms who receive around 90% of PPI complaints, it said.
The FCA has also asked for specific feedback on proposed new rules and guidance on the handling of PPI complaints related to the Supreme Court's judgment in the so-called Plevin case in November 2014. The proposed changes cover including profit shares in the assessment of fairness and redress, allowing previous rebates to a customer when they cancelled a PPI policy to be reflected in any redress, and clarifying how firms should calculate redress when commission or profit share rates varied during the life of a PPI policy.
Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the FCA said: "Putting a deadline on PPI complaints will bring the issue to an orderly conclusion in a way that protects both consumers and market integrity."
"We have listened to all the feedback we have received and believe that the steps we are taking are the right ones. We will ensure that our communications campaign will engage with all those who could be affected, particularly vulnerable consumers," he said.
Since the number of PPI complaints began rising in 2007, firms have handled over 16.5 million complaints, upheld more than 75% of them and paid in excess of £21 billion in redress to more than 12 million consumers.
Financial litigation expert Jonathan Cavill of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com said: "While a number of claims management companies have indicated that they will challenge the FCA in court if the deadline proposals are implemented, there is little doubt the FCA intends to bring the PPI complaints saga to a conclusion, on the condition that it is done in a fair, proportionate and justifiable manner for consumers. While firms are likely to welcome such intervention by the FCA, they need to be aware that it will bring increased complaints and the requirement for alternative reserving structures, which may test their internal complaints handling models."


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The U.S. Senate recently passed a bill that would allow states to require Internet retailers to collect sales taxes on behalf of local governments. This bill has flaws, but they could be fixed in the House. It should be passed.
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British inflation sank close to zero in August on state coronavirus stimulus measures, including a restaurant discount scheme and tax cuts, as well as plunging air fares, data showed Wednesday.
The annual inflation rate, as measured by the UK's Consumer Prices Index, dived to just 0.2 per cent in August from 1.0 per cent in July, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.
"The cost of dining out fell significantly in August thanks to the 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme and VAT cut, leading to one of the largest falls in the annual inflation rate in recent years," said ONS deputy national statistician Jonathan Athow.
"For the first time since records began, air fares fell in August as fewer people travelled abroad on holiday.
"Meanwhile the usual clothing price rises seen at this time of year, as autumn ranges hit the shops, also failed to materialise," he added.
The "Eat Out to Help Out" incentive -- which was valid Monday to Wednesday throughout August -- saw the UK government contribute 50 per cent of the cost of a cafe, restaurant or pub meal, up to £10 ($13, 11 euros) per person.
Britain also slashed valued-add tax on the virus-plagued hospitality sector from 20 per cent to just five per cent.
The tax cut and restaurant scheme were launched by finance minister Rishi Sunak to try to kick-start the British economy, which has been devastated by the pandemic.
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An Apple Store in New York City's Upper West Side has been sued by two customers after an alleged case of racial profiling. AppleInsider reports that two African-American men were told, in no uncertain terms, that they were not welcome in the store. The pair believes that their race was the deciding factor.
According to the plaintiffs, 34-year-old Brian Johnston and 25-year-old Nile Charles, an Apple Store employee told them, "You know the deal. And before you say I'm racially discriminating against you, let me stop you. I am discriminating against you. I don't want 'your kind' hanging out in the store." Johnston and Charles allegedly began recording the incident on their cell phones, prompting another employee to tell them to leave and to "consider me God."
The men also claim that when they addressed the store manager, he had store security call 911.
The incident allegedly took place on December 9 of last year at 3:20 PM, and the suit was filed last February. The plaintiffs are seeking monetary compensation for "emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, loss of enjoyment of life and other non-pecuniary losses."
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Warner is set to be stripped of the national vice-captaincy when Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland soon announces sanctions resulting from the ball-tampering scandal. Cameron Bancroft the player who was caught tampering with the ball has been banned for nine months. "It may not be 100 per cent as he is a quality player, but we can try and fill the gap", said Saha who was roped in by SRH for Rs 5 crore in the player auction earlier this year.
Unlike the P20 Pro , there's no home button on the Mate RS. Talking of the performance, the P20 fits in an HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset which is an octa-core processor. Underneath the hood, the phone being a flagship offering, features top notch specifications. It has, on the contrary.wait for it.another fingerprint scanner up front.
But the one-off classic Mini packing an electric powertrain is an interesting concept and we want one too. Named the Classic Mini Electric , it's based on the bodyshell of the original 1950s design, but the 998cc, four-cylinder engine has been replaced by a pure electric powerplant.
Numerous languages Google chose to add today are spoken by large populations. If you would like to install the latest available version of Google Maps on your phone, click on the appropriate link: (iOS|Android). There are chances that the application which already has many users in various countries where the newly supported languages are spoken, however, this would open a large new market for the Google Maps .
And OnePlus fans have now been given a glimpse into what the OnePlus 6 will look like and the features it will bring. The Venture Beat reporter tweeted: "You've been **cough cough** good sports with this, so I suppose you do deserve /something/".
Either way, it's once again time for players to get patriotic as they compete against hundreds of other countries to be crowned the world champions. The GM is selected by Blizzard, the coach is selected by the top 150 players in the country, and the community lead is selected by all players in the country.
It appears as if the company will finally redesign the Apple Watch in the third quarter with a 15% larger display, says KGI Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo, as reported by 9to5Mac. Apple Watch has had the same external design since the first-generation. KGI expects that Apple will sell 22 million to 24 million Apple Watch units in 2018, a 30 percent increase over past year.
Chance of being mass-produced: Done deal. Volkswagen will add a smaller five-seat Cross Sport model to the Atlas crossover SUV family for the 2020 model year, while it also will study a plug-in hybrid version with no confirmed production date.
The display is among the most power-hungry components in a smartwatch. Kuo doesn't go into detail about what it'll look like, however. Currently, Apple Watch comes in 38-millimeter and 42-millimeter display sizes, but there is still a fair amount of bezel space around the displays.
It looks like that Cupertino's tech giant has finally realized that the idea of offering a flagship like iPhone X at a skyrocketing price was not good. Rounding out the lineup is the iPhone X Plus, which Daryanani predicts will start at $999 (via Kif Leswing ). These low sales will reportedly compel Apple to decrease prices of its upcoming iPhones.
About 5.66M shares traded. (NYSE: ORCL ) by 0.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. BMO Capital Markets has "Outperform" rating and $53 target. Investors sentiment increased to 1.17 in 2017 Q3. Its down 0.16, from 1.18 in 2017Q2. 106 funds opened positions while 696 raised stakes.
Visually, setting the two grades offered with the 2019 models apart are the alloy wheels, the fog lights, the front grille surround and Adaptive Front Lighting System (AFS). Now though, a completely new Corolla Hatch is about to take a bow, but how well it will sell when it lands in showrooms is open for debate. The upmarket styling is in place but it looks more conservative as well.
Celebrating its one-year anniversary, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has offered a peek at its more compact 4x4km map, while commercial partners have announced a number of tie-in collaborations. The new map will give a more intense experience, according to the PUBG 2018 roadmap where it was first mentioned . The latest cosmetic item to be making waves in the community has been the leaked Fortnite Battle Royale Starter Pack, and now the community has an expected release date for the ...
About 8.01M shares traded or 46.24% up from the average. T-Mobile US, Inc. ( NASDAQ : TMUS ), at its latest closing price of $61.39, it has a price-to-book ratio of 2.28, compared to an industry average at 1.79. Therefore 50% are positive. Also, CFO J Braxton Carter II sold 15,000 shares of T-Mobile US stock in a transaction dated Tuesday , January 9th. T-Mobile US has a 52 week low of $54.60 and a 52 week high of $68.88.


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Kuros Biosciences announces MagnetOs sales and distribution agreements across Northern Europe
Schlieren (Zurich), Switzerland, March 2, 2021 – Kuros Biosciences (SIX: KURN) today announced that it has signed sales and distribution agreements for MagnetOs bone graft, covering the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, and Finland. These add to an existing agreement in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Kuros has signed a sales agency agreement with Lubbers Medical BV giving Lubbers non-exclusive rights to sell MagnetOs in the Netherlands, effective Q4 2020. Kuros has signed exclusive stocking distributor agreements for Switzerland and Austria with Orthocontor AG and Amacord GmbH, respectively, both effective Q1 2021. Kuros and Arthrone Oy have signed a letter of intent and expect to sign a full stocking distributor agreement for Finland by the end of Q2 2021.
These new territories are in addition to the existing agreement with Axis Spine Limited in the UK, which has been marketing MagnetOs since 2017.
Joost de Bruijn, Chief Executive Officer of Kuros, said: “We are pleased to finalize these sales and distribution agreements, which recognize the unique osteoinductive properties of MagnetOs, with respected partners across Northern Europe following a competitive process. Sales of MagnetOs are accelerating, and these agreements will enable further expansion.”
MagnetOs bone graft is supported by a growing set of preclinical data demonstrating equivalence to the current gold standard, autograft, with over three years of clinical experience since its first use in the UK in May 2017.


