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Amazon’s FRESH is the first brick-and-mortar grocery store that Amazon recently opened in Woodland Hills, California. With this supermarket, Amazon aims to combine various elements. These include micro-fulfillment, contactless features, a curated assortment of premium, and conventional products. Highly personalized service into one single store will also be a priority.
All in all, Amazon has set out to create the ultimate advanced and tech-savvy supermarket.
Innovative Features of Amazon’s FRESH
With Fresh, Amazon combines 365 products from the popular Whole Foods Market’s private label and local favorites with mainstream grocery items like Coca-cola and Kraft Mac and Cheese. The store is furnished with technology through and through. This includes Alexa’s informative search and dash Cart checkout-free system. Technology like this will allow shoppers to easily find the locations of any product they wish to find. This technology is making things easier, but also at the same time replacing human intervention and thereby eliminating human jobs.
Sylvain Perrier, president, and CEO of Mercatus Technologies Inc commented on Amazon’s first store. He said, “Amazon is starting to realize that in the world of food, it’s not all about to buy online/deliver to the home. There are elements where it’s strategically advantageous to have a grocery store fulfill for groceries, do curbside pickup, and leverage portions of your store’s inventory to micro fulfillment centers to reduce your cost of the last mile.”
The concept of a physical store is also allowing the logistics giant to create a physical brand presence experience for its consumers. This store has multifunctional aspects. Amazon Fresh is where the consumer can go to buy groceries, pick up Amazon packages, and find help with information on any Amazon device. Hence Amazon Fresh will be much more than a traditional grocery store.
Tough Competiton in This Field
It can be obviously concluded that with the kind of technology and experience that Amazon has in the online grocery sector, this new store will be an intimidating competitor for all pre-existing grocery stores in Hills, California. Other than this Amazon’s focus on affordability will allow it to go head to head with traditional grocers—another competitive advantage.
Amazon has another added edge over their competition because of their consistently low prices, convenience, and a great selection of products.
This new store by Amazon may very well be the prototype for the grocery stores of the future. To keep up with this challenge existing grocers will need to exceptionally update and improve their services. It won’t be long until Amazon’s will start setting up more stores worldwide. This is yet another example of Amazon’s restless jest for innovation and growth.
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Missing young men found dead in their car
Police found on Monday noon the car of the two missing young men during the investigations carried out at Messolonghi, Etoloakarnania and the wider area.
The car was found in an irrigation canal at Acheloos river, next to the road and just a few meters away the village of Katoxi on the way to Lesini village where security cameras had recorded them.
The bodies of both men were found inside the car and police try to recover the bodies fo the two young men from the car.
The two friends, Giannis, 40, and Vassilis, 35, had been missing from New Year’s day, when they went out to entertain after the arrival of the New Year at the village of Pentalofo, but they did not return home.
The last time they were seen was at 5:00 am on New Year’s day at Lesini village when a security camera recorded their car.
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We expect airbags to provide an additional layer of safety when auto collisions occur. But that is not always the case. If faulty airbag design led to significant injuries or death for you or a loved one, a local personal injury attorney may be able to help.
Takata Airbag Problems
Many recall the news stories discussing the Takata airbag problems. Ammonium nitrate-based propellants have been used in many Takata airbags. When exposed to intense heat or associated moisture, this propellant may become unstable, particularly if the airbags have aged. This, in turn, can lead to a rupture in the propellant container during even a minor collision. The ultimate result could be bits of shrapnel being thrust into the vehicle’s cabin, with a potential for serious harm to people there.
A History of Tragedy
A number of serious incidents involving these airbags have occurred in recent years. Just a few stories include:
- One teen driver who was involved in a rear-end crash had her carotid artery slashed by a piece of shrapnel that was ejected from the airbag of her Honda Civic, causing her untimely death; and
- When a driver-side airbag inflator was burst during a collision, he was killed.
Airbag disasters have alarmed safety advocates so much that the NHTSA initiated what they called the “largest and most complex safety recall in U.S. history.” 70 million vehicles from 2001-2015 have now been subject to airbag recalls. The recall impacts dozens of manufacturers and models, from Honda and Saturn to Lexus and Mercedes-Benz. At highest jeopardy are Acuras and Hondas manufactured between 2001-2003, as they have a 50 percent risk of experiencing breaches to airbag inflators. Unfortunately, many drivers are completely unaware that they are driving vehicles with dangerous airbags, and they are at serious risk of harm in the event of a collision that leads to deployment of these devices. As a matter of fact, some regulators fear that as many as 85 million of these malfunctioning airbags are in vehicles out on the road, completely unbeknownst by their owners.
Obtaining Safer Airbags
Some consumers who are aware of the issue have taken the steps to replace the faulty airbags in their vehicles, only to discover that it can take months to receive the replacement airbags and have them installed. Because the recall was so huge, manufacturers have had difficulties responding to the demand for replacement bags. Despite other airbag manufacturers taking advantage of the mandate for safer bags by upping production, many customers sill find themselves in an uncomfortable waiting period.
If you or a family member has suffered the consequences of a faulty airbag, whether manufactured by Takata or another company, you may be entitled to damages to assist with injuries incurred as a result of airbag deficiencies. Contact the experienced team at Dan Pruitt Injury Law Firm in Greenville for a free consultation today.


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Two days after Input reported that there were hundreds of unofficial — often disturbing — knock-off Disney and Nickelodeon gaming apps aimed at children in Apple’s App Store, the company has begun removing the apps from the store. Some of the games found had been available for longer than a year.
It remains unclear — partially due to the way App Store guidelines are written — on exactly how many fronts the apps in question violated Apple’s policies, though many of the titles at least infringed on the IP of the characters they portrayed.
It’s also unclear if the apps were removed because Disney and other companies filed complaints, or if Apple removed them on its own. As of this afternoon, it seems nearly all of the apps mentioned by name in the initial report were no longer available in the App Store.
The larger question remains how these IP-infringing apps made their way to the App Store in the first place. Given that much of the content was inappropriate for the ages it was targeted at, using clearly named Disney and Nickelodeon characters, it seems likely it would have been caught during Apple's rigorous review process, which the company says is carried out by humans for every app. Some have even called that process too heavy-handed, which makes the existence of children's apps of this nature all the more puzzling.
We have reached out to Apple for comment, and will update this story as more information becomes available.


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Price cuts boost secondary salesProperty | Kevin Xu 17 Oct 2019
Secondary transactions in 20 major housing estates increased 62.69 percent month-on-month to 218 in September, as vendors become more willing to cut prices amid uncertainty.
Some home owners are now taking a bearish view of the market and are willing to accept more wiggle room in price negotiations amid the wait-and-see sentiment in the secondary market, the ongoing Sino-US trade war and the recent social unrest, said Midland chief executive Sammy Po Siu-ming.
Po also said potential purchasing power remains strong, boosting transactions in major housing estates. He expects property prices to fall by a further 3 to 5 percent in the fourth quarter, with small and medium flats seeing bigger price drops.
More than half of the 20 major housing estates saw the average per-square-foot price of secondary deals in September fall by between 1 to 18 percent. Among them, six major housing estates recorded more secondary transactions and lower per-square-foot prices.
Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai recorded 46 secondary transactions in September, up 188 percent month-on-month. The average per-square-foot price of the transactions fell 1.1 percent month-on-month to HK$10,861.
Liberte in Cheung Sha Wan saw secondary transactions increase 1.5 times month-on-month to five in September. The average per-square-foot price of the transactions fell 18 percent month-on-month to HK$16,085.
There were 40 secondary sales at City One Shatin in September, up 111 percent from August. The average per-square-foot price of the transactions fell 4.8 percent month-on-month to HK$17,573 in September.
However, the average per-square-foot price of secondary deals at five major housing estates in September still increased by between 0.1 and 9.2 percent month-on-month.
The number of secondary sales at Taikoo Shing in Quarry Bay doubled to 15 in September, and the average per square foot price inched up 0.1 percent month-on-month to HK$19,990 in September.
Kornhill in Quarry Bay saw secondary transactions fall to four in September from five in August. The average per-square-foot price of the transactions increased 6.8 percent month-on-month to HK$15,861 in September.
Metro City in Tseung Kwan O recorded five secondary transactions in September, down by 38 percent from August. The average per- square-foot price increased 9.2 percent month-on-month to HK$16,432 in September.
The average per-square-foot price of three secondary deals recorded at Telford Gardens in Kowloon Bay increased 6.5 percent month-on-month to HK$14,321. There were also three secondary transactions in August for an average of HK$13,451 per sq ft.
Over the weekend, Centaline Property Agency reported six secondary transactions in 10 major housing estates, up 20 percent week-on-week, after China and the United States reached a partial trade deal.
Ricacorp chief executive Willy Liu Wai-keung said the progress made in the trade talks could help market sentiment. He also expects a rally in secondary sales after the current social unrest ends.


