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Uniswap, one of the most popular decentralized exchanges (DEX) in the cryptocurrency space, has expanded its reach by launching a mobile app for iOS users. Following a month-long review process by Apple, the Uniswap mobile app is now available in the Apple App Store, bringing the power of decentralized trading to the fingertips of millions of iPhone users worldwide. In this article, we will discuss the implications of Uniswap’s mobile app launch and its potential impact on the DEX’s user base and overall growth.
Uniswap: A Leading Decentralized Exchange
• Uniswap is a decentralized exchange built on the Ethereum blockchain.
• It enables users to trade cryptocurrencies without a centralized intermediary.
• Uniswap has been a pioneer in the DeFi space, thanks to its innovative automated market maker (AMM) model.
Uniswap is a decentralized exchange built on the Ethereum network that enables users to trade various cryptocurrencies without relying on a centralized intermediary. As a pioneer in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, Uniswap has gained widespread recognition for its innovative automated market maker (AMM) model. This unique approach allows users to swap tokens with minimal slippage and lower fees, making it an attractive platform for traders and investors alike.
Uniswap Mobile App Finally Approved by Apple
• Uniswap mobile app now available for iOS users in the Apple App Store.
• The app underwent a month-long review process by Apple before approval.
• The app brings the full functionality of the Uniswap platform to mobile devices.
• Users can enjoy seamless trading and manage their assets on the go.
After a month-long review process by Apple, the Uniswap mobile app is finally available in the Apple App Store for iOS users. This new app offers the full functionality of the Uniswap platform on mobile devices, allowing users to enjoy seamless trading, manage their assets, and access the decentralized exchange’s features from anywhere, at any time. The launch of the mobile app marks a significant milestone for Uniswap, as it broadens its reach and makes its services more accessible to a larger audience.
Implications of the Uniswap Mobile App Launch
- Enhanced accessibility: The mobile app brings the power of decentralized trading to millions of iOS users.
- User base expansion: The app’s availability in the Apple App Store could attract new users to the Uniswap platform.
- Increased adoption: The mobile app may drive further adoption of decentralized exchanges and DeFi solutions.
The launch of the Uniswap mobile app, following Apple’s month-long review, has several implications for the platform and the broader DeFi ecosystem. By making the decentralized exchange available to millions of iOS users, Uniswap is enhancing accessibility and potentially expanding its user base. Additionally, the app’s launch may contribute to increased adoption of decentralized exchanges and DeFi solutions, as it demonstrates the growing demand for user-friendly, mobile-first experiences in the cryptocurrency space.
The arrival of the Uniswap mobile app in the Apple App Store, after Apple’s thorough review process, marks an important development for the decentralized exchange and its users. By bringing the power


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TRAVERSE CITY — Brilliant Books in Traverse city is asking for the public’s help as they are facing a hardship.
The owner of the bookstore Peter Makin said that they have been in a crunch ever since the pandemic hit.
“Well, we found ourselves in the at the beginning of the year with a bit of a cash crunch. It really stems way back from from the pandemic when we we invested in a lot of infrastructure to better keep going. We also invested in our staff to keep them going. And we took on a lot of debt, thinking that as things go back to normal, that would be fine,” said Makin.
The store has been in downtown Traverse City for more than a decade
“Things did not go back to normal. There was inflation. We had to give the world reserve pay rises to all of our staff. We paid them fairly well. So in other words, to be an excellent bookstore is expensive. And we invested that and went into a lot of debt. And as of now, we just have problems with the immediate post-Christmas bills,” said Makin.
They say that they put money towards infrastructure and their staff near the pandemic to help support them.
“We’ve got a whole bunch of school book fairs that are coming in March and April. We do book fairs for nearly all of the different camp schools, and that turns out to be very well, very, very nice for them, too, because we give them back 20% of the earnings that we get from the books, from the book fairs,” he said.
He said they though that they would be able to recover, but have not since with the inflation and costs going up. He said the community has been a big help so far.
“What we’re hoping for is that our that we we hit our goal and a GoFundMe, because that will make a huge difference. That will mean that we we will be able to be on an even keel from here on. And that that will make a big difference to us,” he said.

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To beat the world's largest online retailer at its own game, it takes an internet giant and a retail giant to team up
It’s more Battle of the Titans than David and Goliath: Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, and internet giant Google are teaming up in an attempt to beat Amazon at its own game.
Amazon has long dominated global e-commerce across multiple sectors, and recently muscled in on the online groceries market, paying 12.5 billion euros for organic food retailer Whole Foods.
Its success is in part due to the enduring popularity of Prime, which members pay for. By contrast, Google Express and Wal-Mart, both recently axed their fees and have been trying to compete on delivery fees.
The duo say they hope to give consumers a greater range of purchasing options.
They will try to achieve this by focusing on building up a strong voice-shopping offer. Hundreds of thousands of Walmart products will be made available to by through the Google Home voice-controlled speaker. This is a direct challenge to the Amazon Echo service, which has yet to take-off.


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Manchester United have finally released their kit for the new season, meaning that every Premier League side has now done so.
The Red Devils took longer than the rest to show off their new shirts due to their new deal with Adidas, who have taken over from Nike at Old Trafford. The new strip harks back to the classic jerseys from the 1980s, with three stripes on each shoulder.
However, are they the best? Here is every team’s home shirt for the coming campaign…
A classic look for the home kit at Dean Court, but perhaps more impressive is the pink third kit in support of breast cancer sufferers.
Very similar to last season’s effort from Puma, they will be hoping this could what they win the Premier League in for the first time since 2004.


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Sen. Cruz: Trade Promotion Authority Creates a Path for Prosperity
We must engage the global economy to ignite growth and opportunity at home
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), today released the following statement regarding legislation to establish trade promotion authority:
"The American middle class is getting crushed by the Obama economy," said Sen. Cruz. "Middle class incomes are stagnating, and the labor force participation rate has not been this low since the Carter Administration. While I have serious concerns about the all-too-typical Washington backroom deals that enabled this bill to get to the floor, I could not in good conscience vote against a bill whose most significant impacts will be jobs, growth, and opportunity for struggling American families.
"By passing Trade Promotion Authority, we create a path for trade agreements to reduce government-created barriers to prosperity. More economic growth will expand opportunity to those working to climb the economic ladder and achieve the American Dream.
"This bill increases the transparency of trade deals considered under its rules. It requires the public posting of the full text of any such agreement for at least 60 days before Congress begins consideration and reaffirms that Congress gets the final say. It would enable both this President and the next to expand trade that benefits American workers.
"This legislation ensures the United States will not be stuck on the sidelines as China aggressively pushes the 19 trade agreements it currently has under construction. It sends a message to the world that the United States will play an active role in writing the rules that will govern international trade this century. The cost to peace and prosperity of doing otherwise is too great to let this opportunity pass."


