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Taiwanese shipbuilders should consider investing in Indonesia, as it aims to become a maritime power and is engaged in international maritime trade, a senior Indonesian government official said.
Indonesia needs more ships to achieve the goal, Indonesian Coordinating Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs Edy Putra Irawady said in an interview with the Central News Agency.
Praising Taiwan for its experience and advanced techniques in shipbuilding and managing the routes of container and cargo vessels, Edy urged Taiwanese shipbuilders to consider investing in Indonesia.
Such cooperation need not be limited to shipbuilding, but could also encompass ship repair and maintenance, Edy said.
The two nations could cooperate in the maritime sector, said the deputy minister, who has visited Taiwan several times over the past few years to study the nation’s economy.
Indonesia needs Taiwan’s metal, electronics and textile products, and can also learn from its fishery techniques, Edy said.
He praised Taiwan for developing a broad global commercial network and high-quality technological products, which he said are more competitive than those of South Korea and China.
Asked if Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy conflicts with China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative, Edy said he sees them as two different approaches.
The Chinese initiative focuses on infrastructure development, while Taiwan’s policy is aimed at seeking multilateral cooperation to boost regional economic growth and prosperity, Edy said.
The policy was not developed solely for Taiwan’s interests, he added.
The quality of Taiwanese investments differ from that of the Chinese initiative, he said, adding that China has invested in many Indonesian industries, but many of them are high carbon emitters.
In contrast, Taiwanese investments under the policy mostly target industries in the high-tech sector, and involve high-quality products and skilled talent.
“Indonesia has benefited in the long term,” Edy said.
Taiwan’s policy and the Chinese initiative have different goals and operational mechanisms, said Paramitaningrum, an academic at Bina Nusantara University’s International Relations Department who studies Taiwan-Indonesia relations, adding that Taiwan cares more about cooperation in the areas of education and healthcare than China, so it has an advantage in Indonesia.
In terms of capacity-building, Indonesia should learn from Taiwan how to discover and cultivate talent, Paramitaningrum said.
This is an area that could prove key in ensuring that interactions between the two nations continue to grow, she added.
AVOIDING CONFUSION: Passengers are to be able to check in two items of luggage, while the free weight allowance is to be increased to conform with other airlines EVA Airways Corp (長榮航空) yesterday announced that from June 23 it is to adopt a new baggage allowance policy for all passengers with a higher weight limit as it aims to benefit passengers and increase efficiency. The airline currently has a two-system baggage policy: It allows passengers flying to the US and Canada to check in two pieces of baggage with a free weight allowance, while for those flying to Asia, Europe and Oceania there is also a free weight allowance, but no limit on the number of pieces of baggage. From June 23, passengers would be able to check in two
MORE THAN BUZZ: The chip designer said it has received numerous orders from automakers to supply 5G modem chips, as it works to expand beyond smartphones MediaTek Inc (聯發科) yesterday said it would ship the first 5G chips for vehicles to customers in the Asia-Pacific region by the end of the year, as it moves to expand the reach of its 5G chips beyond smartphones. The Hsinchu-based chip designer said it has been developing 5G chips for connected vehicles over the past few years, targeting applications such as telematics and in-vehicle information systems. “We are seeing demand for 5G technology from numerous makers of connected cars, including electric vehicle makers. We have obtained numerous orders from automakers to supply 5G modem chips with highly integrated features,” J.C. Hsu
INVENTORY DOUBLED: Key parts have backed up in warehouses, halting notebook production, as Acer’s CEO said that a gradual reopening would not solve the problem PC vendor Acer Inc (宏碁) yesterday said that lockdowns in China to control COVID-19 upended key component supply and disrupted PC production, although chip shortages have been improving. While chip supply constraints largely eased in the first quarter, the company faces uneven supplies of key components due to COVID-19 restrictions in China, Acer chairman and CEO Jason Chen (陳俊聖) told an online news conference. “Semiconductor shortage was the biggest problem in the first half of last year,” Chen said. “Now, we are beset by a supply chain issue caused by China's lockdowns.” With key components unable to be delivered and backing up in
Qualcomm Inc yesterday said it would maintain its supply chain strategy of sourcing chips from multiple foundry partners, including advanced chips from two major suppliers, to ensure a sufficient chip supply amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualcomm is reportedly working with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) and Samsung Electronics Co on advanced products, such as 4-nanometer chips, for its new flagship 5G chips, the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 series. Qualcomm is sourcing chips made by mature technologies from several foundry partners, the company said. Alex Katouzian, general manager of Qualcomm Technologies Inc’s mobile, compute and XR business, told a virtual media briefing that


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The increasing prevalence of smartphone usage is challenging for online retailers developing a one-size-fits-all mobile shopping experience, which is at odds with what is happening in reality.
Being small has its advantages – there’s less loopholes to jump through to get an initiative off the ground, be the first off the blocks or trial something new.
Most savvy retailers have cottoned on to the fact that social media promotion is a must-have in the marketing arsenal. But not many know how to get the most out of it. Beginning Boutique’s Sarah Timmerman shares her vast experience in the area.
Alibaba is working to expand its international presence, and Founder and Exec Chairman Jack Ma is in the US to pitch his platform to American small businesses.
If your content marketing is not having an impact on your bottom line, you may need to reconsider how you’re doing it.
When does the sheer amount of ‘stuff’ in an online store become too much? Reducing the amount of decision making a customer has to undergo can really help streamline how easy it is for a customer to do what they need to do.
Facebook is testing out a new news feed option that shows a unified view of items on sale across user groups and adds the ability to search public groups.
Investing in the latest cloud-based supply chain technologies is imperative if retailers want to compete and survive in the changing online retail landscape, as Mark Troselj reports.
With tomorrow being Good Friday, our usual end-of-the-week lighter side article has been pushed forward one day. And what better way to spend it than to re-examine some of the best takes on April Fools’ Day from Aussie retailers this year.
It’s with a heavy heart that I have to announce Power Retail’s departure from the world of online retail and e-commerce this morning.

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ISPA Launches Reopening Resources for Spas
The International SPA Association (ISPA), in partnership with dozens of global spa industry leaders, is proud to launch the first components of the ISPA COVID-19 Reopening Toolkit to help spas safely welcome guests back into their place of business when allowed by their respective governing bodies.
The first set of toolkit resources includes an expansive Spa Reopening Checklist to help guide spas through the process, communications templates to guide their marketing efforts and Spa Sanitation & Hygiene Standards. All documents are fully customizable to provide spas of all types, sizes and locations with the ability to implement applicable components side-by-side with their spa industry peers.
ISPA gathered key insights shared by global spa leaders, guidance from governing bodies and expertise shared by medical professionals and resource partners. This collaborative approach will help the spa industry emerge from this crisis as a strong force. The spa world will work collectively to rejuvenate their businesses while helping consumers who need to reduce stress, invest in their overall health and strengthen their mental wellbeing.
“Consumers need access to spas now more than ever due to the stressors generated from dealing with a pandemic,” said ISPA President, Lynne McNees. “The spa industry is committed to closely following the reopening guidelines established by various governing bodies across the globe and working cohesively to reintroduce spa back to the consumer in the safest manner possible.”
During the initial reopening phase, some of the changes spa-goers may experience when visiting the spa include: more restrictions in communal and fitness spaces due to social distancing requirements; reduced capacity within the spa; required commitment from guests to not visit the spa if they have a fever or have been exposed to COVID-19; additional PPE worn by service providers, dependent upon the treatment; visible signage highlighting sanitation and hygiene standards; removal of shared product testers, shared spa treatment menus and/or communal food/beverage amenities; and reduced touch or touchless payment and check-in options.
“Nearly 100 volunteer spa leaders and organizations have graciously shared their time and expertise to develop these new resources and they are to be commended,” said ISPA Chairman, Garrett Mersberger. “Volunteers are the heart of ISPA and we are grateful for their commitment to our amazing industry.”
Additional resources will be released throughout the next month. ISPA will also release the findings of a new consumer study conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers that highlights key insights from both the spa-goer and non-spa-goer audiences next week.
About the International SPA Association:
ISPA, with its headquarters in Lexington, KY and managed by Associations International, is recognized worldwide as the leading professional organization and voice of the spa industry. Founded in 1991, ISPA advances the spa industry by providing invaluable educational and networking opportunities, promoting the value of the spa experience and speaking as the authoritative voice to foster professionalism and growth. More details on ISPA are available on experienceispa.com. ISPA’s COVID-19 resources can be found here.


