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Tech giant Google is planning to improve its online payment arm Tez to give a seamless experience for customers. Google Tez. The company may also enable a Uinified Payments Interface(UPI)- based payments on Play Store.
According to reports, the company may also enable UPI as a mode of payment for app purchases on Play Store, which is a huge use case waiting to be tapped. “We have always maintained that we will bring payments across different platforms,” said a Google spokesperson.
Google is looking to have a global name- Google Pay-for its payments services to avoid confusion. Google has already started branding its payment service for app and in-app purchases as Google Pay, and currently offers credit and debit cards, net banking, and carrier billing as payment options. The integration of Tez into Google Pay may add UPI too as a payment mode.


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Mandai Wildlife Group launches Choose Good Game Challenge; prizes up for grabs till Dec 16
The Choose Good Game Challenge is the second part of the Choose Good With Mandai initiative.
The second part of the Choose Good with Mandai campaign featuring the Choose Good Game Challenge, was launched by the Mandai Wildlife Group on Nov 18 and is set to run till Dec 16.
The two-part campaign, running from October to December 2022, was launched to raise awareness about the roles of animal species in the ecosystem and spotlight ugly food, sustainably sourced seafood, plant-based diets, and how daily actions and lifestyle choices impact the environment.
The Choose Good Food Trail, kickstarted the campaign on Oct 21.
The Choose Good Game Challenge allows players to choose their favourite animal character and go on adventures to save ugly food, as well as collect sustainably sourced seafood and plant-based food items.
Mandai Wildlife Group hopes that through these light-hearted educational comics and fun facts, players will understand how conscious choices like looking out for seafood packaging with labels with the ASC green tick or the BAP logo will go a long way in protecting the environment.
Products with these indicators involve processes which do not harm the ecosystem.
Those who are interested in playing the game can do so through the website. Players who top the daily leaderboard can also expect to win prizes every week.
Prizes include the signature Panda Tour at River Wonders and a private buggy tour around Singapore Zoo, among many others.

