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New Delhi, Oct 6 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday emphasised its earlier orders pertaining to the regulation of firecrackers must be complied by every state, as it noted that under the cover of green crackers, banned articles are being used by firecracker manufacturers.
A bench of Justices M.R.
Shah and A.S. Bopanna said: "Our earlier order must be complied with by every state."
The bench noted that despite a specific ban on crackers, with certain chemical compositions, if one were to visit any city or any celebration, they would be found openly available in the market.
It emphasised that it is not averse to celebrations but not at the cost of life of other citizens, and further added that celebrations does not mean use of loud crackers, and can also be with "fuljhaddis" (sparklers), which are not noisy.
Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for petitioner Arjun Gopal, submitted that they have filed an additional affidavit on the basis of the CBI report and referring to the report, added that what has transpired is very disturbing.
In a preliminary enquiry report, the CBI found that banned harmful chemicals have been used by manufacturers in several crackers.
The report also claimed that firecracker manufacturers were also not disclosing the correct ingredients on the labels of the product.
Citing its order pertaining to regulation of firecrackers, the bench reiterated that its order must be complied with.
"It (firecrackers) is being sold openly in the market and used by people. We would like to know if a ban is there, how come they are available in markets," it asked.
The bench said the difficulty is in implementing the orders issued by it, and cited the manufacturers' reply.
"What they say is very surprising. They say that when they are found to have purchased a huge quantity of barium salt, it is to be kept in godown (storage facility) but not to be used for manufacture," it said, noting that the manufacturers are not keeping these chemicals for "a show" in their storage facility.
Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, representing the association of manufacturers association, submitted that the industry should work as per the protocol issued by the government.
"It is an organised industry.
Around five lakh families depend on us...," he said.
Another counsel contended that the entire industry cannot be penalized, if one or two manufacturers are violating the order.
The top court has posted the matter for further hearing on October 26.
Earlier, the top court had said the CBI report on use of toxic chemicals in manufacturing of firecrackers is very serious and "prima facie" that there has been violation of the court's orders on use of barium and labelling of fireworks, citing that Hindustan Fireworks and Standard Fireworks have purchased barium in huge quantities and apparently used these chemicals in fireworks.
On September 29, the top court had issued show cause notice to 6 manufacturers, and sought an explanation why contempt proceedings be not initiated against them, and also why their licenses cannot be cancelled.
On March 3, 2020, the top court had directed the Joint Director, CBI at Chennai to make a detailed investigation and submit a report on manufacturers, who are using ingredients which have been banned and also mis-labelling on the products.


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Defcon this year gave us some exciting news….. you can now hack Blackberries well you can get malware onto the device which will in turn open a backdoor to your network and both will effectively be compromised. Praetorian Global’s Jesse D’Aguanno will post the details of the hack soon on their site.
RIM was obviously notified ahead of time, they were able to post a couple of documents, Protecting the Blackberry device platform against malware and Placing the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution in a segmented network at the end of July.
An interesting aspect of this, is that now blackberries could let the outsiders steal data, and soon the inside users will be able to steal more data with the Camera Blackberry. Is this RIM’s way of telling the US government (who like to ask RIM for secure BBs) they shouldn’t have allowed the patent suit through the courts?
With good security practices these issues can easily be avoided

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Bitcoin is seeing the biggest gains over the top 20 coins by market cap, breaking the highs of November 2018.
Market Capitalization News
Market capitalization is the total market value of all issued shares of a company. Market capitalization can be found with the number of all issued shares multiplied by their market cost. In terms of Bitcoin, the market capitalization of cryptocurrency has its own special features compared with the traditional market capitalization definition. Market capitalization of Bitcoin is the total value of all virtual issued money. A rising market cap is an important indicator for future investors because it means that the crypto industry is being developed and that digital money is becoming more and more popular for making transactions. Currently, the largest number belongs to the market capitalization of Bitcoin, as it is the first digital currency to appear and has the most developed infrastructure.
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On October 6, 2020, Arnold Law Firm attorney Anderson Berry was a speaker for the NetDiligence Cyber Risk Virtual Fall Summit.
He participated as a panelist for the Private Causes of Action under CCPA session.
The session is now available on-demand. The webinar had over 600 views on the day of the event, with over 1,100 people registered. NetDiligence reports that 14 percent of the attendees were new to the event.
The NetDiligence program featured more than 90 industry-leading speakers. The focus of the online event was emerging trends in today’s ever-changing cyber landscape, and it included four days of free, CLE- and CE-accredited cyber risk and insurance webinar content.
Mr. Berry represents state and nationwide class members in data breach matters, including the plaintiff for the first data breach class action case filed under the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that came into effect in January 2020.


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By STEVEN NALLEY
Sukie Mollendor’s late father was the owner of the Tokyo Inn, the second Japanese restaurant ever established in Washington, D.C.
Back when Tokyo Inn opened in the 1960s, Mollendor said, few were familiar with current standbys of Japanese cuisine, including the idea of serving fish raw.
“Sometimes customers would have a reaction to it, (such as) ‘This is not what I ordered; I had ordered sushi; why are you serving raw fish?’” Mollendor said. “It was a fun time.”
Japanese restaurants were also more traditional back then, Mollendor said, including the Tokyo Inn. Chefs not only deviated little from traditional preparation methods and flavors but also wore kimonos, she said.
“We were able to do that,” Mollendor said. “We were a novelty back then.”
Now, Mollendor has brought a Japanese novelty to Starkville, and it’s not so traditional.
Mollendor has revamped the Hotel Chester restaurant formerly known as Sushi on Main into Sugoi, featuring Japanese cuisine served with a unique Southern flavor.
Mollendor said Sugoi only uses “sustainable seafood,” following guidelines from Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch to keep from cooking species which are overfished. For instance, she said, eels are overfished but are also commonly featured at Japanese restaurants. For Sugoi, Mollendor said she found a more than suitable substitute in the form of farm-raised Mississippi catfish.
“It’s broiled and seasoned the same way and it actually tastes better,” Mollendor said. “The catfish may not sound as appealing, but I can really guarantee it is awesome. I used to be an eel lover. No more. I love catfish. I’ve never ever ever in my life tried catfish until now, and I love it.”
Mollendor said several traditional elements remain, including the same short-grain rice more traditional Japanese restaurants use for their sushi. She said she sees Sugoi not as a break from tradition, but a modernization of it.
“I’m changing it, but I’m respecting it and still using the same quality,” Mollendor said.
Sarah Johnston, a member of Sugoi’s kitchen staff, said she had worked at the Hotel Chester as a catering waitress six years ago, back when it featured a bar and grill called Big Daddy’s. She said she enjoyed and wanted to return to the family business environment of the Hotel Chester, where Mollendor is the manager of both the restaurant and the hotel, and her husband, David, is the owner.
“I was treated well and paid well, and the work environment is very low-stress,” Johnston said. “Everyone works well together as a team. I moved back into town, and it was the first place I came. It was a great time, because they had just shut down for renovations and decided to reopen as Sugoi. When that happened, all of these amazing changes started to happen.”
Johnston said she was proud of Sugoi not only for its sustainable seafood initiative, but also for taking all fried food off the children’s menu to fight childhood obesity. Sugoi is also selective about which suppliers it gets its seafood from, not only for the sake of endangered species, but also for the health of its customers.
“That’s one of the reasons we don’t serve eel, because you just can’t be sure where it’s coming from,” Johnston said. I think it’s incredibly important to be responsible about not eating animals that are already having a hard time, that are already struggling to survive, to not use fish that will not already be cooked that may or may not have good farming processes.”
Johnston said she eats at Sugoi every day, and her favorite experimental dish on the menu is the Spam musubi. Spam and sushi are both popular in Hawaii, Johnston said, and combining the two makes more sense than one would expect.
“That’s something a lot of people have been afraid to try, but it’s fantastic,” Johnston said. “I love it. I had never tried Spam in my life, but I was really surprised.”
Johnston said Sugoi offers dishes not only from Japan, but also Korea, China and other areas of Asia. Nelle Cohen, wife of Mississippi State baseball coach John Cohen, said while she enjoys Sugoi’s sushi, one of her two favorites is the coconut shrimp, served with rice and fresh cucumbers.
“The other dish is called dolsot bibimbap,” Cohen said. “It is a Korean dish served in a stone bowl: rice with vegetables and meat topped with a fried egg. I get it with chicken. Delicious!”
Mollendor said her son came up with the name for the restaurant. The Japanese term “Sugoi” can mean “incredible” or “wow,” among other exclamations, but the one she usually has in mind is “awesome,” because that evokes a breadth of selection stretching beyond sushi.
“I am focusing on introducing to customers the healthiest, the most delicious food from Pacific Rim countries,” Mollendor said. “I’d like for the local customers to stop by and try and see what we’re all about.”


