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Crypto exchange platform, Bittrex has announced that they will be cancelling the launch of its first token sale, referred to as an Initial Exchange Offering.
It was a last-minute move from the American based company, whose firm based in Malta was set to launch the token tonight. The company was to launch the “Raid Tokens” on behalf of the blockchain project, Raid.
According to a statement released by Bitrexx, the decision was taken as a result of “significant changes” to the business structure of Raid. Specifically, the announcement that the e-gaming stats platform Op.gg had ceased operations with Raid, the latter stated on their website that they had ended all “potential business discussions related to RAID project and there will be no economic and technical cooperation with RAID coin.”
In reaction to this, Bittrex felt it was not in the best interests of their customers to launch the Initial Exchange Offering at this time. The website goes on to explain that it is their goal to remain vigilant and ensure the integrity of their market and avoid “rampant fear, uncertainty and doubt” within the blockchain industry. Finishing the blog post by stating, “When we become aware of significant events, we respond quickly to protect our users.”
There is still no concrete theory about what exactly is happening at Raid. However, it seems there is something very peculiar going on behind closed doors. Many people in the industry have been speculating that the company was a scam and from the stern announcements of both Op.gg and Bittrex to seemingly wash their hands of the project, this could ring true. Whatever the case, there seems to be more to this than meets the eye.
The world’s most popular Youtuber, PewDiePie has caused a massive 67% increase on subscribers since joining DLive. Back in April, we reported on how the Swedish-born gamer and YouTube personality was set to join DLive, a gaming platform built on cryptocurrency. Well, it seems that he has made quite an impact already as their subscribers […]
According to reports from the local press, the cybercriminal was apprehended in the small Dutch city, Apeldoorn. The suspected has been identified as Berry van Mourik who back in 2017 accumulated $2.2million via a mining rig scam. Van Mourik had held the position as a senior executive of two firms which sold rigs. He promised […]
Two UK financial bodies have revealed that Britons lost a staggering £27million in scams involving cryptocurrency and Forex exchanges over the course of 2018/2019. The figure was uncovered by The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a UK financial watchdog, and, Action Fraud, a centre for scams and cybercrime. They revealed that most of the crime was […]
The second largest cryptocurrency in the world, Ethereum, has seen its largest weekly trading volume in over 19 months. The huge level of trading occurred at one of the industry’s leading exchange platforms, Coinbase. Where between last Monday and yesterday it saw 3,675,570 units trade in total, which would be valued in the range of $904.1 […]
The notorious online auction site, eBay has refuted claims that they are intending to allow cryptocurrency transactions to made on their service. The rumours first popped up at the Consensus 2019 Summit, where leaked promotional adverts that read “Virtual Currency. It’s happening on eBay” seemed to indicate a move towards incorporating as a payment method. […]
With Bitcoin and the crypto markets experiencing a bull market, several national governments have aired their opinion on the need for cryptocurrency legislation in their respective countries. Russia’s Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev declared that the country is not eyeing any cryptocurrency regulation in the near future. The industry does not represent a priority for the […]
Users of the popular messaging platform, WhatsApp can now send and receive cryptocurrencies through the Lite.Im bot. For the time being Bitcoin and Litecoin will be available for such transactions, but as the system gains popularity other digital tokens are expected to join in. Used by over 1 billion people in 180 countries, the messaging […]
Exchange platform, Bitfinex, who had got into a high-profile controversy over a bailout from Tether, have been celebrating after a Supreme Court ruled in favour of a modification of the injunction proposed on them. If you had been following the news of late, then you would know that Bitfinex and Tether had come under […]


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Fresh Produce hires Zenergy Communications
By Adnews Staff
Fresh Produce, a women’s apparel company based in Boulder, CO, has retained Zenergy Communications of Toronto as it communications agency of record. The assignment includes public relations, social media activities and creative design. Fresh Produce operates 16 physical stores in the United States, as well as an online store at <http://www.freshproduceclothes.com>.
“Fresh Produce has had a remarkable run in its 35 years, but we’re always looking for ways to continue to grow the business,” said Cindy Keizman, chief merchandising and operations officer at Fresh Produce. “Working with an integrated agency like Zenergy Communications will help us do that, given its long track record of generating strong media coverage and successfully implementing creative campaigns for clients of all shapes and sizes.”

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In this week's edition, I do what I've done each time this year for the past 30 years: offer my hits and misses on the new prime-time lineups. It's a time-honored process, and the big difference between this year and what I was doing in the 1980s, is the size of the share estimate that I use as the benchmark of success.
As Disney takes control of Hulu, the service's advertising rates appear to be languishing, according to a "Research Intelligencer" analysis of CPM data from SQAD's MediaCosts database. Year-over-year, SQAD data shows Hulu down about 18%.
A majority of ad execs believe the upfront will expand or remain stable over the next five years, but a significant percentage believe it will diminish or no longer exist within that time. The findings come from interviews with advertisers and agency executives conducted for "Research Intelligencer" by Advertiser Perceptions in April.
In the second installment of our consumer research measuring "trust" among readers of their newspapers-of-choice there were slight improvements in the major rankings, but no dramatic shifts since our October 2018 benchmarks. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post remain America's top three most-trusted newspapers and each improved their levels two percentage points.
The fragmentation of TV viewing technology and sources is making it difficult, if not impossible, for audience measurement to keep up with modern viewers.
Video will account for nearly 50% of programmatic ad spending this year, according to a revised projection released this morning by eMarketer, which cited higher-than-expected growth on connected TV, over-the-top (OTT) and social video advertising as reasons for revising its share up a full percentage point vs. its September 2018 estimate.
The marketing industry usually thinks about technology in terms of optimizing media, advertising or consumer engagement, but it's also vital to the underlying security of a brand, especially in cyberspace, finds the 2019 edition of a study by enterprise technology firm MarkMonitor. Nearly two-thirds (62%) of brand marketing and technology executives surveyed by the firm in April say their brand has felt the impact of a cybercrime in the past 12 months.


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Tribe Payments was created three years ago after seeing an opportunity to effect change in the consumer space on the unsexy side of fintech – infrastructure. Tribe the first processor to allow its bank and fintech clients to harness the power of Open Banking without developing their own APIs. A major step in democratizing access to Open Banking services.
Alex Reddish is Managing Director at Tribe who has spent time in emoney and payments over the last nine years. He was previously Head of Issuing and Head of Business Relations at Valitor, and Head of European Business at Raphaels Bank. He said, “When I was at university my dissertation looked at the topic of how prepaid shopping cards would survive, so I feel like I’ve spent most of my adult life in this space. But they say a house is only as good as its foundations, and now is an exciting time to rebuild the structure of fintech.”
The last 12-months have seen a rapid growth at Tribe as the company moved through its teenage stage and began to grow up with a key expansion into Lithuania. Seeing Covid as an opportunity to allow internal acceleration, Tribe also moved to focus on its acquiring side. While customer experience has and always will be integral, the hesitancy of the industry to commit to consumer-facing products meant that big firms instead looked to their overall operational efficiency.
It meant that a new strategy had to be created for the firm as they moved to fully remote operations and a more community-based strategy. Alex explains, “We realised that there was an opportunity to develop communities within fintech hubs that hasn’t always been exploited by natural technology-based environments. But we recognised that there was still a need for face-to-face interaction. What’s more, lead generation can struggle when working digitally”.
Alex explains, “We struggled to add thoughts to a Google sheet as efficiently as we would in a team meeting with a whiteboard, and while the industry pivoted well to virtual conferencing, we found that work on single documents were becoming more protracted – and would often include 5 or 6 iterations of the same file.”
As Tribe continued to ride the wave of endless Zoom calls and ‘death by webinar’ according to Alex, the team welcomed new members. Another 45 joined Tribe during lockdown, bringing the total number of workers to over 120 with the company hoping for another 60 or so this year. Alex said, “Yes we’ve continued to grow but our luxury is that we have a sales and implementation strategy that lags behind Covid. At some points we have been almost too busy. We think having strong internal foundations are nice to have when you need to grow quickly and harness people power”.
While from an industry perspective – global is becoming smaller ever still. But Alex believes that interoperability between countries interested with the traffic light systems we currently have in place. He said, “Our tendency to mix ideas and cross pollinate may be inhibited somewhere by our inability to travel but generally there are pockets of innovation. Certainly, for the next quarter Tribe is focused heavily on Europe.”
Going back to his dissertation although years ago, Alex believes that pre-paid hasn’t disappeared entirely, it’s just moved to something else. He said, “Prepaid became fintech to some extent, certainly in the consumer banking space as you can see from the beginnings of Starling and Monzo. I always felt like the industry would continue to surprise but I couldn’t have forecasted the level of evolution.
“What’s now interesting is watching the big banks reviewing the fintech competition. As we continue to circle between finance and fintech, I think rebundling and embedding invisible finance payments has a long way to go.
“While it may seem that Tribe has meandered as a disruptive river – the truth is that we have to be reactive in this space. Back in 2018/19 we were more focused with building the foundations of a platform. And then in 2020 we tried to catch up with competitors in terms of product availability. Now in 2021 our hopes are pinned on new functionality and great partnerships such as with Tink. It means we’re getting ready to reach towards our end goal – future ready tech solutions”.


