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Football’s huge day is arising. The Los Angeles Rams are set to play the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl 2022 on Sunday, February 13 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA, less than four miles from Los Angeles International Airport.
If this is the year you are decided to be inside the stands on game day – or at the least on the town for the festivities – right here are some suggestions on a way to get there, e book a resort, and get a ticket to the game.
Spoiler alert: It gained’t be reasonably-priced.
Flying in for the Big Game
Local Rams fanatics can skip the aircraft ticket seek because this yr’s Super Bowl is being played inside the team’s home stadium. But Cincinnati Bengals lovers and others hoping to fly in for the game have a brief window to search for and lock in remaining-minute flight offers.
The right information is that similarly to the bustling Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) there are more than one business airports within the area. So, sports enthusiasts who don’t find a top fare into LAX can increase their search to nearby, smaller airports along with Long Beach (LGB), Burbank (BUR), Ontario (ONT), and others to evaluate fares. Plus, some airlines, consisting of United, American, and Delta have introduced greater flights to assist Cincinnati citizens make their way to LA.
With the game only a few days away, there are still flights available, says Scott Keyes, founder of Scott’s Cheap Flights, “But it’s getting greater tough to get them reasonably-priced.”
In addition to increasing the pool of towns (at each ends) when the usage of serps to find fares, Keyes says travelers need to maintain in thoughts that Southwest Airlines flights handiest appear at the Southwest website. Fans can also be capable of find higher-priced flights by means of increasing their tour dates past the weekend. “Consider making it every week-long vacation,” says Keyes. “Because fares will really drop by way of 1/2 the next weekend.”
Daily condo car costs, and the parking costs at resorts and on the stadium can be pretty hefty, so Keyes also suggests checking automobile apartment rates on Turo, an Airbnb-type provider for condominium vehicles, or relying on rides hailing offerings along with Uber and Lyft to get around.
Wing in on a private jet
If you can’t find a excellent fare for a business flight or don’t need to cope with the trouble, any other choice to keep in mind is flying in for the big recreation on a personal jet.
In component, due to the fact the Rams are the house group and the Bengals are a small market team, the number of private jets heading to the sport is expected to be below the file-stages set in 2014, whilst the Super Bowl turned into played in New York/New Jersey, and in 2020 while Miami hosted the large game, says Doug Gollan Editor-in-Chief of Private Jet Card Comparisons.
But there are nevertheless lots of private jets heading to the Los Angeles place for the sport this year and lots of seats for those willing to pay the fee and take delivery of surcharges that may range as much as 100%.
“From Cincinnati to Los Angeles and returned on a jet that seats 8 passengers, I could count on the fare to be around $one hundred,000,” says Gollan, “Although commonly you could probable get that flight from round $70,000 roundtrip.”
While there are lots of upsides to flying to and from the sport on a private jet, Gollan notes that with one-off charters there could be a few downsides. “If your provider cancels your flight, they won’t simply rebook you on the following flight, as commercial airlines do,” he says. “They will requote the trip pricing based on the new plane they’ve sourced as a substitute, and you may both pay the brand new – higher fee or get a refund.”
And that might not be best for those who've sport tickets and nonrefundable inn and limo reservations.
In the airports
For the ones flying to the huge sport, the events will start at the airports with pop-up memento stands and fan sports inside the terminals.
To send Bengals enthusiasts off, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport has a giant “WHO DEY” balloon sculpture and signage and will be handing out CVG bag tags and CVG/Bengals rally towels.
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has hard-to-miss Super Bowl signage and an amazing-natured wager with CVG airport wherein the CEO of the losing team’s airport will must wear the triumphing crew’s QB jersey for the day.
LAX also has an in depth tour “sport plan” published for vacationers with records on the whole thing from getting across the airport and in the city to recommendations for negotiating the busy times at the airport after the game.
For the beyond year or so, LAX, and different regional airports were running with National Football League (NFL), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), among others to protection and safety for tourists heading to and from the game, specially during the busy publish-recreation “break out” on Monday, February 14.
“Our passenger projections show that the range of vacationers departing airports inside the LA area might be just like what we automatically see on a hectic excursion weekend,” said Lorie Dankers, a TSA spokeswoman. She said further to some unseen precautions so one can be in location, vacationers might be able to spot some of the greater than 30 TSA explosive detection dogs and handlers working on the airport and other Super Bowl venues within the LA vicinity.
Dankers says TSA’s key message to Super Bowl vacationers is to reach on the airport early and arrive organized. That includes packing sport souvenirs with significant financial or sentimental cost in carry-on bags along side any Super Bowl souvenir programs.
Hotel Room and Home Rentals
Average every day prices for inns in the Los Angeles place have already surged to $445 a night time, so that you haven’t booked your Super Bowl accommodations but, be prepared to shell out some massive dough and conform to a minimal length of stay.
“It’s the Super Bowl, so inflation is predicted,” says Melissa Dohmen at Hotels.com, who notes that inns in some top LA-are neighborhoods, which include LAX, downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Santa Monica are currently charging as much as $1,500/night time. Rates in South LA, East LA, Long Beach, and the LA Valley are trending lower, at about $a hundred and fifty to $three hundred according to night.
For the ones trying to lease a vacation condominium, Vrbo reports a surge in costs to an average $620/night time. A search of Airbnb rentals in Inglewood, CA over Super Bowl weekend again services for an average of $931/night time.
If you’re still looking for lodging, don’t give up.
“It’s truely worth checking again in the direction of the sport in case cancellations manifest says Gaby Flores, Director of Sales & Marketing at Hilton Santa Monica. “Some resorts will get hold of cancellations close to the game. And maximum charges will drop down for remaining-minute arrivals, if they may be not in a sold-out scenario, to try to choose up those ultimate-minute bookers.”
Need a price ticket?
As of Tuesday, Super Bowl tickets had been being supplied for between $4400 and $22,000 apiece on web sites including StubHub, Ticketmaster, and Gametime.
They’re calling it the Battle of Heartland vs. Hollywood. And, consistent with the wager, the airport CEO of the group that loses Super Bowl 2022 will need to wear the QB jersey of the opposing group for an afternoon.
We’re going to hold a watch on the Super Bowl opposition on the sector – and in the terminals.
In the interim, for lovers heading to Los Angeles for the Big Game, LAX has a few travel suggestions that will help you get there effectively.
Indianapolis International Airport (IND) is all spruced up to welcome almost a hundred,000 traffic to town for the College Football National Playoff Championship. Festivities might be taking area all weekend main as much as the Jan. 10 championship sport at Lucas Oil Stadium.
In addition to masses of amusing signage and pa-up memento spots, IND may be hosting stay music performances in Civic Plaza by using Indy musicians from January 7 to eleven from 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
There’s also a picture opp website online installation outdoor the Ground Transportation Center presenting a goalpost mural with 3-d effects.
And the 22 For 22 poster show is on display in Civic Plaza through Jan. 11. The showcase features poster art with the aid of 22 photo artists and illustrators from Central Indiana and specializes in a subject of not unusual soccer terms.
Fans are invited to bid on framed 24×36 prints of their favourite designs thru Sunday, January 9. Proceeds go to Teach Indy.
College basketball fanatics arriving at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) this week will find a few unique artwork, tune, food, and well-knownshows, courtesy of the city’s trademark Hoosier Hospitality.
In addition to a custom-wrapped INDY automobile inside the airport’s Civic Place, there are virtual displays of cascading basketballs and the #LoveIndy statue for photo ops.
Eat, Drink and Shop
Pop-up retail stores in the pre-protection Civic Plaza and Concourse B are selling NCAA apparel and equipment, as are different retail stores at some point of the terminal. And, for that unique memento, Scoreboard, in Concourse A, is selling an Indiana University basketball made with Swarovski Crystal.
Hungry enthusiasts can forestall in for the famous St. Elmo shrimp cocktail at Harry and Izzy’s or at Shapiro’s for nearby delicatessen eats. And the brand new Sun King Tap Room is serving its “Hoops There It Is” distinctiveness beer – wheat ale with peach.
Art and tune too
In partnership with the Arts Council of Indianapolis, 10 transient work of art featured work by means of neighborhood artists on vinyl are on display in Concourses A and B.
THe birthday party doesn’t forestall there. There can also be stay song at IND on Fridays and Saturdays via April 3. And, thans to the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, an exhibition of portions from the National Art Museum of Sport (in Concourses A and B).