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Opendoor ends free lunch as competition grows for online home-selling firms
Opendoor popularized a new way for consumers to sell homes online, raised $1.3 billion in equity backing and forced companies across the residential real estate industry to rethink their business models. But now, as it targets more growth in an increasingly competitive industry, the company is reshuffling staff and scaling back on a time-honored startup perk: free lunch.
Opendoor, most recently valued at $3.8 billion, began firing almost 50 of its roughly 1,300 employees in June, according to people familiar with the matter. It has also asked between 200 and 300 people in offices across the country to relocate to its Phoenix location, said the people, all of whom asked not to be identified because the company is private. Those employees will have about six to nine months to decide whether to make the move or leave the company.
A spokeswoman for Opendoor said the company was “streamlining operations in our Phoenix office” to improve customer experience as it continues to grow. The startup plans to double the number of employees in Phoenix to more than 500 next year, and will continue to hire in all of the markets in which it operates, the spokeswoman said. Real estate news site Inman earlier reported some details of the transfers.
There’s also some news for the tech staffers who have grown unaccustomed eating out: Opendoor has ended its policy of offering free lunch, according to the people.
The company did not comment on the job cuts. A spokeswoman said Opendoor will provide subsidized lunches at all of its offices with more than 100 people. “We provide benefits — spanning parental leave, medical coverage, a growth fund and other perks — that exceed those found across the market,” she said in a statement.
The staff changes come on the heels of a big year for Opendoor. The spokeswoman said that the company had almost doubled the size of its staff from one year earlier. The total value of homes sold by Opendoor — a metric known as gross merchandise volume — was up more than 150% last year from the year before, she said. If it kept up the level of transaction value it had during the month of May, it would sell $5 billion worth of houses over the next 12 months.
This spring, Opendoor announced a new $300-million fundraising round that brought the company’s total equity funding to more than $1 billion, on top of the $3 billion in debt financing it has raised to operate its capital-intensive business. Its investors include SoftBank Group Corp.’s $100-billion Vision Fund.
As the company has grown at a rapid clip over the last several years, it has also not appeared to shy away from spending. At a recent National Assn. of Real Estate Editors conference, Opendoor gave away a gift bag that included branded Apple AirPods and a jar of barbecue rub.
Opendoor has seen some executive turnover in recent months. In December, the company lost one of its founders, JD Ross. In May, Chief Financial Officer Jason Child left for publicly traded Splunk Inc. And its vice president of engineering, Bali Raghavan, also recently left, multiple people said. Raghavan did not respond to a request for comment.
Founded in 2014, Opendoor’s platform allows homeowners to upload information about their house and receive a cash offer on it from the startup within 48 hours. If the seller accepts, Opendoor makes minor repairs to the property and puts it on the market. In exchange for the convenience, users pay a fee that is slightly above what traditional real estate agents charge to broker a sale.
In recent years, the company has encountered increasing competition. Its tech-enabled, big data-driven spin on flipping homes has been widely imitated, with startups like Offerpad and Perch, as well as established brokerages like Redfin Corp. and Keller Williams Realty Inc. adding similar services.
Zillow Group Inc., best known for its home-search tool, has been especially ambitious in its efforts to ramp up the new business model. Zillow started buying and selling houses in the spring, then replaced its longtime CEO Spencer Rascoff with co-founder Rich Barton, saying the latter would be better equipped to lead the moonshot effort. Now the company is aiming to purchase 5,000 homes a month within five years.
Something that none of these companies has yet faced is a housing crisis, with each of them starting these services well after the housing market collapsed in 2008. A price war among all of them could make it so there are no winners in the space.
So far, no company has been able to match the transaction volume of Opendoor, which sold 7,200 homes last year, according to estimates compiled by real estate tech strategist Mike DelPrete. That’s more than twice as many home sales as its largest competitor, Offerpad, which sold 3,500.
That scale is important, particularly because many sellers are willing pay a small price for convenience, but not a large one.
“Everyone is pouring a lot of money into this,” said Andrew Eisenson, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. “They think, ‘We can scale this, and once we scale, then we can operate profitably.’”
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As per the latest leaks, the Samsung Galaxy S11+ is going to have a 108 MP detector with 9-to-1 Bayer technology. One of the most trustworthy leaksters, UniverseIce has revealed this information via tweet.
In another tweet, the leakster has shared the design of this phone. The poster clearly shows that the Galaxy S series will embrace the design of the A and M lineups with a huge rectangle in the upper left corner.
Quick maths concerning the 108 MP sensor shows that the output will be 12 MP, but utilizing these pixel-binning, we might have the clearest photographs a smartphone has ever produced. The individual combined pixels will have 2.4μm size - undoubtedly the largest around.
Looking further into the information of the camera setup, we may observe the bottom shooter is actually a periscope-type camera. As per the leakster, the top sensor is an ultrawide-angle camera, the middle one is the main camera, and the periscope is there keeping them company, playing the role of the telephoto lens. We can also expect the LED flash and the ToF sensor to be placed along with them, hidden on the right side.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Israeli military’s aerial operations in the Syrian airspace are in flagrant violation of the incumbent Damascus government’s sovereignty as tensions are simmering between Moscow and Tel Aviv over the downing of the Russian Ilyushin Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft in the western Syrian province of Latakia.
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Online dating website operator Cupid has reported a 31 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £9.2 million for the financial year ending December 2012.
The Edinburgh-based firm, which is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), said revenues rose 51 per cent on the previous year to £80.9 million and earnings were up 45 per cent to £16.4 million.
Revenues were lifted by sales growth of 102 per cent in new markets to £44.8 million (2011: £22.2 million).
Cupid spent £42.9 million last year on direct marketing, up from £29.9 million the previous year.
Revenues for the year less marketing costs were £37.9 million (2011: £23.6 million).
The group's cash position at the year-end rose to £14.1 million (2011: £7.8 million) and diluted earnings per share rose to 13.99 pence (2011: 10.01 pence for the full year).
Chief executive Bill Dobbie said: "We are very pleased to be reporting such a strong set of results with a significant improvement in all key metrics against the prior year.
“In addition to the strong financials, it has again been a year of investment, both through acquisitions, and also in our customer service levels, processes and procedures.
“We will continue this hard work to ensure significant steps are made towards our ambition to be an internationally recognised and admired leader in online dating and social discovery.
“Whilst it is still early in the year, we are confident that the business is well positioned for another year of healthy revenue growth, profitability and cash generation.”
Shares in Cupid dropped more than 10 per cent in February on aggressive short selling, which forced the Cupid board to issue a statement , saying it knew of “no material reason” for the drop in share price.
The shorting of shares was believed to be in response to a Radio 5 Live Investigates programme investigating claims customers were lured into paying subscriptions to Cupid sites after receiving messages from users who subsequently disappeared after they signed up.
Cupid denied the allegations and makes no mention of the BBC investigation in its full-year results.
The company's share price had also flagged at the tail-end of 2012 as investors questioned the sustainability of its business model, which has seen the company grow rapidly following a number of acquisitions in the UK and overseas markets.
The group went on to launch a share buy-back drive last December with the aim of acquiring up to 10 per cent of its issued share capital, worth around £15 million at the time of the announcement, to “help enhance returns for shareholders”.
Shares in Cupid rose more than one per cent in early trading today to 138 pence, well below the 12-month high of 219.5 pence set in March 2012.


