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Ludgate – five years of inspiring digital innovation in rural communities
The small rural town of Skibbereen has become the trailblazer for rural digital hubs across Ireland. This summer marks five years of Skibbereen’s digital economy and an ultra-fast internet connection as we look at the impact the Ludgate hub has had on the vibrant West Cork town.
This summer marks five years of Skibbereen’s digital economy and decent internet connection as we look at the impact the Ludgate hub has had on the vibrant West Cork town.
Ludgate digital hub is housed in the centre of Skibbereen town in a building formerly used as a bakery. The hub has space for 75 people throughout its selection of hot desks, co-working spaces and offices. It also has virtual conference facilities and meeting rooms.
The West Cork town was thrust into the digital age by becoming a gigabit town thanks to SIRO ultrafast fibre broadband, the Vodafone and ESB joint venture. It is because of this connectivity the digital hub could happen. The hub will be celebrating it’s fifth birthday during the summer.
“If you look at where we were five years ago Skibbereen was a pretty depressed town economically, there wouldn’t have been that many opportunities other than retail and agri and now what we have here, on the back of digital enablement, is we have fostered a digital economy,” says Grainne O’Keeffe, CEO of Ludgate. “We’ve actively worked on making sure we foster that environment of collaboration, innovation and ideation.”
Ludgate are expanding their capacity by opening a second hub in the town which they hope to have refurbished by October.
“In keeping with the Government agenda of revitalising vacant buildings we will be leasing the old secondary school and refurbishing that through Enterprise Ireland funding. That will double our space and capacity and we are really excited as to what that will allow us to do,” she says.
“Over the last five years we have observed the digital power to enable, it extends into all industries, all sectors and all communities. We have found that over 30% of our members come from the creative industry so we want to make sure we are catering to the creatives.”
“We hope to have a creative studio up in the Ludgate 2 to allow them record whether they are musicians, artists, podcasters or educators. We are very excited about this possibility,” adds O’Keeffe.
From a business development perspective, we can expect to see more incubator and accelerator programmes with the new expansion.
One businessman who is grateful for the opportunity Ludgate brought to the town is Travel Master owner Damien Long. Growing up in the family business of transport he always had a vision of providing a same day event service to customers around Ireland.
For years he considered an online booking system for concert and match goers, and controlling a network of transport providers to enable access for customers no matter where they lived on the island.
“I bought the domain name for my website back in 2005 and I sat on it, I really wanted to do the online business, but I didn’t know where to go, what to do or where to start – I was a little bit afraid of it if I’m honest,” says Long.
“Back when Ludgate were preparing to open, they held an event in the town called Digital Week. Grainne Dwyer was the CEO of Ludgate at the time, and she just said to me to come along and have a look and see what it was about,” he says.
Not fully convinced but he thought he had nothing to lose he went down to the event and was introduced to many of the designers and developers who were going to be housed in the new digital hub.
“I said ok, sure look, it’s worth a try and went to Ludgate the following week and met with them. I gave a couple of my ideas, they came back to me with theirs and from then on there was no stopping, they were so good to me,” he says.
“I started with a desk in Ludgate, I brought some of them on board and they built my website for me bit by bit,” he continues. “We started Travel Master in 2017 and we took €90,000 worth of sales and took over 4000 people to concerts in our first year.”
Those figures have grown with each year and in 2019 Travel Master transported over 40,000 people to concerts and events. They were set to improve on those numbers again in 2020 but the pandemic wiped out the industry in March.
Travel Master have grown their business in Ludgate and what once was a desk and a laptop has grown to an office of seven employees and a network of concert staff and bus companies nationwide.
“West Cork can be hard to get staff at times, but I think it was easier to get people when they knew it was in Ludgate they were going working,” he explains. “I think they love working there because there are loads of other businesses and individuals working in the hub and they are learning all the time.”
“If you have a question about your business, you can pop upstairs and ask someone for two minutes of their time to run it by them,” he adds.
When embarking on a research fellowship with Trinity College in Dublin which led to the commercialisation of cooling systems for central processing units (CPUs) and graphic processing units (GPU) Cathal Wilson co-founder of Nexalus found himself on the road a lot of the time. Ludgate was pivotal to the workload of the Skibbereen local.
“I spent a lot of time in Trinity, but I worked remotely a lot from Ludgate hub as well,” says Wilson.
“In the early days it was good to be in an environment with other people that you could talk to. I spent an awful lot of time on the road going up and down to Dublin and it was always a nice relief to go into the hub. I can walk there from my house. The camaraderie in Ludgate is also very pleasant,” he explains.
“Access to the broadband here in Skibbereen has been huge for me and when I’m on calls with people in Cork city and Dublin we often do a speed test to see what speeds we are getting, and I typically have the fastest. It’s weird to be in that position down here in rural West Cork.”
Now that the research has developed in to four patents, and the inception of Nexalus, Wilson’s team are based in Cork city, West Meath and Dublin but when he is working from home, he still makes use of the Ludgate facilities.
“It’s very useful to me on an ongoing basis for conference calls. Even just having the resources available to print or scan, it’s incredibly helpful,” he adds.
Grainne Dwyer was CEO of Ludgate when the hub opened. She was brought into the project when it was just a conversation of business heads around a coffee shop table, and enabled those ideas to come to fruition and transform how rural Ireland could work.
“We realised that the ambition for the project was bigger than Skibbereen. It was about creating a rural blueprint for other areas and maybe give a bit of ambition and energy and incentive to other towns and villages to maybe look inwards at their own communities and see what they could do with their connectivity,” says Dwyer.
“We knew as a group that the only way rural areas would thrive was actually facilitating digital jobs. It’s not about rolling in a new Dell or manufacturing facilities into rural areas, it’s about getting high value digital jobs into the areas – we knew that was our number one aim,” she explains.
When gigabit broadband was brought to the town by SIRO, the community really got behind the project. Ludgate didn’t want to land a ‘digital alien into the middle of the town’ so they brought the community along on their journey.
“I think we started to inspire people to think differently about work and what you can achieve in a rural area, you don’t have to be in London or Dublin to achieve success,” she says. “We had a guy from Barcelona wanted to move to Skibbereen and we had someone from LA wanting to move over from London.”
Dwyer herself was inspired by all the goings on at the hub. She decided to take the plunge and start her own digital company Stori Creative which creates cinematic branded content for TV commercials, online content, cinema advertising, radio adverts and billboards. Inspired from her own experience of telling the Ludgate story.
“My love then was the marketing video side of it, and I ended up getting investment from two of the Ludgate Seed Fund investors who are wonderful people,” explains Dwyer. “I started up my company there with two other people and we have since grown massively. We lost a few staff because of Covid but we now have four staff and I have anything from fifteen to twenty people working for me at any one time on different productions.”


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Reporter: Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has successfully packed his trip to China for the first China International Import Fair in Shanghai. Would you please tell me about the activities involved in this trip?
|Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung attended the seminar.|
Deputy Alternate Le Hoai Trung: At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc led the Vietnamese government delegation to China to attend the first China International Import Fair held in Shanghai (CIIE 2018) from 4 to 5 November 2018. This exhibition is one of China's four most important foreign affairs events in 2018. Through Expo, China wants to showcase its message of opening the world to markets, providing opportunities for countries. China's access to major markets. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuka's visit was the first tour of Vietnam following the 19th Communist Party of China (October 1977) and Nguyen's second trip to China. Xuan Phuc as prime minister. During his visit, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke with party leaders, heads of state, ministries, affiliates and populated areas of China about priorities in socio-economic development and integration. Vietnam, cooperation with China and ministries, industries, locations and companies of both countries.
The journey is in the context of China continuing to occupy the second largest economy in the world, the world's largest producer and exporter, the leading trading partners from 128 countries, which make annual investments of about 30% of global GDP growth. The relationship between Vietnam and China has maintained a positive trend with many new developments, in particular in the fields of economy and trade, bringing practical benefits to the people of both countries and contributing to the preservation of stability. political, economic and social problems in each country. China is now Vietnam's largest trading partner, Vietnam is China's largest trading partner, ASEAN, China's eighth largest trading partner in the world. In 2017, Vietnam's and China's bilateral trade turnover reached USD 93.7 billion, which is 30.2% (accounting for about one quarter of Vietnam's total import and export turnover); Vietnam's trade deficit from China has decreased (by 13.7% in 2016 and by 18.9% by 2019), Vietnam's largest importer of agricultural products and seafood in the first nine months of 2018, Vietnam's agriculture, forestry and the export turnover of the fisheries industry reached USD 29.6 billion, which is 10% more than in 2017. Vietnam's export structure to China has changed positively, with the gradual increase in the share of goods in the manufacturing industry and agricultural, forestry and fisheries products; Gradually reduce the share of exports of raw materials, fuels and minerals.
In addition to the above-mentioned trends, trade and economic co-operation between the two countries still has some problems, and shortcomings such as the Vietnamese trade deficit from China are still high (USD 22.8 billion in 2017). There are some issues that need to be resolved, for example. smuggling, tax evasion, poor quality goods.
In this context, the journey is important both politically and economically. Politically, this trip contributed to strengthening political confidence, maintaining a positive development of the relations between China and Vietnam, and resolving some issues that existed in both countries. Mutual assistance in the organization of international conferences / forums. Economy, a journey to attract China's economic potential and big market, promote positive trade relations between the two countries, promote the export of goods and sustainable commodities in the south to the Chinese market, especially in the developed Eastern Crystal, bringing about new changes to improve the efficiency of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, a limited trade deficit from China; attracting international investment, promoting the image of the national economy – investment and tourism, contributing to the achievement of our country's economic development goals.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has included 15 meetings with China's Secretary General and President Xi Jinping within a day and a half; to attend and attend the Hongqiao International Economic and Trade Forum opening ceremony; with China's Secretary General and President Xi Jinping, attending the stand of participating countries; visit the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce; Visit the Vietnam Trade Promotion Office Opening Ceremony in Hangzhou; the next mayor of the Shanghai Mud; Conducts two meetings with economic groups; many Chinese majors; Meet the Vietnamese Embassy in China and the Vietnam Consul General in Shanghai.
The trip was a major success in creating a more favorable context for a comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and China and creating a new impetus for relations. Economic and trade cooperation between the two countries is balanced and effective in the interests of both countries and peoples. China attaches great importance and welcomes the fact that there are many priorities in Vietnam for hosting.
Reporter: could you explain how these activities contribute to the relationship between Vietnam and China?
Deputy Alternate Le Hoai Trung: The trip is an opportunity for the leaders of both countries to deepen the discussion on the main directions in order to promote cooperation in all fields. The meeting was held in a friendly, frank, open and friendly atmosphere with the meeting between Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Fuk and Secretary-General of the Chinese Communist Party and President Xi Jinping and Mayor of Shanghai City Džouyu Ljana. Important results from the following three key points:
– One is to help strengthen political confidence by strengthening the friendship between Vietnam and China: during a meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chinese Secretary-General and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc led the high-level delegation from the Vietnamese government to participate in the exhibition, demonstrating Vietnam's support for the first Chinese the first international exhibition on imports. Party Secretary-General and President Xi Jinping thank Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phukham for welcoming and welcoming Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong, just elected as Vietnamese President; He confirmed that China attaches great importance to relations with Vietnam and wants to meet with Nguyen Phu Trong soon to discuss measures to promote relations between both sides and both countries in order to develop in a stable and sustainable manner. The leaders of both countries reached consensus on measures to strengthen political trust, to maintain regular contacts between the two leaders of the party – two countries; Continue to strengthen important cooperation mechanisms, such as the meeting of representatives of the two Politburo, the expansion of the bilateral co-operation steering committee, the exchange of people and the next generation of exchanges and effectiveness; Good intentions of public opinion, press, promote propaganda about Vietnam-China friendship.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Shanghai Mayor Dung to propose Shanghai to actively expand its cooperation with ministries, industries and locations in Vietnam; Promote co-operation with Shanghai forces and locations in Vietnam. Shanghai Mayor Dung added that Shanghai attaches importance to promoting friendly exchanges and mutually beneficial cooperation with Vietnam; together with Vietnamese ministries, affiliates and places to have a good knowledge of the understanding of the party and the leaders of both countries; Strengthen the exchange and exchange of delegations at all levels, promote cooperation in all fields, and promote a comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and China.
– Two key drivers for real cooperation in the areas between the two countries, especially the economy – trade: China's Secretary-General and President Xi Jinping agreed with Prime Minister Nguyen's proposal Xuan Phuc assured that China will continue to have effective policies and measures to further improve Vietnam trade deficit, promoting bilateral trade in order to continuously and sustainably develop; To create favorable conditions and to continue to expand the market and open new channels of cooperation and to distribute Vietnamese goods, especially agricultural products used by Chinese consumers, such as fruits, pork, milk is consumed on the Chinese market. Shanghai Vice President Dungs Dungs stressed that he would support and encourage Vietnamese companies to participate in the China International Import Fair to be held in Shanghai to facilitate the supply of goods by force. Vietnam's agricultural, forestry and fisheries products are increasing in Shanghai and the East China Sea.
Chinese companies appreciate improvements in Vietnam's investment environment over time; He expressed his willingness to increase investment in Vietnam in high technology and environment-friendly areas, promoting socio-economic development and solving local jobs in Vietnam.
– The three high-level leaders agreed to control disagreements, maintain peace and stability at sea, not affect environmental peace, stability, and the development of bilateral relations. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed the positive mechanisms for the negotiation and cooperation mechanisms for the less sensitive sea between the two countries, as well as the initial progress in the negotiations on the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (PRC) between ASEAN and China; At the same time, we strongly urge both sides to seriously pursue a shared vision of the leaders of both countries, the "Agreement on the Basic Principles for the Advancement of Problems Solving on the Sea", the ongoing disputes over the legitimate interests of the other in accordance with international law, the 1982 United Nations The Convention on the Law of the Sea; Maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea and the region.
Q: What is the vice-president's assessment of Vietnam's participation in the first China International Import Fair in Shanghai?
Deputy Alternate Le Hoai Trung: The first China International Import Fair in Shanghai was jointly organized by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and the Shanghai Municipal Government, with 18 executives and Heads of Government, Senior Officials, and more than 3,000 companies from 130 countries and territories. Vietnam participated in the exhibition as "National honor". Based on the exhibition space presented by the organizing committee to "reputable countries", we have selected and sent 25 prestigious, high-quality and exportable companies in two categories of agricultural products. seafood, processed foods and trading services. The Vietnam National Pavilion has attracted a lot of visitors. During the exhibition, Vietnamese companies have signed many contracts (if any), as well as many items at the exhibition (if any).
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, speaking at the opening ceremony and Hongkie International Economic and Trade Forum, expressed strong support for liberalization, trade facilitation and investment. wants to work together with the countries to effectively meet global challenges; To introduce the possibilities of cooperation in Vietnam, especially in the market, business investment environment, competitiveness, innovation and strengths of Vietnam such as rice, coffee, fruit, processed products, clothing, electronics …; confirmed that Vietnam always creates a favorable and fair business and investment environment for foreign investors; Calls on the parties to improve dialogue and policy exchange between government and companies; Applying measures to detect and more effective administrative procedures, in particular customs, quarantine reform.
Vietnam's participation in the role of the "Honorary State" and its promotion at the exhibition have significantly contributed to the substantial cooperation between the two countries in all areas, especially in the fields of economy and trade. promote the image, brand, and product of the Vietnamese state; actively promoting Vietnam's strengths, such as agricultural and marine products and processed food, promotion of exports to China and other countries in the world; Make it easier for Vietnamese companies to find the market and expand their business.

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Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced that its 2014 Annual Report to Shareholders is now available on the Company’s website at www.sonoco.com in the Investor Relations section. The report, entitled Grow & Optimize: Changing for the Better, reviews Sonoco’s 2014 financial performance and examines how the Company is creating a highly engaged culture of innovation to spur the development of innovative packaging solutions designed to deliver a sustainable competitive advantage for its customers around the world.
“Two years ago, we started the process of changing Sonoco for the better. These changes are providing us better opportunities to grow through new products, new markets, new customers, new services and new ways of thinking. Our process of change is also creating an environment that allows us to better harness the power of our portfolio and our people to optimize business performance,” said Jack Sanders, president and chief executive officer, in his letter to shareholders.
“Our Grow & Optimize strategy is the centerpiece of our efforts to Re-envision Sonoco. Our re-envisioning involves a three-step process to boost performance, including re-imagining our culture, re-aligning our structure and re-engineering our operations. We made solid progress in re-imagining our culture to drive growth through the implementation of our i6 Innovation Process™. In addition to changing our culture to drive growth, we are beginning to implement a series of actions focused on streamlining our structure, optimizing our supply chain, improving productivity and perfecting our cost competitiveness to enhance margins and returns.”
Sanders noted that in 2014 Sonoco reached many of its financial, operational and strategic commitments, delivering record sales, gross profits and base earnings. Despite a generally slow-growth global marketplace, sales topped $5 billion for the first time in Sonoco’s 115-year history; gross profit reached a record $921 million, as gross profits as a percent of sales increased 40 basis points to 18.4 percent; and base earnings grew by more than 10% to $2.54 per diluted share. Sonoco also delivered on its commitment to enhance shareholder value by providing a two-year total return of 56.8%, compared with the S&P 500 two-year total return performance of 50.2%.
The annual report also provides a two-page review of Sonoco’s acquisition of Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG), leading to the creation of a global leader in rigid paper packaging. Headquartered in Hockenheim, Germany, Weidenhammer has approximately 1,100 employees and operates 13 production facilities, including five in Germany, along with individual plants in Belgium, France, Greece, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, Chile and Russia. In addition to producing composite cans, drums and luxury tubes, WPG produces unique rigid plastic containers using state-of-the-art thin-walled injection molding technology with modern in-mold labeling. Markets served by the company include processed foods, powdered beverages, tobacco, confectionery, personal care, pet food, pharmaceuticals and home and garden products.


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The new launch date will be reviewed towards the end of Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) in Singapore.
The Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble (ATB) flights that were originally planned for May 26 will be deferred.
On Monday (May 17), Singapore’s Ministry of Transport said that Singapore is “unable to meet the criteria to start the Singapore-Hong Kong ATB” in light of the recent spike in unlinked community cases in Singapore.
Singapore and Hong Kong agreed to defer the launch of the ATB to protect the health of travellers and the public in both countries.
Both countries will closely monitor the public health situation before reviewing the next launch date towards the end of Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) in Singapore.
Travellers may still continue their journey on non-designated ATB flights, however, they will be subject to the prevailing border control and health requirements of both places, including a negative COVID-19 polymerase chain test result.
Singapore residents returning from Hong Kong will also be subject to a seven-day Stay-Home Notice upon arrival in Singapore.
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Think Pink: Shop These Beauty Buys for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Unfortunately, breast cancer is close to the hearts of so many of us.
According to The National Breast Cancer Foundation, it’s the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia, with eight women losing their battle every single day. Every. Single. Day. And, whilst there has been so much headway towards finding a cure, it’s staggering statistics like these that prove there is still so much work to be done.
Each year, October marks Breast Cancer Awareness month, and The Estèe Lauder Companies are once again running the annual Breast Cancer Campaign. The charity initiative was started by Estèe Lauder’s daughter-in-law Evelyn H. Lauder in 1992—she also co-created the iconic pink ribbon—and campaigned tirelessly throughout her life for the cause. To date, the Breast Cancer Campaign has raised over $76 million toward research, education and medical services, and supports more than 60 breast cancer organisations around the world.
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Here’s how we can do our part. This year, The Estèe Lauder Companies have released a limited edition Beauty Box, with ALL proceeds from each sale going to support The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, one of the leading breast cancer research teams in Australia.
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Retailing at $149 (valued at $215), each Beauty box includes a combination of both sample and full size products, including Aveda Smooth Infusion Shampoo and Conditioner, Bobbi Brown Art Stick Liquid Lip, Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+ and Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm, DKNY Be Delicious Fresh Blossom EDP, Estée Lauder DayWear Eye Cooling Anti-Oxidant Moisture Gel Creme, MAC Cosmetics Prep + Prime Fix+.
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More than a million patients are receiving automated messages to increase immunizations, improve medication adherence and better manage chronic diseases, a company that developed a communication system for delivering the messages said Tuesday.
The year is only halfway done, but 2013 is already proving to be a year of particular importance for generic drugs as the industry awaits two important decisions from the Supreme Court and continues to wait for federal biosimilar regulations while fending off efforts to limit the scope of their use at the state level.
Arm & Hammer announced a new ultra-concentrated Ultra Power 4X laundry detergent, which the company states has powerful stain-fighters and two scoops of baking soda to make clothes cleaner and fresher.
The November 2011 expiration of Pfizer's patent on the cholesterol drug Lipitor and Ranbaxy Labs' release of the generic version received significant play in the media, particularly due to the theretofore status of Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) as the drug with the highest sales in the country, $7.7 billion in the United States, according to healthcare analytics firm IMS Health.
There is as much as $10 billion in branded pharmaceutical sales that could make the switch from prescription-only to over-the counter in the next five years, suggested Joseph Papa, Perrigo chairman, CEO and president, to analysts on Tuesday.


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You've got 99 problems, but Apple buying Tidal ain't one
Back in June rumors surfaced that Apple was interested in acquiring Tidal, the Jay Z-owned music streaming service famed for it's CD-quality music streaming. Now however, Apple has put these rumors to rest. In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Apple executive Jimmy Iovine confirmed that the company is not looking to acquire Tidal, nor any other music...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- Crane Pro Parts STORE has streamlined its e-commerce website, which now allows customers to search for parts without registering or logging in.
Crane Pro Parts STORE, the North American online parts depot for global lifting leader Konecranes now has a year of successful operation under its belt. However, Crane Pro’s managers aren’t resting on their laurels. Instead, they’ve updated the site to streamline the customer experience.
According to Konecranes Region Americas E-commerce Product Manager Scott Straub, the STORE’S largest customer in its first year bought $170,000 worth of crane parts using the online interface, while the smallest transaction was one item for $8, demonstrating the range of orders that the company cultivates.
“In the past year the most noticeable change for Crane Pro Parts STORE is that the site is now public,” says Straub. “Our customers no longer need to register or log in to search for parts. It is so much easier when they can see immediately if we have the part they need in stock. Then they decide if it is worth their time to register and set up an account.”
The new interface allows parts buyers to access all the products and see inventory in real time, but they must set up an account to see pricing and place an order. Compared to the original interface, the signup process is now easier and streamlined with less required information. But the most important evolution is the ability to accept credit cards for purchases.
“The main benefit for the customer is 24/7 access to information and the ability to place orders using whichever payment method they prefer,” says Straub. “They get a jump in line because they don’t need to wait for business hours or a response from us to place an order. Customers also appreciate that they can access the STORE and get a price immediately, which can potentially save a day or more compared to typical quotes delivered through email.”
Once a company registers for an account, the STORE gives its employees the ability to access their order history and saved parts lists, offering a shortcut to critical part numbers and repeat orders. In the event that an employee of a registered company leaves, his or her successor will be able to see what their predecessor ordered previously. The STORE also allows customers to access an online library of scarce or out-of-print parts manuals for the 40-plus brands in the Konecranes family of OEM brands.
Crane Pro Parts has built a reputation for providing spare parts for “any crane, any time,” and its online STORE was designed to take that promise even farther. The most compelling statistic after a year in business is that the STORE now has over 1,000 active user accounts, accounting for nearly 10 percent of Crane Pro Parts’ total business volume.
“Our goal is to provide instant access to crane parts and information and make online ordering simple and fast,” says Straub. “Our average STORE order after a year in business runs around $1,000, and that number keeps going up.”
Customers can access the Crane Pro Parts STORE by visiting craneproparts.com or konecranesusa.com and clicking “STORE”.
Amulya Raghuveer, Communications Coordinator,
Konecranes Region Americas
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Xiaomi has reported its earning for the first quarter (Q1 2019) that ended March 31, 2019. It has reported revenue of 43.8 billion yuan (US$ 6.33 billion) for Q1 2019, an increase of 27.2% YoY, among which international revenue grew 34.7% year-on-year to 16.8 billion yuan. Net profit for the quarter was approximately 3.2 billion yuan. Adjusted net profit (Non-IFRS Measure) was 2.1 billion yuan, up 22.4% YoY and 12.3% QoQ.
Smartphones segment posted 27 billion yuan, up 16.2% year over year. Smartphone shipments reached 27.9 million units, almost same as previous year. Redmi Note 7 series shipments exceeded 4 million units and the Mi 9 series smartphones surpassed 1.5 million unit shipments.
- Xiaomi’s revenue from international markets grew 34.7% year-on-year to RMB16.8 billion.
- Revenue from IoT and lifestyle products segment rose by 56.5% to RMB12.0 billion
- Global shipments of the smart TVs reached 2.6 million units, representing a year-on-year growth of 99.8%.
- Number of connected IoT devices (excluding smartphones and laptops) on Xiaomi’s IoT platform reached approximately 171 million units, a quarter-over-quarter increase of 13.7% and a year-on-year increase of 70.0%.
- Revenue from internet services segment grew 31.8% year-on-year to RMB4.3 billion in the first quarter of 2019.
- Advertising revenue grew 21.8% year-on-year to RMB2.3 billion.
- Revenue from gaming grew 6.8% year-on-year to RMB823.1 million.
- MAU of MIUI rose 37.3% to 260.9 million, while the MAU of smart TVs and Mi Boxes achieved 55.1% year-on-year growth, reaching 20.7 million.
As of March 31, 2019, there were 480 authorized Mi Home stores overseas, representing a 93.5% year-on-year growth, of which 79 stores were in India.


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The new Pixel smartphones, Chromecast 4K Ultra, Google Home smart speaker, Google WiFi, and other suspected items are expected to be unveiled during Google’s major event on October 4th, but the rumoured Andromeda OS is what has us the most excited. If you’ve been following the news around Google’s next event, you may have heard some reliable speculations that the company may tease its brand-new Andromeda OS on October 4. You must thus be asking what the Andromeda OS actually is and what benefits it provides. So, this is what we currently know:
What is Andromeda OS?
In the past, there have been speculations that Google intended to merge Android and Chrome OS, and Andromeda OS is designed to accomplish just that. Google just began rolling out support for Android apps on Chromebooks, but that is very different from what Andromeda OS will provide.
According to sources, Andromeda OS is a brand-new operating system that is a combination of Android and Chrome OS. In essence, it is Android with built-in Chrome OS features. Additionally, it differs from Google’s Fuchsia OS, another alleged platform for IoT devices. So, in order to compete with Microsoft and Apple products, we may anticipate seeing Chrome OS cloud-centric capabilities in full-fledged Android intended for laptops, tablets, and convertibles.
Features we can expect
Even if we don’t know much about the features that Andromeda OS will provide, the following is what we may anticipate:
Because it was easy to use and partly because it was cloud-centric, Chrome OS was able to achieve some popularity. We may anticipate excellent Google Drive integration in the platform because Andromeda OS is expected to merge Chrome OS inside of Android. Everything is saved in the cloud on a Chromebook, so you never lose a file, and we can anticipate that Andromeda will do the same.
Google will try the same with Andromeda OS, just as Microsoft tried its hand at unified apps with Universal apps in Windows 10 to mixed success. The hybrid platform ought to have a variety of Google applications that function flawlessly on both desktops and cellphones.
Continuity like feature
Given that Andromeda OS shares code with Android, we can anticipate that a laptop running Andromeda and a smartphone running Android will both have some Continuity-like capabilities. For those who are unaware, Continuity is a feature of Apple’s macOS and iOS that enables users to switch smoothly from an iPhone or iPad to a Mac without losing any work. You can make calls to your iPhone from your Mac, start an activity on iOS and continue it on Mac, and more.
When does Andromeda OS launch?
Although Hiroshi Lockheimer, the head of Android and Chrome OS, recently tweeted that Andromeda OS would certainly be unveiled at the event, we were sceptics about any Andromeda OS news during the October 4 event. Histweetreads, Today marks the eighth anniversary of our first Android announcement. I predict that in 8 years we’ll still be discussing October 4, 2016.
Andromeda OS should be officially announced at the event, however we can anticipate that developers and devices will start receiving the OS around the beginning of 2019. Although we don’t yet know whether Andromeda OS will be a free update for existing Chromebooks, we wouldn’t get our hopes up just yet.
When do Andromeda OS Devices arrive?
Along with Andromeda OS rumours, there have also been rumours indicating that Google intends to unveil the Pixel 3 device, codenamed Bison, in the third quarter of 2017. The device will reportedly have characteristics including a 12.3-inch display, Intel m5 or i5 processor, 8 or 16 GB RAM, 32 or 128 GB storage, USB Type-C, fingerprint reader, stylus support, and touchpad with haptic feedback. It will be an ultra-thin laptop to compete with Microsoft’s Surface Book. Additionally, the Chromebook brand will not be present on the Google Pixel 3 laptop, and the current iteration of Chromebooks is almost extinct. So there you have it, if you were wondering why Google did not release a new Chromebook Pixel this year.
Another rumour claims that Google will launch the hybrid OS on a Huawei Nexus tablet at the end of the year. This doesn’t seem likely given that Google is discontinuing the Nexus name, but Google has the capacity to shock us. Google should start by showcasing a number of Andromeda OS devices before the Pixel 3 is released. The Andromeda OS train is reportedly carrying a number of manufacturers in addition to the Pixel 3 in 2017.
SEE ALSO: How to Use the Smart Messaging App Google Allo
Andromeda OS: Google s plan to conquer the desktop
With its services and Android-powered smartphones, Google has completely taken over the web; the only thing still missing is desktop. Although Chrome OS was a respectable product, it lacked the capacity to compete with operating systems like Windows or macOS. But when you combine the maturity of the Android platform with the ease of use of Chrome OS, you end up with Andromeda OS, a rather complete desktop operating system. The Android-Chrome OS combination should be revealed shortly, but as these are still only rumours, we’d advise you to take everything with a grain of salt.
Are you looking forward to the Andromeda OS? What features do you anticipate the new Google platform will have? Comment here and share your thoughts. Additionally, if additional information about the Andromeda OS emerges, we’ll update this piece.


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Eighty-nine years after women finally won the right to vote, we honor the past success of the women’s suffrage movement and recommit to today’s continuing fight for equality.
There is still much work to be done. Women still earn less than men, and are still more likely to live in poverty. The lack of workplace policies means it is still difficult for working women, particularly those earning low wages, to meet our dual responsibilities at work and at home. And, even though we’re in the toughest economic times in recent memory, there is still no federal legislation that guarantees the time to care for yourself or your family in times of illness without losing your pay or your job.
Even as we recognize the struggle that won women the right to vote, the fight to win a minimum labor standard of paid sick days is at full pitch. In Milwaukee, 9to5 has filed an appeal to a judge’s ruling to void the sick days ordinance passed by 70 percent of Milwaukee voters last November. And in Washington DC, the Healthy Families Act, federal legislation that would guarantee paid sick days to American workers, is moving in the Congress. 9to5’s members, activists and allies are contacting members of Congress, telling their stories, and helping to build awareness that paid sick days are good for working families, good for the flailing economy, good for business.
Visit www.9to5.org to learn more about how we organize women to speak out to end the pay gap, change work-family policy and win paid sick days.
On this Women’s Equality Day, the legacy of the suffragists who organized women to win the right to vote compels us to recommit to winning equality and justice for working women.
Linda Meric is Executive Director of 9to5, National Association of Working Women, an inclusive multi-racial membership organization founded in 1973 to strengthen the ability of low-income women to win economic justice through grassroots organizing and policy advocacy.
Under Linda’s leadership, 9to5 has won important victories on minimum wage, good jobs, work-family, anti-discrimination, pay equity, welfare, child care and other issues affecting low-income women. Linda has spent more than 30 years as a labor and community organizer. She also serves as an adjunct professor specializing in sexual harassment and other workplace issues.
Linda is a member of the Governor’s Colorado Pay Equity Commission, serves in the leadership of several state and national policy coalitions, and has received several awards for her work with and on behalf of low-income women, including the “Be Bold” Award presented by the Women’s Foundation of Colorado. She was recently appointed to the National Board of Directors of the American Forum, a progressive media organization.
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What's Next For Mazda?
Ask me or any other of my automotive colleagues and we'll tell you- we all have a little bit of Mazda fanboy inside of us, some more than others. Aside from cars like the MX-5 Miata- which has and will continue to be one of the greatest roadsters ever built- most other cars in the Mazda lineup have a bit of a kick to them we just don't get with the Toyotas or Hondas of the world. As of now, a fresh looking lineup has already been halfway dished out, and former CEO Takashi Yamanouchi recently stepped down in order to "hand over the work to the younger people." This "younger people" being new Mazda CEO Masamichi Kogai- who's worked the ins and outs of the corporation at an early stage. So what's next? Well, there's three main details that Mazda needs to remember in order to continually be successful in the future:
What's Old is New Unlike American automakers, the whole retro-phase is making a comeback mostly with the brands back east; Honda with a new NSX, Toyota reviving the Supra. But now Mazda needs to dig down into the archives and have a go. Once again aiming for Gen-Y buyers, cars like the RX-7, Mazdaspeed6 and a revival of the Miata (ditch the MX-5) nameplate should bring back enough of a nostalgic connection to hopefully produce some sales in the very near future. Simplify, Add Lightness The problem with the current generation MX-5 is that it's a bit heavier than we all would have liked- although we don't discount it as a fantastic little coupe. But together with Alfa and their own revival of the Spyder, we hope that Mazda ditches any type of unnecessary added weight and goes for a lighter feeling reminiscent of the first-gen roadster.
Need For Speed This is where things get sort of fun. While the RX-8 may have tickled our pallets in overall sportiness and drivability, it was severely underpowered, and generally just underperforming. Now that the RX-8 is officially dead though, Mazda says that they're hard at work on a new Wankel that should bear a similar semblance to the classic RX-7. At least, we hope. So, we're not entirely sure what Mazda has hidden up their sleeve, but we do know the brand is making money for the first time in over a decade, and they have big plans with a few fresh faces at the helm. We can't wait to see what happens next.


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After the Winterfest and Star Wars events, Epic Games tries to make sure that players have enough in-game content. At the end of the month, it will be the turn of the Chinese New Year event to land in Fortnite for several days of festivities! A great opportunity to showcase Chinese culture, and what better way to do that than with new skins?
As usual, Fortnite leakers — and mainly ShiinaBR — got their hands on some files showing what could be the future skins and cosmetics related to the next in-game event.
The 2019 Chinese New Year event had already brought its share of new cosmetics. This year looks no different. No less than six outfits have been leaked including Swift that seems to have some of the rat's attributes — the first of all Chinese zodiac animals, honored in 2020 through the Lunar Year of the Rat.
Epic Games hasn't released any information about the event yet, so we have no way of knowing if these skins will appear in-game or not. Still, this could be the last major event before the launch of Chapter 2 Season 2.
One thing is for sure though, the Chinese New Year will take place on January 25. Only a few days to wait before we learn a bit more about these new features!
Dark Vanguard and her Orbital Shuttle are making their come back in the Fortnite Item Shop. Get ready to land on Apollo Island at the speed of light!


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JAST USA Year of the Dragon Sale 2024 Has Begun
JAST USA has officially started their Year of the Dragon sale to celebrate the Lunar New Year, offering over 229 titles at reduced prices.
JAST Back to School Sale 2023 Is Here!
JAST has launched their Back to School Sale for 2023, featuring over 220 titles on their storefront at reduced prices.
Oppai Samurai: Knocked Up by a No Name Novice is Now Available on Steam
Oppai Samurai: Knocked Up by a No Name Novice, Miel's nukige about a monster slayer who becomes the master of a new kind of weapon, has released on Steam.


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KENYA – Sugar imports dropped by 43% in January following the presence of high volumes of the commodity that were shipped in during the duty-free window last year.
A market report from the Sugar Directorate indicates the volume of sugar imported to the country dropped to 38,829 tonnes in January this year from 21,982 tonnes in the same month last year.
The country imported over 900,000 tonnes of sugar between May and December last year as Kenya opened the duty-free window to allow traders to ship in the commodity outside the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
“The number of traders seeking import permit has gone down in the recent months because of high volume of sugar in the country,” said Sugar Directorate.
The Treasury scrapped duty on the commodity last year following a sharp decline in production that saw the price of sugar go up to Sh400 per two kilo packet.
Increased quantities of cheap sugar in the local market has seen millers get stuck with growing stocks in the factories.
A report from the Sugar Directorate shows the volume held by millers last week grew from 12,000 tonnes last month to hit 13,224 currently.
The presence of cheap import sugar in the market has pushed the price of a two-kilogramme packet down as compared to January and last December.
The market report from the Sugar Directorate indicated the volumes shipped in the country nearly tripled to 989,619 tonnes in the period under review from 334,109 tonnes in 2016.
The bulk of the sugar imports was of brown/mill white type (table sugar 829,871 tonnes), representing 84% of the total consignment, while the balance was industrial sugar.
The Sugar Pricing Committee cut the ex-factory price of sugar last month from US$46.29 on average to US$41.86 for a 50 kilogramme bag.
The committee also cut the price of a tonne of cane paid to farmers from US$39.64 to US$36.44 coming as a relief to millers who have been pushing for cost reduction in the last couple of months.
Kenya produces about 600,000 tonnes of sugar a year, compared with annual consumption of 870,000 tonnes. The sugar deficit is usually covered by imports.


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Israeli AI Computer Vision Solutions Provider Cipia Announces IPO On TASE
Cipia's technology is at the forefront of providing driver monitoring systems, soon to be required in all new cars sold in Europe.
November 24, 2021
China-Based OEM To Integrate Sensing Tech From Israeli Automotive Solutions Provider
Cipia announced this week that its Driver Sense driver monitoring system (DMS) will be integrated into the new car model of a China-based OEM.
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Viridor Waste Management has acquired JWT Holdings, a waste collection and recycling business based in Atherton, Greater Manchester, from John William Thomasson for £7.6m. JWT Holdings employs 45 staff and handles around 70,000 tonnes of material a year. Its materials recycling facility and fleet of 29 vehicles will be integrated into Viridor’s northern region, complementing the commercial collection services of its Trafford Park Operation, says owner Pennon Group. The acquisition will provide excellent synergies with Viridor’s activities in Manchester and […]
The TNT shareholders have between Monday and 30 October to accept the proposed acquisition offer from FedEx.
UPS has pulled out of its multi-billion Euro bid to take over TNT Express, almost a year after it first entered into talks with the parcel firm. It hoped the merger would create a €45bn (£37.4bn) logistics giant, increasing the US firm’s presence in the European market. However on Friday (11 January), the European Commission (EC) told both parties that it planned to prohibit the merger. MT.co.uk looks at how the story developed over the year. The merger process began […]
Rhenus Group has expanded its UK presence with the purchase of Palletforce member RCS Logistics.


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Seagate is pushing the boundaries on magnetic spinning media with a new suite of 10TB hard drives
â€” and is relaunching the familiar Barracuda brand name for the new product line. In 2013 the company unofficially retired the name, choosing instead to refer to its desktop drives as â€œDesktop HDD.â€ Seagate is similarly rebranding its solid state-hybrid hard drives (SSHD) as FireCuda. These new launches come as the company is prepping for significant rounds of layoffs. Seagate has previously announced plans to fire roughly 8,100 people over the next 12 months, or 14% of its current global workforce. The company also plans to build 20 million fewer hard drives per quarter, down 33%.
These new 10TB drives donâ€™t appear to use helium like other high-capacity drives
, and they arenâ€™t based on Shingled Magnetic Recording
, either. These drives use more-conventional perpendicular recording, which means they wonâ€™t take a performance hit when writing data, though still certainly no match for the solid-state competition. These also aren't the largest capacity hard drives available, either. If you've got the money to spend, Samsung sells a 14TB SSD for upwards of $5,000
Last July, HEVC Advance
announced onerous licensing terms which cast a shadow on HEVC/H.265 video compression technology. Encoder/decoder pricing of $0.80 to $1.50 per unit, with no minimum and no maximum cap, even backdated to the technology's first use! They also demanded a 0.5 percent royalty on HEVC-encoded content. Industry reaction to the proposed royalty was universally negative.
This seems the motivation for the big news in August, when a new consortium called the Alliance for Open Media announced that it will begin work on a free video compression standard
. The group includes tech giants Amazon, AMD, ARM, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla, Netflix, Nvidia and more, while Apple is conspicuously absent. These large companies currently pay hundreds of millions in royalties for video patents and would greatly benefit from widespread adoption of a free and open standard.
Within the next six months Google expects to turn over its work on VP10 to the Alliance, which will blend Googleâ€™s contributions with those from others to create a final royalty-free video codec standard. In addition, the Internet Engineering Task Force started development of a video codec standard called NetVC, of which VP10 is one candidate, so "some harmonization will be needed," between the two organizations.
With just one day remaining before tiny Tennessee-based electric co-op Duck River claimed it would rip Comcastâ€™s equipment and wiring off its utility poles for non-payment of pole attachment fees, Comcast showed up with a check. Had Comcast not come up with a payment, Duck River was prepared to start removing Comcastâ€™s wiring and equipment from its poles, and cut power to Comcastâ€™s equipment, which would have killed service for about 7,000 Comcast customers
Comcast claims Duck River is using their position as a monopoly to gouge customers with high rates. Duck River officials dispute that and say Comcast was behind (again) on its pole attachment fee payments and is the only utility company complaining about the price. â€œIf you donâ€™t pay your Comcast cable TV or internet bill, theyâ€™re going to do what?â€ The answer, said Steve Oden, director of member services at Duck River, is they â€œcut you off.â€ The two are now talking (again) about securing a long-term contract that will stabilize pole attachment rates and keep Duck Riverâ€™s local power co-op from having to make collection calls in the future.
A U.S. Senate hearing last week examined billing practices for five major pay-TV companies serving some 71 million subscribers. Senators honed in on overcharges from Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications. Charter estimates it has annually overcharged 5,897 customers a total of $494,000 each year. â€œAnd rather than correct the mistake by refunding the overcharges, the company just kept the money
,â€ said Sen Rob Portman.
Sen. Claire McCaskill commented: â€œWe found that customers are being charged a host of fees that are not included in advertised pricing, some of which are for programming that used to be included in a customerâ€™s video package. We also found that, just as many customers have long believed, some of these fees, like the HD and DVR service fees, arenâ€™t a true reflection of the cost to the company of the service, but rather are based on the revenue goals of the company, and the price a customer is willing to stomach. In fact, some of these fees are charged to old customers while new customers get the same services free of charge.â€
â€œAs a result of this investigation, both Time Warner Cable and Charter have taken steps to address these issues. Time Warner Cable will not, however, investigate when it began overcharging customers unless customers bring specific concerns to the companyâ€™s attention, nor will it provide a full refund dating back to when the overcharge began.â€
Home Depot filed an antitrust lawsuit in federal court this week against credit card giants Visa and MasterCard for blocking the adoption of chip-and-PIN on credit card transactions. Instead, the companies adopted the less secure chip-and-signature method, which does not prevent lost and stolen cards from being used. Merchant groups, consumer advocacy groups and even the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) called attention to the need to adopt chip-and-PIN in order to take full advantage of EMV security. According to data compiled by the U.S. Federal Reserve, transactions routed over Visa's or MasterCard's signature debit networks cost retailers more than twice as much
as transactions routed over PIN networks.
Home Depot's case against Visa and MasterCard is similar to one Walmart recently filed against Visa. In that case, Walmart says that Visa is precluding the retailer from requiring PINs on all debit card transactions. As a result, Walmart is forced to pay the fees associated with signature-based networks. For the world's largest retailer, that figure is in the billions.
Visa and MasterCard, along with groups such as the American Bankers Association, have said that requiring PINs with credit card transactions could cause confusion for consumers. Visa has also said that newer, better authentication technologies (such as biometric and geo-location verification) are just over the horizon.
Apple is one of the biggest targets when it comes to Chinese smartphone knockoffs â€” it's not uncommon to hear about a device being sold overseas that looks strikingly similar to the iPhone. So it came as a surprise on Friday when a battle between Apple and China over an iPhone patent entered the public eye, calling Apple a copycat manufacturer.
Chinese manufacturer Shenzhen Baili alleges the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus designs infringe upon its own 100C smartphone intellectual property, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The case is currently being reviewed by the Beijing IP Court. Apple has been copied so many times by Chinese manufacturers that it's hard to take Shenzhen Baili seriously. To hit home that point, we've rounded up 6 of the best fake iPhones
and other Apple products that have popped up in China.
The last audio cassette company in the country held on tight as its former competitors abandoned cassettes for CD production. Now that analog has begun to make a comeback, the National Audio Company, or NAC, owns its market and is making more cassettes than ever before
. When everyone jumped on the CD boat in the late 90s, NAC wasnâ€™t hurt because its customers were mostly spoken-word performers and people just buying blank media. So the company began slowly buying and rehabbing its competitorsâ€™ equipment. "We were preparing ourselves to pick the music market up when it came back, and thatâ€™s exactly what happened." Now NAC is making cassettes for Metallica, a special release of the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack, and what looks like countless basement recordings from smaller bands.
Banking so heavily on retro nostalgia is tricky, because whatâ€™s retro and whatâ€™s just old changes fairly often. Watch the full video
, from Bloomberg.
A radical new solution is being proposed to solve the housing crisis - homes that float
. Designers say homes that would rise with flood waters could be built on land otherwise deemed unsuitable because of flooding concerns. Each home can react to flood risk because the guide piles allow the building to rise in significant flood conditions, because of the buoyant basement structure. As flood waters recede the houses resettle to their original levels.
This is hardly the first attempt to develop land vulnerable to flooding. There are 20,000 fully-floating and can-float homes already built in the Netherlands.
Back in the mid-1870s, Sacramento, California raised the level of its downtown
by approximately 10 feet (3 meters) to eliminate devastating flooding. They built reinforced brick walls on downtown streets, and filled the resulting street walls with dirt. Building owners either raising their building slowly with the use of numerous screw jacks, or buried the ground floor. Thus the previous first floors of buildings became the basements.
Of course these solutions are no help if it is just the value of your house and mortgage that is "underwater".
A startup called HMD Global Oy (Helsinki, Finland) has been formed to takeover the Nokia brand for mobile phones and tablet computers and has said it intends to spend $500 million marketing Nokia as an Android-based mobile device over the next three years. HMD is owned by Smart Connect LP, a private equity fund managed by Jean-Francois Baril, a former Nokia executive, as well as by HMD management. As part of the same deal, Microsoft is selling remaining feature phone business assets to FIH Mobile Ltd., a subsidiary of Hon Hai Precision Industries (trading as Foxconn Technology Group).
HMD said it will produce smartphones and tablets that run the Android operating system. However while it is clear that HMD/Nokia will not be a manufacturers of mobile devices it remains unclear as to whether it will even perform its own design. The whole focus of the launch announcement was that HMD would focus on marketing and brand. It may yet also outsource the design of its devices and focus on putting its brand in front of consumers eyes and developing services that are accessed through those devices.http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1329712
A generating tower at the world's largest solar energy plant was shut down Thursday after a mirror misalignment caused sunlight to burn through electrical wiring and start a small fire, according to officials. The blaze broke out around 9:30 a.m. Officials said that flames could be seen near the ninth floor of the Unit 3 tower, but that they had apparently died out by the time firefighters arrived.
The plant is located near Interstate 15, just inside the California border southwest of Primm, Nev. It uses enormous mirrors to reflect sunlight to boilers atop three towers. The sun's energy heats the water to more than 1,000 degrees, creating steam that spins electricity-generating turbines. Some misaligned mirrors instead focused sunlight on a different spot, which caused the electrical cables to catch fire. Only one of three towers is currently operating, with the fire shutting down one and another undergoing maintenance, Dusenbury said.http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-solar-plant-fire-20160520-snap-story.html


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Pandora appoint NZ Sales Director
Pandora has appointed Melanie Reece as their Sales Director for their New Zealand operations.
Reece is the first appointment in NZ.
Pandora Managing Director Jane Huxley says: “Melanie’s broad experience is exactly what we need to extend our reach in New Zealand. In hiring such a well-known and respected member of the industry to run our local operation, we are taking the next step towards our goal introducing clients and brands to our incredibly diverse and highly engaged audience in New Zealand."
Reece joins the company from MediaWorks NZ where she was the GM of Integration.
“I am beyond excited to be joining Jane and the team at Pandora,” says Reece. “The art of discovering new music has totally evolved and my role at Pandora is going to be firmly set on reaching out to New Zealanders to introduce them to a new way of listening to music that they will love – from a local and international stage. It’s the core of what Pandora offers, and I’m looking forward to working with agencies and brands to understand where the opportunities lie.”


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Satyam's spokesperson resigns
Satyam Computer spokesperson Archana Muthappa has resigned from the company, according to sources.business Updated: May 28, 2009 20:27 IST
Satyam Computer spokesperson Archana Muthappa has resigned from the company, according to sources.
When asked she confirmed the development, saying she has put in her papers two days ago.
Muthappa had handled media relations in Satyam Computer during the period when the company plunged into crisis following the admission of financial fraud by its founder Ramalinga Raju.
Meanwhile, Deepak Nangia, heading Satyam's operations in Australia, has also resigned from the company.
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Food delivery has experienced massive growth recently. Sarah Rush Wirth writes in Restaurant Business Magazine that this service has skyrocketed and is expected to grow 12 percent year over year through 2022.
Thomas Franck at CNBC puts hard numbers on that growth. He reports the market was worth $43 million in 2017, but it will be worth $76 billion in 2022.
As a deli owner, growth is often a top priority, and so offering food delivery is something that you may have been considering. The opportunity is certainly there. However, many deli owners still remain unsure whether delivery is the right move for them.
This post will take an in-depth look at the business of delivery services, what implications adding such a service can have for your deli, and how to know whether adding delivery to your own deli makes business sense.
Food Delivery Flourishes While Dining In Languishes
Charisse Jones at USA Today writes about how food delivery has disrupted the restaurant business in general. She says there’s been a recent phenomenon where traditional dining has taken a significant hit because of food delivery.
And this is largely due to the ease and convenience that online ordering provides.
“Convenience is among the chief reasons why consumers visit restaurants and delivery brings a heightened level of it,” says Warren Solochek, senior vice president of market research firm NPD Group. “Restaurants need delivery in today’s environment in order to gain and maintain share. It has become a consumer expectation.”
Andria Cheng also points out in Forbes that food delivery is especially popular among millennials. But don’t mistake this as a desire for simple convenience. Porter Plant at NUVI says the younger generation is generally less inclined to spend an evening at a fancy restaurant, stand in line waiting for a table and potentially encounter a poor dining experience. Many opt for having their food brought to them instead. It’s a question of value for time spent.
Elizabeth Dunn at The New Yorker even goes so far as to say that delivery apps may end up putting many restaurants out of business. That just goes to show how modern dining is evolving — and that deli owners should take notice.
The Potential for Increased Revenue
The first thing restaurateurs ask is whether adding delivery can improve sales, and if so by how much.
Melissa Wilson, a principal at Technomic who discussed how food delivery impacts sales at the recent Restaurant Leadership Conference in Phoenix, says companies have had some very favorable results with 60 percent generating incremental sales. She also notes that 25 percent of customers spend more on off-premise orders.
A good example is LA-based sandwich company Mendocino Farms. Tracey Lien mentions in The Los Angeles Times that they were able to increase sales by 2 to 3 percent shortly after offering delivery.
Delivery Doesn’t Always Equal Profits, Though
Food delivery isn’t a driver of sales for everyone. Dunn at The New Yorker highlights one restaurant, Mulberry & Vine, which started to deliver their food in 2013. Although they were successful in increasing their number of orders, CEO and founder Michelle Gauthier tells another side of the story.
She says that increased deliveries actually resulted in decreased profits for the simple fact that between 20–40 percent of the revenue gets gobbled up by third-party platforms and couriers. By her estimations, Mulberry & Vine’s profit margins dropped by a third in the past three years. “I think it’s a far bigger problem than a lot of operators realize,” Gauthier says. “I think we are losing money on delivery orders, or, best-case scenario, breaking even.”
Plant offers another, more extreme example. One restaurant, he notes, tried to ditch the traditional dine-in model altogether and switch to delivery-only. But it was a disaster, and the restaurant quickly discovered that the cost of delivery completely ate away at their profits. This combined with growing courier costs due to increased minimum wages and a tight labor market eventually put the restaurant out of business.
That’s why food delivery isn’t something you want to rush into. Do your due diligence first. Below are three questions to help guide your research.
1. Is Delivery Service Even Feasible for Your Business?
One of the first things to take into account is the increased resources you’ll likely need to implement a delivery service. While taking more orders is usually a good thing when it comes to growing your business, you may not necessarily have the capacity to accommodate this growth.
For example, if you’re working in a small kitchen with limited cooking power, growth on this scale simply may not be in the cards.
But if you feel you can keep up with extra demand, then the potential for increased revenue could be worth it. To ensure a smooth transition, the VSAG team recommends having a designated area for delivery prep and orders only, along with staff members who are solely devoted to delivery orders.
Another issue to consider is the initial cost, which Fora Financial explains can add up in a food delivery model. Some of the costs they mention include buying delivery vehicles, hiring drivers and purchasing containers to keep the food warm. They suggest you may even need to apply for a small business loan if you don’t have adequate cash flow upfront.
There’s also the issue of scaling-up. Lior Sion writes at Bringg that making this type of operation successful requires a steady, step-by-step approach. You need to take the time to train staff members, work with your drivers as well as explain the process to customers. Trying to move too quickly can work against you, so it’s critical to scale gradually and smoothly.
2. Are Third-Party Service Providers a Good Fit?
One way delis can overcome the problem of upfront costs is by partnering with a third-party company such as UberEats, GrubHub or Postmates. These platforms allow you to receive orders, and one of their drivers will deliver the order to your customer for you.
An added plus: These platforms provide you with access to a built-in database of customers. If someone nearby were searching for delis on GrubHub, for example, there’s a good chance they would find you.
The GrubHub team even cites research in Business Insider that found restaurants were able to increase their takeout revenue by an average of 30 percent by using online ordering platforms. One in five restaurants actually doubled their takeout revenue.
Of course, this comes at a cost. As we mentioned before, going through a service provider can eat up as much as 40 percent of total revenue — something you’ll want to be aware of. But by carefully calculating the associated fees and having a plan in place to absorb them (as well as operational strain), you can certainly make this arrangement work for you.
3. Is it Smarter to Simply Hire a Delivery Person?
Perhaps going through a service provider doesn’t sound appealing to you. In that case, you could always hire your own delivery person. Just be aware of the costs involved with adding in-house delivery.
Dylan Chadwick at QSR Automations says that to start you need drivers and vehicles. Vehicles (unless they’re bikes) require fuel, and drivers require paychecks.
According to PayScale, the average hourly rate for a delivery driver as of 2018 was $13.71. However, it can be as much as $20.57 depending on the location.
Marketer Emily Royster adds in TriMark RW Smith that you’ll also need vehicle insurance to make it work. Small business specialist Kent Thune explains that you can expect to pay anywhere between $750 and $1,200 annually for commercial vehicle insurance. If you’re using multiple vehicles, this can quickly add up.
Beyond that, there will be costs involved with hiring and training deliver drivers, which is something else you’ll need to factor in.
The bottom line is that there are some considerable startup costs that you’ll encounter with in-house delivery. In the long run, however, it might be the more profitable option.
Making the Right Call
There’s no denying that food delivery is insanely popular.
With this market increasing and traditional dining decreasing among some groups of consumers, delivery is an attractive service offering for deli owners. Under the right circumstances, it can be quite lucrative and help grow your business. On the other hand, it could create more costs than revenue.
Therefore, it’s crucial to look at the big picture and objectively consider all of the implications. Doing so should help you determine if this is something that is likely to work for you or if you’re better off leaving it alone for the time being.


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MJOnline has announced that presale tickets for ‘Michael Jackson The IMMORTAL World Tour’ in Amsterdam, will go on sale TODAY, November 21, at 10 a.m. local time.
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Maybank is the first ASEAN bank to adopt Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 (WP8) platform for its corporate mobile banking application, Maybank2E-Regional Cash. The move opens up an additional channel as corporate clients can now access Maybank2E-Regional Cash on more mobile platforms.
Prior to this, the Maybank2E-Regional Cash was only available for mobile users on the iOS and Android platforms.
Maybank Deputy President & Head, Global Banking, Datuk Abdul Farid Alias feels the addition of the WP8 platform to Maybank2E-Regional Cash greatly increases the ability of Maybank’s regional clients to manage their cash flow while on-the-go. Customer experience is also expected to be enhanced with the touch-optimised and tiles-based user interface of the new platform.
“As the importance of global business increase, Maybank2E-Regional Cash is designed to provide greater accessibility for better convenience to our corporate clients. Following the launch of Maybank2E-Regional Cash in Singapore last November, customer feedback has been positive with refinements made along the way to ensure maximum compatibility to our corporate clients’ needs,” he shares.
Maybank2E-Regional Cash offers corporate clients new capabilities that help enhance their efficiency and reduce operational risks and costs. The bank has set its sights on covering other dominant operating systems as well such as BlackBerry 10.
This corporate finance app, which is designed to cater to the diverse needs of corporate clients, comes in six major languages: English, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Japanese. Maybank2E-Regional Cash is currently available in Singapore and Malaysia since 2012 and will be enabled in Philippines, Greater China and Indonesia by end 2013.
With the adoption of WP8, Maybank is expected to on-board more than 10,000 corporate clients across the region with an estimated more than RM1.88 trillion in transaction value by 2015.
Meanwhile, Carlos Lacerda, Managing Director of Microsoft Malaysia lauds the collaboration with Maybank as well as the bank’s efforts in deploying the latest technological advancements for the convenience of its corporate clients.
“We are proud to collaborate with Maybank as the preferred technology partner to bring enterprise banking services to its corporate customers on our WP8 platform. This is testament to the thought leadership of Maybank as one of the most progressive banks in the region,” Lacerda notes.
On the Windows 8 front, Carlos announced that the new platform is off to a great start with more than 60 million Windows 8 licenses and 1.5 million Surface tablets sold worldwide.


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Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro Xiaomi''s latest flagship smartphones were launched on Thursday. Both new Mi phones are powered by the octa core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC, pack more efficient LPDDR5 RAM, and faster UFS 3.0 storage. The Mi 10 and the Mi 10 Pro both come with a quad rear camera setup that includes a 108 megapixel main snapper, but the rest of the sensors differ. Notably, the Mi 10 Pro has been awarded a chart topping score of 124 by DxOMark for its photography prowess, surpassing previous leaders the Mi Note 10 Pro and the Huawei Mate 30 Pro.The Mi 10 price starts at CNY 3,999 (roughly Rs. 40,000) for the base 8GB 128GB variant, while the 8GB 256GB model will set buyers back by CNY 4,299 (roughly Rs. 43,000). The Mi 10''s top end 12GB 256GB version will cost CNY 4,699 (roughly Rs. 47,000). It will be available in Titanium Silver Black, Peach Gold, and Ice Blue colour options. Pre orders for the Mi 10 start today, and it will go on sale for the first time on February 14 in China. Xiaomi has also launched a cooler attachment priced at CNY 129 (roughly Rs. 1,300). Additionally, the company has introduced a 65W charger that is priced at CNY 149 (roughly Rs. 1,500).
Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro were officially launched as the latest flagship phones by Xiaomi earlier on Thursday. The new smartphones come with curved AMOLED display panels and flaunt quad rear cameras to take on the competition. The Xiaomi Mi 10 and Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro both also run Android 10 out of the box, with the latest MIUI on top. Xiaomi has additionally provided a hole punch display design and a gradient back on both phones. That being said, both the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro have some major differences that you should consider before making the buying decision.So to make things easier for you, we take a look at the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro price and specifications to detail the differences between the two new Xiaomi phones.
Rumors of a new Nikon pro level sports camera were running rampant throughout most of 2019, with the camera maker putting a stop to those in September by letting us know that the D6 was in development.
iQoo 3 5G flagship phone finally has a launch date. iQoo has announced that its upcoming gaming centric phone will be launched on February 25. The launch date for the upcoming phone appears to be for the Chinese market. But taking previous leaks into consideration, the iQoo 3 might also be launched in India later this month. The upcoming iQoo flagship has already been confirmed to employ a quad rear camera setup with a 48 megapixel main camera and liquid cooling technology, and has been spotted on TENAA and Geekbench database as well.The official iQoo Weibo handle shared via a post that the iQoo 3 will be launched on February 25 and that the event will start at 2:30pm CST. We don''t know yet if the event will be live streamed, but in case it does, it will start at 12pm (IST) in India. Aside from the launch date, the Vivo subsidiary has not provided any other new details regarding its upcoming flagship phone.
The Flagship Next Door allows the brand to reinvent the old Niketown space and experiment with a revolving roster of installations and partnerships, such as the current one with Flowerbx in a reimagined Tiffany Blue accented subway car. As retail embraces and incorporates experiential marketing, the iconic luxury retailer has designed the floor to ceiling activation around a men;s collection space, the love and engagement floor, and its high atrium.The installations will also help the company discover what kind of retail experience appeals most to the Tiffany customer.
The flagship of the French Navy, aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, escorted by six accompanying vessels and carrying a number of Rafale fighter jets, military helicopters and drones, sailed to block number eight in Cyprus; Exclusive Economic Zone.Block 8 has come under the spotlight in the last two weeks since it is the area where Turkey ''s state owned "Yavuz " drillship is blatantly violating Cyprus ' continental shelf, drilling in search for natural gas resources.
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Rumors of a flagship Motorola phone are gathering pace ndash; and a newly leaked picture potentially showing off the handset suggests that the flagship is going to come with its own integrated stylus.