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Remote Monitored Systems, a data analytics & surveillance service provider recently announced plans to open a new security and surveillance wing.
These plans come soon after its recent acquisition of Cloudveil; a risk management company in a transaction valued at £130,000. The acquired company is a reputable leader in intelligence and risk control services and a service provider to government agencies and security companies worldwide.
RMS also clarified that it plans to collaborate with experts from Cloudveil to integrate intelligence and risk management capabilities to already-installed remote surveillance systems. The acquisition goes in line with the company’s plans to offer an all-inclusive service and reach more companies all over the globe.
This dream is now coming true as Cloudveil already offers services to top-class brands like Luxembourgish steelmaker ArcelorMittal along with defense forces in some Middle-Eastern countries.
Remote Monitored Systems Boss Trevor Brown said the takeover goes consistent with the company’s dream to extend its collection of tech to nearby markets and expand its international footprint.
In other RMS news,
RMS also reported that its shaft-monitoring division GyroMetric performed remarkably in 2019’s first half. The Company’s Boss said RMS has done an excellent job in the year particularly in exploring new markets.
Elsewhere, Remote Monitored Systems announced a drop in revenue from £460,330 to £261,854 in the first half of 2019 (which ended on Jun 30). It also reported a pre-tax loss of £821,312. This figure is almost double last year’s £495, 703 recorded within the same period.
RMS cited its Geocurve land survey wing’s “slower than anticipated” kick off at the beginning of 2019 explaining that it was caused by delays in one of its projects that needed fine-tuning. However, the security company also added that the division had returned to generating profits again in June.
Mergers are perfect way to expand your bottom line in a competitive marketplace. They help established companies add to their list of solutions and offerings to satisfy consumer needs. We’ve been seeing most of these M&A’s in the payment industry but RMS has adopted the same strategy with the same goals in mind and hopefully this acquisition will be fruitful.
Author Bio: Payment industry guru Taylor Cole is a passionate payments expert who understands the complex world of merchant accounts and retail merchant services. He also writes non-fiction, on subjects ranging from personal finance to stocks to cryptopay. He enjoys eating pie in his backyard porch, as should all right thinking people.


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Ten years ago, Dr. Arthur Agatston’s South Beach Diet became the latest craze. His diet regimen actually worked. People were losing weight and benefiting from his new “good carb vs. bad carb” guidelines, which aimed to educate people about the right foods to eat and clear up the carb confusion in the world of dieting.
Now, Agatston is back to educate people about the latest trend — gluten — a protein found in wheat, barley, rye and other hidden sources such as soy sauce.
His new book, The South Beach Diet Gluten Solution, aims to help people understand what it means to be gluten-sensitive as opposed to gluten-intolerant.
“Gluten sensitivity is the real phenomenon even though there is no test for it,” Agatston said. “The only test is to eliminate gluten. And, that is really a challenge. That is what The South Beach Diet Gluten Solution is. The solution is that you eliminate gluten, and then you add back.”
Celiac disease — a digestive illness that damages the small intestine — is the worst form of gluten intolerance that exists. For celiac patients, a strict gluten-free diet is the only way to get rid of the problem. Currently, 1 percent of the population is said to suffer from celiac disease.
The book, written with Dr. Natalie Geary, offers a three-phase diet regimen that will allow people to figure out what their gluten limitations are while losing weight quickly. During the first phase, people will eliminate wheat and other gluten-containing foods from their diet. The foods are gradually reintroduced these foods in phase two and phase three — helping determine just how far one can go before hitting “gluten overload.”
The book offers 20 gluten-free recipes, meal plans, dining tips, travel tips and recommends foods. Agatston says giving up gluten completely is challenging, but for many, the benefits outweigh the temptations.
“Many are not aware of this gluten problem and nobody has explained this and given a program before like we are,” Agatston said. In the end, it is a much easier lifestyle. Being gluten-aware is not difficult. You could do it your whole life. Being gluten-free though, trying to avoid all the minor sources of gluten, is really difficult.”
The term gluten-aware vs. gluten-free was discovered in the first phase of Agatston’s three-phase plan in which he recommends a fairly strict gluten-free diet that means no grains, but doesn’t eliminate the hidden sources of gluten.
“As part of no grains it is no baked goods, no wheat-based cereal, no bread, no pasta, but we didn’t say no soy sauce,” he said. “We never said be absolutely strict. The idea is to be fairly strict, and for many things, you often see a response within days.”
Moises Velasquez-Manoff, a science writer and author, says celiac disease has almost quintupled over the past 50 years, but the milder version of celiac disease — gluten sensitivity — is about four times more common.
“There is some good reason for people to become so cautious about gluten, but that said, it has also become a fad,” Velasquez-Manoff said. “People should actually find out if they are sensitive to gluten before they give it up.”
Besides the dramatic increase in celiac disease, Velasquez-Manoff thinks that becoming gluten-free is trending because giving up wheat ultimately leads to losing weight.
One third of Americans are obese, and another third are overweight. “That is two thirds of Americans heavier than they should be,” he said.
“If your goal is to lose weight and you decide that gluten is the heart of all evil, then you give up everything that has gluten in it, you’re going to lose weight because think about what that means,” he said. “You’re giving up pizza, you’re giving up all cakes, and you’re giving up everything that is sweet almost. You’re pretty much giving up all the lousy junk food you shouldn’t be eating anyway, right?”
“So who knows what the real effect is that prompts you to lose weight. Is it really giving up the wheat or giving up everything that comes with wheat — the sugar and everything else?”
A large study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2009 collected data from biopsies taken between 1969 and 2008 in Sweden. The study found that people with celiac disease — diagnosed, inflamed or latent — or gluten sensitivity, had a higher risk of death primarily due to cancer and heart disease.
Three million Americans currently live with celiac disease, and the number continues to grow as more people become gluten-aware. It wasn’t until 2003 that the first screening blood test was used to look at celiac disease. And two years ago, the first celiac centers were created. Nearly 50 percent of Americans suffer from some degree of gluten sensitivity.
“We call it gluten awareness because you don’t have to be the same degree of gluten-free as those with celiac disease and there is a spectrum of sensitivity as there is in lactose intolerance,” Agatston said. “People with lactose problems, some can have a little milk in their coffee and have no problems, but if they have an ice cream sundae at night, they’re in trouble.”
There are three main ways gluten can impair health: inflammation, diminished nutrient absorption and an autoimmune response. Agatston refers to this as the “Gluten Trifecta.”
People suffering from gluten intolerance or gluten sensitivity may experience muscle pain, bloating, stomach pain, brain fog, headaches, congestion and abdominal pain. Because these symptoms can indicate other illnesses, many people suffer from gluten sensitivity without knowing it.
Bread is not fermented how it used to be, which helped predigest gluten. Antibiotics have also destroyed good bacteria that helped digest gluten, and anti-inflammatories, which have become increasingly popular, can create holes in the small intestine. All of this can predispose individuals to gluten sensitivity.
“It’s this perfect storm when people feel congested and achy and lousy, they take more anti-inflammatories and pain relievers and they get put on these antibiotics for congestion when it is really gluten sensitivity,” Agatston said. “It is a vicious cycle and they actually get worse because they are taking medications that make it worse instead of better.”
Agatston said he hopes The South Beach Diet Gluten Solution will educate physicians because he says many are “generally clueless” and ignorant when it comes to gluten.
Gluten-free products are generally more expensive than regular food products. But recipes for people with gluten sensitivity are affordable and there are a range of foods individuals can purchase.
For people who don’t know if they are gluten sensitive, Agatston recommends eating a bowl of pasta. “If you’re gluten sensitive, you will get bloated and feel sick pretty quickly.”
“There are so many people suffering with a condition that can be reversed quite simply,” he said. “Through medical meetings alone, it would take many many more years to do it. You have to go to the public with a popular book.”


