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You have seen the controversial logo - now you can get the T-shirt.
The success of Cardiff company Dirty Bird after controversy over its logo means they have started up a line in merchandising.
The food company had to defend its logo after customers complained about its phallic design.
Owner Neil Young claimed it was just a clever way of making the “d” and “b” of the company name look like a rooster.
After creating a storm, the story meant the company was inundated by responses from across the world, and was even discussed on The Young Turks, one of America’s biggest online news sites.
Owner Neil Young said: “We’ve had a global response to our brand with news channels and celebrities from the United States to Peru and Australia everyone has been talking dirty we’ve even had to start selling T-shirts.
“The logo itself seems to translate internationally and is a commonly recognised symbol of a cockerel everyone can relate to it. We plan to release some limited edition unique merchandise soon, but most of all were really looking forward to getting out in the trailer next weekend at Street Food Cardiff.”
The T-shirt with the logo are selling for £18 a pop.
The controversy started when some customers said they have been left shocked by the logo.
Customer Abigail Griffiths, 29, said: “I was queueing up with my two young sons when I looked at the logo and realised what it represents.
“It is not the sort of thing that should be on display around children.”
Another customer Denise Leyshon, 43, said: “The food was finger-licking good but when I saw the logo I was a bit shocked.
“It’s not really what you want to think about when you’re tucking into your meal.
“I was a little shocked but I would still come back for seconds.”
Run from a mobile van that travels across Wales, the company started trading this year and the first event was feeding top chefs in Wales, serving crew food at Aberaeron Seafood Festival at the Harbourmaster.
Afterwards, Michelin Star winning chef Stephen Terry from the Hardwick tweeted that he loved the food and the brand.
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“I’m not sure there have been any complaints. A few comments but it’s in the eye of the beholder, as they say.”

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The day's menu will feature fried oyster, sausage and egg, and barbecue sandwiches as well as hot dogs, homemade soups and beverages available for purchase. The women's Sodality Group will be hosting a bake sale.
Smith said money raised from the bazaar supports the activities committee, which organizes various church events, including the annual dinner. "It all goes back to the church," she said.
There are a few vendor spots still available, said Smith. For more information, contact her at 410-756-6758 or the church office at 410-756-2500.
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07 Nov Emma Thomasson: Big brands eavesdrop on hostile social-media conversations
IT LOOKS like mission control: in a Swiss market town, an array of screens in Nestle’s headquarters tracks online sentiment. Executives watch intently as California wakes up, smells the coffee – and says whether it likes it.
This is the nerve centre of the company’s Digital Acceleration Team. By monitoring conversation about its products on social media – right down to “realtime recipe tweets” across the United States – they aim to win over a sometimes hostile world.
Other companies, such as PepsiCo, Danone and Unilever, have exploited the opportunities to promote themselves online. But Nestle is also concentrating on using social media for damage limitation.
Vilified for years for its sales of baby milk formula in developing countries, Nestle today is confronting its critics online as protesters find newer targets, such as the company’s $7 billion (€5.5bn) a year bottled water business. The $200 billion food and beverage group set up its digital team a year ago, and says it has doubled spending on social media advertising in the last couple of years.
“People have been complaining about companies forever, but before they did it at the water cooler or at the bar,” said Bernhard Warner, co-founder of London-based consultancy Social Media Influence. “Now they are doing it online and spreading their complaints to disparate communities.”
Nestle is not the only bottled water producer under fire. Others including Coca-Cola are also accused of undermining public water systems. Groups such as Boston-based Corporate Accountability International, a non-profit which originated in the protests against Nestle’s infant formula, have alleged for almost a decade that bottled water makers damage the environment when they extract the water, waste resources on bottles and shipping, and take what should be a common good.
The fight matters a lot to Nestle, as it’s the world’s largest producer of bottled water. Its brands include Poland Spring, Perrier and San Pellegrino and accounted for almost 8pc of its sales of $85.31 billion in 2011.
In 2008 it ran an advertisement in Canada claiming that “bottled water is the most environmentally responsible consumer product in the world.” Campaigners in North America have nonetheless persuaded tens of thousands of people to sign a “Think outside the bottle” pledge to drink water from the tap, and pushed some US campuses and municipal buildings to ban the bottled variety.
At HQ, Nestle’s team of Digital Accelerators is tasked with “listening, engaging, transforming and inspiring.” Each member spends eight-month stints working in the space with a mini TV studio, rather like a busy newsroom or trading floor.
Pete Blackshaw, 47-year old head of digital marketing and global media, is in charge. On a recent weekday, the American and his staff of 30 to 40-year-olds were monitoring the online action on such topics as the latest cute dog photo on the Purina pet food website, or who was drinking Nescafe.
Blackshaw pointed to a map of the world showing California’s Twitter action. He also highlighted how the centre’s screens are set up to spot trouble.
“If there is a negative issue emerging, it turns red,” says Blackshaw, indicating a screen powered by software from Salesforce.com, which is also used by such brands as Dell computers and delivery company UPS. It captures millions of posts each day on topics of interest to Nestle.
“When there is a high number of comments,” Blackshaw adds, “it alerts you that you need to engage.”
That can mean a real-time online response from a team member – each has a small flag indicating their country of origin above their desk – or the team might pass an issue on.
Nestle says it has strict ‘do’s and don’ts’ for how staff should respond online, including disclosing their relationship to the company if they discuss a product. At the same time, the team is inevitably making up some rules as it goes along.
The company does not pay bloggers for pro-Nestle posts and follows industry ethics codes, disclosing any “consideration” it gives, such as providing product samples to online reviewers. Common tricks used by some public figures include faking – or purchasing – social network followers: California-based web security research firm Barracuda Labs estimates the average price for 1,000 ‘robot’ Twitter followers at $18.32 (Facebook fans are a pricier $35.59 for 1,000).
Nestle does not purchase online popularity.
When it recently thanked its “fans” for reaching 600,000 “Likes” on its main corporate Facebook page, a user identified as Andrew Wood from Britain retorted: “We are not all fans however – some have joined so that they can protest about your ethics and spread word of the long standing boycott of your products.”
Nestle replied on Facebook: “That’s a fair point, and the terms ‘fans’ and ‘likes’ may not be the ideal descriptors for everyone. That said, we value the input and feedback from all 600,000+. Thanks for the feedback.”
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Such responses result from a lesson learnt two years ago, when Greenpeace posted a spoof ad, watched by nearly 1.5 million people on YouTube, for Nestle’s KitKat snacks.
The ad showed a bored office worker take “a break” from shredding documents, to munch on a chocolate wafer finger that – unnoticed by him – had mutated into an ape-like claw. As he chewed, it spurted blood. “Give the orang-utan a break,” the slogan urged. “Stop Nestle buying palm oil from companies that destroy the rainforests.”
Nestle initially made the problem worse, earning an entry in a book by the consultant Bernhard Warner about “the 50 greatest social media screw-ups”. It tried to get the video pulled and threatened to delete hostile messages on its Facebook page.
No matter what your views on palm oil, that reaction was “absolutely ‘verboten’ for digital natives,” said Warner. “All corporates looked at this and thought ‘oh my goodness, how vulnerable are we?'”
Eventually, after more than 200,000 protest emails, Nestle sat its officials down with Greenpeace to plan a policy against deforestation.
“One of the most significant things that has happened in the corporate world in the last 10 years is this idea of being respectful of and monitoring not just what your fans have to say but also your critics,” said Warner. “It has completely changed the world of crisis management and reputation management and all the training that goes into it.”
Nestle has climbed to 12th spot from 16th in 2011 in the Reputation Institute’s index of the world’s most reputable companies.
“They have a very strong reputation among the general public,” said Nicolas Trad of the New York-based consultancy firm, which surveys 100,000 consumers for an annual reputation survey. “However, looking a little bit deeper, we find that perceptions of key opinion leaders – such as academics, regulators, nutritionists, NGOs and the like – are much weaker than those of consumers,” he said. “This is risky as this group is often ahead of the curve.”
On the day Nestle’s Digital Accelerators were monitoring online responses to cute dog photos, they were also on the lookout for word on its water business.
Chairman Peter Brabeck had posted a blog in response to “Bottled Life”, a documentary criticising Nestle that was released earlier this year. The documentary, shown in cinemas in Switzerland as well as at film festivals and on European TV channel Arte, alleges Nestle is “intent on amassing resource rights worldwide with the aim of dominating the water market of the future”.
In his blog, Nestle chairman Brabeck sought to put such criticism into the context of a broader global crisis of water scarcity. “This is the most vital issue of our time, and in this big picture, bottled water is rather irrelevant,” he wrote.
Among the film’s targets is Pure Life, the world’s top-selling bottled water brand, which is produced by Nestle and uses purified groundwater – the same water as comes out of the tap – with added minerals. Pure Life is a budget brand largely aimed at emerging markets, where demand is growing.
The movie alleges a bottling plant for Pure Life in Pakistan may be contributing to a falling water table there. Nestle denies this, saying the amount used by its plant at Sheikhupura near Lahore is too small.
In Pakistan, there’s no conclusive evidence on either side. Data from the province of Punjab show no significant variation in the water table at testing stations in the region, but local water authorities do not maintain data on how much groundwater individual companies or industries pump.
History shows the power of such objections.
Around a decade ago, a California-based NGO publicised locals’ worries that a Coke bottling plant in Kerala in India was damaging their water supply. The claims were rejected by Coke but eventually resulted in officials closing the plant. A government-appointed committee proposed that Coca-Cola pay damages for causing “environmental degradation by over-extraction of ground water.”
More than 1 million people have so far watched “Bottled Life” – not a huge audience by global standards. But social media is “the amplifier”, as Blackshaw, who previously worked as a digital brand manager at Proctor & Gamble, says.
Nestle’s global critics have already picked up the documentary. “We are calling on Nestle to come clean about where the water is coming from and stop undermining local control of water,” said Kristin Urquiza of Corporate Accountability International. “Nestle should be concerned about how this is hurting its brand image.”
The company has not engaged directly with the film makers: it says it responded to their questions on paper, but declined to make executives available on camera as it knew the documentary would be “polemical.”
In his blog, Brabeck wrote that the film “illustrated a whole spectrum of perceptions, misperceptions and allegations concerning this part of our business.”
A woman named Deirdre Mistarz asked on the blog about a suggestion in the film that Nestle is not willing to provide drinking water for people near the Pakistan plant: “Are the poor to be treated as lepers, to be deprived of the basic human need of clean water; are they to be extinguished because they are so poor they cannot help to fill the coffers of Nestle?”
Two hours later, Brabeck responded: “This is not true. We have installed two water filtration facilities in the region which can be accessed by more than 10,000 people and we are in the process of building a third.”
Of course, Nestle’s Digital Accelerators also use social media for traditional publicity. A French team member has developed an app that plays a cookery video when a package code is scanned. And Nestle said sales of Perrier water had a strong start to the year, helped by a video which was popular on YouTube. Its story: to save a melting world, a glamorous woman drinks Perrier.