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Kaarin Vembar is obsessed with the luxury and clothing markets. She has a cheeky mouth too, so her managing editor decided to give her a column to gain insight for readers. Kaarin can be reached at [emailÂ protected].
ThredUp sells Chanel.
The recent discovery of the fashion house’s items on the resale site made my heart pause for a moment. Fashion lovers know that Chanel is in the middle of a legal battle with The RealReal over a similar scenario. Why are Chanel products on ThredUp’s website?
In 2018 Chanel filed a lawsuit in federal court against luxury consignment company The RealReal, which claims the company sells “CHANEL branded products, including handbags that are purported to be genuine but in fact counterfeit”. In a statement to Retail Dive at the time, The RealReal replied that it “clearly rejects Chanel’s claims,” ââfurther stating that “Chanel’s lawsuit is nothing more than a barely disguised bullying effort to dissuade consumers from being authentic Commodities resell goods, and to prevent customers from buying those goods at discounted prices. ”
Well – a lot can happen in three years. The Chanel vs. The RealReal case is still ongoing, but the companies have reached some sort of temporary truce. In April both sides agreed to stay for three months take part in private mediations.
Meanwhile, resale fashion has grown exponentially. Consumers have chosen second-hand clothing to be aware of the environmental impact of their purchasing behavior. And, to be honest, a lot of people really love the thrill – a feeling that shopping for second hand clothes can convey. According to ThredUp’s own research, the resale market is expected to be reached $ 44 billion by 2029.
The company is also proving itself for its market. It has partnered with an impressive number of traditional retailers including Macy’s, Walmart, Gap and Madewell. Then, in March that Company filed for an IPO, sold Raised 12 million shares and $ 168 million.
This is a smart company with smart leadership. The company also has a comprehensive process for selecting items from sellers, according to CEO James Reinhart. In its result call this monthReinhart stated that the company carries out a “strict 12-point quality test” on its products.
The company also has an authentication process it spelled out on his website. ThredUp claims to have trained merchandisers “with years of experience in identifying genuine designer items based on counterfeit” and that two trained authenticators inspect each designer item by hand. This includes checking serial numbers, looking at logos, and checking seams and craftsmanship. In addition, merchandisers can consult other people on internal teams to “double and triple double-check that the actual deal is published on our website”.
However, my question was whether Chanel had anything to do with the authentication process.
It turns out no. A company spokesman simply stated, “Chanel is not affiliated with this website.” ThredUp did not respond to requests for comments.
I think good faith efforts are being made on many platforms to boost authentication as a second hand purchase. For example, eBay hosts face-to-face events in various US cities Authenticate elements. Last fall, the Company started a program This reviews sneakers that sold for over $ 100 in the United States. But – here’s the biggest point – they do this with a third-party independent authentication feature.
The RealReal has enthusiastic language on its verification techniques, which state that it is “the toughest authentication process on the market” and that it is the “only resale company in the world that authenticates every single item we sell”.
While ThredUp conducts authentication efforts, some decisions about communicating these realities to consumers are … confusing.
For example, sometimes the Chanel label is not displayed in product images. Which honestly asked me if I would buy the product if I couldn’t see this or other detailed photos.
Occasionally, products are labeled “faulty gemstone”. The listing is upfront of what to expect. For example, this dress shows slight signs of wear.
This last example isn’t so much about authentication as it’s about brand integrity. Is Chanel okay with imperfect clothes from their fashion house on the market?
As a consumer, would I then agree to this? And the answer is – maybe. A puzzling puzzle to people who ship luxury items in person is that many stores do not pick up clothing that is too many seasons old. Just because it’s a recognized label doesn’t mean it’s accepted. (Side note: Receiving rejections in a consignment warehouse was a catalyst that Reinhart brought ThredUp to market in the first place.)
Ultimately, this means that there are designer items that are in reasonable condition and are currently gathering dust in closets because they do not meet certain criteria. A platform like ThredUp seems like a natural way to buy and ship these perfectly serviceable products.
Chanel, too, may be fighting the inevitable. Many retailers and some fashion houses are starting to see the opportunity (and additional sources of income) to have some sort of resale program. Alexander McQueen for example, Partnership with Vestiaire Collective resell his label. McQueen authenticates its own items, which are then sold in the Brand Approved section of the Vestiaire Collective platform. The brilliant part of this process is that the owner is then given credit that can be used in McQueen boutiques, ensuring that the money goes straight back to the fashion house. This type of circular economy gives the company some overview of its brand and quality control.
Chanel understandably wants control over its own brand. It remains to be seen whether fashion houses will continue to fight resale outlets to keep that control.


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Beers and ales, ciders and mead will be plentiful when Flossmoor’s Brewfest returns on Saturday, Oct. 12. Participants will be able to sample tasty products from more than two dozen brewing companies from around the Chicago area, and the rest of the nation. Brewfest will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. in downtown Flossmoor. Fest-goers can get a $6 discount by purchasing tickets at Eventbrite through Friday. On Saturday, tickets will be $35, and that price includes a three ounce tasting glass and 20 brew samples. Flossmoor Brewfest swag also will be on . . .
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As most of you know, I spent years as chief economist and lead economics writer for BusinessWeek. And I have utmost respect for the difficult task that journalists face under deadline pressure.
Having said that, I feel that the NYT article As Boom Lures App Creators, Tough Part Is Making a Living understates the jobs impact of the App Economy in three ways.
First, the article notes that the App Economy “was responsible, directly and indirectly, for 466,000 jobs,” as of the end of 2011, based on a February 2012 study that I did for Technet. However, an October 2012 report entitled The Geography of the App Economy, done by myself and Judith Scherer, showed 519,000 jobs in the App Economy as of April 2012. It would have been much more accurate for the reporter to have cited the more recent–and larger–estimate of App Economy jobs.
Second, it’s certainly true that App Economy entrepreneurs are not all successful, just like entrepreneurs in other fields. However, “The Geography of the App Economy” paper makes it clear that large companies are hiring droves of app developers in-house to create and maintain apps, listing quite a few by name. That paper identified 10 different categories of App Economy jobs, only one of which consisted of the stand-alone app developers that the NYT article focuses on.
Entrepreneurs know that startup businesses typically take at least 3-5 years to make a profit. How long were the entrepreneurs they interviewed in business? And the skills and experience these people develop in their own ventures make them more appealing to be hired at large salaries by more established companies. Indeed, the article notes in passing that one of the entrepreneurs was then able to get a job as a app developer working for a larger company.
In our research, we have found that one of the biggest problems facing App Economy entrepreneurs is that they are competing with large companies for the same talent pool of skilled computer software engineers, user interface designers, and others with app economy skills. In this industry, talent is the most important input, wages are high and rising, and there’s more demand for these skilled individuals than there is supply.
Finally, the NYT article ignores the positive impact of the App Economy on state and local economic development. In an upcoming paper, South Mountain Economics will look at the ways that some leading states and cities are trying to attract app developers and other innovative companies as the foundation for growing their economies. These innovation-minded economic development efforts will turn out to be crucial for economic success going forward.


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Cape Town - The household sector has continued to deteriorate, despite slight economic improvement in the second quarter of 2014, FNB said on Wednesday.
Statistics related to the household/consumer sector showed a weaker second quarter performance, “a key risk in these times of heightened social tensions”, said FNB household and property sector strategist John Loos.
Statistics SA on Tuesday said South Africa's economy grew by 0.6 percent in the second quarter of this year, compared to a 0.6 percent decrease in the real Gross Domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter.
The GDP is the total value of goods and services produced in an economy in a certain time period.
Loos looked at the statistics for retail and wholesale trade, catering and accommodation.
“The second quarter GDP data provided little in the way of surprises for this sector, as it went into its first quarter-on-quarter annualised decline/contraction since the second quarter of 2009,” he said.
“... its year-on-year growth rate also declined from the first quarter's 2.1 percent to 1.4 percent, reflecting the continuation of a lengthy broad slowdown in year-on-year growth since late 2011.”
Loos said the slower growth in the retail and wholesale trade sector probably reflected a drop in the real household disposable income growth.
Year-on-year growth in the total domestic nominal wage bill slowed from 7.2 percent in the first quarter of this year to 6.5 percent in the second quarter.
“In addition, the current poor level of GDP growth, along with the relatively high wage bill/GDP ratio, does not appear to be an environment in which there will be major employment growth,” he said.
It was more likely to be one of labour shedding.
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Watching this video of Virgin founder's opulent private island captured via drone will make you drool -- and he wants you to.
As the National Transportation Safety Board takes the lead role in investigating the crash of SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson says the space-tourism venture would still "love to finish what we started."
Tech industry titans are banding together to try to ensure the world has enough energy, with less of the carbon emissions tied to global warming.
The Virgin Group founder invests in the crowdfunding startup. "I certainly would have tried" Indiegogo, he tells CNET.
Technically Incorrect: The Amazon CEO decides this is the moment to emit his first tweet in 7 years. This one is about the successful landing of his Blue Origin rocket.
Whether it's the first cordless kettle or a spacecraft for civilians, UK design company Seymourpowell has long created inventions on "the edge of the future." But how do you design a world that doesn't exist yet?
Google's parent company wants to connect remote regions to the Internet. Next stop: Southeast Asia.
Solar-powered phone chargers for the developing world, 3D-printed satellites and bespoke shoes for the masses have won the backing of Sir Richard Branson.
A war of words between top fighters Ronda Rousey and Floyd Mayweather inspires a Street Fighter video game mod to settle their differences.
Find out why this electric racing series has a shot at becoming huge -- and how its technology could change the cars we drive for the better.