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Gin producers get taste for further growth
The Irish Sprits Association is launching a plan to treble overseas sales of Irish gin across the world by 2022
Irish gin producers have been enjoying something of a boom recently, with more than 30 brands now on the market and exports more than trebling last year, according to the Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland.
Now the Irish Sprits Association (ISA) is launching a plan to treble overseas sales across the world again by 2022. 130,000 cases of Irish gin were sold around the world last year, and the ISA strategy aims to increase this to 400,000.
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1.GMO Seeds: 'MNCs Gaining Total Control Over Farming'
2.Ontario Grower Ordered to Pay Monsanto $160 Per Acre
NOTE: Friedrich Vogel, when head of BASF's crop protection business, once described the future brought about by GM crops as one involving farmers in strict contracts that dictate production methods and severely limit the farmer's share of any added value the new crops offer to food processors and retailers.
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''[Multinational companies] are also entering into contracts with food producers (farmers) that will determine what is produced, how it is produced, for whom it is produced and at what price and quality'' - Javier Souza Casadinho of the Centre for Studies on Appropriate Technologies in Argentina
1.GMO Seeds: 'MNCs Gaining Total Control Over Farming'
by Anil Netto
IPS News, December 12 2007
Food security campaigners are now more concerned than ever that farmers are turning dependent on large multinational corporations (MNCs) for seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and other inputs while also becoming more vulnerable to pressures to produce genetically engineered crops.
Gathered here over the weekend, for the Pesticide Action Network (PAN)'s 25th anniversary, many expressed concern over the predatory nature of corporate agriculture and its attempts to corner the entire chain of food production from seeds to sales of food products.
PAN is a network of over 600 participating non-governmental organisations, institutions and individuals in over 90 countries working to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives.
Participants said agrichemical sales have become increasingly concentrated in a handful of large MNCs. Syngenta, Bayer, Monsanto, BASF, Dow and DuPont together control 85 percent of the annual pesticide market valued at 30 billion US dollars.
Three companies -- Cargill, Archer Daniels and Bunge -- control nearly 90 per cent of global grain trade while DuPont and Monsanto dominate the global seed market. Eleven firms account for about half the world sales of seeds, of which about a quarter are sales of genetically engineered seeds.
Genetically engineered seeds are now focussed on soybeans, maize, cotton and oilseed rape (canola).
Such concentration of market control in a few firms has been driven by large research-based firms fighting for market control and profits, higher research and development expenditure (roughly 10 percent of sales) and more demands for data for registration and re-registration of products.
Campaigners have to contend with more aggressive advertising tactics that promote the impression that pesticides are good and safe to use. Agrichemical lobbyists are trying to convince government officials that the industry is 'science-based' and that pesticides are safe to use, said Barbara Dinham, an anti-pesticide campaigner from Britain.
Dinham pointed out that the global federation of agrichemical multinational corporations, CropLife International, is now touting itself as representing the 'plant science industry'.
''We are committed to the safe and responsible use of the industry's products in order to provide safe and abundant food as well as other benefits back to the consumer,'' CropLife claims on its website. ''Through balancing environmental, economic and societal concerns the plant science industry also contributes significantly to promoting sustainable agriculture.''
CropLife's annual report for 2007 even makes the breathtaking claim that pesticides are actually good for the environment for a host of reasons, including 'lower carbon dioxide emissions associated with the switch to no-till/reduced tillage farming systems, and less frequent pesticide applications made possible by biotech crops fuel savings'. Among other claims, it states that increases in agriculture productivity have also protected biodiversity from the encroachment of agriculture.
There has been a growing recognition among campaigners that a broader view of the agrichemical and agribusiness challenge is necessary to take into consideration the new power structures in farming and more aggressive and assertive marketing techniques.
One of the biggest challenges facing campaigners is the corporate takeover of agriculture through a process of 'vertical integration'. This involves the taking over of the entire food production cycle from the development of proprietary strains of DNA and the sales of seeds to farmers right down to the distribution and retail sales of food products in supermarkets and hypermarkets.
One activist who is deeply concerned over vertical integration and the concentration of market control in a handful of large multinational corporations is Javier Souza Casadinho of the Centre for Studies on Appropriate Technologies in Argentina.
Casadinho pointed to the 'transnationalisation of capital' and control of the market by a few large companies in Argentina as a worrying development. ''The transnational corporations are buying up companies that have the potential to create added value,'' he said.
''They are also entering into contracts with food producers (farmers) that will determine what is produced, how it is produced, for whom it is produced and at what price and quality,'' he told IPS.
''Vertical integration (by the larger companies) thus determines what kind of technology is used in food production and it may be the same companies that are producing the inputs that farmer need,'' he said, adding that it would also facilitate the adoption of genetically engineered seeds and crops.
Such integration is based on the law of efficiency similar to economies of scale, and is aided by globalisation, observes Antonio A Tujan, Jr, international director of the Ibon Foundation Inc, a research and educational institution based in Quezon City, Philippines, specialising in socio-economic issues.
Since the global economy as it currently stands favours the multinational corporations and big corporations, vertical integration enhances anti-people and immoral business practices, he pointed out. ''Integration destroys the free market as it becomes increasingly dominated by the giants, which are able to dictate profits and what is produced,'' he said.
This turns the market into a sellers' market, and consumers and farmers have little or no choice. Farmers are forced to accept whatever they are asked to use such as seeds and pesticides.
A democratic market, in contrast, is a consumers' market, said Tujan.
Vertical integration also restructures the production process and leads to a mono-culture. Self-sufficient family farms and individual livelihoods are integrated into corporations through production and market arrangements, giving rise to increasing dependency among farmers for inputs from the larger corporations.
''It sounds efficient, but it destroys democracy and is destructive of the genuine free market, which can be found in farmers' markets, hawker centres, and night markets (where everyone is on a level playing field),'' Tujan told IPS.
Attempts at vertical integration can also be found in Malaysia, which has unveiled a Northern Corridor Economic Region, in which local multinational firm Sime Darby is seeking to wrest control of the entire food chain from seed production and sales right down to retail sales through British multinational supermarket chain Tesco. Sime Darby has a 30 percent stake in Tesco's Malaysian operations.
New strategies are now needed to counter these changing power structures, say activists. ''Adapting sustainable/organic farming systems is necessary to stop the dependence on TNCs for inputs and regain control over the seeds and technology,'' said Rafael Mariano, the national chairperson of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), a nationwide federation of Philippine organisations of peasants, small farmers and farm workers and subsistence fisherfolk.
Tujan, for his part, suggested that consumers should not just 'buy national' or even 'buy local', but 'buy small'. They could buy directly from farmers through farmers' markets, which are expanding in the Philippines and parts of Europe. ''People should be sensitive about how foods are processed and consumers should make a choice.''
2.Ontario Grower Ordered to Pay Monsanto $160 Per Acre for Violating Patent Rights on Roundup Ready Soybeans
Monsanto press release, Dec 11 2007
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - Dec. 11, 2007) - The Federal Court of Canada has issued a judgment against Mr. Paul Beneteau of Amherstburg, Ontario for patent infringement pertaining to the Roundup Ready gene in soybeans.
In a judgment dated Nov. 27, 2007, the Honourable Mr. Chief Justice Lutfy determined that Mr. Beneteau had infringed certain claims of Monsanto's patent by growing, harvesting and selling 55 acres of soybeans which he 'knew contained genes and cells as claimed in the said claims of the Patent.'
The Court has ordered Mr. Beneteau to pay damages to Monsanto fixed at $8,800, which is an award to Monsanto of $160.00 per acre on the 55 acres in question.
This judgment follows an earlier successful court judgment against Mr. Eddie Wouters of Northspruce Farms Ltd. in which the Court awarded Monsanto over $107,000 or $274.00 per acre on the 392 acres of Roundup Ready soybeans planted by Mr. Wouters without Monsanto's permission.
'We have a duty to protect our intellectual property and keep the playing field level for all growers who are purchasing Monsanto patented technologies,' said Trish Jordan, Monsanto Canada spokesperson. 'It is through the use of patents that we recoup our research investments, which allows us to continue to invest significant dollars in our research pipeline so that Canadian corn, soybean and canola growers will continue to have access to beneficial technologies in the future.'
Monsanto originally filed a Statement of Claim in the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, against Mr. Beneteau in the fall of 2007 for allegedly planting, growing, harvesting and selling harvesting Roundup Ready soybeans without a required license. All these actions infringed upon Monsanto's patent rights pertaining to the Roundup Ready gene and cell.
Samples of crops collected by Monsanto under a Court Order confirmed the presence of the Roundup Ready trait in soybeans planted on land that was owned, leased or under the control of Mr. Beneteau. In addition to the monetary award, Mr. Beneteau is prohibited from further planting, growing, cultivating, harvesting, or selling any plants grown from Roundup Ready soybean seed. He has also been ordered to deliver up all seeds and plants in his possession which may contain the Roundup Ready gene or cell.
Monsanto is committed to pursuing patent infringement actions against other farmers who have planted Roundup Ready soybeans without Monsanto's permission. In this regard, Monsanto is currently pursuing litigation with three other parties in Ontario related to patent infringement.
Roundup Ready® is a registered trademark of Monsanto Technology LLC, Monsanto Canada Inc. licensee.
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AmexGBT Says Car Rental Rates Stable As App-Based Disruptors Grow
Bruce Parkinson, Open Jaw
The Ground Monitor 2019, published by American Express Global Business Travel (GBT), finds that car rental rates will remain stable around the world for the next 12 months. Any price changes that occur are likely to be minimal.
In the U.S. and Canada, the Ground Monitor 2019 predicts a 1% increase in car rental rates, driven by rising demand after a long period of minimal growth. In Latin America, buyers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico can expect to see prices increasing by up to 0.75%.
In Europe, car rental rates are predicted to fall slightly in many key business destinations, with declines ranging from -0.5% in the UK to -4.5% in Belgium. France and Switzerland are forecast to face small rises of 0.5% and 2.5% respectively.
Globally, car rental rates are expected to be stable despite car rental companies facing higher costs as new technology and safety features – such as rear cameras, sensors and collision-prevention automatic breaking – make cars more expensive to buy and maintain.
The report also explores the rise of disruptive app-based ground transportation providers. Ride-hail services, such as Lyft and Uber, are now firmly established in the managed travel landscape. In a section on how travel buyers can optimize ground transportation in their managed program, the report discusses how travel buyers can anticipate further impact from app-enabled innovation, driven by traveller demand and tightening environmental regulation.
Joakim Johansson, GBT Vice President, Global Business Consulting, said: “Ground transportation is often overlooked in managed travel programs, but this dynamic and evolving sector is a key part of the traveller experience. Our consultants and analysts have developed the Ground Monitor 2019 to help clients optimize their ground programs, gaining more control over spend and better experiences for the traveller.”
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An observer and analyst of the Canadian and international travel industries for over 25 years, Bruce uses the pre-dawn hours to prepare a daily news and information package to keep industry members up to date.


