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Panalpina expands Logistics Manufacturing Services with Ericsson
Dubai has become the latest location where Panalpina offers Logistics Manufacturing Services to its customers. Rather than holding stock to cover every possible outcome, Panalpina assembles products from semi-knocked down (SKD) units to specific customer requirements at the last possible stage before shipping them to the end customer.
Two years ago, when Panalpina started with the assembly of SKD units for base stations of mobile networks in Brazil, this outsourced manufacturing marked a pioneering step for both the logistics and telecoms industry. In what Panalpina calls Logistics Manufacturing Services (LMS), the company not only executed the final assembly, but took full ownership of the whole process – from planning to quality control. Since then, telecoms companies have entrusted Panalpina with more manufacturing work. Panalpina first offered LMS in São Paulo and Panama. Now Dubai has been added for Ericsson.
Earlier this month, Ericsson officially inaugurated its first telecom equipment hardware and software distribution center in the Middle East. The Ericsson Supply Center located in Panalpina’s Dubai South facility is the company’s first distribution center globally that unites hardware assembly and software load under one roof.
Panalpina engineers and technicians pick SKD units, configure, assemble and test them with the latest software uploaded. Panalpina then inspects and packs the finished products on site before delivering them directly to Ericsson’s end customers in the region. “We can call off components, manufacture and ship in one day,” says Anthonie Verploegh, Panalpina’s regional head of logistics for the Middle East, Africa and CIS (MEAC). The configure-to-order process customizes the product as late as possible in the supply chain. It allows materials to be allocated against orders only when required in the order fulfilment process. “With this postponed manufacturing approach, customers like Ericsson can significantly reduce working capital requirements and order fulfilment lead times,” adds Verploegh.
Ericsson’s customers, the mobile operators in the region, also benefit from more flexibility, shorter network roll-out times and, ultimately, a higher return on investment as they build their networks.
To be able to support Ericsson, Panalpina Dubai was required to obtain an assemblies trade license in addition to its logistics trade license. Prior to that, the new customs processes that would result from the manufacturing operations had to be vetted and approved by Dubai Customs. Since go-live of the operations in November 2015, Panalpina has successfully completed various Ericsson process verification tests and is now accredited to fully assemble and test different cabinets.
The two companies have worked together in the United Arab Emirates since 2010. “Our partnership has evolved greatly in the past five years. We started off with a spare parts operation and have now moved into manufacturing,” says Peter Triebel, Panalpina’s CEO for the MEAC region. “The journey is far from over. We see more opportunities where we can add value for Ericsson and grow together. We are already investing in resources and infrastructure to support this.”
Mike Wilson, Panalpina’s global head of Logistics, adds: “This is a significant milestone for Panalpina. Dubai is developing into a show case site for the region. It is a perfect example of how we are executing on our highly successful LMS strategy."


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Police investigating the theft of cash from a Costa Coffee customer have issued a CCTV image of a woman they want to speak to.
The 82-year-old victim had left his wallet on the counter at the coffee shop in the Albion Centre, Ilkeston.
It was picked up by a woman who placed it in her handbag and was seen to go to the coffee shop’s toilet.
She later handed the wallet in but when it was given back to the victim, he realised a large amount of cash had been stolen from inside.
Officers investigating the theft have now issued the above CCTV image of a woman they want to speak to in connection with the incident.
If you recognise the woman in the images, call Derbyshire police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
The theft took place on the afternoon of January 14.

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YSL walks away from Louboutin disputeThe 18-month trademark dispute between Christian Louboutin and Yves Saint Laurent over the use of a red s...
The 18-month trademark dispute between global fashion houses Christian Louboutin and Yves Saint Laurent has ended after YSL filed a motion to dismiss its counterclaims.
The million-dollar suit was brought by Paris-based shoemaker Louboutin in 2011 against YSL for “trademark infringement, unfair competition and false designation of origin” in relation to four shoes from YSL’s Cruise collection, all of which are marked with a distinctive red sole.
In August 2011, a New York district court denied Louboutin a preliminary injunction against YSL, a decision Louboutin appealed.
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The Ukrainian e-commerce sector swiftly recovered from the 2014-2015 financial and economic crises, and has reported up to 30 per cent of annual growth over the past three years. This is one of the highest levels in Eastern Europe.
Poland to invest EUR70m in space technology
Czech Republic is the fastest growing eCommerce market in Europe
Almost 7 out of 10 internet users in the UE countries made online purchases during the past year. The most popular types of goods purchased online include clothes and sports equipment.
Record year for Romanian eCommerce market
Latvian economy with the fastest growth in the Nordic region
Serbia doesn’t want to disclose details of its deal with Alibaba
Denmark to boost Poland in developing wind farms
Bulgaria will be included in the TurkStream
Croatian consumers experience an online shopping fraud
Bulgaria to raise wholesale gas prices by 13.89 per cent in Q4
Croatian households with poor financial assets growth
The Russian government tries to stay away from cooperating with western technological companies and opens the door for Chinese internet giants like Alibaba to help modernize Russia’s ecommerce market.
Slovenian Fund of Funds with the first EUR63.25m
26 per cent of Bulgarians pay with debit card while shopping online
The Retail Revolutions report by international real estate adviser Savills published in June shows how retail stores are being turned into showrooms, where products are not stored but put out for customers to see.


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'The most coveted photo and imaging awards worldwide' recognizes Sony, Canon, and Panasonic cameras this year.
When the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) started giving out its camera awards in 1991, the big winner for Best Camcorder was the Sanyo ES88P. Both the organization and the technology it promotes have come a long way. Now dubbed 'the most coveted photo and imaging awards worldwide', the 2018 list recognizes 23 cameras and lenses and 17 accessories and ancillary items as the best products in the imaging business.
Particularly if you're looking to buy a new consumer camera, the organization prides itself on "important benchmark and guide for consumers in making their purchasing decisions." However, many of this year's award-winners are finding favor with independent filmmakers, as well. We tested out this year's winner for Best Mirrorless CSC Expert Full Frame, the Sony a7 III mirrorless 4K camera, just last month, and found its powerful autofocus to live up to the hype.
Other awards at the "expert" level included the Panasonic Lumix G9 (Best Mirrorless CSC) for its "state-of-the-art image quality paired with an astonishing frame rate" and the Canon EOS 6D Mark II (Best Full-Frame DSLR) for being a "full-featured DSLR aimed at enthusiasts, as well as pros who seek a second compact and lightweight body." In a true testament to how far the industry tech has come, all the camera bodies awarded at the expert level are available for under $2000.
It isn't just DSLR and mirrorless cameras that are acknowledged at the TIPAs. Prizes were also awarded this year to the DJI Mavic Air (Best Camera Drone), which shoots 4K, 30p videos at 100 Mbps in a surprisingly compact body, as well as the Samsung 360 Round (Best 360° Camera), which captures 4K with 17 cameras.
In the ancillary categories, the Manfrotto Camera Cage won for Best Accessory. The tripod company developed the cage with Wooden Camera and it is available for small, medium, and large mirrorless and DSLR cameras.
For the full list of 2018 winners, see the TIPA World Awards site.


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India had a phenomenal day, ending the new year’s first full trading week on a high. US markets, despite opening the week slow, ended it on a high note as well.
S&P 500 - up 0.55%
Nasdaq 100 - up 1.28%
Nifty 50 - up 1.48%
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Krishna slowly fixing IBM 🖥
Last year a declining IBM hired Arvind Krishna as CEO to fix its slow-growth problems, and save the company from going obsolete in the modern cloud world. Krishna had made some bold moves right out of the gate, including forcing unsexy businesses like managed infrastructure and services (basically stuff that is not sold as a product) to be spun out into a new company.
Now in its latest move IBM has appointed veteran Martin Schroeter as the CEO of that spun out, unsexy entity. Martin comes from a savvy tech-sales background, having led IBM’s Global Sales, client relationships, and functions like that for quite a while. Services are a lot about convincing clients to “trust” you and he seems like the right man for the job.
IBM is mostly a stock held by conservative investors and pensioners who ask for nothing but dividend yield and stability at the end of the day, and so far people seem happy with the new moves.
BTW, it's almost becoming a trend at global companies to pull in Indian-bred tech minds to drive transformations that seem hard to pull off.
Pay fo yo misdeeds ✈
Boeing will pay up to $2.5 billion in fines and damages for the loss of life caused by the 2 crashes of its 737 Max planes. US regulators essentially claim that the company officials misled them, lied about safety standards, and strapped passengers on a mishap that could’ve been avoided—literally charging Boeing management with criminal fraud.
10% of the penalty is going to the regulators as a fine, while some $500 million is going to the bereaved families who lost a loved one. The remaining 70% is going towards a settlement charge customers have brought against Boeing for negligence.
Regulators stopped one step short of handing the company a criminal conviction, but they have put the company on a 3 year timeline to meet stipulated safety and testing guidelines.
Bottomline: Airline manufacturing is a capital intensive industry, and only a few companies have the chops to roll out aircrafts at a pace that the modern world demands. Loss of life is catastrophic, and irreparable, but the world is counting on Boeing engineers to use this moment as a key leg in upping safety standards across the industry.
Aight that’s it for today, and a quick look at the hottest stuff this week… ☕
💰 CRED raked in $81 million—their latest Series C round was led by DST Global, and valuation stands at over $806M. The company liquidated about $1.2M worth of early employee stock holdings. Existing investors Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, Tiger Global, and General Catalyst wrote fresh checks too. Riding high on the COVID induced digital boom, and an increasingly favorable fintech infrastructure environment in India (UPI, mass acceptance of digital payments) CRED managed to acquire some 6 million high-ticket spenders to use their services. The bold IPL ads, a well buttoned product experience, and a flawless marketing machine that was on 24x7 -- everything paid off. Expect new product launches to follow.
🔍 Jack Ma still missing—Ant Group’s conflict with the Chinese took a weird turn when news emerged that Jack Ma, the self-made billionaire and founder of Alibaba is missing. Ma was put under the lens when Ant Financial, his fintech venture, was looking to IPO a few weeks ago. He had been critical of regulators in the past, and the Chinese took him to task, slapping antitrust notices on Ant and shuttering plans on the IPO, citing reasons like lax practices around lending, governance and other petty stuff. So far nobody knows where Ma is or if at all he is missing.
🎵 Google to invest in Sharechat—Google and Snapchat will pitch in Sharechat’s $200 million Series E round, as global tech firms continue to sow seeds into the Indian vernacular-social arena. Majority of the capital is going to fund Sharechat’s short video app Moj, which has already garnered more than 80 million monthly active users catering to a large user base in small cities and towns in 15 Indian languages. Also, for Google, the series of checks it has written to vernacular social platforms in India seems like a hedge against any disruption coming from the Indian markets.
🐦The audio wars are intensifying—Twitter has recently launched its own service to compete against Clubhouse (called Twitter Spaces) in the audio-social game. Now they’ve acquired another company called Breaker that makes podcasts more social. The company’s app basically allows users to see what their friends are listening to, which podcaster they’re following, and other basic social stuff like that. The Breaker team will be joining Twitter Spaces to accelerate deployment of features for that particular platform.
🎧 boAt literally made history—it is not everyday that you hear hardware brands in India booking huge success. boAt, the low-to-mid range maker of wearables, device accessories and other lifestyle products got one of the largest PE giants, Warburg Pincus, to write them a $100 million check, valuing them north of $300 million. The company claims 100%+ sales growth rates for a couple years now, and they recently made waves when they got ranked at the 5th spot alongside Fitbit in global wearables market share by IDC.
💄 Nykaa a step closer to IPO—Riding the COVID induced boom in digital commerce, online-cosmetic platform Nykaa is close to pulling the trigger on a $3 billion IPO by the end of this year or early next year. Fidelity writing them a check recently kinda gave it away that IPO plans may be looming. Anyway, Nykaa reported some ₹1,860 crores in revenues in the past year, with decent profitability, and is expecting to top this year with 40% growth in sales. The Indian cosmetics market is still in nascent stages, which throws a huge opportunity at the disposal of digital first category leaders like Nykaa.
😎 Nerds at the top—Elon Musk surpassed Jeff Bezos yesterday to become the richest person on the planet, after his net worth booked $190 billion with Tesla stock ripping through the sky for yet another straight day. The next day Musk added another $10B to his net worth and Tesla went up more. IT'S CRAZY out there. FYI, Tesla made $28 billion in revenue last year, and its market cap is $700 billion. Bezos’ Amazon made $350 billion, or 11 times more. Yet Amazon market cap is 2 times that of Tesla. That’s the game.
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Hong Kong already tops pre-pandemic cargo volumes
Hong Kong's Airport Authority has published Hong Kong International Airport's air traffic figures for 2021. The airport showed a resilient cargo performance, rising by 12.5% year on year to 5.027 million t and exceeding the 4.8 million t recorded in 2019, the year before the outbreak of Covid-19.
The number of cargo flights surged to an all-time record of 82,935, a yoy increase of 19.8%. Monthly cargo throughput also reached a new monthly high in November 2021 (478,000 t). The strong momentum of peak cargo demand in November 2021 carried into December (477,000 t, +8.6%) despite flight reductions due to the emergence of the Omicron variant.
The growth in monthly cargo throughput was mainly attributed to 18% yoy increase in transhipments. Imports and exports both rose by 7%, with cargo to and from Southeast Asia posting the most significant increases. (ah)


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China reported a sharp drop in factory production and retail sales to start 2020, a sign of just how hard the country may have been hit by the new coronavirus and a potentially ill omen for the global economy.
The National Bureau of Statistics for China reported, among other things, that industrial output fell by 13.5 per cent in January and February year-over-year, a sharper drop than had been expected by experts and the weakest reading since at least January 1990, according to Reuters. Retail sales, meanwhile, tumbled by 20.5 per cent from a year earlier.
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“These are unprecedented rates of contraction far in excess of the impact of the (global financial crisis),” wrote Derek Holt, head of capital markets economics at the Bank of Nova Scotia. “The direction is of course not unexpected as the coronavirus shut down much of China’s economy, but the magnitude is breathtaking.”


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The Codex Alimentarius Commission decided to hold the global food safety standards for Elanco's feed ingredient ractopamine hydrochloride at Step 8, during its 34th Session in Geneva.
Ractopamine is a feed ingredient, sold under the name Paylean for swine and marketed as Optaflexx for cattle.
"Adoption by Codex of the ractopamine standards would have been a major step towards helping address worldwide hunger and enabling sustainable meat production as experts predict that ractopamine's worldwide adoption, based on the increased meat yields, could result in billions of additional servings of pork and beef per year," said Jeff Simmons, Elanco's president.
"We are disappointed that due to national interests and procedural matters Codex did not adopt the global food safety standards for ractopamine," said Dennis Erpelding, director of corporate affairs at Elanco. "Codex standards for ractopamine would help countries to differentiate ractopamine, a beta-agonist that can be safely used in food animal production, from other beta-agonists."


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That’s something we were all excited by .” Both winners “almost bookend the industry,” he said. Handing over the voice of Sweden to the people says so much about Sweden as a country. It doesn’t have many layers in terms of complexity of message, but the more you think about it, the more exciting it is .
With Rose now gone again, it’s not clear how long Adidas can keep his hype machine riding on fumes. The company was able to flip his last injury into a marketing opportunity, launching a microsite to chronicle his rehabilitation and helping to boost excitement for his return. Powell says sales of the Rose 4, which launched in September, have been stronger than those of the Rose 3, which debuted in 2012, when everyone knew Rose wouldn’t be playing again for months..
Chances are, you’ve picked up some chatter about the new global talks on climate change. If you can’t quite see how it matters to you, personally, you might want to take a peek inside your pantry. Or your candy jar. Then there the garden, which is not only huge given the four acre property and the forested canyon it overlooks, but also the Japanese garden that Wood and his family have slowly uncovered. “We found so much buried. I never would have imagined that hillside was a strolling garden,” Wood said.
This will be his toughest challenge yet as champion, and I have the feeling it’ll be his greatest defense yet. Strap yourselves in ladies and germs. This will be a show stopping number.. Cannot recommend more. Stitching of TNF logo seems good enough, and the quality cannot be beat for its price. Got this in XXL.
“First and foremost, I want to be healthy and get stronger,” he said. “It’s been a long, long layoff. In a perfect world, I think I’d be ready for Pebble and LA, but I know I’m going to be rusty. And of course, Nike engineered the heck out of the shoes, which were custom made for each runner. The company says lab tests showed that runners ran 4 percent more efficiently in the shoes, which contained ultra lightweight foam and a carbon fiber plate that pops back as the toes push off. Whether these shoes run afoul of an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) rule about “unfair advantage” is a matter of debate.
Morley noticed a real enthusiasm for the theory and practice as their studies progressed.Among EMBA students as with business students in other programs, Schulich Dr. Matten also sees a noticeable shift in receptivity to these issues. Go to a business school to advance their careers, and an EMBA is a major investment.


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Topgolf is owned by Callaway Golf in a takeover deal that was officially announced in October 2020 at a cost of an estimated 2.6 billion dollars.
What company owns Topgolf?
Topgolf Is Still a Private Company Ahead of Merger Deal With Callaway. Topgolf Entertainment Group was founded in 2000 in the United Kingdom. In 2006, investments from Callaway brought the company to the U.S. Topgolf combines sports with technology to make golf entertaining for more people.
How much does a Topgolf franchise make a year?
While a hefty sum to build, the average Topgolf facility returns roughly $21.5 million a year (adjusted for inflation). About half of that revenue is generated from food and drink, and the other half is made from customers paying for a Topgolf bay, for which they pay $30–$50 an hour.
How much is Topgolf worth?
The companies announced the deal in October 2020, and Topgolf’s merger with Callaway was completed on March 8. The deal valued Topgolf at nearly $2 billion. Topgolf recently added several new executives to direct the company.
Who is the CEO of Topgolf?
In January 2020, Bloomberg reported that the company had “selected banks for an initial public offering that could value the company at about $4 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.” Despite this report, the company has not officially endorsed a plan to participate in an IPO.
How much does a Topgolf franchise owner make?
How Much Does a Topgolf Franchise Owner Make? The average annual salary for a Topgolf owner is approximately $58,000 per year. On top of this, the owner also can expect to receive additional payments in the form of profit bonuses that the Togolf facility makes in any trading year.
Does Ely own Topgolf?
Golf equipment company Callaway Golf Co (NYSE: ELY) announced this week that it is merging with Topgolf in a deal valued at nearly $2 billion.
Is Topgolf a public stock?
Topgolf garnered an investment from Callaway in 2006 and expanded to the United States, now the primary market for the company. Remaining privately-owned during those two decades, the company built locations in every region of the country. Topgolf began looking at an initial public offering in 2019.
Is Topgolf a profitable business?
Topgolf generated approximately $1.1 billion in revenue in 2019 and has grown at a 30% compound annual rate since 2017.
Who is Topgolf competitor?
TopGolf’s top competitors include Diamond Resorts, The Trump Organization, GameGolf and Salamander Innisbrook. Topgolf is a golf entertainment venue. Diamond Resorts (also known as Diamond Resorts International) is a timeshare company.
What is the most profitable franchise to own?
What is the most profitable franchise to own? According to the Franchise 500 list of 2021, Taco Bell is the most profitable franchise to own. The food chain has been franchising for nearly 6 decades and is still seeking franchises worldwide. As of 2021, they have 7,567 open units.
Is Topgolf owned by Callaway?
Callaway Golf Company Completes Merger with Topgolf, Creating an Unrivaled Global Leader in the Game of Golf.
Is Topgolf in debt?
“Topgolf was substantially impacted by the coronavirus outbreak which led to negative EBITDA LTM as of Q3 2020 with over $500 million of outstanding debt in addition to operating leases and landlord financings related to its venues.


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Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V continues to sell like gangbusters despite having launched six years ago at the end of a different console generation. One suspects it will continue to do so into the next. And one can't help but wonder why, with all these copies sold, Rockstar Games doesn't release some single-player DLC.
After all, the game has sold 110 million copies at this point, a truly staggering sum. If only a small fraction of players purchased the DLC that would still net Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive millions of dollars. But that ship has sailed, I'm afraid. C'est la vie.
So what does 110 million copies mean, exactly? It sounds like an awful lot and, well, it is an awful lot. In fact, only two games have ever sold this many copies before.
The first is Tetris, which has sold a whopping 170 million units over its lifespan. But, of course, that game has been sold on even more platforms than GTAV and has been out significantly longer, releasing way back in 1984.
The second is Minecraft, which has sold 154 million copies. It's also been out longer (launching in 2009) and has been released on all kinds of different platforms including browsers at this point. It's also a game appropriate for kids, giving it wider mass appeal than the grittier GTAV.
After that, the next top-selling game is Wii Sports at just under 83 million copies and then PUBG at 50 million copies rounding out the top 5 (the newest game on this list and an impressive total, to be sure).
110 million copies places GTAV in an exclusive bunch as just one of three games that have ever sold more than 100 million copies. It's kind of crazy to think about. It's also funny to think about what a fuss people have made over the game and its violence and debauchery. "You kill prostitutes!" is one of the popular buzz-phrases people have used to either poke fun at the game or point to its moral degeneracy (oh won't someone think of the children???) but ultimately this kind of commercial success simply illustrates that a video game like this, with escapism and freedom at its core, has incredibly wide appeal.
Somehow, we've all managed to not kill each other despite so many of us playing such a violent video game.
Of course, units sold isn't the only way to track success in video games, especially in an era of "games-as-service" and free-to-play. Fortnite: Battle Royale is an enormously successful game that doesn't really sell copies in the traditional sense. Popular MMOs like World of Warcraft are more about subscriber numbers than copies sold (though that matters, obviously). Even GTA V's sales only count up to a point. After that it's the cash cow that is GTA Online that really matters, since that generates revenue past the initial sale.
In any case, one can't help but admire Rockstar's crazy success with this game. Hopefully Grand Theft Auto VI isn't too far off.


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NEW YORK: Facebook is to offer its publishing partners Nielsen metrics comparable to those for TV – while another television network has opted to offer advertisers the opportunity to buy audiences outside traditional Nielsen metrics.
Facebook has opened up its Instant Articles facility to all publishers and, as part of that development, is collaborating with Nielsen to enable measurement via the latter's Digital Content Ratings product, part of its Total Audience Measurement framework.
"We've been laser-focused on delivering Nielsen's Total Audience Measurement to the market and continue to work closely with Facebook and others as they evaluate their Digital Content Ratings data and the insights it offers," said Megan Clarken, President of Product Leadership at Nielsen.
Digital Content Ratings provides daily measurement of audiences across all digital content types and platforms, with metrics fully comparable to television.
The world of television, however, is becoming less reliant on Nielsen metrics, as evidenced by a succession of TV companies prepared to offer advertising deals based on their own data gathered from set-top boxes and the like.
NBCUniversal is the latest to take this step, Variety reported, utilising its Audience Targeting Platform to guarantee delivery of specific audiences – such as households with an income over $100,000 and a car lease set to expire in six months – and a promise to make good any shortfall.
According to Mike Rosen, EVP/advertising sales at NBCU's news and Hispanics groups, this is an area that is only going to grow.
"We think that not only are clients already doing it, but they will do more of it, and dedicate a larger portion of their spend [to such deals]," he said. "We think the number of advertisers that will want to participate will expand as well."
Viacom, Turner Broadcasting and 21st Century Fox are also offering advertising deals based on measurement data other than those supplied by Nielsen.
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Wisconsin hunting, fishing licenses go on sale March 9
MADISON – 2011-12 Wisconsin hunting, fishing, trapping and other licenses for fish and wildlife activities in Wisconsin go on sale Wednesday, March 9. Annual licenses are valid from April 1 through March 31, 2012. Hunting and fishing licenses for the 2010-11 license year expire on March 31.
Hunting and fishing licenses can be purchased over the Internet through the Online Licensing Center on the DNR website, at all authorized license agents, at DNR Service Centers (Hours for service centers vary; check the DNR website for service center days and hours of operation; DNR Service Centers are not open on Saturdays), or by calling toll-free 1-877-LICENSE (1-877-945-4236).
Information on renewing a Conservation Patrons License, which offers many different privileges, including licenses, stamps, applications, park admission and more, was included in the February issue of Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine, along with a bonus pamphlet showing how fish and wildlife license and permit fees are spent to bolster outdoor recreation.
New one-day fishing license offered
New this year, people can purchase a one-day fishing license. The one-day license is $8 for residents and$10 for non-residents. The one-day license purchaser can select any date they choose, and their license is good until midnight of the day they select.
Customers who purchase the one day license are eligible to purchase a reduced rate annual fishing license ($12.75 for a resident and $40.75 for a nonresident) during the same license year.
“People can buy a one-day license and then—if they decide they want to fish some more—trade up to the annual license,” says Diane Brookbank, director of DNR licensing and customer service,
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Customer Service and Licensing, (608) 266-2621


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Rumors of the death of pay TVÂ have been slightly exaggerated.
There’s no denying that pay TV, a category that includes traditional cable, satellite as well as bundlesÂ such asÂ Verizon’s (VZ – Get Report) FIOS or AT&T’s (T – Get Report) Uverse, has been on the wane in recent years. It’s also true that streaming video on demand (SVOD) services are rapidly proliferating — Disney+ (DIS – Get Report) , WarnerMedia’s HBO Max and Apple (AAPL – Get Report) TV+ are going live in the coming quarters, joining competitors Netflix (NFLX – Get Report) , Hulu and Amazon (AMZN – Get Report) Prime Video.
ButÂ it’s not so easy to draw a straight line between the two trends. Nor is the “cord cutting” phenomenon a simple matter of consumers flocking to SVOD providers because of cheaper pricing and better content.
As of late 2018, 78% of U.S. households still subscribed to pay TV, while 69% subscribed to an SVOD service, according to Leichtman Research Group, which analyzes the broadband, media and entertainment industries. And in recent quarters, the majority of losses in pay TV subscriptions have been driven by losses in satellite subscribers — from one provider in particular, said LRG founder Bruce Leichtman.
“AT&T had a dramatic change in plans, focusing much more on profitability and margins, so that led to this idea that they’re not going to chase low-value customers the way they used to,” he said, referring to AT&T’s DirecTV service. “Since their strategy change three quarters ago, they’ve represented half of all industry losses.”
Put another way, losses in satellite subscribers and gains in streaming have as much to do with provider strategy as consumer choice. And there’s also a lot of overlap between households that subscribe to pay TV and at least one streaming service — suggesting that when it comes to home entertainment, many people are perfectly comfortable shelling out $100 or more on a monthly basis.
“Everyone is looking for value — it doesn’t matter where you are as far as your income,” Leichtman added.
As the streaming market heats up — Netflix, Apple, Amazon and others have collectively spent billions producing or acquiring premium content — it’s easy to frame it as, fundamentally, a war for the best content at the best price. Netflix analysts, for example, have suggested that subscriber growth is closely tied to the quality of the original content slate in any given season, driven by certain premium showsÂ such asÂ Stranger Things, Orange is the New Black, Ozark, or BoJack Horseman. Others following the forthcoming Disney+ launch note that its biggest strength is its vast catalogue of intellectual property, from Star Wars to Pixar and National Geographic.
But where the industry goes from here won’t just be dictated by whether consumers prefer to kick back with Marvel movies, Game of Thrones or old episodes of Friends. At low price points relative to pay TV subscriptions — WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, which could be priced as high as $17 per month according to reports, is poised to be the most expensive of the standalone SVOD services thus far — there’s room for many players to succeed.
There’s an important caveat, however. Per Sjofors, founder of Atenga Insights and a specialist in how prices affect behavior, said that there’s a psychological “wall” at $15 where many consumers won’t sign up in the first place. With one exception.
“Those who are interested in sports are willing to pay an insane amount of money to see the teams they follow, on whatever channel it shows up,” he said.
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UMHLANGA’S GATEWAY TURNS 21!
When Gateway began to take shape at the top of Umhlanga Ridge, nay-sayers predicted that it would become a white elephant. Since then, it has transformed retail trends in the region and, together with other iconic developments such as the King Shaka International Airport and Dube TradePort, spearheaded massive development along Durban’s North Coast.
This week, Durban’s first mega mall is turning 21 – a massive milestone for a centre that not only changed shopping along the East Coast but continues to make its mark in KZN’s retail sector.
In keeping with its grand entrance more than two decades ago, Gateway celebrates along with an announcement of a multi-million rand upgrade to the entrance to the mall – all in the name of keeping its retail relevance.
Since Gateway’s launch twenty-one years ago, it has flourished as both a retail hub and a catalyst for economic development along the KZN North Coast. At its inception, Gateway played a fundamental role in the broader R3,5-billion plus development of the KZN North Coast. The R1.4-billion Gateway Theatre of Shopping was the ‘anchor tenant’ to the New Town Centre and remains one of the largest malls in the southern hemisphere and one of the top 100 largest malls in the world.
Chief executive officer of Old Mutual Properties (OMP), Sakina Nosarka said: “Gateway has proven to be one of the biggest retail success stories in the country. OMP’s bold decision in 1998 to build a super-regional mall in a field of sugarcane came with significant risks.”
Informed by the thinking behind the likes of the Mall of America and West Edmonton Mall, Gateway was envisaged like no other mall in South Africa at the time. Its architects designed it to open out onto Palm Boulevard and integrate with the evolving Umhlanga New Town precinct.
Since its opening in 2001, Gateway has grown from 118,000 sqm to 176,000 sqm. The centre opened its doors with 117 tenants and has grown to 370 retailers today, 54 whom have been trading since the onset.
It receives more than 2 million visitors per month.
Nosarka said that Gateway provides a base for over 7,500 formal jobs as well as seasonal work and supports a supply chain that is integral to the KZN economy. “Gateway has set an important example when it comes to growth and retail innovation as well as investment in sustainability, social inclusion and community,” she added.
It opened with the reminder that it was a theatre of shopping which combined both purchasing and entertainment.
To this day, the centre continues to consciously dedicate a large portion of its space to entertainment. This investment in the shopper experience not only introduced the concept of ‘shoppertainment’ to South Africa but also helped build a vibrant tourism industry in the region.
It has also maintained a consistently strong retail performance. Norsaka said that Gateway was currently seeing excellent growth year-to-date with turnover at 34% ahead of 2021 figures. Compared to pre-Covid levels in 2019, the centre was showing positive growth of over 21%.
With the shifts in retail trends and shopper behaviour during Gateway’s 21-year history, adjustments to tenant mix and the development of new spaces around the mall were key to its performance, according to Norsaka. “The centre has intentionally evolved over the years and continually responds to market demands to remain relevant and a major contributing factor to the property’s success.”
OMP invested R250-million in extensions to the South Mall in 2008. The Gateway Hotel and Virgin Active nodes were developed ahead of the 2010 World Cup. To increase capacity, the new Woolworths node was created in 2018 and the food court was relocated.
Stores like Zara, Skins Cosmetics, Mango, Dior and many others have chosen Gateway as the platform from which to launch their brands into the KZN market. “We believe our tenant mix is true to our customer needs. We host many “first and only” stores in KZN and attract desirable international brands. Many of our retailers invest in flagship stores at Gateway and offer an experiential store design,” Norsaka said.
Gateway’s 21st birthday celebration comes on the back of the announcement of a multi-million-rand upgrade of the Great Hall around its entrance axis as well as the two adjacent vaulted wings. This will be completed in two phases before and after the festive break.
Gateway is also investing in sustainability. In 2022, it decreased its energy consumption by 30%. This is in line with OMP’s aim for carbon neutrality within the next 20 years resulting in the replacement and upgrades to incorporate latest technologies and efficiencies – including lighting, sanitary ware, escalators, lifts and air conditioning chillers.
Norsaka concluded: “Gateway believes in partnerships and good business. Our successes are our retailers’, entrepreneurs’, suppliers’ and partners’ successes too. We aim to create sustained outcomes that drive growth, whilst strengthening our environment and the communities of which we are a part.”


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CHURUBUSCO, Ind. (June 22)—The Rubber Industry Buyers Alliance Inc. formed in May by charter members BRC Rubber Group Inc. and Alco Industries has added a new member company, American Rubber Products Corp., to its ranks. In business since 1933, the LaPorte, Ind.-based manufacturer produces cellular rubber components for the automotive industry from plants in the U.S., Thailand and Ireland. The rubber purchasing consortium will hold its second informative, recruitment meeting July 27, but the location has not yet been set.
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JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) – Good morning. Trade is the main course for today’s menu.
The Statistics Indonesia will announce the country’s August trade data at 1100 local time today, which is expected to stay in a deficit due to a combination of falling rupiah and higher oil price. Moody’s Analytics expected Indonesia to record a trade deficit of US$1.09 billion in August, lower than $2.03 billion in July.
The trade statistics may also exhibit an impact from the escalating trade war between the United States (US) and China, in the form of higher imports from the latter.
Rising trade deficit is one of the main concern for the government as it struggles to contain Rupiah’s persistent weakening. The government has announced a policy measure to curb imports, particularly consumer goods and energy items, which Moody’s Analytics said may tilt Indonesia’ trade balance to a surplus in the coming months.
However, a key development for today will be the expected announcement by US President Donald Trump on additional tariffs on Chinese goods worth $200 billion. The world’s two largest economies had been engaging in tit-for-tat trade war, with trade worth $50 billion between the two had been charged with higher tariffs.
In return, China has promised to impose higher tariffs on US goods worth $60 billion if Trump decides to push ahead with the plan. Furthermore, the US billionaire President appeared to be undeterred with the escalating tariff war, which he initiated due to China’s alleged unfair trade practices, vowing another round of higher tariffs for Chinese goods worth $267 billion, which means effectively all of Chinese exports to the US will be subject to the restrictive measure.
Amid the ongoing trade war, Trade Ministers from G20 countries issued a joint statement calling for a reform at the World Trade Organization, though it failed to state the specifics on what kind of reform that the multilateral body would need.
Barring some unexpected results from the trade announcement, domestic financial market may see less pressure compared to last week due to disappointing economic data from the US.
US retail sales in August grew at the slowest pace in six months and below market consensus, while the US Producers Price Index unexpectedly fell in the month.
On Friday (14/09), the Rupiah fell to 14,835 per US$1 from 14,794 per US$1, while the Jakarta Composite Index rose 1.2 per cent to 5,931 with foreign investors net bought equity worth Rp270.7 billion.
Moving on to politics, Presidential candidates from both opposing camp used the weekend to meet their core supporters. The incumbent candidate, President Joko Widodo, met the semi-official supporter group ProJo and sent a message that could fire up his core supports to put up the ground works.
The opposition’s candidate, Prabowo Subianto, secured the official support from the firebrand cleric Rizieq Syihab, who is now in a self-imposed exiles after being caught in several possible criminal charges.
The opposition camp also found itself in an unwanted controversy for suggesting that one of the official presidential debates should be done fully in English. The suggestion is purely for political motives, targeting the already well-documented Widodo’s poor command of English, but received strong public backlash for showing little respect for the native tongue.
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The mid-range tablet looks just like the Galaxy Tab S6, but loses the ability to house an S Pen.
It'll offer a laptop-like experience on Apple's top-tier iPad model, which should get announced this spring.
For a limited time, the 7-inch Fire 7 Kids Edition is $40 off while the 8- and 10-inch models are both $50 off. These tablets make a great gift for 3-to-12-year olds.
Smartphones are increasingly dropping support for microSD cards, but a patent application from Xiaomi covers technology that would add storage to a SIM card.
Both the low-cost iPhone and the new iPad Pro should get announced sometime in March, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Factory closures caused by the coronavirus are unlikely to delay Apple's plans.
The 2019 iPad mini with Wi-Fi and 256GB of storage normally sells for $549, but is available on Amazon right now for just $499.99. That's the lowest it's ever been on the site.
What portable device maker is the best you can get for truly hard work? The answers may surprise you.
Picking the right portable computer might be the most important tech decision you make. These are the brands you should consider first, according to our readers.
The 64GB Wi-Fi model is currently on sale for $459 at Walmart (down from $499.99).
scrolling through Amazon in the same way has turned up some great deals on iPads. Right now the latest models are available at all-new low prices.
Grab a refurbished third-generation iPad Air or fifth-generation iPad Mini from Apple to save big while getting nearly the same experience new tablets offer.
The 10.2-inch Apple iPad with 128GB of storage is $100 off, a 65-inch Vizio 4K TV is $500 off and includes a $250 Dell gift card, and you can score the first discount on Echo Buds.
The latest iPad Pro featuring 1TB of storage and cellular connectivity is on sale at Amazon for just $1,299.99. Models with less storage and just Wi-Fi are also marked down.
The sixth-generation 9.7-inch iPad with 128GB of storage and cellular connectivity would normally set you back $559, but is currently marked down to just $349.
5G tablets are on the way, and Samsung's Galaxy Tab S6 could be repackaged as one of the first. The South Korean company accidentally listed the 5G-ready model on its website. Now, it's only a matter of time before the Galaxy Tab S6 5G goes official.
If you need a last-minute gift, you can grab a $50 Apple iTunes gift card for $42.50. Plus, you can save $250 on the Microsoft Surface Pro 6 and $100 on the iRobot Roomba 675.
Amazon still has some nice deals right now on Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets — up to $30 off, plus $5 in ebook credits on select purchases, and 3 months of Kindle Unlimited for $0.99.
The 128GB 10.2-inch Apple iPad is back at $329, its Black Friday Price. Plus, select users can get an Amazon Smart Plug for just $0.99 and the Dell Inspiron 3671 desktop is back at $450.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 is the best Android tablet on the market for power users but lacks the same polish you'll find on the iPad Pro or ChomeOS 2-in-1 devices
The Fire HD 8 tablet is back at its Black Friday price of just $50. Plus, today only, you can save $300 on the Microsoft Surface Pro 6 with a Signature Type Cover.


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Theodore J. Brown remembers growing up in Detroit’s inner city and always having to trek out to the suburbs, (more than an hour away), in order to play his favorite video games.
As an adult, those memories led Brown to make a vow that when he was able to open his own business, it would be one where he “wouldn’t have to work a day in his life,” but it would provide a positive outlet for inner city youth like he had been.
In April, Brown and his wife Maribel opened The Coliseum, a pay and play gaming center at 39th Street and Broadway Place in Los Angeles.
“We have 21 gaming stations-Xbox 360, Sony PS3 and Nintendo Wii, and kids can pick any of the games we have on hand and play by the hour,” explained Brown, who is operating his new business while working full time as a social worker.
In addition to offering video gaming opportunities, The Coliseum gets its members and players involved in tournaments internally and externally; allows students to play other games free such as chess and checkers; offers access to the Internet ($3 for 45 minutes); hosts all nighters (the next one is in August); and provides free tutoring every Tuesday from 5:30-7 p.m. for kindergarten through eighth grade students. The facility also sells light snacks.
Brown said his initial idea is to provide young people a place in the inner city where they can just hang out in a safe environment and be with like minded gamers. To make the business stay safe, there are security cameras posted throughout, and he maintains a good relationship with the local police community liaison officer.
Getting the center up an running took an investment of about $30,000, which came from their personal resources, said Brown, adding with a laugh, that he now truly understands why keeping your credit in good shape is so important.
The hi-definition 26-inch television screens ate up about half of the start-up cost, and are what makes Brown think The Coliseum will be such a big draw.
“A lot of people have the systems in their homes . . . but a lot of people don’t have hi-definition. A lot (of) kids come in and say, if they do have hi definition, the screen is smaller, and so they don’t get the full resolution of the game graphics and all that.
“The other thing that is a plus,” continued Brown, “is that we provide the Internet capabilities, so they can play somebody here or compete with people across the country.”
Ultimately, after they perfect the first store, Brown said he and his wife are looking to open a second location that will reflect what they put in their business plan.
“Our business plan was set up as a family fun entertainment center something like Chuck E. Cheese. We’ll have the technology side, and also be able to do parties that will come with (hot) food . . . like pizza and burgers.”
Brown expects to do that in the future–in about two years. Meanwhile, he and his wife are concentrating on growing this first location, nurturing local gamers, and if they get lucky, the Michigan transplant added, “I would love to be able to foster the next millionaire gamer.”


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Millennials aren't having enough babies. No pressure, but that's one of the reasons that Kimberly-Clark, maker of Kleenex, Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex and Depend, said has led it to slash costs by $1.5 billion over the next four years, including the elimination of 5,000 to 5,500 jobs.
Job cuts that represent 12 to 13 percent of its workforce are across all business segments and geography, Kimberly-Clark said. The company operates worldwide. About half the cuts will be in North America.
The restructuring comes as the Irving-based company Tuesday posted a 22 percent increase in profit, but sales rose only 1 percent, and that's not enough to grow on.
The future cost cuts are on top of $450 million slashed by the consumer products company in 2017.
The new cuts will make the company "leaner, stronger and faster," said CEO Tom Falk, and make it "even more competitive." Retailers from Amazon to Walmart are demanding lower wholesale prices and getting them. Bigger retailers are also building and improving their own private brands.
Proctor & Gamble also on Tuesday reported better-than-expected sales and profit, but organic sales in the U.S. slowed and overall it blamed "significant retail competition."
But together the two companies dominate both the U.S. and global markets for children's diapers and adult incontinence products.
The world market for diapers is more than $42 billion a year, according to Euromonitor, and includes $6 billion in U.S. sales. The adult incontinence category is about $8 billion a year worldwide with about $2 billion from the U.S.
Kimberly-Clark's chief financial officer, Maria Henry, told analysts during a conference call Tuesday that declines in consumer product organic sales, which exclude currency fluctuations, fell 2 percent in North America and declined 3 percent in development markets outside North America. The diaper category decline in South Korea was the big drive of that decrease, Henry said.
The birthrates in the U.S. and South Korea were both factors and more negative than expected, Falk told analysts during a conference call.
"You can't encourage moms to use more diapers in developed markets," he said.
U.S. fertility rates in 2016 hit a record low of 62 births per 1,000 women of child-bearing ages of 15-44, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. That was down 1 percent from 2015. The trend continued in the first half of 2017 and was 60.0 births per 1000 women in the second quarter.
The company reported a fourth-quarter profit of $617 million, or $1.75 a share, vs. a profit of $505 million, or $1.40 a share the prior year. Sales rose 1 percent to $4.58 billion from $4.54 billion in the fourth quarter last year.
The "proactive" restructuring is the biggest the company has undertaken in 15 years, Falk said, and the changes are designed to "improve our underlying profitability, provide more flexibility to invest in growth opportunities and help us compete even more effectively."
Job cuts announced Tuesday will depend on the needs of the business and negotiations with unions and other labor groups, said spokesman Bob Brand. The Irving headquarters has about 200 employees in corporate functions such as human resources and legal.
U.S.-based employers announced 32,423 job cuts in the last month of 2017, bringing the year-end total to 418,770, the lowest annual total since 1990, when 316,047 cuts were recorded, according to a report Tuesday from Chicago-based outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas. Employers announced 20.5 percent fewer cuts than the previous year, when 526,915 cuts were announced.


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International Maldives Travel Market, on 01 June 2021, Tuesday made the announcement of opening registration for IMTM 2021.
The annual B2B International Travel and Trade Fair is expected to go to floors on 21 September and will continue until 23 September 2021 via their online platform IMTMAir.
The 2021 fair marks their fourth edition while the event will progress virtually in light of the persisting Covid-19 conditions.
According to the organizer of the International Maldives Travel Market, they aim to bring onboard over 100 international buyers from 20 different countries as well as 400 travel visitors from the entire industry.
Additionally, their state read that IMTM has “an incredible promotional offer instore for interested international buyers, in which the first 15 international buyers to register online will have the chance to participate in the fair as hosted buyers, free of charge.”
IMTM further reported the registration for Hosted Buyers and Trade Visitors are now open through their official website at www.imtmonline.com.
Participants can pay via bank transfers or opt for online payment methods. There are two registration types which include the Single User Login for USD56 and the Multi User Login for USD112.


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Taxi booking app ingogo has announced a bold Australian first: it’s doing away with traditional metered fares and introducing fixed fare bookings
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Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade, Philip Dalidakis MP, recently opened the new Melbourne HQ of digital marketing companies WME and Appscore
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Free airport parking is now a reality with Australia's premier car sharing service Carhood started by childhood friends Steve Johnson and Christian Schaefer
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SD Worx and World First partnership cuts complexity of payroll exchange rates to support global HR23rd May 2017
Brussels, Belgium, 23 May, 2017 – Today SD Worx, global payroll and HR service provider, announced it is partnering with World First, the international payments and money transfer business, to deliver a single currency transfer solution to SD Worx’s international payroll and HR customer base.
Managing the payments process in a large organisation across multiple geographies can be expensive and time consuming, especially managing the foreign exchange process to deliver payments in a wide range of currencies. The partnership provides SD Worx with an efficient, fully compliant payment service with the means to execute international payments at competitive exchange rates. As a result, SD Worx’s clients can seamlessly load up payments, authorise transactions in multiple foreign currencies and handle all of the associated reconciling and reporting. These services will be available on a single platform, offering enhanced control over the payment process and meaning clients could save time and cost over traditional banking methods.
World First’s ability to transact payments to over 150 countries in 127 currencies further supports SD Worx’s global reach, permitting clients to manage their international payroll with visibility and ease.
Thierry Vanbever, Director Global Services and Solutions, SD Worx, commented: “Our partnership with World First helps business leaders and buyers of global payroll to cut through the complexity and gain full control and visibility over all international payments processes. We now provide our customers a cohesive and coordinated solution that enables fast-growing businesses to expand internationally, secure in the knowledge that their global payroll and HR needs are in safe hands.”
Seth Harvey, Global Head of Partnerships at World First, says: “We are proud to be partnering with a forward-thinking company like SD Worx to support business growth and transformation around the globe. In today’s increasingly connected and globalised world, it is important for business leaders to be able to manage their payroll and move money seamlessly and efficiently in any currency.”
The partnership is also enabling the two companies to move much closer to what has previously been the elusive industry goal of offering a truly global/single payroll solution for multinationals.
Further underlining the success of the partnership, SD Worx and World First have been jointly shortlisted for the International Payments Supplier of the Year award at The Payroll Awards, with the winner set to be announced on 8 June 2017.
About World First
World First is market-leading, award-winning, rapidly-growing international FinTech business. Expert in international currencies and money transfer, World First combines specialist knowledge of foreign exchange markets with technological innovation to help individuals and businesses manage cross border currency payments quickly, securely and transparently. A specialist alternative to traditional banks’ generalist approach, World First has successfully exchanged more than £50bn for over 120,000 individuals and businesses since 2004.
Renny Popoola, World First, email@example.com, 020 7095 0647
About SD Worx
As a leading European payroll and HR services provider, SD Worx provides a wide range of solutions to customers worldwide including payroll and HR, legal support, training, automation, consulting and outsourcing. Today, more than 63,000 large and small organisations across the globe rely on the more than 70 years of expertise that SD Worx has acquired.
SD Worx’s 3,900 employees operate in ten countries made up of Belgium (HQ), Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mauritius, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. SD Worx calculates salaries for about 4.25 million employees and recorded in 2016 a turnover of €397 million. SD Worx is the co-founder of the Payroll Services Alliance, a global strategic network of leading payroll companies whose members jointly handle 32 million salary calculations.
For more information visit www.sdworx.com.
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Cities around the world are trying to be more bike-friendly. Some are doing so by building bike paths, incentivizing cycling and bicycle-related industries, and implementing bike-share programs. Berlin, Copenhagen, Barcelona and New York City are four examples of cities that have actively worked to promote cycling.
The popularity of bike-share programs in particular has prompted numerous cities to look into them, including the University of Washington , NYC and Vancity, a Canadian Credit Union. Now, the City of Tucson, Arizona has developed a "new City Cycle bike-sharing program of the city Transportation Department."The program started four months ago, and so far several dozen city employees have taken advantage of the fact that "City workers can check out bikes and helmets at eight downtown locations and use them for work or lunch." The program is still small, but two factors indicate that a major expansion may be in the works. First, "City Hall, the University of Arizona and Tucson's biggest private business, Raytheon Missile Systems, all have bike sharing on their mind." Second, "as one of only seven gold-level bike-friendly cities in 2006 by the League of American Bicyclists," and a great climate, Tucson is an obvious choice for bike-sharing.
Tucson has several incentives for implementing such a program, not least of which is "improving air quality and reducing fuel consumption," as well as getting "people who don't normally get on bikes to get on bikes to get the spinoff effect of more people maybe riding bikes to work," according to Tom Thivener, Tucson's bicycle and pedestrian coordinator.
For now, City Cycle consists of 23 KHS 3-speed Manhattan Green Bikes, and is funded "with $5,500 from a Federal Highway Administration alternative modes grant awarded to the Pima Association of Governments." Raytheon plans on purchasing 20 bikes for its employees, and the hope is that employee bike-sharing will spread to a majority of Tucson's biggest businesses.
Via: ::Tuscon Citizen
See Also: ::Velo-City: Cycle Tracks Will Abound in Utopia, ::What Some Drivers Think of Cyclists in Tucson, ::Christiania Bikes--an Icon for a Bike-Friendly City, ::Winter Tips for Summer Bicycle Trips: Part 1, ::Winter Tips for Summer Bicycle Tips: Part 2, and ::Guerrilla Bike Activists


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Investigators were tracking a cell phone the 13-year-old girl was using, but police now say that device is no longer active.
She claims the bus driver even sent him home with a Jehovah’s Witness card, and hate in his heart.
Police say the woman and an accomplice went into a Best Buy store and began shoplifting.
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Taryn Brumfitt stopped by to tell us how she went from a body hater to a body embracer, and how we can do the same.
Ellis County Judge Carol Bush says an interim sheriff will be appointed.
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Fizz, flash and frozen - what's changed in the inflation basket?
The Office for National Statistics announces 2023 "Basket of goods and services"
We recently (13 March 2023) revealed the annual changes to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) inflation "Basket of goods and services". The virtual basket contains over 700 carefully selected items representative of the goods and services that consumers typically spend their money on.
Some items are removed from the basket, some are brought in, while others remain unchanged.This annual update reflects thechanging tastes and habits of UKconsumers and maintains the accuracy and relevance of our inflation estimates.
Some of the changes also help to rebalance the basket by adding items where we need to improve coverage or by taking items out where a type of product may be over-represented.
The influence of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the basket, which has been so obvious over the last couple of years, has faded from our shopping habits in 2023. This year's changes point to the evolving choices of consumers, the rise of new technology and an increasing awareness of our health and environment.
This year'smain changes to the 2023 basket of goods include:
Non-chart CDs - the rise of music streaming has seen CD sales declining, leading the ONS to remove CDs from outside the Top 40 charts from the basket.
Alcopops - restaurants, cafes and pubs are over-represented in the basket, so this low-weighted item has fizzled out.
Digital compact cameras - with phone cameras now the norm, the availability of basic digital compact cameras has narrowed considerably, so they have exited the basket in a flash.
E-bikes - electric bikes have become more popular in recent years because of an increased awareness of the environment and personal fitness.
Home security cameras - this new addition shows homeowners spending money to protect their homes. This helps to capture the huge variety of doorbell and security cameras now available to consumers, while ensuring the basket is up to date with the latest technology.
Frozen berries - frozen fruit is added into the basket for the first time, partly because of the popularity of home-made smoothies.
These annual changes are only a small percentageof theitems sampled. This year we've added26items, removed16and left717 unchanged.
In addition to these basket changes, the ONS is also introducing a new data source for rail fares. Previously the ONS used the Office for Rail and Road's rail fares index but from this month, the source has switched to Rail Delivery Group and uses over 30 million price points in producing the index, giving us much more detail and a better understanding of how rail prices are changing.
This is part of our wider transformation plans, which over the coming years will see the ONS relying less on physical price collection and more on big data and prices intelligence from new sources. This includes supermarket scanner data, and information taken directly from retailer websites.
Commenting on this year's basket of goods,ONS Deputy Director of Prices Transformation, Mike Hardie, recently said:
"The impact of mobile phone technology continues to resonate with the removal of CDs and digital cameras from our basket, reflecting how most of us listen to music and take pictures straight from our phones these days.
"With many people looking to reduce their impact on the environment, we have also introduced e-bikes, whose popularity has risen significantly in recent years.
"As well as regular changes to the basket, our new data source for rail fares will see a big improvement in our calculation for rail fares, which form part of our wider transformation plans to move away from physical price collection and introduce new, bigger data sources in coming years."
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The rise in ownership of wearable technologies will soon lead to the, even more, innovations hitting the consumer market. Based on the recent CCS Insight report, the wearable market will be worth $25 billion by 2020, driven by the growing interest of consumers to track their health.
Currently, these devices are more known for assisting people in measuring health, particularly their parameters such as heart rate. However, new technologies will change the way we use wearable devices.
Wearables have the potential to be the next productivity tool that can help transform the way we do business. This wearable Internet of Things platform “connects users to the web and allow them to interact with all other digital devices,” as explained by Telogis.
It can connect to smart home devices and other technologies that are connected to the internet. From task management to marketing and real-time updates, all of these can be done on the small-screened smartwatches.
However, wearable technology can go beyond measuring heart rate and encouraging people to be more productive as it can be a tool to promote a positive mindset. Read on below on how wearables can make you positive and happy.
Manage Life Easier
What exactly makes you stressed? The chances are it’s an unmanageable workload or tasks that need to be addressed immediately. With wearable technology you will be able to manage life easier, staying anxiety-free and help it’ll help you adopt a positive mindset.
While you won’t be able to work seamlessly on a small-screen smartwatch unlike with the smartphones and tablets, you will always be updated with the recent developments in the office or able to send and receive important files via your email that is linked to your wearable device.
Likewise, these technologies can also control other IoT devices, such as your smart home, and notify you when your fridge needs refilling or you need to pay a bill soon.
All of these can be managed and addressed immediately via wearable devices, keeping users stress-free and efficient throughout the working week.
Treehugger states that vacations make people happier, healthier, and more creative. But, the expense of going on a vacation (or even planning it) can be very stressful and daunting. Thanks to virtual reality and head-mounted displays, one can now go on a vacation without even leaving their home.
There are apps for VR devices that users can install in order to take a trip around the world while still in their living room, such as:
2. Discovery VR
3. Jaunt VR
4. Ascape Virtual Travel & Tours
5. Sites in VR
Note: There are also single destination apps that give users an inexpensive but memorable virtual escape.
Stress-Killing Apps and Devices
While some devices are still considered an extra accessory on mobile devices, some wearables are becoming just like smartphones with the ability to run SIM cards, use an operating system, and install apps.
As these technologies become as powerful as the handsets we have today, apps that help people manage stress will soon be available to wearable devices.
There are also innovative wearables on the market today that can help users achieve a calmer mind and keep them sane, as listed by Wareable.com, such as Prana, Bellabeat Leaf Urban, and Thync Relax.
Some health-focused wearables are able to provide users in-depth physiological data that helps them understand their psychological state of mind, such as:
• Sleep quality and patterns
• Stress level
• Breathing rate and volume
• Heart rate variability
This data ensures that wearable technologies are an ‘early warning system’ to detect possible anxiety attack and future serious illnesses.
Wearable technology has a long way to go before it can replace the smartphones we use today, but the in-depth health data tracking benefits are exactly what modern day users need to keep up with the fast paced world we live in.
It can help people alleviate stress, manage the physiological changes that affect the mind, and retain a positive mindset by being able to manage life easier.


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For a while now, the tech world has been wondering what industry Apple will change next. Leaks and rumors of Apple’s upcoming mobile operating system, iOS 8, have been swirling about for a couple of weeks now, and it appears as though Apple will delve into the world of fitness tracking, but is this the world Apple should shape?
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DENVER — A group of Denver beauty queens have started an online fundraiser to help young men and women from underserved communities compete in beauty pageants.
“If you can grab those young women at a young age, you can show them that they can be classy and elegant, and they can be empowering, and they can be a force to be reckoned with,” said Arica Quinn, the current Ms. All World Beauty Elite US. “Everything that these ladies do comes out of their pocket, their wardrobe, which can be anywhere from $3,000 to $10,000.”
Quinn, LaShawn Dixon, and Kimberly Barnes, who also hold titles in Colorado, launched an online fundraiser to send four young women to a national beauty pageant in Dallas, Texas, on June 23.
The three women say the fundraiser is about more than winning titles.
“I hope to reach all of the young women who don't have an opportunity to compete in pageantry, that we may be able to give them an opportunity that they've never had before or could never afford,” Dixon said.
Dixon says pageants help keep youth engaged, especially in communities where extracurricular activities are limited.
Barnes says the interpersonal skills young people can learn from being in a pageant are invaluable.
“It's also a confidence booster to do these pageants. Sometimes you go into them and you're really timid. Like I was, I was really timid. But now, I shine like the queen that I am,” Barnes said.
The three women say the Community Outreach Service Center agreed to sponsor their efforts, and they're hoping to secure even more sponsors so they can reach more young men and women well after the June pageant.
“Pageantry blossomed me into the butterfly I am today. And I tell people all the time, the beauty is not that the caterpillar can turn into the butterfly. The beauty is that the butterfly will never go back to being the caterpillar. Pageantry is a way to become that butterfly,” Quinn said.


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SCOREBOARD: GDP distraction
There is a load of data this week for Australia with potentially quite significant policy ramifications. Firstly, the GDP (Wednesday 1130 AEST) numbers themselves aren't that important. That's because we know growth will be soft, in part because of the floods, but also because of some statistical quirks. We also know that the RBA has said they will look through flood impacts and look to the medium term. That said, it will be interesting to see how soft the actual numbers will be – the consensus being for a fall of 0.3 per cent (me at -0.2 per cent) but note that net exports and inventories will probably take off 1 per cent or more of that (we get inventories and company profits today at 1130 AEST and net exports tomorrow at 1130 AEST). This aside, the actual outcome probably won't weigh on the near-term policy decision as we know the negative impact of the floods is temporary and does not reflect underlying weakness in the economy.
Far more important will be the upcoming monthly indicators and while I think the decision to hike should be done and dusted given the outlook, I suspect that if this data is weak, it will be difficult to persuade the RBA board to hike in June as it is quite clear that some of them have the wrong focus. As it stands, with this latest Greek flare up, I would put the probability of a June hike at 55 per cent. The market in contrast is pricing a 6 per cent chance of a hike at that meeting (35 per cent by August and 60 per cent by November) and 8 of 23 economists forecast a hike.
Regular readers will know my view of the monthly retail survey (due Thursday 1130 AEST) and for those who don't I think this survey seriously misrepresents the health of the sector (we had a 0.5 per cent fall in March and the consensus is that sales will rise 0.4 per cent I April, me forecasting 0.8 per cent). As I've pointed out numerous times before, company accounts, the national accounts and business indicators all show that retailing is growing at about average rates or just below – not booming, but certainly much stronger than this monthly survey suggests (well below average) – well at least as suggested by the headline number.
Don't forget, as I have also highlighted many times in the past, that the monthly survey does have information within it (that gets no press mind you) to suggest that retail spending is actually much stronger than the headline number. This is contained in the 'completely enumerated sample' or the large store sample, a sample which is held constant – i.e. the sample doesn't change, as it does for the smaller store sample which avoids the statistical errors that sample changes introduce. Point is, retail spending as represented by the large store sample, is 3 times stronger than the headline, running at an annualised pace of 7.5 per cent for the last three months – the strongest pace of growth since 2007. That's why the retail sector has been a key employer over the last year, because sales are actually pretty good. Contrast this with the headline running at 2.5 per cent (3mma annualised) which is weak. So apart from PR spin and the headline monthly sales, the other more reliable indicators of retailing show a sector that is quite healthy indeed. Will the board realise this before the June meeting? I don't know.
Outside of retail sales, building approvals out tomorrow are forecast to fall 1.8 per cent in April after a 9 per cent spike in March, credit growth also out tomorrow should remain subdued as should house prices (the RP Data-Rismark series out tomorrow at 1030 AEST). Now remember, soft housing data cannot be used as a sign that the economy is weak and struggling. As the RBA deputy governor suggested last week, this does not reflect tight financial conditions but rather a more cautious attitude to debt following on from what was a credit boom (that began in the mid-90s) and a subsequent global financial crisis. Slower credit and house price growth are therefore signs of economic health. Temperance, it's a virtue.
As you can see, there are certainly some confusing signals being given by the data. It seems quite clear that the RBA is aware of these signals and can look through distortions and unreliable data to focus on broader trends – in this environment this was always going to be the key. The issue is whether the board has the same ability.
The global economic flow is also quite solid although note the public holidays in the US and UK on Monday, so there isn't going to be much happening tonight. The big guns come out with the ISM on Wednesday night. So far we know that manufacturing surveys have slowed sharply, but we need to be careful in drawing too many conclusions because these surveys are notoriously volatile and frequently give false signals. At least though, the surveys do suggest some moderation in the ISM survey. So the consensus forecast is that the ISM slips to 57.6 from 60.4, but note that this still suggests a rapid manufacturing expansion underway, albeit less rapid than in April.
Payrolls on Friday are obviously important and the market looks for a 185,000 lift with the unemployment rate to slip to 8.9 per cent from 9 per cent. Other than that though the Chinese PMI on Wednesday is probably worth a look as are the PMI's coming out of Europe and the UK – big week for global manufacturing data all up.


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Indian Space Research Organization and Automotive Research Association of India developed a lithium-ion battery to power the electrical vehicles. This lithium batteries are invented to charge after satellites.
The first lithium pro type has installed on electric two wheeler. It is unveiled at ARAI in Pune on Wednesday. The characteristics of this lithium batteries is, it power very fast on small non-commercial vehicles with bigger battery and higher volt.
The ISRO and ARAI is looking to partner with automotive companies to commercialize this technology. T Mookiah, associate director, (R&D), Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, and deputy director, VSSC, said country imports 100% of the lithium battery requirements, and up to now there is no manufacturing in the country.
At present these batteries are using in the satellites, now they are going to use to charge the electric vehicles. Both the organizations ISRO and ARAI are working on this project from 2015. Automotive Research Association of India has taken the responsibility of testing and validating the battery which is responsible for battery management using its own proprietary system.
They are many processes in battery management like battery integration, packaging, carrying out the deep charge and deep discharge test, thermal management, adapting to Indian driving conditions, and duty cycles. With this battery capacity two wheeler can run 90 km to 150 km charge.
At present SIAT 2017 is going at pune. The convener of SIAT 2017 Anush Deshpande said the raw material of battery is imported and remaining manufacturing was totally done in India only. After manufacturing these batteries here the cost of product will goes down.
They launched this prototype on Wednesday with 48 volt 50 ampere power battery and which is successfully runs up to 90 kms which is charged for 2 hours. The running cost per km would be 20 to 30 paisa. Indian Space Research Organization has tied up with BHEL Company to manufacture these batteries


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Today on March 20 Google Doodle celebrates Spring Equinox 2019, a celestial event that marks as the beginning of spring in many cultures. Spring Equinox…
Samsung has announced that on August 9 is going to be released Galaxy Note 9. The Note was designed as an experiment, to see if an ultra-large “business” style Android phone could catch on.
“When we originally launched the Galaxy Note series, we had a feeling that business professionals would love it,” says BJ Kang of Samsung’s global planning team. It wasn’t only business heads that turned. Over the years, the Note has come to be regarded as the best handset in the Galaxy line-up”.
The Galaxy Note smartphones have been considered the first commercially successful examples of smartphones. Samsung sold over 50 million Galaxy Note devices between September 2011 and October 2013. 10 million units of the Galaxy Note 3 have been sold within its first 2 months, 30 million were of the Note II, while the original Galaxy Note sold around 10 million units worldwide.
So the successes are going on!
“The Galaxy Note 2, which was one of the best-selling Note series devices, sold more than 40 million units over its lifetime,” says Neil Shah from Counterpoint Research. “However, since Apple’s launch of plus size iPhones and also from other Android competitors, Samsung’s Note series have seen a bit of decline and now averages around 25 million units over a lifetime.”
But 25 million is not so bad, is it? There are a thousands of people who consider themselves as one of the largest mass of fans of Samsung Note lovers.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 was announced on 23 August 2017 at a Samsung Unpacked event. It features a 6.3 1440p Super AMOLED Infinity Display, Snapdragon 835/Exynos 8895 processor (depending on location), and water resistance. Also a new dual-lens camera setup with a telephoto lens and support for Samsung DeX.
And now Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will be on August 8. As we know Galaxy Note 9 has been accepted by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission).
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will figure:
- A Snapdragon 845 processor
- 8 GB of RAM
- It will have 3 versions (64,256, 512 GB)
Nokia C7 Allows You to Control BMW
Concept of Phone With Two Screens
Nokia Presented Nanotechnology Smartphone Concept
Samsung Introduces New Series 5 Ultrathin Laptops
Fujitsu Announced New ARROWS ES IS12F Waterproof Phone
Samsung Unveils Galaxy S III Smartphone
Samsung presented new GALAXY Tab 3
Samsung Starts Mass Production of Industry’s First 4-bit SSD


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Vivo has released a new model of its Y series in the Philippines, featuring the Vivo Y85 sporting a 6.22-inch FullView Display with its superb AI and Face Access technology. Available in Ruby Red and Black colors the Vivo Y85 will be priced at Php13,999 in all authorized retail and Vivo stores nationwide.
- 6.22-inch FullView™ Display
- 13-megapixel plus 2MP dual rear camera
- AI and face access capabilities
- 8MP front camera with Face Beauty, HDR, and Portrait features
- 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage.
- Octa-core processor MTK 6762
- Android 8.1-based Funtouch OS 4.0
For inquiries about Vivo, visit the Vivo website at vivoglobal.ph or check out their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/vivophil), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vivo_philippines/), and Twitter (https://twitter.com/vivo_phil) accounts.


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Much has been made of Marriott’s plans to revitalise Sheraton. June this year, Marriott International unveiled the latest rehab of the 81-year-old Sheraton brand, which has struggled for decades to maintain consistency and relevancy around the globe.
Marriott acquired Sheraton late 2016. January 2017, Sheraton Uganda was also taken over after due diligence. The deal put Sheraton Uganda under the world’s largest hotel company-Marriot International.
“The hotel will provide a living and breathing showcase of our new vision for the Sheraton brand, underscoring our commitment to restore the brand to its leadership position,” said Arne Sorenson, President and CEO, Marriott International.
“Going back to Sheraton’s roots as being the heart of the community, the renovated hotel will showcase the brand’s new focus on services and design that enable socialization, productivity and personalization, featuring collaborative venues and technology that enable unique experiences […]”
The owners committed $500 million to the renovations, which will transform the lobbies into town square-style gathering areas with what Marriott calls coffee bar-bars (the coffee bar will transform into a regular bar in the evening), partially open small meeting rooms, communal work spaces with locking drawers, and sound-proof privacy booths where guests can duck in to make quick phone calls.
The guestrooms will be modernized with a focus on larger bathrooms and a desk that can be raised or lowered to function as a sitting or standing work station, even a dining room table.
Marriot’s main strategies in this regard are upgrading and modernising Sheraton’s brand identity and by converting existing underperforming or redundant Sheraton properties into different Marriott brands, such as Courtyard or Four Points.
While Sheraton was still under Starwood, a number of light renovations took place, the most recent of which was the Sheraton 2020 project. But none of the attempts were very successful at improving brand perception, Marriott seems to be making inroads into making Sheraton a success.
A spokesperson for Marriott commented that “60 percent of Sheratons globally are committed to undergo renovation by 2020.”
How Sheraton can succeed
A new research report conducted by Skift analysed three key areas that explore Marriott’s history of successful brand overhaul in an attempt to see how Sheraton could itself succeed. These three areas are RevPAR Index, RevPAR, and Loyalty Contribution to Occupancy.
Findings from analysis on the RevPAR Index of Marriott branded hotels that had undergone a revamp in the guest rooms indicated that the RevPAR Index increased by 6.3% in a year following the room overhaul.
Entire Marriott properties that have been renovated have seen a 9% increases on the RevPAR Index, Marriott confirmed in June. If this data is extrapolated to include the proposed renovations and upgrades to Sheraton properties, the report estimates that increased revenue to the tune of between $75m and $150m could be returned.


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Health Canada issues warning over potentially flammable Helly Hansen sweaters and hoodies
Health Canada on Wednesday issued a recall notice for more than 120,000 Helly Hansen winter sweaters and hoodies that were sold in Canada between August 2019 and 2022.
According to Health Canada, owners should immediately stop using the clothing items and contact Helly Hansen at 1-888-889-9096 for a product replacement credit due to “flammability hazard.”
“The affected products, which incorporate brushed cotton fabrics that have undergone a specific treatment, either do not or may not comply with the Textile Flammability Regulations,” the health agency reported.
As of Jan. 9, 2023 there have been no reports of incidents or injuries in connection with the affected products in Canada.
The notice affects 27 versions of the sweatshirt, hoodie and jackets.
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Facebook could be arriving in your office next year, after the social network announced it plans to launch its " Facebook at Work " service in a matter of months.
The new service, geared towards workplace collaboration, offers the same look and feel as Facebook and has the same tools, including News Feed, Groups, Messages and Events.
"I would say 95 percent of what we developed for Facebook is also adopted for Facebook at Work," Julien Codorniou, director of global platform partnerships at Facebook, told Reuters.
However, Facebook at Work users will have special profiles that are distinct from their existing Facebook profiles, and the information shared among employees will only be accessible to people within the company.
Certain apps, like Candy Crush Saga , will be blocked, but the company plans to develop exclusive products for Facebook at Work, including security tools.
"Facebook at Work was created completely for use within a company – that means employees' Facebook at Work info is safe, secure, confidential and completely separate from their personal Facebook profile," the company explained earlier this year.
Allowing employees to log on to Facebook in the office has always been a controversial issue. Until quite recently, it was common practice for companies to ban or even block Facebook on work computers, claiming that it merely served as a distraction.
A survey by computer services provider HCL Technologies in 2011 found that half of workers had been banned from using Facebook and other social networks in their offices, due to employers' fears that their business reputations could be at stake.
These days, however, it seems that the larger risk to a business's reputation is NOT having a social media presence. Many companies now employ people to use Facebook and other social networks to promote their company to the wider world.
Furthermore, a survey by Samsung last year revealed that British employees are the most likely in Europe to ignore workplace restrictions on social media, with two in five admitting to using Facebook at work even though they know it is banned.
Facebook has been testing its Facebook at Work service with a group of around 300 companies including Heineken, Royal Bank of Scotland and jewellery company Stella and Dot since January. The service will be open to all companies once launched.
The service will not feature adverts or gather data about users, and Facebook plans to charge "a few dollars per month per user" for premium services such as analytics and customer support, a company spokeswoman said.
The move puts Facebook in direct competition with other established collaboration tools targeted at the business market – including Yammer, which Microsoft bought for $1.2bn in 2012, Jive and Huddle – as well as challenging LinkedIn.
Yammer operates a 'freemium' model, whereby some of the features are free to use but companies have to pay a subscription for access to the full product. Jive and Huddle both offer a pure subscription model for businesses.


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The Sweden-Ukraine Business Forum was launched for the first time in 2012 and has become a recognized trademark that connects Swedish business community in Ukraine with Ukrainian business and society. During the times of changes in Ukraine, with political and economic challenges, the Forum gathers Swedish business community each year, visualizing the presence and authority of Swedish companies in Ukraine, their successful development on the market, and the positive impact they make on Ukrainian society.
During 2015 Swedish-Ukrainian bilateral trade grew by 20% both in export and import. The Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement has come into power from January 1, 2016 and it substantially eases trade between Ukraine and the European Union. The Ukrainian government has successfully cut many bureaucratic regulations and certifications in several sectors and according to the Doing Business rating by the World Bank Group, Ukraine ranks 30th out of 189 economies in the category of “Starting a Business”. Ukraine is also on the list of the top 26 countries designated by the Swedish government as prioritized for cooperation with Sweden. With the Business Forum we want to create a platform for the Swedish-Ukrainian partnership to grow further. Following the modernization process in Ukraine and the country's geopolitical choice to turn towards Europe, the room for Swedish business and their opportunities in Ukraine are increasing.
The leading topic of the Sweden-Ukraine Business Forum 2016 was innovations. Sweden is one of the three most innovative economies in the world, according to the 2016 Bloomberg Innovation Index. Swedish innovative products and solutions, innovative ways of working, the current business climate in Ukraine were discussed and above all how Sweden and Ukraine can become stronger through co-operating.
The Forum was opened and attended by the Minister for Enterprise and Innovation of Sweden Mikael Damberg and the Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman.
Watch the invitation from Andreas von Beckerath, Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine:
Watch the summarizing video of the Sweden-Ukraine Business Forum 2016: