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Seven Marine to debut at SIBS
First chance to view high-powered outboard engines in Australia.
The upcoming Sydney International Boat Show will be the first opportunity for the Australian public to get close up and personal with some of the world’s most powerful outboard engines.
The US engine manufacturer, Seven Marine, in conjunction with its Australian sales and service representative, Luxury Marine Performance, will be displaying two of the massive 627hp outboards at this year’s show.
“This is going to be fantastic opportunity for the Australian public and local boat builders to see a Seven Marine outboard in the flesh for the first time,” said Maik van Zoggel, director of marketing and international sales, Seven Marine. “In Australia, as there is in the USA and Europe, there are boats which no longer need to be powered by two, three or four outboards, as Seven Marine provides the boat owner with the option to move back to single or twin outboard applications.’’
Following the introduction of its first 557hp model in 2010, Seven Marine has continued to develop its technology and currently has three product offerings in its line-up, a 527hp, 577hp and a 627hp outboard. The engines are built on a 6.2 litre supercharged V8 platform with closed cooling, wet-disc clutch transmission and fuel injection. All three models are offered with Seven’s new twin-prop CR (contra-rotating) gearcase option.
“Never before has an outboard owner been able to customise their outboard as you can with a Seven,” said James Jackman, Luxury Marine Performance. “Owners have the ability to customise the outboard’s cowling colour and graphics configuration, add LED lighting into the cowling in the 577hp and 627hp models, as well as configure the outboards with contra-rotating props, joystick and dual station controls.”
Seven Marine also offers the option of a 35–39 inch leg for owners of deep-vee hull boats.
Seven Marine outboards will be on stand #305 at the Sydney International Boat Show.


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Duchess of Cambridge's favourite jeans label J Brand set to launch sportswear collection
Their skinny jeans have graced many a well-honed leg - from the Duchess of Cambridge to Cameron Diaz, J Brand's denim designs seem to flatter in all the right places.
Now, after honing its market for six years and collaborating with high-end fashion names Hussein Chalayan and Proenza Schouler, the upmarket denim company is ready to branch out.
The trendy label is launching a ready-to-wear sportswear collection that is expected to hit stores next Spring.
Read-to-wear: Branching away from denim, the line will include clean lines, no patterns and soft colours
A first look at the new range sees simple lines, clean looks and fine detailing - a nod towards the brand's ethos to look at the woman 'as a whole.'
Designer of the new collection, Scotsman Donald Oliver, says that the target customer is about far more than denim.
He told WWD: 'We just didn’t want to look at her as working or going out.
Slouchy: The new line, out next Spring, is designed to pair with denim or workwear
'From Day One, we wanted her to be easygoing, uncomplicated, subtly sophisticated.
'We wanted her to feel relevant, not trendy, not like she’s trying too hard, which is why I think the garments have an ease about them.'
In her jeans: The Duchess of Cambridge wore J Brand jeans three days in a row in Canada
There are plain, muted colours and some unusual fabrics - Cupro, made of corn, features, as does cotton blended with Japanese paper.
'We paid a lot of attention to details, making the garment feel special to the wearer,' said Mr Oliver.
The collection will feature 140 pieces and will range from $200 and $1,500. 60 of the brand's 2,500 retail stores will carry the inaugural line.
The pieces will mix well with J Brand's signature denim, so Kate Middleton will be able to match her favourite jeans - she wore the label three days in a row on her recent North America tour - with jackets, tops and sweaters.
J Brand's sights don't end at sportswear - handbags and shoes are on the horizon and within three years, the label hopes to open a flagship store in New York or London, according to WWD.com.
The world seems to be the brand's oyster. As company CEO Jeff Rudes told the site: 'L.A., Paris, Milan, Tokyo — beyond that we’ll see.'
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iPhone 7 rumors have already begun to circulate and the latest one says that it will feature a sapphire display.
It has only been a few months that you have been enjoying your iPhone 6, but it is time to start thinking of the specifications of the iPhone 7. There is obviously no official list, but there are rumors that are saying that the iPhone 7 is going to have a sapphire display. Whats so special about a sapphire display? What makes it so special is that it is the second hardest material, the diamond taking the number one spot.
Rumors are also saying that FoxConn is going to be the company making the sapphire displays and they will even be creating a new facility near Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China. The new facility will be near the factory where FoxConn puts together the iPhone´s.
Other rumors indicate that the iPhone 7 will features a sidewall display that will curve to the phones edges. Everyone also expects for the main specs to be improved and hopefully this time they will be major changes.
It is obviously too soon to talk about the price for the iPhone 7, but the release date is expected for September of 2015. Let the countdown begin.


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Banking titans JPMorgan and Wells Fargo are gearing as much as launch new Bitcoin funds in collaboration with crypto big New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG), in response to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
NYDIG is a Bitcoin-focused expertise and monetary providers firm and subsidiary of funding administration firm Stone Ridge Asset Management.
SEC paperwork present that Wells Fargo is on the transfer to launch a Bitcoin fund in partnership with the NYDIG. The banking big will obtain placement and servicing charges as they refer shoppers to NYDIG, which is the fund’s issuer.
JP Morgan can also be teaming up with the crypto big for a brand new Bitcoin fund, in response to an SEC submitting. The NYDIG will act because the fund’s issuer, and JP Morgan will earn servicing and placement charges for referring shoppers to NYDIG.
In July, JPMorgan introduced it might be permitting all wealth administration shoppers to access Bitcoin and different crypto-focused funds. In April, the corporate announced that it might offer Bitcoin investments to its rich shoppers, additionally utilizing NYDIG for custodial providers.
JPMorgan’s gradual embrace of Bitcoin stands in distinction to what CEO Jamie Dimon has mentioned in the previous about Bitcoin and crypto. In 2017, Dimon referred to Bitcoin as a “fraud” and “worse than tulip bulbs,” although he did say that “blockchain is actual.”
At time of writing, Bitcoin is buying and selling at $50,112 according to CoinGecko.
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An effort to raise the purchasing age for tobacco products in a Minnesota city from 18 to 21 failed Tuesday after backlash from the vaping community.
The Detroit Lakes City Council voted on the measure Tuesday night after hearing roughly two hours of testimony from supporters and detractors alike. The most vocal opposition came from users of electronic cigarettes in the city, who objected to the measure because it lumped in vapor products, which only contain nicotine, with all other tobacco products, reports KVRR.
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While supporters of the ordinance said it serves to protect young Americans from trying a tobacco product, vape shop owners and public health advocates argue it will harm smokers working to transition off cigarettes.
“We are hurting people that already do smoke, mainly people who switched from smoking to vaping in order to reduce the harm caused by tobacco,” Jenny Hoban, vice president of Tobacco Harm Reduction 4 Life, said Tuesday, according to KVRR. “It is going to help someone who is smoking to obtain nicotine through a clean delivery system. It’s going to get rid of the tar, carcinogens and other chemicals associated with smoking.”
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- The mustard seed that became a printing giant, outlives founder
By ADEBAYO OBAJEMU
Tripple Gee must have given a soothing lesson that not all companies founded indigenously died with their owners. Though, in our experience, most indigenous companies in the country often fade out upon the death of their founders, but Tripple Gee and a few others have become a welcome exemptions to this culture.
The name Tripple Gee according to BusinessHallmark’s findings came from the initials of the founder, Chief Gani Gbadebo Giwa, GGG, who set up the company in 1980. The company was designed from the outset to provide printing and manufacturing services for a selected market.
According to Dr. Olufemi Omoyele, a management expert at Redeemer University, “Tripple Gee has proved resilient over these years, weathering the ups and downs of the economy, in the process. Giwa’s B2B model might have been seen as risky, but the company has remained through four decades, waxing stronger even after the death of its founder.”
Though it may not be as popular as Academy Press, and not a household name, Tripple Gee & Company Plc has remained resilient, as it has continued to unfold a gradual and consistent increase in its yearly sales and revenue.
It’s financials in the couple of years prior to 2015 was bad and the company wobbled along amidst difficult period, but as from 2015, the company seemed to have recovered it’s grooves and started recording a steady rise in income , especially as from 2017.
Tripple Gee was incorporated as a private limited company in April 1980, but it was not listed on the main board of the Nigerian Stock Exchange until 1991 when it converted to a public limited liability company.
According record seen by this newspaper, during its listing, the company had 10 million authorised shares of which five million were issued and fully paid for. The company has now increased operations and upped its shares to almost half a billion units, worth N247.48 million at its current market price of N0.50 per share, 29 years after listing on the main board of the Nigeria Stock Exchange and converted to public limited company.
It has over the years shown comparative advantage in printing, specialising in manufacturing financial instruments (MICR encoded and personalised cheques, dividend warrants, share certificates), and other secure and commercial documents. Labels and flexible packaging materials are also part of its products.
Its customer portfolio has been diverse, and it includes firms in need of and labeling products like pharmaceutical labels, anti-counterfeit labels and packaging labels such as printed nylon, BOPP, PVC and shrink packaging products.
“The company has shown enough resilience and good management. It has gradually made progress over the years, incorporating into its operations the production of ballot papers and election stationery among others,” Wale Adeduntan, a top client of the company told this newspaper.
Apart from the above, this medium learnt that the company also print licenses and permits, customs revenue collection forms and receipts, statement of accounts, utility bills and pension contributions, personalised letters to shareholders and brochures collation, to meet the needs of its expanding clientele.
As a mark of its’ strength in the printing sub sector and confidence it has inspired, Tripple Gee is providing secure financial instruments such as cheques, and certificates for financial institutions like the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, Ecobank Nigeria Plc, Union Bank Plc, Bank of Industry (BOI), EDC Registrars Limited, and First Registrars, among others.
In addition, the company produces Self-Adhesive Labels used by companies in the Manufacturing, and Oil and Gas sectors. Conoil Plc, Capital Oil Plc, A – Z Petroleum, Oando Petroleum Plc, Tecno Oil & Gas Ltd, Ascon Oil & Gas Ltd and Grand Petroleum Ltd are some of their patrons in the space.
Results in the last five years reveal that the manufacturing of packaging products make up the largest part of its revenue, closely followed by printing services, other printing services, and other packaging services.
In 2018, packaging made up 37.8% of its N742.56 million revenue in sales, while printing services brought in 26.1% of the revenue, other printing services brought in 22% and other packaging services, 13.1%.
In 2019, N784.4 million was made from sales, and much later the input from packaging dropped to 32.6%, printing services dropped to 25.2%, other printing services also dropped to 21.3%, while revenue from other services increased significantly to account for 20.8%.
Other top clients of the company according to this newspaper’s research include institutions such as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), West African Examination Council (WAEC), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAN), and some higher institutions.
It also prints vehicle licenses and permits for state governments across all regions including Lagos, Delta, Rivers, Anambra, Osun, Oyo, Kogi, Enugu, Abia, Cross River, Kebbi Niger Plateau, Imo, Adamawa, Kaduna and Sokoto States.
Also big brands like the Dangote Group, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, Berger Paints of Nigeria Plc also have Tripple Gee producing their secured documents. The company’s activities are segmented down into manufacturing of packaging products and printing services, with the former making for 53% of its activities, and the latter making up the rest.
Efforts by BH to speak to Tripple Gee failed as this newspaper was informed by security at the company’s premises that the pandemic has affected work culture, and the official competent to speak was not available.