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Ford Motor Company (F) reported its first quarter results with a year-over-year revenue increase of 7% to $42 billion, driven by lower cost and expenses, while profit jumped 9% to $1.7 billion or $0.43 per share, aided by the lower tax rate. The earnings and revenue beat lifted Ford shares 3% in the after-market trading.
The company is foreseeing to reduce costs, especially in the areas of sales, marketing and engineering. Ford has lifted its 5-year cost savings target that was announced in last October by $11.5 billion to $25.5 billion.
Ford’s adjusted EBIT margin target of 8% is expected by 2020, two years earlier than the previous estimate. The automaker also expects to bring down its capital spend by $5 billion to $29 billion over 2019-2022 time frame versus the previous estimate of $34 billion.
Ford is revamping its complete portfolio and is planning to stop investing in next-gen traditional Ford sedans, in line with declining demand from customers for passenger cars and reduced profitability. By 2020, the company expects trucks to account about 90% of its portfolio in North America. In the next couple of years, Ford plans to make only two cars, namely Mustang and a new Focus Active crossover.
Regionally, South America reported its sixth consecutive quarterly loss, while North America was offset by higher commodity cost, with profit margin declining just more than a percentage point to 7.8%. However, Europe reported an 18% increase in revenue, aided by forex and increased pricing.
Ford is making strides into new avenues with the development of battery electric vehicles, which Ford expects to roll out by 2020. The carmaker is also planning to add hybrid-electric powertrains to its best-selling vehicles such as the F-150, Mustang, Explorer, Escape and Bronco.
Last month, the IPO market was in a full swing. IPOs of Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) and JFROG (NASDAQ: FROG) had an impressive opening day in September, the former creating a
PepsiCo Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) beat market expectations on both revenue and earnings for the third quarter of 2020. The company saw the momentum continue in its snacks business while the
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09 May 2020
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Impact on international travel in UAE deepens but opportunity exists
Over the last three weeks, the impact on international travel plans has continued to climb. In a survey by GlobalData, 56% of respondents in the Emirates have had to cancel their upcoming international travel plans due to restrictions. The number of people that strongly agree with this statement increased by 2% over the past week, and by 8% since the week before. This reflects how global travel restrictions continue to hinder the ability to travel, but there also lies opportunity, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Johanna Bonhill-Smith, Travel & Tourism analyst at GlobalData comments: “Spending US$4.7bn on outbound travel in 2019 and having grown 5% from the year previous, the UAE is an emerging source market from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). A passion to explore a variety of cultures means that Emiratis will likely prove a lucrative source market for destinations if they are targeted effectively.
“As airport procedures become more intense and time consuming, the cost of travel is also likely to increase. Time and money constraints are not a huge barrier to outbound travel for Emiratis, therefore, tourists are likely to venture to destinations further afield and spend longer periods of time away to make the trip worthwhile.”
Europe is perceived as a generally trustworthy destination among Emirati travellers, suggesting there is a promising outlook for future travel between these regions. The UK and Germany are already part of the top ten international departures for the UAE, but it is clear that there is more opportunity for market development. As social media usage continues to grow across the destination, DMO’s should leverage this opportunity to make contact with this high-yielding traveler.
Bonhill-Smith continues: “As June approaches – the most popular month of travel for Emirati travellers – the ongoing impact on international travel is likely to worsen. International trips (5.1 million in 2019) exceed domestic (4.01 million in 2019) in the UAE but travel restrictions and lockdown procedures have affected both. Brands can still use this time effectively to build relationships and connect with their consumer base. Personalized and digital content bodes well with the Emirati traveler.
“The majority of outbound departures look to neighbouring destinations such as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a country that 830,000 Emiratis visited in 2019. Shared cultural values, bilateral relations and geographical proximity drive the relationship between these destinations. The Middle East region is one of the least affected by the global outbreak of COVID-19 however, Saudi Arabia holds the second highest number of confirmed cases, and Saudi Arabia and the UAE display a high level of mutual dependence for inbound visitation. Therefore, tourism bodies in these countries should look to collaborate to heal woes and encourage future demand”.