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After sending several new updates to the Galaxy S10 Lite, Galaxy S20 Fe, and a few applications, Samsung started updating the Galaxy A02s now. The new firmware appears with the July 2021 Security Patch, and it’s taking place on the build number A025MUBU2BUF5. Unfortunately, the update is currently limited to Brazil only. Nonetheless, the company might expand the update to other regions within the next few days.
The firmware is currently live on Claro, TIM, and Vivo networks. The changelog remains a mystery at the moment. However, according to Google’s July security bulletin, it includes fixes for 20 vulnerabilities and some unnoticeable changes. On the off chance, the firmware might also incorporate with the fix for the Android Auto issue.
Apart from these, we can’t expect much more in the monthly security updates. After installing it, you will be noticing the fixes for minor issues on some corners.
The Galaxy A02 users from Brazil will receive a notification automatically when the update hits their device. If you have received it, download and install the firmware to secure your device. Otherwise, head to Settings>Software updates and check for the updates.
Galaxy A02 Specifications
- 6.5-inch PLS IPS display (720 x 1600 pixels)
- Mediatek MT6739W (28 nm) Chipset
- 2/3/4GB RAM and 32/64GB internal storage
- 12-MP + 2-MP dual rear camera
- 5-MP single front-facing camera
- Android 10-based One UI 2.0 Skin
- 5,000 mAh battery
UP Next: Galaxy S22 Series might come with 200MP Olympus camera and launch in January 2022.


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With just over a month to go, we are urging beef processors who believe they have a world-class steak to enter our World Steak Challenge competition.
Held at the Magic Roundabout venue in London on 4 July, the competition is open to steak producers, including cattle farmers, ranchers and beef wholesalers, who will compete for the respected international meat industry title: the World’s Best Steak Producer.
There are seven categories in the competition: World’s Best Sirloin, World’s Best Fillet, World’s Best Rib Eye Steak, Best Grain-Fed Steak, Best Grass-Fed Steak, as well as the overall winner, World’s Best Steak.
The competition will be judged by some of the best names in the international meat industry, including leading Dutch butcher Gertjan Kiers and head chef of Israeli restaurant Bala Baya, Eran Tibi.
So, with these being the basic details of the competition, what are the benefits of entering?
There are many. Along with tasting the finest steaks around, you will be able to network with some of the biggest names in the international meat industry. Then, there’s the extensive publicity through social media and GlobalMeatNews’ editorial website, as well as recognition from promoting the products both domestically and on a world stage.
The winner of the World’s Best Steak Producer title would also be able to benchmark their product with the coveted title on both packaging and/or on-shelf in their business.
GlobalMeatNews deputy editor Aidan Fortune gives his thoughts on what to expect from this year’s competition.
“Every year we are served with an embarrassment of top-quality steaks,” said Fortune. “All three competitions to date have been incredibly close and I’m sure 2018 will be no different as we cast the net even wider in the search for premium steak products.”
Meanwhile, the previous winners – two-time Australian winner Jack’s Creek and 2017’s champion ABP Poland – told us why entering the competition was the best choice they ever made.
“Winning was one of the best things to happen to us,” said Jack’s Creek managing director Patrick Warmoll. “Our brand awareness has exploded since winning [in 2015 and 2016] and it has been great for business.”
Eoin Doyle, who represented ABP Poland at last year’s competition, revealed that the award had helped to put Poland “on the map in terms of beef production”.
All the feedback and comments suggest that entering the competition is a life-changing experience for beef processors and it’s time to quit stalling and enter this year’s competition.
Entry details can be found on the World Steak Challenge website. Enter now, before it’s too late!


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The FINANCIAL -- Asian stock markets are exhibiting a mixed trend on December 28 in the absence of fresh cues as U.S. and European markets were closed on Friday for the Christmas Day holiday. Trading continued to be thin in Asia amid the Christmas and New Year's holidays. Crude oil prices remained steady in early Asian trades, according to Nasdaq.
The Japanese stock market is up with modest gains as Investors went bargain hunting following the benchmark Nikkei index's five straight days of losses through December 25.
Meanwhile, industrial production data showing that Japan's industrial output declined for the first time in three months raised expectations for further stimulus measures by the Bank of Japan.
Among the major exporters, Panasonic is gaining almost 4 percent, while Canon is down almost 2 percent and Casio Computer is losing 0.5 percent.
Sharp is rising more than 9 percent after media reports indicated that Taiwan'sHon Hai Precision Industry or Foxconn has offered to buy the struggling display maker for about 300 billion yen, or $2.5 billion.
Market heavyweight Fast Retailing is declining more than 1 percent, while SoftBank is adding almost 2 percent. Automaker Toyota is up 0.2 percent.
In the banking space, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial is advancing 0.8 percent, Mizuho Financial Group is adding 0.7 percent and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial is rising 1 percent.
Among the other major gainers, Oki Electric Industry is gaining more than 4 percent. Unitika is rising almost 4 percent and IHI Corp. is gaining more than 3 percent.
Meanwhile, J Front Retailing is losing more than 3 percent and is down 2.7 percent.Marui Group
On the economic front, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in Monday's preliminary reading that industrial production in Japan was down a seasonally adjusted 1.0 percent on month in November, falling for the first time in three months. That missed forecasts for a decline of 0.5 percent following the 1.4 percent gain in October.
Also on December 28, the METI said that the total value of retail sales in Japan was down 1.0 percent on year in November. That missed forecasts for a decline of 0.1 percent following the 1.8 percent increase in October.
In the currency market, the US dollar is in the lower 120-yen range December 28, down slightly from Friday's close in Tokyo.
Elsewhere in Asia, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan are marginally higher, while Shanghai, South Korea, Hong Kong and Indonesia are down with modest losses.
The markets in New Zealand and Australia are closed in observance of Boxing Day, and will re-open on December 29.
The U.S. and European markets were closed on December 25 for the Christmas Day holiday.
Crude oil futures declined slightly in early Asian trades on December 28, down $0.25 or 0.6 percent to $37.86 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