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California wellness officials issued new instruction to allow personal care software program as spas, nail bed salons, massage treatment and even human body art features to help reopen in "variance counties" as soon as June 19.
San Luis Obispo County can be included within the list of counties being given the go-ahead to move onward using this stage of reopening. However, businesses might certainly not reopen until a new county's local Health Officer approves the sector’s reopening. 야탑 룸싸롱 must first become reviewed in the context regarding current local public health problems.
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Shoppers in California can vote with their dollars for equitable cannabis at Blunts & Moore, a 4,000-square-foot pot dispensary located near the Oakland Coliseum. Blunts & Moore is the first dispensary to open under the city of Oakland’s revolutionary new cannabis equity rules.
Alphonso T Blunt, Jr. (yes, that is his real name) and partner Brittany Moore cut the red ribbon last December on the sleek, new retail store near Oakland’s Oracle Arena, drawing local officials, neighbors, media, and friends for speeches, hip hop beats, and tacos. Yes tacos.
A fourth-generation Oaklander, Blunt, now 38, has years of experience selling cannabis, having sold pot “illegally” since he was 16. In 2004 he was arrested for marijuana possession, then a felony; and received five years probation. That experience made him eligible for Oakland’s innovative equity permit lottery, which offers dispensary permits to longtime city residents who have been affected by the war on (some) drugs or who have received marijuana convictions.
The vast majority of people convicted of cannabis-related crimes in Oakland are people of color, even though cannabis use tends to be more common among white people. According to a report from the Department of Race and Equity, in 2015 while only 30 percent of Oakland’s population was African American, 77 percent of cannabis arrestees were. Oakland was the first city in the country to take steps to make cannabis more equitable, but has been joined by cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Blunt was one of just four people who won the January 2018 lottery. A friend connected him with Brittany Moore, a native of Atlanta.
“It’s amazing. I’m humble and hungry,” said Blunt. “This is a very big deal to be able to sell weed legally in Oakland.”
“This opening is history,” said Moore. “I’m glad it’s happening in Oakland. We’re looking forward to being the best out there”.
Shortly after the dispensary opened, Blunt told San Francisco Chronicle columnist Otis R. Taylor Jr. that his legal business follows the sales philosophy he employed when he was a teenager selling dime bags:
“I always had top (stuff), fair price,” he said. “If the going rate is $75 for an eighth out the door at other clubs, I need to be $20 cheaper.”
Critics of Oaklands equity program often mimic similar speaking points as those tied to Affirmative Action, namely that the equity program offers individuals a “leg up” in the industry. Brittany Moore, co-founder of Blunts + Moore acknowledges that she benefits from the program, but says it’s not a standalone solution. “I feel like it’s a little boost. It isn’t a handout. It says, ‘Here is a shot that you would’ve never gotten if it weren’t for this program,’ so I’m grateful for it.”
Moore’s co-founder, East Oakland native Alphonso Blunt agrees. “It’s not as bad as they say, it just needed funding and education. Because it works, you just need people who know how to talk, how to not give up any of their equity.”


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Samsung was the top brand on Twitter during last week’s International CES, according to report on Twitter trends surrounding the trade show. Buzz about the Korean electronics giant was led by exciting product prototypes as well as announcements during the company’s keynote at the show.
The report, from social media marketing firm Salorix, looked at over 1 million tweets related to CES. While Samsung was the most-tweeted brand, Sony, Panasonic, Lenovo and LG all scored highly as well. Among products, 4K “Ultra HD” TVs, smartphones and tablets got the most attention on Twitter.


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October 21, 2008 |
Last week we reported that T-Mobile had a nice surprise for the T-Mobile subscribers who preordered the G1 phone before it starts shipping officially this week by delivering the phones earlier than the customers hoped. It is understandable that many such customers anticipated the delivery in excitement.
But now the blogosphere is abuzz something that looks like yet another surprise for early G1 owners – this time the surprise is from Google and a bad one at that. Android Community reports that out of 50+ application only 13 are left in the Android Market for those subscribers with the phones already delivered to download.
There were immediately a few theories as to why Google could remove the applications, including the quality check to make sure every single application works fine on Android not to disappoint initial customers. There was also a suggestion that this was done to make sure the broadband consumed on the launch date can be controlled on the new 3G network of T-Mobile. My own immediate guess was that while all the current applications are free for users to download, there may be some paid-for competitors getting ready to launch and Google wanted to introduce to the marketplace simultaneously with those that are free to build some healthy competition.
But it looks like everything is rather innocent and it was nothing but a scheduled maintenance of the Android Market itself and those applications that were not upgraded to fit the new version were removed to be upgraded and they will appear back in the marketplace soon again.
And this theory seems to be the most realistic as Google has worked closely with creators of such applications getting ready for a successful launch date – and simply removing them from the marketplace for no apparent reason could be far from a wise move, especially with some applications used heavily by Google for initial promotion of Android and G1 phone (like ShopSavvy, the application that allows the user to scan the barcode of a product and the application will find all the information about this product including better deals in shops).
But as it usually happens in the technology blogosphere we can not resist talking about something that smells like a sensation like it is true already.
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Consider the “Don’t Walk” sign, that lost classic of the New York streetscape. It is a yin-yang traffic signal, a functional poem — “Don’t Walk/Walk” — inside an iconic yellow box. It is to Martin Scorsese’s midcentury Manhattan what the gas lamp is to Edith Wharton’s gilded age.
And it can now be yours to keep — for £975. That’s about $1,600, plus shipping and taxes.
How a banal decommissioned street sign morphed into a sought-after collector’s item is a tale of design trends and changing tastes. But it is also a testament to the nostalgic power of even the most ordinary bric-a-brac of New York.
Hundreds of these signs are being offered for sale through Trainspotters Ltd., an upscale English antiques outlet that transforms yesterday’s cultural detritus into today’s chic décor.
“It’s probably the only traffic signal that we would be interested in the world,” Jesse Carrington, the company’s director, said in a telephone interview from the Trainspotters warehouse in Gloucestershire. “They are such a classic. It’s our first entrance into traffic signals, and I think it will be our only venture, because you can’t get any better than it.”
It is not uncommon for city agencies to sell off surplus items at marked-up prices. Subway enthusiasts, for instance, can buy used train doors, poles and benches from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
No city agencies, however, routinely charge four-figure mark-ups on their items, opening the door to private dealers who see treasure in the trash.
An East Village antiques dealer, Billy LeRoy, recently completed a lengthy legal ordeal with the transportation authority, which accused him of selling old, stolen subway signs, though the charges were dropped.
In 2004, the city parks department sold off seats taken from Yankee Stadium, at $1,500 a set. Today, Bronx Bombers enthusiasts might have to shell out more than $2,000 for a single seat from the same era, based on the pricing on YankeeStadiumSeats.com, which bills itself as a direct-order stadium seat reseller.
Despite the high price of the “Don’t Walk/Walk” signs, they are selling well. A few days into the sale, Trainspotters had already shipped to buyers in New Zealand and Switzerland.
The mark-up is justified in part by the inclusion of a new custom electrical circuit, installed by Trainspotters, which allows the buyer to program a unique flash pattern.
The light, which can be suspended or mounted on a wall, comes in the original yellow cast-aluminum and vandalproof tempered glass.
The city’s Department of Transportation phased out “Don’t Walk” signs in the early 2000s in favor of the pictographic hand-and-man signals in use today, in an effort to better serve the entirety of the city’s pedestrian population.
According to Mr. Carrington, a chance encounter with a city employee led to the discovery of a cache of unused signs, manufactured before the changeover.
But a spokesman for the Transportation Department, told of the signs’ lucrative afterlife, seemed flummoxed as to their provenance.
The city, it turns out, already sells some of the signs through its official store — for $35 apiece. They do not light up, however.
“You can let the sun shine through it in your house,” suggested a saleswoman at the store.
The cheaper signs also do not include the signature yellow casing, because the city retained those for use with its current hand-and-man signs.
“The housings used then are the same ones used now, so we would not have removed them from our inventory,” the spokesman, Scott Gastel, wrote in an e-mail.
Mr. Carrington, of Trainspotters, said the yellow housings on his wares were original. The city speculated that Mr. Carrington’s signs might have come from the manufacturer.
Mr. Carrington did think it odd that New Yorkers would allow a fixture of their city to fall by the wayside.
“I don’t think that would happen in London,” he said. “Over here, everybody would be all over stuff like that — big competition.” He added: “People are stranger in New York.”
Regardless of how they came to be in England, many of the signs are likely to live out their remaining years back in their native land.
“I’ve bought things from downtown New York before, shipped them back here, and sold them back to the Upper East Side,” Mr. Carrington said with a laugh.
“We’ll see quite a bit of them going back over the Atlantic into people’s apartments in New York.”
Our transit reporter, Michael M. Grynbaum, advises you on the latest chatter from the city’s roads and rails. Check back every Monday. Got a tip? He can be reached at OffTheRails@nytimes.com.