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Would You Pay $1 To Make Your Product Less Valuable?
By Mike Masnick, Sat Feb 26 02:00:00 GMT 2005
Despite putting together an "open" copy protection standard for mobile phones last month, handset makers are complaining that the cost is too expensive. That's only half the story.
With great fanfare last month, a group of companies with intellectual property in the digital rights management (DRM) space agreed to pool their patents to offer a single DRM offering that would cost $1 per handset. There were some obvious problems, however. The standard only protected (loosely, at that) content designed for mobile phones, when many smartphones are at the point where they can access full Internet content or play music files in a variety of other formats (often with their own types of DRM).
More importantly, however, are the business model questions around DRM. It is, essentially, something that takes away what an end-user wants on his or her phone. It's an anti-feature. In a competitive market this opens you up to much greater threats from a competitor who realizes it can steal away market share by actually offering that missing feature.
It appears that some handset makers are recognizing this fact. While they remain anonymous, they're saying that they can't see the value of paying $1 for this DRM. There is no ROI for them. While the article mistakenly claims that vendors need DRM, there is no evidence of this. It's become clear that no copy protection is perfect -- and once a piece of content is free of the copy protection, an infinite number of copies can be made. In other words, for the determined copier, the content will get out there -- and once it's out there, it's impossible to stop.
At the heart of this issue, though, is the business case for handset providers. The complaint is that $1 is too expensive. However, it's not just the dollar that's expensive -- it's the fact that they would be paying an extra dollar to make their own handsets less valuable to customers. That's a very difficult business proposition to sell at any price.


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If you try calling Zoom, you may be greeted with a gruff voice asking, “Are you looking for Zoom dot-us or Zoomus Marketing?”
That’s Frank Cahill, who runs a small marketing company called Zoomus out of New Jersey. You can find its website at Zoomus.com. He does not work at Zoom, the massively popular video chat service, which is located at Zoom.us.
A lot of people seem to be getting the two confused.
Before the coronavirus, Cahill got calls from people looking for Zoom every once in awhile. He says he bought the Zoomus.com domain name in 2010 or 2011, back when Zoom was “very small and not known,” for around $5,000.
But the calls really started to come in when people across the country started to work from home in March.
“I have [Zoom’s] number posted on my wall so when people do call, I just give them their toll free number, because if I don’t they keep calling back,” he said. “I actually use their service every day of the week, which is ironic.”
According to Cahill, traffic to his website started to go up after the pandemic started. He received as many as four calls each day from users looking for Zoom and not his company, Zoomus.
“Whenever a company uses a non .com domain name and that extension is not a part of its brand, it risks traffic leakage,” explained Elliot Silver, who runs the popular industry blog , in an email to Mashable.
Furthermore, when the average internet user couldn’t remember what the domain extension was for a website they wanted to visit, they were most likely to assume it was .com.
“Zoomus.com is probably the most risky domain name for Zoom to not own,” said Silver. “But fortunately for them, it looks to be owned by a totally different business.”
Cahill is actually a blessing in disguise for Zoom. If Zoomus.com was registered to a bad actor, there could have been some real security problems for the company.
“Zoom has been in the news almost every single day since this started so it’s becoming a more popular brand for phishing campaigns,” explained Mark Ostrowski, head of engineering at Check Point.
The security firm uncovered around 1,700 malicious domains being used to steal Zoom users’ private information. More than a month later, the number has gone up.
”We’re well over 2,500 now and it’s continuing to increase,” he said.
The fact Zoomus.com is owned by a legit business wasn’t Zoom’s only stroke of luck.
If you type Zoom.com in your web browser, the URL redirects you to Zoom’s website at Zoom.us. It didn’t always. In fact, the video conferencing company only took ownership of the domain fairly recently.
In late 2018, Zoom Zoom.com for more than from a company that bought it a few months earlier. That company, Media Options, had planned to use Zoom.com for a domain name sales and consulting service before selling it to the video chat company.
Why doesn’t Zoom just change its main domain to Zoom.com? A company spokesperson explained in an email, “We did acquire the .com domain and in the near-term have been forwarding it to .us because that is where our existing infrastructure is and it is the familiar domain for our customers.”
Two million dollars for a domain name sounds like a lot. But imagine if Zoom tried to buy it now, after becoming one of the most trafficked sites in the world.
“I believe that acquisition turned out to be one of the best strategic moves the company made,” said Silver of DomainInvesting. “Had the company not acquired Zooom.com in 2018, the price to buy the domain name would have been much higher now, if another company had not bought it in the meantime.”
“If they didn’t own the .com version it would be a huge faux pas and, of course, very costly and confusing,” said Rick Schwartz, who is known throughout the domain name industry as the “Domain King,” in an email to Mashable. Over the years, Schwartz has owned some of the most premium domain names in existence, such as men.com and candy.com, and has sold them for millions of dollars.
“Since they do own the .com, then they have the luxury of branding any extension that they like,” explained Schwartz.
Zoom couldn’t have expected to get this big this fast. It has been around for nine years. At the end of 2019, Zoom it had 10 million users, mostly enterprise-level customers working at big corporations. The company now says it has 300 million daily active meeting .
Its new user base consists of students and teachers, families trying to stay in contact, and millions of businesses of all sizes — pretty much anybody looking to keep in touch with someone they aren’t quarantined at home with.
“One issue that could exist is that people may not trust the genuine Zoom.us url,” said Silver. “They may actually think the real Zoom.us domain name is attempting to impersonate Zoom.com.”
Mashable reached out to Neustar, the organization that runs the .US domain registry, about other large companies that built their name on the domain extension. While the registry provided some examples, like the websites for Mastercard and grocery chain Aldi, none came close to Zoom in terms of popularity.
“There are precious few websites in the world … that have a similar size and scale as Zoom.us,” a spokesperson for Neustar told Mashable.
According to the Amazon-owned Alexa.com, which tracks the most trafficked websites in the world, the video conferencing platform is the fifth most popular website in the United States, right behind web behemoths Google, YouTube, Amazon, and Facebook. On a , Zoom.us went from being the 308th most trafficked website at the start of February to the 18th most trafficked site in the world at the time this article was published.
“Zoomus.com is probably the most risky domain name for Zoom to not own,” said Silver.
Zoomus isn’t the only business getting bombarded with customers looking for Zoom. S2 Solutions, a software company out of Wyoming, makes PowerPoint creation software called Zoom. The app lives on the URL SimplyZoom.com.
However, if you type in Zoom.us.com, another common typo from people unfamiliar with non .com domain extensions, you’ll be forwarded to the app’s main site.
“We see significantly increased traffic through Zoom.us.com, people emailing and calling with questions or support requests for Zoom video conferencing,” explained S2 Solutions manager Philipp Bell.
“In the beginning, we tried to forward those requests to Zoom video support but it has become too much by now,” he explained. The company reached out to Zoom to see if they were interested in the name, but never heard back.
There is a light at the end of the tunnel for companies like Zoomus.com and Zoom.us.com.
“Longer-term, we are planning a migration from Zoom.us to Zoom.com as we find this will be particularly beneficial as we expand globally, but we do not have a set timeframe for this,” said a Zoom spokesperson. “Zoom.us is a strong brand of its own and it is a large project to migrate this infrastructure.”
When Frank Cahill of Zoomus Marketing began to receive calls at 3 a.m. from Zoom users around the world, he knew he had to do something. So, now when you go to Cahill’s website, Zoomus.com, the first thing you’re greeted with is a pop-up message with Zoom’s number and a link to its website, Zoom.us.
“This website is Zoomus Marketing,” reads the pop-up message. “If you are trying to reach Zoom Video Conferencing you are at the wrong place. Please do not call us or email us.”
Cahill says the pop-up has helped, but he still receives calls “here and there” from people looking for Zoom.


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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Feb. 27, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Collectors Universe, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLCT), a leading provider of value-added authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of high-value collectibles, today announced that it had certified its 50 millionth collectible on February 26, 2014.
"We opened our doors for business in February 1986 and we received 18,000 coins for grading that very first month, a number far in excess of what we expected. The next month we received 35,000 coins, and we have been growing steadily since. Now just a few weeks after our 28th anniversary of being in business, we've reached the 50,000,000th milestone because collectors and dealers worldwide have put their trust in the assurance and market liquidity that Collectors Universe's expert, third-party grading and authentication provide," said David Hall, President and Founder of Collectors Universe.
"They've come to us year-after-year to certify the authenticity of some of the world's most valuable rare coins, trading cards, game-used baseballs, bats and other sports memorabilia, autographs and historical documents."
Robert Deuster, Chief Executive Officer, added, "This milestone is a very significant one for Collectors Universe that reflects the success of the business since its founding in 1986 and the confidence collectors have in our services and brand which enhance the security and values of their collectibles."
Since its founding in 1986, the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) division of Collectors Universe has examined, authenticated and graded nearly 28 million coins with a combined estimated market value of over $27 billion. These include the world's most valuable rare coin sold at auction, a 1794-dated silver dollar believed to be the first silver dollar ever struck by the United States Mint that was sold for $10 million in 2013.
PCGS experts also certified the authenticity and grade of the buried treasure trove of more than 1,400 gold coins found in California that generated international headlines this past week.
Since its founding in 1991, the Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) and PSA/DNA Authentication Services divisions have certified over 22 million trading cards, sports memorabilia items and autographs with a combined estimated market value of over $1 billion. Among the PSA and PSA/DNA certified items are the baseball bat that sold for $1.2 million in 2004 that was used by Babe Ruth in 1923 to hit the first home run in the original Yankee Stadium. And at the request of the NFL, PSA/DNA has authenticated all of the footballs used in more than a dozen Super Bowl games.
After certification by Collectors Universe, coins and trading cards are sonically-sealed in durable, tamper-evident plastic holders that provide optimum protection for safe, long-term storage.
The landmark achievement of certifying the 50 millionth collectible took place at the American Numismatic Association National Money Show in Atlanta, Georgia on February 26, 2014, when the Company certified the authenticity and grade, PCGS Mint State 66+, of a Morgan silver dollar struck in 1888 at the New Orleans Mint. It was submitted by Mike Newman of Augusta, Georgia, a member of the PCGS Collectors Club and a participant in the PCGS Set Registry® program.
A special insert label that reads, "Collectors Universe 1986 - 2014 50,000,000 Coins, Cards & Autographs Graded," was used when PCGS encapsulated the coin. In recognition of the milestone and as a symbolic representation of the year PCGS was founded, the Company is awarding the submitter a 1986-dated proof American Eagle gold one-ounce bullion coin.
About Collectors Universe
Collectors Universe, Inc. is a leading provider of value-added services to the high-value collectibles markets. The Company authenticates and grades collectible coins, trading cards, event tickets, autographs, and memorabilia ("collectibles"). The Company also compiles and publishes authoritative information about United States and world coins, collectible trading cards and sports memorabilia, and operates its CCE dealer-to-dealer Internet bid-ask market for certified coins and its Expos trade show and conventions business. This information is accessible to collectors and dealers at the Company's website, http://www.collectors.com and is also published in print.
CONTACT: Joseph Wallace Chief Financial Officer Collectors Universe 949-567-1245 Email: firstname.lastname@example.org
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New Delhi: Petrol, diesel prices were cut on Tuesday and after today's price revision, petrol became cheaper by 14-16 paise across major cities of the country while diesel became cheaper by 10-11 paise per litre. In the national capital Delhi, petrol is sold at Rs 70.44 today as against Rs 70.59 yesterday and diesel is sold at Rs 65.51 as compared to Rs 65.61 on Monday.
In Mumbai, the retail prices of petrol and diesel are Rs 76.08 a litre and Rs 68.59 a litre respectively, according to data available on Indian Oil Corporation website. Petrol was sold at Rs 76.22 a litre while the price of diesel was Rs 68.70 per litre in Mumbai on Monday.
In Chennai, petrol is sold at Rs 73.11 a litre, down 16 paise compared to yesterday’s price of Rs 73.27 a litre, and diesel is sold at Rs 69.20, down 11 paise from Rs 69.31 a litre on Monday. Citizens in Kolkata Kolkata have to pay Rs 72.55 for a litre of petrol while diesel retailed at Rs 67.29 per litre.
It is worth noting that a sharp rise in retail fuel prices were recorded in India for a couple of months till October 4 last year. Petrol price had peaked to Rs 84 a litre in Delhi and it crossed the Rs 91 mark in Mumbai.
On Tuesday, US oil prices went up boosted by expectations of tightening global supply amid US curbs on Venezuela and production cuts led by OPEC. International Brent crude oil futures had yet to trade, after closing down 0.4 per cent in the last session.


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Bury Council is working with Radcliffe Business Group over a long-term and sustainable solution for Christmas decorations in Radcliffe.
The decorations for Radcliffe were bought five years ago with funding from the council and a £3,000 grant from the local township forum. The business group was not required to make a financial contribution to the purchase of these lights, and neither have the decorations been lost. All the lights (27 street column displays and one canopy display) are currently in safe storage.
Councillor Mike Connolly, leader of Bury Council, said: “I am very keen to work with Radcliffe Business Group and support the traders in finding a solution similar to that adopted in Tottington and Ramsbottom, where the local business groups already organise and fund their own decorations.
“A quotation has been provided by the council for electrically testing, installing, maintaining and dismantling the Christmas decorations in Radcliffe. However, the business group is keen to pursue a lower cost option by using a local qualified electrician who has access to a mobile tower wagon.
“Either option could benefit from a £750 township forum grant which is due to be submitted by the business group.
“Regrettably the council is unable to sustain the level of funding put into this in previous years, but we are still providing lighted Christmas trees in each of the townships again this year. Furthermore, the tree in Radcliffe will be decorated with traditional, brighter multi-coloured festoon lights instead of the white lights used last year.
“Hopefully, support from local businesses will be forthcoming and a solution can be found quickly which means we can hand the lights over and Radcliffe won’t be without lights this year or in years to come.”
Peter Hardman, treasurer of Radcliffe Business Group, said: “We are talking to the council about how we might organise the lights for Radcliffe ourselves this year. With this in mind, we are very keen to hear from any local electrical contractor or other business that wants to get involved, or can help in any way, in creating a brighter Christmas for Radcliffe. The business group is also thinking beyond Christmas to get involved in other improvements for Radcliffe working with the council.”
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An attack against Airbnb is an attack against the entire sharing economy, say two New York entrepreneurs who've pledged their support for the room rental site facing potentially growth-stunting legal issues in New York City, one of its key international markets.
It's also an attack against struggling college students, argues a public policy student and eager host named Mishelle. She's circulating a petition to keep Airbnb in New York City, with the hope of securing 100,000 signatures from around the globe and then delivering it to every state Senator.
The legal mess that began in May when New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ruled Airbnb illegal in New York has escalated this month as the state began issuing subpoenas to 15,000 people who've rented their homes via the site. Schneiderman now claims that the 10 most active Airbnb hosts owe $8.5 million in hotel taxes for nights they've rented their homes and skirted the 15 percent tax that hoteliers in the state are forced to pay.
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California health authorities this week sent letters to 13 genetic testing businesses – including Navigenics of Redwood City – ordering them to stop providing the tests to state residents until the companies prove they are in compliance with state law.
“The businesses were ordered to immediately cease and desist offering genetic tests to California residents until they have obtained a clinical laboratory license from the California Department of Public Health,” the agency said in a statement to the Mercury News.
The businesses also must prove a licensed doctor orders their tests, according to the agency’s spokeswoman, Lea Brooks. She said health officials believe the companies that were sent the letters either didn’t have the lab license, or a doctor ordering their tests or both.
The agency said it began investigating gene-testing companies after receiving complaints from consumers “about the accuracy and cost of genetic testing advertised on the Internet.” The agency declined to name the businesses, saying it would identify them after they confirm receipt of the letters. It said some were in California.
Mari Baker, chief executive of Navigenics, said Friday that the company received a letter from the state. She insisted, “we fully believe we are in compliance with California law.”
Baker said Navigenics uses a laboratory run by Affymetrix, a well-known Santa Clara company that supplies genetic analysis tools. “We also have a California-licensed physician who is involved with the ordering of tests and who approves the delivery of results to customers,” she said.
Baker said she isn’t aware of any consumer complaints about her company and that she hopes to resolve the state’s concerns.
The health department’s statement also said that until a state laboratory license has been obtained, “any advertising for genetic services, whether it be in written word or by Internet, must clearly state that this testing is prohibited for California residents.”
It added that the businesses were told to submit a plan of correction within 14 days to the California Department of Public Health, showing “how the businesses will prevent further violation of California state laboratory law.”
“Businesses that fail to comply with the order are subject to civil and/or criminal sanctions,” the statement noted. Brooks said those fines could be up to $10,000 a day per violation.
In April, New York health authorities said they’d sent warning letters to several gene-testing companies – including Navigenics and 23andMe of Mountain View. The letters said the companies were suspected of accepting genetic material from New York “without the requisite clinical laboratory permit.”
At the time, Baker said Navigenics hadn’t sold genetic tests to anyone in New York and a statement issued by 23andMe said it was working with regulators around the country to determine what rules should apply to gene-testing operators.
23andMe executives could not be reached Friday to say whether they also had gotten a letter from California authorities.


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India's Reliance Power Q2 net beats forecast on higher generation
Nov 5 (Reuters) - Indian utility Reliance Power Ltd reported a 2.1 percent rise in quarterly net profit, beating expectations helped by higher generation capacity.
The company, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, reported a net profit of 2.4 billion rupees ($44.65 million) for the second quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with 2.35 billion rupees a year ago. Net sales more than doubled to 10.79 billion rupees, it said.
Analysts on average had expected a net profit of 2.1 billion rupees according to ThomsonReuters I/B/E/S.
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To celebrate 30 years of pet care, Pets at Home has launched a big sale on some of its most popular products. Available for a limited-time, discover what the pet retailer has on offer.
With prices cut to 30 percent off, Pets at Home is offering customers discounted items across a variety of pet care.
Including top food brands like AVA and Wainwrights, there’s plenty on offer making it the perfect opportunity to restock or treat your pet.
Peter Pritchard, CEO of Pets at Home said: “We’ve come a long way since our first Pets at Home store opened in Chester in 1991 – and since then, our pet care business has grown in line with the nation’s ongoing unconditional love and appreciation for pets.”
The sale is running from now until Tuesday 15 June 2021 so be sure not to miss out on this sale.
Pets at Home is celebrating 30 years with a big sale across popular pet care products.
Renowned for its extensive range of pet care, there are products for dogs, cars, birds, small animals and fishes.
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Alert over Derbyshire fish sellers
Residents are being warned about dodgy doorstep fish sellers.
Following a number of complaints from residents, Derbyshire County Council’s trading standards team is urging people to watch out for unfamiliar traders trying to make a quick profit.
The door-to-door sellers often target elderly or more vulnerable residents, convincing them to part with large sums of money for fish which is unlabelled, mislabelled, out-of-date or previously frozen.
Householders are also led to believe they are only buying a few pieces of fish but are then presented with much larger quantities and pressured into taking them, often handing over more than £100.
One customer thought she was buying a couple of fish for £10 but was forced to pay a bill for £176 and was ignored when she told the rogue trader it was far too much.
Councillor Dave Allen, the council’s cabinet member for health and communities, said: “Although there are some legitimate doorstep fish sellers out there, we advise residents to be cautious if approached by any unfamiliar traders.
“If you have any doubts at all, don’t buy from them. Instead buy from your local shop or supermarket or mobile fish sellers who regularly visit your area.
“And we’d like to make it perfectly clear to rogue traders − if you’re caught selling produce which is below legal standards or not as originally described, we will prosecute.”
Residents who would like advice or who want to report a rogue trader can call the Citizens Advice Consumer Service on 03454 040506.


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Google’s corporate cousin Wing is again expanding its activity in Australia with enlarged drone delivery service in the Canberra area, including orders from its new supermarket client, Coles.
Australia has taken to drone deliveries in a big way since Wing launched service in 2019, permitting the company to rack up over 200,000 aerial orders to date. That figure marks a doubling of the 100,000 milestone it surpassed last September. Operations are expected to accelerate further with the addition of Coles to its customer base – the first supermarket in the country to take to the skies.
The match-up will make over 250 items Coles offers – including bread, fresh produce, snacks, convenience meals, healthcare items, kitchen essentials, and (inevitably, so it seems) toilet paper – available by air across Canberra in just minutes. Wing says there is no price minimum on orders, and drone delivery to buyers is free.
Coles’ chief executive of e-commerce, Ben Hassing, said its partnership with Wing will not only spirit goods to customers quickly, but also help the chain to meet its carbon reduction goals by lifting deliveries from ground trucks to battery-powered drones.
“We are passionate about finding innovative ways to help our customers to shop with us and we aim to deliver anytime, anywhere, anyhow shopping,” Hassing said. “By partnering with Wing, we’re able to offer our online customers another convenient option to purchase the Coles items they know and love, and get them delivered straight to their door.”
The addition of Coles to its roster coincides with Wing extending the range of its drone deliveries to the Canberra suburbs of Kaleen and Giralang, in addition to the five others it already serviced. The paired developments reflect the rapidly increasing activity Wing has enjoyed in Australia – including one recent day when the company made 1,000 drone deliveries, or one every 25 seconds. At least one factor driving demand was enduring social distancing measures respected even after Australia exited 2021 COVID-19 lockdowns.
“In the last year we’ve seen a significant increase in use of our on-demand drone delivery service, with many customers finding the service especially useful as they stayed home, and relied on our contactless delivery service to deliver the items they needed,” says Wing’s general manager in Australia, Simon Rossi. “Wing made more than 100,000 deliveries in Australia in 2021, and strong demand for drone delivery has continued in 2022. Wing has already made more than 30,000 deliveries in Australia this year.”
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Dog owners misplace the most socks!
Today (9 May) is National Odd Sock Day, and dog owners across the UK have been named as the people most likely to misplace socks… and it’s apparently all because of our four-legged friends.
Survey results suggest that the average UK dog owner spends over eight days of the year (65 minutes a week) searching for missing socks, with half of those admitting to spending more than 15 minutes a day dedicated entirely for searching out elusive socks, as well as pants and gloves amongst other items.
While time to sort out the washing in the first place remains the number one reason for lost items in the washing machine, sock-loving dogs and disorganised lifestyles are among the reasons why dog parents fail to keep track, a study by new luxury sock brand Popasox.com has revealed.
The new brand of socks, which handily pop together when washed, surveyed more than 2,200 people and found that 40 per cent preferred to throw away their odd socks rather than spend as little as 10 minutes a day searching, whereas a third (33 per cent) preferred not to be beaten and continue their search.
- Six in ten dog owners admitted to throwing more than 20 odd socks away each year
- Men were more likely to throw away than keep up the search
- Dog owners aged between 38-45 are more likely to throw than search
- Up to two-thirds of people admitted to finding odd socks up to three months later in garden borders, underneath sofas and at the side of cupboards
Lizzie Tipping from Popasox.com said, “One of the many reasons why we developed our Popasox was because we know that dogs love socks, whether it’s straight from the washing machine or from the foot directly!
“We hope that our socks go some way towards helping to keep dog owner’s socks together, whether freshly washed or well-worn!”
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Nine retail sites operated by DC Cook, which went into receivership on January 19, have been closed and almost half the group's workforce made redundant.
Grant Thornton, administrative receivers to DC Cook Holdings, says the business operations have been reduced to seven sites "following analysis of trading and negotiations with manufacturers and landlords".
The nine sites are in Derby, Bracknell, Shrewsbury, South Shields, Warrington, Newcastle under Lyme, York, Rotherham and the Fiat franchise in Doncaster.
Stock from these is being redeployed where possible to sites in Barnsley, Macclesfield, Sheffield, Manchester, Rochdale and the Jaguar franchise in Doncaster and Coventry which are trading normally.
The closures have led to 280 redundancies out of a total group workforce of 680. Redeployment of staff is taking place where possible.
Nigel Ruddock, a partner in Grant Thornton, said: "Since our appointment we have been analysing the trading patterns within the group, marketing the business and negotiating with manufacturers and landlords. Fiat, Alfa, Jaguar, Nissan and Rover, which account for the majority of the franchises have been supportive.
"Other manufacturers have used this opportunity to re-address the shape of their franchise networks and ceased to supply the business."
The other manufacturers are Citroen, Renault, Mitsubishi and Daihatsu.
Mr Ruddock added that there had been an "encouraging" level of interest from potential purchasers in the group's outlets.
The Crewe site, which sold Renaults, was sold to TG Holdcroft on January 25.


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PHILADELPHIA — Lannett Co. received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for codeine sulfate tablets USP, a schedule II controlled substance, in 15 mg, 30 mg and 60 mg dosage strengths. It is the equivalent to codeine sulfate tablets USP 15 mg, 30 mg and 60 mg, from Roxane Labs.
“Codeine sulfate tablets USP 15 mg, 30 mg and 60 mg is our second product approved by the FDA thus far in 2014,” said Arthur P. Bedrosian, president and CEO of Lannett. “We currently have a number of product applications pending at the FDA and are hopeful to receive additional product approvals in the coming months. In addition, we continue to develop our pipeline, which includes 55 products in various stages of development.”
Codeine sulfate tablets USP had sales of approximately $4.3 million for the year ended April 2014, accoring to IMS Health.


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Kim Kardashian is trying to bring back some 2000s-era styles, like Uggs and Juicy Couture tracksuits, like low-rise jeans and peekaboo thongs, which deserve to burn in fashion hell.
Capri pants, those leg-truncating trousers that are too long to be Bermuda shorts also bad but hit above where a more classic cropped pant might fall squarely into the latter category, at least for most of us.
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Kim who in recent years ushered in the return of two other questionable trends from the era, biker shorts and high-heeled flip-flops is making a case for the polarizing pedal pushers’ comeback.
Kim Kardashian on Wednesday night was spotted outside in West Hollywood wearing flame-red leather capris that hugged her hips and dropped just below the “Keeping Up With The Kardashian” reality TV star’s knees.
Kim who is separating from her rapper husband Kanye West styled the divisive duds with a matching knit crop top and another ripped-from-the-aughts style staple, Manolo Blahnik’s Timberland-inspired “Oklamod” boots.
Considering Kim’s record of resuscitating seemingly dead-and-buried fashions, it’s likely only a matter of time before capris filter finds its ways into stores out there.


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- Airbnb is expanding the number of hotels on its platform, and launching a loyalty program.
- It already has at least 15,000 hotel listings.
Airbnb is taking further aim at big chain hotels and online travel agencies, announcing a program Thursday that would expand it beyond shared accommodations into something like a full-fledged travel company.
At an event in San Francisco on Thursday, co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky said that the start-up is making it easier for more hotels to list by expanding the type and quality of its listings. The company is also introducing four new rental categories, hiring people to vet higher-end listings and launching a loyalty program later in the year.
As online travel agencies like Booking.com move onto Airbnb's territory by offering short-term home and apartment rentals, Airbnb is responding by diversifying its offerings, and opening new lines of business like its "Trips" product, which launched in November 2016.
Increasingly, that also means moving beyond shared homes to hotels. In August of last year, Chesky tweeted that Airbnb had listings for 15,000 boutique hotels, about 10 months after introducing them to the platform. Earlier this month, Airbnb announced a partnership with SiteMinder, a hotel distribution platform used by more than 28,000 hotels around the world.
The four new categories of listings — vacation home, unique space, B&B and boutique — will give hosts "an unprecedented level of detail in the travel industry" to showcase their properties, Airbnb said in a release.
By expanding its listings and breaking out categories, Airbnb is taking a page from major hotel companies and online travel agencies that offer different brands and price points. In turn, that could expand the start-up's customer base as it heads toward an IPO in the next few years.
The latest push is unlikely to put what Chesky has called "mass-produced" hotel chains on the Airbnb platform.
"We have to be more inclusive of who belong on Airbnb — but there's also a flip side: Not everyone belongs on Airbnb," Chesky said in December, during a global Q&A session.
"We want to have tighter host standards. Groups that provide mass-produced hospitality, who don't offer belonging, who don't' care about what we care about — they don't meet our standards, and they find somewhere else to do their business."
Airbnb and the big chain hotel industry have not always had a smooth relationship, and this new initiative will further complicate that.
Indeed, a spokesman for a hotel industry trade group lashed out at Airbnb Thursday afternoon.
"Whether it's called Plus or Boutique program, Airbnb's latest scheme is just further proof the company is trying to play in the hoteling space while evading industry regulations. If Airbnb wants to enter the hoteling business, then it needs to be regulated, taxed and subject to the same safety compliances and oversight that law-abiding hotel companies adhere to each and every day," said Troy Flanagan, a VP at the American Hotel & Lodging Association, a group that includes the Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt chains as members.
"The question that cities and neighborhoods should be asking – will these 'Plus' or 'Boutique' listings include commercial operators exploiting Airbnb's platform to run illegal hoteling schemes that have fractured our communities, raised serious safety concerns and increased the price of rent while depleting affordable housing options?"


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TROY to have small business seminar in Enterprise | Business
TROY – Troy University’s Small Business Development Center will conduct a seminar on how small businesses can interface with federal agencies on Thursday, June 28 in Enterprise.
The seminar, entitled “Working with a Small Business Specialist,” is scheduled for 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the Enterprise Business Incubator Building in Yancey Parker Industrial Park at 102 Commerce Drive.
“Selling to the federal government can be a complicated and frustrating process,” said Judy Callin, a senior consultant with the Center. “Each federal agency has a small business program and many have a Small Business Specialist who serves as a liaison between the agency and small businesses who want to sell to that agency. Working with one can help simplify the process.”
The two-hour program will be led by Fort Rucker’s Small Business Specialist Michael Faire. Following the seminar, a networking opportunity will take place with refreshments.
There is no charge to attend the seminar, but pre-registration is requested. For more information, contact Monica Stephens at the TROY SBDC via email to email@example.com or telephone at 334-674-2425.
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The resignation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Tuesday raises a lot of questions about the issues he personally championed during his time at the agency.
Among the most recently labeled was what Gottlieb referred to as the “epidemic” that is teen vaping and underage access to tobacco products. On Monday, the FDA put 15 retailers on notice, including Walgreens and 7-Eleven, for allegedly selling tobacco products to minors. The warnings followed a letter Gottlieb sent last month to leading e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs addressing the fact that teen vaping did not seem to be abating.
In his resignation letter, Gottlieb specifically referenced his efforts, writing, “In the last two years, the FDA set out to advance major new policies to reduce the morbidity associated with tobacco use; to confront teen use of e-cigarettes…”
But with Gottlieb officially stepping down in a month, many are wondering what, if any, policy changes might come with his new yet-to-be-named successor. In a November 2018 announcement, the FDA cracked down on e-cigarettes by banning retail sales of flavored products that are said to appeal to underage users, and moved to ban flavored cigars and menthol cigarettes. The position on the latter caught many analysts and lawmakers by surprise.
On Tuesday, it was Gottlieb’s exit — which he himself had previously refuted just two months ago on Twitter — that caught analysts off guard.
I’ve heard from friends contacted by an online pharma news pub that’s preparing a story speculating that I’m leaving #FDA. I want to be very clear - I’m not leaving. We’ve got a lot important policy we’ll advance this year. I look forward to sharing my 2019 strategic roadmap soon pic.twitter.com/0xQuXnSPbo— Scott Gottlieb, M.D. (@SGottliebFDA) January 3, 2019
‘A positive for Big Tobacco’
Wells Fargo tobacco analyst Bonnie Herzog was among analysts voicing her surprise following Gottlieb’s resignation in a note Tuesday, but added that the news was viewed “as a positive for the tobacco industry.”
“We believe his resignation calls into question whether or not the FDA will in fact enforce harsher regulations around youth e-cig usage/access,” Herzog wrote. “We expect tobacco stocks to react favorably to this news [and] reiterate our Outperform ratings on [Altria and Philip Morris International.]”
Altria (MO), the Big Tobacco company that makes Marlboro cigarettes, invested nearly $13 billion dollars in e-cig company Juul last year in a push to offset slowing sales of its traditional tobacco products. The company also received a letter from Gottlieb last month to meet with the FDA in order to address what more could be done to reduce the e-cigarette-use rate among children.
A recent survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed a 38% rise in the amount of high schoolers using tobacco products, driven largely by an uptake in e-cigarettes.
Juul, which controls about 75% of the e-cigarette market, declined to comment on Gottlieb’s resignation.
Philip Morris International (PM), which is still awaiting FDA approval for its smokeless tobacco device iQOS, had more to say.
“Commissioner Gottlieb did much to raise awareness that new, innovative non-combustible products, such as heated tobacco technologies, can play a vital role in helping those men and women who would otherwise continue smoking switch out of cigarettes to better choices,” a Philip Morris spokesperson told Yahoo Finance. “We share the Commissioner’s view that youth should not use any nicotine-containing product.”
While regulating e-cigarettes became a key issue for Gottlieb toward the end of his tenure, he was often lambasted for not being tougher on regulating e-cigarettes, especially as use among children skyrocketed. Under Gottlieb’s helm, the FDA faced lawsuits from anti-tobacco advocates for not taking a stronger stance in approving devices for sale.
E-cigs are in the hands of new FDA commissioner
Whether the next FDA commissioner straddles the positive side of e-cigarettes, which advocates say offer a safer alternative to traditional e-cigarettes, with the negative, which is that e-cigarettes are a potential gateway to smoking, remains to be seen.
As Piper Jaffray notes, a new commissioner will have to be confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate. About a month before Gottlieb's resignation, Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) took issue with Gottlieb's proposal to ban menthol cigarettes, according to Bloomberg. At the time, the North Carolina Republican even called on President Donald Trump to get involved after noting that Gottlieb "liked" a tweet that showed a drop in the president's approval rating. An FDA spokesperson told Bloomberg that Gottlieb inadvertently “liked” that tweet.
On Tuesday, Burr issued a statement echoing Trump's praise for Gottlieb's effort in leading the FDA, writing, "Scott has been one of the best commissioners I’ve seen in the 25 years I’ve been in Washington. I look forward to the Administration’s next nominee, and hope they bring the same talents and passion that Scott Gottlieb has displayed.”
“Though at this point we don’t know who Trump will nominate for the position, we find some comfort that the new commissioner will need to be approved by the Senate,” Piper Jaffray’s biotech analysts wrote.


text: Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Pakistan, Adam Mulawarman Tugio on Monday said that Pakistan and Indonesia trade and goods agreement is being negotiated and was likely to be implemented soon for increased trade activities. Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) already exists between the two countries and the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is also being reviewed, Ambassador Adam said this while addressing the consultative seminar for the promotion of bilateral tourism with local tourist agents and Journalists. The Indonesian envoy said that this is the century of the Asian region in which the next Southeast Asia, Pacific Asia, Central Asia and China will play an important role in the global economy and trade. Pakistan-Indonesia economic cooperation could open new avenues for cooperation between South Asian and Association of East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, he said. The Ambassador said that emerging economies like Pakistan could, on the one hand, link global trade with Central Asian countries, and on the other hand, its geographical link with western China could be beneficial to Indonesia and ASEAN countries. He said that Pakistan and Indonesia have historical religious, political, diplomatic and economic ties, which can be used to further strengthen economic and trade ties between the two countries. Indonesia emerged as the only economy of $1 trillion in the ASEAN and the Islamic world and both of the countries have great potential for cooperation in all fields including tourism, trade, e-commerce, and defense. He said that cooperation in the tourism sector on both sides could introduce new dimensions in the promotion of mutual tourism. Ambassador said that the two countries could lay a new foundation for relations by promoting cooperation in the tourism and services sector. He further said that Pakistan and Indonesia are among the most beautiful countries in the world and with the promotion of tourism, mutual economic activities would reach their peak. He said that the huge market of ASEAN countries with a population of 650 million has huge economic opportunities for Pakistan, which are being discussed in both countries. He said that Indonesia is a diverse society, where all religions and cultures are respected. There are many Buddhist places of worship in Pakistan too. In addition, in Pakistan, an emerging country in the field of information, local youth have a lot of expertise in this field. With online connections and a boost in Information Technology (IT), young people from both countries benefit from each other’s experiences and skills to promote economic and cultural integration. Adam Mulawarman Tugio said that global retail e-commerce sales in 2020 stood at $4.28 trillion, which is expected to reach $5.4 trillion by 2022. The Ambassador said that Pakistan and Indonesia are countries with large youth populations that can make their mark in the global e-commerce trade and create vast employment opportunities in both countries. He said that Indonesia has set a $50 billion e-commerce trade target by 2025 to connect with the biggest sector of global trade. Ambassador said that Pakistan and Indonesia can be linked with e-commerce trade to increase bilateral trade as well as connect both sides’ youth in connection of business and trade.


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Some publishers are troubled about Apple News+ intercepting traffic from websites in iOS 14, MacRumors reported.
“Apple did not inform three large publishers about a change in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur that directs users who tap on an Apple News+ story in Safari to the Apple News app instead of the publisher's website,” said MacRumors, citing a report in AdAge. Two of the publishers are looking at whether they want to continue with the service, said the report.
The Wall Street Journal, meanwhile, is staying with Apple News because the service is bringing in new readers, the New York Post reported.
The paper based its report on comments from WSJ CEO Robert Thomson in an earnings call last week. “That Apple News partnership allows us to focus on that tier of content and bring in a significantly new audience that we would hope to graduate to a paid WSJ subscription over time,” he said. “And it is a genuinely different audience. It’s actually, of late, more women than men. For The Wall Street Journal itself, it’s more men than women.”
In June, The New York Times bailed on the service, saying Apple News didn’t align with its strategy of building direct relationships with paying readers.


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Procter & Gamble to raise prices as supply chain costs bite
The company keeps its full-year forecast steady as it banks on price hikes to recoup rising cost of raw materials
Procter & Gamble (P&G) said on Tuesday it will raise prices of some of its products to counter higher commodity and freight costs that are expected to take a bigger bite out of its earnings this year.
Shares of the company, which reported lower quarterly earnings, while maintaining its full-year forecasts, were down 2.2% at $139.24.
The latest increases in grooming, oral hygiene and skincare products are in addition to the price hikes earlier in 2021 that targeted Pampers nappies and Always sanitary pads.
The latest price hikes are not being implemented broadly, but marked for specific items such as razors and in some subcategories, CFO Andre Schulten said on a media call. US retailers are aware of the new sticker prices, he said.
Global supply chains are under strain due to factors such as a resurgence of Covid-19 cases in Asia and labour shortages in the US, leading to a surge in raw material prices that is also squeezing profits at Unilever and Reckitt Benckiser.
On Tuesday, P&G raised its commodity and freight costs forecast for this fiscal year to $2.3bn from $1.9bn.
Schulten blamed the price hikes on warehousing and raw material costs, adding that diesel and energy prices were also trending higher.
“We do not anticipate any easing in these commodity cost pressures, he said.
The Gillette maker said the additional expenses will shave off 90c from its full-year earnings per share, compared with a previous forecast of a hit of 70c.
P&G kept its full-year forecast for earnings per share growth in the 3% to 6% range and net sales between 2% and 4%, banking on price hikes and higher demand for premium products to help offset the increase in costs.
“We expect pricing to be a larger contributor to sales growth in coming quarters as more of our price increases become effective,” Schulten said.
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ULA stops selling its centerpiece Atlas V, setting path for the rocket’s retirement
United Launch Alliance won’t be selling any more of its workhorse Atlas V rockets, and it has stopped buying the launch vehicle’s Russian-made rocket engines for good, the company’s chief executive told The Verge. ULA’s decision sets up the retirement of one of the US government’s most trusted launch vehicles and is expected to mark the end for Russia’s iconic — but controversial — RD-180 engine, an engineering marvel and a core source of revenue for Russia’s space program.
“We’re done. They’re all sold,” CEO Tory Bruno said of ULA’s Atlas V rockets in an interview. ULA, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has 29 Atlas V missions left before it retires sometime in the mid-2020s and transitions to its upcoming Vulcan…


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Asia-Pacific PC shipments decline in Q2
The China Post news staff
September 1, 2012, 12:04 am TWN
Shipments of personal computers declined in the Asia-Pacific region during the second quarter due to weaker demand, reported market research firm Gartner yesterday.
According to the firm, the narrowing of China's PC market by 5.4 percent was the main reason for the shipment decline. Meanwhile, consumers facing budget constraints and more varied replacement products were less willing to put their money in PCs, Gartner said.
Among the top five brands, only Lenovo and AsusTek saw an increase in market share in the second quarter. Lenove retained its No. 1 position in terms of market share, with second quarter shipment increase of 12.6 percent on a year-on-year basis.
AsusTek, meanwhile, ranked No. 5 yet led with the biggest shipment increase of 24.8 percent, becoming one of the few brands that achieved shipment increases in the midst of bearishness in the Asia Pacific.
AsusTek earlier this week reported consolidated revenue of NT$94.2 billion for the second quarter, a rise of 4 percent from the first quarter. Gross profit was NT$13.41 billion, a rise of 6 percent from the first quarter and translating into a margin of 14.2 percent.
According to Gartner, most PC manufacturers spent the past year controlling inventories. They are now bracing themselves for the introduction of Ultrabook notebooks supported with the Windows 8 operating system.
By country, shipments declined by the biggest margin from Singapore, South Korea and Australia, falling 21.5 percent, 11.9 percent and 9.2 percent, respectively. Shipments from Taiwan fell 5 percent.


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“Lather, rinse, repeat” was once a mundane part of daily hygiene, but with more time at home and a continued emphasis on all-things scalp care, the newfound self-care step has taken on more attention than ever.
Case in point: A hairstylist’s TikTok video explaining how to properly shampoo amassed almost two million views in a single month; searches for “scalp care” have skyrocketed year over year and innovative launches (many of them filled with ingredients you trust in your skin care) continue to line store shelves. To help cut through the clutter, we asked experts which trending actives are worth folding into your hair routine.
Celebrity colorist Aura Friedman says the majority of hair-care products typically follow the same general makeup: “Natural oils meant to soften the hair, proteins to strengthen, humectants to add moisture, and fatty alcohols such as cetearyl alcohol, to give emollience and conditioning properties to the hair,” she says. Some shampoos may also contain detergents such as sodium lauryl sulfate to remove dirt and oil.
“Glycerin helps to make products smoother, a little oilier and makes it a little easier to apply to the scalp,” says New York dermatologist Orit Markowitz, MD of the common humectant add. “Some hair-care products also contain vitamins, but their absorption rate is unknown.”
Your Perfect Match
Hair-care products can often be more formulation-driven than ingredient-driven, says organic hair and skin care creator Josh Rosebrook, meaning a test-drive is necessary before finding your hair’s best match. To assist in the dating game, he offers up a piece of helpful match-making advice: “Choose your shampoo according to your scalp type, or how balanced to oily your scalp is, and choose your conditioner according to how balanced to dry your hair shaft is.
Ingredients to Avoid
The list may forever be in flux, but there are a handful of ingredients hair experts agree should stay off your strands. Among them, according to Friedman: Sulfates, which can be drying, cause color-stripping and breakage; parabens, which are said to have an effect on hormone levels; and silicones, which are known to build up on strands over time and prevent moisture from entering the hair.
The It List: Trending Ingredients to Know About
Rosemary may currently be trending, but Dr. Markowitz says the herb definitely holds its weight in the hair-care space, and is one she is starting to see more often. “Healthy, natural and anti-inflammatory ingredients such as rosemary and safflower oil can help calm inflammation and promote hair growth,” she says of the no-brainer addition to any hair-care regimen, especially if a compromised scalp and thinning hair hit close to home.
Similar to its role in skin care, topical vitamin C has been found to combat oxidative damage and dullness when used on the hair. Found in dpHUE’s Brightening Powder, brand cofounder and celebrity colorist Justin Anderson says he chose the ingredient to restore vibrancy and health to the hair. “We found that adding vitamin C in our formula, alongside a natural chelating agent, was an absolute game-changer,” he says. According to Dr. Markowitz, vitamin C may also play a role in keeping the dermis of the scalp rejuvenated thanks to less oxidative damage.
According to Spate, online searches for rice water have grown more than 10.2 percent in the past year alone. The reason, says Briogeo CEO and founder Nancy Twine, boils down to our hair’s make up. Because hair is made up of mostly keratin, Twine says naturally occurring proteins are already present in each strand. “However, these proteins and bonds degrade over time, especially with frequent heat styling, chemical processing, or hair-coloring.” Rice water, found in Briogeo’s latest, most-potent-yet treatment, is filled with strengthening nutrients that help restore withered bonds, reverse damage and boost shine.
We’re no stranger to skin-care favorite hyaluronic acid, but the moisture-binding ingredient also offers promising benefits when applied on the hair and scalp (you might see it appear as sodium hyaluronate on your hair-care products). “Hyaluronic acid is a humectant, which means hydration occurs by drawing out surface moisture from within,” says Dr. Markowitz. While there’s no moisture inside a hair follicle that would be drawn to the surface, Dr. Markowitz says when applied to the scalp, the acid may help hydrate and prevent dryness as it would any other skin surface for a healthier crown.
Known for their healing abilities, Friedman says peptide-infused formulas are your hair’s best friend when dealing with hair breakage, especially from too much hair color. “Try to avoid any ingredients that will be drying to the hair, such as sulfates, which can actually cause more breakage,” she says. “Look for strengthening ingredients such as proteins and peptides,” which work within the hair shaft to repair bonds.
Zinc pyrithione may be the goldstandard for busting dandruff, but salicylic acid is making waves in the oil-balancing, flake-reducing game, too. Dr. Markowitz says the acid “helps remove buildup on the scalp,” and even helps with mild scales and itching. The reliable acid also helps to bring the scalp’s natural exfoliation levels back to a healthy baseline.
Looking to revamp your in-shower situation? Explore our favorite active-infused hair-care staples here.