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The European Commission adopted this week a strategy to protect the environment from plastic pollution as part of the transition to a circular economy. Under the new plans, all plastic packaging on the EU market will be recyclable by 2030, the consumption of single-use plastics will be reduced and the intentional use of microplastics will be restricted.
First Vice-President Frans Timmermans warned on Tuesday, that “If we don’t change the way we produce and use plastics, there will be more plastics than fish in our oceans by 2050. The only long-term solution is to reduce plastic waste by recycling and reusing more.”
According to the Commission, Europeans generate every year 25 million tonnes of plastic waste, but less than 30% is collected for recycling. Most plastic in Europe is landfilled or incinerated, rather than recycled. Across the world, plastics make up 85% of beach litter.
Plastics are even reaching citizens’ lungs and dinner tables, with microplastics in air, water and food having an unknown impact on their health.
According to estimates, only 5% of the value of plastic packaging material retains in the economy, the rest is lost after a very short first-use. The annual bill accounts for between €70 and €105 billion. Furthermore, unrecycled plastic takes hundreds of years to break down.
The plastic strategy is expected to transform the way products are designed, produced, used, and recycled in the EU. The goal is to protect the environment whilst at the same time lay foundations to a new plastic economy, where the design and production fully respect reuse, repair and recycling needs and more sustainable materials are developed.
The strategy includes a long list of EU measures and measures recommended to national authorities and industry. The Commission will present the proposal on single-use plastics later in 2018. Stakeholders have until 12 February 2018 to contribute to the ongoing public consultation.
The Commission will also launch the work on the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive and prepare guidelines on separate collection and sorting of waste to be issued in 2019.
|Examples of measures to reduce plastic waste
Make recycling profitable for business: New rules on packaging will be developed to improve the recyclability of plastics used on the market and increase the demand for recycled plastic content.
Curb plastic waste: After the reduction of plastic bag use, the new plans will turn to other single-use plastics and fishing gear. The Commission will also take measures to restrict the use of microplastics in products, and fix labels for biodegradable and compostable plastics.
According to a new Eurobarometer Survey 72% of European citizens said they cut down on their use of single use plastic bags, 38% of them in the last year.
Stop littering at sea: New rules on port reception facilities will tackle sea-based marine litter, with measures to ensure that waste generated on ships or gathered at sea is not left behind but returned to land and adequately managed there.
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Jobs under Indian Staffing Federation members went up by 6% in July-September quarter
While the new jobs in general staffing grew by 7.3% in the July-September quarter on the back of rise in demand in FMCG, e-commerce, manufacturing, retail, logistics, banking, hospitality, tourism, insurance and infrastructure, new jobs in IT sector grew by a modest 2.2% during the second quarter.
Flexi staffing industry grows 6 pc in July-Sept
New jobs in general staffing - which excludes IT staffing - grew 7.3 per cent in July-September, driven by rise in demand in FMCG, e-commerce, manufacturing, retail, logistics, banking, hospitality, tourism, insurance, infrastructure, said ISF's Flexi Staffing Employment Growth report. On the other hand, new jobs in IT staffing remained under pressure, growing a modest 2.2 per cent in September quarter.
As fleets grow, DGCA to hire 400 in efforts to bolster surveillance
The finance ministry has given clearance to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to hire permanent staff for about 410 posts, the highest in a decade, the people cited earlier told ET, requesting not to be named.
66,000 new jobseekers added to India’s formal workforce in Apr-June quarter: ISF
“The staffing industry registered a robust demand for flexi workforce after the third Covid wave with growth largely witnessed from sectors like ecommerce, retail, manufacturing, BFSI, as they generated high demand,” ISF said. ISF is the apex industry body representing formal staffing companies in India.
Jyotiraditya Scindia says government working to augment manpower, capabilities of DGCA, BCAS
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) takes care of the safety aspects, while the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is in charge of the security aspects in the sector.
Indian staffing industry adds 2.27 lakh contractual employees in FY22: ReportThe staffing industry added 12.6 lakh informal workers in 2021-22, driven by demand in industries like fast-moving consumer goods, e-commerce and manufacturing, according to a report.
Indian staffing industry adds 0.22 million workforce in 2021-22According to ISF Annual Report 2021-22, the net new employment for general staffing grew 21% more with addition of 0.15 million new formal workforce while the rest was in IT and professional services.
Fast-track labour codes: India IncThe CII is in talks with officials of the labour ministry at the Centre as well as states. "The codes ensure substantial reforms towards ease of doing business and hence should be urgently operationalised," said R Mukundan, chairman, CII National Committee on Industrial Relations.
Tax sops for new jobs: I-T dept’s interpretation of Section 80JJAA of I-T Act leaves staffing companies worriedIn a recent order, disallowing deductions under Section 80JJAA of the I-T Act, 1961, the authorities held that the manpower service provider only had a forced/legal “employer-employee relationship” as it complied with statutory deductions like PF, ESI, gratuity, etc., but did not exercise control over its employees.
Flexi-staffing industry dodges Omicron fears, maintains 21.5% growth in Q3: ReportThe ISF staffing members' net headcount grew at 21.5 per cent YoY, indicating the consistent demand in employment across sectors notwithstanding the third pandemic wave, the report said.
Indian Staffing Federation partners with Nasscom to bridge IT skills-jobs gapFutureSkills Prime is the National Digital Skilling platform of India led by the ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity) and IT-BPM industry body Nasscom.
ISF seeks lower rate of contribution towards social security for entry-level workers“ISF has called for extending lower contributions towards social security for entry level workers, those with a monthly salary of Rs 21000 or lower,” ISF said in its recommendations to the labour secretary Sunil Barthwal on the occasion of 10 years of the Indian Staffing Federation.
Healthcre, IT and e-commerce sectors to be top sectors driving demand for temporary workers: ISFThe consortium of staffing firms ISF said it witnesses 31% growth in flexi work in 2021 compared to other formats with 1,57,000 more flexi workers added to the workforce compared ro 2019.
Staffing companies want 50% cut in proposed security deposit of Rs 1,000 per workerFor big staffing firms such as Quess Corp or TeamLease Services, this would be a huge hit if they go for a national licence. Quess Corp has over 300,000 employees while TeamLease has over 200,000 employees under its fold.
Second COVID wave postpones firms' reopening plans; transition to office plan to be slow, staggered: ExpertsCorporate India's return to office plan is likely to be staggered as the pandemic will continue to provide challenges. In a bid to ensure continuity and productive output, companies will have to provide convenient locations, latest technology and allow flexibility in tandem with evolving circumstances, they said.
Budget 2021: FM races to fix flaws in labour modelThe Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s first post-Covid budget had several measures to bring the unorganised working class into the mainstream economic fold.
Indian Staffing Federation seeks lower GST from 18% to 5%“Staffing companies generate employment and in a majority of the cases these are low-level jobs with average salaries of under Rs 18,000. So in line with the philosophy of the GST council, the rate applied should be the lowest slab,”Lohit Bhatia, president, Indian Staffing Federation said in its pre-budget expectations to the government.
Factory workers are returning, to labour and an uncertain lifeFor India Inc, the pandemic is a stark reminder about the gaps in the working conditions of labourers and the issues that need immediate attention.
Staffing federation worried over non-payment of duesThe Indian Staffing Federation (ISF) may convene a meeting soon to discuss allegations of payment irregularities against some of its biggest members, executives at these staffing firms said.
IT-BPM sector is likely to recruit more than double staff on contract this yearIndia’s major IT services firms and BPM companies have witnessed a significant rise in the number of digital transformation projects during the past six months as businesses across markets are pivoting online in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.
ISF seeks changes to draft wage rules, says they are disadvantageous for part-time workersThe ISF has suggested that the government allow the option to use digital platforms for all communications instead of just physical display.
Two labour codes finalised by labour ministry may be tabled in monsoon sessionSources told ET that the code on occupational safety, health and working conditions (OSH&WC Code) and the industrial relations code (IR Code) would give autonomy to states to amend labour laws to suit their industrial needs and attract investments through labour reforms.
Hiring picks up in multiple sectors including e-commerce & deliveryOutdoor clothing and tactical gear firm Wildcraft, which is making reusable PPE overalls, Hazmat suits and masks for the Ministry of Textiles and Commercial applications, has hired a workforce of over 30,000 in the past two months and is looking to hire another 70,000 on direct and third party rolls.
Formal employment in India grew by 28.6% in 2019-20: EPFOThe top sectors which have seen over 50% increase in formalisation of workforce are hospitality and financial institutions while sectors like textiles have seen a jump of 20% as per the payroll data of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, shows the payroll data of EPFO.
Coronavirus impact: Staffing body seeks job security for 33-lakh temporary workersAt least, four companies told ET that they were thinking of reducing their temporary staff by 40-60% this month to rein in costs amid uncertainty due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Indian Staffing Federation gets new president, VPThe staffing industry provides a platform for recognized employment, work choice, compensation, annual benefits and health benefits for the temporary workforce that constitutes almost 70% of India’s total workforce.
20% of temporary staff may not be able to avail full benefit of PF withdrawal: Indian Staffing FederationThe staffing federation has written to labour ministry last week asking them to re-look into the issue.Load More
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High cholesterol: Nutritionist reveals top prevention tips
Characterised by the absence of symptoms, high cholesterol can be difficult to spot. However, too much of this fatty substance can boost your risk of heart disease and stroke. Here’s how you can “rapidly” lower your high cholesterol.
Poor lifestyle choices are the key contributors to high cholesterol.
Eating too much food high in saturated fats is one culprit.
Once the levels are too high, some people have to start taking medications known as statins.
But what about those that can’t or won’t take the cholesterol-lowering medicine? New research shares the snacks that could offer an answer.
High cholesterol: Healthy bars and smoothies can ‘rapidly’ lower high levels.
Research published in the Journal of Nutrition reports that healthy snacks containing cholesterol-lowering bioactive compounds can “rapidly” lower LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol.
This is especially meaningful for those “unable or unwilling to take statin drugs”.
In case you’re not familiar, LDL cholesterol, also known as “bad” cholesterol, is the one increasing your risk of severe health problems.
The tasty snacks in question comprised of healthy bars and smoothies.
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The snacks were produced by a healthy food brand using ingredients like nuts, seeds and berries.
The research looked at 18 men and 36 women in total.
These volunteers were instructed to eat a variety of healthy snacks twice a day in a place of something they were already eating.
They were also told not to make any other significant changes in their lifestyles.
The researchers also used control products bought from a general grocery store to monitor the results.
After four weeks of following this healthy snack regimen, the “bad” cholesterol levels dropped by nine percent on average.
However, four of the participants experienced a whopping 30-percent decrease.
The healthy snacks in the study contained between 110 to 190 calories per serving and a minimum of five grams of fibre.
Fibre plays an important role in managing cholesterol as some types can help slash levels.
It can help block some of the cholesterol in your intestines from getting absorbed into your bloodstream, Heart UK explains.
In general, fruits and vegetables are good sources of fibre.
This new study concluded that healthy snacks like these could offer a good option for those who can’t or won’t take statins.
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With a mission to surface the best art for the most people, whether for sale or not, ArtStack has experienced rapid uptake and built a global community of art appreciators.
When independent designer e-commerce company Boticca decided it needed a rebrand the approach was to imagine the business was a country – then work out its characteristics, iconography and folklore.
It was a moment that most parents have experienced, when they turn around and their child has disappeared out of eyeshot. While Sara Murray was just as worried as the next mother, she also used the incident as inspiration for a new business.
Alternative Investment Market-listed carpet business Victoria has become the first public company to be backed by the £2.5 billion bank-backed Business Growth Fund.
Digital advertising group Crossrider has joined London's Alternative Investment Market and now plans to grow both organically and through acquisitions.
The former CEO of Anglian Home Improvements and current managing director of The Heritage Window Company are joining forces to lead a buy-out of Heritage.
A second major institutional funding round for Qubit has seen the e-commerce business bank $26 million and add new members to the company board.
Progress which has seen The Parcel Monkey Group hit 300,000 registered users has led the delivery service to raise equity capital as part of a further growth push.
Serial entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou has seen easyGroup licensee business easyProperty scoop £1.4 million using crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to finance growth.
To coincide with raising an additional $500,000 worth of equity investment, Ometria has recruited Huddle co-founder Ali Mitchell to its board.
Luxury shoe business Jimmy Choo has unveiled plans to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange to help fuel new market growth.
Molecular Products Group has closed a £4 million growth capital deal so that it can finance expansion into markets such as Japan and India.
London start-up Mopp has forgone further investment rounds and instead been acquired by US home services company Handy.
To continue with IT upgrades, website improvements and store refurbishments, clothing and accessories chain Jaeger has secured £8.5 million of new funds.
Former failed Dragons' Den pitcher Gousto has further utilised venture capital investment by raising an additional £5 million.
3D Hubs has built on the seed funding it secured in August 2013 by closing a $4.5 million Series A transaction to take its operations global.
Tug boat and marine service operators Marine Towage Services has been bought by Bhagwan Marine, GrowthBusiness can exclusively reveal.
Scottish start-up Appointedd has raised £160,000 of equity investment with help from the Scottish Investment Bank and Equity Gap.
Foreign exchange business Moneycorp is now in the hands of private equity firm Bridgepoint following a £212 million deal.
Transportable solar power system Renovagen has generated £263,000 of equity investment through a pitch hosted on Crowdcube.
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CHINA MOBILE EXEC SLAMS MESSAGING APPS: According to a tweet from Bloomberg reporter Edmond Lococo, who was reporting from China Mobile’s annual general meeting Wednesday, China Mobile chairman Xi said over-the-top (OTT) messaging apps like China's WeChat (owned by public internet company Tencent), “don’t have a future.” Xi added that, “even though their share price is very high now, their business and revenue models aren’t clear.” Messaging apps continue to see skyrocketing user growth — WhatsApp just crossed 500 million active users — but many have yet to properly monetize.
But carriers have constantly underestimated the messaging app threat, and the fact that revenue models are emerging. “Time and again, large telecom companies have proven themselves not as a source of innovation," John Frankel, founding partner at ff Venture Capital, told us. He added, “Authentic innovation has come from people with seemingly crazy ideas who have built businesses with multiple forms of revenue.” Messaging apps like Japan-based LINE (see chart below) are building out several revenue streams including messaging, content, mobile payments, and gaming, all of which undercut similar services from legacy carriers.
TIM HORTONS FOLLOWS THE STARBUCKS MOBILE MODEL: The Canadian quick service coffee chain has unveiled a new mobile payments app, reports TechCrunch. In the same mold as Starbucks' mobile app, Tim Hortons' TimmyMe app gives users a scan-to-pay option using a mobile barcode on their phones. The app is currently compatible with prepaid cards and also features support for Apple’s Passbook. Mobile payments have thrived in the quick service environment. From mobile app payments alone, Starbucks brought in over $1 billion in revenue in 2013 and another $314 million in revenue last quarter.
APPLE ADMITS TO iMESSAGE PROBLEM, HAS YET TO FIX IT: As we previously reported, Apple is facing legal action from one user for an iMessage delivery issue where, after switching from iPhone to Android, the new Android user cannot receive messages from other iPhones. Re/code reports that Apple is finally owning up to the problem, and explains that this issue has been further exacerbated by a recent server glitch. Apple hopes to resolve some of these issues in an upcoming iOS update, but no timetable for the update has been set.
SALESFORCE LAUNCHES MOBILE APP: Enterprise cloud services provider Salesforce has launched a mobile app that will allow users access to their data both online and offline as well as the ability to connect to back-end data from third-party partners like SAP. It's the first step in Salesforce's broader plan to make its enterprise services more accessible on mobile. Ideally, their app will provide a service "that's akin to Facebook's in terms of usage and ease of use," according to ZDNet. The app can also be used as a white-label solution, allowing enterprises to use and brand the app as their own.
LENOVO PLANS WEARABLE DEVICE LAUNCH: Lenovo plans to launch a wearable device at the CES 2015 conference next January, said exec Liu Jun to TechRadar. Another Lenovo exec, Arthur Wei, explained that Lenovo has monitored the wearables market closely for the past two and a half years, but held off on bringing a device to market to ensure they had the right form factor and price point. More and more companies seem to be rushing into wearables despite the fact that they have yet to really take off — Samsung only shipped half a million smart watches last quarter worldwide, and only 3 million fitness trackers have been sold in the past year, including those from well-known vendors Fitbit, Nike, and Jawbone.
SAMSUNG WORKS ON VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET: Samsung is developing its own virtual reality headsets, reports Engadget. The devices, akin to the Oculus VR's Rift device, are set to be officially announced later this year and will pair with Samsung's new smartphones. This would be Samsung's third venture into a new device category in the past year after having already released a smart watch and confirming development of a competitor to Google's Glass device. Virtual reality headsets are even more nascent than wearable devices, but Samsung's recent approach has been to reach the market first — regardless of how ready the consumer market might be for the device category.
Samsung is also bolstering its media services portfolio with the launch of a mobile video streaming service in Asia, reports GigaOm. Project Glue will offer access to entire seasons of television shows for roughly $6.50 (USD) for 30 days access to the program. Customers will be able to either stream or download the shows straight to their mobile devices.
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MARK MCHUGH says teams ‘trying to keep the score down’ in Championship games are playing a ‘pointless’ exercise. Kilcar defeated Bundoran 1-20 to 1-13 on Sunday with McHugh again to the fore.The former Donegal player expressed some frustration at some tactics he has witness so far in the Championship. “It’s frustrating, but that’s how teams set up and we have to learn from that and deal with that,” McHugh told Paddy McGill of Ocean FM.“When we were in control they didn’t want to come out. Malin did the same last week.“I want to win every game I play. If I’m eight down I don’t sit back and try to keep the score down. It’s a bit pointless. That’s not why we play sport.Listen to the full interview below … Listen: ‘That’s not why we play sport’ – Mark McHugh on SFC tactics was last modified: September 15th, 2019 by Chris McNultyShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:2019 Donegal SFCbundorankilcarMalinMark McHugh
A company’s receipts were allocated to New York City based on the location of its consultants and employees, including salespeople.Receipts Were From Client SubscriptionsThe company argued that only its consultants and research managers should be taken into account in calculating the receipts factor. On the other hand, the City argued that it was solely the salespeople whose efforts generated the company’s service receipts.However, the Tax Appeals Tribunal rejected both of those positions. The receipts were from clients who paid the company a fixed price for a subscription service. The service was produced through the efforts of both the independent consultants and the company’s employees.Reasonable Method of AllocationA rule authorized allocation based on relative values or time spent within and outside the City, or another reasonable method. Accordingly, the Tribunal calculated a receipts factor for each of the tax years at issue. For example, the Tribunal determined the compensation paid to consultants in the City as a percentage of their worldwide compensation. The case was remanded to the administrative law judge to recalculate the company’s liability using the Tribunal’s receipts factors.Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc., New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal, TAT(E)08-79(GC), TAT(E)12-38(GC), and TAT(E)12-39(GC), December 28, 2017, ¶600-845Login to read more tax news on CCH® AnswerConnect or CCH® Intelliconnect®.Not a subscriber? Sign up for a free trial or contact us for a representative.
SOCIAL MIX AND standing still plays a large part in whether or not students attend third-level education.That is the finding of an ESRI study released today that gives insight into he experiences of young people transitioning into further/higher education and the labour market.Leaving School in Ireland: A Longitudinal Study of Post-School Transitions follows the pathways taken by over 750 students as they make the leap from second-level school into the next phase of their lives.The report finds that schools make a notable difference on how students choose their path to third-level.“Young people who had more positive interactions with their teachers were more likely to stay on in education after leaving school.”It also found that class played a part.“The social mix of the school had a particularly strong influence. Young people who attended socially-mixed schools and middle-class schools, were more likely than those from working-class schools to go on to some form of post-school education and training, all else being equal.”However, the difference in learning from Leaving Cert to third-level makes things difficult for those transitioning between the two. 80% highlighted particular difficulties in relation to the standard expected of them, the difficulty of the course and managing their workload.The study calls for a number of policy implements. It says that junior cycle reform must be broader in order to engage young people in learning and says that the senior cycle should equip young people for lifelong learning. Report author Selina McCoy said “the research shows that schools make a significant difference to young people’s longer term outcomes. Aspirations to further and higher education emerge as early as junior cycle, indicating the importance of providing a supportive school climate which encourages high aspirations among all students”. Read: Poll: Is the CAO points system fair?Read: Mother-of-six faces prison not paying fine after failing to be assessed for homeschooling
Recommended for you Luxury events for Chicago’s leading travel and media professionals hosted by #TeamTCI Related Items:atlanta, city club of buckhead, ministry of tourism, premier’s sales blitz, TCHTA, tci tourist board Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsAppProvidenciales, 18 May 2015 – Hotel and Tourism Association members were beaming this afternoon after viewing the Turks and Caicos promotional video produced for use in the six city road trip which begins tonight at the City Club of Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia. Members of the delegation last night attended the Global leadership Awards of the Andrew Young Foundation held in Atlanta which included Premier Rufus Ewing and his wife, Dr. Dawn Perry-Ewing. Trinkets show the TCHTA and its partners including the TCI Tourist Board and the Ministry of Tourism are playing up the fact that the Turks and Caicos is home to the World’s #1 Island, Providenciales. Over 600 executives across the six cities are invited to the luncheons and evening meetings… tomorrow the Premier’s Sales Blitz moves to Texas; where there will be presentations made in both Dallas and Houston. Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp Turks and Caicos invited to the World Gourmet Summit in Singapore TCI: Hard work happens each day, says new President of TC Hotel and Tourism Association; Strategic Action Plan unveiled
News Facebook Aguilera won Best New Artist at the 42nd GRAMMY Awards and has picked up four additional GRAMMY wins since, most recently for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Say Something” With A Great Big World at the 57th GRAMMY Awards. A new LP from Aguilera would be the sixth of her career.Catching Up On Music News Powered By The Recording Academy Just Got Easier. Have A Google Home Device? “Talk To GRAMMYs” The video opens with a silhouette in water before showing Aguilera lying in bed and eventually speaking, as she declares, “You feel in life when you get to a place where you feel so comfortable and so routine, then you know you have to stop and start from scratch.”The video ends with her lighting a match in front of her face as a mere half-bar of a beat plays softly behind the image. All together, the video runs just 14 seconds.This latest tease of new music comes two days after Aguilera shared a more cryptic Twitter post and a subsequent fan post that has caused fans to suspect the project might be called “Liberation.” Email What Is Christina Aguilera Planning? christina-aguilera-hints-new-album-talks-starting-scratch https://twitter.com/xtina/status/991336432890396672 Twitter NETWORK ERRORCannot Contact ServerRELOAD YOUR SCREEN OR TRY SELECTING A DIFFERENT VIDEO Nov 20, 2017 – 9:00 am Christina Aguilera On “GRAMMYs Greatest Stories” Christina Aguilera Hints At New Album, Talks Starting “From Scratch” Xtina takes to Twitter to tease what would be her first new album in six yearsNate HertweckGRAMMYs May 2, 2018 – 8:37 am It’s been six years since Christina Aguilera’s most recent album, 2012’s Lotus. Now, a new video posted by the GRAMMY-winning singer on Twitter seems to reveal that new music is on the horizon.
Morris is currently riding high with another collab: Her smash with Zedd and Grey, “The Middle,” currently sits at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.In the meantime, you can catch Horan and Morris on tour together this summer — Morris is opening concert dates for Horan’s Flicker World Tour, which is scheduled to wrap in the U.S. on Sept. 23 in West Palm Beach, Fla.Catching Up On Music News Powered By The Recording Academy Just Got Easier. Have A Google Home Device? “Talk To GRAMMYs”Read more Niall Horan, Maren Morris: Watch “Seeing Blind” niall-horan-maren-morris-unplug-stripped-down-seeing-blind-video News Email Twitter Niall Horan, Maren Morris Unplug For Stripped-Down “Seeing Blind” Video Watch it unfold on the screen: Check out the duo’s countrified, acoustic-based performance video of their sweet collaborationTim McPhateGRAMMYs Jun 5, 2018 – 11:55 am As if Niall Horan and Maren Morris’ splendid studio rendition of “Seeing Blind” didn’t take us by enough surprise, the power duo has gone next level with the release of a down-home unplugged video performance that’s as sweet as pure sugar.Shot on location in an intimate studio in Nashville, Tenn., “Seeing Blind” surely benefits from a stripped-down countrified treatment. With a dapper cowboy hat, Horan sets the rhythmic tone with his strumming acoustic guitar figure, complemented by only sparse percussion. And when Morris and Horan harmonize, it’s a cloud nine combo akin to peanut butter and jelly.”Seeing Blind” is featured on Horan’s debut album, 2017’s Flicker, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Interestingly, the teaming of Horan and Morris has the GRAMMY Awards to thank.”I had heard a lot about Maren and she was making a lot of noise clearly with her album,” Horan told GRAMMY.com last fall. “And I watched the [59th] GRAMMYs, she performs with Alicia Keys, she wins a GRAMMY. I’m like, ‘That is right up my street there.'” Facebook
BBC Doctor Who Netflix 9 classic ‘Doctor Who’ adventures on Britbox 24 Photos 0 The BBC and ITV tried to team up 10 years ago for a service codenamed Project Kangaroo, but regulators kiboshed it. If they’d managed to launch something like Britbox back then, Netflix might have had a tougher time establishing such dominance over the streaming market. Critics of the BBC already complain that viewers pay for the service through the compulsory license fee, so why should we have to pay again to access services like Britbox? I can see their point, but the fact remains the license fee covers the BBC’s current activity, with some bonus archive stuff thrown in on iPlayer. Unless you have a time machine, the only way to see older shows has always been to fork out for videos or DVDs.Even if we do have to shell out, the cost of a streaming subscription is far cheaper than buying DVDs. And the money goes back into the TV channels, helping our local broadcasters compete against the global behemoth Netflix — not to mention the Apple and Disney+ streaming services also set to launch this year.Speaking of which, the launch of Britbox might see the BBC and ITV remove their content from Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and other streamers, effectively forcing viewers to pay for multiple services. But the BBC’s publicly funded status means regulators would no doubt have something to say about that.For the moment, nothing’s certain. We’ll just have to wait and see whether classic Doctor Who becomes available through Britbox.Time will tell — it always does. TV and Movies Share your voice Tags A Netflix rival combining the forces of British telly is set to launch in the UK. The BBC and ITV already offer classic and brand new TV shows to US viewers on streaming service Britbox, and have announced plans to make it available on home turf.Britbox launched in the US and Canada in 2017. It includes vintage British series like Absolutely Fabulous, Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers, Miss Marple, Inspector Morse, Red Dwarf and The Young Ones, all for a monthly fee of $7.ITV and the BBC said today they’ve agreed a “joint vision” for a UK version of the service and are working out the legal niceties. Other channels are also expected to join ahead of a launch in the second half of this year.The UK version of Britbox promises the biggest collection of British content available on any streamer, plus original British shows specially created for the service. It’s way too early to talk about exactly what’s going to be on there, but I have my fingers crossed for something US Britbox offers to lucky American viewers that up until now hasn’t been available to British fans: Classic episodes of Doctor Who.Enlarge ImageCould we soon be able to dial up classic Doctor Who on a streaming service? BBC The first 26 seasons of Doctor Who, spanning the first to seventh Doctors, are available to stream on US Britbox as part of that seven-buck subscription. Meanwhile, back in Blighty, where the beloved sci-fi show was born, a few stories have been available on streaming services in the past but they were pulled ahead of the launch of the short-lived BBC Store. Instead, fans have to buy each story individually.When you’re talking about three decades of telly, that’s a considerable expense. As a lifelong fan, I’d pay a few quid a month for access to Doctor Who alone. That’s just my personal wish list — the BBC declined to respond to my breathlessly excited questions about Who, and neither broadcaster has given specifics about which other series will be on Britbox. 2019 TV shows you can’t miss 50 Photos Post a comment
Close That season that comes but once a year is fast approaching â€“ I am of course talking about the onset of the Christmas shopping period. I know that it is only early in November, but I am like a lot of people with families, preferring to get their present shopping done early and out of the way.Did you know that UK households are the biggest Christmas spenders in Europe (Chart 1)? We spend an average of nearly Â£800 ($1,212, â‚¬1,127) at Christmas on presents, food, and drink, according to a recent survey by vouchercodes.co.uk. With spending on that scale, roughly Â£74bn hits UK shops and supermarkets between now and Christmas Day, providing a seasonal boost to retailers profits.Online is the way to goFor organised present shoppers, the obvious solution for purchasing the vast majority of presents is via the internet. Online shopping over the Christmas period in 2014 accounted for 23.4% of all Christmas spending, worth Â£17.4 billion.Christmas 2015 looks set to be an online spending season, given the 18% annual growth that online retailing has enjoyed so far this year, with 77% of men and 75% of women purchasing online. In fact, the UK leads the way in Europe in online shopping, with online retail sales now over 12% of total retail sales (Chart 2).Apart from the obvious destination websites such as Amazon and increasingly eBay (which now sells more more new items than second-hand), which online shopping sites could do well this Christmas season?SportsFor sports clothing such as football shirts, there is the online arm of Sports Direct (LON:SPD) which offers a lot of sale items that are not necessarily found in store. Sports Direct operate a click and collect service, where you can effectively get postage for free (you pay Â£5 but receive a Â£5 voucher when you pick up your items).I am also a big fan of the Decathlon website, the online presence of Decathlon which has a number of stores in the UK, and which is the dominant French sports retailer. They do a lot of own-brand clothing and sport equipment, including bicycles, that generally represent very good value for money.ToysMy two go-to websites for toys such as Lego and Nerf guns (as I have sons) are The Entertainer and Argos. A little tip: Argos also has an eBay store where it sells clearance and refurbished items on the cheap, so that can also be worth a look.ElectronicsThe newly merged Dixons Carphone trades under the Currys and Carphone Warehouse brands online, great for those looking to buy TVs, computers or a new mobile phone for Christmas. They are now even offering what they claim is the UKs lowest ever priced smartphone, at no upfront cost and a contract of only Â£5 per month. This could be an excellent deal for a first mobile phone for a child.ClothingPain-free online clothes present shopping can be accomplished with either Debenhams or Boohoo.com. A little tip: Debenhams are currently running a number of sale reductions on every department at the moment, so you might be able to grab yourself a little bargain.Food and DrinkOn the online supermarket front, the clear leader has to be Ocado, which offers up to 25% off your first online shop, plus a number of offers such as a wine sale where you save 25% if you buy 6 bottles.My favourite quoted online retail stocksOf these online retailers that I have mentioned above, which could deliver a pleasant surprise to investors as well as shoppers over the Christmas period? My two favourites are Debenhams (UK code: DEB) and Dixons Carphone (UK code: DC).Debenhams remains a relatively cheap retail share, at a P/E of just over 11 times (much cheaper than other retail shares) and offering a decent income with a dividend yield of 4%. Sales should grow nicely in 2016 on higher profitability, with the online business performing very well and showing strong growth.Dixons Carphone is more of a growth stock, with earnings forecast to grow 13-14% per year over 2016 and 2017, driven by ongoing strong mobile phone demand and the growth of its good value, own-brand ID Mobile mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) phone contracts.So there you have it, two ways to profit from the boom in online shopping in the lead-up to Christmas.