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Pizza chefs in Italy recently landed a spot in the Guinness World Records for making the world's longest pizza.
One hundred chefs in the city of Naples teamed up to cook a Neapolitan that measured up to 6,082 feet, setting a new record with a pizza stretching more than a mile long.
According to the Guinness World Records, the pizza recipe included "2,000 kg of flour, 1,600 kg of tomatoes, 2,000 kg of fiordilatte cheese and 200 liters of olive oil — all of which was sourced from local suppliers in the Campania region, 'the home of pizza.'"
The record-breaking creation took about 11 hours to make, and was put on display along the seafront of Naples.
Five specially-made portable wood-fire ovens on wheels were used for the "L'Unione fa la Pizza" event.
Lucia Sinigagliesi, Guinness World Records adjudicator, confirmed the new record. Any pizza left over by visitors was donated to Camper Onlus Association, Italian Red Cross and the Chicchi di Grano Association.
The event was organized by Alessandro Marinacci from Naples' Pizza Village, along with local flour producer Caputo, according to the Daily Mail.
"It's absolutely a point of pride for our city, which is the home of pizza," Marinacci said.
The old record for the longest pizza in the world, held by La Pizza+1 of Sante Ludovico, NIPfood of Dovilio Nardi and Tomato World Week 2015, measured at 5,234 feet and was created at Milan's Expo 2015 World Fair in June of last year.
That pizza was made with 3,306 pounds of mozzarella cheese and 4,409 pounds of tomato sauce, weighing in at five tons and taking more than 60 pizza-makers who joined forces to create it in 18 hours.
More than 35,000 slices were handed out to visitors who attended the expo, and about 984 feet of pizza was donated to the Banco Alimentare food bank, as well as given to charities that help those in need.
The largest pizza in the world, however, was created by Dovilio Nardi, Andrea Mannocchi, Marco Nardi, Matteo Nardi and Matteo Giannotte of NIPfood at Fiera Roma in Rome in December 2012. Its total surface area was 13,580.28 square feet.

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City Center Market will host its second annual Fall Fest on Saturday, Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The day will kick off with local vendors displaying everything from handmade jewelry to freshly picked produce. There will be family activities and prizes throughout the day like bean bag toss, pumpkin painting, portrait painting and more.
The Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve will be on hand to debut their brand-new “Science Secrets” wheel (with prizes) and Bob Heavirland, a big hit from last year’s Fall Fest, will return with his Tiny House on Wheels.
Their Café will feature half-price pumpkin lattes, their Deli will serve up some tasty fall treats, and there will be a variety of locally grown apples to try and buy.
Scout & Morgan Books is hosting Beth Dooley with her latest book, Savory Sweet, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
There will also be live and local music all day. Mike Beigle will play original music and Bob Seger, Simon & Garfunkle, and Elvis covers from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and Aubrey Olson will return with her country/folk tunes and rich, warm voice from 12:15-2:15 p.m.
This free event is open to the public and will take place at 122 N. Buchanan St., Cambridge (at the City Center Mall).
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Virgin Media and Universal Music have announced a subscription service offering unlimited legal music downloads to Virgin Media broadband subscribers.
Virgin Media and Universal Music said the service will allow music lovers to stream and download as many music tracks and albums as they want from the entire Universal Music catalogue in return for a monthly subscription fee.
Subscribers will be able to download music to keep permanently and to store on any MP3 compatible device. The scheme would also allow an “entry level” offer where subscribers received unlimited streaming of music but a limited number of downloads.
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The service, for use by Virgin Media broadband customers, will allow one subscription per household and would not specify restrictions on the type of device on which the music was played.
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Virgin Media said it was currently negotiating with other UK major and independent music labels and publishers to expand the service further in time for the launch of the service later this year.
It added that it will be working with Universal Music to educate users to warn about the dangers of illegally downloading music and raise awareness about legal alternatives.
The agreement comes after an International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) report in January which found that digital music was booming but estimating that 95% of music downloads were still illegal.
Branson: ‘World first’ for Virgin
Sir Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Group, said: ‘I’m thrilled to see Virgin back where it belongs at the heart of music and, once again, breaking the mould. Virgin Media’s agreement with Universal is a world first and lays the ground for a truly unique service when it launches later this year.’
Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, which represents the UK recorded music business, said: ‘It is very encouraging to see an internet service provider and a record label working together as creative partners.
‘At the same time, the fact that Virgin Media will apply a graduated response system to tackle persistent illegal downloaders demonstrates that graduated response is a proportionate and workable way forward.
‘We hope the Government will support this positive move by announcing prompt and robust measures to deal with online piracy in its Digital Britain report this week.’
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“Diablo Immortal’s announcement upset a lot of fans of the franchise who felt a mobile version of their beloved game would come at the expense of a more traditional Diablo gaming experience.
“After a short time with the game ahead of its release on June 2nd (though the game has been rolling out early in some regions today), I found two things to be true.
“The first is that Blizzard has created a game that admirably captures the look and feel of a traditional Diablo game.
“The second is that Immortal is also a game designed to extract the most money out of its players.”
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A New Chip Fab for Austin?
By David Lammers
This year, 2012, is a “Year of the Dragon” in the Asian zodiac calendar, yet another reason for Samsung Electronics to build a third semiconductor fab in Austin, Texas.
There are 12 animals in the Zodiac menagerie. People born in the Dragon years have assertive personalities, bringing vitality and confidence to their business pursuits. That “Dragon personality” seems to characterize Samsung, which has invested in the semiconductor industry’s down cycles with great success.
All signs point to the need for another Samsung logic fab in the United States. Samsung saw a 73 percent rise in its smartphone/tablet business in the most recent quarter, and the company racked up more than $5 billion in quarterly profits. To meet demand for Apple’s foundry needs and Samsung’s own internal SoC consumption, a new logic fab will be needed.
Add to that Samsung’s long-range plan to make foundry equivalent to its memory business. Ana Hunter, the vice president of Samsung’s foundry business, was in Austin recently for a Global Semiconductor Association (GSA) event, and she outlined how important leading-edge foundry is to Samsung’s strategy. Samsung and GlobalFoundries have cooperated on developing a 28nm process aimed at smartphones and tablets, she said, adding that the two foundries “will cooperate on second sourcing and technology and will compete for business.”
Samsung has a 330-acre site in north Austin, with the logic-oriented Main Fab (earlier called Fab 2 or S2) reaching high yields soon after completion of the $3.6 billion expansion project. C. J. Muse, an analyst with Barclay’s Capital, predicts that Samsung will need to add ~43,000 wafers a month of 32nm capacity in 2012 to support Apple’s A6 production and internal Samsung application processor demand. To meet that need, Samsung’s LSI operation will nearly double its logic-oriented investment to about $7 billion this year, exceeding Samsung’s memory-related investments, Muse said.
Christian Gregor Dieseldorff, a research director at SEMI, said Samsung has “allocated much more spending for System LSI/Foundry-business, more than ever seen before.” Samsung will increase its installed capacity for System LSI and foundry by more than 30 percent in 2012, from ~530,000 wafers per month (in 200 mm equivalents) at end of 2011 to ~700,000 by the end of this year.
Sure, there are issues which need to be worked out in central Texas. Travis County and Samsung are trying to reach agreement on the tax valuation of the Samsung property and production equipment, a dispute which one would hope will not turn out to be a showstopper. Earlier, Austin’s electric grid was a concern, but Austin Energy added the needed substations.
Probably the biggest challenge is the talent pool. Samsung competes with Intel and the other big chipmakers for experienced technicians and manufacturing engineers, some of whom are more comfortable working for a U.S. company with schedules that are less aggressive than Samsung’s deployment expectations. Unfortunately, Texas schools are not very well funded, and are not turning out enough people who want to learn to maintain an etcher or boost fab productivity.
Recent global events also lean in favor of a new Austin fab. The leadership change in North Korea could easily provoke military conflicts that could impact Samsung’s Kihung fab complex, not far from Seoul. The earthquake and tsunami in Japan is fresh in everyone’s memory, or should be.
There is a new realization that putting all of one’s chips (or disk drives) in one geographical locale is just not smart business. Apple, for all of its legal issues with Samsung’s system designs, needs to source chips from at least one fab complex not in a military or seismic danger zone.
I’ll close with an anecdote garnered when three friends of mine and I gathered at a restaurant in Austin for a holiday burgers-and-beers lunch. “What kind of laptop should I buy after I turn in my company system?” said Greg, who is retiring in March after 40 years of managing J.C. Penney stores. “Oh, I wouldn’t get a laptop,” said Garry, a software engineer, arguing that a new iPad tablet would be able to do everything Greg needs to do. I sat back and thought how ludicrous that would have sounded just two years ago, but how much sense it makes in the Year of the Dragon.
It all adds up to the need for a new logic fab in Austin, opening in mid-2013.