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India’s manufacturing recovery lost momentum in August with the survey-based Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) sliding to 52.3. from July’s 55.3. as demand showed ‘signs of weakness due to the pandemic’ and input price pressures persisted. Growth in new orders softened, pushing the expansion below the long-term average.
With overall optimism weakening last month, there was a fresh pause on hiring in the sector that had resumed recruitment in July after shedding jobs for 15 months. A score below 50 on the IHS Markit index indicates a contraction. The PMI had slipped to 48.1 in June, as the second COVID-19 wave took its toll.
Pollyanna De Lima, economics associate director at IHS Markit, said August saw the Indian manufacturing sector extend its recovery, but growth lost momentum as demand weakened.
“Yet, factory orders and output rose across the consumer, intermediate and investment goods categories,” she said. “The 12-month outlook for production remained positive, though confidence faded amid worries concerning the lasting scars of the pandemic and the adverse impact of rising costs on companies' finances parallel to a lack of pricing power,” she explained.
Manufacturers’ cost burdens have now been rising for 13 straight months, and were linked by producers to raw material scarcity and transportation problems.
“August data pointed to back-to-back increases in new export orders, but here too growth lost momentum. The pace of expansion was only marginal,” the economics research firm added


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Nike is the biggest sportswear brand globally, but rivals Under Armour and Adidas have invested heavily in digital to try and snatch that crown.
But Nike last week came out swinging, announcing plans to increase online sales sevenfold from $1 billion in fiscal 2015 to $7 billion by 2020. Overall, the brand plans to boost revenue to $50 billion over the same period.
To put this in context, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank predicts the company will double revenue across its entire business to $7.5 billion by 2018.
New digital partnerships
Nike announced a new partnership with animation company DreamWorks, new steps in 3D printing and the imminent launch of mobile personalization.
Nike will be using DreamWorks’ new design platform, Nova, to enable "ultrarapid prototyping" and better 3D imaging.
The company also predicted that personalisation would become a mainstream consumer demand in future.
According to CEO Mark Parker, "Customization is one of those expectations … that consumers will have of their product going forward, so we intend to not just participate but to lead in that area.
"What you've seen to date is what we might call internally 'customization 1.0.' We're working on 2.0 and 3.0 now." Those enhancements will let individuals customize the look and performance of their sportswear.
To cater to the have-it-now generation, Nike plans to simplify customization via mobile and shorten the time it takes to get footwear to customers. At the end of the month, the brand plans to launch off-the-shelf shoe customization, with delivery within a week.
Information is more interesting than hardware
While Adidas and Under Armour have publicly talked up the importance of wearables and other connected devices, Nike said hardware was only "one dimension" of the wider digital puzzle.
Brand President Trevor Edwards said, "We … obviously have great partners with the likes of Apple and certainly the wearable market. ... It's one dimension that allows us to help serve that consumer, but we think about service in the broader context."
Specifically, Edwards talked up Nike Training Club, its personal training app for runners. Tracking runner data allows the brand to keep an eye on whether consumers are actively engaged with the brand, or falling out of the loop.
Jayne Martin, president for global categories, said: "So if we break it down, it's runners who just run every single day or runners who have started and maybe trailed off or runners who are training for an event.
"So we can tailor our messages and gear up opportunities against each one of those segments, so really closing the loop and doing that on a consistent basis, which I think drives back into that idea of repeat."
Winning over women
One way the brand hopes to boost online sales is to target "underserved" markets, like women.
The category has become a growing focus for other big sportswear brands, like Puma and Adidas, which have started tapping into the new breed of runner-obsessed women looking for better designed kit.
Nike Women's "Better For It" campaign
The brand boasts the biggest athletic sales for women globally, but wants to grow the category from $5.7 billion currently to $11 billion by 2020.
The company has good reason to keep female consumers loyal on digital channels — those who buy into Nike’s ecosystem spend two times more than those that aren’t.
The brand will expand its Michael Jordan sneaker line, offering shoes to women for the first time, to try and "fuel a sneaker culture" among female consumers.
Nike partnered with Instagram this year, allowing women to "shop the look" from photos. The first Nike Women’s shop also opened in London this year, the first in Western Europe.
This article first appeared on marketingmagazine.co.uk.