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If you've always dreamed of working for what some would charitably describe as a larger-than-life megalomaniac rapper, producer, songwriter, entrepreneur, sometime reality TV star guest, and fashion designer, here's your chance.
It appears, according to a recent spate of job ads posted by the Adidas Group, that Yeezy is hiring 17 new people, including a Senior PR Manager responsible for entertainment, product promotions, and "grassroots initiatives," a Senior Men's Apparel Developer tasked with R&Ds on new fabrics and materials, and a Design Director to help develop Yeezy's brand image.
Adidas Yeezy is, of course, the official collaboration between West and the athletic wear giant: you can bet the rash of job postings have to do with late June's announcement of new, long-term contract to expand the line into more stores and new markets. Candidates, take note: you're going have some superhumanly amazing taste to make the cut.
As the man himself said:
"I believe that bad taste is vulgar. It's like cursing. I think the world can be saved through design, because what is the most distasteful thing someone can do? Kill someone. So, good taste is the opposite of that."
That clears things up. Bon chance, ambitious job applicants.
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Good morning! Here's what you may have missed over the weekend.
1. Hewlett-Packard is planning on splitting into two companies. One business will manage personal computing and printers, the other will look after corporate hardware and services.
2. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's payments company Square has raised $150 million at a $6 billion valuation. Investors include the Government of Singapore Investment Cooperation and Goldman Sachs.
3. Google is going to make over 200 security guards employees, instead of contractors. They will now have the same perks as engineers, product managers, and other Google staff members.
4. Apple is going to unveil new iPads on Oct. 16. We might also see new laptops and iMacs.
5. Hackers have discovered that Facebook is experimenting with payments in its Messenger app. The feature has been included in the app for some time, but the company has not activated it.
6. Another round of naked celebrity photos hit the Internet on Sunday. This is the first leak to feature photographs of men, after Nick Hogan was included.
7. Detectives in Dubai are going to be provided with Google Glass. The government says that they will be able to fight crime using facial recognition technology.
8. The price of Bitcoin is continuing to decline. It plummeted to around $300 on Sunday.
9. It's possible to run Windows 95 on an Android smartwatch. Hackers have previously been able to run the classic video game "Doom" on a Samsung Gear Live.
10. Some iPhone 6 customers are complaining that the phone is ripping out their hair. The hair of women and some beards of men are allegedly getting trapped in a gap between the screen and the case.