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FRANCE: Rémy Cointreau move hints at CEO succession plan - analyst
Rémy Cointreau will have a COO for the first time
Rémy Cointreau's appointment of CFO Frédéric Pflanz to take on the new additional role of COO suggests he is line take over from CEO Jean-Marie Laborde, according to an analyst.
Pflanz, 44, started in his new role on 1 December and is Remy's first COO, the company announced last week. He has been CFO since 2010 when he joined from beauty firm l'Oréal Group.
Sanford Bernstein analyst Jean-Marc Chow told just-drinks today the appointment should herald Pflanz's promotion to CEO if Laborde stands down next year, when he will be 65.
“The appointment of Frédéric Pflanz to COO is likely to arrange Jean-Marie Laborde’s succession as CEO in time," Chow said. "Pflanz has been CFO of Rémy Cointreau since 2010 and knows the company very well.”
Chow said Laborde's mandate as CEO expires in July when he reaches 65. He added: “It does not necessarily mean Pflanz will 100% become CEO but if he does well during the transition period, there is a good chance.”
In first-half results last month, Remy posted a big jump in net profits as Cognac sales in China continued to drive growth.
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On World Vegan Day 2023, we spoke with vegan business leaders around the world to invite them to share their thoughts and insights as we approach the end of what has been a turbulent year for many in the industry.
We asked, what is your message for the plant-based community on this WVD as we look ahead to 2024? Here, Consumer Director Gill Riley shares a message from Quorn Foods on this special day of reflection about veganism.
Respond to the consumer’s needs
By Gill Riley
Changes in consumer behaviour led by turbulence in the global economy have resulted in a slowdown in the meat alternatives category, but it comes against a backdrop of many years of strong and rapid category growth.
The macro drivers of health, sustainability and animal welfare are very much still prevalent for the category. We also know that the top purchase driver is ‘’fancying a change from meat’’. These factors show us that there’s still so much headroom for future growth.
The current economic pressures mean that value for money is now also a crucial consideration for most shoppers. So, what’s most important right now is that we help shoppers come through these challenges, by providing great-tasting, affordable meal solutions from a brand they know and trust.
It’s vital for brands to respond to the changing needs of the consumer.
We expect the category to recharge, rebuild and head back towards growth. Excitement ultimately comes from new product innovation and consistently great-tasting products. This is what entices first-time meat reducers, as well as keeping loyal vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian shoppers interested.
Recruitment into the category through a brand that shoppers trust and love is key, now more than ever, and we have exciting plans in the pipeline to ensure that meat-free remains appealing, exciting, and accessible with Quorn.


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We've all seen the image at one point: a young man walking with his girlfriend turns his head dramatically, eyeing another woman walking toward the viewer. His gaze one of extreme interest; his girlfriend's one of disgust and horror. The ubiquitous 2017 "Meme of the Year" remains popular for its versatility in showing how one person or group eschews one thing it's expected to be interested in for something else a little more scandalous.
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And here's another option to show its use as social commentary:
The ombudsman, which has no legally binding authority, weighed in on a version of the meme used by internet services provider Bahnhof to advertise job openings. The ad, which appeared on Facebook, labelled the boyfriend "you," the girlfriend "your current workplace" and the second women "Bahnhof."
"The advertisement objectifies women," said the ombudsman on Wednesday, The Guardian reported. "It presents women as interchangeable items and suggests only their appearance is interesting… It also shows degrading stereotypical gender roles of both men and women and gives the impression men can change female partners as they change jobs."
Further, the ad presents the women as workplaces, but the man as an individual — and the second woman as nothing but a "sex object… unrelated to the advertisement, which is for recruiting salespeople, operating engineers and a web designer," the ombudsman argued.
Bahnhof, however, doesn't seem fazed by the decision.
Chief executive Jon Carlung said the decision was an overreaction, the New York Times reported, noting that the head of the company's communications division, who shared the image, happens to be a woman.
"We will fight fiercely to use memes in any way we feel," Carlung said following the ruling. "We will not be subject to censorship in any sense."
"People will be annoyed by anything," he added.
If anything, provoking the outrage was probably beneficial to Bahnhof's ad campaign. "This ad now has probably been the most published Swedish job ad ever," Carlung said. "That was not our plan, and now we have got a lot of attention."
"If we are to be punished," a Bahnhof statement said, "it's because of using an old and tired meme."
The Times noted that other countries, such as Britain, have banned advertising images that promote gender stereotypes. The UK's ban went into effect last year, with Britain's Advertising Standards Authority saying they "restrict the choices, aspiration and opportunities" of people who viewed the ads, the NYT said.
"We have seen across Europe, in terms of consumer advertising, that these messages are not OK," said Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, a consumer psychologist at the UK's Anglia Ruskin University. "We're more aware what is correct and what isn't. The idea that you can swap a woman just like a job isn't acceptable."


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Vitiva unveil new natural rosemary extract as alternative to tocopherols
The rosemary based formulation – known as Substar – is an all-natural, oil-soluble oxidation management system based on rosemary oil extracts. But unlike traditional rosemary extracts, the Slovenian company says its new product is has a low odour and flavour, in addition to a light colour and high heat stability.
Ohad Cohen, CEO of Vitiva said the need for a natural alternative to tocopheols in the market had increased in recent years due a growing demand for palm oil in other markets – such as higher biodiesel production and the increased use of edible oils and fat.
“The result is constant increased prices of tocopherols over the last few years,” said Cohen. “Thus higher prices of final products, so manufacturers are seeking to replace tocopherols with a cost-effective natural oxidation solution.”
"Substar opens new opportunities in a variety of markets that have been affected in recent years by the reduced availability of tocopherols, leading to dramatically higher prices and increasing scarcity,” explains Cohen. “The high concentration of active ingredients in Substar removes the need for increased dosages of tocopherols in long shelf life products, acting as a complete tocopherol replacement.”
He said the Substar product will provide the industry with significant cost savings and price stability when compared to tocopherols – adding that the product will provide a solution for protecting shelf life for “an extensive variety” of food, cosmetic, and animal feed products.
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Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Altona, Vic, Australia
Toll's Nike warehouse received whole-of-building carbon neutral certification.
Toll's custom-built Nike warehouse in Melbourne's Altona North has become the first-ever facility in Australia to achieve a whole-of-building carbon neutral certification under the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS).
The certification of the Toll-Nike logistics facility, owned by Stockland, caps off Toll's significant investment in energy efficiency at the site, which was named Best Industrial Project at the National Energy Efficiency Awards in 2017. The site's energy efficiency program features upgrades to a 2.5 km conveyor system which is powered by 145 individual electric motors, and the retrofitting of 1,300 light fixtures with high efficiency LEDs. This has led to a halving of the site's total electricity consumption, exceeding the greenhouse reductions required by NCOS.
Marie Varrasso, Nike's operations director, says the success of the facility reflects its commitment to reducing its carbon footprint while delivering efficient solutions and savings which can be passed on to its customers directly.
"Through this collaboration, continuous improvements have been introduced into the supply chain, which ultimately benefits Nike's footwear, apparel and equipment customers. It's a unique relationship, with innovation at the heart of everything we do," she adds.
Toll and Nike have offset the remaining greenhouse emissions generated by the building by investing in forest conservation projects in Tasmania as well as in an energy recovery waste water treatment plant in Thailand. These projects protect local biodiversity and native species, support jobs in local communities, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.


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Nimrod Kamer and designer of The Rodnik Band, Philip Colbert, are on a quest to replace models with drones. Dazed went along for the test flight
According to satirist and journalist Nimrod Kamer, “selfies” are a thing of the past – the tail end of 2014 is all about “dronies.” While this is exceedingly more expensive and unquestionably harder to master, it has been labelled as the future for the art and fashion world alike. With that in mind designer of The Rodnik Band Philip Colbert, reknowned for his farcical approach to fashion and the industry, has teamed up with Nimrod to take their drone obsession to the next level.
Forget models, picture this: ten industrial sized drones displaying garments while flying at random across the catwalk. “Philip has used models all of his life, he loves models, but it’s been done and drones are trending. I use drones for journalism and everything that I do. I never take selfies anymore, I take drone selfies,” says Nimrod casually. “What’s the point of hiring models? Everyone is miserable, drones just fly.”
The Rodnik Band was brought in to parody the idea of presenting fashion in a conventional way. “With fashion I feel like they took it too seriously and they hadn’t really pushed boundaries, so I wanted to make more of a performance about being a designer. Instead of making a runway show, the band performs at the same time. I like to think my clothes are a catalyst of fun connections and energies.” Nimrod quickly interjects: “Catwalks can be boring, so Philip’s trying to take this to a different level with performance, like bringing drums and singing and putting them on the catwalk while you model and drones will be the next step obviously.” Don’t they think people will perceive this charade as a farce? “Yeah definitely,” says Colbert confidently, “but that’s the nature of fashion, ridiculous. We embrace the absurdity, because that is the creative freedom.”
The drone takeover might sound like a fool-proof plan, but Nimrod’s recent test run ended up with their drone (estimated at a pricey £2000) crashing dramatically into the depths of a murky pond. “It was under the water for about two or three minutes or so," explains cameraman Tom Bell. "It kept on filming for another six seconds under the water. The only permanent damage cost £100 or something.” Bell is being modest. This drone has been painstakingly crafted by him, so not an easy blow to take.
The duo are keen to get the notion of drones being an invasion of privacy out of the minds of the public. “We’re not into military drones, we invented drones for fashion. The Israeli army should use drones for fashion, they should be sending dresses to Gaza, it might just bring peace to the Middle East.”
While Nimrod seems certain this trend is going to catch on, we still need a bit of convincing. It’s time for us to step outside to see this thing in action. Colbert grabs his lightest garments, a chiffon sheer shirt and a dress emblazoned with garish peeled bananas.
The first attempt is fairly shaky. More to the point, it fails to take off, leaving smashed propeller blades strewn across the concrete.
On our second attempt, as the drone flies 100m into the air, we start to draw a crowd of locals, fascinated by this bizarre inanimate plane-like object. The garments are fluttering in the wind. This has turned into a public spectacle, with the trio merely walking and holding the drone, until Nimrod finally and reluctantly let go. Success. Maybe drones are the new way forward in the fashion world? “I think today is the first time a drone has ever modelled,” says Colbert triumphantly, “It’s a world exclusive.” You saw it here first.


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Leading denim makeRson expansion drive
Ahmedabad-based Aarvee Denims and Exports Limited (ADEL), India's second largest denim manufacturer, has decided to infuse around Rs 120 crore for expanding its manufacturing capacity in two phases.
The company currently has an installed capacity of 61.25 million meteRsper annum, which it plans to scale up to 90 million meters. The first phase of the expansion is likely to be completed by February 2011 and the second phase by December 2011.
“The final phase will be completed with the capex of Rs 120 crore approximately,” Vinod Arora, chairman, Aarvee, after the annual general meeting of the company at Ahmedabad.
Leading denim makeRsin the country have embarked on an expansion drive to meet growing demand for denim in both domestic and export markets.
Highlighting the improvement in denim markets, the company had earlier reiterated that while the domestic market was growing at 15-20 per cent, the growth in international market was also substantial.
Recently, the largest denim maker Arvind announced plans to set up a 30 million-meter denim manufacturing facility in Bangladesh. This is part of the company's strategy to enhance its production capacity to 140 million meters.
The first phase of Bangladesh plant involving capacity of 10 million meteRsis expected to be completed in the next one year.
Nandan Exim, the denim arm of Chiripal group, too, is expanding its capacity from 30 million metres per annum to 50 million metres per annum with an investment of Rs100 crore. The company has successfully completed Phase I of its capacity expansion. While the current capacity stands at 40 million metres as against 30 million metres last year, the company will be adding another 10 million meteRscapacity in the near future.
Another denim maker Jindal Worldwide Ltd is also upbeat about the denim market and has set the ball rolling for expanding its denim production capacity. Industry sources say that Jindal Worldwide is in the process of increasing its denim capacity to 35 million meteRsper annum from current 20 million meters.


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Why the style Editorial World Is searching to Eastern and Central Europe
Updated on Oct 16, 2018
The whole world is getting and small smaller. At the very least in fashion, along with the exact same smattering of editors and developers bopping from a single mag or brand name to another, it frequently appears as though there is less original tips than you will find individuals to perform them. But because the industry yet again discovers it self enamored in what ended up being on-trend 2 full decades ago, you can find moments whenever that small globe does not feel therefore insular.
Early in the day come early july, Conde Nast International discussed its intends to introduce A polish version of vogue in 2018. Upon the statement, it became straight away clear that Vogue Poland — which is the 23rd vogue that is international — defintely won’t be a business, Americanized notion of exactly what a Polish-language Vogue might seem like. Not just ended up being the brand name produced in a partnership with brand brand new Polish news endeavor Visteria, but inaddition it tasked distinctively Polish talent — including newly. minted Filip that is editor-in-Chief Neidenthal whom established Esquire in Poland in 2014 — with going it.
Historically, Eastern and Central Europe has not been a hub for Vogue: ahead of Vogue Poland, really the only two titles in your community included Vogue Russia, which debuted in 1998, and Vogue Ukraine in 2013. Fashion, however, is changing (is not it constantly?) and editorial’s eastward expansion reflects a change towards globalization that individuals’ve currently seen from the runways.
Poland, for just one, has truly bolstered a breeding ground that may help a fashion book of Vogue‘s size and reputation. In June, Karina Dobrotvorskaya, president of Conde Nast brand new areas and editorial manager of brand name development, told Business of Fashion that the news team was eyeing the Polish marketplace for years; just now, because of the present growth of Poland’s high-end fashion market, had the timing felt right. As BoF reported then, the country’s luxury economy is booming: expert service provider KPMG values the neighborhood market at 2.2 billion Zloty (about $584 million), and predicts so it will increase yet another 28 per cent by 2020. To wit, brand brand brand new fashion news had currently landed 800-odd kilometers east, within the post-Soviet states: whenever Russian editor and road style magnate Miroslava Duma co-founded her fashion and life style platform Buro 24/7 last year, she thought we would keep carefully the business situated in Moscow where it remained for six years before going to London.
At current, most of this expansion may be caused by the rise that is meteoric of developers du jour, Georgia’s Demna Gvasalia and Russia’s Gosha Rubchinskiy.
Vogue.com Fashion News Writer Liana Satenstein provides that Gvasalia, whoever fashion collective Vetements has captivated the industry and driven both runway and main-stream trends since its launch in 2014, may be the strongest instance. This comes as no real surprise: Gvasalia created such instant buzz that he had been employed to displace Alexander Wang at Balenciaga just per year after Vetements revealed its very very first collection.
“as he first arrived in the scene, a lot of people could not aim Georgia, a little caucasus nation, out for a map, aside from comprehend the post-Soviet, early-’90s nuances he included in the collections,” states Satenstein. “their collections stirred interest into the history and tradition associated with the area. The nation features a fledgling set of talents, and Gvasalia simply assisted shine the light to them.”
Certainly, Gvasalia’s effect was quick. Net-a-Porter purchased big in to the alleged “Vetements impact” shortly following the brand name’s debut — then-Vice President of Global Buying Sarah Rutson also stated that Gvasalia’s very very first collection made her feel her “head would definitely explode” whenever it arrived along the runway — the aesthetic of which includes now become a staple and top-seller in the luxury e-tailer’s stock.
Fashion periodicals happen fast to adhere to suit. Vetements had been a driving force behind Taylor Swift’s short-lived goth moment, which arrived due to a particular silver sequined gown in which Vogue styled her for her May 2016 address shoot. Balenciaga has racked up a unique share that is fair of placements, too. Your house’s streetwise wares blew through to this past year’s autumn issues, landing plum address spots on several worldwide games that included Elle Hong Kong, Asia’s Vogue Me, Vogue British and Glamour.
Gvasalia’s metropolitan realism is greatly rooted inside the upbringing that is own in, but it is been impacted by just exactly what is actually of youth tradition in your community considering that the dissolution associated with the Soviet Union. For nations like Georgia and Russia, this post-Soviet age has fostered an uptick in creativity, much of which can be rooted with its history. (Though Eastern and main European nations like Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary weren’t formal people of the USSR, they nevertheless display a pride that is cultural’s on par along with their post-Soviet next-door next-door next-door neighbors.) That is natural to developers like Gvasalia and Rubchinskiy, but also for a great deal the global globe, even yet in fashion, Eastern and Central Europe continues to be unexplored.
“Eastern Europe is probably an attractive, exotic location for many people,” claims Satenstein. “all things considered, it absolutely was cut off through the globe for a long time so several things are felt preserved in a period capsule.”
Satenstein references the “noughties,” and that can be seen many clearly in ’90s and early-aughts fixtures like rhinestones, velour or, combining the 2, Juicy Couture. Coincidentally, this nostalgia is one thing to which editorial has compensated great attention asiandates. Vogue Italia asked Bella Hadid to cut her hair — modeled after Linda Evangelista’s famous ’90s bob — on her behalf June 2017 address, while Marc Jacobs’s two most recent, heavily ’90s-inspired collections have enjoyed placements from the covers of games which range from Elle to V.
Rubchinskiy has produced business that is big of such retro collaborations, bolstering their own title recognition while partnering with nostalgia-laced brands like Reebok, Vans and Camper. (He’s also teamed up with higher-end labels, particularly Burberry, the lookbook which is why he unveiled in june)
“Their high-octane perceptions of glamour are a definite hangover through the early ’90s where it had been exactly about showing and it is much less puritanical and a lot more on the top than it ever was at the usa,” she claims.
Satenstein additionally points to Eastern and Central Europe’s popular “underground” nightlife scene to be a spot of great interest for fashion news, also a source that is constant of for local developers.
“this has been done to death,” she claims. “we have all understood about this for a time, so it is perhaps perhaps perhaps not theoretically ‘underground’ any longer. It is still its thing that is own.”
Addititionally there is the shopping, most of which can be composed of bazaars — and which Satenstein relates to as being “havens for knockoffs.” These markets remain a focal point as publications and websites (this one included) continue to discuss the changing stigma surrounding bootlegging.
“for this you’re going to find knockoff Gucci, Moschino and Chanel, whether you’re in Tbilisi or Kiev,” she says day. ” you can find also plastic bags called ‘paketi’ that are printed with Chanel or Gucci. You will not really realize that in the usa.”
In a fashion feeling, Tbilisi, Georgia’s money, is thriving. Vetements was initially located in Paris — it’s since relocated to 400 kilometers southeast, to Zurich — nevertheless the populous town became the main topic of consideration soon after Gvasalia hit it big.
But being a Caucasus nation, Tbilisi is unlike the majority of its greater Eastern and main European next-door neighbors, from the climate that is near-Mediterranean and subtropical) to its dialect (Kartvelian, rather than Slavic). It really is sandwiched between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia and also the Ebony water, and so bridges Western and Eastern cultures in way that is not quite seen somewhere else. Its imagination, needless to say, is bustling.
The city hosts two fashion days, Tbilisi Fashion Week and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tbilisi, each of that have seen an exponential rise in international visibility within the last 36 months; editors now flock to Tbilisi with the maximum amount of regularity because they do in order to more Westernized fashion months like Copenhagen and Stockholm. Right right Here, Georgian design — which hits an interesting balance of international and familiar — is on complete display, both in the runways and off.
Satenstein foresees Tbilisi being a possibly competitive town, but that may nevertheless take some time. So far as all of those other region, that is just matter of minutes, too: if perhaps on the basis of the predictive popularity of Vogue Poland, Eastern and Central Europe gets the market, the attention in addition to talent that is editorial. It is right here to remain.
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Outdoors and performance lifestyle brand Hawke & Co. has unveiled HawkECO, a new line of sustainable jackets for men and women that will hit retailers in July and August.
“A couple of years ago we offered recycled T-shirts and fleece and felt it was important to expand this concept to our core line of products,” says Michael Rosenberg, CEO of Hawke & Co. “By developing products that are responsible and sustainable yet still maintain our high quality standard, we wanted to deliver outerwear that will leave as little impact on the environment for today’s and tomorrow’s modern explorers.”
The jackets, which retail for $250, are made from fabrics created from recycled plastic bottles using Hawke & Co.’s own Eco Cycle process, which uses 30 percent post-consumer and recycled materials, along with Repreve, a fiber made solely from recycled plastic.
With the company able to harness this new technology, the sky is the limit in utilizing HawkECO throughout the entire line. “It’s our goal to eventually use these repurposed fabrics in other Hawke & Co.’s product line-ups,” adds Rosenberg. “However, when we do begin to implement recycled materials beyond HawkECO, the look and feel of the garment must be as good as or better than before. A customer shouldn’t be able to feel the difference between a product comprised of non-recycled fabrics and a product made with recycled components.”
Look out for more eco-friendly items in the seasons ahead from Hawke & Co. as the brand aims to reduce its impact on the environment.