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Samsung has released its CMMB-compatible YP-CM3, its first portable media player for the Chinese market. The device features a 3in, 400- by 240-pixel screen and plays MP4, AVI and SVI video codecs. The YP-CM3 also comes equipped with an external speaker, FM radio tuner, voice recorder and e-book reader.
Motorola takes portable TV to personal media player
The DH01 delivers personalized TV and multimedia entertainment on the go


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Social Login Preferences, Q2 2012 [CHART]
Facebook continues to be web users’ preferred option when it comes to social login, and has now seen two consecutive years of quarterly growth in that area.
According to Janrain’s latest quarterly report, Facebook now accounts for 48 percent of all social logins as of Q2 2012. That’s up from 45 percent in Q1 of this year, and represents eight straight quarters that Facebook’s share has risen — dating back to Q1 of 2010. Read the rest at MarketingLand.


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RELEASE: Consumers to CFPB: End Forced Arbitration
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Can End Wall Street’s Practice of Stripping Customers’ Right to Go to Court
Washington DC – More than 78,000 consumers are calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to take swift action to ban forced arbitration clauses in terms attached to financial services and products in a petition delivered to the Bureau today. The CFPB is empowered by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 to ban or limit this anti-consumer device in products under its jurisdiction.
Forced arbitration clauses, tucked in the non-negotiable terms of consumer financial products, prevent consumers who have been harmed or ripped off from holding their bank, credit card, or other unscrupulous lenders accountable in court. Instead, financial institutions force them to plead their case to a private arbitration provider that is named by the banks before a dispute arises. The result is that consumers cannot practically or fairly resolve disputes with powerful institutions or seek remedies for harm caused by their wrongful conduct.
In March, the CFPB released a 728-page data-based report detailing results of its comprehensive study of financial institutions’ use of forced arbitration. This report shows that forced arbitration clauses hinder cheated consumers from obtaining any relief when corporations break state and federal consumer protection laws.
“These petitions send a loud and clear message: It’s time to end the insidious practice of forced arbitration,” said Nan Aron, President, Alliance for Justice. “The CFPB has the power to give consumers a fair shot at justice against banks and other large financial institutions that often stack the deck against them. It should do so without delay.”
“Forced arbitration functions as a license to steal, making it impossible for customers to hold banks and lenders accountable when they break the law,” said Lisa Donner, Executive Director of Americans for Financial Reform. “With 78,000 signatures and counting, these petitions demonstrate that consumers can spot a rigged game. They’re counting on the CFPB to take action.”
“Financial institutions pull the rug from under consumers already cheated by predatory lending by also denying them proper legal redress,” said Christine Hines, consumer and civil justice counsel from Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division. “The CFPB has all the evidence it needs to remove forced arbitration from the fine print of financial products and services.”
“Consumers across the country are outraged that corporations and Wall Street banks have granted themselves a license to steal and evade the law using forced arbitration and are looking to the CFPB to stop it,” said Ellen Taverna, Legislative Director, National Association of Consumer Advocates. “The CFPB must act quickly to prohibit abusive forced arbitration clauses in all consumer financial products under its jurisdiction and restore consumers’ rights to protect themselves.”
“These petitions highlight that this problem isn’t just an abstract legal issue–forced arbitration harms individual consumers by preventing them from protecting themselves against corporations from large banks to smaller payday lenders and credit repair companies,” David H. Seligman, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center, said.
“For far too long, forced arbitration has stacked the deck against consumers who have been cheated or harassed by Wall Street,” said Lisa Blue, President, American Association for Justice. “This petition should send a clear message that the American people demand to have their rights restored to hold even the most powerful financial institutions accountable when they break the law.”
Petition: We, the undersigned, call on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to prohibit forced arbitration in the terms of service of all consumer financial products and services under its jurisdiction. Stand up for consumers and restore our right to hold banks accountable when they break the law.