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Importers can fill single-page form if difficulty in customs clearance of COVID-related items
New Delhi: To fast-track passage of imported oxygen and coronavirus-related medicines, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has asked such importers to fill up a single-page online form giving description of the goods and its end use, in case of difficulty faced by them in getting prompt customs clearance.
The CBIC, which is the apex body related to customs duty and clearances, has already made public the names and contact details of nodal officers for facilitating COVID-19 customs assistance to trade and has asked all customs zones to clear such items in the shortest possible time.
The CBIC in a tweet said, "Attention Importers! In case of any difficulty faced regarding imports of COVID19 related equipment or medicaments, please provide details on the link https://forms.gle/T4ZreUcoeABvmjQs6 for expediting customs clearances."
The importers will be required to fill up the 'pre-intimation for prompt clearance of COVID related items' form giving details of the bill of entry number, airport/port of import, and description of goods and end-use in COVID-19 treatment/relief operations, among others.
Separately, Delhi customs (air cargo complex import commissionerate) in a public notice said a nodal officer will facilitate faster customs clearance of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), key starting material, drug intermediaries of medicine/vaccine/various testing and lab equipment/oxygen-related equipment.
The government on Saturday waived customs duty on import of COVID-19 vaccines as well as medical grade oxygen and related equipment as the nation battled its worst health crisis with a "tsunami" of infections setting a new world record for cases.
It also directed customs officers to clear all import consignments, including life-saving drugs and oxygen equipment, used in COVID-19 treatment on the highest priority.
In a review meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also directed the revenue department to ensure seamless and quick custom clearance of such equipments. Accordingly, the Department of Revenue has nominated Customs Joint Secretary Gaurav Masaldan as the nodal officer for issues related to customs clearance.
The 16 oxygen and related equipment on which duty has been waived include oxygen concentrator along with flow meter, regulator, connectors and tubing, oxygen canister, filling systems, storage tanks, cylinders, including cryogenic cylinders and tanks.


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The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association today urged Congress to allow retail pharmacies to continue providing diabetes testing supplies.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) today urged Congress to allow retail pharmacies to continue providing diabetes testing supplies.
The organizations submitted comments to the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, urging the Congressional representatives to exempt retail pharmacies from the Medicare durable medical equipment (DME) competitive bidding program. “This reimbursement reduction would hurt access to care and severely limit the valuable role of pharmacist-patient interactions in reducing overall program spending,” according to NACDS’s written comments.
NCPA also endorsed the Medicare Access to Diabetes Supplies Act (H.R. 1936), which would allow seniors to continue receiving diabetes testing supplies from independent community pharmacists. The bi-partisan bill would permanently exempt diabetes testing supplies furnished by small community pharmacies from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) competitive bidding program and pricing for Medicare Part B DMEPOS (durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies).
In its comments, NACDS also urged alternative cost-saving approaches for the Medicare program, including moving diabetic testing supplies from Part B to Part D. “Diabetes supplies should be covered through the Part D benefit. This would mirror commercial practices [and] would allow beneficiaries with diabetes to access necessary medications and supplies from the same provider if they choose…” according to the NACDS comments.


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The L.L.Bean Bootmobile is perhaps the diametric opposite of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, promoting outdoor activity instead of consumption of sodium and saturated-fat-laden sausages. The well-known maker of high quality outdoor goods is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and the Bootmobile has been created as a way to celebrate the product that helped start it all.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Beyonce held onto the top spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart for the second consecutive week as her new self-titled album sold 374,000 copies in the lead-up to Christmas, according to figures released Thursday from Nielsen SoundScan.
The pop star's fifth solo album, which was released on December 13, has sold a total of 991,000 copies through December 22, which was the final day for tallying this week's chart.
Currently the year's 12th-best selling album, "Beyonce" is expected to crack the top 10 in just a few weeks' time, Billboard said.
The album, Beyonce's first since 2011, was released exclusively through Apple's iTunes digital music store and was not available in other retailers until December 21.
Country music star Garth Brooks held at No. 2 on the chart with his Walmart-exclusive box set, "Blame It All on My Roots," selling 199,000 copies.
British-Irish boy band One Direction's "Midnight Memories" moved to No. 3 from No. 5, swapping spots with country-pop singer Kelly Clarkson's Christmas album, "Wrapped in Red."
Sales of "Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas," the Christmas album from the "Duck Dynasty" reality TV series' Robertson family, jumped 22 percent in the week before Christmas landing at No. 4 on the chart.
That jump in the Christmas album's sales comes amid the controversy over anti-gay comments made by Robertson family patriarch Phil Robertson and published last week.
Week-over-week album sales rose 22 percent for the week ending December 22, the final full week before Christmas. But sales last week were down 17 percent from the same period last year and album sales for the year are 9 percent lower than 2012.
"Say Something," a song by duo A Great Big World featuring pop singer Christina Aguilera, held steady as the top digital track, with 238,000 downloads last week.
(Reporting by Eric Kelsey; Editing by Mary Milliken and Bob Burgdorfer)


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Hello, dear reader and welcome to 2017!
Online giants Alibaba and Amazon are staying in the spotlight - the former announced a huge investment in entertaining and the latter plans to build a flying warehouse. In Europe, merger and partnership activities dominate the headlines and in the US, a billion-dollar deal is under scrutiny. Also, check out what retail pundits predict for the year ahead. Have a great start.
asia & Australia
Bursting with Inspiration: Visit IFE 2017
IFE 2017 (The International Food & Drink Event) is the UKâs biggest and most important food & drink trade show. Taking place 19-22 March in London, the home of innovation, the event provides an unrivalled opportunity to source innovative and new food & drink from 1,350 British & global suppliers. Register for your free ticket at
Tax demands in Gujarat E-commerce companies are facing the heat from tax authorities once again, after a recent ruling asked them to pay entry tax on goods that are shipped from outside of the Indian state Gujarat. Market leaders Amazon and Flipkart already had to pay a large chunk.
Digital connections French cosmetics company L’Oréal has announced it has made a ‘strategic investment’ in Partech Ventures, a Paris-based venture capitalist firm that will complement the group’s ‘comprehensive strategy to connect to the world’s most important start-up scenes.
usa & canada
Sears continue to downsize The struggling department store chain will close 30 Sears and Kmart stores in early 2017, which will bring the total number of stores that the retailer has closed this fiscal year to more than 200 and leave it with fewer than 1,500 locations.
After 15 years as MDD Expo,
the benchmark event for private label in the French market, M.A.D.E. is the result of a natural evolution that follows the international development of the exhibition through a changing retail market. On 28 & 29 March 2017, M.A.D.E. will bring together manufacturers of own label products and buyers from all distribution channels across Europe for 2 days dedicated to co-creation.
what to look forward to
Getting ahead of tomorrow Accepting disruption as the new norm, be prepared for all outcomes and skip rigid format thinking - German Retail Blog has compiled what movers and shakers in the industry expect to be their most important challenge in the year ahead.
Amazon's high-flying plans After experimenting with checkout-free stores and delivery drones, the Seattle-based online powerhouse is now exploring the use of giant airships to serve as a flying warehouse. However, its biggest hurdle in this regard will be US government regulations.