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Bethesda Softworks take top spot as ‘The Elder Scrolls Online’ becomes their first chart topping title since ‘Wolfenstein: The New Order’ just over a year ago.
Although the original PC version of the title launched in April last year, the new updated versions feature a subscription free model as well as several new updates. Having launched on Tuesday ‘The Elder Scrolls Online’ is the third title to break through the 100k sales mark in its first week in 2015, delivering a bigger week 1 than ‘Battlefield Hardline’ but still behind ‘The Witcher III: Wild Hunt’, which remains the biggest debut of the year so far.
Following on from the success of the movie which also released this week Warner Bros’ ‘Lego Jurassic World’ roars into the chart at No2. With ‘The Elder Scrolls Online’ taking No1 the consecutive five week run of Bandai Namco is ended as ‘The Witcher III: Wild Hunt’ (-48%) drops down to No3. Another title making the jump to Gen 8 consoles debuts at No4 with 505 Games’ ‘Payday 2: Crimewave Edition’ for Xbox One and PS4. The original ‘Payday 2’ topped the charts back in August 2013 and the Crimewave Edition adds improved visuals and new content to the title. ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ (-34%) is not far behind but makes way for the new titles dropping down to No5. ‘FIFA 15’ (-23%) is at No6 and remains comfortably ahead of a resurgent ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ (+11%), which climbs to No7. Wii U exclusive ‘Splatoon’ (4,948 / -44%) is down to No8 in its third week on chart although is sure to see a boost with an official hardware bundle due to launch on the platform next week. ‘Battlefield Hardline’ ( -39%) is down four places to No9 and ‘Farming Simulator 15’ (-26%) rounds off the Top 10.


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Twitch, a live streaming service, is currently experimenting with a system that allows streamers to pay for more visibility.
Streamers, particularly those in the video game business, love the service, but its popularity is starting to decline.
Many streamers have recently begun to abandon Twitch in favor of YouTube Gaming, citing a number of recent Twitch issues as a key factor.
While Twitch is still the most popular platform for video game streamers, it has recently been embroiled in some significant controversy.
The community on the service may be tumultuous, with streamers facing harassment from both other streamers and their own viewers.
Hate speech has been a serious problem on the site, with “hate raids” with large groups of people harassing streamers becoming commonplace.
While there are moderation mechanisms on Twitch, they do not appear to be capable of efficiently suppressing hate speech and harassment to the satisfaction of users.
#ADayOffTwitch, a Twitch streamer protest, was organized in August in an attempt to extract concrete change from Twitch.
Twitch has started testing a “pay-to-win” promotion system for streams, according to a report from Kotaku. Streamers can pay a fee to have their content more visible to other Twitch users using this boosting method.
This effectively allows streamers to pay for success, as higher visibility can result in higher revenues if a large number of views are obtained.
Twitch’s boosting technology is now only available to a select group of users as part of a research project.
While many users regard Twitch’s new boosting mechanism as a predatory “pay-to-win” scheme, the live streaming service recently implemented a more widely accepted policy.
Twitch unveiled Local Sub Pricing in August, a new pricing structure that lowers Twitch subscription prices across the majority of the globe.
Local Sub Pricing means that all subscription fees for streamers and viewers are equal to 3.99 EUR, resulting in lower prices in most places due to exchange rates.
The first two nations to benefit from this modification were Morocco and Turkey, and the project was well-received by people.
Twitch’s new boosting system has divided users, with numerous advantages and disadvantages attributed to the project.
Paying for additional visibility may help new broadcasters succeed by allowing them to break through the clutter of more established channels.
The method, on the other hand, may result in successful channels receiving all of the attention, as their success will provide them with more dollars to spend on boosting.
While more testing is undoubtedly required, Twitch’s boosting system has the potential to create a “pay-to-win” scenario that disadvantages the service’s newest channels.


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8 scams to look out for in 2023: how fraudsters could target you in New Year explained - how to spot fraud
Scammers are likely to continue to try to exploit issues, like the cost of living crisis, in 2023. Consumer group Which? has given advice on how to avoid becoming a victim.
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The UK will enter a new year on Sunday, with most of us likely to be hoping for an easier 12 months than 2022.
But many of the themes that have dominated the last year are likely to continue into 2023. High inflation is set to remain with us during the first half of the year, which means the cost of living crisis is likely to be a major issue for households across the UK for some time yet.
At the same time, interest rates are set to continue to rise while the UK enters a recession. These issues mean house prices are likely to dip to at least some extent (albeit after two years of solid above-inflation growth).
Not only do these pressures mean we will have to watch every penny over the coming months, but they are also likely to be exploited by fraudsters. Criminals have increasingly sought to scam people by targeting the cost of living crisis - activity that has particularly targeted the vulnerable.
According to consumer watchdog Which?, this activity is only likely to continue and evolve as scammers relentlessly pursue our money and personal details. The website’s money editor Jenny Ross has urged people to be particularly wary of online ‘bargain’ or ‘get rich quick’ schemes.
So, what scams could be on the way in 2023 - and how can you spot them? Here’s what you need to know.
Money mule requests
According to Which?, these types of scam occur when people knowingly or unwittingly allow criminals to use their bank accounts to launder stolen cash.
Scammers may send funds into your bank account ‘in error’, before asking you to send the money back to a different bank account. They could also ask you to apply for credit cards or bank accounts on someone else’s behalf.
Often, these kinds of scam target individual victims via social media or email. They can result in up to 14 years’ imprisonment, so be alert if anyone suddenly asks you to handle anything to do with money, credit or bank accounts.
While this form of fraud has been around for a while, Which? is warning consumers to be extra careful with their cards.
For example, if you need to get cash out you should use ATMs inside bank branches wherever possible. These cash machines are less likely to have had card-stealing software installed.
The consumer group has also urged people to closely monitor their financial accounts and credit reports so that they can immediately spot any suspicious activity with their finances. If you see money going in or out of your account that you cannot explain, notify your bank straight away. Banks also offer free balance and payment alerts via email or text.
Fake apps that target bank accounts
Whenever you download mobile phone apps, they might ask you if they can access certain details or track your activity when you use other apps.
Which? advises people to read reviews of apps or developers before downloading them and accepting any of their terms, as it might reveal whether they’re legitimate or not. Those that are not legitimate may attempt to access your bank account.
Spoof calls or texts
Fraudsters often try to imitate legitimate companies, like banks. They may make automated calls with official-sounding pre-recorded messages that get you to speak to them about an issue, such as a suspect payment - a scam that affected Hollyoaks star Adam Rickitt in September 2022.
Criminal gangs can often have their victims’ personal details already, having procured them from the dark web. It means the scam can seem believable. They may also use fake texts to entice people to click on links that appear to be legitimate.
Which? advises people to never simply trust the caller ID that appears on a call. Banks will also never ask for personal information over the phone, so any attempts to seek out this information should be viewed as a red flag.
If you are unsure about the authenticity of a call or message, hang up and contact your bank or card issuer through a trusted method.
Online purchase scams
Sometimes, criminal gangs will pay for fake or misleading online adverts online that seek to lure victims in. These adverts may feature cut-price offers for expensive items, such as mobile phones or laptops.
If you click through on such an advert, warning signs to look out for may include spelling and grammatical errors or a lack of contact details. Which? suggests people stick to trusted retailers and remember that cards offer greater protection against fraud than bank transfers.
What other scams should I be aware of?
As well as the above scams, there are several other methods of attack fraudsters are likely to carry over from 2022 into 2023. Here are three common types to look out for:
Cost of living payment scams
The government released several packages of state support in 2022, including council tax rebates and energy bills discount payments. Criminals sought to latch onto these schemes.
With more support set to be paid out in 2023, you can expect more fraudulent activity to accompany it. If you’re in any doubt about whether a government cost of living scheme is genuine, contact the department responsible (usually the Department for Work and Pensions - DWP) or your local authority for advice.
Voucher code scams
Scammers targeted consumers by posing as supermarkets and other businesses offering vouchers and discounts in 2022.
You can expect more of these kinds of scams to pop up via email, text and social media in 2023, as criminals attempt to exploit people’s desire to save money.
Be sure to check the domain name of the sender, and take the time to ask yourself whether it looks like a real, legitimate offer. If it sounds too good to be true - it probably is.
Phishing attacks have been around for a while now, but could still catch you out.
The latest companies and services to have been targeted include accounting app FreshBooks and Apple Pay. NationalWorld has written a guide on how to safeguard yourself against all forms of phishing attack.
Additional reporting by PA


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Chilean anti-trust tribunal, the Court of Defence of Free Competition (TDLC, Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia) has rejected a case brought by consumer lobby group the National Corporation of Consumers and Users (Conadecus, Corporacion Nacional de Consumidores y Usuarios) against cellcos Entel, Movistar and Claro for alleged spectrum hoarding. Conadecus sought to challenge the allocation of 700MHz band frequencies to the trio, on the basis that the additional frequencies would give the operators more than a maximum of 60MHz set by the Supreme Court in 2009. According to the group, the nation’s mobile providers sought to hoard spectrum and thereby restrict competition in order to keep prices artificially high.
In its ruling, the TDLC said that the lobby group had no legal standing to take action in the matter, having failed to explain how the individual or collective interests of consumers could be affected immediately and directly by the cellcos’ behaviour. Further, the court accused Conadecus of ‘pretending to exercise functions that the law has expressly given to the National Economic Prosecutor (FNE, Fiscalia Nacional Economica).’ Under the terms of the decision, Conadecus was instructed to cover legal costs.


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Smartphone shipments in the world's biggest market China has been forecast to hit more than 450 million units in 2014, according to research firm IDC. The jack up will be triggered by the government's issuance of 4G licences as well as the foreseen Apple (AAPL) - China Mobile alliance. Will Tim Cook's company finally regain its bruised share in the China market pie?
In the recent quarter, Apple's (AAPL) market share in China dropped to 5 per cent from 9 per cent previously. But analysts expect the company to rebound and grow its market share from t2013 to 2014 based on the launch of the new iPhone 5C, never mind if Chinese consumers still find it expensive for their taste.
"Apple is making a comeback," Jim Cramer said in his Real Money column. "This represents the retail interests."
"Affected by the sluggish sales of iPhone 5, Apple's market share has declined dramatically, but its performance is expected to remarkably improve with the launch of the new iPhone," James Yan, an IDC analyst, said in a statement.
Apple's (AAPL) market share in China will be greatly helped with its recent approval to offer iPhone 5c with China Mobile. The latter has 700 million subscribers all over China.
According to IDC, total smartphone shipments in China by end of 2013 will hit 360 million, and then rise to 450 million in 2014.
IDC, however, maintained that smartphones powered by the Android operating system will continue to seize the bulk of the Chinese market.
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Robots have been used in pick-and-place operations for years now, and warehouses are beginning to see a new wave of more flexible, integrated systems. For instance, RightHand Robotics Inc. has developed the precision of its RightPick2 system, enabling the robot to work with put-wall sortation systems.
Since 2017, RightPick has tended automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), been part of goods-to-person workflows, and inducted similarly sized items into sorters. The autonomous system combines a smart gripper, computer vision, and machine learning in what Somerville, Mass.-based RightHand calls “hand, eye, coordination.”
The company said that its autonomous system is now able to integrate new robotic skills, extending the range of applications for warehouse deployments. This building-block approach means that RightPick2 can be stationed on the decanting side of a put wall for sorting batch-picked items into discrete orders.
“Some of what led us from RightPick to RightPick2 is just an evolution of the core components: UR e-Series collaborative arms, Intel’s RealSense D415 camera, and other elements in processor boards. They keep getting better,” said Vince Martinelli, head of product and marketing at RightHand Robotics. “Plus, our own grippers are past 10 million picks now. We know every aspect of how they see and grasp things and how they hold up. They’re in the fifth generation now.”
“It’s like a car model-year change — everything was new and better under the hood this year, but we have not touched pricing. Not everybody has multimillion-dollar automation, and certainly not 3PLs,” he said, referring to third-party logistics providers.
RightHand Robotics has also worked on machine learning and adding capabilities such as bar-code scanning to RightPick2.
“Machine learning isn’t transparent to customers. We’re layering skills on top of the RightPick.AI core,” Martinelli told The Robot Report. “For the put wall, the system has lights and can reach in and pick things up.”
“The put-wall functionality came about because of customer demand. There are a lot of put walls out there,” he said. “Capacity LLC is not a giant company, but it knew how robots could drive their business.”
“With our put wall and [partner] Lightning Pick automating the back side of the wall, the front is both robot- and human-compatible,” said Martinelli. “RightPick2 can drop into existing facilities, help with labor challenges, and still do ASRS sorter induction and work with mobile robot sorters.”
“Going back to December , when we put our submission in — we all think we’re innovative, but the timing was right for RightPick2 to qualify,” said Vince Martinelli, head of product and marketing at RightHand Robotics. “We felt that bringing robotic picking capability to this manual operation could work.”
“From Jan. 2 to ProMat on April 11, we had 100 days of RightPick,” recalled Martinelli. “At the show, we had 10 robots running in different booths, not an insignificant project.”
“We wanted to show what we had achieved, so we did a demo with EuroSort. RightPick2 picked out items and put them into the put wall,” Martinelli said. “It helped with the judges that we could show videos from a customer site. It seemed to resonate with them and helped cement the idea that this was real.”
What’s next for RightHand
“The innovation award has helped draw positive attention to our offerings and capabilities,” Martinelli said. “It helps validate what we’ve been doing.”
RightPick2’s flexibility will make adoption and integration easier, he said. “If we go to the next customer and need to do something similar, we don’t have to start from scratch,” Martinelli added.
RightHand Robotics will help customers execute on their automation projects this summer as they get ready for the busy holiday shopping season, he said.
“We’re also going to spend some time on how to evaluate the ‘three Rs’ of picking: range, rate, and reliability,” said Martinelli. “Simple things like defining performance metrics and throughput might seem obvious to us, but when you get customers in a room, they’ll debate the meaning. It’s a sign of maturing products and market.”


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Written by Michael Schrantz and printed in the Steamboat Pilot & Today. ————— Steamboat Springs — Steamboat Springs business Butcherknife Brewing Co. broke ground Wednesday — on the 79th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition, owner Mark Fitzgerald noted — on its new building on Elk River Road. According to a news release, the new building will provide space for the production of thousands of barrels of beer annually and will host a tasting room.
Written by Matt Stensland of the Steamboat Pilot & Today —————- Steamboat Springs — The owners of Butcherknife Brewing Co. are expecting approval any day from the city’s building department to begin construction of a beer manufacturing facility on the west side of Steamboat Springs. Residents Mark Fitzgerald and Nate Johansing are opening the brewery. Fitzgerald said Friday that if everything goes as planned, they will be at full-scale production by late March or early


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Rupert Murdoch says Facebook should pay publishers a carriage fee
In a statement, Murdoch suggested that Facebook pay a TV-style “carriage fee” to publishers it trusts.
“If Facebook wants to recognize ‘trusted’ publishers then it should pay those publishers a carriage fee similar to the model adopted by cable companies,” he stated. “The publishers are obviously enhancing the value and integrity of Facebook through their news and content but are not being adequately rewarded for those services. Carriage payments would have a minor impact on Facebook’s profits but a major impact on the prospects for publishers and journalists.”
He also said that Facebook and Google have “popularized scurrilous news sources through algorithms that are profitable for these platforms but inherently unreliable,” adding that the “remedial measures that both companies have so far proposed are inadequate, commercially, socially and journalistically.”
His statement comes as Facebook attempts to make amends for the proliferation of fake news and Russian propaganda on the platform that had a major impact on the 2016 presidential election in the US.
Earlier this year, Facebook said that it would start to prioritize posts from family and friends on a user’s newsfeed over content from brands and news outlets. Last week, Facebook said that it will begin asking users to rate the trustworthiness of news outlets in order to prevent the spread of misinformation and sensationalism on the platform.


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FORTUNE -- The federal government is fed up with the amount of fraud, especially recurring fraud from the same companies, happening in the pharmaceutical industry. So regulators have decided that when it comes to punishments, it's time to get personal.
From now on, individual executives risk being ejected from their jobs -- and perhaps even barred from the industry -- for fraud their companies commit, even if they did not participate or even know about the crimes.
All that's required for the government to flex this remarkably broad authority -- underpinned by the Responsible Corporate Officers Doctrine -- is that the executives were in a position to have stopped the fraud that resulted in a criminal conviction or plea.
The new approach, emerging from the unusually powerful Inspector General's office in the Department of Health and Human Services, reflects frustration with corporate recidivism even in the face of ramped-up fines, penalties and disgorgements.
"We are going to start to use that authority in the appropriate circumstances to get high level executives out of companies, so that the company has a better shot at changing its behavior, so that it does not become a recidivist," explains Lewis Morris, chief counsel to the Inspector General.
"It's our expectation that in the next several months you will begin to see the fruits of that new strategy," he adds. His targets include anyone going on corporate retreats, from VP of sales up to and including CEOs.
The initiative is part of the Obama Administration's effort to slash health care fraud, estimated to cost taxpayers 3% to 10% of total sector spending -- $27 to $80 billion this year. Pharmaceutical fraud cases are usually comprised of kickbacks to doctors, overpricing, or off-label marketing, or a mix of the three.
In the government's most recent major settlement -- in which AstraZeneca agreed to pay $520 million -- the fine represented 16.5% of the $8.6 billion income (between 2001-2006) from U.S. sales of Seroquel, a powerful anti-psychotic. AstraZeneca (AZN) turned this narrowly approved drug into a cash cow by marketing it for much wider use, including by the elderly and children, even though they are particularly vulnerable to "serious and debilitating side effects."
All the while, AstraZeneca was operating under a corporate integrity agreement (CIA) with the Inspector General, imposed after a 2003 off-label marketing case. Drug company Pfizer (PFE, Fortune 500), which was fined $2.3 billion just last September, is now on its third CIA. Steeper fines and harsh individual penalties should help put more teeth into these agreements and keep companies from flouting them.
Yet there's still wiggle room
"Usually by the time someone becomes a senior executive they are very aware of the pitfalls in the organization, and they have become masters at not doing something wrong or not getting caught doing something wrong," explains Peter Rost, a former senior Pfizer executive turned industry gadfly.
Incentive-based compensation systems -- typically 40% to 50% of salespeople's income comes from hitting their numbers -- are one weak point. "They are going to work real hard to increase those numbers and do whatever it takes, and if they think somebody gave them a wink about doing this or that, they are going to run with it." says Rost.
Booting senior executives out for any fraud under their watch might end the wink-and-nod system, giving hope to critics.
"I love this idea. It's a sign that there is a creative mind in government," says Patrick Burns of the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund. "Bring the pain, you bring the change. The pain can't only be felt by a nameless, faceless corporation, it has to sit in the living room of somebody who is in charge of designing a fraud, green-lighting a fraud or ignoring a fraud; I don't think you need to hang too many people from the gibbet for that message to be transmitted."
The government's new approach essentially acknowledges that while some companies may be too big to exclude from its programs, particular executives are not. Another potential punitive action, says Morris, would be to strip companies of their patent protection, allowing generic firms to sell cheaper drugs. Both offer tremendous leverage because 30% to 40% of most drugs are purchased by the government, and that dependency is rising.
An early shot over the industry's bow came when HHS imposed a 12-year exclusion from all Federal health care programs against the CEO, chief scientific officer, and the general counsel of Purdue Frederick, who had each pled to misdemeanor misbranding of OxyContin in 2008. That case wrecked the lives of thousands who were inadvertently addicted to the drug.
Sliding to recidivism
For all these efforts, it's still not been easy to keep companies on the straight and narrow. One problem is enforcement: The Justice Department has a backlog of some 500 sealed cases against drug companies, of which more than 100 deal with off label marketing. Since only a handful are settled yearly, the backlog is growing. (A lengthy list of past offenders is available.)
The industry, says Morris, is trying to stay ahead of things by thinking of "ways to curtail the sort of wild, wild west of marketing," by, for example, basing sales compensations on group rather than individual performances. The industry seems ambivalent, downplaying the extent of the problem -- 'these are the exceptions, not the rule' -- while trumpeting its many new standards.
But he continues, "until the industry itself says: 'This compensation based system is problematic -- we keep getting in trouble, we have to come up with a better mousetrap, a better set of incentives,' I think we will see recidivism."
"I actually think that the companies have cultures of compliance where they are trying very hard to follow the law and do the right thing," says Diane Bieri, EVP and general counsel for PhRMA, the trade association. "The law is not always crystal clear and until the company is aware of a regulator's view on a particular practice. the company may hold a different view or may not think a practice is a problem."
Even so, senior executives will now have greater personal incentive to make sure their companies are staying on the safe side of the law.
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TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – The government gives full support and is proud of domestic manufacturers of medical devices (Alkes), namely: PT Taishan Alkes Indonesia that has been helping in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
In addition to being proud to help the government in absorbing labors, the domestic medical device manufacturer is also able to expand its business by exporting its products to foreign countries.
Mentioned by Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita in Jakarta, Tuesday (7/9/2021), while reviewing and inaugurating the first export of domestic antigen products PT Taishan Alkes Indonesia to Ireland and Thailand.
“My visitation at PT Taishan Alkes Indonesia has an important meaning, namely, providing support and also conveying to all Indonesian people that we have been able to produce an Antigen Swab tool, the result of the hard work of the nation's children, "said Agus Gumiwang.
Regarding exports carried out PT Taishan Alkes Indonesia, Agus Gumiwang considered it an extraordinary achievement for the work of Indonesians.
"I am proud that PT Taishan Alkes Indonesia can expand, meaning that its products are good and accepted by foreign countries," he said.
He is also proud of PT Taishan Alkes Indonesia that are concerned about helping the government in dealing with Covid-19 in the country, as well as opening up job opportunities for the Indonesian people.
“I am proud that there are domestic medical devices manufacturers that can employ up to thousands of workers. This can be an example for other domestic producers,” he hoped.
Agus Gumiwang also appreciates PT Taishan Alkes Indonesia which has met the Domestic Component Level (TKDN) of 40 percent in its production components.
“Antigen swab products PT Taishan Alkes Indonesia I see that the TKDN has exceeded 40 percent, which is 48 percent, so ministries and institutions are obliged to buy it," he said.
Because it has exceeded TKDN, continued Agus Gumiwang, the government is committed to continuing to fully support domestic medical device manufacturers.
"Because the government will always prioritize the use of domestic products. So if there are domestic products with TKDN more than 40 percent, the government can take down foreign products from the e-catalog. But with the condition that domestic products can meet domestic needs," he said.
During his visit to PT Taishan Alkes Indonesia, Minister of Industry, Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita accompanied, Director General of Ilmate Ministry of Industry, Taufik Bawazier, Commissioner PT Taishan Alkes Indonesia, Cahyadi Burhan and Milton Pakpahan, President Director PT Taishan Alkes Indonesia Eiko Sihombing and the President Director of PT Indofarma Global Medika, Emi Nuel are one of the main partners PT Taishan Alkes Indonesia.
In the same place, President Director PT Taishan Alkes Indonesia Eiko Sihombing said Taishan Alkes Indonesia will conduct the first export of Indoswab Covid-19 Antigen Rapid Test Cassette to Ireland and will continue with the second export to Thailand.
Export products with the Indoswab label, according to Eiko Sihombing, are to make Indonesia proud abroad.
"In fact, we deliberately designed the box, gave a name, designed the red and white casing color which is very identical to our country, Indonesia," he said.
"With the acceptance of our products in Ireland and Thailand, local people can be concerned and know about the presence of the work of this nation's people who are rich in creativity," he continued.
This news is taken from Tribunnews.com.


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- Hobby Lobby, the privately owned arts-and-crafts store chain, currently operates 800 stores across 47 states. It plans to open 60 more stores and hire 2,500 new employees in 2018.
- Hobby Lobby has been at the center of a number of controversies over the years.
- We recently visited a Hobby Lobby in Commack, New York. Here’s what it’s like to shop there.
Even though many stores are closing their doors right now, Hobby Lobby continues to grow.
The privately owned arts-and-crafts giant currently operates about 800 stores across 47 states. In 2017, it opened 63 new stores, which included 12 stores that had been relocated. In early 2018, Hobby Lobby announced it would be continuing to grow, opening an additional 60 stores and hiring around 2,500 new employees in 2018.
The retailer has been at the center of quite a few controversies over the years. It challenged an Obamacare mandate on the grounds that the requirement to cover contraceptives like Plan B and Ella violated the company’s owners’ religious liberties, since they equate use of the drugs to abortion. In 2014, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the crafts chain.
In 2017, Hobby Lobby agreed to pay $US3 million and forfeit ancient artifacts that were smuggled into the United States. Just a few months later, Hobby Lobby’s president, Steve Green, was a driving force behind the opening of The Museum of The Bible, which faced criticism for its decision to display the Confederate flag and pro-slavery texts in an attempt to understand the Bible’s role in the Civil War.
But it’s also been in the news for more lighthearted reasons. Earlier this year, Hobby Lobby stores were featured in a viral photo challenge in which teens used craft-store merchandise and displays to take artistic photos and post them on Twitter and Instagram.
We visited a Hobby Lobby in Commack, New York, to see what the craft store was like. Here’s what it’s like to shop there:
I went to the Hobby Lobby store in Commack, New York.
The inside was fully decorated for fall, even though it was still August. There were deals on all sorts of fall decor …
… and Halloween decor was being stocked, though there were a lot of empty shelves still.
The empty shelves were pretty common throughout the store.
One thing that took me by surprise was seeing Christmas decor in August.
It was hard to tell whether it was left over from last Christmas or whether it was being put up for this year. Almost everything was on sale …
… and there were quite a few empty shelves.
Hobby Lobby also carried traditional craft supplies like stickers and scrapbooking material …
… poster board ….
… and jewellery-making supplies.
There were also a ton of different paint brands and colours, most of which were under $US5.
There were canvases in all different shapes, sizes, and materials.
The canvases ranged in price from $US1.99 for a tiny canvas to $US69.99 for the biggest canvases.
There were also easels and drawing desks, all of which were 50% off. Sale signs were everywhere throughout the store.
Much of what the store had was pretty random, like an entire aisle of antique-looking suitcases and mismatched home decor.
There were other crafting materials as well, like rows and rows of fabric, most of which was on sale.
Hobby Lobby had no shortage of fake foliage, flowers, and plants. There were also faux marble columns, fake fruits, and other small home decor products.
There were four entire aisles of fake flowers and plants.
There were almost no hobbies the store didn’t cater to. It had materials for sewing, scrapbooking, fine art, interior decorating, and more.
Sale signs sat atop almost every display, often advertising as much as 50% off.
There were blue signs everywhere, with information about the store’s social media profiles …
… as well as instructions on how to join the email list, which offers a weekly ad, special promotions, coupons, and project ideas.
It also offers an app, which includes a 40% off coupon just for downloading it. The app allows for online shopping and offers many of the same services customers can get by being on the email list.
There were a lot of open registers and almost no lines. Hobby Lobby accepts returns on products within 90 days of purchase as long as you have the receipt.
While the store did have a few messy spots and empty shelves, it had just about everything you might need for a creative project. Plus, there were deals to be had in almost every department of Hobby Lobby.
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Beware the scammers who claim your computer has a virus and demand hundreds of pounds to fix it
- Fraud body recorded 12k cases of 'computer software service fraud'
- BBC show Watchdog highlighted growing problem last night
- Many scammers pretend to be from software giant Microsoft
There is a growing army of fraudsters calling unassuming computer users pretending to be from software giant Microsoft, who then demand cash to remove 'viruses,' according to official fraud data.
According to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, between June and November 2014, Action Fraud received 12,000 reports of 'computer software service fraud'. This figure is likely to have increased sharply, as fraudsters target computer users who may not be wise to the scam.
It works by a fraudster cold-calling pretending to be from a legitimate company saying the user has a virus and it needs to be removed manually from the computer.
PC pain: According to data, there has been a rise in the number of people falling fail of the 'virus' scam
They put a huge amount of pressure on the user to pay them money for this service.
Once they have access to the computer they can rifle through personal files. In some cases, they also install dangerous malware to glean personal details, such as bank information.
Although the scam has been around for years, it has become a growing problem, especially in a time where the majority of Britons are online.
Susan Chung, from Liverpool, recently lost £480 to the scam, after receiving a phone call from a man claiming to be from Microsoft.
He said her computer urgently needed virus-protection software. She said he was 'persistent and intimidating.' He persuaded Susan to download software to allow him to log-on and control her computer remotely.
It turned out she essentially paid the criminal to do nothing. Susan featured last night on BBC One's Watchdog programme.
Dawn Maston, from Northamptonshire, also fell for the scam after receiving a phone call.
She told Watchdog: 'He made me feel like my computer was already infected with loads of viruses. She paid £231 for what she thought was 'life-time anti-virus software.'
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But she became suspicious and took her computer a shop, who confirmed she had been scammed.
Not only that, but the criminals attempted to take the money from her bank account twice, as well as from her credit card, despite never divulging these details.
A spokesman for the Watchdog team said: 'We set up a "stooge" laptop that we had filled with false personal information and called back the scammers pretending we had received a missed call from them.
'We then tracked exactly what they were doing to our computer and the pressure put on us to pay them money.'
Technology expert David McClelland set up the sting on the show. He wiped a computer of all sensitive data and made sure the systems were up to date.
He then called a phone number linked with the scam in the past. The scammers on the other end were allowed access to the computer and attempted to convince him to hand over £90, to protect him from viruses that they claimed were already there.
When he refused, the aggressive fraudsters began to delete files from the computer and said it was 'blocked,' demanding payment. When he revealed he was from the BBC, the scammer hung up.
The Watchdog team warn that these fraudsters can do 'untold' damage to a family computer. It is not clear how they get hold of contact details of potential victims.
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Bosch and the Internet of Things When the car negotiates with the charging station
Things are getting smarter in the connected world. Bosch, for example, is working to ensure that a car not only looks for the best parking options, but also pays for its own ticket.
Berlin – Bosch pushes the pace on the Internet of Things (IoT). Cars, machines, buildings and other things in everyday life have long been networked. And they are becoming increasingly intelligent, exchanging information with each other independently and are even capable of concluding contracts. In the area of mobility, for example, this could help with everyday processes, Bosch says. For example, tolls, parking or charging the e-car could be accounted for automatically. Under the motto “From the Internet of Things to the Economy of Things,” the Stuttgart-based technology group is providing an outlook on how things will interact with each other in the future at the Bosch Connected World industry meeting in Berlin – one of the world’s largest international gatherings on the Internet of Things. “We are bringing the physical and digital worlds together to make people’s everyday lives easier,” Bosch CEO Volkmar Denner said Wednesday. In the future, things will not only be networked for communication purposes, but will also maintain business relationships with each other.
Bosch sold a total of 52 millioninternet-enabled products in 2018 aloneover a third more than the year before. The Group already networks more than ten million devices from different manufacturers and is now working with partners to ensure that things will also interact with each other in secure systems in the future.
Prototype with EnBW
Bosch is working with energy supplier EnBW, for example, on a prototype to improve the charging process for electric cars. Initial tests already underway. The entire charging process – from the selection of the charging station to reservation and payment – will be significantly simplified and tailored to the customer’s needs. For example, if the would like to have a playground or a cafe near the charging station because he has his children with him and also wants to drink a coffee.
The car pays its own ticket
Bosch collaborates with Siemens on an intelligent parking management system. The vehicle then communicates directly with nearby parking facilities and negotiates the best conditions. As soon as the driver pulls up at the selected parking barrier, the vehicle identifies itself at the barrier and this opens without the driver having to pull a ticket. The driver is also immediately given free passage when exiting the vehicle, as the vehicle has already communicated with the barrier and paid the parking fee using a virtual wallet. In the future, drivers will no longer need to keep small change on hand to pay, and they won’t be able to lose their parking ticket, Bosch praises the benefits. Both companies have already implemented a corresponding prototype at the Bosch research campus in Renningen and at the Siemens campus in Munich.
The key technology that makes this possible is a special form of electronic data processing and storage called distributed ledger technology (DLT) – something like a decentralized database. Data is not stored in data centers of a few platform providers, but distributed on many different servers. “We need secure, open platforms and an Internet in which the user can make sovereign decisions in order to strengthen trust in digital ecosystems,” says Denner. These decentralized structures create trust in the Internet platforms, says Bosch CEO Michael Bolle, and they are also more secure against external attacks.
Billion-dollar market growing by 35 percent a year
By 2020, the market volume of the Internet of Things is expected to rise to 250 billion dollars (around 223 billion euros) worldwide – an annual increase of 35 percent. “We cannot accept that digital innovations are primarily met with mistrust and fear,” says Michael Bolle. At the initiative of Bosch, representatives of leading international associations and organizations will meet on Thursday to discuss how trust in digital systems can be created and ensured.
At this year’s Bosch Connected World industry event, more than 80 exhibitors will show how the rapid development of the Internet of Things is creating new opportunities in the world of work and in personal everyday life. Among the more than 150 speakers was Briton Timothy Berners-Lee (HTML inventor and founder of the World Wide Web). At a so-called hackathon, about 700 programmers, startup employees and designers develop new ideas for networked solutions in life, mobility, and industry and logistics.


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Recent statistics have shown that the company registered a stunning 217 million active users. To juice things up, Spotify has a record-breaking 100 million premium users. A number that is double the total number of Apple Music users. On the contrary, Spotify registers a lesser 2 million users in the US a dominant zone for Apple users. Moreover, by the end of the year’s quarter, the number of Spotify users is set to rise to approximately 228 million. Also, Spotify expects to have added at least seven more million users to their premium subscribers list. Also, the company is planning to venture into podcasts and generate a good amount of income. For this reason, the company intends to set out on an advertisement model for podcasts. With these in play, we can only conclude that the company is planning to enable individuals to place adds on podcasts. This will be similar to adds played when streaming music. In addition, Spotify has purchased podcasting companies like Gimlet Media, Parcast and Anchor. Moreover, Spotify is having a quarter million podcast titles within their streaming services.
Nonetheless, Spotify still records a massive loss of €142 million in the 2019’s first quarter. However, this has been a significant improvement to the previous quarter where they lost €169 million. Most of this successful drop in loss is accredited to the multiple implementation plans set to reduce loss. These include the closure of various channels with low subscribers. Alternatively, the company has also promoted failing subscriptions such as family account subscribers.
The chats are high for Spotify, and the profit margins are set to take this company up the limit. Moreover, the expected rise in subscribers is also set to push things higher to the next level. For this reason, Spotify is set to offer quality music and podcasts thus increasing the profits of Spotify. Despite all this, Spotify is set for a bumpy ride due to the tremendous amount of loss annually.


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Can we pick em or can we pick em!
Even though New Wave Company 2014 cloudBuy was not selected as our Year in the Life winner, they nonetheless seem to be making some major waves in the market. One example of the company’s extending ripple is an article that appeared in today’s Telegraph.
In the article Rebecca Burn-Callander talks about her interview with former Olympic Skier Ronald Duncan – who also happens to be the founder, Chairman and CIO of cloudBuy – and how his company after narrowly surviving the dotcom bust is now in the position to “become the biggest technology business in the world, beating Apple, Google and Microsoft.”
These are indeed lofty aspirations, however given that cloudBuy connects more than 5,000 suppliers with millions of users worldwide ranging from small businesses to giant multinationals, such prognostications are not entirely out of the realm of possibility? Especially when you consider the fact that according to Burn-Callander the “e-procurement marketplace is valued at $550bn (£332bn), and Cloudbuy is set to reach a market capitalisation of £109m within a year.”
As we do with each of our New Wave 2014 companies, we will continue to track the cloudBuy story over the coming months and update you on their progress.


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A rice expert says there has been a shift in parts of the U.S. to dry-seeded row rice as growers look to improve production and profitability.
Thacher DeStefano with UPL says the uptick has been primarily in northeast Arkansas and the Bootheel of Missouri. “Mainly due to the simplicity of labor,” he says. “If you look at traditional rice farming practices, levy management, water management, it’s very labor intensive. The row rice cultural practices essentially cut a lot of that out.”
He tells Brownfield herbicide resistance has been a long-standing battle for rice growers and as they prepare for the 2023 growing season the biggest take-away is residual control. “Overlap residuals and keep rotating modes of action,” he says.