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Obesity is the biggest risk factor for death from Covid-19 in under 50s, according to a new study from the US Centre for Disease Control based on 99 countries and 14 states from March.
The research examined the underlying conditions of patients hospitalised with the virus to find out which risk factors – among them obesity, heart disease, diabetes, chronic lung disease and high blood pressure -- led to the most severe disease.
It found that nearly 60% of patients aged 18-49 were obese. It was also the biggest risk factor in those aged 50-64, present in nearly half (49%) of patients in this age group. For those over 65, high blood pressure was the biggest risk factor, which was most prominent in over 70% of cases, with obesity an underlying condition in 41% of patients.
Rising links between poor diet and coronavirus deaths
In light of the mounting evidence that obesity and poor diet increases the risk of a severe response to Covid-19 infection, medical professionals now want the public health message urgently updated. And this, they warn, potentially means the food industry bracing itself for regulation, such as bans on advertising and taxes.
“Not only would a massive public campaign on diet save lives it would change the course of our nation’s health forever,” Kailish Chand, Honorary Vice President at the British Medical Association, wrote on Twitter.
Tim Spector, Professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London, said: "Obesity and poor diet is emerging as one of the biggest risk factors for a severe response to Covid-19 infection that can no longer be ignored."
Robert Lustig, Professor of paediatric endocrinology at the University of California and chairman of the Institute of Responsible Nutrition, said: "I've heard Covid-19 referred to as a beast, because it doesn't distinguish. In point of fact, it doesn't distinguish who it infects. But it does distinguish who it kills. Other than the elderly, it's those who are black, obese, and/or have pre-existing conditions. What distinguished these three demographics? Ultra-processed food. Because ultra-processed food sets you up for inflammation, which Covid-19 is happy to exploit. Just another way processed food kills. Time to rethink your menu."
Junk food: the new tobacco?
Dr Aseem Malhotra, a London-based cardiologist, told the BBC that a Government and Public Health England failure to tell the public to change its diet would represent an act of “negligence and ignorance”.
He said conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure were all linked to poor diet, adding “the increase of mortality if you have a cluster of these conditions from covid is tenfold higher.”
On a brighter note, he said it was possible that people could reverse these types of conditions “within a few weeks of changing diet”. He noted that more than half of the calories taken in by the British population came from ultra-processed foods, such as mass packaged foods full of additives and preservatives, and unhealthy fats from industrialised seed oil, sugar and starch. If the whole of the UK population was to cut down on ultra-processed foods and eat what he called nutritious foods “just for a month” potentially up to 50% could send their type 2 diabetes into remission, could lose significant amounts of body fat and would be in a much healthier state to deal with and survive Covid-19 if they were to contract it, he claimed.
Whose responsibility is obesity anyway?
He denied the UK obesity crisis was a question of personal responsibility to seek out healthy nutritious foods.
“Junk food has infiltrated itself within the whole of the British diet,” he said. “Our food environment has made these foods unavoidable… the food industry has profited from these foods which are highly addictive, that don’t make you feel full.” He lamented the fact that the food industry managed to get these products “available to anyone, anywhere at any time”.
Speaking to FoodNavigator, Dr Malhotra’s message to the food industry was simple. "Stop mass marketing and selling ultra-processed food,” he said. “It’s clear that these foodstuffs are damaging and detrimental to health.”
Companies would argue that they merely respond to the demands of their customers. Why reformulate if there’s a lack of consumer uptake? The latest company earnings reports, what’s more, point to increased demand for traditional comfort foods among shoppers amid the lockdown.
This was an ‘excuse’, according to Dr Malhotra. For him, the pandemic highlighted that it was in the interests of everybody, including those in the food industry, to make sure the population was as healthy as possible. Take the example of South Korea. It has one of the lowest obesity rates in the world. This could explain, in part at least, its low mortality rate from coronavirus.
Back in the UK, Dr Malhotra praised efforts to innovate and reformulate so far, such as Finnebrogue’s nitrate-free bacon. But he added that the food industry needed to continue to look to make healthier and more nutritious foods that don’t have an “adverse health impact". If not, it could wait for government intervention, such as the banning of advertising of ultra-processed foods or taxes on unhealthy foods to make healthier choices more affordable.
"Poor diet is the primary biological factor that's driving increased [covid] death rates,” he stressed. “I think from that perspective they [the food industry] will have to change. The question is whether they are going to wait for government to regulate, or are they going to get ahead of the curve and crackdown on this to shift the balance towards minimally processed foods and try and get rid of the ultra-processed foods.”
He continued: “We need to reduce the availability, reduce the affordability, and reduce the acceptability of ultra-processed foods. I tell my patients if it comes out of a packet and has five or more ingredients, it’s ultra-processed.”
The ‘scandal’ of junk food in hospitals
The problem is currently being exemplified by food options within UK hospitals: three quarters of food purchased in hospitals is unhealthy, he suggested. “So it doesn't surprise you that more than half of the NHS workforce are overweight or obese as well.”
He therefore described it a ‘scandal’ that companies such as Krispy Kreme and Domino's were delivering thousands of doughnuts and pizzas to British hospital staff.
"I'm concerned at seeing companies, with the best of intentions, donating food for free to NHS staff - and it's cheap junk food like Domino's. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the occasional treat. But these products should not be in the middle of an obesity crisis."


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Launched in early 1999, the Algarve Resident website – www.algarveresident.com – was one of the first in the Algarve and also one of the few newspaper websites of its calibre in Portugal.
Dave Leeke and then business partner Steve Reid (founders of Nexus) were responsible for the first online version of the Algarve Resident among other portals in the region.
The enjoyment of working with, and professionalism of Dave have contributed to a long standing and fruitful business relationship.
Working with the same website developer over the years, whose penchant for online newspapers is obvious, has helped the Algarve Resident keep its position as one of the highest ranked websites in its field attracting nearly 40,000 unique visitors from across the globe and over 61,000 page impressions monthly, independently verified by Google Analytics.
Every article, in every printed edition of the newspaper, is uploaded to the website ready for viewers to read on a Friday. That means there are over 660 editions of the weekly newspaper, with all of its news and feature content, searchable and online thus making www.algarveresident.com one of the Algarve’s biggest web resources.
Since the acquisition of the Algarve Resident in April this year by international publishing house Open Media S.A., developments to improve the already well-respected newspaper portal have been underway.
Giving more is the name of the game and these challenging times have forced every company to review its advertising spend and improve its visibility.
“Open Media, with the Algarve Resident newspaper as part of its stable, is in the unique position to be able to offer more for less in today’s difficult times,” said Algarve Resident Commercial Director, Mark Rawcliffe. “It is essential for clients to have the best possible visibility in the market today.”
On top of the growing readership of our print edition, we receive over 40,000 unique visitors a month online.
As from this edition, certain advertisers* will receive a clickable link advert on the Algarve Resident website, FREE OF CHARGE, increasing their visibility.
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Sustainability stands as a pressing concern in our times, striving to enhance the quality of life through its core pillars - environmental, social, and economic aspects. Achieving sustainability necessitates the collective pursuit of sustainable objectives, ones that should be embraced as a universal responsibility. This pursuit isn't confined to specific industries but must permeate all sectors, notably the fashion and food industries, given their substantial consumption patterns.
This initiative aims to cultivate a shared theoretical and practical foundation on sustainability within the realms of fashion and food industries. Its goal is to raise awareness among diverse stakeholders, fostering innovative production methods. By advocating for sustainable mindsets and practices, we aspire to cultivate a lifestyle that aligns with initiatives like the EU Green Deal, UN Agenda 2030, and EUSAIR.
Presently, a significant challenge lies in the rampant overconsumption facilitated by an inundation of products in the market. This excessive consumption contributes to waste generation throughout the product life cycle - from production and logistics to eventual disposal - culminating in widespread pollution. It's crucial for individuals in the WB region to comprehend the repercussions of irresponsible production and consumption, and actively engage in steering towards a more sustainable future. WBAA members and prospective students we recognized as good local as well as regional ambassadors of sustainable development.
The key activity of this WBAA project was definitely high-profile international conference, orchestrated by the Western Balkans Alumni Association, centered on Sustainability in Fashion and Food Industries within the Western Balkans, as part of the EU's Green Agenda, EUSAIR, and the UN's Agenda 2030. This event convened at Hotel Ambasador in Niš, Serbia, on February 25th, 2023.
Under the guidance of regional project coordinators Tatjana Spahiu (WBAA Chapter Albania) and Mladen Mitic (WBAA Chapter Serbia), alongside support from WBAA Regional Board Member Milan Stojanovic, the event successfully brought together 21 WBAA members from across the region, over 20 prospective local students, and representatives from NGOs, local enterprises, and other pertinent stakeholders. The event was further enriched by the presence of esteemed professors from Greece and Bulgaria.
The primary objective was to underscore the significance of sustainability in fashion and food industries, emphasizing the EU Green Deal, UN Agenda 2030, and the necessity for collaborative efforts, both regionally and internationally, to achieve these objectives. Additionally, the project aimed to spotlight WBAA and EU-funded mobility programs, providing a platform for student mentorship guided by WBAA activists.
Furthermore, attendees had the opportunity to explore the city of Niš with a professional guide and relish the delights of traditional ethnic cuisine from southern Serbia.
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Coffee leaders in China’s primary growing region, Yunnan Province, have plans to invest some $120 million USD, with the hope of establishing one of the world’s three largest coffee exchange centers.
The announcement follows a live auction earlier this year during which buyers showed unprecedented interest in Chinese specialty coffee. The event was held by the Coffee Association of Pu’er and the recently developed Yunnan Coffee Exchange, which has hefty backing from the Pu’er city government.
“The goal is to become the standard setter for coffee quality and trading, ultimately building the Yunnan Coffee Exchange into one of the world’s three largest coffee trading centers,” Yunnan Coffee Exchange Deputy General Manager Shu Yang recently shared in an announcement of forthcoming plans.
The Exchange is hoping to capitalize on the estimated 48,000 hectares in Yunnan where approximately 45,000 metric tons of coffee are currently being produced annually. The group estimates that coffee now represents approximately 50 percent of the available growing area in Yunnan, with an estimated current market value of approximately $12.5 million USD, while the remainder of the agriculture development is devoted to tea.
Mr. Shu says the Exchange was created in part to establish infrastructure to protect against volatility cause by the international market, since most coffee sold in Pu’er is currently exported to Europe and North America.
Pu’er coffee is “overly dependent on international market and is under the predominant price impact of the international market, lacking disclosure of current pricing and resulting in wild fluctuation of internal coffee prices,” Mr. Shu said. “This makes for difficulty in selling and buying coffee in an ‘open’ market, which leads to an unstable development of the coffee industry development.”
A new Exchange platform for Pu’er green coffee will be realized largely through the development of its trading and training headquarters facility in Pu’er, as well as numerous regional collection centers (Lincang City, Dehong Prefecture and Baoshan City), and a delivery warehouse in Kunming.
In January, the group signed a multi-year contract with former Specialty Coffee Association of America and Coffee Quality Institute executive director Ted Lingle, who joined the Exchange as a senior advisor. The Exchange says Lingle will help establish quality control and training standards in line with those of the SCAA and CQI, and help develop Yunnan coffee quality for expansion in the international market.
Said Mr. Shu, “The Yunnan Coffee Exchange is committed to building the largest brand promotion platform, the largest global purchasing and supply platform in Asia, and to the formation of a state-of-the-art information center, settlement center, warehousing and logistics center, exhibition center, extension detection evaluation center, training certification center and credit evaluation center for coffee trading.”
Nick Brown is the editor of Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine.
The problem with Yunnan is Nestle buys almost all of the coffee at a discount. And it’s all Catimor. Pretty flat, woody coffee, but it is coffee.
China again! THey really want to grab everything! So GREEDY!
I’m an avid coffee lover and if this project continue and finished,I’ll be sure to go here.