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By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Dusseldorf, Germany--Alberto Shaio, chief executive officer of Farrel Corp expects to sign a joint venture with a Chinese machinery maker in the next few days.
Speaking at the K show, Shaio told ERJ that his company expects to sign the deal in early November. The Chinese company will assemble kits of parts shipped to them by Farrel. Some of those parts will come from Farrel's US facilities, but most will come directly from Farrel's out-sourcing partners, many of whom are in the Asia-Pacific region, said Shaio.
Shaio said, "the first set of equipment will be shipped before the end of 2004 and the first completed machines will be delivered early in 2005." He added that he was not prepared to name the company until the deal is finalised, but " the company I am talking about is one of the better-known companies in the tyre business, but they are not in the mixer business. They sell products and services to the tyre business, on the machinery side; not materials."
Shaio continued, "we are going to contribute equally to the joint venture. We are important to them, for the name and reputation; they are important to us for their knowledge of the Chinese market and the customers and culture.
Shaio said, "we believe we have a better than 50 percent market share of the mixers in China. The trouble is that we are not making much money there, so we have to find a way to produce these machines for a lower cost. We can do that with locally-made components, but we can reduce the costs [still further] if we eliminate shipping and we use local labour to assemble the machines." He concluded, "they will assemble our equipment for us in China for Chinese customers."
Shaio said Farrel has been outsourcing components to manufacturers in the Asia-Pacific region for 14 years, and now has over 1500 parts made in the region, "so we know what we are doing and we know what to look for in a partner."
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'Ghost guns' a growing issue in Florida
Technology is making it much easier to build your own guns. They call them "ghost guns" because they don't have a serial number and don't require a background check.
Technology is making it much easier to build your own guns.
They called them "ghost guns" because they don't have a serial number and don't require a background check.
At its root, it's one of the toughest loopholes to enforce for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. An AR-15 rifle can be made piece by piece and it's virtually untraceable.
Aaron Forum is just months from opening up Shoot Center, a gun shop in Cape Coral. He's a veteran and gun enthusiast who puts his own guns together for sport.
"I thought it would be interesting to actually observe the process," he said.
It all starts with an 80 percent receiver that holds 80 percent of the gun together.
"The process is not quick and easy; it's certainly much more expensive than buying a complete firearm," Forum said.
What it lacks in affordability it more than makes up for in being discreet.
"I think it's just a gray area that isn't being addressed," said Travis Brunson, owner of Guns on 41.
"I don't think it's necessarily about nontraceability. It's more I don't want anyone to know what I own and that includes the federal and state governments," Brunson said.
But, when a "homemade firearm is found at a crime scene, it means investigators are virtually left with a dead end," said Mary Harmon Salter with the ATF.
That forces investigators to search piece by piece in hopes of tracking down the owner.
"It starts with a manufacturer and goes through the entire chain of distribution," Salter said.
Forum understands the risk is there but until things change, this is a trend that won't go away soon.
"The majority of the people who buy this stuff have a diehard interest in firearms and they're really doing it more as a hobby," Forum said.
ATF officials said they classify these weapons as homemade firearms. They said the availability of 3D printing has made things even harder to trace, because these receivers can be made at home.


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Tech news has dominated Dezeen this week, as Google unveiled its Android Wear operating system for smartwatches and Imogen Heap launched a campaign to produce her gloves that manipulate sound. Read on for more architecture and design news from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project featured track.
This mix by techno producer Max Cooper was recorded binaurally, which creates the sensation of being surrounded by music from multiple different directions when listened to through headphones.
Patrik Schumacher took to Facebook to air his views about political correctness in architecture - and Dezeen columnist Mimi Zeiger responded in her latest Opinion piece - while Apple's Jonathan Ive gave a rare interview about the company.
OMA released plans for a skyscraper in San Francisco and construction started on what will be New Jersey's tallest building.
A range of domed currency was debuted by the United States Mint and across the Atlantic the UK's Royal Mint revealed a 12-sided £1 coin.
The most popular stories this week included a secluded wooden cabin on a Norwegian island and a Strasbourg hotel where a spiral of wooden strips surrounds a staircase.


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Monday, 17 July, 2023
China Implements Stricter Regulations on Generative AI, Impacting Alibaba and Baidu
China has introduced more stringent regulations on generative artificial intelligence (AI), affecting tech giants Alibaba and Baidu. The regulations require companies to obtain government approval before releasing AI technologies that can produce realistic human-like content. This move aims to address concerns about the potential misuse of AI and its impact on society. The stricter regulations demonstrate China's commitment to ensuring responsible AI development and usage.


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What is inflation?
The inflation rate is the rate at which a price is rising, usually on a year-over-year basis. High inflation rates reflect shortages of supply relative to quantity demand. Thus, rising rates indicate higher demand or lower supply. While rising rates often suggest positive economic growth, experts view a substantially high inflation rate as negative because it could lead to hyperinflation (very high, seemingly unstoppable inflation) or a sharp economic slowdown.
India’s food inflation rate lowers disposable income
While India’s wholesale price index fell to 4.7% this May compared to last May, its consumer price index continued to grow at a high rate of 9.31%, driven by poor food and supply chain management and higher demand rather than supply issues. This is troublesome for the developing country, which relies heavily on private consumption, as the fall lowers disposable income. This is especially dangerous since food makes up about 50% of India’s household expenditure, according to Moody’s, which recently gave a negative view on the country’s debt rating.
Increasing food supply could lower inflation. This result could be achieved through increased use of potash, a fertilizer that’s been under-applied lately due to favorable government policies toward nitrogenous fertilizers. Yet, given the weak currency and the recent announcement of a subsidy cut for potash, a dramatic rise in potash demand and food supply is unlikely. As long as food inflation remains high, India will continue to face a weak economy.
High inflation could further weaken the rupee
Persistently high inflation will harm India’s fiscal deficit and the country’s economy, potentially weakening the rupee even further. This risk is especially strong if India doesn’t fix its food infrastructure. A weaker rupee will make potash much more expensive for farmers, which will have a negative consequence on food supply. Although India will inevitably postpone potash application indefinitely, risk remains in the meantime. While increased imports from China may lift companies such as Potash Corp. (POT), Agrium Inc. (AGU), and Mosaic Co. (MOS), sustained low demand from India will negatively affect the upside. This low demand would also affect the VanEck Vectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO), and the SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF (GNR).


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Lenovo is preparing to launch its second gaming phone called “The” Lenovo Legion 2 Pro. Despite being Lenovo’s second gaming phone, despite having been in the gaming space for some time with its laptops and other devices, the new Legion phone has some unique features like a built-in fan that according to a report by Slashgear is visible from the outside.
The report is based on some pictures of the phone shared with AnTuTu. It can be seen from the pictures that the fan could be in the outer case of the device, not the back cover of the phone but actually on top of it. That means it would also create the space it uses as a vent to rinse off the heat.
The back of the smartphone also has an unusual design that makes it look like a combination of three separate units. In addition, the cameras have been pushed into the middle part on the back, from which it can easily be concluded that the device is intended for handheld landscape games.
The phone will hit the market on April 8th. The device’s confirmed specs include a large 6.92-inch display with a refresh rate of 144 Hz and a touch sampling rate of 720 Hz, Snapdragon 888, and a 5500 mAH battery with support for 90 Hz fast charge. All of the confirmed specs are huge in every way, and based on those specs, it looks like that Lenovo Legion 2 Pro could be a worthy competitor to the Asus ROG Phone 5.


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Sun Profit Jumps 57% on Healthy Sales Show
Sun Pharmaceutical, which is in the process of acquiring rival drug maker Ranbaxy, posted a better-than-expected 57% jump in its Q4 net profit, as sales continued to grow at a healthy pace in the key US market and at home in India. The company reported a net profit of .` 1,587 crore for the January-March period, compared with .` 1,012 crore a year earlier and average analyst estimate of .` 1,418 crore. Consolidated net sales rose 32% to .` 4,044 crore. The company forecasts its revenue to grow 13-15% in the current fiscal that began on April 1. Its research and development (R&D) spending would be 6-8% of the revenue, and capital expenditure .` 900 crore during the year when it targets as many as 25 new drug filings, Sun Pharma said. The guidance doesn’t take into account the impact of Ranbaxy acquisition. The projected growth is far slower than in fiscal 2014, when consolidated net sales rose as much as 42% to .` 16,004 crore. A news release from the company cited a high base because of this year’s strong performance and “risks associated with increase in competition” for the conservative projection, but didn’t provide further explanations. In March, Sun Pharma announced the acquisition of Ranbaxy for $3.2 billion in stock, a deal that when completed would make it the fifth largest generic drug maker in the world. The acquisition hasn’t yet received approval from regulatory agencies. “This highly complementary combination will lead to significant value creation opportunities and wealth for shareholders, driven by the strong positioning that the merged entity will enjoy in the US, India and emerging markets,” the news release said. MD Dilip Shanghvi said the company continues to look at opportunities to grow, indicating that it may still be looking out for acquisitions. The combined entity’s revenue is estimated at $4.2 billion for calendar year 2013 and earnings before interest tax and depreciation $1.2 billion. Sun Pharma expects the merged entity to be able to generate synergy benefits of about $250 million by the third year post closure of the deal. “These would be driven mainly by a combination of revenue, procurement and supply-chain synergies” it said. Referring to financial performance, Shanghvi said it reflected “the focus on execution of our strategy” and that it is “developing a differentiated and specialty business and continue to evaluate opportunities to enhance our global presence.” The US business, which contributes more than half of the company’s overall revenue, grew 22% to $403 million (.`2,486 crore) in Q4. In India, sales rose 21% to .` 947 crore.
The company forecasts its revenue to grow 13-15% in the current fiscal that began on April 1


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A group of U.S. businesses has announced a goal of creating 100,000 call center jobs in the country over the next two years, using broadband as the supporting infrastructure.
Clearwire plans to deploy an LTE network in addition to its existing WiMax system but estimates it will need to raise about US$600 million to do so.
WiMax mobile operator Clearwire plans to add equipment to its network that can use LTE-Advanced, the next generation of LTE technology, the company announced Wednesday.
Sprint Nextel is a wholesale customer of Clearwire's WiMax service but will itself become a wholesale provider of the service to other carriers.
Sprint Nextel's deal with LightSquared to build and run its LTE network for more than US$13 billion in cash and credits all comes down to money.
A senior U.S. senator has urged two federal agencies to reject AT&T's proposed US$39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA.
The U.S. government will push its electronics suppliers to provide energy-efficient and easily recycled products under a new policy released Wednesday.
Sprint Nextel has given up its majority voting power at Clearwire to defuse investors' concerns about the danger to Sprint if Clearwire defaulted on its debt.
AT&T will be able to significantly improve its mobile network capacity and give better service to its customers because of its proposed acquisition of rival T-Mobile USA, company officials said Thursday.
Sprint has launched its long-rumored Photon 4G, its first Motorola Android phone running the Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core ARM processor.
Sprint Nextel, joined by an army of thousands of consumers, have filed requests for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to block AT&T's proposed acquisition of rival mobile carrier T-Mobile USA.
Cox Communications is backing down from its ambitious plan to build its own 3G cellular network, saying on Tuesday that it will decommission its infrastructure and use Sprint Nextel's network to provide its subscribers with a branded mobile service.
The U.S. government and the country's top mobile phone service providers on Tuesday launched a public safety program that will allow people to receive emergency alerts via text message.
WiMax service provider Clearwire posted record subscriber growth of 1.8 million in the first quarter and said it no longer plans to sell radio spectrum this year to raise money. Nevertheless, it reported another substantial quarterly loss.
Sprint Nextel has vowed to fight AT&T's proposed US$39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, calling the deal a bid to create a new telecommunications duopoly.
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Tourists buy handbags at a duty-free shop in Haikou, Hainan province. (Photo: China News Service)
Province increases duty-free shopping quota, adds more product categories
Hainan will substantially increase the annual offshore duty-free shopping quota for visitors from Wednesday as part of the efforts to boost development of Hainan Free Trade Port, officials said on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs and the State Taxation Administration said in a statement on Monday that individuals will be allowed to make duty-free purchases of 100,000 yuan ($14,130) every year, compared with 30,000 yuan now.
The categories of duty-free goods will also be expanded from the current 38 varieties to 45, with some electronic products such as smartphones, laptops, game players and wine products being added to the duty-free list.
The duty-free shopping policy was introduced in 2011 to help Hainan develop as a world-class international tourism destination and the shopping quota has been upgraded since then gradually. Offshore duty-free shopping volume stood at 53.8 billion yuan and the number of buyers amounted to 16.31 million by the end of 2019, according to data from the local Customs authorities.
"The move shows that the central authorities are not only using policy tools to meet tourists' spending desire and further stimulate their purchasing power in Hainan, but also injecting fresh momentum to the province's service sector, including airlines, cruises, conferences and exhibitions, catering and hospitality businesses to drive cross-industry collaborative development," said Liang Ming, a researcher with the Beijing-based Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.
He said this is part of the country's efforts to put in place economic and trade rules that match global standards. This has sent an important signal that China is fully capable of adopting proactive policies and promoting vigorous institutional innovation while mitigating the impact caused by the COVID-19 epidemic.
In addition to helping Hainan attract more tourists from other provinces during the post-COVID-19 era, he said the increased offshore duty-free shopping quota will attract tourists from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Russia and other parts of the world.
"The expanded quota policy, especially the lifting of the 8,000-yuan limit on a single duty-free product, will unlock the consumption power of high-end Chinese consumers, attract Chinese residents who will otherwise go shopping overseas to buy international brands, to Hainan island," said Xie Xiangxiang, an associate professor of tourism at Hainan University.
He said duty-free shopping is expected to become the new blockbuster "growth point" for Hainan's tourism industry.
Four duty-free shops are currently in operation in Hainan, with two in Haikou, the provincial capital, one in Boao of Qionghai on the eastern coast of the island and one in Sanya, a coastal resort city at the southern tip of Hainan island.
A new duty-free shopping city is under construction on the western coast in Haikou. Spread over 926,000 square meters and entailing an investment of 12.86 billion yuan, it will be a new shopping paradise when completed in 2023, according to the city government.
Luo Zilian, head of the General Administration of Customs' Sanya branch, said Hainan has benefited from its visa-free access for 59 nations by tapping into the local tourism boom and the Hainan Free Trade Port's greater connectivity. Customs authorities will continue to upgrade supervision over e-commerce activities to help consumers purchase more duty-free products.
The Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday that companies registered in the Hainan Free Trade Port and operating businesses in areas encouraged by the government can enjoy lower corporate income tax rate of 15 percent, which is lower than the general level of 25 percent for most companies in the country.
For foreign companies' income earned through their newly increased direct investment in tourism, modern services and high-tech industries in the port, the corporate income tax will be exempt, according to the ministry.
The Ministry of Finance and the country's tax authorities also clarified that income-tax exemptions would be given to high-end and most-needed talents. All the favorable tax policies are effective until 2024 and seek to support the development of the Hainan Free Trade Port, said a statement on the finance ministry's website.


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Shop online at BringPetsHome.org and help homeless pets. This new site has a mission to raise money for animal shelters through shopping!
The site serves as an online portal where visitors can access more than 150 major online retailers, like Amazon, Sephora, Wal-Mart, ITunes, and many more. To raise money, online shoppers register at with the site and select an animal shelter of their choice to support. Then they may click-through to the merchant of choice. Each retailer specifies a percent commission and donates that percentage to Bring Pets Home.
In addition, BringPetsHome.org provides visitors with valuable pet care information, interaction with fellow pet lovers. It is a great way to network and get together with friends to share stories, advice, and pictures.
According to the ASPCA, Every year six to eight million animals enter U.S. shelters. One million additional dogs and cats are in danger of losing their homes in 2009. All dogs and cats need food, shelter, and medical care.
“Bring Pets Home is a great way for pet lovers to raise money to help homeless animals without ever leaving home-and at no cost to them,” says Linda Block, marketing director for HomeAgain Pet Recovery Service and Bring Pets Home. “Anyone can help by simply remembering to visit BringPetsHome.org to click-through to a favorite online merchant whenever shopping online.”


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The new Digital Relationships Business has actually viewed its fair share away from companies appear and disappear over the years, and pair had been able to give the usual suspects, instance eHarmony, Match and OkCupid, a run for their particular monies. However, because exploding on the scene in Oct away from just last year, Tinder has been to make a play being the next digital relationships large from the focusing on an area where couples (or no) of the predecessors keeps excelled: Their cellular telephone.
Red hot Relationship Application Tinder Theoretically Comes Into Android os, Starts Linking With Huge Media
Attracting on the same addictive formula trailing Sizzling hot or not, Tinder lets those in lookup regarding a date (or a tiny informal teasing) so you’re able to swipe through Fb-pushed profiles of possible suits, acknowledging or rejecting according to appearance. Sure, it’s a little while low, but its online game-ified approach to flirting is even more than a small addicting and also removed from one of the SnapChat age group, beginning with school campuses.
In reality, as the opening inside the October, Tinder has actually give such wildfire – a fact that, even as we said in may, has experienced buyers and you may possible acquirers drooling. Now, Tinder co-inventor and Chief executive officer Sean Rad confides in us, pages have ranked more than 7 mil profiles, plus the app features served more than 100 mil fits in most (in fact it is currently including step 1.5 mil matches/day and you may growing, according to him.)
Yet, to possess a cellular-first startup, Tinder might have been destroyed a giant bit of the new smartphone mystery: Up to now, the app has only come on the newest iphone. Beginning now, not, on the coming of Tinder for Android os, the favorite cellular relationships software is going multi-system, opening its doors to pages of the mobile operating system one to today has over seventy percent out-of portable marketshare.
Leading the way-as much as the fresh app’s coming on google Play, the fresh new Tinder creators chose to grab a relatively uncommon way of drumming right up desire for the the software – an alternate testament so you’re able to just how preferred this new app was.
Unlike only establishing the fresh app into the software store because the is commonly the truth, few weeks back, the organization composed a splash page with the this new software, proclaiming that they will simply generate Tinder to have Android readily available immediately after that they had received one million demands (thru social networking). It have not somewhat managed to make it to 1 billion requests, Rad states, however with more than 800K already logged, the newest founders made a decision to remove the new produce anyway.
With its vent siyah seksi kadД±n regarding apple’s ios to Android, admirers of your mobile matchmaking network might possibly be pleased to discover that there have not been many change on overall user experience, apart from particular requisite optimizations for its the latest systems. It’s still a comparable model: Once a person cues inside the, these are typically revealed snapshots regarding regional men and women based on place and you can common passion. They can “like” otherwise citation each meets as it looks and will want to cam or meet up as long as both pages inform you attention (i.age. “like” one another).
It’s this simple model, hence encourages people to create breeze judgements of each and every almost every other depending towards the several photos and some very first reputation information on mutual tastes, passion and you will members of the family, which have added Tinder pages and also make more than eight mil profile recommendations. For those selecting a lot of time-label, major romance, new eHarmony and OKCupid approach sometimes convey more interest, but also for younger users shopping for an easy means to fix meet anybody and you may a laid-back treatment for flirt, Tinder keeps (up until now) become taking the pie.
As we composed earlier this june, predicated on its surging prominence one of young adults, hearsay is distributing to own weeks your company could have been in the process of raising a huge bullet of exterior capital or are busy searching for a huge-figure exit. Today, both of these are nevertheless untrue and you will, once the startup remains not revealing simply how much money they features in coffers, IAC is (and you may remains) the top investor and stakeholder.


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One of India’s leading food delivery startup Swiggy has good news for us. Swiggy recently launched “Swiggy Daily”, an app which will organize the daily tiffin service in India. They will deliver homestyle meals made by home chefs.
Various tiffin services, home chefs and organized vendors will be accessed through this app. It is a subscription-based app, lets you pick a monthly subscription or a trial 3-7 said subscription. Swiggy Daily gives an option to pause, skip, cancel or change a meal once you’ve already subscribed. Swiggy mentioned that the app will list over 30 options per meal. It will have options both for vegetarians and non-vegetarians. The menu will cover a wide range of cuisines from Gujarati, Rajasthani, Punjabi, and even snacks, beverages, and cut fruits.
Swiggy CEO said that “There is a growing demand for quality and affordable everyday meals. With a mix of organized vendors and home chefs, Swiggy Daily will cater to this latent demand for home-style meals that are an affordable, long-term solution for our daily food needs.”
“The daily meal subscription market in India is highly unorganized with multiple tiffin services and home chefs operating independently with the help of local chat groups and word of mouth. Daily is the first home-style hyperlocal food subscription service in the country that will offer a world-class platform to these food service providers and help solve the key issues of discovery, flexibility and taste fatigue,” said Alok Jain, an entrepreneur residence at Swiggy.
Presenting Swiggy Daily. Get simple, homestyle meals made by home chefs. Subscribe to a flexible plan or pre-order single meals. pic.twitter.com/pLo5oC1me6
— Swiggy Daily (@SwiggyDaily) May 15, 2019
The platform will include meal options from vendors like Homely, Lunchly, Fig, iDabba, and Caloriesmart. Tiffin services like Dial a Meal and Dailymeals.in the specializes in food fit for daily consumption and expert home chefs like Sumita’s Food Planet, Mrs. Ahmed’s Kitchen and Shachi Jain.
The service is currently available in Gurgaon and is all set to expand soon in cities like Mumbai and Bengaluru.
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The Amazon Tablet is one of the most talked about devices this month, and we have reported on the release on Kitguru in the last couple of weeks. TechCrunch have been playing with the product already and have some information posted on their site.
The new tablet will be called the ‘Kindle Fire' and it will be showcased tomorrow at an event held by the Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. It features a 7 inch screen which is identical in size to the unsuccessful BlackBerry Playbook.
Amazon will be using a customised version of Android 2.1 and the device will focus around the excellent Amazon App Store. Amazon have apparently been working hard with partners to ensure that a lot of media will be available, such as media streaming.
Pricing should be around the $250 mark, and we hear rumours that customers can spend a little extra to get an Amazon Prime membership with the deal. Shipping is said to be mid November, although this can change.
Kitguru says: A capable opponent to the Apple iPad? It will be much cheaper and will have the full backing of the excellent Amazon App Store. Already a good start.


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Since its debut in 2015, the Mazda MX-5 has received various awards proving that it is the best car in the world. The Japanese brand, however, is still looking to upgrade its iconic roadster with a few more tricks.
According to a report by the Japanese website Car Watch, the 2019 MX-5 will receive a power boost. Yup, its 2.0L SkyActiv G engine will get 181 hp and 205 Nm of torque. That’s 26 horses and 5 Nm of torque more than the current model. This power plant update will also see the redline at 7,500 rpm compared to the previous 6,800 rpm.
In addition, the engineers at Mazda reduced noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) levels in the cabin by using a two-part flywheel. Speaking of sound, the muffler’s silencer has been improved to cut high frequency noise so expect a deeper exhaust note.
While most of the improvements are made under the hood, the upcoming MX-5 will get a few technological updates as well but only the automatic emergency braking feature was disclosed.
Apart from that, the 2019 Mazda MX-5 will come with a feature that’s been highly anticipated by bigger people who want to drive this pocket rocket – a telescoping steering wheel. Finally, future owners of this roadster will be able to adjust the steering wheel, allowing them to have easier access in and out of the MX-5, as well as get into a comfortable driving position.
The report, on the other hand, didn’t say much about its exterior. In fact, it only mentioned that the interior will have a new Bright Sports Tan color trim while the exterior will get a "Caramel Top." Maybe the engineers didn’t want to change its already beautiful design. After all, if it’s not broken, why fix it?
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Andrea Baxter, Browns Restaurant Group | BCBusinessAndrea Baxter, new director of marketing at Browns Restaurant Group
Browns Restaurant Group has appointed Jason Labahn as its new executive chef and Andrea Baxter as director of marketing as the restaurant chain charts substantial growth in the coming years.
Browns is slated to open another 20 to 25 locations next year, says Baxter. The company plans to have a total of 50 locations established across Western Canada by the end of 2014. So far, five Socialhouses have opened across three provinces this year, including the first Alberta outpost in Red Deer, which opened earlier this week.
Baxter, famed co-founder of women’s money-mentoring brand Smart Cookies, has also worked for brands such as 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, Blast Radius and Vision Critical. She also opened her own consultant firm, Bratface Marketing, in 2009. Baxter will take on the role of “chief storyteller” and has goals to tell the Browns story across all digital platforms, help award franchisees and create a strong culture within the restaurant.
“Having been involved with 1-800-JUNK in the past when we were still in the very early, hyper-growth period of that business excited me about Browns because we are experiencing massive growth over the next 12 to 18 months and I wanted to be a part of that,” she says.
Labahn mastered his culinary skills at high-end resorts and hotels in Las Vegas and left his role as executive chef at Black and Blue Restaurant and The Roof at Black and Blue to join the Browns team. He will also play a key role in Browns’ new culinary test kitchen, set to open alongside a new flagship Socialhouse in Langley in early 2014. Labahn says that he joined the team in part because of the opportunity to be creative and work on the development and resourcing side of the restaurant business.
“We will have the resources and time available to put thought behind every dish that goes on to the menus,” he says.
The test kitchen will be available to Labahn 24/7 to work on menu development. His main goal is to create food that is “craveable,” “memorable” and “approachable.” Expect to see staple Browns dishes stay on the menu along with a few new items and an expanded brunch. Whatever the menu may be, Labahn is determined to differentiate it from other restaurants.
“Anybody can open a hundred restaurants and just do boil-a-bag food and a box of frozen spring rolls,” says Labahn. “Something that is going to separate us from the other large-scale brands is it that we are going to stay true to cooking all the time.”
The test kitchen also has a focus on training, which is going high tech with the help of state-of-the-art audio and visual capabilities. This will allow Browns to communicate new menu items and preparation techniques with multiple locations via the web and will help ensure consistency.
“People learn better visually rather than reading manuals so it’s definitely a leap in that digital direction that we want to take,” says Baxter.
In the future, online cooking tutorials and videos introducing new menus may also be filmed in the test kitchen, says Baxter and Labahn. Focusing on the digital aspect of marketing, Baxter says that she will be enhancing the current website and making sure that it does the best job of representing the brand.
Both Baxter and Labahn speak very highly of president and CEO Scott Morison, who started the premium casual dining chain in 2004. Browns Restaurant Group also franchises under the name Scotty Browns in the U.S. Up next, the company is hiring a director of restaurant design and plans to break ground in the Ontario market within three years.
Introducing Browns Restaurant Group Executive Chef: Jason Labahn from Noravera on Vimeo.


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Can Best Buy Hire its Way out of this Mess?
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Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is having an easier time attracting talent to its boardroom than bringing customers to its stores.
The company -- which has seen comparable sales fall in nine of the last 10 quarters -- was able to bring another star executive onto its already impressive tech team last week. Best Buy hired Scott Durchslag, who had been president at the uber-successful online travel company, Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE).
The talent boost follows the electronics retailer's March coup, when it grabbed Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) executive Stephen Gillett. Gillett, the CIO rock star behind many of the coffee giant's most successful digital strategies, now leads Best Buy's global digital strategies group and will be Durchslag's new boss. So Best Buy has built a strong digital team, but is it enough to turn the business around?
The task ahead for these new hires is no small one. Best Buy faces a host of problems, but there are three key ones that have sent the business reeling lately.
First, consumers are cutting spending on many of BBY's high-margin products like TVs and digital cameras. Second, electronics manufacturers are stretching the time between new product launches. All of the tech world's innovation is pouring into tablets and smartphones at the expense of more profitable retail products like gaming systems. And finally, Best Buy's oppressive cost structure -- 60 million square feet of retail space -- is putting the company at a huge pricing disadvantage relative to online retailers like Amazon.
All of that has added up to falling revenue and spiking expenses, eroding Best Buy's profitability over the past few years.
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But the all-star digital team sees a way to reverse those awful trends. They first plan to neutralize the "showrooming" effect that's seeing customers shop at Best Buy while making purchases online. The fix for that is pricing products much more competitively. In his interview with the WSJ, Durchslag said that they next plan to revamp the company's website to "fix online fundamentals, such as making sure the site has high performance and that key shopping pages are streamlined."
After that, its all about rolling out more innovation at the store level, installing the type of digital strategies -- like wifi and mobile payments -- that enhanced the Starbucks store experience. Best Buy's huge retail footprint isn't just a cost drawback, after all. It means immediate in-store pickup options for products that customers order from bestbuy.com. That could be a strong differentiator against Amazon and its shipping lag. As Durchslag put it, the company that just hired him "is uniquely positioned to deliver an innovative digital experience that provides the 'best buy' for consumers in price, convenience and services, using both clicks and bricks."
But the trouble with the plan, as I see it, is that it's more or less exactly the value proposition that Blockbuster was preaching while in the last throes of its business. And we all know how well that worked out. Like Best Buy, Blockbuster was better positioned to deliver its product to customers directly from store locations around the country. And it boasted about the advantage that physical presence gave the company over Netflix and its two-day delivery wait. The trouble was that customers never valued in-store pickup more highly than a short wait for home delivery. If anything, they preferred the home delivery option.
Best Buy is being disrupted in the same way by the online merchant business. My view is that the company's problem is more fundamental than these new hires suggest. Industry trends are moving away from the type of consumer electronics that was the company's bread-and-butter. And most importantly, customers just aren't valuing the "experience" of purchasing electronics in person. Better digital strategies will make a difference, but even the most brilliant tech team can't change that.
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Next week on 29th September, the Generation IV Ice/Ground-Type pocket monster, Mamoswine, will be joining the battle. Ahead of its release, the official game account shared the following clip showcasing its moveset:
In the latest patch notes from earlier this week, it was revealed that the mobile version of the game had over five million pre-registrations. In addition to this, there have been over 9 million downloads on the Nintendo Switch so far.
Will you be trying out Mamoswine when it is made available next week? Leave a comment down below.


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One of the world's biggest games companies is set to buy back its independence from owner Vivendi.
Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick has had his compensation increased eight fold to $64.9m last year, according to Bloomberg.
Activision has seen its revenues fall, down from $1.15bn in 2011 to £1.08bn in 2012, for the quarter ending June 30th, 2012.
The Coca-Cola Company has appointed Activision CEO Bobby Kotick to its Board of Directors.
Bobby Kotick may have his doubts, but analysts are confident that Star Wars: The Old Republic is on course to attract millions of subscribers.
John Riccitiello is confident his company has “got Kotick’s goat” with Battlefield 3.
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is considering purchasing a controlling stake of the struggling social network MySpace, according to reports.
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has given brick-and-mortar retail a shining endorsement as having a “crucially important” role in the future of games.
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has cast doubts over recent video demonstrations of rival project Battlefield 3.
Publisher EA has retaliated in the war of words that was reignited by Activision boss Bobby Kotick yesterday.
There’s no other exec who provokes quite the same reaction on the pages of MCVuk.com as Activision’s Bobby Kotick. As the head of the most powerful publisher in the world, ...
It’s one of the better known supposed ‘facts’ about Bobby Kotick – he doesn’t like games. But the Activision boss has come out and denied the claims, saying that being ...
Are you on the lookout for a man that says what he thinks and doesn’t mind risking upsetting people? Well here he is – Bobby Kotick is at it again.
As the boss of a huge publishing empire, Bobby Kotick simply doesn’t have the time to play games – that’s according to an official statement made by Activision in light ...
This is starting to become a bit of a habit. Activision boss Bobby Kotick has decided to flex his corporate biceps once again by claiming that if the games industry ...
It’s the home of powerhouse console franchises such as Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Quake, Doom, James Bond, X-Men, Spider-Man and Transformers and enjoys a key partnership with ...
Activision has beaten analyst expectations in its first quarter, posting significant rises in sales and profits.
The Call Of Duty series has surpassed 55 million unit sales to date worldwide, taking a whopping $3 billion in retail sales in the process.
Giant publisher Activision has defended its decision to slap a £55 RRP on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, insisting the game justifies the price tag.
Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer has labeled recent threats from Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick as “noise”.


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By Bobby Carlton
Meta received around 10,000 reports during 2022 and about 750 of those were eligible for a payout.
Meta today announced the details of its Bug Bounty program, which aims to reward security researchers for uncovering critical vulnerabilities in its products. The program will include both the Touch Pro controllers and Quest Pro headset.
Similar to other tech companies, Meta runs a bug bounty program that encourages security researchers to examine its products for potential vulnerabilities.
Although the program has been running for some time now, Meta updated its guidelines to include new payouts for its VR products, such as the Meta Quest Pro and Meta Touch Pro controllers. The company also released new payouts for their Quest 2 and Quest 1 headsets as well as some of their non-VR products such as Ray-Ban Stories glasses and Meta Portal.
Meta’s guidelines state that security researchers can expect to receive up to $45,000 for major exploits, which include remote code execution on a device. They can also expect to receive around $500 to $3,000 for smaller exploits.
The guidelines explain how Meta will evaluate the different types of exploits and how they will determine the amount of money that security researchers can receive. The company also said that it will take into account the potential privacy and health risks that these findings could cause.
One of the most interesting new additions to the program is the Meta Touch Pro controllers, which are essentially a small computer that can track its own position using three cameras. None of Meta’s previous VR products have these kinds of controllers, and it’s possible that these could open the door to additional security vulnerabilities.
Meta released a blog post today, which revealed that it had paid out about $2 million to security researchers during the last year of its Bug Bounty program. The company noted that it received around 10,000 reports during 2022, and about 750 of these were eligible for a payout.
You might be wondering why Meta is offering so much money for people to hack their headset. A good reason could be that Meta is preparing for the possible release of Apple’s rumored mixed reality headset. Many experts are thinking we will finally see something from Apple in 2023. However, we can only call them rumors at this point.
What we do know is that programs like this will help with creating are more safe immersive experience for home and for enterprise. Good luck hacking!


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The rate of fixed broadband traffic growth is slowing, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. The research firm’s bandwidth demand forecast calls for most households to need no more than 300 Mbps over the next ten years.
“Close examination reveals that the applications usually cited as drivers of bandwidth growth are not as bandwidth intensive as some believe,” the author wrote in an executive summary of the report, titled “Is the end in sight for Nielsen’s Law? Despite dramatic increases during the pandemic, fixed broadband traffic growth may be slowing.”
While downstream bandwidth demand will continue to increase, according to the researchers, the rate of increase will slow from 34% annual growth in 2018 to 6% in 2030.
The Strategy Analytics bandwidth demand forecast is based on several assumptions, including:
- Streaming video adapts to match available capacity
- Video encoding innovations tend to offset the impact of higher display resolution
- 4K (UHD) streaming needs only modestly higher speeds than HD
- 8K (UHD-2) video streaming will likely be a niche market
- Consumer adoption of augmented reality and virtual reality will be slow
- Console game play requires low latency rather than high speeds, and the effect of higher speeds on reducing latency is no longer significant
- Streaming game play looks to the network like HD or UHD video
- Most smart home devices consume negligible bandwidth and cloud-connected smart home video devices do not require very high bandwidth
“For most households, 100-300 Mbps broadband service is adequate,” the report states. “We see little evidence to suggest that this will change any time in the next 10 years.”
That statement undoubtedly will be anathema to some readers.
Ever since people began connecting to the internet 25 years or so ago, there have been those who have argued against bullish bandwidth forecasts, yet new bandwidth-intensive applications have continued to arise, broadband boosters will argue.
The author himself notes that since 1983, Nielsen’s Law has accurately predicted that the data rate of the highest available broadband service tier for cable consumers grows at a rate of 50% per year.
“According to conventional wisdom, [this] will continue with no end in sight,” the author writes in the bandwidth demand forecast report. “But conventional wisdom appears to be wrong.”
I would be interested to hear what readers think about all this.


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MediaFriends today announced that its HeyWire real-time social messaging hub, which combines text, chat and IM across multiple screens, is the world’s first mobile service to enable its users to access Twitter via SMS from anywhere in the world through its new feature HeyTweets.
What Is HeyTweets?
HeyTweets enables HeyWire users to stay socially connected via Twitter regardless of their geographic location, representing the next phase in the expansion of borderless geographic and mobile technology innovations worldwide. HeyWire enables users already to text from their own real dedicated phone number anywhere in the world and now HeyTweets does the same for Tweets using the shortcode 40404.
HeyTweets will support tweeting in all major languages so HeyWire users globally can tweet, follow their friends or favorite Twitter accounts and receive update alerts on their mobile devices. HeyWire is the only service that will give its users the ability to use Twitter via SMS around the world on their choice of device including an iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad with support for Android Smartphones and tablets coming soon.
“It is HeyWire’s mission to simplify the connections between people, no matter where they are or how they want to connect,” said MediaFriends CEO Meredith Flynn-Ripley. “By empowering HeyWire users to Tweet via SMS all over the world, they are sure to never miss out on the latest happenings.”
HeyWire has experienced rapid growth since the introduction of its services. Its popularity demonstrates a consumer shift towards simplifying a connected lifestyle. The HeyWire social messaging hub enables users to seamlessly interact with their favorite social sites and communication platforms. HeyWire has been ranked a top Social Networking App on 56 iTunes App Stores worldwide and has made it to the CNET “download immediately” list. The service offers the fastest and most reliable free local and international text messaging (SMS) from a real phone number while also empowering users to interact with friends with Twitter via SMS, Facebook chat and Gtalk.
Like HeyWire’s international text (SMS) and chat features, HeyTweets is free for all HeyWire users. HeyWire, now with Twitter via SMS, is available for free in the Apple App Store and soon will be available for Android.
- Text anyone, anywhere for free with HeyWire (reviews.cnet.com)
- HeyWire Fastest Texting – SMS (US & Worldwide), Facebook Chat & GTalk IM – MediaFriends, Inc. (itunes.apple.com)


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24 January 2021 — UP-CIFAL Philippines Director and staff visited the Quezon City’s Local Artisan’s Caravan in Eastwood City, as a show of support and appreciation for Micro-Small-Medium-Enterprises (MSMEs).
According to Ms. Tetta Tirona, current action officer of the City Tourism Department (CTD) of Quezon City, the local government wanted to create an avenue for their MSME purveyors to continue their business operations and possibly expand their market reach despite the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
“We all have the same aim, it’s to help these MSMEs thrive during this pandemic. These online sellers began pre-pandemic, and now we are helping them promote and boost their confidence,” Tirona said.
UP-CIFAL Philippines Director Dr. Edna Co discussed with Ms. Tirona possible collaboration initiatives between CIFAL and the local government in fostering a healthy business climate in the city in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Quezon City local government aims to have at least three more caravan runs for this project, with the hope of reaching more small businesses to showcase their variety of sustainable products made from renewable sources.
UP-CIFAL Philippines tendered its support to help promote the programs of the CTD, as part of its commitment to localize the SDGs through advocating local culture and economic development by opening more opportunities for MSMEs.
The initiative contributes to the goals of SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), SDG 11 (Responsible Cities and Communities), and SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production).


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GRAND RAPIDS — Private equity firm Auxo Investment Partners has added to a platform of manufacturing companies with a recent deal for Ohio-based Saylor Technical Products LLC.
Saylor Technical Products is a maker of flexible wire and hose protection products and specialty cords and tapes for a diverse customer base in the antique automotive, aerospace, wire and cable, and electrical markets. The company’s products are intended to insulate and hold in place electrical components and wire harnesses.
The acquisition, which closed in December but was announced this week, builds on a platform of niche manufacturers operating under Auxo’s Precision Products Group Inc. (PPG) platform. PPG also includes Indiana-based Breyden Products Inc. and Paramount Tube and Ohio-based Euclid Medical Products.
By integrating Saylor into the PPG platform, Auxo aims to better capture spending among common customers, increase raw materials purchasing power and gain capacity to grow its aerospace book of business. Auxo also plans to invest in strengthening Saylor’s management team as part of the deal.
Saylor employs about 50 people in Grand Rapids, Ohio, about 30 miles southwest of Toledo. Owner Mike Zuber is staying on with the company under the new ownership.
“We are always looking for partners who share our values and deliver exceptional customer experiences,” Auxo co-founder and Managing Partner Jeff Helminski said in a statement. “Mike and his team at Saylor embody these principles, and we are excited to see how their manufacturing expertise and commitment to customer satisfaction will help PPG continue to thrive in the market.”
With PPG, Auxo wants to build a platform for niche manufacturing companies that make heat solvation, thermal control and electrical insulation products. Auxo continues to seek further acquisitions with companies in the electrical, defense, medical and consumer packaged goods sectors.
Terms of the transaction were undisclosed. Advisers on the deal included Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey PLC, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, BDO USA LLP, Marsh & McLennan, and Aon Plc.
This week, Auxo also held a grand opening for its new headquarters, located in the 38 Commerce building in downtown Grand Rapids. The company, which previously occupied space in McKay Tower, expanded the size of its offices in the move to make way for additional staff as it continues to build the capacity of its team.
Last year, Auxo closed on the $100 million Michigan Opportunity Fund, which it launched in partnership with the family of Doug and Maria DeVos, as well as acquired four companies.
Helminski was named the Dealmaker of the Year in the investor category of the 2023 MiBiz M&A Deals and Dealmakers Awards, held earlier this month. Auxo also won the Deal of the Year in the manufacturing category for its acquisition of Grand Rapids-based Tack Electronics Inc.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Sitting front row alongside stars like Margot Robbie and Lil Nas X, Virginie Wired’s sporty clothing designs inspired by Hollywood glam were as dazzling as ever during a Chanel fashion show in Los Angeles.
The fashion brand caught up with Paramount Picture Studios Tuesday night to unveil its latest cruise collection. It was such a spectacular spectacle that even Snoop Dogg was dancing in his comfortable bleacher seat while models strutted onto the black-and-white Chanel basketball-like court complete with two large scoreboards.
A giant screen up the court channeled various black-and-white videos of models dancing and aerial images of Los Angeles filled with palm trees.
The spacious court gave the models room to work in front of a star-studded crowd that included Kristen Stewart, Elle Fanning, Issa Rae, HER, Nile Rodgers, Paris Hilton, Andra Day, Leslie Mann, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kris Jenner, Kimora Were. Lee Simmons, Christina Milian and Lori Harvey.
Weird brought her approach to Californian sporty vibes to life with a selection of swimsuits, sports bras, sparkling dresses, skirts, blazers, and platform shoes with glowing heels in lavender and black, as well as various shades of pink.
The last time Chanel held a cruise collection event in the Los Angeles area was in 2007 in a hangar at the Santa Monica Airport. Previous cruise shows were held in Provence, France and Monte Carlo, Monaco.
After the approximately 30-minute show ended, Wired took a bow and made a short strut of his own while attendees applauded his efforts. Audience members were entertained before and after the event by roller skaters, who slid through the crowd and collectively danced together several times.
As a featured performer, Snoop Dogg performed a medley of his hits including “Gin & Juice,” “Nothin’ But a ‘G’ Thang,” “Drop It Like It’s Hot” and “Beautiful.” The good times continued. The rapper brought out Anderson .Pak who performed “Smokin’ Out the Window”.
Doug, who also went berserk during his set, brought his family and said it was the first time he had attended such an event.
He told the crowd, “I’m gonna bring the hood to the fashion show.”
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For all the autopilot skeptics, this one is for you! According to the latest stats published by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Tesla’s Autopilot has resulted in 40 percent fewer crashes than with the cars without any driver-assistance technology. The agency has published their new report [PDF] in collaboration with IEEE Spectrum.
The report has come after investigations were launched in response to the fatal accident in June 2016, where a tractor trailer crashed into a Tesla Model S which was using Autopilot on a Florida highway. This was the first fatality involving Autopilot, raising many eyebrows at the technology’s safety and triggering an investigation.
Tesla’s Autopilot recently made all the headlines as it was praised for “predicting” a crash before it ever happened, and possibly saving the passengers’ life using the auto braking feature. The autopilot comes with a sensor that applies car’s brakes when it detects any obstacle in front of the car without any input from the driver, while its cruise control takes note of the speed of the car. Autopilot also has automatic lane changing and parking capabilities, which means it has all the tools to can save an inattentive driver’s life and limb.
In the case of the Florida tragedy, the Automatic Emergency Braking didn’t deploy or warn the driver before the accident. However, the report essentially cleared the system of all blame since it says the cars’ automatic braking is only designed for rear-end collisions, meaning it can’t detect and respond to a side collision. This leads to the conclusion that it wasn’t the technology malfunctioning that resulted in the fatal collision, but solely the inattentiveness of the driver.
The NHTSA report noted that the Tesla driver was distracted for at least seven seconds before the crash, and didn’t even try to brake or steer away from the truck.
The findings also hailed Tesla’s autosteer technology, which reportedly led to a marked reduction in Tesla crashes. The Autosteer system can detect road markings and other vehicles to help drivers stay in their lane, but only if the driver keeps hands on the wheel. If the driver removes his hands, the software gives multiple warnings before turning the technology off.
After the debut of Autosteer crashes have gone down by almost 40 percent for Teslas. Previously for every million miles, there were 1.3 crashes, and after the Autosteer there were only 0.8, as shown in the graphic above.
Although all Tesla cars now have full capability to drive autonomously, the law still forbids the drivers to let the car take the wheel entirely. But this report will surely go a long way in making people feel less wary about the autonomous cars, which as proven by stats, is safer than human drivers, at least in certain situations.
[h/t IEEE Spectrum]


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Cat’s out of the bag
Microids anthropomorphic noir adventure Blacksad: Under the Skin is now available on PS4 and Xbox a little early, due to a “technical malfunction” accidentally setting the digital releases live ahead of their November 14 release date.
The publisher quickly issued a statement urging fans to hold off on purchasing the title, as it still requires various tweaks, patches and adjustments in order to resemble its desired launch state. A patch is expected within the next few days that will include major fixes to bugs and optimisation issues.
“Before diving in the adventure of Blacksad: Under the Skin, we strongly advise waiting for this patch as we feel it’s essential to experience the game like the development team at Pendulo Studios envisioned it… The teams at Microids and Pendulo Studios are hard at work providing everyone with the best experience possible in a timely manner. As per usual, we will be paying major attention to your feedback in the upcoming weeks. Other patches will be published progressively to enhance the experience even further.”
You have to feel for the developers in what must be a very stressful and unfortunate situation. To have your game accidentally released almost a fortnight ahead of time must put horrible pressure on developers to fast-track fixes as quickly as possible. While the temptation for fans would be to dive right into John Blacksad’s grim-looking adventure, patience would definitely work out a little better for everyone concerned.
Blacksad: Under the Skin will see a physical launch on PS4 and Xbox One on November 14. It will also arrive on PC via Steam the same day. A Nintendo Switch port is expected November 28.
— Microids (@Microids_off) November 5, 2019


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CUMBERLAND —The PharmaCare Network will hold an educational event, “CBD…What Is It? Is it Right for You?” on Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. at Allegany College of Maryland’s theater.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and there is no charge to attend.
CBD products will be offered in PharmaCare retail pharmacy locations by month’s end, according to PharmaCare President John H. Balch.
CBD products are sold over the counter at pharmacies across the country.
While people see the terms CBD and hemp in the news and magazines, on social media and television, many are not quite sure exactly what the terms mean.
Confusion and concern about any new product related to health often leads individuals to search for their own information.
PharmaCare is offering an open event to educate the public about these products.
The forum will explain what CBD products are, how they differ from medical cannabis and their effects on conditions that afflict the human body.
“We are committed to bringing the community the best health care opportunities available,” said Balch.
“The current trend in CBD offers an alternative therapy for patients. We believe this trend will benefit many patients seeking a way to provide self-care treatment for their maladies.”


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The legal battle between OnePlus and Micromax has finally comes to an end. This results in OnePlus One getting support from Cyanogen in India.
Micromax entered an exclusive agreement with Cyanogen in India, which led to the formation of YU. Cyanogen ditched OnePlus before the launch of ‘One’. This exclusive deal led to OnePlus One sales being stopped in India. However, this came to an end when the court rejected YU’s plea and OnePlus One were available again. The case has finally been completely settled after five months.
OnePlus Blog India said,
“The month of December last year was a momentous occasion for the OnePlus family. We launched our flagship phone, the “OnePlus One” much to the delight of our consumers here in India. And then we unexpectedly got hit by a legal snag! For reasons that were made public earlier, we had to take a legal recourse to protect our rights in light of the proceedings initiated by Micromax.
Five months hence, we are happy to confirm today that all legal proceedings have been resolved and the cases have been withdrawn through mutual consent. We hate donning suits and ties anyways. To make things sweeter, we would like to re-assure our customers and fans in India that our flagship phone, the “OnePlus One” will continue to receive OTA updates from Cyanogen in-line with our users in markets around the world.”
Good news for the Indian OnePlus One customers as both the companies bury the hatchet. Cyanogen will support their flagship smartphone with OTA updates for two years. However, Cyanogen has broken up with OnePlus. We will not see any future association and the OnePlus 2 will come with the in-house OxygenOS.


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Luxury Daily’s live news for May 20:
Burberry taps modern muses for Olympia campaign
British fashion label Burberry is continuing its Olympia handbag push with a new celebrity-fronted campaign.
EU readies for tourists, makes progress on vaccine certificates
The European Union is taking more steps to welcome back foreign tourists, marking another turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cryptocurrencies take a hit after Chinese scrutiny
Digital currencies have seen sharp drops in recent days, with many cryptocurrencies seeing double-digit percentage losses.
Brands build buzz around World Bee Day
Luxury brands are celebrating World Bee Day to highlight their commitment to sustainability and biodiversity.
Luxury fashion is one of Italy’s pillars: Moncler CEO
Understanding the contemporary Chinese consumer is key to being prepared for the future, but luxury cannot forget its roots, argues Moncler CEO Remo Ruffini.


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Farmstead, the first online grocer to offer fresh, high-quality groceries, delivered for free, has opened the waitlist for its Miami service launch. Waitlist signups will be limited to the first 1,000 customers. Service is scheduled to begin late in the first quarter.
Miami is Farmstead’s fifth market – the company’s service originated in the San Francisco Bay area – and it also serves Charlotte, North Carolina. Farmstead opened waitlists for service in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, and Nashville, Tennessee, in late 2020, with service in those cities to start in the first quarter.
“Miami is excited to see yet another company realize and take advantage of the opportunities that our city presents,” said Mayor Francis Suarez. “We welcome anyone who wants to bring their ideas and their talents to the ‘3-0-5,’ especially a company like Farmstead that is so committed to the community they serve.”
“There are many reasons why Miami is a great fit for Farmstead,” said Michael A. Finney, president and CEO of the Miami-Dade Beacon Council, the county’s official economic development organization, which is working closely with Farmstead to ensure its expansion to Miami is successful. “A network of local farmers and food producers offer a variety of high-quality local goods. Expertise in cold chain logistics ensures a deep bench of diverse talent and established partners, while our vibrant tech ecosystem supports Farmstead’s continued innovation and growth.”
Farmstead’s “dark” warehouses (built for delivery only) greatly ease entry into new geographies, reduce food waste by three to four times and help eliminate food deserts by making fast, inexpensive delivery available with a nimble new model. With Farmstead, customers can get all of their groceries – high-quality local brands such as Floribbean, Jennifer’s Homemade and Zak the Baker; national brands such as Kraft and Nabisco; well-loved international/Latino brands; and fresh meats, dairy and produce – from one place.
“We are thrilled to bring Farmstead from the Bay Area to Miami,” said Pradeep Elankumaran, co-founder and CEO of Farmstead. “Miami is a vibrant, modern city with a growing tech scene, the perfect profile for Farmstead’s online grocery service. We’re excited to improve access to high quality food, delivered right to their doorsteps, to every resident in Miami.”
Farmstead partners with local farmers and national distributors to stock up on consumers’ favorite products, including fresh produce and family-friendly national brands. Consumers go to Farmstead to set up an account and order, and the groceries are hand-selected and inspected by Farmstead’s team at its dark warehouses to ensure families are getting the best quality products exactly as ordered. Farmstead then groups deliveries together to deliver to customers and their neighbors at the same time to help reduce carbon emissions. Customers can also sign up for a recurring weekly program and get a 5 percent discount each time they buy the same product again.
Farmstead’s proprietary AI-based software tied to its smaller-format dark warehouses helps determine optimal inventory levels, ensure efficient order picking/packing/delivery and reduce food waste. These efficiencies enable Farmstead to deliver for free while keeping prices lower than local supermarkets, and making fresh, high-quality groceries accessible to all.
To sign up for the Miami waitlist, visit farmstead.vip/miami.


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If you’re wondering what the impact of MOOCs will be on formal higher education, one answer came in the form of two interesting stories about the upcoming holiday season:
Thousands of shoppers headed to Target to shop last holiday season. Some made purchases at Target; others pulled out their smartphones, scanned product barcodes and made purchases online instead.
To prevent that practice, commonly known as “showrooming,” Target has pledged to match prices with select online retailers — including Amazon.com. Mashable
The Wall Street Journal reports that Best Buy is planning to match prices on many items offered by Amazon and other online retailers during the holiday shopping season. The move appears to be part of a larger effort from Best Buy to crack down on the number of consumers who scope out products in bricks-and-mortar stores and then buy them more cheaply online, a trend known as showrooming. Mashable
In the same way that online stores are clearly exerting downward price pressure on brick and mortar retailers – to the extent that they’re sending out press notices indicating that they’re responding to those price pressures – one impact of MOOCs on formal higher education will be this same type of downward price pressure. Watch for announcements about how institutions will respond.


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The U.S. Small Business Administration brings to you the opportunity to nominate a business for the 2015 National Small Business Week Awards!
Are you a small business owner with an amazing success story to tell? If so, submit your nomination today for the 2015 National Small Business Week Awards. Nominations are currently being accepted online at http://awards.sba.gov.
See the full article in the SBA newsletter!


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Samsung face sanction over Apple licence leak
Samsung and its US lawyers allegedly distributed a secret patenet licence between Apple and Nokia to nearly 100 members of staff, breaking a court order.
The South Korean electronics company may now face sanctions after Judge Paul Grewal ordered one of Samsung's patent licensing team, and five other staff, to appear in court by 16 October with a further hearing scheduled for 22 October.
More than 90 Samsung staff may have seen the documents, marked 'Highly Confidential, Attorney Eyes Only', in breach of court confidentiality.
Samsung's lawyer admitted in a court hearing before the order that a junior member of the law firm had failed to redact terms of the licence deal correctly, leaving them visible to Samsung executives who should not have been able to see them. But he argued that as it was not intentional, this was not a violation of the court order.
Raspberry Pi hits million milestone in UK
Raspberry Pi, the tiny computers for education, has had it's millionth unit manufactured in the UK.
The British company originally had the computers manufactured in China when the company first launched in 2011. But in September 2012, the manufacturing moved to a plant owned by Sony in South Wales. Since reshoring the manufacturing, the technology bought with Raspberry Pi is now 100% British.
"We've reached a bit of a landmark," Raspberry Pi announced this morning on their website. "The really big news today is that the Pencoed factory has made its millionth Brithsh Raspberry Pi. Add these to the existing Chinese ones, and that makes one and three quarter million Raspberry Pis out there worldwide, the majority made right here at home."
Google and Sir Tim Berners-Lee lead coalition for cheaper internet
A cross-industry coalition is underway to bring cheaper internet to the developing world, under the helm of Sir Time Bernes-Lee.
Announced in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday, the Alliance for Affordable Internet aims to drive down global internet prices and campaign against anti-competitive pricing.
The coalition spans both public and private organisations, including Google, Facebook, Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, and the UK Department for International Development.
"The majority of the world's people are still not online, usually because they can't afford to be," said Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the web and founder of the World Wide Web Foundation. "In Mozambique, for example, a recent study showed that using just 1GB of data can cost well over two months' wages for the average citizen."


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Take a long, cold, hard look at Apple in 2006. The year started with a huge bang at Macworld San Francisco.
Intel Macs. More Intel Macs. New iPods. Mac OS X Leopard preview. iTV. And a stock scandal that won’t go away.
Until this week, Apple’s owned 2006 with a string of product announcements and the standard hype and hoopla we’ve come to expect from our favorite Cupertino computer maker.
Review the year. What’s not to be proud of? Record sales, record profits, record stock price, record mind share. It’s all there.
Macworld’s review of the year past covers all the high points and none of the low points. Were there low points? Not much innovation, but a little of everything a stock owner and customer want.
The year started off and ended much different. January brought us an Intel iMac and a matching Mac mini. Music lovers got an iPod Hi-Fi. And a whole new line of iPods just in time for the holiday season.
What’s not to like? What wasn’t to like about the whole year?
Faster chips. Faster machines. Windows on a Mac. 2006 had it all. Yes, it had it all. Including drama.
Drama? We don’t need no stinkin’ drama!! But we got it anyway in the form of a stock option scandal that just won’t go away.
While stock watchers and media pundits say nothing much will come of the backdating of stock options at Apple, others are not so sure, and, like a bad blind date, bad news stalks Apple daily as the year draws to a close.
Financial Times added fire and fuel to the flickering flame of an issue with news of possible falsification of documents in the sticky scandal.
Fake documents? So says Cal Law, among others.
That homage to Apple and the iPod should be the icing on the cake for a delicious 2006. Instead, we’re being force fed a prison diet of cruel gruel news and scenarios where Apple’s famed leader may be wisked off to jail.
Hey, it happened to Martha Stewart over a piddly amount of stock. It could happen to Steve Jobs and his former Apple cohorts.
Instead of a chorus of highlights for 2006, this scandal that won’t die is rapidly becoming the sour note that’s heard around the world.
What will happen to Apple if Steve Jobs is forced to resign in disgrace?


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International Resource News-18 March 2009-Anglo American Sells Shareholding
in AngloGold Ashanti(C)2009 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing.co.uk
Auto Business News-9 January 2009-Agricultural Bank of China launches a shareholding
company(C)2009 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing.co.uk
Magirus AG, a European supplier of IT solutions, announced on 21 November that three private Magirus shareholder groups, the families Alghanim, Magirus and von Kuenheim, have between them acquired Agilysys Inc's (Nasdaq:AGYS) 20.2% shareholding
in Magirus AG.
As reported in the Substantial Shareholding
Report (Amendatory Report) filed with the Kanto Local Finance Bureau, dated 25th September 2007, Rupert Eastwood, CEO of the Company, has purchased the Shares and increased his personal stake in the Company.
Geoff Dixon, the chief executive officer of Qantas Airways, has stated that the carrier believes that the level of foreign shareholding
in the company is below the regulatory requirement of 49%.
His company, Kroenke Sports Enterprise (KSE), have bought the shareholding
interest from ITV and could also purchase 50% of Arsenal Broadband Limited, with the combined total costing pounds 65million if completed.
In fact, corporate governance based on personnel, financial and shareholding
ties between banks and companies was once given as a foundation of stable management in Japan.
The LDP is working on the plan to boost the operations of Banks' Shareholding
Busscar has a 30% shareholding
, Unecamoto has a 35% shareholding
, and Transime has a 35% shareholding
Montell Polyolefins announced that the 50% shareholding
in Petroken Petroquimica held by Shell Compania Argentina de Petroleo S.A.
Recent complaints about the Japanese business groups known as keiretsu once again make an antitrust issue of shareholding
ties between trading partners.
Last week, Guinness PLC and Greene, King and Sons announced that Guinness has acquired the 25-percent shareholding
and loan stock interest in the Harp Lager Co., owned by Greene King.


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The excellent news is that extra folks purchased electric cars in 2020. The unhealthy information is that SUVs continued to develop in recognition, too. The fall in oil consumption because of the first pattern was fully cancelled out by the second, say Laura Cozzi and Apostolos Petropoulos on the International Energy Agency in France.
The rising recognition of SUVs is making it even tougher to chop carbon dioxide emissions and meet climate targets. “Policy-makers need to find ways to persuade consumers to choose smaller and more efficient cars,” says Petropoulos.
Oil consumption by standard cars – excluding SUVs – is estimated to have dropped 10 per cent in 2020, or by greater than 1.8 million barrels a day, Cozzi and Petropoulos say in a commentary revealed on 15 January. Most of this fall was as a consequence of diminished journey due to the pandemic and is due to this fact more likely to be momentary.
However, a small a part of the discount – round 40,000 barrels a day – was as a consequence of the elevated share of electric automobiles.
“We have seen a skyrocketing of global electric car sales in 2020,” says Petropoulos.
Unfortunately, the variety of SUVs elevated as nicely. While total automobile gross sales fell in 2020, 42 per cent of patrons selected SUVs, up round three share factors from 2019.
Globally, there are now greater than 280 million SUVs on the roads, up from lower than 50 million in 2010. On common, SUVs devour 20 per cent extra power per kilometre than a medium-sized automobile.
The enhance in SUVs in 2020 led to an increase in oil consumption that cancelled out the impact of electric cars, says Petropoulos.
Much the identical is true over the previous decade. Between 2010 and 2020, international CO2 emissions from standard cars fell by practically 350 megatonnes, as a consequence of components equivalent to gas effectivity enhancements in addition to the change to electric. Emissions from SUVs rose by greater than 500 megatonnes.
This pattern implies that total emissions from all varieties of cars aren’t falling regardless of the expansion in electric automobiles (EVs). “While the growth in EVs is encouraging, the boom in SUVs is heart-breaking,” says Glen Peters on the CICERO climate analysis centre in Norway.
There are many causes for the rising recognition of SUVs, says Petropoulos. Rising prosperity in nations equivalent to India and South Africa means extra folks are capable of afford them, as an example. Some folks see them as standing symbols.
SUVs are additionally closely marketed by car-makers, he says, whose revenue margins are larger on these automobiles.
Some nations, together with France, have launched schemes underneath which extra tax must be paid on heavier cars. But Peters thinks folks wealthy sufficient to afford SUVs gained’t be deterred by barely larger taxes.
“It’s not necessarily a huge disincentive if people have the income,” he says.
There are now some electric SUVs accessible. “Hopefully, in time, you will see electric vehicles penetrating the SUV market,” says Peters. “But that’s going to take some time, I think.”
Even if it occurs, switching to electric SUVs isn’t a super resolution. It takes extra sources, together with larger batteries, to construct electric SUVs, says Petropoulos, and so they devour round 15 per cent extra electrical energy.
That means larger emissions except the electrical energy comes fully from renewable sources, and better electrical energy demand makes it tougher to inexperienced the electrical energy provide.
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Zhu Zhu hamsters are one of the most popular toys this holiday season, but do the robotic rodents contain unsafe levels of toxins? That’s what the consumer Web site GoodGuide contends. While testing the year’s top 30 toys, they found unsafe levels of antimony, a metal used in textiles and plastics which can cause lung and heart problems, ulcers and diarrhea, on the hamster.
The company that manufactures Zhu Zhu hamsters disputes the findings, maintaining that the toys are safe and have passed the most rigorous testing in the toy industry for consumer health and safety.
Since publishing this post, it has been reported that the Zhu Zhu toys may not violate federal standards.


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The founders of Selestial Soap created a new line of all-natural eco-friendly cleaning supplies for the laundry room called MyGreenFills, targeting consumers who want a truly clean way to wash their clothes. With a first order, MyGreenFill sends its consumers a container labeled: "The Last Jug You Will Ever Own," plus pouches made with a biodegradable rice paper that are filled with products like unscented laundry soaps, fabric softeners, stain removers and color brighteners. The idea is that this jug made from post-consumer resin and ocean waste plastic uses very little new materials as possible, so that overall waste is reduced as possible.
In the process of buying products to clean their houses, many consumers don't realize that they are actually dirtying the planet by cluttering landfills and oceans with containers that can't be recycled because of the leftover toxic products within. Annually, about a billion plastic laundry containers are discarded, but hopefully MyGreenFills will cut down on this number.