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Alcohol is increasingly big business in Africa, but when Covid-19 struck, governments across the continent closed down bars and breweries to halt the spread of the disease in social environments and free up hospital rooms usually occupied by problem drinkers.
Covid’s impact and government clampdowns led brewers to halt investment, deprived barley farmers of vibrant markets, and stymied the growth of international giants and local craft brewers alike.
In South Africa, three controversial spells of prohibition, which have also seen retail sales banned, have decimated the continent’s biggest drinking market. Industry estimates suggest that the country has lost R14.2bn (nearly $1bn) in sales revenue and more than R7.8bn in taxes and excise duties in the period.
The industry is weathering its fiercest storm in decades, with over 30% of local brewers in South Africa estimated to have permanently shut their doors.
The impact has been felt elsewhere on the continent. In Rwanda, national brewer Bralirwa’s profits crashed in the year to June 2020, resulting in suspended dividends and a slumping share price before a recovery in the second half of 2020.
Heineken, one of four brewers accounting for 90% of the market in Africa – along with AB InBev, Diageo, and Castel Group – has announced job cuts and a hold on new African investments. That followed the Dutch firm’s decision to scrap a planned brewery in KwaZulu-Natal.
Confidence in the future
But despite these circumstances, analysts say that beyond Covid-19 Africa will remain the world’s fastest growing alcohol market. For brewers who survive the pandemic, a market worth $13bn for beer alone, driven by deepening urbanisation and demographic growth, continues to offer immense prospects.
International giant Diageo, which owns a brand portfolio including Guinness, Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys and African-made beers Tusker, Senator and Orijin, spent two weeks methodically shutting down all 13 of its breweries in Africa last spring. Some 12% of its net sales were generated on the continent in 2019, but growth stalled in 2020, and major subsidiary East African Breweries saw beer profits slashed during the six months to December 2020.
But despite a tough year, the company is looking to an African industry beyond Covid with confidence.
“We understand Africa is an amazing place to do business but it’s volatile, and you have to take that volatility in your stride, so yes this pandemic has hit Africa really hard, but I’m very encouraged by our performance,” says John O’Keeffe, president of Diageo Africa.
The firm has introduced protocols to allow its breweries to reopen safely, on-site hotels have been set up with private transport for workers, and staff have been trained via an e-learning hub. Kenyan facilities were adapted to produce 600,000 litres of hand sanitiser, with thousands more manufactured in Cameroon and Tanzania.
The on-trade market, including bars, restaurants, clubs and hotels, usually accounts for 80% of revenue according to O’Keeffe, and Diageo has generated a $5m pot to help bars reopen in East Africa. But with significant uncertainty over how long the bar trade will be restricted in large parts of Africa as the continent experiences a second wave of coronavirus, an industry-wide shift to the off-trade business, particularly home drinking, is occurring.
“We’ve seen home delivery systems shift behaviour from high energy consumption to at-home with family and food, so we’re adapting our portfolio and performance to that,” O’Keeffe says.
Prohibition hits South African market
Yet in South Africa, prohibition included a ban on sales in retail stores, bars, restaurants, breweries and wineries, complicating industry plans to shift towards domestic consumption.
The extent of the ban has proved hugely controversial. South African Breweries (SAB) – a subsidiary of AB InBev, the world’s largest brewer – announced it would challenge the alcohol ban in court, claiming that the first two bans caused 65,000 job losses and pushed 100,000 South Africans into poverty.
The brewer announced in January it was suspending the jobs of 550 workers indefinitely, and would implement an overall cut to remaining staff salaries by 10%. SAB was forced to cancel a further R2.5bn of capital investment, bringing the total sum of cancelled investments to R5bn.
South Africa emerged from its third period of prohibition in February, but significant uncertainty remains over the future of government policy in the Covid era. The world’s 12th largest beer producer accounts for 1.8% of total global beer consumption, according to the Beer Association of South Africa (BASA), a trade group representing alcohol producers.
BASA CEO Patricia Pillay says prohibition is ill-conceived, and has had a dire impact on the industry, jobs and household income.
“The situation faced by small business owners and craft brewers following the third blanket ban on alcohol remains dire… survey results from the Craft Brewer’s Association of South Africa indicate that 87.5% of craft brewers are still at risk of permanent closure, and with zero targeted relief from government, this will likely become a reality,” Pillay says.
Craft beer market suffers
Prohibition has hit the emerging craft beer market, which recorded encouraging growth from the early 2010s. The emerging industry accounts for 10% of jobs in the entire beer market, but forms just 1% of total production. Seasonal in nature, sales rocket during long summer nights that usually bring in an influx of tourists.
Nick Smith migrated from New Orleans to launch Soul Barrel Brewing Co in the winelands of the Western Cape. Smith says Covid forced the company to build a new bottling plant ahead of schedule, in order to supply online retailers and supermarkets, modifying a business model that gained most of its revenue from on-site sales and brewery tours. Despite tight prohibition, Smith says that the company managed to grow in the 12 months to February.
“It’s been hectic and it’s been a battle… The whole craft industry is new and many startups are still defining what their true business model is. Covid has developed this kind of wartime mentality that we just have to get through it, keep adapting and focusing on the long-term goal of making South African beer internationally known.”
Prohibition has also hit the country’s barley farmers, who face reduced demand and difficult planting decisions, says Jose De Kock, a farmer and chairman of the Barley Industry Committee.
“In 2020 AB InBev South Africa stuck to their original mandate of 340,000 tonnes of barley in the Southern Cape and in the Western Cape in the Swartland area. For 2021, famers’ mandates have been cut over 20%, which is a huge decline.”
Farmers are forced to sell excess barley as animal feed, which can be 50% lower than the price of malting barley. Alternative crops could be produced – principally wheat and canola – but many farmers could be counting the cost for years to come if those markets are oversupplied.
Following drought and a poor harvest in 2019, when high nitrogen levels degraded stock, last year’s bumper harvest was the best on record says De Kock, which has boosted morale within the agriculture sector, for now.
New drinking habits
While the short-term outlook is troubled, restrictions are driving new consumer habits and brand opportunities. For multinational drinks companies like Diageo, green shoots of recovery are being found in spirits and the non-alcoholic beer sectors, according to Renaissance Capital’s Adedayo Ayeni.
“We think that the market has growth opportunities in East Africa and Diageo itself is doubling down on the spirits segment in Nigeria,” he says.
“Gin is a rising category in Nigeria and East Africa, particularly among women, and comes in affordable prices and packaging – especially the mainstream brands. In markets where the restrictions to alcohol sales were implemented, non-alcoholic beverages are rising in popularity, especially given that consumers will consume what is available.”
Diageo’s non-alcoholic Malt Guinness line grew double digits in the last six months, and the firm will look to boost their spirits brands further as home consumption replaces beer drinking in bars.
Opportunity to invest
Whether spirits and non-alcoholic drinks will be enough to see the market through further Covid restrictions remains to be seen. Nevertheless, Diageo says the crisis offers an opportunity to invest, and says it will ramp up capital expenditure in 2021.
“The companies that pause investment through a crisis will pay a big price for it after the crisis,” says O’Keeffe.
Renaissance Capital’s Ayeni concurs: “Consumers will always have the need to socialise, therefore the importance of bars and other on-premise consumption outlets will not be blunted in the near term. Rather we believe that the Covid-19 driven weakness in the brewer asset prices has presented investors with investment opportunities, to pick up these stocks in growth markets at appreciable discounts.”
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"Tata Global Beverages is a 'BUY' call with a target of Rs 140 and a stop loss of Rs 129."
'Positive coverage over here with the names like Tata Global Beverages'
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 62.45 crore for the July-September quarter of previous fiscal, TGBL said.
Tata Coffee Grand was jointly developed by Tata Global Beverages and group firm Tata Coffee , which manufactures the product, TGBL said.
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Workers of KDHP in Munnar ended their strike after 9 days, with the company agreeing to their demand for higher bonus, but repercussions are being felt in other tea estates.
Tata Global Beverages, which has entered the branded instant coffee business under Tata Coffee Grand, will source beans from its plantations in South India and use the company's tea network to market the product.
Tata Starbucks, a joint venture between Starbucks and Tata Global Beverages, generated total revenue of Rs 171.2 crore in the year ended March 2015.


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- May 10, 2013
The following post comes from HRC Deputy Director of Consumer Marketing Cassidy Karakorn:
This Saturday, equality will be a part of the Sweetlife Festival, an annual celebration of flavorful music, wholesome food and thoughtful living.
With an anticipated crowd of 20,000, performers include HRC supporters and straight allies Passion Pit as well as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Solange, Kendrick Lamar, Gary Clark Jr, U.S. Royalty and Shark Week. Look for HRC’s equality logo to make an appearance throughout the festival on stage, around the grounds, on the jumbotron and even on some performers.
Amanda Leigh Dunn, from the Real L Word series will be on hand with a video crew to capture the excitement and HRC’s presence.
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The global market for dairy alternative drinks is expected to reach US$16.3 billion in 2018, significantly rising from US$7.4 billion in 2010. The market in the US is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 10 percent during the forecast period between 2010 and 2018.
China’s dairy alternative drinks market will grow at a CAGR of 18.7 percent during the forecast period, and will reach a market value of US$6.7 billion. Want Want, a food processing company in China, recently announced its expansion into soy and other plant-based beverages.
Dairy alternative drinks accounted for seven percent of global dairy launches, up from six percent in 2015, according to the study. Global launch numbers more than doubled over a five-year period—just over half of these launches were positioned as lactose-free, nearly 40 percent as vegan and just under a quarter as GMO-free.
“The dairy alternatives market has seen rising levels of interest in recent years, spurred mainly by consumers increasingly looking for lactose-free, dairy-free and plant-based/vegan options as healthy lifestyle choices” said Lu Ann Williams, director of Innovation at Innova Market Insights. “The category has been further boosted by the growing availability and promotion of plant-based options to traditional dairy lines, particularly beverages, but also cultured products such as yogurt, frozen desserts and ice cream, creamers and cheese.”
‘Plant Powered Growth’ is a key trend in 2017, according to the study. This is due to developments in plant-based foods, which are seeing increased demand from consumers who do not want to commit to a full vegan or vegetarian lifestyle, but choosing food and beverage options to suit their lifestyle, social life or health conditions.
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Pothashang News Service: Imphal, February 19, 2020: Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA) under the aegis of horticulture and soil conservation department has geared up to supply organic ginger produced by 1,000 ginger growers of Pherzawl district to Nature and Cure, a Dubai based company this year.
“The department is all set to send organic consignment in large quantity to a Dubai based company and believed that such initiative will surely benefit the large number of certified organic ginger farmers of Pherzawl district,” MOMA project director Debadutta Sharma told reporters here on Wednesday.
As part of the mission to benefit the registered organic farmers, horticulture and soil conservation minister Th. Shyamkumar flagged off 3.5 MT organic ginger consignment to be supplied to Revanta Foods Private Limited, New Delhi.
The ginger was produced by Sinlung Organic Farmers Producers Company, Pherzawl registered under MOMA. It was the first consignment of the Sinlung farmers company.
Shyamkumar told reporters that the department with its agency MOMA is working sincerely for the welfare of the organic farmers under the Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region, a central scheme.
The officials have been successfully marketing organic produces outside the state. In continuation, organic ginger produced by the farmers of the Parbung and surrounding areas of Pherzawl district has been marketed to the New Delhi based company, he added.
The minister lauded the entire officials of the department and motivated them to continue their work with outmost sincerity and enthusiasm. He appealed them to continue their work passionately so that the organic food produces of the state becomes known globally.
Debadutta said the department is focusing on producing more organic produces in the state in order to benefit the farmers. He said the certification process for the 1,000 ginger farmers of Pherzawl beganxlast year.
MOMA was able to supply 4,000 MT organic ginger outside the state, benefitting the farmers of above Rs 12 crore, he added.


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The Onion is ending print publication of its weekly paper, which was once available in 17 markets but due to low advertising revenue is now available in just three cities. The last print editions will be published on December 12, 2013—after that date, The Onion and The A.V. Club will be available solely online. Onion fans need not worry though: a spokesman for The Onion said that the company has experienced rising profits over the past four years, due to its success on the Internet and in advertising services.
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The firm, which has more than 550 depots supplying professional tradespeople, has handed chief financial officer Mark Robson the additional role of acting as deputy to chief executive Matthew Ingle.
Group financial controller Theresa Keating, a member of Howdens’ executive committee, has been appointed finance director, which is not a board position.
Caroline Bishop, the firm’s company secretary, will leave the business and be replaced by her deputy, Forbes McNaughton.
Howdens chairman Will Samuel said: “Howdens is a very successful company, and much of its success is due to its management culture and business model.
“As part of the continuing development of the company we are putting in place these changes to enable its further growth and development and to ensure its ongoing success.”


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With stunning visuals, quality character development and some breath-taking set-pieces — what the game lacked in polish it made up for in heart.
But a sequel's not going to happen according to Ninja Theory boss Tameem Antoniades.
"Enslaved should have done better," he said. "Right now we should have been doing a sequel and perfecting that sequel and doing what franchises do, which is get better over time."
Ninja Theory had planned to expand into a two-game studio, with one side working on DmC and the other Enslaved 2. Poor sales put the boot in that plan however.
"[But] because [the game didn't sell well] we've not expanded to two teams like we intended to. So we've remained a smaller shop. But now we get another chance with DmC."


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May 4, 2007 - Industry News
The Pete Store Inc., a Maryland-based heavy truck dealer has acquired Peterbilt of Knoxville Inc., a dealer group with three locations in the Southeast. The Knoxville group is the eighth-largest dealer group in the natio
No one knows Volvo trucks better than the technicians at Volvo Trucks North America's 325 dealerships. And last month, the best of the best service and parts personnel from Volvo's dealer network gathered at Volvo headquarter
May 3, 2007 - Industry News
Pacific Truck & Trailer of Grant Pass, Ore., serving northern California and southern Oregon, has been named an authorized dealer for East Manufacturing, offering the company's full line of flatbed trailers, parts and accessories.
Peterbilt has just launched its "Models of Innovation" demonstration program, a campaign designed to provide existing and prospective customers the ability to test and evaluate a new 2008 model year Peterbilt in the customers' operation.
World Trade Association (WTA), a leading independent U.S. tire wholesaler, recently completed its sixth auditing trip to China to ensure the highest quality of production for its Xtreme line of OTR tires.
Roehl Transport recently added to a string of top industry honors for safety with a prestigious Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) Safety Award. The award, based on an independent audit of the company's DOT recordable accident record
Kenworth Truck Co.'s latest models - the new T660 and T2000 - were recently acknowledged as SmartWay eligible trucks by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Michelin North America announced it is increasing prices on two commercial tire product lines. Commercial truck tire prices will increase by up to 4 percent on Michelin and BFGoodrich brand tires sold in the United States, effective June 1, 2007
PeopleNet is offering ALK Technologies' CoPilot Truck, which provides spoken, turn-by-turn, truck-specific driving directions to professional drivers, on PeopleNet's new handheld platform.
Melton Technologies, a leading supplier of the PC-based Horizon trucking software, has developed a new accounting module that ties into its offerings of transportation and logistical solutions.
GE has made its patented full-length cargo sensor available on both its VeriWise satellite and cellular platforms to all trucking customers. Today, GE is the only company making full-length cargo sensors for the trucking industry
GE is adding an Integrated Refrigerated Trailer Lease to its financial services for the trucking industry, with features that take away the routine headaches that can come from running reefer vans in a fleet.
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Freightliner Trucks has launched the Cascadia, a new Class 8 truck for on-highway applications built from an entirely new platform. The Cascadia delivers significant fuel savings and is designed based on the Run Smart philosophy,
PeopleNet, which provides mobile communications and onboard computing to the private fleet industry, said it signed 96 new fleets since the beginning of 2006 - a record number for the company.
Wisconsin-based J. J. Keller & Associates Inc. and IdleAire Technologies Corp. of Tennessee have signed an agreement giving IdleAire the exclusive license to provide in-cab delivery of J. J. Keller's video-based commercial motor vehicle driver training
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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said it supports a bill that was passed unanimously Wednesday by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that would force Mexican trucks to meet safety and security standards
Southland International Trucks Inc., which operates dealerships in Birmingham, Decatur, Homewood, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa, Ala., has added a sixth location in Huntsville
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The new TerraPro Series from Mack Trucks Inc. delivers everything needed to handle the nonstop abuse that refuse trucks experience, plus a new driver environment to improve comfort and boost productivity.
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has launched a web site to represent a new multi-decade vision for U.S. transportation. AASHTO, which represents the state departments
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Penske Truck Leasing has been awarded a three-year fleet management and maintenance services contract valued at about $47 million to support the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Kim and Tommy Turner of Cynthiana, Ky., and Bob and Shelly Brinker of Grayling, Minn., won best-of-show trophies at the 75 Chrome Shop Truck Beauty Championships in Wildwood, Fla., held April 27-29.
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- The non-fungible token market has been registering tremendous growth since 2019.
- CryptoMonday concludes that the sector will grow by a CAGR of 14% between now and 2025.
- That growth will see its revenues stand at $6.9B, about a tenth of all the revenues within the crypto space.
While the world grappled with the downsides of the COVID-19 pandemic, the crypto space registered unprecedented booms, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in particular registered a meteoric rise in their adoption in 2021. That said, available data points to NFTs continuing to contribute a small percentage of the crypto sector’s revenues.
CryptoMonday.de has been analyzing trends within the crypto space. It projects that income from crypto and NFT marketplaces will surpass the $70B mark by 2025. Furthermore, the sector will need to grow at a CAGR of 21% from 2022 to 2025. That way, NFT revenues will jump to $6.9B, nearly a tenth of all crypto trading income.
“The difference in NFT CAGR and their portion of the crypto revenue will possibly impact user adoption,” said CryptoMonday’s CEO Jonathan Merry. He continued, “Market data indicates that crypto adoption will grow at 4.5%, whereas NFT adoption will do so at 1%. This relatively low percentage could be pointing to a niching of the crypto trade for a long while."
Revenues of NFT marketplaces are surpassing those of stock exchanges
The crypto sector could be niching, alright, but there's no denying that it is handling colossal sums of money. A recent Opimas study indicates that NFT marketplaces and crypto exchanges generate more revenue than traditional venerated stock exchanges like NYSE and NASDAQ.
Opimas suggests that exchanges like Binance and Coinbase and NFT platforms, including OpenSea and Rarible, earned up to $3M daily in 2021. Most of the crypto generating these earnings comes from very few wallets. That's because the crypto space is a high-stakes and very volatile one.
These exchanges and marketplaces derive a significant portion of their revenues from fees. They include transaction, listing, and conversion fees. Listing fees could earn the platforms huge sums as they could go as high as $15M a token.
The U.S. leads in NFT revenues
CryptoMonday concludes that the U.S. will play a leading role in NFT adoption. Consequently, the nation will see its revenues in the space jump from about $20.4B in 2022 to $34.5B in 2025. That's a 169% rise within that time.
India and Japan will follow a distant second and third place. The former will record revenues of $4.67B in 2025, up from $2.6B in 2022, an upswing of 180%. Likewise, Japan will register revenues of $3.85B after growing its 2022 figures by 186%.


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Premium biscuit maker Thomas Fudge’s has undergone its biggest overhaul since it changed hands two years ago.
The Dorset brand – previously known as Thomas J Fudge’s – is rolling out new-look packs across its portfolio of sweet and savoury biscuits, with a new logo, updated illustrations and “beautiful, bold and colourful graphics”. The redesign has also added the strapline ‘Go forth and indulge’.
In the latest expansion of its savoury lineup, Fudge’s has made its debut in flatbreads, launching three variants: Cheddar & Shallot, Chickpea & Sesame and Tomato & Red Chilli (rsp: £1.89/140g).
The revamp made the brand “more single minded, bolder and more confident” said its commercial director, Simon Tovey. “We have maintained our distinctiveness while improving on-shelf standout.”
It follows the April 2016 management buyout of Fudge’s, backed by private equity firm Livingbridge, after 100 years of family ownership.
The management team behind the acquisition sold their stakes and left the business in June 2017 amid a shakeup by Livingbridge, which hopes to turn Fudge’s into the UK’s number one premium sweet and savoury biscuit brand.
Earlier this year, the business reported it slipped to a £1.5m pre-tax loss in its first year under private equity ownership. However, sales reached £12.7m in the 15 months to 1 April 2017, marking a 16% increase on sales of £11m in the 12 months to 30 December 2015.


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Battlegrounds Mobile India relaunch Date and Time of Kraftoin Announcement of BGMI Unban: Battlegrounds Mobile India has released some major news. This smartphone game is making a comeback to India once more, according to Krafton, the firm that created it. The business has said explicitly that it would relaunch the game in India. Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) will be relaunched by Krafton, according to CEO Sean Hyunil Sohn’s official announcement. In his message, the firm CEO congratulated the Indian gaming community and government in addition to providing details about the Battlegrounds Mobile India relaunch date.
On this website, we’ll keep you informed about the BGMI Unban Date and Time. The South Korean game business Krafton owns BGMI. After looking into server locations and data security concerns, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar tweeted that BGMI has been given the go-ahead for a three-month trial phase.
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Battlegrounds Mobile India relaunch, a gaming sensation that spread across the country, was not free from the maelstrom of controversies. As its popularity soared to extraordinary heights, a flood of data privacy concerns began to infiltrate the public consciousness. Shocking whispers spread, alleging that the game’s servers had taken refuge in the mysterious land of China, fueling suspicions that Indian players’ sacred data was being secretly stolen from afar. The effects went beyond just individual privacy breaches; They have expanded to sacred areas of national security, casting a foreboding shadow over the gaming landscape.
In the wake of the widespread ban on PUBG Mobile and other Chinese apps in India, Indian gamers are in a tizzy. In the midst of this frenetic vortex, a remarkable phenomenon unfolded – a seismic demand for the Battlegrounds game reverberated through the hearts of Indian gamers. Recognizing this burning desire, Crafton, the mastermind behind PUBG Mobile, planned a surprising resurgence of the game in the Indian domain. Armed with revised rules and stronger privacy measures, PUBG Mobile triumphantly re-emerged from the depths, shedding its old skin and a shiny new identity: Battlegrounds Mobile India, fondly called BGMI. While the essence of the game remained unchanged, its moniker underwent a metamorphosis, indicating a new chapter in its intriguing saga. However, fate dealt a cruel blow to BGMI in 2022, plunging it once again into the abyss of prohibition. Yet, amidst the oscillating tides of fortune, a glimmer of hope emerges – a tantalizing promise of 90 days of resurrection for the year 2023.
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The mysterious story of BGMI is set against the iconic PUBG game ban in India, an incident that shocked the gaming industry. Similar to its predecessor, BGMI rose quickly in popularity before falling into the hands of the government. The once-thriving Battleground Mobile India (BGMI) was abruptly banished to the land of exile by the Government of India, leaving gamers perplexed and discouraged. The mysterious Krafton created and released the addictive multiplayer online game BGMI onto the mobile gaming scene, satisfying the wants of ardent players looking for heart-pounding player-versus-player shooter encounters.
Immerse yourself in the chaotic world of BGMI, where players may team up with a brave band of four allies or fight mercilessly against up to 100 opponents. The action takes place on six diverse landscapes, including Erangel, Miramar, Vikendi, Livik, and more. Each is filled with perilous obstacles and never-ending battles. What is the ultimate goal? to defeat adversaries and establish oneself as the lone survivor, standing strong despite the ensuing turmoil.
The cancellation of BGMI left over 100 million users of BGMI in a state of stunned despair, their gaming hopes unexpectedly crushed by an Indian government decree.
However, a spark of hope appears amid the rubble of hope, lighting a fire of desire in the hearts of dedicated players. The rumoured Battlegrounds Mobile India Relaunch is about to receive an official announcement, which has gamers’ interest and spirits heightened. They eagerly await word of atonement as they yearn to return to the adrenaline-pumping battlefield. BGMI’s prediction of a return to the Indian gambling industry in June 2023 has raised hopes as rumors of insider speculation float in the air.


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Apple fanboys and girls looking to upgrade their old iPhones for brand-new ones may soon be able to make the trade at their local Apple store.
The Cupertino, Calif. company is preparing to launch a new iPhone trade-in program, according to 9to5Mac. The program, which may go live in Apple stores next month, would allow customers to bring in an old iPhone, and swap it for a newer model.
It would work much like existing trade-in programs at mobile carriers and other retailers, which offer customers money for their old phone based on its age and condition.
While Apple sells the iPhone in its retail stores, many of the company’s phone sales come from third parties. By offering in-store trade-ins, Apple could potentially increase the number of handsets that it sells on its own.
During the company’s most recent earnings call, CEO Tim Cook said he was not opposed to a trade-in program, and that there were positive environmental benefits associated with it.
What do you think of Apple potentially offering an iPhone trade-in program in its stores? Would you use the service? Tell us in the comments, below.
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Lotame, the world’s leading independent data management platform (DMP), today announced that it has secured $15 million in Series D funding. The round was led by Sozo Ventures and TrueBridge Capital Partners, with substantial participation from existing investors Battery Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners and RJ Finlay & Co. Combined with previous funding rounds, Lotame has now raised a total of $44 million. The additional financing will allow Lotame to accelerate the development of its innovative real-time, cross-device data platform and extend its position as the largest and fastest growing independent pure-play DMP.
Within the last year, Lotame has reached a number of meaningful milestones, growing its customer base by 139 percent and recurring revenue by 117 percent, as well as extending its reach in Asia Pacific and Europe. In the last quarter of 2013 alone, marketers and publishers worldwide including Trinity Mirror, Media Crossing, ESPN Australia, Wego.com, and SingTel among others selected Lotame as the DMP to manage and activate their audience data. Lotame also introduced several significant upgrades, including Lotame Insights, Lotame Optimizer and the Lotame Mobile DMP Suite.
“DMPs are beginning to gain significant traction among marketers and publishers around the world who recognize that the Big Data revolution in advertising and digital marketing has arrived,” said Phil Wickham, Managing Director of Sozo Ventures. “Lotame is leading the industry in both innovation and independence, unifying data from all platforms and devices in a way no one else can. We’re excited to support their continued success.”
Global expansion was also a priority in 2013, as Lotame established new regional headquarters in the United Kingdom and Singapore, and increased its worldwide employee base by more than 20 percent. To meet the needs of global customers, the platform was also enhanced to enable data collection in Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, and Indian languages.
The company has also hired Zach Boisi as Vice President of Client Operations. Boisi will oversee all aspects of client implementation and success management, including client adoption, engagement, usage, retention and growth. Previously, Boisi held leadership positions at Sears, Network Solutions and newBrandAnalytics, gaining management experience in client services, training and strategic planning.
“We believe DMPs can be the vehicle to deliver a seamless way for marketers and publishers to consistently reach and engage individuals across smartphones, desktops, tablets and television,” said Andy Monfried, founder and CEO of Lotame. “This new round of funding will allow us to continue to invest and deliver on this mission, creating tremendous value for our customers, employees and shareholders.”


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By Paul Shockley
Grand Junction CO
January 28, 2008
“I hope your Valentines is radical” read one card.
Others, like the card crafted by 3-year-old Ximena Navarro, didn’t need any words. The girl went straight for stickers and liberally applied the hole puncher."
“Just a bunch a scribbling,” said mom, Patrisia Navarro of Fruita. “We have a friend in Iraq, so I told her to come make a card.” Most of Saturday’s card makers knew someone deployed. Within one hour after setting up shop Saturday at Mesa Mall, organizers with the Blue Star Mothers had about 50 handmade Valentine’s Day cards signed and ready to be mailed to U.S. troops abroad.
“If we can keep positive morale, there’s a better chance they come home safe,” said Wendy Hoffman, president of Grand Valley Blue Star Mothers. The local chapter of Blue Star Mothers was started last November — they meet [monthly] and are up to 14 members.
Over the weekend, they invited Mesa Mall shoppers to make Valentine’s Day cards or donate items for care packages to troops. Hoffman said they desperately need cash in order to mail the cards — hundreds are expected to be mailed, including cards crafted by youngsters at Lincoln Orchard Mesa, Dos Rios and Mesa View elementary schools.
Hoffman’s son, Army Pfc. Dallas Hanson, has been serving in Baghdad the past year. While Hanson’s received regular correspondence, Hoffman said others haven’t been as lucky. “He told me a friend of his stopped going to the mail room because his name never gets called,” Hoffman said.
While Hoffman’s Valentine card table saw an early rush, fewer and fewer Saturday shoppers stopped to work on a card. Three people walked past her tables and said they couldn’t take the time, which frustrated Hoffman. “It’s out of their consciousness,” she said. “But we have our freedom because of our troops.”
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Rockstar will soon begin a year of Midnight Club: Los Angeles tournaments.
Winners can bag anything from Rockstar Warehouse vouchers to a year of free pizza at Pizza Hut. There's even a Kawasaki Ninja motorbike up for grabs. A ninja motorbike! Amazing!
Sign-ups for the very first tournament end Friday. From there, entrants will go through to four days of time trials (7th-10th February), hoping to qualify for the more serious round of head-to-head finals (12th-16th February).
Only C-Class cars are allowed, and time trials will be held on the Surf and Sand course. Head-to-heads will take place across a spread of stages: Old Route 66, Coldwater Canyon, Hollywood Drifts and Old Hollywood Shortcuts.
Grand prize for the PS3 and Xbox 360 winner will be USD 500 to spend at the Rockstar Warehouse. Second place will be given USD 100, while third and fourth will be gifted USD 50.
Most European and US countries are eligible for entry; a full list of rules can be found on the Rockstar Social Club site.


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The trinidad Guardian / Seven months after the Economic Development Advisory Board (EDAB) presented a diversification roadmap aimed at mitigating the negative impact from the fall in oil and gas prices, government has responded with a number of initiatives to help boost entrepreneurship.
The plan was designed against the backdrop that the decline in the energy sector had made it necessary for T&T to diversify its sources of income.
Leading the diversification thrust is Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon who agreed it is key to T&T’s growth and development.
In an interview last Friday, Gopee-Scoon said there are several sectors within the diversification agenda that we intend to grow.
“What we want to do is grow more manufacturers and ensure the sector is widened to include small and medium-sized manufacturer,” she said.
Aware that financing remained the biggest challenge for many wanting to establish a business, Gopee-Scoon said, “You want people to be innovative and convert their ideas into reality.
“We are ready to step up and work with entrepreneurs as there are a lot of people out there with great ideas but the problem is always access to finance-one of the major issues.”
She assured, “Many of the products and incentives we launched in the last budget will answer the call regarding the difficulty in accessing finance.”
During the launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) three weeks ago, Gopee-Scoon indicated her intention to lobby the banking sector to have financial institutions provide feasible funding options suited to new and emerging entrepreneurs.
“I can’t say the traditional commercial bankers would really just listen to someone coming in with an idea and finance it, and that is the idea behind it.”
Gopee-Scoon reinforced her earlier promise that, “In support of entrepreneurship, my idea is to meet with the Bankers Association of T&T and my undertaking is to carve out something for young entrepreneurs and for individuals who are ready to grow their businesses.”
Admitting most of the manufacturing in T&T occurred in the area of food and beverage, Gopee-Scoon said the government’s aim was to encourage growth in other areas such as wood-working, furniture production, chemicals, plastics, packaging and personal care products among others.
Regarding government’s effort to make it easier for budding entrepreneurs and existing small and medium enterprises to expand, Gopee-Scoon said, “We want to ensure that market entry turns into a strong market presence.
“I want to ensure the risk appetite by banks is widened and opened, so they understand and appreciate the need for the growth of entrepreneurs in T&T.
“Not everybody has land and capital to secure loan facilities, so we have been looking at other options through the World Bank where you can actually use moveable property as security for loans and transactions,” she said.
The minister said this was high on the agenda as, “we want to ensure banks are able to assist those entrepreneurs who are ready and who we feel can really contribute to growing the economy.”
With aggressive strides being made in the area of agro-processing, Gopee-Scoon said they were hoping to encourage a greater level of processing in T&T as this would generate increased economic activity.
In order to assist in this area, she said the government had jump started work on the Agro-Processing Park at Moruga as they were anticipating accelerated growth in a number of areas connected with this sector. Gopee-Scoon said this facility is expected to be fully operational by January 2019.
“This economy is not just for the large businesses, but growing small and large enterprises and promoting entrepreneurs who can contribute to the economic landscape of T&T.”
She added that all of the mechanisms had been put in place to assist individuals as the government wanted, “creative people with good ideas.
“Often enough, they have no place to go but they only need a computer as a lot of the work is being done through technology, so we have to look at the idea of creating spaces at a reasonable price.”
Gopee-Scoon revealed, “I have given them that assurance that I am going to look at eTeck, UTT and at spaces within Port-of-Spain which can be easily accessed or where they can pay a nominal rent they can manage as they grow their businesses.
“Apart from industrial parks, we have to look at creating small niche spaces that are necessary for the small and growing entrepreneurs.”
Sharon Dirpaul* has come to dread the words, “sorry but you do not qualify for a loan with us.”
Imprinted on her psyche following three consecutive rejections relating to loan applications, the 38-year-old mother of two joked that her inability to secure financing to set up her own business was now an albatross around her neck.
Dirpaul, who resides in east Trinidad at her parents home said, “That is the only thing keeping me back from striking out on my own.”
Working as a chef for the past three years at a popular food establishment in Central, Dirpaul explained, “I have everything I need because I provide catering services on a weekend when I am free. I have everything including: pots, pans, serving trays, cutlery, utensils and crockery.
“I just don’t have the money to rent a place of my own and to outfit it,” she said.
As the “backbone” at her place of employment, Dirpaul said she was well poised to ensure the success of her own business.
Vowing not to let go of her dream, the secondary school graduate said, “I am the main cook where I work. I do everything from prepping to cooking and washing dishes, so I know I have it in me to make my business a success.”
Refusing to be discouraged by the rejections she has received from three of the four major banks she has applied at, Dirpaul vowed, “I was not bothered at first or even the second time, but the third time left me in tears because I badly want to give my children a better future.”
Grateful to her family who have continued to stand by her, Dirpaul said they have been instrumental in her being able to accept private catering jobs.
“Some of those orders pay more than I earn in a single day, so when I get a job to cook, I jump at the chance to earn a little extra cash.”
Dirpaul said she has tried saving as much as she can from these jobs in order to re-approach the banks for a loan.
She smiled as she said, “I am saving hard and trying not to let these things get me down but I am human.”
Heartened as she learned of government’s efforts to assist entrepreneurs, Dirpaul is hopeful this will be her “lucky chance” to secure financing.
While Dirpaul is eager to jumpstart her future, Tameika Fletcher-Birmingham recalled the challenges she experienced in setting up her own business..
As the owner of Bead Cafe, the 39-year-old mother of one said her journey began as a hobby and grew into a successful wholesale and retail bead and craft outfit.
Operating Bead Cafe for the past nine years, Fletcher-Birmingham has a degree in business management and previously worked in the area of corporate communications.
Of the move, she said, “I felt like I had done everything I could have done and I was feeling unfulfilled, so I decided it was time to move on.”
Although she shied away from going to the banks for start-up capital and decided to “wing it” by only investing her savings, Fletcher-Birmingham-who started the outfit with one box of beads-said she is well aware of the challenges relating to expansion and development.
“It has been a continuous cycle of learning and improving but business is all about learning and education for yourself and your customers.”
Fletcher-Birmingham’s business will be among those featured at next week’s Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW).
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Tech entrepreneur Roman Semiokhin has launched multiple betting and gaming products in the esports arena. This article will explore the global explosion in interest in esports and how tech is transforming the gaming and betting industries. For the latest statistics on esports in the UK, view the attached infographic.
The global gambling market currently has a value of somewhere in the region of $59 billion (USD). This figure is predicted to almost double by 2022, topping $92 billion.
Gaming is also a billion-dollar industry today, and experts predict it will only get bigger. Experts anticipate that, over the next five years, the gaming market will grow by around 10% annually.
Tech is transforming betting, enhancing the user experience. AI-powered chatbots are revolutionising online customer service, while virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are offering users a vastly more immersive customer experience. You can learn more about what AR is and its potential applications by viewing the embedded PDF.
Today, VR casinos replicate the experience of visiting a real-world casino, complete with sounds that recreate the atmosphere of a brick-and-mortar casino, as well as lifelike slot machines and in-game chats. Similarly, in the world of gaming, AR integrates the audio and video content of a game with the player’s real-world environment to make the experience more engaging and interactive.
Technology has changed the way consumers access the gambling and gaming markets, the most obvious example being an increase in the use of smartphones and digital devices to gamble and play games. Research by the Gambling Commission recently revealed that around half of all online gamblers place bets via their mobile phone. Meanwhile, growth of the gaming industry directly correlates with the popularisation of mobile devices.
Reflecting on the soaring popularity of esports today, Roman Semiokhin indicates that the key driver in attracting and keeping punters is technological innovation coupled with customer experience. Esports can provide accurate to the millisecond data points that are collected in an automated fashion. By contrast, in football today everything is inputted manually, which is not only incredibly labour-intensive but also culminates in a significant delay, with only very basic data points available in real time.
Although the esports market is in its relative infancy, the scope for future opportunities and growth in the sector is vast. With technological advancements occurring at lightning speed, it seems almost inevitable that esports will claim the lion’s share of bookmaker revenues in the comparatively near future. You can find out more about the rise of the esports market by viewing the embedded video.


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THE D’YRSAN CYCLE CAR.
Among the models of the D’ Yrsan cycle-car on view at the Motor Cycle Show will be a Shell Racer with a guaranteed speed of 70 m.p.h. and a Wing Model guaranteed to do 85 m.p.h.
The latest models have been designed by Captain Raymond Siran, who has a distinguished military record as a French artillery officer. He is now in charge of the London office at 33, Kinnerton Street, S.W.1, and attends personally to all inquiries.
We hope to review the latest model D’Yrsan in an early issue, as it appears to be a three-wheeler of exceptional merit.
MOTOR SPORT, OCTOBER ISSUE.—The next issue of this Journal will appear on OCTOBER 7th, in order to include a report on the Two Hundred Miles Race and information on the Motor Show.


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Caliber Acquires Four Florida Shops
Aug. 25, 2014—Caliber Collision Centers has acquired four Florida collision repair centers, the company announced recently.
The acquisition includes three Universal Auto Body Centers in the Orlando area and a Flagler Collision in Palm Coast.
“Today’s openings in Florida further enhance our ability to restore customers to the rhythm of their lives in the Eastern U.S., as we deliver on our commitment to expand customer convenience while providing industry-leading metrics in every market we serve,” said Steve Grimshaw, Caliber Collision Centers’ chief executive officer.
The shops opened for business Friday and are located at:
- 2024 Wellfleet Court in Orlando
- 430 Kane Court in Oviedo
- 17649 US Hwy 27 in Clermont
- 3 Market Place Court in Palm Coast
The purchases brings Caliber’s portfolio of repair centers to 186 across nine states.


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The BBC has submitted an application to ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to secure its own .bbc generic top-level domain (gTLD) extension. Brand protection and futureproofing were among the reasons cited by the British public service broadcaster for making the application.
|BBC applies for .bbc top-level domain name extension|
The Beeb’s current primary URL is www.bbc.co.uk, which was registered nearly 21 years ago in October 1991. However, the organisation only started using the domain name in December 1997 (six years later) to deliver content to internet visitors, eventually evolving into what we know now as BBC Online. If the broadcaster proceeds to develop the gTLD that it has applied for, there is a possibility that specific content may be served from the .bbc instead of the .bbc.co.uk web address in the future.
In a blog post, BBC’s controller of research and development (R&D) Matthew Postgate listed three factors that prompted the broadcaster to apply for the .bbc domain. First, to protect and maintain the BBC brand; secondly, to invest in the technological future of the corporation; and last but not least, to make it easier for online viewers to consume content from the BBC.
The broadcasting giant is not the only brand that has applied for its own generic top-level domain in what has been billed as the next wave of internet land grab. A list of submitted applications published by ICANN this week revealed that Google has applied for .google, .gmail and .youtube; Apple, .apple; Amazon, .amazon; Microsoft; bing, .windows and .xbox; American Express; .amex; etc. Several generic word extensions – typically made up of high-value keywords – received multiple applications, such as .app, .art, .baby, .bet, .blog, .book, .corp, .game, .home, .hotel, .inc, .love, .movie, and .shop.
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Travelers looking to explore the U.S. on a budget will soon have new flight options as Allegiant Air plans to expand its network with 22 new routes.
Just in time for the holiday season, Allegiant will launch new routes in October, November, and December, with a focus on warm-weather destinations to help travelers escape the cold of fall and winter.
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MASTER stove maker ESSE will be hosting one our our Sales, Marketing and Export workshops at its factory in Lancashire later this year.
ESSE have recently shipped one of its best-selling Ironheart cooking stoves out to Shanghai, where it will fly the flag for the ‘Made in Britain’ marque at the Green Architecture and Construction Expo later this month.
ESSE products are exported worldwide and the ‘Made in Britain’ message has been central to their success in markets as diverse as Germany, Japan and Australia.As Britain’s longest established stove and range cooker brand, with a history that stretches back more than 160 years, ESSE is associated with quality and craftsmanship around the world.
Members who come along to the workshop will gain an insight into ESSE’s approach to communicating the Made in Britain message effectively and the ESSE management team will share some of their valuable export knowledge and experience.
The event takes place on Wednesday, November 14 and a delicious lunch of traditional British fare home-cooked on ESSE range cookers is included in the £20+VAT admission fee.
Book your place at the event here