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NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks are lower Tuesday morning as health care companies slump. Distributors of prescription drugs and medical suppliers are falling after The Wall Street Journal reported that drugstore chain Walgreens wants to buy the rest of AmerisourcerBergen, a drug distributor, and that Amazon is preparing a bigger push into medical supply distribution. The Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed almost 3 percent from Friday through Monday after a 10 percent plunge over the previous two weeks.
KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 fell 10 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,645 as of 10 a.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 114 points, or 0.5 percent, to 24,486. The Nasdaq composite slid 18 points, or 0.3 percent, to 6,963. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks declined 8 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,483.
HEALTH SCARE: AmerisourceBergen jumped $9.85, or 11 percent, to $99.30 following the report that Walgreens Boots Alliance wants to take the company over. It already owns a 26 percent stake in AmerisourceBergen, which is one of the largest prescription drug distributors in the U.S. and also distributes products to hospitals and other health systems. The Wall Street Journal said Walgreens reached out several weeks ago about a deal but that no offer has been made. Walgreens added $1.08, or 1.6 percent, to $69.54.
Separately, the Journal reported that Amazon is looking to win over hospitals and clinics to distribute a variety of medical items. Amazon rose $10.77 to $1,397 while dental and medical supply company Patterson sank $2.51, or 7.6 percent, to $30.41. Two other distributors of prescription drugs also fell, as Cardinal Health lost $2.99, or 4.4 percent, to $65.04 and McKesson shed $4.79, or 3.2 percent, to $144.23.
In January Amazon announced a partnership with JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway aimed at reducing health care costs. It's widely believed to have designs on a larger role in the health care system.
ON THE REBOUND: Under Armour climbed after it reported better-than-expected sales as shoe and accessory revenue picked up. The stock had plunged 50 percent in 2017 on top of a 30 percent decline in 2016. It rose $2.75, or 19.3 percent, to $16.98 on Tuesday.
Meal kit company Blue Apron, which had fallen hard since it went public in June, took a smaller loss than analysts expected and posted stronger revenue. The stock rose 28 cents, or 8.5 percent, to $3.64. It went public at $10 a share in late June.
PUMP IT UP: Nutrition supplement company GNC Holdings soared 89 cents, or 21.4 percent, to $5.09 after it formed a joint venture with Harbin Pharmaceutical Group of China. Harbin is investing $300 million in GNC, which will make it the company's largest shareholder.
OIL: Energy companies declined as benchmark U.S. crude fell 66 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $58.62 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, dropped 59 cents to $62.10 a barrel in London.
BONDS: Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.85 percent from 2.86 percent.
CURRENCIES: The dollar fell to 107.67 yen from 108.67 yen. The euro rose to $1.2358 from $1.2284.
OVERSEAS: Germany's DAX shed 0.4 percent and the CAC 40 of France fell 0.3 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 was little changed. Japan's Nikkei 225 lost 0.7 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index added 1.4 percent. South Korea's Kospi rose 1.1 percent.


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Beginning on Earth Day, April 22, 2008, Whole Foods Market, based in Austin, Texas and with stores all across the country (including the recently purchased Wild Oats) will stop providing plastic bags as an option to bag purchases. According to the Whole Foods Market website: We’re going all out for reusable! “Paper or plastic?” is soon to be a question of the past at our stores. When you come to shop, bring any bags you have on hand. Really, any bag will do – old, new, paper, plastic, fabric, even backpacks or woven baskets! You’ll feel good about helping our environment and we’ll even give you a refund of at least 5 cents per bag. Better BagWe make it easy by offering a wide selection of reusable bags for sale at our stores — check out our “Better Bag” — only 99 cents and it’s made from recycled plastic bottles. Helping the environment in two ways! Why Eliminate Plastic? Thousands of reasons!