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Tom Brady Says He’s Never Eaten a Strawberry
Tom Brady will always be known as a four-time Super Bowl champion and one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play football. But his peculiar diet is threatening to become almost as notable.
In a wide-ranging conversation with New York magazine about how he’s spending his Deflategate suspension—napping “here and there” and shooting Uggs commercials with Jeff Bridges—the conversation naturally turned to Brady’s bizarre eating habits. Last season, we learned TB12 has never tried coffee. And now, we can add strawberries to the list. “I’ve never eaten a strawberry in my life. I have no desire to do that,” he says. He also took some time to ponder the importance of cheeseburgers, asking, “Do you need to eat a cheeseburger every day to realize that you love a cheeseburger?” You tell us, Tom.
Even if Brady had tried strawberries before, it’s unlikely they would be a staple of his diet now. In an interview with Boston.com earlier this year, Brady’s personal chef revealed the quarterback doesn’t eat fruits—only electing to put a banana in his smoothie once in a while.
Despite his sorely denied taste buds, Brady has jumped into the food industry over the last several months. In May, he released a $200 cookbook, which features recipes 89 “seasonally inspired recipes,” including avocado ice cream and sweet potato gnocchi with escarole. TB12 vegan snacks hit the market this summer, with boxes of 12 packs costing $50.
When the Patriots drafted Brady 16 years ago, he approached owner Robert Kraft with a pizza box under his arm. He’s come a long way from those days, that’s for sure. And if you’ve ever wondered how many Uggs an Ugg salesman owns, New York has the answer for you: “I have a lot. More than you could ever imagine.”


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Quiznos is jumping into the plant-based ingredient war.
The sandwich franchise has partnered with Mrs. Goldfarb’s Unreal Deli for a plant-based corned beef sandwich.
Beginning Nov. 15, the sandwich will be available in Denver-rea Quiznos for a limited time.
The deli classic includes Swiss cheese, pickles, sauerkraut and honey French dressing on a Quiznos bread of choice.
The sandwich makes its debut ahead of a Nov. 17 appearance on ABC's "Shark Tank" where it will be decided if a sandwich made from plant-based ingredients can stack-up to the real thing.
"Given consumers' growing desire for meatless options and the rise of plant-based foods, we wanted to test this modern twist on a deli classic here in Denver where sustainable green lifestyles are thriving," said Sheila Zimmerman, Vice President of Marketing, REGO Restaurant Group, owner of Quiznos. "Mrs. Goldfarb's Unreal Deli is a delicious alternative to traditional deli meat and a perfect brand fit."
Mrs. Goldfarb’s Unreal Deli's Unreal Corned Beef has been in select delis and grocers in Los Angeles and is now nationwide.


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Sales of vegetable seeds 'rocket' as the UK digs for victory
by Victoria Bunney
What's Going On Here?
Sales of vegetable seeds have shot up during the coronavirus outbreak as people take up home gardening during the lockdown. Last weekend seed sellers across the country were overwhelmed, claiming three weeks’ worth of seeds were purchased in just one day!
What Does This Mean?
Perhaps this enforced self-isolation has a few silver linings, as individuals begin to cultivate whatever outdoor space they have for recreation in a time of being house-bound.. Together with empty supermarket shelves and a generalised fear around food security, people are beginning to wonder how they can source their own food.
Why Should We Care?
Only 153,000 hectares out of a total 17.6 million is used for edible horticulture in the UK, with just 56% of vegetables and a mere 16% of fruits being grown nationally. Arguably, we rely on a highly problematic centralised food system that is not robust or localised enough to withstand a large-scale crisis such as the one we’re experiencing.
Yet, with many people forging new habits along with a need for greater support on British farms, perhaps this crisis will help to teach us to become more self-sufficient not just as individuals but nationally.
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Bruce W. Radford
THE PRICING TURMOIL THAT STRUCK MIDWEST POWER markets during the week of June 22, with allegations of price gouging and calls for a wholesale price cap imposed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (see Docket EL98-53), made for good copy but has obscured what's really going on.
"In the pleadings to FERC, I saw no evidence of price gouging," says attorney Jeffrey Watkiss, who represents power marketers who have asked the Commission for wholesale market reform.
Jeremiah D. Lambert
IN A RECENT SPEECH TO A SOPHISTICATED WASHINGTON AUDIence of electric industry players, FERC Commissioner William Massey raised a difficult question: "Can ISOs become self-policing institutions, thereby allowing FERC to embrace light-handed regulation of transmission?"
In answering his own question, Massey confirmed a quasi-judicial role for independent system operators (em but only if they are "equipped with proper operational rules, including market monitoring plans that report market power abuses and contemplate enforcement mechanisms to assure compliance." %n1%n
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MANY STATES ARE CONSIDERING THE IDEA OF opening billing and metering to competition at traditional distribution companies. %n1%n Electric utility executives can no longer assume that a regulated monopoly distribution company, or "disco," will retain control of both the "wires" function and billing and metering services. %n2%n
This new prospect raises questions: Should a disco seek to retain billing and metering as a regulated monopoly, complete with the obligation to serve all customers requesting electric connections?
Lori M. Rodgers
IN THE EARLY 1970s, WHEN THE "ENERGY CRISIS" DAWNED, New York told electric utilities to stop advertising to promote electric use. State judges deemed such promotion as lacking in "any beneficial content," or even "detrimental to society." It took an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court for utilities to win the right to tout their product.
Today's questions target the bottom line: Can advertising boost sales for energy suppliers? If so, what does it take?
Joseph F. Schuler, Jr.
IN THE DRIVE TO MATCH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS WITH THE
demands of "deregulatory" standards, utilities are investing billions in information technology (em some launching new business lines from their experience.
Worldwide, utilities are investing $20 billion; electric utilities pony up the most: $12 billion each year, according to Newton-Evans Research Co. An average U.S. electric utility will invest $43 million this year; a gas utility will invest $9 million.
Samuel C. Thomas
Locational marginal pricing, even if "complex," is well worth the benefits.
In two recent issues, PUBLIC UTILITIES FORTNIGHTLY featured editorials %n1%n on restructuring of the PJM Pool. Those two articles described proposals by the so-called supporting companies, %n2%n seven members of the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection, to use a "locational marginal pricing" model for congestion pricing for electric transmission and to continue PJM as a "tight" power pool.
Former Sen. Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyo.) has joined the PacifiCorp board of directors. Simpson retired from the Senate earlier this year after serving three terms. Also at PacifiCorp, Dennis Steinberg, a senior v.p., was named head of global energy sales, marketing and trading. John Bohling, another senior v.p., will direct customer service, among other activities. Mike Henderson will head a new group for international business, technology and planning.
John M. Deutch has returned as a member of the CMS Energy Corp. Board of Directors. Deutch served on the board from 1986 to 1993.
Phil Hanser, Jose Wharton, and Peter Fox-Penner
The electric industry hasn't seen so much upheaval since Thomas Edison threw the switch at the Pearl Street Station. Full retail access to competitive markets in generation and supply will challenge traditional ways of doing business. But no change will prove more dramatic for electric utilities than setting a competitive price (em that most fundamental of business decisions.
In anticipation of competition, utilities have been experimenting to discern what forms of the "product" (em electric power (em customers might want, and at what prices. One such experiment is real-time pricing.
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AEP Company Inc. Midwest 42.63 40.63 -4.69 44.75 35.13 2.40 5.91 22.68 13 3.10
Robert J. Michaels
By Robert J. Michaels
The Justice Department's Guidelines don't tell us very much about
today's (or tomorrow's) electric market.
However many electric utilities remain after this merger wave, competition will be forever changed.


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“I walk by Lululemon … and there’s a sign that says we don’t support racism, sexism, discrimination or hate. And I’m like, who gives a f***, you’re just selling yoga pants. I don’t need your yoga pants politics,” Chris Rock rants in his recent Netflix special. The comedian’s take is in line with a 2023 Stagwell Global survey that found that:
• 38% thought American companies speak out too much on social issues (+6 points from July 2022).
• 68% said they thought that when companies voice their opinion on a social issue, it’s a marketing ploy (+12 points).
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TOI reported in its March 28 edition that SoftBank is looking to plough around $1-1.5 billion in fresh capital into Flipkart while subsequently merging the beleaguered operations of Snapdeal with theBengaluru e-tailer.
Snapdeal, which owns FreeCharge, is itself being sold to rival Flipkart in a deal brokered by its largest shareholder SoftBank, in a stock transaction, now pegged at $750 million. Softbank reported its annual report for the financial year that ended in March of 2017 on 10 May.
Besides Snapdeal and Ola, SoftBank is also an investor in hotel booking platform Oyo Rooms, e-grocer Grofers, and Housing (which it sold to PropTiger last year). But things may change now, said analysts. The valuation, however, has shrunk since then and the potential deal could see the embattled e-commerce firm being valued at about $1 billion, said market watchers.
Betting heavily on the growing e-commerce sector in India, SoftBank invested about $900 million in Snapdeal. "This situation caused a material decrease in net asset value of Starfish as of March 31, 2017, and therefore SBG impaired the carrying amount of its shares in the company to the amount equivalent to its net asset value", the statement says.
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SoftBank is the largest investor in cab-hailing app Ola and e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal.
If completed, the deal would mark the rise of the country's own representative in India's ecommerce battlefield, which features deep-pocketed rivals Amazon and Alibaba. There has never been a better time for SoftBank - the orchestrator of the merger - to push through with the deal.
However, SoftBank said that there was no impact of the loss on the company's consolidated financial results in 2016-17.
The seven-member board of Jasper Infotech (which operates Snapdeal) includes representation from investors SoftBank, Kalaari Capital and NVP, as well as co-founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal.
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Valued at $6 billion mid of past year, the company has been going through very challenging times since the last 8-10 months as it could not raise funds.
The company had previously written down as much as 58.1 billion yen ($555 million) in the same companies for the six-month period ending September 30, 2016.
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Aturmaju Resources Berhad has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Yes’s Comm. Enterprise Sdn Bhd (YESS) to collaborate in a new retail business model and to supply the latter’s five retail outlets with an inventory tracking system.
Loss-making Aturmaju Resources Bhd plans to raise up to RM10.1 million via a renounceable rights issue to fund its diversification into the provision of information technology (IT) solutions and services.
Aturmaju Resources Bhd has decided to abort its proposed private placement after considering current market conditions, including the deteriorating price of its shares.
Aturmaju Resources Bhd (Aturmaju), whose share price hit an all time high of RM1.55 today as of midday trading break, was slapped with an unusual market activity (UMA) query by Bursa Malaysia over the share price rally.
Aturmaju Resources Bhd (Aturmaju), which saw its share price hit a multiple-year high of RM1.17 today, said it is not aware of any factor that may have contributed to the recent rally of its share price.


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Google Currents pre-installed in Android 4.1
Stylized news reader Google Currents has been available in the Google Play Store since December. The app now has some competition since the Android variant of Flipboard has launched. But Google Current has something that Flipboard doesn't which is a developer-parent that produces the leading smartphone OS in the world. Google is taking advantage of this, according to an email sent to its partners, by adding Google Currents as a pre-installed application on all versions of Google 4.1.
Google expects its action to result in a multitude of new Currents users, although by taking away your choice, it also takes away some of your storage space. Originally released late last year for Android and iOS, Google Currents takes your news feeds and converts them into a magazine style read. It also includes some default selections for your perusal. And now, with this news, Google Currents joins the Google family of apps found on the vast majority of Android devices.
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Nokia Lumia 928 announced with 4.5 OLED 8MP camera, coming to Verizon
As posted by us earlier about the leaked Nokia Lumia 928, the company has now officially announced the next flagship device Nokia Lumia 928.
Nokia Lumia 928 like other new Lumia phones runs the Windows Phone 8 and it does look great. Nokia has improved upon its design and the color shades just look brilliant.
Nokia with all its stars present announced the Nokia Asha 501 yesterday, the phone was targeted towards an entry level market. With all this going on, its clearly evident that Nokia is here to compete and push its competitors over the cliff to claim the place it once ruled.
Nokia Lumia 928 sports a shiny new design that is sure to attract you towards it, the smartphone features a 4.5 inch PureView AMOLED display and a 8.7 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics. The camera is capable of shooting full HD videos and the Nokia camera quality you all would know.
Coming to the processor of this phone, it is embedded with a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor which is highly capable of carrying the processing burden along with 1GB of RAM. The phone comes with 32GB of storage along with 7GB of SkyDrive cloud storage from Microsoft which is proves very handy in various situations.
Also Nokia Lumia 928 has 4G LTE capabilities and is NFC enabled. Looking at all the specs and design of this Nokia flagship, we will call it a beast!
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EN meets the team behind the mammoth Consumer Electronics Show, a truly global event at the very forefront of the industry it serves.
Whether or not you work in the world of exhibitions, it was almost impossible to miss the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) when it returned to Las Vegas Convention Center in January 2019 for its 52nd edition. The press descended on the show as exhibitors battled for attention with innovative stands, immersive experiences and of course mind-blowing new tech products.
Organised by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the show is a behemoth covering over 250,000sqm and welcoming more than 170,000 visitors through the door in 2019. In a time when many large, international events around the globe are struggling or have closed their doors (in particular German computer expo CeBIT, which held its last event in 2018, comes to mind), CES is not only surviving but thriving.
It has become a topic for discussion and debate in the exhibition industry – is it better in the long run to be the giant tanker, powering ahead on its course, or the small, nippy sailboat, able to quickly move in whatever direction the wind blows? And, to possibly overstretch the metaphor, is it more about the quality of the experience you have on board?
Not to mention, how does the CTA ensure that CES stays at the very forefront of an industry as fast-moving and ever-changing industry as consumer tech? To find out, EN sat down with executive vice president Karen Chupka to delve into the details and take a peek behind the scenes.
The entire ecosystem
“One of the benefits of CES is that the show itself represents so many different industries and technologies,” Chupka tells EN. “It’s the one place where everybody can come and see all of the ecosystem of technologies. That gives us a lot of opportunities to continually build out new voices, bring in new participants and create new areas that help keep the show fresh and exciting for everybody.”
When the show launched in 1957 the world of consumer technology was of course drastically different to today. In those days, says Chupka, CES primarily consisted of technologies like stereo equipment, video equipment and audio equipment, while CES 2019 covered everything from 5G, augmented and virtual reality and robots to healthcare tech and agricultural equipment.
“Each year we look at trying to have at least three new things that we’re bringing into the show,” continues Chupka. “If [the technology] is in the early stages we may start with conference programming, and then we continue to build as the market gets bigger with exhibits and showcases on the floor.”
One of the relatively new sectors for 2019 was the world of tourism technology, with Carnival Cruise Line in attendance launching one of the first ‘smart ships’ onto the marketplace.
“This year we had about 100 different products that were travel and tourism and potentially now for 2020 we will look to having something that’s a little bit more of a focused, dedicated area for tourism,” says Chupka. “We’re looking at making sure that we’re also promoting it to the right attendee base, so that they know this area is here at the show and something they can come and see.”
One of the striking stats from CES 2019 is that international visitors made up around 35 per cent of the visitor base (if EN’s maths can be believed), coming from between 150 and 155 countries.
“It’s unique in that it gives a global perspective of how technology is shaping the future,” agrees Chupka. “It really serves as an opportunity for companies to come in and get a good overview of how technology can change their business. It truly is a global event.”
The media presence at the show is also extremely international, with over 6,000 members of the press descending on the show from all around the world.
“When companies are looking for product launches, they’re looking for press opportunities and how their brand can be promoted globally,” continues Chupka. “We actually have a separate venue where we host all the press events. We do that so it’s easier for the media to be able to cover and go from one even to the next.
“We schedule things so that we’re not conflicting two brands who are making a major announcement at the same time. That’s also what helps generate so much coverage of the show, making it easier for the press to be able to write the stories and to read about the products and technology. Companies know this is still a huge opportunity to get global press and to get that analysis out.”
As an association organiser, the CTA as the advantage of working closely with the consumer technology sector 365 days a year, whether it’s lobbying on behalf of members, carrying out research or just meeting with top brands in the industry.
“We have the benefit of not only having our pulse on what’s happening but also having a very dedicated group of members that are all very willing to help us understand where the new markets are and where the new opportunities are,” adds Chupka. “That’s definitely a benefit of association-run shows in the marketplace. When there’s something new that they’re working on, or they’re seeing new opportunities, they tell us about it.”
Telling a brand story
As with any exhibition, exhibitors at CES are competing with each other to be noticed and talked about.
“CES has a long history of reinvention as they have strived to stay at forefront of the industry with meticulous planning and this year was no different,” Freeman president Phil Molyneux tells EN. “Exhibitors were working tirelessly to stand out from the crowd with monolithic, cathedral-like exhibits designed to immerse attendees in their product and service experience.”
Google made headlines by tripling its presence from 2018 to 2019 and by having a rollercoaster on the stand designed to show visitors in a fun and immersive way how they could use Google Assistant throughout the day.
“Google wanted this to be a really great experience for people,” says Chupka. “One of the fun things is that we get to sit down with companies and really help them try to figure out how to do something with their brand that helps resonate with what they’re trying to achieve at the show.”
Finally, it isn’t just big brands that have a home at the show. CES ensures that small companies and start-ups have an opportunity to exhibit and to potentially find new partners or buyers. The show’s start-up area featured over 1,200 companies hailing from all around the world at the 2019 event.
“We had some really great success stories of companies that came into that area, received funding and grew year-on-year into larger companies.,” concludes Chupka. “As an association that is one of our most important rules – helping small businesses come to the show and grow.”


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In today’s digital-by-default society, inclusive design has never been more important. From healthcare to food delivery, many of our regular, day-to-day tasks are now completed online. Overall, this makes people’s lives easier and more efficient. However, those with ranging abilities are often left out; unable to use these platforms (and therefore access the services and information they need) due to poor design practices.
It’s a particularly relevant issue following news of a landmark case won against Domino’s Pizza – which must now take steps to ensure its mobile app is fully accessible to all. Similarly, a lawsuit was recently brought against Beyoncé’s official website, stating that it was inaccessible to people with visual impairments.
Whilst both of these examples highlight a specific problem relating to sight, there is a vast number of ranging conditions that must be accounted for when designing for digital platforms.
The commercial benefits of inclusive design are obvious. It is estimated that thousands of businesses could be turning away the custom of as many as one in five people by being inaccessible to people of ranging abilities; a loss of up to £11.4 billion.
Brands must remember that the ‘purple pound’ doesn’t just refer to the spending power of those with disabilities. It also counts friends, family and carers – all of whom can’t (or won’t) use the service of a company that excludes people with impairments. As such, retailers that proactively make themselves open to all can expect to gain in traffic, profits and even brand reputation.
Perhaps most importantly, accessibility is incredibly important to everyday quality of life for the 13.9 million people in the UK who have a form of condition. Inclusivity is therefore not just a commercial obligation, but a moral imperative.
Firstly, it’s important to remember that inclusionnot only applies to the organisation’s audience and service users, but also to its employees. Nationally, 10% of working adults are without essential digital skills like communication and information management. Inclusion therefore extends to making digital products and apps user-friendly and inclusive to those working for businesses, as well as those using them.
All customer-facing businesses must meet the accessibility standards outlined by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, however, in reality, it’s about more than that.
Retrofitting accessible features to try and make websites, apps or other digital platforms fit for purpose is often not enough; companies must go back to basics to ensure that they are designing and coding inclusively, from the ground-up:
All customer-facing employees should be trained to be fully welcoming to all; nobody should be made to feel “impaired” or “disabled”. Customer service is important for all, but people with ranging abilities may feel anxious about asking for help, so a friendly tone is incredibly important for making people feel comfortable and fully catered for. This ‘welcome’ can mean the difference between a customer becoming a loyal fan or never wanting to use those services again.
Enrolling employees onto courses, such as the National Disability Authority’s (NDA) e-learningmodule is a quick and easy way to do this.
At a minimum, staff should be trained on:
Overall, while some businesses are doing a fantastic job, there is still a long way to go before the UK is a completely welcome place for all. Unfortunately, many companies want to do more but just haven’t made their accessibility policy a priority.
The Domino’s ruling is an important one – and will hopefully help to shine a light on how vital inclusion is to the millions of people across the country navigating life with ranging conditions every day.
Sigma helps organisations to design products and services with their intended audience, test their apps and websites with users, and train design and development teams in accessibility.


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Weak retail sales data keeps Australian dollar under pressure
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Basically, it was too flamin’ hot in Straya during February to buy clothes.
Don’t laugh, this is literally what happened.
Headline retail sales shrank 0.1 per cent month-on-month in February, down from growth of 0.4 per cent the previous month, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Expectations were for a 0.3 per cent advance.
The clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing category saw the biggest fall in seasonally adjusted terms, down 2.5 per cent. Within that, clothing retailing was down 2.9 per cent and footwear and personal accessory retailing fell 1.9 per cent.
Food retailing (up 0.3 per cent) and department stores (up 0.8 per cent) struggled to offset the declines.
The Australian dollar fell upon the release of the data and has remained the worst-performing major currency today. In European trading, the dollarydoo was down 0.4 per cent at $0.7598, and below $0.76 for only the second time since mid-March.
Analysts said it was likely sales of the autumn ranges of clothes and boots were hit by the hot weather, and could bounce back later owing to what was a relatively wet March.
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology noted the national mean temperature for February was 0.33°C above average, and that the 2016-17 summer in the country saw “prolonged and, at times, extreme heat over New South Wales, southern Queensland, South Australia and parts of northern Victoria.”
A bit uncomfortable, yes. But you think we’d trade it for an English summer? Phht, not on your life.
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The European Union has increased by 100% its imports of soybeans from the USA, which has been severely affected by the Chinese retaliation following the first duties decided taken by the US government. This is what the European Commission latest report says considering the July to November period. Moreover, latest tensions between the US and China are threatening the recent agreement which commits China to immediately buy USA agricultural products. Currently, soybeans from the USA account for more than two-thirds (69%) of total soy imports into the EU. Imports from the US peaked at 3,722,860 tonnes over the period considered, compared with 1,868,652 tonnes in the same period last year. EU has therefore become by far the top destination for US soybean exports (27%), followed by Argentina and Mexico (10% each).
SOYBEAN IMPORTS IN THE EU
The EU imports around 14 million tonnes of soybeans a year as a source of protein for animal feed (chickens, pigs and cattle), as well as for milk production. Improving relations between the USA and China are destined to change again the world demand for soybeans in the coming future. The impact will directly affect Italy, which is the largest European producer of soybeans with about 50% of total production.


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Volkswagen India starts mega delivery programs for Virtus, 2000 cars delivered
Volkswagen Passenger Cars India has announced the rollout of its ‘Big by delivery’, mega delivery program across the country. The company has announced that it has received a ‘phenomenal response’ which has led to deliveries of over 2,000 units of the Volkswagen Virtus across India through this program.
Only recently, the brand also announced making a national record in the ‘India Book of Records’ for delivering the Virtus sedan to 150 customers by a single dealership in one day in Kerala. (Read more details here)
The Virtus was launched in India earlier this year at an introductory price of ₹11.21 lakh (ex-showroom). The car is available for experience and purchase across 152 sales touchpoints in the country. It underpins the much-talked-about MQB A0 IN platform and is being manufactured at Chakan, Pune.
The car is available for purchase in two engines and three transmission options, while the trims option includes the Dynamic and Performance line variants. The Performance Line is available with the 1.5l TSI EVO engine with Active Cylinder Technology (ACT). This powertrain delivers 110 kW (150PS)/250 Nm and is available with a 7-speed DSG transmission. The Dynamic Line 1.0l TSI engine delivers 85kW (115PS)/178 Nm and comes with a 6-speed manual and 6-speed automatic torque converter transmission.
The company quotes that its newly launched Virtus sedan has a huge demand. “At Volkswagen India, we are extremely delighted to witness the new Virtus win our customers hearts through its striking design, exhilarating performance and German-engineering. The love, admiration and phenomenal response for the Volkswagen Virtus by our customers can be seen through the mega delivery program organized across India," said Ashish Gupta, Brand Director, Volkswagen Passenger Cars India.


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Huawei has launched the P50 series phones recently, but due to facing the supply encountered by Huawei’s mobile phone business and the Kirin chip inventory is also low, which further led to the new Mate 50 series that should release in the second half of the year.
According to the latest information released by Weibo tipster Digital Jun, the new Huawei Mate 50 series flagship has not been cancelled. Huawei will exclusively supply the 4G version of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 898. chip. Earlier, it was also reported that Huawei was already testing the Snapdragon 898 4G chip internally, which is expected to be launched by Huawei Mate 50 series and officially unveiled in the first quarter of next year.
According to previous reports, the new Snapdragon 898 top-level chip will be based on Samsung’s 4nm process, using a three-cluster CPU design, equipped with 1*3.0GHz Cortex X2 super core + 3*2.5GHz Cortex A78 large core + 4*1.79 With the small core of GHz Cortex A55, Antutu’s running points will exceed one million for the first time.
Although the Huawei Mate 50 series is only equipped with the 4G version, there is no difference in performance from the 5G version. In addition, the phone is expected to continue to provide the Kirin 9000 processor version.


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A countersuit has been filed by Apple accusing Qualcomm of patent-infringement. Per the countersuit Apple alleges that the Snapdragon chips that Qualcomm makes, and which are mostly used in mobile devices running on the Android operating system, infringe on patents belonging to Apple.
Four months ago Apple was accused by Qualcomm of infringing on a couple of patents which assisted in giving mobile devices longer battery life. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant however denied the claims saying that the patents in question were invalid. In the countersuit however, Apple has revised the answer by adding accusations in which the iPhone maker alleges that eight of its patents related to battery life have been violated by Qualcomm.
According to Apple the specific processors that have violated the patents are Snapdragon 800 and the Snapdragon 820 which are present on Google’s Pixel phones as well as some of Samsung’s mobile devices. Apple has however not named Google or Samsung in the countersuit.
MacOS High Sierra security flaw
The countersuit against Qualcomm filed by Apple comes in the wake of the iPhone maker fixing a serious security issue which allowed anyone to access Mac computers running on MacOS High Sierra without a password being required. Consequently the world’s biggest company by market value added that it would be undertaking an audit of its development processes.
“We greatly regret this error and we apologize to all Mac users, both for releasing with this vulnerability and for the concern it has caused. Our customers deserve better. We are auditing our development processes to help prevent this from happening again,” a statement from Apple said.
The glitch allows practically anyone to physically log in to a Mac desktop or laptop with administrator rights by just typing ‘root’ as the username and hitting the ‘enter’ key at least two times. This posed the danger of malicious software being installed or personal files being wiped, cleaned or accessed without the knowledge of the owner. A Turkish developer named Lemi Orhan discovered the security flaw and Apple will consequently roll out updates automatically.