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Social Networking for Business
- May 22, 2020
Workplace Rooms, a new video conferencing service for Facebook's business customers, falls short of competitors on features.
- October 09, 2019
Facebook will soon integrate Workplace by FB with its Portal video calling devices.
- July 23, 2019
Facebook will boost monthly fees for Workplace by Facebook but offer a discount to so-called front-line workers, such as baristas, warehouse workers and hospital staff.
- April 05, 2018
Apple is partnering with a handful of large businesses for the beta release of Apple Business Chat. The messaging service should help Apple compete with Facebook and Google in the enterprise market.
- February 02, 2018
The Apple Business Chat release comes as many businesses are rethinking the role of the contact center, which could turn the platform into a market disruptor.
- October 10, 2017
Symphony Communication Services says it's ready to compete with Cisco, Microsoft and Slack. Experts point to security as a strength of the Symphony collaboration platform.
- June 28, 2017
Despite its name, Microsoft Stream currently does not offer live streaming. The enterprise video service, launched last week, also lacks API support and analytics tools.
- February 02, 2017
The new Slack Enterprise Grid has the technology basics for business. But winning large enterprise deals will require a better strategy against Microsoft.
- February 01, 2017
Team collaboration applications such as Slack and Unify Circuit can make life easier for enterprises. But for some organizations, the risk might not be worth the reward.
- November 01, 2016
HipChat is offering through its marketplace an add-on for Amazon Alexa integration. The SoftServe voice bot is aimed at software development teams.
- October 20, 2016
Cisco buys startup Worklife to fold its team-meeting software into Spark. Worklife provides tools for creating and sharing tasks, agendas and meeting notes.
- October 12, 2016
Facebook's enterprise social network, Workplace, lacks integration with popular business applications and protections for corporate data.
- October 04, 2016
Yammer's integration with Office 365 Groups reveals Microsoft's collaboration roadmap, but raises questions for on-premises Office 365 users.
- August 25, 2016
Microsoft plans to use startup Genee's online intelligence to automate calendaring tasks in Office 365. Microsoft acquired Genee this week.
- June 21, 2016
The LinkedIn acquisition should help Microsoft's analytics and streaming video initiatives, according to industry experts. But questions remain over the privacy of LinkedIn users.
- November 03, 2015
Gartner's Magic Quadrant report for enterprise social software named Microsoft a market leader, while Polycom's third-quarter revenue is seeing short- and long-term declines.
- November 02, 2015
Despite brand recognition, familiarity and big customer wins, Facebook's business offering faces hurdles in the enterprise social networking market.
- September 16, 2015
More companies are seeking email alternatives to curb an overabundance of information.
- May 13, 2015
Jive Software's new, real-time messaging app focuses on simplicity, mobility and consumer-grade ease of use in the highly competitive collaboration app industry.
- March 05, 2015
Jive social software is delivering more relevant content to administrators and users with an updated homepage, analytics and integrations.
- March 04, 2015
In this week's sUC blogs, analysts discuss why effective collaboration must be a priority for enterprises and how Google is ready to join the BYOD game with Android for Work.
- February 26, 2015
Combining collaboration and social features into existing email platforms will encourage adoption, without forcing users to work with standalone tools.
- February 03, 2015
The three new Jive social mobile apps gives users an enterprise-grade social experience in a lightweight, mobile form factor.
- January 19, 2015
Businesses can soon legitimately use Facebook for work, as the new business-friendly application was officially released last week.
- October 24, 2014
A deeper Jive-Google integration will let users work simultaneously on documents within the Jive environment.
- September 12, 2014
Jive updated its cloud-based tools, including Jive Present and JiveX, for better mobility. It also unveiled early Cisco integrations.
- August 13, 2014
As Yammer's co-founder leaves the company, Microsoft plans to deepen the integration of Yammer with Office 365 and Outlook. Learn more about the Microsoft-Yammer social integration.
- October 15, 2013
Siemens Enterprise Communications changed its name to Unify in a rebranding effort emphasizing unified communication technology.
- July 31, 2013
Many enterprise social strategies still include consumer tools, but businesses are starting to realize the benefits of enterprise social software.
- July 24, 2013
Google drops XMPP and integrates its voice app into Hangouts to unify Google applications for a blended social experience.
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Microsoft officially announces Yammer acquisition, an effort to accelerate social strategy and cloud services.
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The barriers to enterprise social software adoption are more cultural than technical. In this Q&A, Caleb Barlow, IBM director of UC, explains how UC pros can overcome them.
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Guardian News & Media Ltd, owner of the Guardian newspaper, and U.S. advertising technology company The Rubicon Project Inc. have reached a settlement in a legal dispute over alleged hidden fees, the companies said.
The Guardian filed a lawsuit in the Chancery Division of London’s High Court in March 2017, alleging that Rubicon Project charged fees to buyers of the London-based newspaper’s advertising inventory without disclosing them to the publisher.
The Guardian sought unspecified damages for what the suit claimed was a breach of fiduciary duty and a breach of contract, deceit and misrepresentation, court papers show.
In a countersuit filed in the High Court in May last year, Rubicon Project denied the allegations, saying it was entitled to charge the fees and the Guardian had consented to them.
Rubicon Project provides technology that publishers use to sell ads to advertisers, who bid for available space in the milliseconds it takes to open up a web page.
In its countersuit, the company said it disclosed the fact that it levied fees on ad buyers in its contract with the Guardian. Rubicon also said in a statement in March last year the company disclosed its buyer fees publicly in its Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
Rubicon Project claimed the Guardian had caused loss and damage by letting other ad-tech vendors sell “at least some of” its online advertising inventory.
The companies have now “mutually agreed to resolve their dispute” through a confidential settlement on Oct. 11, Rubicon Project said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday.
The settlement is “immaterial to the company from a financial standpoint,” the filing said.
“Because the settlement is a purely commercial one, it does not assign any liability to either party—whether Rubicon Project in respect to the Guardian’s claims, or the Guardian in respect to our counterclaims,” Rubicon Project Chief Executive Officer Michael Barrett said in a statement.
A spokeswoman for Guardian News and Media said in a statement the company is “pleased to have reached a settlement of this dispute, and that proceedings have been discontinued.”
Had the case reached court, it would have shone a light on the complicated nature of the online advertising ecosystem, which is under scrutiny from marketers seeking to clear up ambiguity over fees to ensure their advertising dollars are well spent.
Some so-called supply-side platforms charge both publishers and ad buyers using their technology and services, while others only charge publishers. In November last year, Rubicon Project stopped charging buyers.
Marketers and publishers alike are keen to cut down on the so-called ad-tech tax—fees taken by the various middlemen in the chain between an advertiser initiating a campaign and an ad appearing on a publisher website or app.


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We all spent more than our fair share of 2020 streaming content from Netflix, Hulu, or any of the other many platforms. Now, the results are in, and the top streaming show of 2020 has been revealed.
Business Insider teamed up with Parrot Analytics to discover what the year’s most popular streaming series was among a variety of platforms. The companies looked at things like viewership, engagement, and desire for a series to create the list.
If you were on the internet at all last year, you likely already know which series won among streamers. Disney+ exclusive, The Mandalorian, topped the list because who can resist Baby Yoda (or Grogu, as we now know him)?
The show was also part of a larger 2020 television genre trend: sci-fi and fantasy. Want to find something new to binge? You can check out the full top 20 list over on Business Insider.