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AGTA GemFair and the Denver Gem & Mineral Show also will have a presence on the show floor.
The third annual event will be held at the Colorado Convention Center from Sept. 15-18. About 250 gem, jewelry, and mineral companies are expected to exhibit.
Co-founders Christoph Keilmann and Wolter Mehring said they decided to return to the state’s capital after receiving positive feedback from exhibitors.
“With its European flair, HardRock Summit is exactly what the American market needs: a well-organized, upmarket, and sophisticated arena for the mineral and the gem world communities," said Ian Bruce of Crystal Classics.
The September timing also proved to be a success, organizers said, ideal for buying, sourcing, and trading.
The four-day show draws jewelry designers, manufacturers, bench jewelers, silversmiths, and mineral collectors.
The American Gem Trade Association’s GemFair and the Denver Gem & Mineral Show also will have spaces on the show floor.
“AGTA is thrilled to be participating for our third year with the HardRock Summit,” said AGTA CEO John Ford. “Denver provides an exciting venue for our exhibitors and buyers to network before the holiday selling season.”
Admission is free for qualified jewelry professionals and buyers who wish to attend.
The public is also welcome and will have access to the entire show floor, except the AGTA GemFair section.
“With an unparalleled array of offerings from raw and cut gemstones to entry-level and high-end minerals, HardRock Summit will once again be the must-attend event for the mineral and jewelry industries in the fall season,” organizers said.
For more information or to register, visit the HardRock Summit website.
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The Federal Trade Commission has joined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit urging reversal of a district court decision that the agencies say overlooked the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s requirement to delete information disputed by a consumer that cannot be verified by a furnisher of that information.
The case, Suluki v. Credit One Bank, NA, involves a consumer who allegedly disputed with the credit reporting agencies (CRAs) information on her credit report that she said resulted from multiple credit card accounts that her mother opened in her name without her permission or knowledge. The CRAs sent the dispute to the credit card companies for investigation. After Credit One refused to remove the information and purportedly verified the consumer as the accountholder, she sued the company under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which requires that, upon being notified of a dispute by a CRA, furnishers investigate whether the disputed information can be verified. If such an investigation is inconclusive, the FCRA requires the furnisher to delete from the data that the furnisher submits to CRAs the information that cannot be verified, according to the FTC-CFPB brief.
The consumer appealed after the district court granted Credit One’s request for summary judgment and held that she could not show harm from any failure by Credit One to conduct a reasonable investigation.
In their brief, the FTC and CFPB disputed the district court’s interpretation of the FCRA. They noted that under the FCRA, if a furnisher of credit information cannot determine whether the disputed consumer information is accurate, it must tell the CRAs that the information could not be verified and must delete it from the data that it reports to the CRAs.
Inaccurate information on a consumer report can hamper people’s ability to get housing, employment, and credit. The FTC and CFPB maintain that the lower court’s decision could impact consumers’ rights under the FCRA to dispute the completeness or accuracy of information and have it removed if a furnisher cannot verify that it is accurate.
The Commission voted 3-0 to join the CFPB amicus brief.
The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition, and protect and educate consumers. You can learn more about consumer topics and report scams, fraud, and bad business practices online at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Follow the FTC on social media, read our blogs and subscribe to press releases for the latest FTC news and resources.


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Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) urged the Biden administration to allow farmers to access millions of acres of conserved land in an effort to combat global food shortages, inflation and supply chain issues, in part prompted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In a letter✎ EditSignto Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, the senators requested that farmers be immediately provided flexibilities to use Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands for crop production in an effort to stabilize the price of food.
“Before the war, Ukraine was one of the world’s highest-volume exporters of corn, wheat, sunflower seed oil, and other seed and grain products. However, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to fully prevent the sowing and harvest of Ukrainian grains from occurring this year,” the senators wrote.
“This reality has already contributed to a sharp rise in grain prices since the invasion began on February 24, and could have lasting impacts on global food prices and supplies, worsen the already poor economic conditions within the U.S., and lead to famine and conflict in some of the world’s most impoverished nations,” they added.
The senators also pointed to the rising U.S. corn prices, which help feed livestock, noting that the influx was due to market fears, inflation and disruptions within the supply chain.
“Given the integral role of corn within our economy, the increasing price of corn is certainly contributing to severe economic harm within the United States and around the world,” they noted.
The development comes more than five weeks since Russia began its invasion into Ukraine. The former Soviet Union nation is known as a key exporter of corn, wheat and sunflower oil, but the ongoing conflict is sure to complicate an already messy crux of international supply chain issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Experts warn that the food prices would continue to be impacted if Ukraine is unable to plant their crops amid the Russian invasion.
“In the next few months, if Ukrainian farmers aren’t able to get their crops in the ground as we go into the springtime, and we’re looking at an entire year without a quarter of the world’s wheat supply, it’s going to have a significant impact on prices,” Robb MacKie, president and CEO of the American Bakers Association, said last month.


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Google will no longer stand by and ignore badly-made Android apps that perform poorly on even the most powerful smartphones and tablets. The company says it will be chasing developers who publish slow and unstable titles, while also reducing their visibility in the Play Store.
One of the things that makes the Play Store unique compared to rivals like Apple's App Store is that developers have an incredible amount of flexibility. The Play Store accepts apps that are banned on other platforms — such as game emulators — and Google is much more relaxed about vetting new titles before they are made available to users. This has upsides and downsides.
While it's great that the Play Store is much more accessible to developers, who don't have to jump through so many hoops to put their app out there, it does mean that the quality of apps isn't quite as good. Users will often download titles that provide a poor experience. Now Google is finally cracking down on Android apps that don't live up to its expectations.
At Google I/O this year, the company confirmed new plans to track down those apps and do something about them. With "Android vitals," it is giving developers new ways to see various metrics and scores on app performance and stability, making it easier for them to identify issues and (hopefully) address them. These are the things Google will be looking at:
- App not responding (ANR) rates
- Crash rate
- Slow rendering
- Frozen frames
- Stuck wake locks (the app keeps the device awake for more than an hour)
- Excessive wake-ups (the app wakes up the device more than 10 times an hour)
Google will use these metrics to measure app performance, and titles that fall into the bottom 25 percent will no longer be ignored. Not only will it be chasing developers to encourage improvements, but it will limit the "promotability" of apps that fail to meet its standards. In other words, apps in the bottom 25 percent are less likely to appear in Play Store search results and promotions.
It's certainly about time Google did something about badly-made Android apps, and though this might have an adverse impact on rookie developers who are just starting out, who might not have the experience and expertise required to build a flawless app, it's a win for users who are tired of disappointing titles that don't work properly.


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We love being recognized as an award-winning pizza franchise by industry experts, business publications that evaluate franchise opportunities, and even our own Franchise Owners. But guest appreciation is equally as important. So, we were thrilled that Pizza Ranch® was recently named America’s Favorite Pizza Chain by Market Force.
One of Market Force’s writers wrote the article, entitled “Chances Are You’ve Never Heard of America’s New Favorite Pizza Chain,” for the website’s food section. The article was informed by a national food survey conducted by Market Force Information, a global leader in customer experience and market research.
Market Force’s survey polled nearly 11,500 people in five categories (burgers, sandwiches, Mexican, pizza, and chicken). Even with a category as broad as “pizza” and not “pizza buffet franchise” or “buffet franchise,” Pizza Ranch was America’s favorite! We even beat Papa Murphy’s (which ranked #2), the previous year’s winner, Marco’s (#3), Domino’s (#4), and Papa John’s (#5). And unlike those other pizza chains, we also have The Country’s Best Chicken™ that’s loved by our guests.
It’s a good reminder for us, current Pizza Ranch Franchise Owners, and prospective Franchise Owners looking at franchise opportunities, to not lose sight of guest preferences. While crunching numbers on initial investment costs, ROI, unit averages, and all the rest, there’s one number that means more: being #1 with guests.
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Gallery: Getaround revs up Portland launch
Getaround celebrated its Portland launch Wednesday, presenting Mayor Sam Adams with an oversize replica of its mobile app.
The Getaround Tesla will spend an unspecified amount of time in Portland and be available for rent by anyone who uses the service.
Getaround CEO and co-founder Sam Zaid said the Federal Highway Administration-funded study on car sharing will catalyze the practice across the country.
Mayor Sam Adams said Getaround's car-sharing service will save Portlanders money.
Former Oregon State Representative Ben Cannon, left, was instrumental in getting legislation passed in Oregon last year that makes car sharing legal. U.S. Rep. Earl Bumenauer, D-Portland, has been advocating for car sharing at the federal level.
Rep. Blumenauer applauded the new transportation option provided by peer-to-peer car sharing. "We're not declaring war on the automobile, but we've decided that we're not going to surrender to the automobile," he said.
And, yes. A ribbon was cut.Cathy Cheney
Portland is Getaround's first market outside of California.
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