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Just like a phone or computer, devices implanted inside the body can be hacked; potentially with life-threatening consequences. It’s not a common occurrence, but researchers are keen on taking protective measures now instead of later.
A new system out of Rice University uses a combination of a patient’s heartbeat and a medical care provider’s touch as a password before allowing access to an implant.
“If you have a device inside your body, a person could walk by, push a button and violate your privacy, even give you a shock,” graduate student Masoud Rostami said in a release. “He could make (an insulin pump) inject insulin or update the software of your pacemaker. But our proposed solution forces anybody who wants to read the device to touch you.”
The system works by pairing an internal reading of a person’s heartbeat with an external reading touched to their body by the…
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Last Friday, Apple’s iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c went on sale. The company sold nine million of them in the first weekend, breaking the five-million-phone record it set last year with the iPhone 5. I sort of thought that was clearly good news for Apple and the iPhone. Or at least not, you know, worrisome news.
Then I read a piece by Sandy Cannold at ABCNews.com (which I found via MG Siegler’s ParisLemon). Cannold says that the new iPhones selling so well and generating so much hoopla is potentially alarming:
To me though, all this over-the-top fanfare and even the record-breaking first weekend of sales could actually be cause for concern. Now before Apple lovers pillory me and say that I have no idea what I am talking about, hear me out. I fully concede that Apple is going to make billions in profit from the sale of…
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Xiaomi Redmi 4A's first sale in India was on Thursday, starting at 12pm IST on both Amazon India and Mi.com. Now, the online marketplace and the Chinese consumer electronics company have announced that the sale set a record for the fastest smartphone sale on launch day in India.
Across both Amazon India and Mi.com, the companies claim that 250,000 units of the Xiaomi Redmi 4A were sold within 4 minutes. Amazon India also said that during the period of the sale, it saw site-wide orders spike to a record 1,500 per second, and 5 million hits per minute. The online marketplace added that it received over 1 million 'notify me' alerts from customers.
Noor Patel, Director Category Management, Amazon India said, "We are thrilled to have witnessed such an overwhelming customer response for the Redmi 4A smartphone. We had over 1 million 'notify me' requests from customers. Smartphones have been a top selling category on Amazon.in and the phenomenal sale today reinforces our focus on expanding the selection and giving our customers the best to choose from."
Raghu Reddy, Online Sales Head, Xiaomi India said, "We are pleased with the record sales of more than 250,000 units of Redmi 4A on Amazon and Mi.com. The device has much to offer to customers and it is the best in its price segment. Our Mi Fans are at the core of our business and their response to the sale has been tremendous. This is our most affordable smartphone to date and delivers on our brand promise of innovation for everyone."
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Vodka and red wine are being stockpiled in Britain by one of the world’s biggest booze firms to help it cope with a “nightmare” no-deal Brexit.
Absolut and Campo Viejo are among the brands being stashed by French alcohol giant Pernod Ricard, the firm said on Tuesday.
Pernod’s UK boss David Haworth said additional stocks of the spirit were being shipped from Åhus, Sweden, while Tempranillo was being trucked from Logrono, Spain.
Pernod, which exports Beefeater gin from London and Ballantine’s whisky from Scotland, among other brands, said it was also ramping up domestic production as the risk of no-deal increased.
Haworth said: “We have a very short-term plan of increasing the stock levels… we don’t want to be out of stock, that’s for sure.
“We’ve got contingency plans already in place for that.”
Asked how drinkers might respond to Britain’s exit from the EU in March, Haworth said: “Quite frankly, I don’t think they are going to hit the bottle, but I don’t think they’ll stop drinking either.
“I think at the moment, if you said to me what is the mood, I’d say that [in bars], there’s a slowdown.”
He added that while sales in off-licences and supermarkets remained strong, recent sales in licensed premises had declined.
“I think there’s a lot of consumer uncertainty at the moment before they go out and spend money [in bars],” Haworth said.
At a London press conference, the boss of Pernod’s Scotch business, Jean-Christophe Coutures, described a no-deal Brexit as a “nightmare” and “the worst possible thing that could happen”.
“We need stability in the way that we move forward, we are in a position where we need stability,” Coutures said.
“We believe we are in a good position to deal with the short-term nightmare of what no-deal Brexit will generate,” he added. “Long-term… it is very difficult to anticipate how this will evolve.”
The company’s warning over no-deal contrasts with its rival Diageo, the world’s largest spirits producer and owner of Smirnoff and Guinness, which recently said a disorderly exit from the EU would not “materially impact” its business.
While alcohol firms, including Diageo, have said they believe changes to trade rules triggered by no-deal are manageable, the movement of goods remains an issue.
There are concerns that a disorderly no-deal scenario would create problems bringing goods into the UK, potentially leaving stock levels of products, such as Swedish vodka and Spanish red wine, dwindling as shops and bars are not replenished on time.
Some companies have stepped up efforts to mitigate delays at the border, including by changing routes to quieter ports in the north of England and Scotland.


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CEVA Logistics expands in India with acquisition
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French firm CEVA Logistics is expanding in India with the purchase of nationwide contract logistics expert Stellar Value Chain Solutions.
CMA CGM-owned CEVA Logistics said it has signed an agreement to acquire 96% of Mumbai-based Stellar Value Chain Solutions from an affiliate of private equity firm Warburg Pincus and other shareholders.
Launched in 2016 by Anshuman Singh, Stellar Value Chain Solutions has grown in contract logistics with omni-channel fulfillment services in the e-commerce, automotive, food products, consumer, fashion and retail, healthcare and pharmaceuticals market segments. Singh will continue leading the business following the acquisition.
CEVA will acquire approximately 7,700,000 sq ft of space across more than 70 facilities in 21 cities across India. In addition, CEVA will inherit the Stellar workforce of nearly 8,000 full-time and temporary employees.
The Stellar acquisition will help CEVA diversify its presence in India and Asia Pacific, and strengthen its strategy to provide its customers with end-to-end supply chain solutions.
CEVA Logistics is currently present in 75 locations across 35 cities in India with approximately 2,700,000 sq ft of warehouse space.
In addition to India, the acquisition complements recent growth in CEVA’s contract logistics business elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region. The deal is also expected to benefit CEVA’s freight management and customs business in the region.
CEVA Logistics chief executive Mathieu Friedberg said: “With the addition of Stellar VCS, we will continue our strategic growth with the goal of becoming a Top 5 global logistics player. We are expanding into more key market segments and boosting our presence in this strategic country.
“Stellar has an important network of contract logistics facilities across India and a top roster of customers. Bringing on their expertise and footprint in India is a major step forward for CEVA Logistics.”
Anshuman Singh, founder, Stellar Value Chain Solutions, said: “We have built a strong network across India based on our commitment to serving our customers through long-term partnerships.
“Warburg Pincus has been an extremely valuable and supportive partner in building this company right from its inception and is now passing on the baton to another global giant, CEVA Logistics, to take this company ahead.
“I look forward excitedly to the future with CEVA, further supporting our commitment to our customers and allowing them to benefit from CEVA’s global capabilities with our knowledge of India.
“The shared values of our Stellar associates and those of the CEVA Logistics team will allow for a quick integration and new, global opportunities for our associates.”


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Only 1.7% of products are posted on social commerce properties.
Raley's Family of Fine Stores has selected Revionics’ social commerce solution to power a measurable social media rewards program called Extra Friendzy.
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After years of listening to financial reports, market projections, and economic forecasts Ive reached the conclusion that the global economy is based more on psychology and emotions than figures and statistics. When people collectively feel the economy is good, they buy and the economy is good. When people have their doubts, they horde, and the economy shrivels up. When people are convinced that theyre going to lose everything in a 1930s style depression, they sell and sell until the financial world crumbles and they do, in fact, have nothing left.
Now that some American economic analysts are predicting a slowdown or even a recession in the near future, you know that its going to happen because economic predictions are, at the root, a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Companies will use the levelling of the economy and the threat of a recession as an excuse trim thousands of jobs in preparation for the "lean" years ahead. Consumers, afraid for their jobs, will become incredibly stingy and will inevitably prove those companies right.
When finance Minister Paul Martin recently told Canadian businesses that a slowdown in the U.S. will only make Canadas more diversified economy attractive to foreign investors, thats called damage control. If American companies and consumers panic, youd better believe that the Canadian economy is going to feel the effects just as badly, if not worse than our cousins to the South.
Whistler, which exists primarily for tourism, is particularly vulnerable to the effects of a recession if things start to get tight for American and Canadian families, the first expense to go will be the ski vacation.
All because of speculation and the inner workings of a faulty economic system that is built solely on growth (new houses, new cars, new clothes). Like the shark that dies when it stops moving forward, the economy tends to crumble when the growth slows or tapers off. And the only reason it slows in the first place is because of our justified lack of confidence in the economy and the systems that prop it up. There is no middle ground in our cyclical "boom" and "bust" economy.
Skeptical? Then consider this: in the same speech where he forecast that Canada would prosper in an economic slowdown, Martin said that the only reason the value of our dollar is so low is because of the global misconception that our economy is primarily resource-driven when in fact it is far more diversified.
Its tough to know where to place the blame. On the financial analysts who sensationalize financial reports? On the financial system that makes such sensationalism possible? On the company who thinks that a shake up every now and then is a good thing? Or on consumers, the pawns who make the financial analysts sensational predictions come true?


text: Lost Planet 3 has been revealed through its leaked debut trailer. The series will be getting a new developer this time around with Spark Unlimited at the helm. Spark is responsible for Legendary: The Box and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty. LP3 will be released sometime in 2013 on PS3 and Xbox 360. Trailer below.


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The mega-merger of enterprise customer contact solutions provider Aspect Communications and Concerto Software, which provides products and services for enabling in-house and outsourced business processes, was today announced as complete. The transaction, valued at approximately $1 billion, was approved by a majority of Aspect Communications shareholders two days prior to the announcement.
Concerto and Aspect announced in July that an agreement had been entered between the two major companies for Concerto to acquire Aspect for $11.60 per share of Aspect Common Stock and an equivalent amount per share of Aspect Series B Convertible Preferred Stock on an as-converted basis.
The combined company, now collectively known as Aspect Software, is privately held by Golden Gate Capital, Oak Investment Partners and company management, among others.
The reborn Aspect Software, according to the corporate entity, creates the largest company solely focused on contact center products and services. It brings together more than 30 years of contact center expertise and innovation with a robust product portfolio that includes the following: predictive dialers, automatic call distributors (ACD), unified contact center systems, self-service interactive voice response (IVR) systems, workforce management applications and performance analytics solutions. Aspects product portfolio enables the company to meet customer demand for increased functionality and reduced complexity.
Aspect Software, according to the merger-completion announcement, will continue to evolve and support all of its major product lines, build tighter integrations among its products and provide evolutionary methods for customers to adopt new and emerging technologies.
The new Aspect Software is committed to protecting our customers investments and is well-equipped to support them in achieving their strategic collections, customer service and sales and telemarketing objectives, said Jim Foy, president and CEO of Aspect Software, in a company statement.
Aspect Software anticipates in excess of $600 million in annual revenue, with more than 5,000 customers and a global presence in more than 50 countries. The company also expects to maintain its strong record of profitability, demonstrating long-term viability and enabling significant investment in research and development, as further stated in the announcement.
Foy will lead the executive team of the new company. Gary Barnett, former CEO of Aspect Communications, now serves as chief technology officer (CTO) and executive vice president of worldwide support services for Aspect Software. Other members of the new management team, which incorporates individuals from both companies management teams, include Ralph Breslauer, executive vice president of global sales and marketing; Mike Provenzano, executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO); and Alex Tellez, executive vice president of engineering.
Our top priority is to make our customers comfortable with the fact that the products they rely on to run their businesses are going to continue on, and to ensure they see enhanced product support. At the same time, it is crucial for us to invest in R & D so we can continue innovating in order to provide them with a non-disruptive path to the future as and when they require it, noted Barnett in a company statement. We have developed a strong product roadmap that supports these priorities and takes advantage of the strengths both companies bring to the table. We will spend the next several weeks and months communicating that roadmap to our customers.
In an exclusive interview with Foy in Augusts Customer Interaction Solutions magazine, the CEO of the company now known as Aspect told CIS editors, We have no distractions. None of the wannabes in the industry can even begin to measure up now to the range of solution portfolio we have.
[What our customers] get is a much more complete solution to the contact center problem they face, which is evolving and becoming more difficult every day, he said. They get more of the solution now from Concerto.
David R. Butcher is Assistant Editor of Customer Interaction Solutions. To see more articles by David Butcher, visit his archive.


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Logicom Computer Services (UK) Limited, 1 Portland Drive , Willen , Milton Keynes
Telephone: +44 (0)1908 663848
Fax: +44 (0)1908 448899
The name of Virtual Worlds is synonymous with the UK's leading interactive design and visualisation CAD software package, which was first launched in 1998 and thrives today; the latest version, Virtual Worlds Professional, leads the field when it comes to innovation in interactive, three-dimensional (3D) design software in the KBB sector.
Categories: Virtual Design Software
Virtual Worlds, the 4D CAD design company has released Virtual Worlds Version Six. The new package - available to order from January - features a refined physics engine which, in an industry first, brings gravity to the digital showroom.
With a new report highlighting the millennial generation as the UK’s most active renovators and decorators, Virtual Worlds is reminding retailers of the importance of selling on the benefits of CAD technology to this captive audience.
New research suggests that the bathroom industry is set to out-perform the general UK economy this year. According to a new report by MTW research*, bathroom retailers will outperform the UK economy in 2016 despite many retailers and manufacturers being wary of the fallout from Brexit.
After just three years in operation, Beyond Bathrooms, the award-winning, Camberley-based retailer has signed up with Virtual Worlds’ 3D CAD design package six months ahead of opening to enable customers to ‘try before they buy'.
Virtual Worlds at Logicom, the innovation-led CAD company, has appointed Jamie Gibbs as its first Customer Experience Manager. The new role reflects the company’s expansion into software which delivers both advanced CAD design and consumer-interfacing experiences, including its new Showroom 4D. Gibbs will be an external-facing customer champion.
The future of CAD was revealed on the Virtual Worlds stand at The May Design Series. The company attracted huge interest with its demonstration of Virtual Worlds 4D, which promises KBB retailers a powerful technology-led consumer experience. A first for the KBB sector, Virtual Worlds 4D delivers a ground-breaking, virtual reality and interactive buying experience, which is compelling and optimises the sales potential of excellent design.
Learning a CAD programme can seem daunting to some KBB users, especially those new to CAD. Virtual Worlds at Logicom recognises this and has created three new audio training videos, which teach the basics in less than ten minutes. The videos explain the prime navigation and key functions, enough for new users to begin to create their first 3D interactive room plans.
The latest generation of Virtual Worlds Professional (5.9) has now been launched, it delivers higher quality photo-realistic renders and is 25% faster than ever before. Significant advances have been introduced to save designers and retailers time and further improve customers’ quote to order conversions.
The staff at Logicom will be ditching their office-wear in favour of something a little more exciting on Monday 17th November, in an effort to raise money for BBC Children in Need. Staff will be dressing up as heroes for the day and hosting a hero themed “Bake-Off” competition in order to support the charity.
Virtual Worlds from Logicom ran a CAD training day for Fiora Bath Collections’ UK sales team this month, at its Milton Keynes offices. Fiora, best known for its bespoke textured and coloured shower trays across Europe, has recently made its range exclusively available for download on the Virtual Worlds Professional CAD platform.
The Crosswater Group has secured a comprehensive and on-going CAD presence, thanks to an exclusive deal with Virtual Worlds from Logicom. The complete product ranges of Crosswater, Bauhaus and Simpsons will be featured exclusively on the Virtual Worlds Professional, 3D interactive CAD design software. There will be a significant launch across all brands in September.
Roman's entire range is now accessible on the latest 3D interactive platform 'Virtual Worlds Professional' from Logicom, ensuring Roman’s nationwide network of retailers can design from the complete range, including enclosures, showers and accessories. The latest CAD technology now allows users to create bathroom designs faster and more accurately.
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JVC: Conflict mineral rule still stands
April 21, 2014
New York--Despite last week’s court ruling, public companies listed with the Securities and Exchange Commission still have to trace their supply chains and file conflict mineral reports, the Jewelers Vigilance Committee said.
On April 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion in the National Association of Manufacturers’ (NAM) challenge of several aspects of the “conflict” minerals provision of the Dodd-Frank Act, which was passed in 2010 as part of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
The JVC said the court rejected most of NAM’s arguments but did hold that requiring certain companies to publicly report that their products have “not been found to be ‘DRC conflict free’” violates the First Amendment by compelling speech.
What this means is that companies covered by the rule still must report to the SEC about the origin of their tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold, as these minerals could be funding to conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and nine neighboring countries.
In addition, companies covered by Dodd Frank must exercise due diligence regarding their supply chains if they minerals they use may have originated in the DRC or an adjoining country.
What the appeals court found to be unconstitutional, however, is the requirement that after conducting this due diligence, companies be compelled to publicly report if any of their products have “not been found to be ‘DRC conflict free.’”
According to the court, this requirement compels specific speech instead of allowing companies to use their own language to describe their products, a violation of the First Amendment.
“By compelling an issuer to confess blood on its hands, the statue interferes with that exercise of the freedom of speech,” the court wrote in the majority opinion.
The JVC notes that the ruling does not change the requirement that a disclosure must be made to the SEC if a company determines that its products contain minerals linked to conflict; it does, however, allow companies to make that disclosure in language of their own choosing.
The case has been remanded to the District Court for further proceedings. The JVC said the coming weeks will determine the full impact of the ruling, as the parties involved decide how to proceed.
In the meantime, the JVC said companies covered by the law must continue to prepare their SEC filings. This year, the first filings are due on May 31 but, because the 31st falls on a Saturday, the deadline for filing is actually Monday, June 2.
These companies will need the cooperation of both their direct and indirect suppliers to do so, which means that businesses in the supply chains of covered companies that are not public, SEC-reporting companies will be called upon to provide information about mineral origin and implement responsible supply chain processes as well.
Questions on Dodd-Frank and conflict minerals can be directed to Suzan Flamm at email@example.com.
The JVC also has a kit available to help suppliers of gold and tungsten implement assurance programs, and that is available on JVCLegal.org. Also available on the website is a summary of the main points of the court decision.


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On Thursday April 18th, Porsche Centre Downtown Toronto celebrated the launch of the new 2019 Porsche Macan inside REBEL Toronto. Attendees enjoyed a night of good eats, amazing sights and danceable sounds by Mark Oliver.
The vehicle unveiling and presentation was handled by our very own GM Nick Rajewski and General Sales Manager Chris Plater while our Dealer Principal, President and CEO, Ms. Helen Ching-Kircher addressed the crowd as well. We even learned some interesting facts about the new Macan from Kush Obhrai, Product Manager for Macan, from Porsche Cars Canada, Limited.
Thank you to all who were able to join us on this special evening and we look forward to seeing you again soon at Porsche Centre Downtown Toronto.
Date Posted: April 30, 2019


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According to the Natural Resources Institute, the sharp rise in food prices in October is unlikely to be any faster than in November or December.
Food prices rose last month at the fastest pace since Finland joined the EU in 1995.
According to Statistics Finland, food prices rose by 15.7 percent year-on-year in October. In September, food was 14.5 percent more expensive, after a 12.5 percent increase in August.
Prices for flour, eggs, coffee and butter have risen the most. The cost of flour increased by 46 percent, while other items rose more than 30 percent.
In October, only one food was cheaper than a year ago: pears. Their price was more than six percent lower in October than a year ago.
October will go down in history
The sharp rise in food prices in October is unlikely to be surpassed in November or December, according to Jyrki Niemica research professor at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).
“October will eventually see the biggest annual increase,” he predicted. “Last year, the price of food started to rise more markedly in November. So the base figures for the year-end comparison months are higher. Therefore, even sharper price increases would be needed than we’ve seen so far to get around the rest of this year. exceed the October rate.”
However, that can be cold consolation to shoppers.
“Prices will continue to rise for the rest of the year and at least in the first half of next year. After that they will level off,” Niemi told Yle on Monday.
In late September, the Pellervo Economic Research Institute (PTT) predicted that total food costs would rise 11 percent this year. Luke sticks to his own assessment, which isn’t so gloomy.
“The increase this year will not exceed 10 percent, even though we are now seeing significant increases. At the beginning of the year, prices were clearly lower,” says Niemi.
PTT: Moderate increase in 2023
The PTT forecast in September said food inflation would peak this fall and year-end with monthly inflation rates of “up to 15-20 percent.”
The think tank predicted that food prices will rise by an average of three percent next year. At the beginning of the year we still see high percentages of increase. The price of food is estimated to fall slightly by the end of 2023, but the price level will still remain significantly higher than normal.”
Sticker shock at the supermarket is mainly due to more expensive fertilizers and energy, which affect the entire food chain in agriculture, the food industry and retail.
The increase is partly due to the production shortages caused by the pandemic and partly due to the Russian attack on Ukraine in February. The war has limited the availability of energy and fertilizers, especially in Europe, and shook up the world grain market, already suffering from last year’s poor harvest. That in turn has increased feed costs for meat and milk production.


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Introduction Does your child ever have difficulty listening to you and following instructions? You may find this especially difficult around the holidays, right after they get home from school, or during times that your child is out of their typical routine. As a parent or caregiver, you may find yourself often repeating instructions or raising […]
The Teal Pumpkin Project
Researchers estimate that up to 15 million Americans have food allergies. As any parent of a food allergy child will tell you, it can be stressful and frustrating — not to mention, extremely worrisome. With Halloween around the corner, consuming one piece of the wrong candy can have dangerous effects. After all, some of the most common allergens, like nuts, seeds and dairy, are found inside many popular candy bars.
That’s where the Teal Pumpkin Project™ comes in, and parents everywhere are catching on to the idea. Launched in 2014 by Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), the Teal Pumpkin Project™ raises awareness of food allergies and promotes inclusion of all trick-or-treaters so the holiday can remain a fun, positive experience for everyone. Last year, households from 50 states and 7 countries participated in the project. This year, the movement is expected to grow exponentially.
So, how does it work? Read on to find out how parents are participating this year (with a lot of help from the color teal…)
Autumn is here, and parents all over the country are seeing more and more teal pumpkins placed outside their neighbors’ door — but these bright blue pumpkins have a more powerful meaning than you may think.
The Teal Pumpkin Project™ was launched by Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) in 2014. It’s a fun way to signal that a home offers non-food treats to trick-or-treaters on Halloween. This way, kids with food allergies, diabetes and other medical issues can still enjoy fun and safe treats.
Instead of candy, parents are beginning to offer up bubbles, bouncy balls, stickers, crayons, markers and much, much more.
According to Foodallergy.org, researchers estimate that up to 15 million Americans have food allergies, including 1 in every 13 children. That’s roughly two kids in every classroom.
Since Teal Pumpkin Project™ started last year, thousands of food allergy moms have caught on to the all-inclusive idea behind every kid’s favorite holiday.


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Tesco, Ford, Morrisons among first advertisers to sign up for Sun on Sunday
Tesco, Ford, Morrisons and News Corporation-owned Sky are among the big-spending advertisers set to commit spend to The Sun on Sunday.
The Sun: Monday's front cover announces the launch of the Sunday edition
The title, which publisher News International (NI) vows will have a greater ‘family feel’ than the Saturday edition of The Sun, will launch this Sunday with a probable 2.5m print-run, ahead of a major marketing campaign in the coming weeks.
Commercial executives at NI are meeting media agencies to discuss advertising opportunities in the title, which is expected to have a cover price of £1. However, the price of the first issue is set to be less than 50p.
Although many brands have already committed media spend to other titles, Sky is expected to run an ad to support its Formula One channel.
Morrisons confirmed it is likely to run campaigns in The Sun on Sunday in the coming weeks, while Tesco said it is reviewing the situation. A Ford spokesman said it was ‘looking into the possibilities’ for advertising in the paper.
The majority of brands contacted by Marketing expressed no reservations about advertising in the title. However, a spokesman for energy company Npower said: ‘It was only after careful consideration that we decided
to cancel advertising in the News of the World. We will give careful consideration to whether to advertise in any replacement.’
The 84-page Sunday paper will include Fabulous magazine, which has been running in the Saturday edition of The Sun since the News of the World’s closure.
It will also feature a 32-page Goal supplement, as well as regulars such as Bizarre and Dear Deirdre.
Sources have told Marketing that the Mail on Sunday will not drop its price. It is understood that Trinity Mirror (publisher of The People and Sunday Mirror) and Northern & Shell (Daily Star Sunday and Sunday Express) are considering price promotions.
This article was first published on marketingmagazine.co.uk
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LONDON, England (NBC News) — Babies and toddlers who spend more time using touchscreens may be getting less sleep.
That’s according to a new study of over 700 families living in the United Kingdom.
Seventy-five percent of parents said their little ones used an iPad or smartphone for an average of nine to 45 minutes a day.
Researchers found every hour of daily touchscreen use equaled about 15 minutes less sleep.
They say electronic media may be replacing sleep time, or the stimulating content of online games and videos may make harder for kids to fall asleep.
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EASTON - A 46-year-old Raynham man has now been charged with reckless operation of a motor vehicle and malicious destruction of property after allegedly.
At 5:10 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, police were called to the New England For Trump store for the crash into the building. Police also want the license of Sean Flaherty revoked as an immediate threat. The crash ruined tens of thousands of dollars of merchandise and has left owner Keith Lambert scrambling to pick up the pieces.
"Shards of glass are everywhere, I can't sell shirts with shards of glass, hats or flags, all of it had to be destroyed," said Lambert. One distinguishing mark, the vehicle had an anti-Trump bumper sticker. "The guy said there were voices in his head that told him to do it," said Lambert.
But he says no one's politics should lead to this kind of destruction. "Whatever your opinion, there's no need for this, no need for violence or whatever this is."
Ahead of what was an anticipated busy Fathers Day weekend, he's trying to move surviving displays and put up temporary displays of popular items at the store that he said have been the object of protesters a few times or drive-by shouting. Customers say they had to come out and show support.
"Just because you have different opinions, different ideologies, there's no reason for this type of thing," said customer Iris Dyer.
"It's a hate crime, and someone could have been killed; it's not fair," said customer Beth Olsen.
It's not just the considerable damage but the close call. Customers were inside as well as an employee who narrowly missed being in the path of the car.
Whether it was accidental or intentional, Lambert says he's grateful for one thing. "Thank God no one was hurt; that's the most important thing."
Now, he says, it's all about business and getting it back up and running.
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