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Advisor to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdur Razzaq Dawood has said that government has made a strategy to allow export related industry to start its operations in a phased manner.
He said due to the extension in current lockdown because of coronavirus pandemic, a strategy was being made to allow export related industry to start its operation.
Abdur Razzaq Dawood was talking to the business leaders through video link conference to personally inquire about their problems.
He asked the various chambers to provide him a priority-wise list of 10 industrial units which could be opened subject to fulfillment of required safety measures.
He said that government would also review to allow the SME and cottage industry to resume its operations after following the set SOPs.
He said that instructions to the provincial chief secretaries and commissioners were being issued in this regard so that the industrial activities could be restored as soon as the threat of corona virus ends.
He said that another meeting with business community would be held on Monday to review the steps taken in this conference.
Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) President Rana Sikandar-e-Azam suggested that industrial sector should be allowed to resume its operation.
Representing the business community, he said that the importers were unable to immediately pay the dues of their LCs and their goods had been arrived in local ports.
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The Aditya Birla Group plans to shut part of its aluminum foil making mill in the UK and relocate the plant to its unit near Nagpur.
MUMBAI: The Aditya Birla Group plans to shut part of its aluminum foil making mill in the UK and relocate the plant to its unit near Nagpur. The move is aimed at cracking the whip on unviable units in the European market, which are currently grappling with over-supplies and high energy costs.
The Bridgnorth facility of Novelis, which is a subsidiary of group flagship Hindalco Industries, employs about 300 people and makes foil packaging products for the food and beverages industry. It has been facing problems due to overcapacity in European foils space and increased competition from manufacturers in low-cost countries that has affected its profitability.
Novelis is the world leader in aluminum rolling and produces nearly 20% of the world's flat-rolled aluminum products used in consumer goods, cars and aircraft.
"Every factory has to be profitable and has to justify its existence. There can be no subsidies," said Hindalco Managing Director Debu Bhattacharya, who is also vice-chairman of Novelis. He didn't specify on Bridgnorth's financials. Part of the Bridgnorth facility will be relocated to Hindalco's unit at Mouda near Nagpur where foils for packaging for food will be made.
This is the second time that Hindalco has shut down a European unit and relocated the plant to India. In 2011, the company shifted plant and machinery from its beverage can-making facility at Rogerstone in the UK to Hirakud in Odisha.
"There are advantages in doing this. I save on time as it takes 2-3 years to build a similar plant in India. I also save on cost. I need cash now. I don't want to spend on equipment right now," said Bhattacharya. Novelis is the world's largest maker of cans.
The move is also similar to cost-cutting measures adopted by yet another Indian major Tata Steel, which has a large presence in the UK through Corus. Between 2010 and 2011, the Jamshedpur-based steelmaker mothballed units in the UK, which cut about 1,500 jobs.
Although highly unpopular, the measures by Tata Steel and the Aditya Birla Group have been widely-believed to be necessary as general slowdown has affected European markets and have turned some units unviable.
Global aluminum majors, including Alcoa, have closed down a significant part of their production, almost 12% of the total capacity, due to high energy costs. The closures have already affected supplies with Indian producers commanding a $220 premium over LME prices.
On June 27, Novelis reported strong operating results in FY12 despite tight market conditions globally. Net sales at $11.10 billion were a 5% increase compared with $10.60 billion last year, mainly due to higher conversion premiums and an increase in average aluminum prices.
Novelis also showed a record operating profit per tonne of $371 for the year. Shipments were, however, lower due to economic slowdown and de-stocking by customers.
The group has also outlined large investment plans for Novelis and will put in more than $1 billion to increase presence in growth markets such as Korea, China, Brazil and India. The company has completed acquisition of 31.30% of the outstanding stake in its Korean subsidiary for $344 million that will raise Novelis' ownership to 99%. In China, Novelis will invest $100 million in a unit to make aluminum sheets for cars. Parent Hindalco said it has raised about 3,000-4,500 crore through a debenture issue in April and an additional 1,500 crore through a similar instrument early this week - to fund growth plans.


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The National, Friday October 9th, 2015
THE revamped reserved activity list component of the small to medium enterprise policy is an ambitious economic plan which will not kill business and investment, an official says.
A Commerce Department spokesman said the revised list was approved by the Government to encourage and create an environment conducive for Papua New Guineans to develop successful entrepreneurs.
The department was asked by The National to respond to concerns raised that the revamped reserve activity list would kill businesses in the country. The spokesman said the revised version once launched would make sure that a wide range of business activities were owned by locals.
These include businesses in culture and tourism, catering and food business, agriculture, information technology services, forestry and related activities, alluvial and small scale mining, provision of security services and legal firms operating in the country.
The previous reserved list catered for the small businesses such as craft making deemed not suitable for Papua New Guineans to run.
The revamped one under the small to medium enterprise policy aims to retrieve a wide range of business activities and reserve them for locals.
The department hopes that by 2030, 500,000 small to medium businesses will have been owned by Papua New Guineans and will increase the average gross domestic product by 50 per cent.
The department hopes by 2030 all Papua New Guineans could own a business.


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Party with PAWcasso – POSTPONED
(As a proactive measure against the COVID-19 virus, this event has been postponed.)
Pets and their people will step out together for a ‘purr-fect’ evening of champagne, charcuterie and fun, including a one-of-a-kind auction of artwork created at your table, Chef Michael Sullivan’s Famous Charcuterie Bar, Catwalk Fashion Show (human and pet), K9 Kissing Booth and entertainment. Well-mannered, leashed pets are welcome. Adoptable pets also will be at the party for those who need a furry guest.


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The Covid-19 pandemic has brought home the reality of just how deeply interconnected all life on Earth is. It has been a crisis of speed and an all consuming experience. Now, however, as we glimpse a light at the end of the tunnel, the world is reconnecting with the other crisis unfolding around us: climate change.
On this year’s annual Earth Day, President Biden convened 40 leaders from 40 countries in an attempt to galvanize efforts by the major economies to tackle the climate crisis. A powerful signal of the United States’s renewed commitment to the Paris Agreement, it is hoped the event will now mobilise business leaders to take action.
Following last month’s event we saw a wave of follow-up announcements and commitments from corporates the world over. Whether or not the goodwill and many eye-catching posts on social media result in tangible business action remains to be seen. All too often we see companies telling their followers about environmental awareness days, with little follow up on what they are doing — and what their consumers can choose to do — to have a meaningful positive impact. Just one example would be some fast-fashion brands who spread messages of women’s equality but fail to adequately mandate a living-wage for workers in their supply chains.
Yet, there is no doubt in my mind that today’s consumers have come to expect more from brands. Attitudes and sentiment have shifted monumentally since the first Earth Hour 14 years ago and the first Earth Day back in the 1970s. The recently published Age of Inclusive Intelligence reveals that by 2030 more than two-thirds of people will consider brand inaction on climate change to be criminally negligent. Underpinned by a survey of 30,000 people in more than 20 countries, the report warns that we should expect to see greater consumer activism, with purchasing decisions increasingly based on social issues. Significantly, it also confirms that 88% of consumers want brands to help them live sustainably.
This has far reaching implications for brands and for the advertising and marketing sector as a whole. As experts in messaging and human behaviour change, we certain have a role to play in preparing brands for this cultural shift. More than that, we can actually help to accelerate this transition towards sustainable living. We have an opportunity to partner with companies and organisations to decarbonise their go-to-market strategies whilst simultaneously creating demand for a more sustainable product.
The good news is that the market for sustainable products has already grown 20% since 2014, while conventional product sales have dropped. In 2018, Unilever’s Sustainable Living Brands grew 69% faster than the rest of the business. Tesco recently announced its intention to grow sales of plant-based protein alternatives by 300%, reflecting the fact that vegan product lines are its fastest growing. IKEA is designing circular principles into its new products with the goal to only use renewable and recycled materials in its products by 2030 – reducing the total climate footprint of the company by 70%. General Motors is set to spend $27 billion on all-electric and autonomous vehicles with plans to release 30 new electric vehicles by 2025.
In addition to baking sustainable behaviours into the heart of brand strategy and creative, the media industry must also start to lead by example; embedding sustainability into its core business, operations and supply chain. At dentsu International, not only do we join the campaigns around Earth Hour and Earth Day, ramping up messages of shared and collective action towards a healthy, sustainable and equitable future, we’re also committed to acting on our values in demonstrable ways.
In 2020 we were the first of the global advertising holding agencies to be powered by 100% renewable energy and to make UN recognised science-based targets for reaching Net Zero by 2030. Similarly, we invested in creating a ground-breaking supply chain carbon calculator for all aspects of digital media – DIMPACT – and have committed to influencing 1 billion people to make sustainable consumer choices through our creative work before the decade is out.
We are committed to this agenda. For more than 80 years, the advertising industry has had enormous influence on the choices people have made – and it still does. As an industry, for the future of our shared planet, we need to use that same influence to make sustainable choices irresistible to consumers. In September 2020, David Attenborough described saving the planet as a communications challenge. The Net Zero transition is dependent on both decarbonisation of industry and human and societal behaviour change. We need more than warm-words and long-term aspirations from CEOs to do better; we need solid, measurable, impactful changes to the way we operate as businesses and to the campaigns we deliver.
It is incumbent on the media, advertising and communications industry, to use every touchpoint, every channel, every campaign to influence consumers to make sustainable choices if we are to mitigate the worst impacts of the climate crisis. Not for one hour or one day a year, and not just on Twitter or Instagram, but embedded across everything we do.
Anna Lungley, Chief Sustainability Officer, dentsu International


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A THIEF may be having himself a very merry Christmas after stealing sex toys valued at more than $1000 from a Wod- onga adult store.
Police said the man who broke into Erotic Nights in High Street early on Saturday was aged 17 to 25.
They said the thief knew what he wanted — among the items stolen were vibrators and a penis pump.
The owner of the store, Seymour Batt, said a range of “adult products” were stolen.
“They got away with a fair bit of stuff,” he said.
He said he was reluctant to say more while police were investigating the matter.
Wodonga’s Detective Leading Sen-Constable Ian Deverell said the break-in was definitely a targeted offence for “personal use”.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that he had visited the store previously,” he said.
Sen-Constable Deverell said the man had smashed a window to gain entry to the store sometime after midnight on Saturday.
He had caused damage of up to $1000.
Police said they were reviewing the shop’s CCTV footage of the crime for clues.
Sen-Constable Deverell said some of the stolen property had been found dumped nearby.
Police had also found a red-and-black motorcycle shirt that they believed the thief was wearing during the break-in.
“It’s a busy road down there and there would have been a lot of people coming and going at that time of night,” he said.
“It’s likely somebody has seen something that could help us,” he said.
It is the third time in four months the store has been broken into or vandalised.
Synthetic cannabis valued at $6000 was stolen in September.
“There were no drugs taken this time,” Sen-Const Deverell said.
Anyone with any information to assist police is asked to phone Wodonga detectives on (02) 6049 2700.


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The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a host of changes in the way we live and work. And as we seek ways to minimize unnecessary physical contact as the world returns to normalcy, attention has turned to the devices with which nearly everyone interacts when visiting a restaurant, retail business or any other place where they might use a credit or debit card: the payment terminal.
As a result, there’s been an increasing focus on contactless payment solutions that enable the processing of transactions without users actually having to touch the terminal. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the hospitality industry.
And while contactless payments appeal to COVID concerns on the part of both guests and operators, they offer a number of non-COVID-related benefits as well.


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Recalls & Warnings
ConsumerLab.com is keeping you informed with current product recalls and warnings.
Posted April 09, 2006
Sellers of Children’s Weight-Loss Product Settle FTC Charges
On April 6, 2006, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that the marketers of Pedia Loss, a purported children’s weight-loss product, and Fabulously Feminine, a supposed female libido enhancement product, had agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and misleading claims about their products.


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Nintendo, long time makers of video game consoles for the living room and those that fit in a pocket, is apparently wasting no time in prepping for the launch of the new Nintendo 3DS handheld it unveiled earlier this year. This morning the new Nintendo 3DS appeared in a filing with the FCC ahead of its eventual release.
The documents provided to the Federal Communications Commission in the United States don’t exactly reveal a lot that we didn’t know already about the new Nintendo 3DS. There are no new pictures to gawk at, no lightly colored plastic and joysticks to admire. Instead, the filling consists mostly of documents revealing test results for interference with radio signals and Nintendo’s request for confidentiality. A single picture does depict where the labeling and FCC ID on the new Nintendo 3Ds will go. The documents also confirm what Nintendo has already revealed – that the new Nintendo 3DS will support NFC or Near Field Communication technology.
By chance NFC is the same technology that Android and Windows Phone devices have included for years. Also, Apple began shipping the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus with NFC technology so that users can pay for their groceries and more using the company’s new ApplePay service. Nintendo won’t be doing anything like that with the NFC built into the new Nintendo 3DS though. The company is including the technology in its next major handheld gaming refresh so that its users can add some of their favorite characters into its.
So, for example, users will be able to add Mario to their game by buying a Nintendo-made Mario figurine and tapping it on their new Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo revealed that it was working on a way for players to pick up figurines and get some kind of enhanced gameplay shortly before its E3 2014 streaming event. This will be the first time NC technology has even been used in a Nintendo handheld, but it’s not the first time NFC has been used successfully in gaming. What Nintendo is doing is very similar to what Skylanders offers players on current and last generation consoles already. The difference here is that Nintendo has already built an ecosystem around these sorts of toys. It’s relatively new Nintendo Wii U console has a controller that already includes NFC. Presumably, users who own both consoles will be able to use their figures between the two. We do know that these figures will have uses on many of Nintendo’s titles. Nintendo is calling this new line of toys Amiibo.
Other than these feature additions, there’s a bunch more for buyers to look forward to. New bumper buttons are also included in the new Nintendo 3DS, along with a small joystick above the XBYA buttons that were already on the right of the device. Nintendo isn’t leaving much to chance with upgraders, it’s hoping that these new button configurations will convince users to upgrade, but just to make sure it’s throwing in a faster processor. This faster processor should make things like downloading games from the Nintendo 3DS’ store less painful. Users can also expect custom covers for the device.
When it arrives on store shelves the new Nintendo 3DS will come in two flavors. One version is meant for small hands and will have roughly the same footprint as today’s Nintendo 3DS. The new Nintendo 3DS XL will be bigger and have a larger screen than the normal version. So far, Nintendo has only confirmed that it’s not planning to launch either console in the United States until 2015. That’s well after the holiday buying season has swept through America. As such, it’s not the best time to purchase a Nintendo 3DS this year.
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Wednesday, October 03, 2018 12:38 IST
Amazon Prime Video Original 'Hear Me Love Me' offers a unique twist in one of the episodes.
The show will have one reverse episode which will offer an altogether different perspective to the show.
The special episode will have a male participant choosing a date out of three female contestants.
Shilpa Shetty Kundra will be seen mentoring the guy instead of the regular prototype of female contestants.
Hear Me Love Me has already opened to positive response and has been loved by the audience.
Created by Freemantle, Hear Me. Love Me. is a first-of-its-kind reality format that redefines the concept of blind dating.
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Walk into many schools in Central Florida and you'll find students washing down pizza and submarine sandwiches with sodas or fruity drinks.
Those rich foods and drinks are contributing to the growth of a form of diabetes once seen only in older adults, experts say. The decreasing amount of time students spend in physical education classes is also a factor in the alarming trend.
"This is pretty scary stuff. There is now an epidemic explosion of children with type 2 diabetes," said Dr. Francine Kaufman, president-elect of the American Diabetes Association and a professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. "And if we continue on this track, it will cost us millions in public health dollars."
There are no statistics on how many children have type 2 diabetes, although about 16 million Americans have some form of the disease, which can lead to blindness and circulation problems that can cause foot or leg amputations.
Nationally, only 29 percent of students attended physical education classes in 1999, compared with 42 percent in 1991, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the past 30 years, obesity among 6- to 11-year-olds has increased by 48 percent, according to the American Heart Association.
As students get heavier and less active, their health deteriorates, and that increases the likelihood of diabetes. That could lead to huge health-care costs for the country years down the road, Kaufman said.
Vending machines selling soft drinks, chips and candy have been fixtures in Orange County schools for years. In fact, Florida Coca-Cola Bottling Co. and Pepsi Bottling Group -- vendors of the country's two most popular soft drinks -- recently signed a joint countywide contract with the Orange County school district to sell a variety of their beverages in all middle schools and high schools.
In Lake County, school board members decided that vending machines would sell juices and sport drinks -- not snacks or soda.
"We are strict about that," said Jim Hill, director of food services.
Lake schools do have an option of selling other vending items for one hour after lunch, but most schools have opted not to do that, Hill said.
Some Orange County schools earn $40,000 or more annually from the machines and use the money for marching bands, scholarships, field trips and computer centers.
The machines also provide junk lunches for many students.
At some Lake County high schools, students can buy slices of Domino's pizza.
It's Domino's Day at South Lake High in Groveland on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On Tuesday during the first week of school this year, the school ran out of pizza slices after selling a record 91 pizzas.
No one is going to become obese from eating candy or a slice of pizza once in a while, Kaufman said. But the reason so many children are overweight and have type 2 diabetes may be the size of food portions being served in cafeterias and restaurants and the easy availability of candy and sugary soft drinks.
FAST-FOOD PORTIONS 'OBSCENE'
"The fast-food industry has always been there, but they've increased the size of their meals. It's obscene. That's not what one person should eat," she said. "And I think the average family doesn't understand what an average portion size is or what a balanced meal is. So we need to start educating in the schools. Why are we selling soft drinks in the schools that are loaded with sugar and contain a lot of sodium phosphates and have zero nutritional value?"
Hill said food in Lake County schools has an emphasis on nutrition.
"We are proud of that," he said.
Annie Johnson, director of food services for Orange County schools, pointed out that snack and soda machines are off limits to elementary-school students. In middle schools, the machines are outside the cafeterias and sell only noncarbonated beverages.
High school students can buy snacks and sodas from machines throughout the day. Those machines also are not in the cafeterias.
A school lunch is made up of five components -- meat, fruit, a vegetable, milk and bread. For example, a meal may be meatloaf, mashed potatoes, a fruit cup, milk and bread. But students have the option of rejecting two of the items, Johnson said.
"We're providing the milk. But the child may not want it and may go outside for a Coke," she said.
Menus may vary according to the ethnic makeup of the schools, Johnson said. A school in a mostly Hispanic community may offer tacos, burritos, beans and rice.
FOOD TEMPTATIONS ARE MANY
Federal government guidelines require that school meals contain no more than 30 percent fat and that sodium and calories be kept low, Johnson said.
"I think that if they are eating in the cafeteria, they're eating pretty healthy. But there are a lot of other food temptations outside the cafeteria," she said.
Even some students expressed concern over the amount of junk foods available to them at school.
"I think they could do a little better. But it is kind of hard if the temptation was there. If I wanted to, I could have 12 Snickers a day,' " said Tyneisha Felder, a 16-year-old junior at Timber Creek High School in Orlando.
SOME KIDS EAT MORE
About four years ago, Tyneisha was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. She takes insulin daily in the form of injections and pills.
She closely monitors what she eats every day, watching her intake of sugar and carbohydrates. She frequently buys fruit juice and diet sodas from the soda machines at school.
Children may be eating more of everything, not just junk food, than they were several years ago.
They are exercising less.
In the past few years, there has been a shift away from traditional physical education classes to lessons in healthful living where students learn about blood pressure, for example, and how exercise can help them control it.
"As a diabetic, I need to exercise, and my parents sometimes have to push me to exercise," Tyneisha said. "So I think high-school students need some kind of motivation. All students should have some type of P.E. during all four years of high school."


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CHINA--Makes list for the fifth time after a 43% jump in
sales last year. Sales growth slowed to 20% in the first half of 2012 but
should pick up steam as the government renews its energy-saving subsidy
program. Raised $515 million through a share offering in January to fund
technology development and new production bases. Considering a U.S. plant after
opening an office in California last year. Dubbed the “Iron Woman of Business,”
Chief Executive Dong Mingzhu made FORBES ASIA’s list of the region’s 50 Power
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The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) and the I’m A Star Foundation have formed a partnership to empower Jacksonville’s citizens to live healthier, longer and stronger lives. As part of this effort, I’m A Star has set up a produce market featuring healthy, fresh and local produce for sale at Rosa Parks Transit Station every Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn more after the jump!
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – July 6, 2016 – The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) and the I’m A Star Foundation held a press conference this morning to launch the “Rosa Parks Produce Market”. JTA and I’m A Star have teamed up to offer fresh fruit and vegetables to customers who may reside in an area considered a “food desert,” which means the person has to travel more than a mile from home for groceries.
As part of this effort, I’m A Star will operate a weekly market featuring healthy, fresh and local produce for sale at Rosa Parks Transit Station starting on Friday, July 15.
"We are excited to partner with I’m A Star to provide our customers the opportunity to purchase fresh food at a convenient location,” said JTA Chief Executive Officer Nathaniel P. Ford Sr. “This ceremony marks the beginning of a partnership to empower Jacksonville’s citizens to live healthier, longer and stronger lives.”
Ford is optimistic that a program like this might encourage people who might not utilize the JTA system to actually take a bus to Rosa Parks in order to access fresh fruits and vegetables.
Rosa Parks Transit Station is a convenient backdrop for a market to help battle those food deserts in our community. The market also supports Mayor Curry’s vision of Journey to One which encourages residents to build and adopt better eating habits for better health.
“Since 2012, students in the I’m A Star Foundation have been resolute in their quest to eradicate food deserts and to make Jacksonville one of America’s healthiest cities,” said Betty Seabook Burney, Executive Director of I’m A Star Foundation. “This phenomenal partnership with the Jacksonville Transportation Authority allows our solution-oriented students to provide an invaluable service to JTA’s patrons.”
The Rosa Parks Produce Market will operate on Fridays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The market features produce from Florida farmers, including Whitehouse Farms. Fresh juicy berries, peaches, and leafy greens including collards are available for purchase. Cash, credit cards and EBT cards are accepted as payment.
Rosa Parks Transit Station is located at 201 W. State Street, Jacksonville, FL.
For additional information, please contact the JTA’s customer service line at (904) 630-3100; TDD (904) 630-3191 or visit www.jtafla.com.


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Home > Press > Packaging World to Produce Brand-Protection Packaging Forum
New conference presents strategies for brand owners to protect their products from counterfeiting, diversion and gray-market distribution, using the latest packaging-related technologies.
Packaging World to Produce Brand-Protection Packaging Forum
Chicago, IL | Posted on November 16th, 2007
Summit Publishing Company announces the launch of a new conference for brand owners looking to enhance the security of their products using the latest packaging technologies. Produced by Summit Publishing Company's flagship magazine, Packaging World, the Brand-Protection Packaging Forum will take place on April 8, 2008 at the Chicago Marriott Schaumburg.
Encryption, DNA markers, taggants, microprint copy, holograms, item-level serialization, nanotechnology, and color-changing ink are just a few of the technologies being explored and implemented as brand owners around the world look for ways to ward off counterfeiting, diversion, and grey-market distribution. These illegal activities can erode and ultimately undo the brand value that marketers invest significant resources to maintain.
Via peer-to-peer education, the Brand-Protection Packaging Forum will educate brand owners about a variety of strategies to protect both the authenticity of products and the welfare of consumers. Presenters from the food, consumer electronics, cosmetic and pharmaceutical sectors are expected. Brand-Protection Packaging Forum will offer a full day of sessions for packaging professionals who are charged with maintaining and increasing the integrity of their products.
Packaging World Editor Pat Reynolds shares his thoughts. "In recent years, many brand protection and anti-counterfeiting initiatives have been focused on reactive, defensive strategies. Owners sought ways to prove the authenticity of their products - often times via forensic packaging technologies - in response to legal action. Increasingly, today's manufacturers are seeking more proactive, less litigious methods, many of which openly engage the consumer to confirm the authenticity of a product at the time of purchase or use."
"This conference offers an exciting opportunity to share new developments in a process that is top of mind for many brand owners. We believe the use of packaging technology as a means of protecting brands and consumers is an area that will see exceptional growth, as more and more companies add the issue of brand security to their business agenda," comments Packaging World Publisher Joe Angel.
Online registration for the Brand-Protection Packaging Forum is open now at http://www.packworld.com/bppf For additional information about attending or sponsoring this conference, please contact Events Manager Adriene Cooper at 312-222-1010.
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Chicago-based Summit Publishing Company is an integrated media publisher offering business information for packaging professionals. Print magazines include flagship monthly Packaging World ( http://www.packworld.com ); PACK EXPO Showcase; Healthcare Packaging and Contract Packaging. In addition to packaging e-newsletters, Summit Publishing Company also produces Webcasts and a variety of conferences for packaging professionals.
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The second tenant to open in attorney Alfonso Marra Bax’s building at 442-444 Center is the Mad Hatter Tea House. Owner Barbara Gray said the Lewiston space, which faces the road, is a combination teashop and Shawn’s Gate Art Studio.
Inside the store, tea and tea products are for sale. In the fall months, Gray said hot tea, coffee and soup will be offered in-store. She also has a line of CBD products.
Shawn’s Gate offers art classes – which are already booked. Gray said customers can feel free to come in and not worry about disrupting lessons.
Following a soft opening, the Mad Hatter Tea House is expected to be open from 10:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.


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Farmer outfits are persevering with to protest the brand new legislations in agriculture. On Sunday, amidst uproar from the opposition events two of the three Payments had been handed in Rajya Sabha. Final week when these Payments had been handed within the decrease home, Shiromani Akali Dal’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who was the Minister of Meals Processing, stop the cupboard. Why this drama?
It was the Congress which in its 2019 election manifesto promised to repeal the APMC Act. All that the Invoice on farm produce commerce has carried out is to provide farmers the liberty to determine to whom they promote; it removes the compulsion to promote to the licensed brokers of APMC (Agriculture Produce Market Committee). So, the explanation for the protests is just not clear.
As for the difficulty of the Centre’s intrusion into the States’ jurisdiction, it’s only beneath the powers given by the Structure that the Centre has enacted these items of laws. The concern that the laws will result in the top of MSP procurement is unwarranted. Even at current, there are a lot of procurement centres exterior the APMC that have interaction in MSP operations. The brand new laws doesn’t say it should shut APMCs. It solely says that it’s proscribing the powers of APMCs to their bodily boundaries, and opening up the area to personal gamers.
It seems that the concern of protesters is that the brand new laws will verify cash circulate within the palms of APMCs; in Haryana and Punjab, the market price is 4-6 per cent, respectively (1-2 per cent in different States). But, the infrastructure is just not nice on the mandis. It is just proper that the brand new laws has minimize out a supply of revenue for APMCs by saying they can’t cost a cess on commerce that takes place exterior its yard. Nevertheless, there are some considerations within the new legal guidelines that the Centre ought to deal with.
Why the concern?
The concern of farmers that the MSP procurement will cease is misplaced. The Agriculture Minister has stated that MSP procurement is not going to cease. Just a few weeks again, the goal procurement for kharif paddy was elevated to 49.5 million tonnes, nearly 20 per cent soar over final 12 months. So, farmers needn’t fear. The MSP for kharif 2020 paddy has additionally been elevated. Even when it so occurs that APMCs shut down on not having the ability to stand up to competitors, MSP operations will proceed by means of authorities procurement centres. Farmers’ outfits want to grasp that exterior the APMC mandi, there will probably be extra patrons for farmers’ produce (as they won’t be charged any levy), serving to efficient worth discovery. Farmers’ bargaining energy will enhance.
The brand new laws might throw some middlemen out of enterprise. That’s no calamity, given their minimal position within the agri-marketing ecosystem and exploitative relationship with farmers. In APMCs in Punjab and Haryana, agent fee is about 2.5 per cent. Therefore, it isn’t stunning that the arhitya group is in opposition to the brand new legal guidelines. If arhityas are certainly taking part in a related position out there, they need to not fear about shedding their work. The APMCs in Punjab and Haryana are additionally dreading the brand new laws. There are causes for this: In all these years, from the mandi price collected they haven’t created sufficient infrastructure, and now there’s concern of shedding enterprise to personal markets. In Punjab and Haryana, the mandi price collected by APMCs fills up the coffers of the State authorities — a motive why the States don’t want the brand new laws.
There are particular features of the legislation which haven’t been effectively thought out. First, provided that free commerce is allowed, there needs to be a provision to register personal gamers, verify the programs they’ve in place for weighment of farmers’ produce, their worth auctioning and fee mechanism and different amenities. Additionally, it ought to have drawn out a regulatory framework for supervision of all commerce (no matter its being carried out on the digital market or bodily market). Additional, the laws ought to have thrown mild on how it will seize commerce information and construct a market intelligence system, which is essential for decision-making by the federal government on export/import, costs, inflation management, and so forth.
It will have been ultimate had the laws introduced the creation of an umbrella entity that may take all smaller main markets throughout the nation beneath its fold and convey uniformity in commerce and laws. One other situation with regard to the Farmers’ Commerce Promotion Invoice is that the grievance redress system is weak. One is just not positive no less than within the preliminary section how a excessive variety of grievances can be dealt with by a Sub-Divisional Justice of the Peace.
The opposite concern is that the Invoice has clubbed FPOs with merchants and made it obligatory for them to pay the farmers on the identical day or inside three days, which is unreasonable given the lengthy working capital cycle of FPOs.
Instituting these safeguards will make the reforms foolproof.


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Germany-based Finetunes and Norway’s Phonofile will become full subsidiaries of The Orchard, gaining access to the 25 territories it operates in.
Sony Music, who originally had a 50% share, acquired the full 100% of The Orchard back in early 2015 for €136m. The company was founded 20 years ago bringing independent labels in-house including TVT Records, Frenchkiss Records, Discos Joey, JDub and Xanadu.
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Immocap, the company behind the Central shopping centre in Bratislava, is preparing a new aquapark project in the surrounds of Piešťany. The developer estimates that construction work could begin in 2018. Their ambition is to create a relaxation complex which would attract hundreds of thousands of visitors per year, wrote TREND Reality.
The same company introduced the project for the complex before the crisis but since the first plans were drawn up, it has changed a great deal.
In 2015, the head of the investment group, Peter Lukeš, introduced his idea to the locals. He proposed a complex on the banks of the Váh River, consisting of four pools and four toboggans designated for year-long use with an additional six pools and 18 toboggans for summer use. These attractions were to be supplemented by an amphitheatre, shops, restaurants and cafés, wrote TREND Reality.
Since then the situation has changed and the complex does not yet have final form.
“We are cooperating with specialists from the field of aquapark architecture as well as an architectural design studio who have experience in building successful aquaparks in Slovakia and abroad,” Martin Šramko, managing director of Immocap explained for TREND Reality.
According to his words, the project is entering its next phase.
“We plan to introduce the architectonical analysis to the public and during the coming year continue refining the details of the project and gaining the necessary admissions. If everything goes according to plan, the construction work should begin in 2018.”
The original concept of the project has not changed.
“We want to build a complex with indoor and outdoor areas, with an hotel as well as a summer aquapark. There will be a lot of water and other attractions: a wide variety of pools and toboggans, wellness, sport and relaxation zones and restaurants and cafés,” continued Šramko.
The pools will be different – one will have waves, there will be a relaxation pool and one for children. In the outer part of the park there will be a big pool with waves and two pools with relaxation areas.
At the beginning of last year, Immocap sold the Central shopping centre. Currently they are preparing the reconstruction of the pedestrian underpass at Trnavské mýto, stated TREND Reality.
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Tenn., Feb. 1, 2007 – Increased aging times, slower chill rates and a jump in branded beef programs are among the reasons beef tenderness has increased 18 percent over results recorded in 1999, according to the 2005 National Beef Tenderness Survey, a checkoff-funded effort that recently evaluated beef from retail and foodservice establishments in 11 U.S. cities.
Following a baseline survey of retail beef in 1990, tenderness performance increased 20 percent, according to findings in a 1999 study of both retail and foodservice beef cuts. The 2005 report marks the third national tenderness survey in the past 17 years.
Researchers sampled a variety of cuts from 82 retail outlets and six foodservice facilities in Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Chicago, Kansas City, Atlanta, Tampa, Philadelphia and New York City. Cuts were evaluated through Warner-Bratzler shear force values and consumer sensory panel assessments. Various parts of the work was conducted by Texas A&M University, Oklahoma State University, University of Missouri, University of Florida, Pennsylvania State University, Texas Tech and South Dakota State University.
Tenderness was rated by both trained consumer sensory panels and with the Warner-Bratzler shear force test, which determines the amount of force, in pounds, needed to slice a steak or beef cut.
Among the findings:
• For retail cuts, the top loin, bone-in strip, bone-in ribeye, T-Bone and Porterhouse steaks had the lowest (most tender) shear-force values.
• For foodservice cuts, top loin steaks were the tenderest, compared to ribeye and top sirloin steaks.
• Consumers rated the bone-in top loin the most preferable retail cut, based on attributes of tenderness, juiciness, flavor and overall like.
• Consumer preferences for foodservice cuts were affected by quality grade.
• Beef used for retail was aged an average of 23 days, compared to 30 days for foodservice beef.
• About 47 percent of retail cuts were marketed as part of a packer branded program.
The increasing number of branded beef programs, which require specific quality parameters, are having a positive effect on beef tenderness, said Dr. Glen Dolezal, vice chair of the Joint Product Enhancement Research Committee.
“The science, much of which has been provided by the beef checkoff, has allowed branded beef programs to deliver consistently tender and palatable beef—despite variation in marbling and quality grade,” he explained.


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The rumors are there, and they’re substantial enough that a lot of notable folks are running with them. Facebook, a huge provider of content and a master at manipulating its audience into adopting its various services, is rumored to be developing either a Facebook-branded smart phone or a Facebook-branded smart phone mobile operating system designed to further link Facebook to your phone. Is Facebook actually developing its own Android-based smart phone, as is rumored? Facebook says no, but then again every company says no until they’ve got a product nearly ready for market, then they ‘leak’ the information.
“Our view is that almost all experiences would be better if they are social,” said a Facebook spokesperson said. “So integrating deeply into existing platforms and operating systems is a good way to enable this. The bottom line is that whenever we work on deep integration people want to call it a ‘Facebook phone’. But our real strategy is to make everything social and not build one phone or integration.”
Really, that’s the better option. You want to include as many users as possible, not exclude folks from your content. Besides, the smart phone market is a rough one right now; not even Microsoft could hop into the market with their failed Kin phone, and they’ve got the money to do anything they want.


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A new year often brings changes, especially when it comes to finances. Consumers who are dissatisfied with their bank – or who think they could get better service somewhere else – may be more inclined to make a change.
But what determines a better financial institution? In its annual survey, J.D. Power found that overall satisfaction among bank customers is declining, especially among younger consumers.
Bank customers under age 40 and who have the highest levels of education, highest income growth potential and are arguably the most desirable customer segment in the banking industry, appear to be the least satisfied. The survey found that overall, satisfaction with banks is down four points from 2021 and has fallen nine points since 2020.
Paul McAdam, senior director of banking services at J.D. Power, says banks appear to be falling short of expectations when it comes to branch service, new customer onboarding and resolving customer complaints.
“As a result, we’re seeing young, well-educated, high-income customers driving a steady decrease in customer satisfaction,” McAdam said. “This is a clear warning sign for banks because key metrics like intent to reuse the brand and customer perception of having a relationship with the brand are also in decline, suggesting a future erosion of new business these customers will bring to their banks.”
While rankings tend to be lower for all banking institutions, three are holding onto customer support. Capital One ranked highest for a third consecutive year with an overall satisfaction score of 694, on a 1,000-point scale. Chase was second with a score of 678 and TD Bank ranked third with a score of 663.
What ConsumerAffairs reviewers say
We decided to find out how ConsumerAffairs reviewers view the service they receive from banks. We not only looked at verified reviews of those three institutions in the J.D. Power survey top three but also included Bank of America and Wells Fargo, two major banks providing consumer banking services.
The results were somewhat surprising. Among ConsumerAffairs reviewers, Capital One, a perennial favorite, finished at the bottom, though not by much. Bank of America, which didn’t show up in J.D. Power’s top three, led the pack.
Here’s how the five banks rank with ConsumerAffairs reviewers, based on a five-star review system:
Bank of America 4-stars
TD Bank 3.8-stars
Wells Fargo 3.8-stars
Capital One 3.7-stars
Customer service, credit cards, disputes
Capital One suffered among ConsumerAffairs reviewers who cited different issues, including customer service, problems with credit cards, and the dispute process. Many of the low ratings were posted in recent months.
But David, of New Orleans, is mostly satisfied with Capital One and gave the bank a five-star rating in August.
“I've had no negative experiences and I find that customer service goes above and beyond,” David wrote in a ConsumerAffairs review. “If you're deciding which bank to go with for a checking account, do yourself a favor and pick Capital One.”
The J.D. Power study, now in its sixth year, measures the customer experience with all retail bank product lines for nine national banks in the United States. It evaluates bank customer experience across seven factors: trust; people; account offerings; allowing customers to bank how and when they want; saving time and money; digital channels; and resolving problems or complaints.


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Hot on the heels of an iOS launch, JumpCam has released its collaborative video application in Google Play.
JumpCam is a nifty app that lets friends and family create videos together. The idea is that everyone in the group can contribute a clip to the final video, so Jumpcam’s team needed to develop an iOs and Android version simultaneously. The app is available for free, and you can register in seconds via Facebook Connect.
Chief executive David Stewart introduced me to the app to chronicle a particularly raucous curry and games night. It is part of a new breed of video technologies that may soon replace complex editing tools, like Final Cut Pro.
In a phone interview Friday, Stewart offered some salient advice for fellow entrepreneurs. He said the company intentionally raised enough money to develop strong offerings for Android and iOS. Over the summer, JumpCam closed $2.7 million in funding from Google Ventures, Trinity Ventures and others.
Stewart does not believe that the next generation of consumer-facing apps can succeed on a single platform, particularly those with a collaborative element. “I think that iPhone first is a myth,” he said. “To validate a product like this on the market, you need to have it available on the two domain platforms.”
Stewart believes that “good engineers are just good engineers,” so it shouldn’t be problematic for the team to shift from iOS to Android. The far greater challenge is the subtle distinctions between the functionality, including camera / video, on Samsung, Motorola and other Android devices.
JumpCam is primarily focused on consumers, but Stewart hasn’t ruled out an offering for small businesses. He recently noticed that employees at a soaps and shampoo company in Maryland were using the app to produce videos of the shipping process.
The app could also prove to be highly useful for professional and citizen journalists — I recently used a similar app called Tastemade to whip up a video of a food festival in a matter of minutes.


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Guillermo Perales Named 2015 Entrepreneur Of The Year
Guillermo Perales is no stranger to franchising or winning awards. The eighth largest franchisee, and largest Hispanic franchisee, in the country has been recognized no less than four times by Latino Leaders Magazine's annual "101 List," which identifies the most influential Latinos in the U.S. He's received the Entrepreneur of the Year from Asociacion de Empresarios Mexicanos, and earned numerous other awards and accolades over the past two decades. Now he can add the IFA's 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year award to his list.
Perales, president and CEO of Sun Holdings, Inc., is a multi-unit franchisee who operates 280 Burger King Restaurants, 100 Popeye's, 68 Arby's restaurants, 36 Cici's Pizza, 24 Golden Corral restaurants, 15 Krispy Kreme, 89 T-Mobile locations, as well 10 restaurants in various airports, employing thousands and routinely giving back to his community.
"Guillermo's drive, determination, and skill have resulted in a highly-successful franchise company," said IFA Chair Melanie Bergeron, chairwoman of Two Men And A Truck, lnt'I. "As one of the largest and most recognized restaurant franchise owners in the United States, he has demonstrated how the franchise model can be used to grow very successful businesses."
While his business has grown, community service has been an integral part of Perales' endeavors, and his company's operations. His restaurants serve 25,000 free meals to American heroes every Veterans Day and distribute over 4 million Certificates of Achievement Awards for free meal vouchers to children annually. Recently, his Burger King restaurants awarded 180 scholarships from $1,000 to $10,000, to local students in need of financial support to further their education.
The Entrepreneur of the Year Award is given annually to a visionary who is willing to take risks and who possesses the management skills necessary to create a successful franchising business enterprise.
Formal presentation of the award will take place during the IFA's 56th Annual Convention, February 20 - 23, 2016, in San Antonio, Texas.
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A Bloomberg report on Tuesday claims two-thirds of Apple Pay users are experiencing issues with the system at checkout. The report uses data from a survey published this week by Phoenix Marketing International.
The survey of about 3,000 people, obtained by Bloomberg, noted that 66 percent of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners — the only ones who can use Apple Pay at retail, until the Apple Watch ships on April 24 — have signed up for the service so far. Almost half of that group, however, is said to have visited a store listed as an Apple Pay partner but discovered that the location wasn’t accepting the platform, at least at the time.
Of the group that said they had experienced issues, 48 percent said it took too long to process a transaction, while 43 percent said the cashier wasn’t familiar with the technology. Others complained of transaction being incorrect, or having been run twice.
Bloomberg reports that a separate survey performed by Citi Research showed similar numbers.
Most of these issues appear to be merchant-related. While merchants are required to upgrade their terminals to support NFC payments, (the technology used by Apple Pay), and EMV chip technology by October, only one-third had done so by the end of 2014. Bloomberg projects that only one half of them will have converted by the end of 2015.
Other issues look to be training related, with merchants not properly preparing their employees for Apple Pay, and perhaps also caused by customers’ lack of experience with Apple Pay.
Still, Apple Pay users are proving eager to use their iPhones to pay for goods and services. Bank of America Corp. reports more than 800,000 of their customers have loaded 1.1 million cards into Apple Pay, while JP Morgan Chase & Co. reports “good growth” in the number of its cards that have been loaded, particularly among its younger, higher income clientele.
Visa Inc. says that 43 of its member banks, responsible for 75 percent of the volume on its U.S. network, have enrolled in the system.
“People are seeking out places to use Apple Pay,” said Bill Gajda, head of innovation and strategic partnerships at Visa, at an investor conference. “We like the uptake particularly given the acceptance gap.”
I’ve used Apple Pay a number of times at local merchants, and haven’t experienced any issues as mentioned in the above reports, other than that of Apple Pay simply not being available at many retailers. How about you? Have you had any issues using Apple Pay? If so, please share your experiences in the comments section below.


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