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12 May 2020. WEBINAR. Food Loss and Waste – Can we end it by 2030 while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic? IFPRI
COVID-19 has significantly disrupted the food chain and with just ten years to go before the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG 2030) is to be met, eliminating food loss and waste is increasingly urgent. Building on the 2019 inaugural event, this special event will discuss whether, as a global community, we can or will end food loss and waste while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Troels Mandel Vensild, Minister Counsellor of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Embassy of Denmark in Washington, DC
- Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI
- Mogens Jensen, Minister for Food, Fisheries and Equal Opportunities & Minister for Nordic Cooperation, Government of Denmark
- Stephen Censky, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Anna-Karin Modin-Edman, Senior Sustainability Manager, Arla Foods
- Denise Osterhues, Senior Director for Corporate Affairs, The Kroger Company
- Ambassador Darci Vetter, Vice Chair for Agriculture, Food and Trade, Edelman; Former Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the Office of the United States Trade Representative
- Craig Hanson, Vice President for Food, Forest, Water & the Ocean, World Resources Institute (WRI)
- Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, IFPRI
- Moderator Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI
09/05/2020. The Economist: The world’s food system has survived covid-19, but things could go awry
French fishermen say they are throwing back two-thirds of their catch. Australia is facing an avocado glut. Alain Goubau, a farmer in Ontario, now feeds some of his milk back to his cows. But there is a limit to what can be recycled; most of what cannot be sold will be wasted. Millions of litres of keg beer is going stale. The EU is expecting to lose €400m ($430m) of potatoes. America’s food-waste ratio is set to rise from 30% to 40% this year, according to André Laperrière of GODAN, a group which promotes open data.
Some farmers deprived of markets, and thus cash, by restaurant closures and the like will leave crops to rot rather than pay for harvest. Some will go bust. In countries with low interest rates the risk is lessened.
The globalisation means more countries depend on imports.
Analysis done for The Economist by Josef Schmidhuber and Bing Qiao of the FAO shows that most countries are more dependent on imports today than they were 20 years ago (see map).
Although farms are, by their nature, local, much of the rest of the food industry is global. The supplies of seed, fertiliser, machinery and fuel that farmers need come from far afield. The companies that tie the system together—giant middlemen like America’s adm, Bunge and Cargill, Louis Dreyfus, based in the Netherlands, and Olam International, based in Singapore—all operate on a worldwide basis, sourcing, storing and shipping agricultural commodities for foodmakers like Kraft or Unilever. Their size and global reach lets them make a lot of money on quite narrow margins. They can quickly swap one source for another to accommodate changes in supply or demand, smoothing prices and keeping the system flexible.


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Online jewelry auction company Bidz.com Inc. on Thursday said that it had given the company hoping to take it private more time to close the deal.
The Culver City company on May 17 announced that it had signed a merger agreement with Glendon Group Inc., in which founder and Chief Executive David Zinberg, and his sister, Marina Zinberg, have a financial interest, according to regulatory filings. The Zinbergs are the Bidz.com’s two largest shareholders, controlling more than 34 percent of shares.
Glendon Group of Santa Monica currently has a 2.7 percent stake in the company. Its principal is Kia Jam, president of K. Jam Media, a film and television production and financing company with projects including the film “Father of Invention,” a 2010 comedy-drama starring Kevin Spacey.
Bidz.com agreed to be acquired for 78 cents in cash, a 59 percent premium over its closing price before the announcement. Shareholders approved the deal on Sept. 28, and it was expected to close by Oct. 1.
The company on Oct. 4 extended the deadline until Oct. 10 at Glendon’s request. With that deadline past, it said it has given Glendon until Monday to complete the deal. It did not provide a reason for the delay in its announcement. Bidz.com representatives did not respond to requests for comment and a Glendon representative could not be reached for comment.
Bidz.com was founded in 1998 and operates as an online, live auction retailer of diamonds and jewelry. A sister service, Modnique.com, is a flash sale website of branded merchandise.
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Recently, many European countries released July inflation data. Hungary’s consumer price index rose 13.7% year-on-year in July, the highest in 24 years; Norway’s CPI index rose 6.8% year-on-year, the fastest growth rate since July 1988; Germany’s inflation rate reached 7.5%, exceeding 5 consecutive months. 7%; Portugal’s CPI increased by 9.1% year-on-year, the highest since November 1992; Irish consumer prices rose by 9.1%, the highest increase since 1984.
| Foreign Tusi Comments: Soaring prices have an impact on demand.Argentina hikes interest rates by 950 basis points, a 3-year high
Argentina’s central bank announced it would raise the benchmark Leliq rate by 950 basis points, from 60% to 69.5%, the largest rate hike in nearly three years. This is the eighth rate hike this year. Two weeks ago, Argentina’s central bank just raised interest rates by 800 basis points.
The latest data released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that, after revision, U.S. exports in June were $260.8 billion, an increase of $4.3 billion from the previous month; imports were $340.4 billion, a decrease of $1 billion from the previous month; the trade deficit was $79.6 billion, It decreased by $5.3 billion month-on-month, but increased by $134.1 billion, an increase of 33.4%.
| Foreign Tusi Comments: The appreciation of the US dollar and the export of energy play a significant role.
World Bank: Vietnam’s economy grows at 7.5% annually
The World Bank recently predicted that Vietnam’s GDP growth rate in 2022 will be 7.5%, and the inflation rate will be 3.8%. In addition, Standard Chartered Bank also predicted that Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 10.8% and 3.9% in the third and fourth quarters of 2022, respectively, and the annual GDP growth rate may reach 6.7%.
| Foreign Tusi Comments: The base is still very low, and the road is still very long.
Pakistan’s foreign reserves are less than $8 billion, a new low
The latest data released by the State Bank of Pakistan shows that as of August 5, the foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan were US$7.8303 billion, a decrease of US$555 million from US$8.3854 billion on July 29 and the lowest since October 2019. Level.
From January to July this year, the cargo turnover of Russian seaports was 482 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.2%, according to the Russian Federation Haihe Transport Agency. Among them, dry cargo transshipment fell by 5.1% to 225.8 million tons, and liquid cargo increased by 4.5% to 256.2 million tons. Cargo volumes at Caspian ports fell the most, down 27.5% to 3.1 million tonnes.
| Foreign Tusi Comments: The gap with last year has narrowed significantly.
USPS Announces Operation of DMV Pilot Program
USPS announced today that it is launching a pilot program to lease self-service kiosk space in the lobby of the Post Office from the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Select California Post Office customers can use these kiosks for DMV transactions, including renewing vehicle registrations and requesting replacement registration cards or stickers.


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- Swindon & Wiltshire Cyber Cluster (SWCC) launched on 24 May at the Business Cyber Centre in Chippenham.
- SWCC announced future plans through 2022/2023, including the CyberICE Conference for the Future at the end of June.
- SWCC is formally recognised by UKC3 and through its events and programmes, supports its three pillars: innovation, cyber skills growth and ecosystem development.
Last month saw the launch of UKC3’s recognised cluster, Swindon & Wiltshire Cyber Cluster. To mark the occasion, the cluster held their first event, “Helping shape the environment of cyber security”, welcoming 25 cyber-led businesses from across the region, with an impressive line-up of speakers to celebrate the occasion.
The event was held at the newly opened UK’s first Business Cyber Centre (BCC) in Chippenham with guests participating in an exciting agenda covering the current state of cyber in the region, through key topics like operational resilience, strengthening the UK cyber, or SWCC’s role in bringing more innovation and collaboration through cyber security.
Brea Woods, Project Manager at SWCC said “I am delighted that the launch event for the Swindon & Wiltshire Cyber Cluster (SWCC) was such a success. We had wonderful speakers – Tom Marshall, Operations Manager at the Business Cyber Centre; Lauren Metalle from the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport and Alan Hill from Splunk – all leading on conversations around the key topic of Helping shape the environment of cyber security’.
It is a great time for the SWCC to help propel the creation of the best ecosystem for our local industries whilst dealing with society’s cyber challenges. Through collaboration, partnership opportunities, and networking, we aim for ideas and best practices to be shared and developed. This will provide our cyber security businesses the opportunities to find new ways to thrive and drive innovation across Swindon and Wiltshire whilst also supporting non-cyber businesses in the region.”
SWCC announced their future plans, which included the CyberICE Conference for the Future: Innovate, Collaborate, Educate, which will take place on 30 June. This event is dedicated to SMEs from all sectors and it is an opportunity for Swindon & Wiltshire Cyber Cluster to highlight their drive, strategy, mission, and collaboration plans.
Expert speakers from across the UK will present in person and via the state-of-the-art technology available at the Business Cyber Centre. Speakers for the conference include:
- Simon Hepburn, Chief Executive Officer of UK Cyber Security Council – will discuss their latest initiatives
- James Stanley, Head of Sectoral Engagement Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) – will discuss The National Cyber Strategy and supporting local ecosystems.
- Dominic Simonis – Law and Mike Madden, Defence and Security Accelerator Liaison, Ministry of Defence – will talk about how to get innovative ideas into defence and defence digital.
- Richard Yorke, Chair of the UK Cyber Cluster Collaboration (UKC3) – will talk about the role of UKC3, collaboration across all the clusters and future events.
- Professor Kamal Bechkoum and Laura Whitmore from The University of Gloucestershire, Cyber skills bootcamps – will be delving into their next wave of bootcamps being launched in October for the following skills: Cyber Analysts, Software Engineers, Data Analysts.
- Katie Stebbins, President of Global EPIC will talk about the International Cluster and the wider cyber community.
- Kerrianne Gould, Community Manager, Bristol and Bath Cyber Cluster – will be focussing on Cyber First and how clusters are supporting across their regions.
This event will be open to people outside of the Swindon and Wiltshire area so the cluster can showcase how they are supporting the region. Businesses can register here to secure their place.
Regarding SWCC’s role in developing the UK cyber sector, Brea added: “The cluster will also support both the UK Government’s Cyber Security Strategy and Swindon & Wiltshire’s Local Industrial Strategy by building cyber security knowledge, skills, infrastructure, and capabilities to make all local businesses more resilient to cyber-attacks through minimising risks.”
Swindon & Wiltshire Cyber Cluster is a UKC3-recognised cyber cluster that is contributing to growing the UK cyber sector across the three main pillars that UKC3 supports: innovation, cyber skills growth and ecosystem development. Through activities such as CyberICE and others to come, SWCC is disseminating UKC3’s cyber strategy across their region, and finding new collaboration avenues to support its goals. To find out more or to join, please head here.


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PetQR introduces new technology to help lost pets find their way home!
PetQR coded pet identification tags speed up the return of a lost pet to a loving family utilizing the latest in smart phone technology.
By: Brian Harmon
“When only 15 to 20% of lost pets are ever reunited with their loving family it really drives you to find a solution that can improve that alarming statistic.” says Brian Harmon, Chief Executive Officer of PetQR. “If we can play a part in making sure lost pets find their way home just one day quicker then our mission is truly justified.”
PetQR is a noninvasive and economical way to utilize the latest in smart phone technology to ensure that your pet has a greater chance at being returned to you than traditional methods allow.
“As we were designing our product, the overwhelming demand we had of the product was that it had to drastically reduce the time a lost pet was found and returned to its family.” says Tim Drube, Co-Creator of PetQR. “Our other requirement was that it had to be non-invasive and economical so that anyone could afford it and benefit from it. I think we achieved both of those demands.”
The custom coded QR pet identification tags are made in Anniston, Al and are available in standard black or any of four other custom colors. PetQR is accepting pre-orders and will ship all units on October 1, 2011. For those that pre-order, a 40% discount will be provided making the purchase price $5.99 and for a custom color $7.99.
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Soap giant Dove is under fire for posting an ad that depicts a Black woman peeling off her shirt to reveal that she’s a white woman after using their soap.
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Critics quickly called the ad “racist” and “deeply ignorant.”
As The Independent points out, it’s unclear which market Dove was trying to target with this, but makeup artist Naythemua, who first posted the images on Facebook, said the campaign was “tone-deaf.”
“What does America tell bBack people … that we are judged by the color of our skin and that includes what is considered beautiful in this country,” she wrote.
“To know that colorism is a problem in the world, that includes bleaching the skin, and they would put this ad out without a thought … the tone deafness in these companies makes no sense.”
After getting dragged online, Dove has since apologized.
On Twitter they wrote:”An image we recently posted on Facebook missed the mark in representing women of color thoughtfully. We deeply regret the offense it caused.”
But their apology and ad still isn’t sitting well with Black Twitter:
And as this person pointed out, this isn’t Dove’s first offense:
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A national framework for innovation is a good start, but innovation is driven by local dynamics, writes Simon White.
The Australian Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda (the Agenda) presents the case for innovation. Innovation, we are told, “keeps us competitive”, creates jobs and keeps “our standard of living high”. Innovation is about “new and existing businesses creating new products, processes and business models”.
The Agenda recognises the diversity of innovation outcomes: from urban-based “tech entrepreneurs” to farmers “using new technology” and businesses “bringing new products to market”. What it overlooks is the local context for nurturing innovation.
The Agenda will only succeed if it is complemented by state and, importantly, local government efforts designed to deepen the reach of innovation processes and respond to unique local opportunities and constraints.
As a national framework, it is a good start and creating the right conditions for innovation is a complicated process. It requires a broadly agreed view of what the future should look like and a good understanding of the impediments to getting there. The Agenda identifies a number of important national problems: limited access to capital for new ventures, poor collaboration between industry and researchers, declining competencies in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), and the reluctance of government to adapt quickly to new technology and practices.
Australia is not alone in this regard.
Across the OECD, governments have nurtured innovation through policies designed to improve the way in which information and knowledge is spread. While this traditionally focused on macroeconomic policies and framework conditions to remove barriers for new companies trying to break into the market, over time, a more targeted approach to innovation policies has been adopted.
However, when it comes to Australia, its prospects for innovation are not spread uniformly across the country.
Investors and entrepreneurs are drawn to the localities where innovation is more intense: Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv, for example. These places exhibit a strong culture of entrepreneurship; they have local investors looking for new and emerging opportunities, and they attract and nurture well-educated, highly skilled people with an appetite for change.
The Australian innovation agenda needs to be more firmly rooted in how specific places can drive innovation. Because while globalisation and more integrated markets make us more connected, place plays an essential role in the innovation process.
It is this proximity and the relationships that are fostered by location that nurture exchange, build trust and support collaboration. Most innovation and the commercialisation of new technologies occurs in clusters––geographic concentrations of interconnected firms and institutions in a particular sector.
A recent Western Australian study describes the importance of proximity to opportunities and finds that innovative cities tend to have strong universities, effective business-university relationships and specialised industrial clusters.
Working within the national framework created by the Agenda, state and local governments have an important role to play to deepen the reach of innovation processes and respond to unique local circumstances.
State governments have considerable regulatory powers that can be used to quickly respond to industry trends, allowing for increased competition and change. Innovations typically push the boundaries of regulations and governments need to constantly improve the quality and responsiveness of industry standards and business regulation. The emergence of Uber being a recent case in point.
The state entrepreneurial ecosystem can be strengthened. States can promote innovation and entrepreneurship more strategically and in a more coordinated fashion across priority sectors and industries.
Local government also has a unique role to play in this context. Switched on local governments can provide leadership around a common vision.
There are exciting examples of local councils partnering with the private sector and non-government organisations to provide new facilities, such as innovation labs, incubators and co-working facilities. Some local governments have even provided innovation grants to local businesses. Of course it is impossible to provide a blueprint from the top. At its most effective, local government action stems from careful analysis of the local ecosystem.
This is an exciting moment.
Now that policymakers have embraced the term innovation there is much work to be done.
The Agenda’s best chance for success will come from local councils that are committed to experimentation and learning. No matter the size of a place, its ability to become the next Silicon Valley rests on its appetite for local action.


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DINUBA – After 20 years of business, Ed Dena’s Auto Center, a Chevrolet and GMC sales and service automotive dealership, is celebrating their time assisting the people of their community by offering special sale prices until the end of 2023.
Since first opening its doors in 2003, Ed’s has expanded to provide their services to other communities in the Valley, such as Vislia, where they opened ‘Ed Dena’s Used Car Superstore’ is 2015, as well as Borderline Classics & Auto Sales, which opened in Downtown Dinuba in 2019.
“Our business has impacted the community in a big way, and has supported not just Dinuba, but Tulare County as a whole,” said Grant Bruegman, Ed Dena’s director of marketing. “This has been done in multiple ways, including sponsoring youth teams, as well as various charities and nonprofits.”
Between its three dealerships, Ed’s has been able to provide Central Valley consumers with a wide variety of choices when it comes to looking for late model pre-owned vehicles or classic cars of every style and vintage.
According to Bruegman, Ed Dena himself has always “done his best to provide both quality sales service and more importantly a quality sales experience for both new and repeat customers.” At Ed’s they make sure customers always feel a personal touch and know that they’re not just coming in to buy a car, but to establish a relationship with the delaship.
“Our goal is to build those relationships so we can count on a long term relationship with our clients,” Bruegman said. “We expect to not only provide a car for you, but quality service for years to come.”
As Ed Dena’s Auto Center has grown during their 20 years in operation, the business has welcomed a new generation of ownership, represented by Ed’s daughter Ashley Dena, who has become a “very important part of the company’s history – and its future,” as stated by Bruegman.
“I’ve been part of this business for most of my life, and the responsibility of building for the next 20 years of success is my focus,” Ashley said in a press statement. “I look forward to even bigger and better things to come.”
Together, Ashley and her father plan to make their priority to exceed customer expectations with “great vehicles, awesome service, and a commitment to customer satisfaction at every opportunity.”
Apart from its end of the year 20th anniversary sale, Ed’s is also gearing up to expand their services with the implementation of a new state-of-the-art service center, which is slated to open at the beginning of 2024. Not only will the new space allow Ed’s to service larger vehicles and work trucks, it will also allow them to support newer technologies found in electric vehicles.
“EVs and battery operated vehicles require a significant amount of specialty service,” Bruegman said. “We want to make sure that our techs are up to date and able to provide as many services as possible.”
In the meantime, the community can expect to enjoy Ed’s annual Winter Wonderland model train display, which Dena himself builds every year. The display, which has seen great community support in past years, will be open to the public to once again spread some holiday cheer.
“I want to thank everyone for a great 20 years,” said Ed Dena. “I look forward to supporting the Central Valley with great cars and service for another 20 years – I truly believe the best is yet to come.”


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There’s no such thing as a “typical” year in the world of PR, but 2017 proved to be particularly unique. This new infographic looks back at the moments we will remember most… and some, like our awkward high school photos, that we would rather forget.
The graphic from Version 2.0 Communications captures all of last year’s memorable moments (for better or worse) in an old-school, yearbook style format.
Highlights include “Class Couple” of Amazon and Whole Foods, The Astronomy Club celebrating this year’s solar eclipse and In Memoriam of the people, like Hugh Hefner, and products, like the iPod, that we lost over the course of the year.
Enjoy, and share your thoughts in the comments below.
This article originally appeared on the Version 2.0 blog; reprinted with permission.
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The initial public offering of Facebook prompted discussion of how the company will justify its behemoth stock market valuation over the long term. In a canny, but apparently unrelated move, GM announced that it no longer considers the cost of advertising on Facebook justifiable. The piquancy of this announcement was muted somewhat when the auto manufacturer also disclosed that it would not be advertising on the 2013 Super Bowl but the question nonetheless remains: why do hundreds of millions of people voluntarily surrender their right of ownership in their own data production to Facebook and sites like it?
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In its recent review of rules governing advertising endorsements and testimonials, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cast a critical eye on the rapidly growing instance of bloggers reviewing products and services provided to them at no cost by public relations professionals and other product marketers. The practice, known as “blogola,” sparked the proposal of new FTC guidelines that would require bloggers to disclose any exchange of value that results in editorial coverage, so that readers can assess for themselves the information’s bias, accuracy and usefulness.
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Profero has announced a merger of Profero Japan with local communications agency Alien-Eye.
With immediate effect, the merged entity will operate under the Profero Japan brand led by Alien-Eye CEO James Hollow (pictured).
A statement from Profero co-founder and global CEO Wayne Arnold said the timing was right to boost Profero's Japanese operations.
"Japan's domestic economy is resurging, meaning Profero Asia is perfectly placed to partner with local brands looking to expand into international markets," he said.
We already have a strong legacy of working with some of the regions most exciting and globally ambitious organisations and merging with Alien-Eye offers us a great opportunity to build upon that," he said.
James Hollow will be supported in the role by Toshiki Sato as head of strategic planning and Ryuichi Kaneda as head of account services.
Hollow said combining Profero's strength and global network will offer a real challenger to the current Japanese digital landscape.
Profero Japan will work with a range of local and international brands including Cannondale, Lufthansa, Norton, Rakuten and Salesforce.


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Nissan Australia says it hasn't ruled out bringing a coupe version of its new mid-size Altima model to Australia.
The Altima, which is due on sale this year and will be marketed around the car's involvement in the V8 Supercars championship, is available in the US as a four-door sedan or two-door coupe. The coupe is expected to be replaced with a new model in the next year.
Peter Clissold, Nissan Australia executive general manager of marketing, says the next-generation Altima coupe could be a possibility for Australia.
"We'll see a fine sedan at this stage, [with] four-cylinder [and] six-cylinder [engines]," he says. "But you can never say never, I suppose."
"Our plans right now are sedans," he says. "We are focused right now on Almera, Pulsar, and eventually the Altima sedan. It's a sedan renaissance for Nissan here in Australia. So that is the focus of our energies right now."
When asked about Nissan's strategy for positioning the new Altima in the highly competitive medium car market, Clissold says that a $29,990 price tag would be ideal.
"Certainly that is a sweet spot in the segment," he says. "But it's too early to talk about price for that car."
The new Altima is due on sale in the second half of the year but will make its debut at the Clipsal 500 race in March.
Nissan is in for a busy year. It has just launched the new Pulsar sedan, the hatchback is due around May, and the brand will also add the new Pathfinder SUV and Juke mini SUV this year.


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CFPB’s Arguments in Defense of the Taskforce are “Legally and Factually Untenable”
Boston — Today, consumer advocates pushed ahead with their lawsuit challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) unlawful creation and operation of the Trump-era “Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law.” Created by former CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger, the Taskforce ran roughshod over the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) — a law designed to ensure advisory committees serve the public interest. The Taskforce was stacked with representatives of the financial services industry and lacked a single proponent of robust consumer protections, in violation of FACA’s requirement that committee members represent a balance of views. The Taskforce issued a final report in January that parrots the financial industry’s agenda to resist consumer financial protections.
In their court filing today, Democracy Forward, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, and consumer law expert Professor Kathleen Engel called the CFPB’s arguments in defense of the Taskforce “both legally and factually untenable” and urged the court to order all necessary relief to remedy the harms caused by the Taskforce and uphold the law.
Upon filing today’s motion, Democracy Forward, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, and consumer law expert Professor Kathleen Engel issued the following statement:
“The CFPB must be held accountable for breaking federal law to advance the interests of the financial services industry under the last administration. The Trump-era Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law was stacked with champions of financial deregulation, operated behind closed doors, failed to serve any public interest, and ultimately, produced a tainted final report. All remaining Taskforce documents should be released publicly, the CFPB should be forced to place a disclaimer on the report itself, and any further use of the report by the CFPB should be blocked.”
The unlawful Taskforce was subject to FACA’s requirements but violated the statute at every turn. In an effort to avoid accountability for violating FACA, the CFPB has wrongly argued that the Taskforce is exempt from FACA’s requirements because it falls within the law’s exemption for committees composed wholly of certain kinds of federal employees. However, plaintiffs state that: “As a matter of both statutory text and common sense, the Taskforce’s members were not full-time or permanent part-time federal employees.”
Because the CFPB asserts FACA did not apply, it has admitted that it made no effort to comply with the law’s requirements:
The CFPB admitted it did not make necessary consultations before creating the Taskforce — a process FACA requires in order to prevent wasteful and biased advisory committees;
The CFPB acknowledged it failed to ensure the public had contemporaneous and complete access to the Taskforce’s records and meetings; and
The CFPB conceded it did not make a plan to ensure that the Taskforce’s membership would represent a balance of views.
Importantly, as today’s filing states, the CFPB’s argument and approach “has no limiting principle: there is no reason why other agencies could not use a similar strategy to establish other advisory committees-in-all-but-name, rendering FACA a nullity.”
A federal court denied the Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss the lawsuit in February. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on June 16, 2020. The plaintiffs are represented by Democracy Forward and David A. Nicholas, Of Counsel to Wolf Popper LLP. Learn more about the case here.
Democracy Forward is a nonprofit legal organization founded in 2017 to litigate challenges to unlawful executive branch action on behalf of organizations, individuals, and municipalities. The organization has taken 650 legal actions and reversed dozens of harmful policies. Democracy Forward is expanding its work, building on its success to confront unlawful threats to democracy and social progress.
The National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) is a nonprofit association of private and public sector attorneys, legal services attorneys, law professors, and law students whose primary focus involves the protection and representation of consumers. NACA is actively engaged in promoting a fair and open marketplace that forcefully protects the rights of consumers, particularly those of modest means.
U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups, is a consumer group that stands up to powerful interests whenever they threaten our health and safety, our financial security, or our right to fully participate in our democratic society. U.S. PIRG is part of The Public Interest Network, which operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a better world and a strategic approach to getting things done.
Kathleen Engel is a prominent scholar of consumer law and finance. She has written extensively on the law and economics of mortgage markets, as well as the subprime crisis, and she co-authored a prize-winning book on the 2008 financial crisis. Engel is a Research Professor of Law at Suffolk University and has held a number of public service positions, including on the Federal Reserve Board’s Consumer Advisory Council, the CFPB’s Consumer Advisory Board, and Vice-Chair of the Board of Consumer Reports. Professor Engel’s views and opinions expressed in this litigation are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Consumer Reports.


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Lately, the press hasn’t been kind to Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel.
He’s been portrayed as a brute who screwed over a former friend to found Snapchat. There’s a profile that paints him as a stuck-up brat. And people are angry he hasn’t apologized to the 4.6 million users whose accounts were hacked on Snapchat.
Today, Forbes has a feature article on Snapchat and the intro plays right into Spiegel’s negative profile:
According to Forbes, Mark Zuckerberg emailed Evan Spiegel to speak, and Spiegel gave a disrespectful response:
“Mark Zuckerberg, the richest twenty something in history, reached out to Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel…with an invitation, delivered to his personal email account: Come to Menlo Park and Let’s get to know each other. Spiegel…responded to his role model thusly: I’m happy to meet you… if you come to me.”
Spiegel’s response sounds arrogant. What no-name startup founder tells a CEO worth $20 billion to fly to him?
But in a tweet to Business Insider, Spiegel refuted the Forbes report, saying the email exchange between him and Zuckerberg was much more cordial.


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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown the extraordinary political will to eradicate the menace of single-use plastic from the country by 2020. The birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, 2019 will witness the complete ban of six single-use plastic items across the country. The Prime Minister is out to build a Plastic Mukt Bharat by 2022. This is another laudable effort by the Prime Minister to free India from the plastic menace.
Over the decades, single-use plastic has caused huge economic loss by damaging our agriculture land, food items, rivers, lakes, ponds, tourist places, pilgrim centres, the sea and the oceans. Plastic bags were one of the main reasons for death of about 1100 people in Mumbai on June 26, 2005 floods. It had choked the drains of Mumbai. According to CPCB estimate, from 2012, India has been generating nearly 26,000 tonnes of plastic a day. Out of which over 10,000 tonnes of plastic waste remain deposited on roads, land and are thrown into water bodies. India’s per capita plastic consumption is 11 kg which is growing with every passing year. According to a study conducted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the plastic processing industry is estimated to grow to 22 million tonnes (MT) a year by 2020 from 13.4 MT in 2015 and nearly half of this is single-use plastic. Right from kirana shops to mega malls everywhere, plastic bags of different thicknesses and sizes are being sold to customers. The plastic water bottle market in India is expected to reach Rs 403.06 billion by the end of 2023 which will have a deep negative impact on human health, soil, water and air.
British and US researchers found harmful chemical Bisphenol, known as BPA in the urine samples of health volunteers in US and confirmed that BPA used in plastic leads to heart diseases. BPA also increases the risk of diabetes and liver diseases. The Food and Drug Administration admitted that plastic releases around fifty-five to sixty different chemicals when heated. When you heat food in a plastic container or serve it hot on a plastic plate, the process mixes various chemicals with your food. Eating such food creates a hormonal imbalance that can lead to health issues like PCOD, ovarian issues, breast cancers, colon cancer, prostate cancers, and many others. The Prime Minister has taken a timely step to ban plastic as he has a deep understanding of the health issue.
Over the years, plastic has replaced so many utility and decorative items in our homes and offices. Now, it is difficult to dump all the plastic in one go. Researchers found that a plastic bottle takes 400 years to decompose. But there are various ways to limit the use of plastic items. The Union Government has already advised all public sector offices to use bio-degradable utility items in the offices. A complete ban on the use of plastic items will help millions of women members of Self Help Groups that make various environment-friendly utility items from their homes.
India is a treasure trove of bio-degradable handicraft items that can easily replace a large number of plastic items in our homes. Clay pots made in Gujarat have become very popular in Hyderabad as the food cooked in clay pots gives an exotic taste and aroma. If people can buy clay and wooden utensil it could provide jobs to millions of artisans and potters who make those utility items. One entrepreneur of Assam has successfully marketed bamboo bottles which have a growing domestic and export demand. Bags made from coir, jute, clothes and paper can easily replace plastic bags. The use of jute and coir will trigger coconut and jute plantation in the country. Thousands of coconut trees in Kerala are abandoned due to poor labour management in the state and lack of market linkage. Farmers in Kendrapads district of Odisha left jute farming when the demand for jute trickled down. Malls, shops and restaurants can happily sell biodegradable jute and coir bags to customers instead of selling cheap plastic bags.
Countries that have banned single-use plastics
Single-use plastic waste is a global menace, with items such as straws, water bottles and bags accounting for over 40 percent of pollution. Here are some countries that have taken serious steps to curb plastic usage.
- United Kingdom
- New Zealand
- Antigua and Barbuda
- United States
- South Korea
Assam supplies thousands of tonnes of raw bamboos to Australia every year. The Australians make various utility items from the bamboo stump of 10-inch diametre. India can tap the growing biodegradable handicraft market world over. Creating awareness about the use of handicraft utility and decorative items will not only provide jobs to millions of people but earn huge foreign currency. While generating employment, it would restore people’s self-respect as people would feel they are able earn their bread without depending on the government’s subsidy. The government can rope in cinema stars and sports persons to popularise handicraft and handloom items.
India is a unique country where artisans and weavers can handcraft all kinds of daily use items with grace and artistry. Over the years, many of those utility and decorative items have become pure art form. The Union Government’s Skill India program is well designed to protect the age-old handicraft and weaving skills across the country. Handicraft and weaving skill pass from one generation of another and disappear when people look for cheap plastic items.
The charismatic Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already addressed India’s skill by launching Skill India programme. His well thought out plastic-free campaign will inspire people to use biodegradable handicraft items. For the first time, the nation is awakening to become a leader in producing biodegradable items. In fact, the entire world is striving for biodegradable items and wants a respite from global warming and frequent natural calamities of higher intensity. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, India can teach the entire
world how to save the planet by using environment-friendly items.
(The writer is Hyderabad-based columnist)


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Researchers gave 64 people with diabetes either camomile
tea or water to drink three times a day after meals for two months.
tea help those suffering from type 2 diabetes to regulate their blood sugar levels?
Mandie said: "Vanilla, camomile
and honey tea is ideal for drinking in the evening or at night.
i might set up a van at the border selling brews as a welcome after all that poncey camomile
The report in The Grocer said that camomile
, peppermint and fruit tea might not be enough to satisfy your average builder come tea break, but away from the building sites their tastes are becoming increasingly exotic.
, owner of Infogenix, a web development firm says, "The No.
It looks as though they've given up the fight against more fashionable alternatives like camomile
tea instead of fighting their ground.
is a small, standing and fragrant plant which its height is about 30 centimeter and it grows in prairies and sandy grounds.
The garden will provide an outdoor space to stimulate the senses with a new camomile
lawn and herb garden.
5 kilometres of cotton netting as well as rape, camomile
, mustard, clover, poppies and grass to create the billboard.
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Try adding a few drops of lavender or camomile
The spray contains ingredients such as camomile
and witch hazel and moisturisers like aloe vera which leave your skin feeling soft and dewy afterwards.
Aveda's Pure-Fume aromas are developed by Ko-ichi Shiozawa, director of the Botanical Aroma Lab, from the essenrial oils of such plants as camomile
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MUMBAI Jan 18 India's Hero MotoCorp shares fell as much as 4.8 percent after the company reported lower-than-expected Oct-Dec earnings on Thursday.
India's largest motorcycle maker missed estimates for the fourth straight quarter as net profit fell 20.4 percent on rising costs and falling sales that battered margins. (Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi; Editing by Anand Basu)
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The Executive Power through a Supreme Decree that was published in the official newspaper El Peruano on February 12, 2018, the Free Trade Agreement between Peru and Australia, will enter into force as of February 11 of this year. It should be mentioned that in mid-December, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Edgar Vásquez announced that the legal procedures had already been completed, so the FTA between both countries is already a reality.
The aforementioned trade agreement will free 96% of Peruvian products that are exported to Australia since February 11, while for the rest of the products, tariffs will be eliminated in a maximum of four years. This trade agreement will provide opportunities for service exporting companies and will allow attracting greater Australian investment to Peru.
Among the Peruvian products that will benefit from the implementation of the FTA with Australia can be mentioned: avocados, fresh grapes, blueberries, tangerines, asparagus, shrimp and frozen shrimp, polo shirts and t-shirts made of cotton, shirts, alpaca items and dyes natural.
According to the Peruvian union, Comex says that despite the low population density, Australia is a large economy that has continued to grow above 2.7%, despite the global economic slowdown. Its GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity in 2019 (the US $ 1, 365,000 million) tripled that of our country (the US $ 478,000 million), according to estimates of the International Monetary Fund.
Currently, trade between Peru and Australia is reduced. According to Sunat figures, between January and November of last year, our country exported goods for the amount of US $ 84.4 million. This not only represents a tiny part of our total exports to the world (0.2%) but also means a 58.4% drop over the same period last year.
It should be clarified that the trade agreement with Australia not only represents a growth opportunity for the products we already exchange but also opens the doors to new goods and services that can be exported and imported more easily.


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Product is the first FDA approved pre-filled subcutaneous, needle-free delivery system for use in the U.S.
Patheon (TSX: PTI) a global provider of drug development and manufacturing services to the international pharmaceutical industry announced today that it has successfully released the first commercial shipments of SUMAVEL DosePro (sumatriptan injection) to Zogenix in anticipation of the planned U.S. commercial product launch scheduled in January 2010. The successful production of this new, needle-free drug product/delivery system is the culmination of joint manufacturing process and equipment development between Patheon and Zogenix. Aseptic drug filling, final product assembly, and packaging of SUMAVEL DosePro needle-free delivery system are performed exclusively by Patheon in its Swindon, U.K. facility with components and assemblies from around the world designed specifically for use in the DosePro technology.
"We are excited to have shipped this initial commercial launch product to Zogenix on time as they prepare for their U.S. launch," said Wes Wheeler, Chief Executive Officer and President of Patheon Inc. "The DosePro manufacturing technology and dedicated manufacturing facility are state-of-the-art. Zogenix and Patheon technical teams worked closely together over the years and we have developed an excellent partnership. We are proud to be part of a first of a kind technology and a product that will meet an unmet medical need."
In commenting on the release, Roger Hawley, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Zogenix said, "We are very pleased with the partnership we have developed with Patheon as we worked to make SUMAVEL DosePro, the industry's first pharmaceutical product employing a pre-filled, needle-free subcutaneous delivery system a success." He added, "This event also clears the path for many other pharmaceutical firms who are interested in developing their drugs for use with the innovative DosePro needle-free technology."


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After leaking a clear image of the black model yesterday, prolific leaker @evleaks has posted a render of the upcoming Nexus 5 in a white color option. As can be seen in the image above, the white model is actually a two-tone device: a black front, a white back, and black accents around the sides and rear-camera system…
Overall, this color option seems to present something unique beyond the usual all-black devices. In addition to the render, @evleaks hints that the device will launch on November 1st, but the tweet does not specify if that means it will be announced or available on that date (or both).
The Nexus 5 previously (briefly) showed up on Google’s own Play Store, and that glitch tells us that the device will come in a 16GB capacity for $349 (likely unlocked). Purported benchmarks of the device indicate that it will sport a graphics engine that compares to Apple’s iPhone 5s. An in-depth video of the Nexus 5 has also showed off some of its new KitKat functionality.
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The now-growing two wheeler industry continued to post good sales figures despite the increase in excise duty which directly led to manufacturers increasing their motorcycle prices. Continuing our monthly report on 2-wheeler sales, here it is for the month of January 2015.
- Hero MotoCorp sold a staggering 5,46,169 motorcycles in January! Think that’s brilliant? Sadly for the company though, their sales volumes dropped by 1.42 per cent on a year on year basis. While this is the second drop by the Gurgaon based manufacturer in as many months, the company did sell more than what they managed in December or November 2014. Their flagship Karizma may seem to be in a bit of a soup but their Splendors and Passions are just not willing to fall! Their upcoming scooter charge may give them the much needed boost and increase their market share further, which in January was a massive 41.12 per cent!
- Honda’s dream run in India got another little boost with their recently launched CB Unicorn 160. While it may not become a huge crowd puller, it still overtook Gixxer for Jan’s sales. With 3,77,502 units sold in January the company registered a handsome 14.13 per cent growth and is gradually but surely inching towards Hero. The company has major aggressive product roadmap for the year ahead and plans to introduce 15 new models this year which will entail 7 all new models and 8 cosmetic updates.
- TVS, after overtaking Bajaj, is going great guns. The good folks from Chennai sold 1,62,284 units in January which is a growth of 3.94 per cent on a year on year basis. Yes they do score ahead of Bajaj, but keep in mind that a significant chunk of their sales comes from mopeds where they are the only major player in India.
- Bajaj’s performance last month saw a 23.19 per cent drop on a year on year basis and it managed to sell a meager 1,28,937 motorcycles. It gets clear that Bajaj is suffering from Rajiv Bajaj’s adamant stance on not venturing into the scooter segment. However, they have two things going in their favor – they are the largest motorcycle exporters in this list (and by a huge margin) and they have some real interesting motorcycles lined up for launches in the coming months. (More Details)
- Yamaha’s presence in the 5th position may have been cemented by the FZ 2.0 but their 39,313 units is real close to Suzuki’s 30,444 units which are buoyed by the Gixxer’s strong performance. Both the companies have posted handsome growths as compared to their performance in the same month last year. Yamaha is rumoured to be working (re-working) on its scooter portfolio and Suzuki has plans to launch a faired Gixxer.
- Royal Enfield’s 28,157 units in January 2015 registered a robust 42.15 per cent growth on a year on year basis. Only Kawasaki and Harley Davidson grew more than RE but their niche target audience and small sales volumes are a different tale altogether. They are also rumoured to be working on a new model called Royal Enfield Himalayan and a new engine for the same.
- Mahindra doesn’t appear to be in the nick of its prime and has not really been able to cement its position in the 2-wheeler market yet. Even with the Gusto (which is now available pan-India), Mahindra managed to sell only 12,217 units in January 2015 which meant a drop of 50 per cent on a year on year basis.
- Piaggio with their niche scooter Vespa continues its good run with 2,321 units.
- Harley Davidson’s stellar rise continues which is followed by Kawasaki and Triumph.
Note: These are official SIAM-shared sales figures and represent only domestic sales.


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The US likes to think that if poor countries simply open up their markets, greater prosperity will follow. Unfortunately, where agriculture is concerned, this is mere rhetoric. The US pays only lip service to free market principles, favoring Washington lobbyists and campaign contributors who demand just the opposite. Indeed, it is the US' own agricultural subsidies that helped kill, at least for now, the so-called Doha Development Round of trade negotiations that were supposed to give poor countries new opportunities to enhance their growth.
Subsidies hurt developing country farmers because they lead to higher output -- and lower global prices. The Bush administration, supposedly committed to free markets around the world, has actually almost doubled the level of agricultural subsidies in the US.
Cotton illustrates the problem. Without subsidies, it would not pay for the US to produce much cotton; with them, the US is the world's largest cotton exporter. Some 25,000 rich US cotton farmers divide US$3 billion to US$4 billion in subsidies among themselves -- with most of the money going to a small fraction of the recipients.
The increased supply, meanwhile, depresses cotton prices, hurting some 10 million farmers in sub-Saharan Africa alone.
Seldom have so few done so much damage to so many. That damage is all the greater when we consider how the US' trade subsidies contributed to the demise of the Doha Round.
Rather than offering to do away with its cotton subsidies, the US offered to open up its markets to cotton imports -- an essentially meaningless public-relations move that quickly backfired. Owing to its huge subsidies, the US exports cotton, and it would import little even if formal barriers were removed.
Thus, recent trade negotiations have a surreal air about them, because, whatever their outcome, ultimately cotton subsidies will have to go.
Brazil, frustrated with the US' intransigence, brought a case against US cotton subsidies before the WTO, which ruled as almost any economist would: the subsidies distort world trade and are therefore prohibited.
Faced with the WTO order, the US will try to comply with the letter of the law and avoid its spirit, making changes in the subsidy program to ensure "technical" compliance. But these attempts will almost surely fail; in the end -- though it may take years -- cotton subsidies will be eliminated.
Of course, the EU's subsidies are far larger, but, in contrast to the US, Europe has made some effort to reduce them, especially export subsidies. While export subsidies appear more obviously "trade distorting," the US' cotton and other subsidies are in fact almost as bad. When subsidies lead to increased production with little increase in consumption, as is typical with agricultural commodities, higher output translates directly into higher exports, which translate directly into lower prices for producers, lower incomes for farmers, and more poverty in the Third World, including millions of cotton farmers eking out subsistence incomes in semi-arid conditions.
The US and other advanced countries are the real losers from the demise of the Doha Round. Had the Bush administration fulfilled its commitments, US taxpayers would have benefited from the elimination of huge agricultural subsidies -- a real boon in this era of yawning budget deficits. Americans would have been better off as consumers, too, with increased access to a variety of low-cost goods from poor countries.


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PLDT partners with HK firm
“This is part of our commitment to serve Filipinos by providing innovative platforms and partnerships to help them achieve their goals, wherever they are in the world,” said Albert Villa-Real, SVP and chief commercial officer chief at PLDT Global.
While retaining their existing Smart World numbers, customers will also have access to expanded features such as faster mobile speeds and access to 5G, as well as affordable IDD call buckets and access to entertainment services.
Customers will also enjoy a wider array of perks such as welcome promos, handset offers, and STone rewards that can be used to redeem gadgets.
Apart from this, customers will be able to easily track their usage through an app, and top up via digital payment platforms or authorized convenience stores.
PLDT Global continues to ramp up its reach and services worldwide. It recently partnered with SoftBank Corp. to provide reliable and secure internet services to enterprises in Japan through SmartInternet Suite Ether.
The technology company also expanded its points-of-presence to over 100 countries to serve customers across Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
The company also strengthened its partnership with the Philippine Cable and Telecommunications Association (PCTA) to empower members with connectivity solutions and help accelerate their digital initiatives in the new normal.
Through its internationally acclaimed app, Free Bee, PGC was also able to provide Filipinos all over the world with a convenient and affordable platform to reach their families back home.
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New Model Nokia boss rules out N8-style delay fiasco.
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Factories diverting resources to 5th gen kit.
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Pressuring allies not to fulfill chip kit service contracts with China now official US policy
Xi Jinping warns 'no force' can stop country's science and tech progress
The US government has publicly confirmed it is applying pressure on chipmaking tool suppliers based in allied nations – think ASML and the like – to halt maintenance of kit already sold to China.
"We are pushing for not servicing these key components, so these are discussions we're having with our allies," Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez told the media during a briefing in Washington.
In effect, the administration is asking others to force their own companies to break binding contractual agreements they have entered into with customers in China to curb semiconductor advances.
This move was first hinted at earlier this month as part of a broader push by the Biden administration to tighten up existing export restrictions, but is now Department of Commerce policy.
As reported previously, the request is meeting some resistance both from industry and governments due to potential repercussions.
The allied nations involved include Germany, Japan, South Korea, and the Netherlands. The latter is home to ASML, a key supplier of photolithography equipment, and the only one in the world currently able to supply chipmakers with extreme ultraviolet (EUV) kit for use with the most advanced semiconductor production nodes.
ASML's EUV products were blocked by the Dutch government from being exported to China several years ago, and the Netherlands was last year persuaded to join US efforts in stepping up export restrictions, with new rules added covering some of its deep ultraviolet (DUV) equipment as well.
A Dutch delegation visited Beijing this week, and Trade Minister Geoffrey van Leeuwen was told by his Chinese counterpart that the Netherlands is regarded as a "trustworthy" economic and trade partner. The two are said to have discussed topics including the export of lithography machines and cooperation in the semiconductor industry.
- Beijing issues list of approved CPUs – with no Intel or AMD
- Dutch government in panic mode over keeping ASML in the country
- Uncle Sam designates more Chinese tech slingers as military collaborators
- How did China get so good at chips and AI? Congressional investigation blames American venture capitalists
President Xi Jinping told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte during the visit that attempts to restrict China's access to technology will not stop the country's progress, according to CNBC.
"Creating scientific and technological barriers and severing industrial and supply chains will only lead to division and confrontation," Xi said, while reminding Rutte that China is ASML's second largest market after Taiwan.
The Dutch PM responded by stating that decoupling is not a policy for his government either "since any act undermining China's development interests will only boomerang."
According to Reuters, Rutte declined to take questions on whether his government would act to stop ASML from maintaining tools for Chinese customers.
AP quoted Xi as saying that despite the best efforts of the US, "no force can stop the pace of China's scientific and technological development and progress."
We asked the US Department of Commerce and ASML for comment, but ASML declined and the Commerce Department had not responded at the time of publication. ®