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Insight. Courtesy Honda. The Honda Insight will be on sale Tuesday. Based on sales in Japan, it will be a tough competitor of the Toyota Prius. Here in the U.S. Prius sales have already been slaughtered by the economy. 2008 deliveries fell 12% in the U.S.
It's partially a Honda/Toyota price war with the Insight at about $20K, nearly $4k less than the lowest Prius sticker price. Japanese media report Toyota is looking at a price cut on their Prius, long the category sales leader among hybrids.
The Insight's official website. Honda has suffered a sales slump like other major manufacturers, but the Insight has been a bright spot so far. Here's what the Honda PR machine has to say about their car: "The all-new 2010 Honda Insight goes on sale March 24 with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $19,800 for the Insight LX...
"The distinctively styled, five-passenger, five-door dedicated hybrid vehicle is powered by an Integrated Motor Assist™ (IMA™) system comprised of a 1.3-liter i-VTEC® gasoline engine and a 10-kilowatt electric motor that together contribute to an EPA-estimated city/highway fuel economy rating of 40/43 miles per gallon . The Insight features the Ecological Drive Assist System (Eco Assist™), an innovation that can further enhance efficient vehicle operation while providing feedback related to individual driving styles."


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“Plastic waste is a problem that is quickly getting more and more out of control. In 2010, plastic production was estimated at 270 million tons, yet plastic waste was 275 million tons. A major reason for this is because 50% of the plastic consumed is for single use only. These single-use plastics can take up to 1,000 years to fully decompose!
More than 8 million tons of this plastic is dumped into our oceans yearly. Many times, plastic bags can resemble common food sources of sea life. When ingested, these plastic bags can easily cause intestinal blockages, causing a slow and painful death. They can also smother coral and similar marine life. Even if the plastic itself does not harm an animal, they frequently get tangled around birds and swimming creatures’ necks, making it hard for them to swim, fly, or evade predators.
One small brewery in Florida has decided to do something about all of this dangerous waste. Saltwater Brewery has designed and released an edible, biodegradable six-pack holder for beer cans. Plastic six-pack holders are one of the most common plastic items that get stuck on sea life.
The brewery uses beer byproducts that are left over from the brewing process, like barley or wheat remnants. If these specially designed rings do happen to end up in the ocean, they are safe for wildlife to ingest or it will disintegrate, whichever comes first.
While the new material is just as strong as traditional plastic packaging, it unfortunately costs more to produce. Saltwater Brewery hopes that their customers will be willing to pay a bit more in order to help cut down on the amount of plastic waste put into the environment.
There have been some advancements in other similar types of plastic six-pack ring replacements, like the photo-degradable ones. They are a great start in the right direction, because they break down in sunlight. However, it can take up to ninety days for that to completely happen. That still leaves plenty of time for damage to the environment and marine life, unfortunately.
The brewery’s President, Chris Grove, hopes to make some change, in whatever small way possible. “We hope to influence the big guys and hopefully inspire them to get on board.”
Even though plastic six-pack rings aren’t the main cause for plastic pollution in water ways, it’s commendable that this company has taken it on themselves to at least start a change and a conversation in the right direction. Significant change is made one small step at a time.”


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The Jackpot TopUp feature has the potential to boost casino marketing tools instantly. The casinos can add €50K to the jackpot and thus launch a promo campaign on the game. This will help many online casinos stand out with unique offers in crowdy markets.
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June 29, 2010
Major Online Credit Card Theft Scam Busted, Pt.3
Unsuspecting money mules.
Now that the thieves had the companies and employees in place, they had to do business with the credit card processing companies. They had to get around the fraud protection services hence one reason for making the credit card transactions $9 or less. When logging on to the payment processing company's website, the thieves used computers with IP addresses that were geographically near the address of their virtual offices. First Data, one of the nation's largest payment processors was one of the most frequently used by the thieves. The thieves use First Data to process credit card payments under the names of 110 fake merchant accounts. Totally, the FTC uncovered 116 fake merchant accounts..
In addition to First Data, the thieves also used Elavon, a major credit card payment processor. Elavon is a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and offers merchant processing in more than 30 countries. Elavon is the 4th largest U.S. credit card processor and one of the top 6 in Europe. Unsuspecting money mules were used to transfer the money out of the U.S. The thieves recruited Americans as their money mules through spam emails and other online tactics. They were told the job entailed helping offshore business. The money mules were instructed to set up bank accounts which they used to transfer the money.
The FTC filed a civil lawsuit in a U.S. District Court in Illinois where they were given the authority to freeze the ring's U.S. assets, shut down the bogus merchant companies, and the activities of 14 money mules. It means the ring will no longer be able to process the stolen credit card numbers nor will they have access to the bogus companies that were used in their money making scheme. The FTC said the thieves had set up 100 fake companies that they used to process card transactions. Although the names of the ring's masterminds have not yet been identified, the FTC is confident that eventually they will be caught as the agency aggressively seeks their capture.


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AUSTRALIA’s ‘fashion capital’ has a new fashion icon, as a woman in her sixties in a sartorial outfit and skirt in a fashion square has become the new face of fashion in the capital.
Key points:LIVE UPDATES:Read moreA Melbourne-based fashion company called The Royal Style Room has created an online store to cater to the growing trend for “scotched” and “screwed” looks.
Owner Lisa Giesen says she created the store to “celebrate the fun and frivolity of sartorially-challenged Australian girls”.
“I’ve always had a really good eye for colour, so I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of how you can change the colour of a face and make it look different,” Ms Giesens website says.
“I also enjoy the idea that a person can wear whatever they want.
I like to see people with the freedom to wear whatever the heck they want.”
Ms Giesenos shop was named the UK’s fashion capital in a poll conducted by the London-based Royal Style Rooms website last year.
“We’ve always tried to do things a bit differently in London,” she said.
“The first one was to try and go to the local mall and see if we could find a lot of the scotched and screwed look, and the scots are the ones that get the scottish look, so that was the main thing.”
“We had a lot more fun with it than we did the normal mall shopping, we actually had to go in and find the scotte.”
Ms Henss said the shop had become popular with people looking for a more sartory, modern look.
“People come in with scotties on, with a bit of a goatee, and they go into a shop to get their own scotch,” she told the ABC.
“But we’ve got a whole bunch of different styles to suit everyone.”‘
It’s a bit like a little mini-mart’:Owner Lisa Hens says scotches are more popular in the UK than in AustraliaThe shop is located in the centre of a shopping mall in Victoria, in the heart of London’s fashion district, with customers walking down a busy street.
“There’s a whole lot of people in there, there’s lots of people working, so it’s a lot like a mini-mall, but they’re really cool,” Ms Hens said.
The store’s owner said the scotic look was becoming popular across the country.
“It’s been really popular in Australia and I think the UK, it’s just the other way round, they’ve been really successful with it,” she added.
“They’ve got lots of different colours, different patterns, and it’s fun to mix it up.”
You can mix it with a traditional scotchy look, a sombrero and all those kinds of things.
“Ms Cusick said it was a “great time to be wearing a sark, you’ve got the sun, the moon and everything is pretty beautiful”.”
It seems like we’re all just trying to dress our kids up in a bit more, it makes me smile,” she joked.”
And it’s funny because we’re trying to keep our kids happy, we want them to be happy, so sometimes it can make them cry.
“The shop also offers a range of styles including traditional scottie and scotchi, as well as modern, sartori and scottied styles.”
My favourite thing is the modern scottiest, and I really like the sartorians,” Ms Cusicks said.
Topics:fashion,fashion,london-3000,australiaFirst posted October 14, 2019 09:35:36More stories from Victoria


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Kia's next electric car could take a very different route from its previous EV models, according to a new report.
Due to arrive in 2021, it will be distinct "halo" model positioned above the current Niro EV and Soul EV, reports Autocar.
The new model will borrow styling from the "Imagine by Kia" concept first seen at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, with an EV-specific platform shared with corporate parent Hyundai underneath, according to the report.
Kia will reportedly target a range of 310 miles (as registered on the European testing cycle) with 350-kilowatt DC fast charging.
In an interview with Autocar, Emilio Herrera, Kia Europe chief operating officer, also hinted that technology from Croatian firm Rimac could be applied to future Kia electric cars.
Rimac has attracted attention thanks to its Concept One and Concept Two electric supercars, leading to investments from both Kia and Porsche.
Kia recently announced a $25 billion investment aimed at accelerating the shift from internal combustion to electric power. The automaker said it would launch 11 new electric models by 2025.
Imagine by Kia concept
In 2017, parent Hyundai said it was developing a dedicated platform for electric cars that would be shared with Kia.
The first cars from that platform are expected to arrive in 2021—the same year Kia's "halo" model will reportedly appear.
The Kia's Hyundai twin could be previewed by the Prophecy concept, to be unveiled at the 2020 Geneva Motor Show in March.
Meanwhile, Kia has delayed the United States launch of the latest Soul EV until 2021 at the earliest. The redesigned Soul EV was originally slated to arrive in U.S. showrooms in spring 2019, but limited battery supplies and electric motor shortages forced a delay, Kia previously told Green Car Reports.
Kia, when contacted by GCR last week, had no update on the timing for the Soul EV or improved availability of its existing fully electric model, the Niro EV.


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As we know from WWDC, Apple announced that Mountain Lion will make its debut in July. With July being two weeks away, Apple sent out a notice to their retail workers on Thursday, welcoming them to take a look at Mountain Lion before it becomes public in July. The preview, known as a “software seeding project” in the notice, comes with some directions for the workers to follow. What differs this from some form of employee training is that the employees are able to take advantage of the preview on their own Mac computers from home. It’s considered more of an employee opportunity rather than a mandatory training process.
Apple isn’t stupid. The company made sure that the version issued to the employees isn’t the final version. This may be the closest to the debut software, but there are still bugs and sections that have to be smoothened out before release. While this is something from the norm for Apple, employees, especially the Apple Geniuses, will look forward to training soon so that the consumers going to the Apple store looking for help will get the correct info. This added employee perk is in addition to various raises and Apple’s annual employee discount, all expected to be available soon. Let’s just say, this is a great time to be an Apple employee!


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8 October 2019 - Spitfire Inbound & Penquin, have received three silver and two gold awards, following the recent 2019 New Generation Social and Digital Awards that took place at Monte Casino this past month. Amongst these was the Gold Award won in The New Generation Digital Brand of the Year Award category – demonstrating leadership in the digital space, a central pillar to their businesses.
Says Darren Leishman, Managing Director at Spitfire Inbound; “Every year we strive towards delivering innovative solutions to meet the growing demands of our clients’ digital and marketing portfolios and this award is testament to not only our expertise in the digital space, but our ability to deliver real value to the market – value that is driven through deeply understanding and connecting with our client’s current and potential audiences.”
The New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards are the largest celebrated digital media awards in the country – honouring South Africa’s creative agencies and in-house marketing teams for their innovative use of social and digital media, as well as best practice use of online media and tools.
Underpinned by their joint efforts on the Suzuki Swift launch campaign - #AllTheRightFeels – these awards showcase the brands’ leadership in experienced-based, integrated marketing, lead-nurturing and digital execution, as well as provide a platform for further excellence in future campaign development.
The following titles were awarded to Spitfire Inbound and Penquin as this year’s event:
- Gold – The New Generation Digital Brand of the Year Award
- Gold – Most innovative social media campaign by a medium-large agency
- Silver - Best Revenue Generating Marketing Campaign/Event
- Silver - Best Integrated marketing campaign by a corporate
- Silver – best Marketing Automation Campaign
With almost 400 entries, across 43 categories, and going up against some of South Africa’s most creative campaigns, there is no doubt that the competition was tough and so, we are extremely proud that our Suzuki South Africa campaign enabled us to stand out amongst the crowd and really demonstrate what we do best,” says Veronica Wainstein, Managing Director at Penquin.
“Creativity needs strong competition to thrive and without an industry that is always pushing the envelope, there would be no room for innovation or creative excellence, and we look forward to continuing this journey alongside our industry colleagues,” says Darren.
Contact us if you'd like to learn more about our award winning team and what we do at Spitfire Inbound. We'd love to hear from you.


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InXile Entertainment founder Brian Fargo has created a new PC games storefront utilising blockchain technology.
Robot Cache’s aim is to reduce the fees paid by publishers and developers by 80 per cent according to the official announcement. The newly created firm claims to have the “the lowest transaction fees of any digital PC video game distribution platform” with devs and publishers being able to retain up to 95 per cent of the sales income – which is “25% higher than the current industry standard,” the announcement said.
The platform will also allow developers and publishers to control the price of their second hand digital games and keep 70 per cent of the resale proceeds. 25 per cent of the sale will go back to the player reselling the game.
Allowing players to resell their digital PC games purchased on Robot Cache is the other innovation from the storefront. “Selling their digital games earn them digital tokens, named IRON, Robot Cache’s cryptocurrency, which they can use toward the purchase of another game on the Robot Cache platform,” the announcement explained.
Brian Fargo commented: “Earning any money on the video game resale market is unheard of for game publishers, and earning up to 70 per cent, which is equivalent to the best margins publishers and developers currently receive on today’s most popular digital distributions platforms is crazy. Allowing creators to keep 95 per cent of new game sales, and 70 per cent on game resales, provides developers, like us at inXile, with a strong financial stream. This gives us more resources to create new content and new IPs for fans.”
Fargo also said on Twitter that Ark: Survival Evolved developer Studio Wildcard was already aboard, with further announcements on future publishers to be expected soon.
Robot Cache’s CEO Lee Jacobson added: “Just a handful of companies dominate the multi-billion dollar digital download PC video games market. Robot Cache plans to revolutionize the industry by launching the first-ever workable decentralized video game marketplace that benefits both the creators of video games and gamers. All of this is accomplished by expertly leveraging the power, flexibility, safety, and transparency of blockchain technology.”


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‘EY Fintech Adoption Index’ – out today
Ernst & Young have now released their ‘EY Fintech Adoption Index’ which outlines how quickly the market is taking up FinTech products. While we are a market leader in the adoption of credit card contactless payment technologies we are slow to take up FinTech products. As our market matures this is sure to change.
Exploring a new financial services landscape
Driven by innovative startups and major technology players, the booming FinTech industry is capturing traditional market share by offering customers easy-to-use and compelling products and services.
We surveyed more than 10,000 digitally active people in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States to better understand the overall rate of FinTech adoption, which users are adopting which products and the outlook for future usage.
The FinTech phenomenon.
FinTechs are moving in on the traditional financial services landscape and their products and services are catching on. For traditional financial services companies, including banks, insurers and wealth and asset management companies, the risk of disruption is real.
Our survey shows that 15.5% of digitally active consumers have used at least two FinTech products within the last six months. As awareness of the available products and services increases, adoption rates could double within the year.
Hong Kong has the highest rate of FinTech use of all markets surveyed (29.1%). The United States has the second-highest adoption rate (16.5%), followed by Singapore (14.7%), the United Kingdom (14.3%), Australia (13%) and Canada (8.2%).
Source: EY FinTech Adoption Index


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UK high street pharmacy Superdrug disclosed late last month that personal information belonging to 20,000 customers may have been breached. A spokeswoman for the health and beauty company explained that they were contacted by hackers who claimed that they had obtained the details and would release them unless a ransom was paid. When asked for evidence that the hackers truly had the information, 386 accounts were sent through.
Superdrug said that no credit card information had been taken, but customers’ names, addresses and in some cases dates of birth, phone numbers and points balances may have been accessed.
ComputerWorld reports that there is evidence to suggest that there was no hack on Superdrug itself, but that the hackers used a technique known as credential stuffing. This is where stolen login credentials from elsewhere are tested on other sites to gain access.
Customers who may have had their data harvested were sent an email and asked to change their passwords. They were also advised to change them regularly in future.
Read the full story on ComputerWorldUK.com


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Sugar Land, TX, January 05, 2014 --(PR.com
)-- GameAnax’s fast-paced racer, Go Karts has triumphantly achieved a major landmark on iTunes at the beginning of the New Year. Go Karts has been notably recognized by Apple as ‘New and Noteworthy’ app on iTunes in more than 17 countries. This landmark is achieved merely within a week of its launch on the app store. Go Karts also showed its immense popularity by getting ranked in the Top 100 racing games on iTunes on the very first day of its launch.
Jigar Panchal, Head of Mobile Games, elatedly stated, “We are very excited that Apple has considered our game as one of the 'New and Noteworthy' apps on the App Store. Our hard work has definitely paid off, and we are looking forward to more and more players enjoying Go Karts on their devices.”
GameAnax is a successful gaming studio which aims to produce entertaining and engaging games for its huge fan base. GameAnax has already proved its prowess in the gaming world with super-successful games like Crazy Monster Truck. With Go Karts, GameAnax has once again struck the right chord with their players. It caters to players who crave for a thrilling and a fast-paced game.
Go Kart’s unique gameplay and enthralling visual effects have amazed the players all over the world. The game is loaded with captivating features, to give an electrifying ride to the racers. Go Kart’s 11 realistic tracks and 6 vivid and bright colored Karts have been grabbing the eyeballs of the racing community.
The game is designed to have various driving controls to personalize the driving experience of the racers. On top of it, Go Karts comes with two different modes, Quick Race and Career mode for a versatile gameplay. The game is has various challenging races like Qualifier Round, Knockout Round and Championship Round. These adrenaline-charged races are pumping the players to battle out with their Karts on the racing turf.
Kalpesh Purohit, Head of Gaming Department remarked, “We are very excited to receive such overwhelming response from our fans. It’s an honor that Go Karts is considered as a ‘New and Noteworthy’ app by Apple.” He also thanked GameAnax fans for downloading Go Karts on iTunes.
The makers have promised an Android version of Go Karts in the near future. This news was very well received by gamers who were eagerly waiting to ride Go Karts on their Android devices.


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Microgaming Unveils Diverse Assortment of May Third-Party Slots Drops
Microgaming announced today that an exciting lineup of content by third-party casino game suppliers over the course of May will be added to its content platform.
The company will thus expand even further its already quite diverse library that includes more than 1,000 online casino titles.
The first game from a Microgaming content partner for this month dropped last week and is already available to slots enthusiasts. 2 By 2 Gaming debuted its new title, Wizard Of The Woods, on May 4 and it can now be accessed by Microgaming’s operator partners and their players.
The new enchanting game offers a number of features, including free spins and the Wizard Magic feature which, when triggered, either converts one or two symbols into wilds or pays up to 10x the total bet.
Realistic Games is set to add two online slots to Microgaming’s content aggregator this month. The first one – Bank of the Nile – went live on the platform on May 7. The second one – Bar-X Game Changer – is set to go live on May 28.
Booming Games fans anticipate the May 14 launch of its high-volatility, 20-payline slot game Gunspinner.
Crazy Tooth Studio and Gamevy Releases Form May Lineup, As Well
May 14 will also see the launch of Crazy Tooth Studio’s Lady Earth slot. The game has been developed exclusively for Microgaming. It features stunning graphics and unique gameplay.
The new slot takes players to a journey across the stars for cosmic adventures and wins. The five-reel game includes the RESPIN INSANITY feature and the Lady Earth Bonus, among other exciting features.
Gamevy is set to launch its latest fruit slot on May 21. Cheeky Fruits 6 Deluxe is a three-payline game that boasts a host of engaging features that will certainly appeal for fans of fruit-themed slots.
More than 240 Titles to Go Live on Microgaming’s Aggregator This Year
As mentioned earlier, Microgaming’s platform offers access to more than 1,000 online casino titles. In addition to its own portfolio of legendary slots, branded games, exclusive studio content, and a network of record-breaking progressive jackpot slots, the Isle of Man-based provider also provides more than 800 online gambling brands with a rich and ever-growing collection of top-performing content from its third-party partners.
The company said that it plans to add more than 240 additional games on its platform this year.
Of their May lineup, Microgaming Commercial Director Leon Thomas said that the company continues to grow the diversity of its offering “with the addition of exclusive and non-exclusive games from its network of 45+ content partners.”
Mr. Thomas went on that this month, they will see “an assortment of exciting partner titles launch alongside Microgaming’s exclusive studio content” to provide their clients with a “uniquely diverse range of games through a single point of integration.”
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U.S. consumer sentiment figures for February came in higher than expected despite the recent outbreak of the coronavirus.
The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index came in at 100.9 for February. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected February consumer sentiment to come in at 99.5.
Consumers’ assessment of current economic conditions were virtually unchanged from January while expectations rose slightly.
“Current personal finances as well as evaluations of the national economy each posted large gains,” said Richard Curtin, chief economist for the Surveys of Consumers, in a statement. “Net gains in household income and wealth were reported more frequently in early February than at any prior time since 1960.”
He also noted the coronavirus outbreak — which capital markets have been grappling with in recent weeks — is still not a major concern for consumers as just 7% of survey respondents mentioned it “when asked to explain their economic expectations in early February.”


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“We will let you know when you can preorder PS5,” the worldwide head of PlayStation marketing said during the event. “It’s not gonna happen with a minute’s notice.”
With people in quarantine and stuck inside for most of the year, it’s understood why you might find yourself every day hunting down any bit of PS5 news. Admit it, we are all excited for the PlayStation 5!
The PS5 is only months away, and further details on Sony’s console are emerging at a rapid clip. We now know that the system will be a black-and-white box with rounded angles and fins on the top. We also know that it will share a color pattern with the similarly black-and-white DualSense Controller.
So far, it has been a sad season in terms of knowing when and how to acquire a new next-generation console bundle. However, Sony manages to have a particular pattern on how and when they launch their gadgets.
Let’s jump into what you’ll likely play out for all things PlayStation 5 bundles before they’re released.
PS5 possible bundles
As reported by Gameour, there is no release date yet for the PS5 or its possible bundles. However, its release window has been confirmed for the Holidays this year.
Typically, game publishers attempt to publish their games during a week where there isn’t another massive IP sequel launching. The only time this strategy is inappropriate is when it is near the launch window of a console so that players have a hefty amount of games to play on the first day of the next-generation.
So, if another significant title is to be released this week, we can assume the PS5’s announcement must be targeted near the end of November. In terms of preordering the console bundles, Sony has affirmed that it will make consumers aware beforehand when preorders go live.
“We will let you know when you can preorder the PS5,” the worldwide head of PlayStation marketing said during the event. “It’s not gonna happen with a minute’s notice.”
Launch prices and preorders
Pricing-wise, nothing has been officially stated or leaked yet. However, many industry critics have predicted the console itself will cost more than its predecessor.
PS5 preorders will launch somewhere between $400 – $500 or £400 – £500 or AU$700 – $800. Rumors believe that you can probably knock off $50 or £50 or AU$100 for the PS5 Digital Edition.
No matter what the situation is, we hope Sony will continue the tradition of its bundles coming with physical copies of the console to increase resale value. We can’t guarantee it, though.
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Last Tuesday, a French association called CECAMI organized a press conference in Paris to announce an upcoming seminar on the promotion and empowerment of African women in entrepreneurial and leadership roles. During the conference, as many as 24 women entrepreneurs came forward to give brief presentations of their plans to launch a new business or to expand an existing one.
Presiding over the press conference were Princesse Altermath-Nyogol-Massing, president of the Conseil des Mariannes de la République et d’Europe, and Marie-Reine Hassen, marriane (sponsor) of the upcoming International Day of the African Woman (JIFA). They both affirmed the importance of nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit of African women who want to create companies or take on roles as leaders in their communities. Also present was Eric Marty, one of the founders of a crowd-funding platform for African entrepreneurs called afineety.
The half-day-long seminar will be held on Saturday, July 12 at the French National Assembly. (Reservations for attending the event have closed.)


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Gold imports by India, the world’s No. 2 consumer, are expected to plunge this month after surging in June following a relaxation of import curbs, a senior trade executive said Friday.
Imports in July are expected to be 30-40 metric tons, down from around 100 metric tons in the previous month, said Harmesh Arora, spokesman of Bombay Bullion Association, the country’s leading gold industry body.
According to government data, the value of gold imports rose by more than 60% in June month-on-month to $3.12 billion.
Shipments to India flared up in June after the government widened import channels by allowing private trading companies to import bullion in addition to banks and state-run trading agencies. The relaxation resulted in months of pent up demand being released suddenly, following an import clampdown on gold over the past two years, said Harish Soni, chairman of Gem and Jewellery Federation.
Over the past two years, India has raised the import tax to 10% from 2% and mandated that 20% of imports had to be re-exported as part of measures aimed at stemming a slide in the value of the rupee, which has now strengthened over the past couple of months.
Slow demand in India is likely to keep gold prices under pressure, particularly after data showed Chinese demand for physical gold fell during the first half of 2014. The two countries together account for about 70% of the world’s gold demand, significantly impacting prices of the precious metal.


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Meta recently announced that it’s adding the ability for Instagram users to connect their digital crypto wallets to the platform and share their digital art and NFTs (non-fungible tokens).
To promote the new feature, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is turning his Little League baseball card into an NFT.
When Zuckerberg was eight back in 1992, he gave the card to his camp counsellor Allie Tarantino who kept it. Now, the card has been authenticated and is going up on sale, along with a blockchain version of it to go along.
“Mark was one of my campers and one day he came in with this card and gave it to me — I was stunned that he was on it! I had never seen a Little League baseball card before, so I asked him to sign it for me. I never could have guessed what amazing things he would do!,” said Tarantino.
“I’ve been telling this story for quite a while, about how I knew Mark as a camper, and it always astonishes people to see that this card actually exists. But I feel that my part of the story is over, so due to Mark’s prominence in the tech world, and the fact that he’s one of the most famous people on the planet, I figure now is a good time to sell this card and put it on market.”
The proceeds of the sale will go to the owner of the card and not Meta or Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg and Meta are just promoting the sale of the card, though it looks like it could use the proceeds. The company reported its first-ever decline in revenue for the second quarter, and its stock is more than 59 percent down since its all-time-high in September 2021.
Instagram recently rolled back its full-screen feed and reduced recommendations amid mounting criticism over changes to the app, and it appears as though rolling out support for NFTs is its way to secure redemption.
Learn more about digital collectibles on Instagram here.
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Rabobank Report: Chinese Cheese Demand To Propel Global Trade
According to a recent Rabobank report, between 2012 and 2022 Chinese cheese demand grew almost 200,000 metric tons. The report anticipates further growth at a 9.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2023 to 2030, with total cheese demand reaching 495,000 metric tons in 2030.
Global Opportunities In The Chinese Market
According to Rabobank, as the domestic supply cannot satisfy increasing local cheese consumption, global cheese traders will have plenty of opportunities in the coming years to capture this rising demand.
“Low per capita consumption, expansion of quick-service restaurants (QSRs), bakeries and tea shops, and product innovation provide a platform for a gradual increase in Chinese cheese demand,” says Michelle Huang, dairy analyst for Rabobank.
Per Capita Consumption And Growth Outlook
China’s annual per capita cheese consumption is only 0.2 kilograms, much lower than neighboring Asian countries like Japan (2.5 kilograms) and South Korea (3.7 kilograms). With an estimated 9.1% annual volume growth, cheese consumption is expected to outpace the overall dairy category, already projected to grow on average 2.4% annually between 2023 and 2032, Rabobank says.
Economic Conditions And Cheese Demand Sensitivity
“However, weaker economic conditions pose downside risks to demand growth. Although cheese consumption has a long runway for growth, it will be sensitive to prices and consumer purchasing power,” Huang says.
The Role Of Imports In Satisfying Chinese Cheese Demand
The report says China will remain a growth engine for the global cheese trade, as domestic supply cannot satisfy increasing local cheese consumption. Domestic cheese production is likely to account for 35% to 45% of total cheese consumption, leaving a 55% to 65% share from imports.
Import Projections And Domestic Production Potential
“We estimate China’s annual cheese imports will reach 270,000 to 320,000 metric tons in 2030. Although trade opportunities remain favorable, the potential for increased domestic cheese production could impact our import growth forecast,” Huang notes.
Investment Trends In The Chinese Cheese Sector
The Chinese cheese market is seeing a healthy pipeline of investment activity, with local dairy companies investing in both onshore and offshore cheese capacity, and global companies investing in local manufacturing capacity to support their growth strategy.
Historical Growth And Future Projections
Meanwhile, Chinese cheese demand posted a 16% CAGR between 2012 and 2022, increasing from 57,600 metric tons in 2012 to 254,000 metric tons in 2022, Rabobank notes. Drivers of this growth include a rise in disposable income among middle class consumers, the growing appetite for Western-style QSR chains, and novel uses of cream cheese and Mozzarella, which led to the rising popularity of cheese in the foodservice channel.
The Foodservice Channel’s Dominance In Cheese Consumption
From 2012 to 2022, foodservice cheese sales accounted for 60% to 75% of total cheese consumption, with 2022 sales reaching 154,000 metric tons, the report adds.
Forecasting Cheese Sales In The Foodservice Channel
“We estimate cheese sales growth in the foodservice channel to average 10.3% annually between 2023 and 2030, with demand reaching 375,000 metric tons by 2030,” Huang says.
Competitive Landscape And Market Players
The report notes that market competition will intensify as leading dairy and cheese companies join the game to capture the increasing demand.
Strategic Moves By Market Players
“Generally, we classify players into three types: domestic dairy giants, international big cheese players and innovative startups,” the report says. “Understanding the strengths and challenges of the different types of players helps identify how the competitive landscape will evolve.”
Success Factors In The Chinese Cheese Market
As routes to consumers, capital investment, product and access to price-competitive milk sources all are essential factors to succeed, companies are entering partnerships for distribution networks, capital-intensive production capacity and product innovation, the report adds.
Advantages For Large Players And Strategic Investments
Large dairy or cheese players will benefit from the advantages of scale, integrated value chains and better access to funding sources, Rabobank says. They might be interested in acquiring contract manufacturing facilities close to low-cost, high-quality milk and integrating these into their existing supply chain to scale up and gain more customers. There might also be opportunities to act as strategic investors for cash-draining startup companies.
The Future Of Startups And Private Equity In The Cheese Sector
In an increasingly challenging operational environment, private equity investors will become more critical of providing new funding sources if startups cannot scale rapidly and become competitive rivals to established large companies, Rabobank adds, so the endgame could be that strategic investors acquire startups from early-stage private equity investors to enrich their cheese portfolio.
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A dvertisements which perpetuate gender stereotypes or mock people for not conforming to such norms could be banned under new rules, Britain's advertising watchdog said on Tuesday (July 18).
It said ads that feature stereotypical gender roles or characteristics could have a harmful impact, particularly on children, by limiting aspirations.
Adverts which could fall foul of the new rules, likely to come into force next year, include those which depict families creating a mess while a woman has sole responsibility for cleaning it up, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said.
Also problematic would be ads featuring a man trying and failing to undertake simple parental or household tasks.
Regulators could likewise come down on advertisements that suggest a specific activity is unsuitable for boys because it is associated with girls, or vice-versa.
"Portrayals which reinforce outdated and stereotypical views on gender roles in society can have a harmful impact," said ASA Chief Executive Guy Parker.
"While advertising is only one factor in a wider debate, tougher advertising standards can play an important role in tackling inequalities to the benefit of individuals, the economy and society as a whole."
ASA's call for tougher rules came as it published a major review of gender stereotypes in advertising.
Certain stereotypes can contribute to widespread assumptions about how people should look or behave and these messages can become internalised, the report said.
Such portrayals can limit how people see themselves, how others see them, and the life decisions they take, ASA said.
Young children should be particularly protected from harmful stereotypes as they are more likely to internalise messages they see around them which can in turn limit their potential, it added.
But not all stereotypes will be banned. For example, ASA said it was not calling for a ban on ads depicting a woman cleaning or a man doing DIY.
Advertisements that prompted complaints to ASA last year included a campaign by clothes giant Gap featuring an image of a pre-school boy, labelled "the little scholar", wearing a T-shirt with Albert Einstein's face on it, next to a girl wearing sparkly cats ears labelled "the social butterfly".
The ad said of the boy "your future starts here", while the girl's clothes were "the talk of the playground".
Last month, UN Women launched a global "Unstereotype Alliance" to banish gender stereotypes in advertising. Supporters include companies such as Unilever, Google and Facebook.


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Bitcoin has been making lots of appearances in the news lately. Some people are against it and think it is a complete scam while others think it will be the future of currency around the world in the 21st-century digital revolution. I have spent some time researching about what it is and how it works. Overall, it looks very promising and interesting. Although I still don’t understand it, I like the idea of allowing people to exchange goods and services without relying on third-party banks to facilitate their transactions.; partially or completely phasing out banks and governments.
Will Banks and governments allow it to work? Only the future will tell.
Prominent business CEO’s have publicly opposed to Bitcoin and are very convinced that it is a fraud. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, thinks Bitcoin will blow up and advises people to stay out of it. However, other prominent business CEO’s, who used to be prominent skeptics, have just started investing in Bitcoin. Mark Cuban, another billionaire, just started investing in Bitcoin, which shows that there is potential for this digital currency to work in the future.
For any currency to operate, three main things are very essential.
- Trust: People who use the currency have to be convinced that it is worth using it to exchange with the price of goods and services. Right now, Bitcoin is a currency on the internet. As long as people think it is valuable, it will still work. The moment that trust is gone, Bitcoin becomes worthless and all people who own it, lose their money. This is why Bitcoin is extremely volatile, which scares the banking industry.
- Financial insurance/backing. Other currencies such as $$ or euros are insured by the central banks around the world. In the States, Federal Reserve ( The Fed) ensures the public that whenever any bank fails, The Fed steps in to reimburse people’s money in checkings and savings accounts. This creates trust with the people and keeps the banking system intact. In Europe, the ECB ( European Central Bank) plays the same function as the Fed in the States.
- Quality and quantity of the money supply. With our regular currency system, central banks regulate how much money can be in circulation and they do their best to make sure that nobody else can print out ” hard cash” except them. Bitcoin has this provision but since it is a digital crypto-currency, any hacking or modification of the source code can cause real danger without a central regulator to avoid “fake bitcoins”.
The main issue with Bitcoin is that it lacks the financial backing from any central banking institution. Thus, the moment people don’t believe in the system or some cybersecurity issue ( hacking, source code error, etc) happens, Bitcoin can easily lose its value overnight, which is extremely dangerous and unsustainable.
What is Bitcoin and how did it come about? Banking on Bitcoin, Netflix series
Bitcoin was invented by somebody who called himself, Satoshi Nakamoto but chose to remain anonymous. To this point, nobody knows exactly who the real Satoshi is. The idea of Bitcoin was conceived and programmed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The inventor, who happens to be a computer scientist interested in cryptography, was frustrated by the failure of banks in the wake of the 2008 financial crash and thought he had a way out. His main purpose was to provide an alternative medium of exchange for goods and services without relying on central governments and banks to issue currency in form of money.
In its infancy, BitInstant was one of the popular companies transferring bitcoin currency into regular dollar money. In the end, the company got into troubles after it was discovered that BitInstant was facilitating drug dealers to sell drugs online and helping drug lords to convert bitcoin money into US dollars. The company’s CEO, Charlie Shrem, went to jail for two years, but he is out of prison ( as of now).
At some point, there was a Bitcoin Center in NEW York City, right in front of Wall Street. This center along with another prominent company, MT. GOX acted as Bitcoin exchange, where people were buying and selling their bitcoin values with real money. In its original source code, interestingly enough, there are only 21 million bitcoins, but each bitcoin can be divided into one million pieces as described by the sole-programmer in the code. To this point, nobody knows who owns the source code. Another key concern for Bitcoin due to hacking. What if some genius hacker discovers the source code, and figures out to increase or decrease the number of bitcoins as they see fit to their interest. What if they wipe the whole system down all-together? The Bitcoin system can collapse overnight. The issue of volatility is of a great concern in Bitcoin exchanges around the world. The CEO of MT. GOX, Mark Karpeles, is serving a 10-year jail sentence for losing about 500 million dollars in Bitcoin transactions.
Challenges with Bitcoin Industry, now and in the future.
Regulation and dealing with failures:
- The New York administration issued Bitlicense application, a set of regulations, intended to regulate the industry. However, big players in the industry disagreed with them and found them too restrictive and overwhelming. This Bitlicense prompted Bitcoin Center to close down its operation in New York City. Luckily, the industry is still alive and well. Its future is both challenging and interesting at the same time. See the share price of bitcoin from 2012 to 2017 ( graph below).
- When MT. GOX Inc, one of the companies handling more than 80% of all Bitcoin exchanges, filed for bankruptcy in 2015 after losing half a trillion dollars. This was 6% of all bitcoins in circulation. Lots of people “lost trust” in bitcoin, but the industry has rebounded back its good days as shown by the graph above.
- Dealing with Banks and governments
- Bitcoin Center Foundation was set up to address potential issues with using bitcoin. Abiding by regulations, educating the public and making sure that the bitcoin platform is not a safe heaven for money laundering from the drug industry.
- Banks and governments are getting interesting in the Bitcoin platform and it seems like they would want to control it if it emerges an alternative to regular currency ( dollars, euros, pounds, etc). One would assume that they will probably fight against it especially because it will take away some of the financial power that they currently have.
Bitcoin Share Price starting from $1,000.00 in January 2017 to $4,000.00 in October 2017. Is this a bubble or just massive interest in Bitcoin?
Overall Assessment of Bitcoin and its future potential
Digital Cryptocurrency is going to be involved with the Internet of Things and the next technological revolution that we are going through. We started with hard cash, then electronic cash, and the future will be some form of digital cryptocurrency for sure. This progress is inevitable and it is just a matter of time before cryptocurrency takes over maybe. The good news is that Bitcoin is opensource, so everybody can use the technology and modify it as they see fit to facilitate the needs of customers. This is a block-chain technology that can be incorporated into WallStreet. Governments and Banks want to be in charge and control the system. Wallstreet and Silicon Valley are already embracing it. The government has stepped up with regulations to monitor the system. Silicon Valley and venture capitalists are backing it with their money to make the system better. In this digital and personal data revolution we are experiencing, I have no doubt that some form of digital cryptocurrency is the future of money that people around the world will use to trade with each other, eliminating heavy reliance on banks and central banks. Can they allow it to flourish? or Will they still want to control it? Only the future will tell.
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JP Morgan CEO, Jamie Dimon, on Bitcoin: Bank executives betting on Bitcoin shorting and betting on the failure of Bitcoin.
Mark Cuban, billionaire, and CEO of Dallas Mavericks, investing in Bitcoin: Rich business putting the money where they see potential
Netflix documentary on Bitcoin: Banking on Bitcoin: A comprehensive and a good overview of how Bitcoin came to exist on Netflix.
Bitcoin Center Official website in New York Center: This website will give you a good overview of what is going with Bitcoin around all the exchanges around the world.
MT. GOX, financial troubles and losing a half trillion dollars, big setbacks for the Bitcoin Industry.
Bitcoin Share Price since its inception: Share Prices and trading.
What is Fintech? Early Bitcoin founders along with the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto ( Nick Szabo & Hal Finney)


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The South African Rugby Union (SARU) today welcomed CIB Insurance Administrators (CIB) into their sponsorship family after CIB secured a new three year partnership deal as an associate sponsor for Vodacom Super Rugby.
Vodacom Super Rugby is the largest rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere, consisting of a total of 15 teams – five each from South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. It attracts the best players from these three rugby superpowers and dates back to 1993, when the inaugural Super 10 started.
CIB’s associate sponsorship will run from 2012 to 2014.
“We are excited to add CIB to our sponsorship family and look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship with a partner that is enthusiastic about rugby and the sustainability of the game,” said Andy Marinos, General Manager: Commercial and Marketing of SARU.
“So, to attract such a sponsor in a tough economic climate is not only testimony to the lure of rugby as a sport and Vodacom Super Rugby as one of the top sporting competitions in South Africa, but also for the return on investment that CIB see in associating with SARU and its brands.”
Marinos said CIB was one of three associate sponsors to Vodacom Super Rugby and formed an integral part of SARU’s plans of improving the quality of rugby to the fans each year.
“Without sponsors, sport will struggle and we’re fortunate that we have so many South African companies passionate about growing rugby,” he said.
Frans Nel, head of marketing at CIB, says that although CIB has been involved with Vodacom Super Rugby over the past four years, the new sponsorship agreement for the 2012 season is at a significantly enhanced level.
“The association of our brand and that of Vodacom Super Rugby is a natural one that serves CIB and our strategy in a manner that makes sense for many reasons. Our involvement with the competition over the last few years has generated fantastic results with regards to brand awareness and recall amongst our target audience. We believe this new sponsorship deal will take our brand exposure to even greater heights,” said Nel.
“The sponsorship of Vodacom Super Rugby represents a renewed and passionate commitment by us to the future of the sport in South Africa with a particular emphasis on the ever growing support which Super Rugby is enjoying year on year. We look forward to a long and prosperous partnership.”


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Companies lose out because of the Polish Deal
Entrepreneurs who have in stock goods purchased in the past year will face a new levy. In case of its sale, they will be charged with a high health contribution.
The same applies to manufacturers who bought materials or semi-finished products. Their sale this year will be connected with the obligation to pay the health contribution. It is calculated from the revenue from sales.
In many cases, such contribution may be higher than the entrepreneur’s margin. According to the new regulations, entrepreneurs operating on the basis of the tax scale or PIT flat rate calculate the health contribution on income from business activity. For the former, it amounts to 9 percent, and for the latter – 4.9 percent.
The problem concerns not only goods, finished products and production, but also company assets. Health contribution has to be paid also in case of sale of a car or real estate.
All this is because the Polish Order does not contain a certain provision. It is about taking into account the cost of purchase of goods up to the amount of revenues incurred by the end of the previous year, in case of their sale in 2022.


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Kenya Airways has appointed Total Air Logistics Limited as General Sales Agent (GSA) to sell passenger tickets and cargo space in Nigeria.
This decision is in line with the airline’s strategy of rationalising its operations to increase efficiency and improve service delivery.
“We are seeking operational efficiency to the benefit of our staff, shareholders and guests. Kenya Airways has been operating in the Nigerian market for the last 20 years and we remain committed to provide best-in-class services to our guests,” said Sebastian Mikosz, Group Managing Director and CEO at Kenya Airways.
‘’Total Air Logistics Limited is a trusted partner with in-depth airline industry expertise. It’s proven experience in managing international airlines services in Nigeria will help design innovative market strategies to promote our products,” he added.
Acting as Kenya Airways’ GSA in Nigeria, Total Air Logistics Limited will fully represent the airline in the Nigerian Market. Its mandate includes, marketing support, managing sales, consumer relations and deliver f light support.
Kenya Airways operates l0 weekly flights to Nigeria’s Murtala Muhammed International Airport from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi.