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Agritech startup DeHaat on Tuesday announced the acquisition of B2B SaaS platform FarmGuide. The latest move comes after a month after DeHaat raised Series C funding of $30 million.
As part of the acquisition, FarmGuide’s spatial technology and data science will be integrated with DeHaat’s existing platform to build a full-stack platform for agribusiness. The founding team of FarmGuide will also now be a part of DeHaat, and the core database and tech platform will be integrated with DeHaat’s full-stack technology, said a statement released by the company.
FarmGuide was founded in 2016 by IIT Delhi alumni Nikhil Toshniwal and Ankit Gupta. The duo developed a SaaS-based platform by using satellite-based data for detecting farm boundaries and data-driven customised crop advisory services.
The company said, “Post this acquisition, DeHaat will provide more customised crop advisory services to farmers based on the tagged land parcels. Based on the advisory, farmers will receive other and existing bundle of agri value chain services like agri input, financial services and market linkage of farm produce in a sustainable way. This is aligned with the larger goal of DeHaat to maximise the profit of Indian farmers through technology and end-to-end agri services.”
Speaking of the acquisition, Shyam Sundar Singh, Co-founder, DeHaat, said:
“We have been building a full stack tech platform to map the entire agri value chain between Indian farmers and agribusinesses. The tech platform developed by FarmGuide complements our tech vision of bringing efficiency and transparency to agri supply chain. Its GIS technology and ability to use satellite data for crop monitoring and analysis will help DeHaat to provide customised crop advisory solutions to farmers and relevant agri insights to businesses transacting on DeHaat platform for agri input as well as agri output.”
The company added that it is currently serving over 380,000 farmers across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Odisha.
DeHaat said it provides farmers with access to over 3,200 agricultural inputs, combined with AI-based customised crop advisory content of pest and disease management for major crops delivered via mobile app and call centres. It also aggregates corn, wheat, rice, fruits, and vegetables from farmers on their network and directly supplies to over 600 commodity bulk buyers, including retail chains, ecommerce players, FMCG giants, and SME food processors.
Speaking of the acquisition, Nikhil Toshniwal, Co-founder of FarmGuide, added that the primary force behind the transaction was synergies into the target mission of providing end-to-end services to farmers in a scalable model.
The tech platform of FarmGuide will be integrated with DeHaat tech platform to provide real-time and customised crop advisory related to water, nutrient, and crop stress for a wide range of crops, he said.
FarmGuide had raised Rs 14 crore through angel round and built SaaS-based platform to provide data-driven crop advisory to farmers based on satellite imagery.


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Xiaomi Tech, a smartphone maker known for outselling Apple in China has announced that it just hired Google's top Android executive, Hugo Barra, to spearhead its nascent global expansion. At Google, Barra was in charge of overseeing the product team for the company's celebrated Android mobile OS.
Xiaomi founder, Lei Jun, updated the news on his Weibo feed earlier this week. "Barra will be responsible for Xiaomi's global business expansion," Lei said on Weibo, a Twitter-like Chinese service.
It is worth noting that Google's Android is the most popular mobile OS used by the vast majority of phone makers in China. So Barra's unequaled knowledge and experience with the platform will help Xiaomi in a big way. In fact, most analysts are saying that the Chinese smartphone maker couldn't have found a better person for the job.
Xiaomi is one among a plethora of ambitious Chinese smartphone makers who have been quickly grabbing market share from players like Samsung and Apple. According to NY Times, Despite selling mostly in domestic markets, Chinese handset makers already account for 1/5th of global smartrphone sales. Companies like ZTE, Lenovo and Huawei are now expanding out of China to penetrate into markets across the globe for a thicker slice of the juicy smartphone pie.
How did Google respond to the development? Well, rather nicely. The tech giant seems to be rather sportive about the move. "We wish Hugo Barra the best," Google said in an e-mailed statement. "We'll miss him at Google and we're excited that he is staying within the Android ecosystem."

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I’m ashamed to say my own home state of Missouri has just jumped onto the anti-capitalism bandwagon and in the sleaziest, most deceitful, crony-capitalistic way imaginable.
I’ve written a couple of blog posts about how state legislators are protecting those that pay for their campaigns by passing laws to prevent Tesla from selling automobiles directly to consumers. First it was Texas and then it was New Jersey. When it comes to sneaky and underhanded my beloved Missouri has them both beat.
Let me reiterate quickly for those who don’t want to read the other blogs.
Tesla Motors wants to sell cars directly to consumers. Most states have what is called a Franchise Law where automobile dealerships purchase cars from the manufacturer and then sell them to consumers. This adds a “middle-man” to the process. The middle-man, in this case the franchisers, make a lot of money mostly on service and financing for the cars but also on the sale itself.
In New Jersey, Texas, and other states the legislature is trying to pass a law making it illegal for the manufacturer of a car to sell it directly to the people. In Missouri they’ve simply changed a couple of lines of existing law and inserted the alterations into an existing bill that has nothing to do with the issue. Disgusting.
The major proponent of the change in wording is Republican Mike Kehoe of Jefferson City who has been agitating against Tesla’s business model since it was first announced. He is a former car dealer. Kehoe, like most so-called Conservative Republicans, is nothing more than a greedy lap-dog slurping up the money the auto-industry here in Missouri gives him. Not that Democrats are any better but Republicans claim to be all about capitalism. They aren’t, it’s Crony Capitalism at its finest.
Those who promote this ban talk about a fair playing field and what’s best for the consumer but they are simply the bought and paid for slaves of industry. They don’t want what is best for you; they want what is best for those who pay for their campaigns.
To give you an example of how deeply entrenched is our Plutocracy and Crony-Capitalism take a guess as to how much money State Senator Mike Kehoe raised to finance his campaign in 2010. This is not a Senator of the United States. This is a State Senator running a campaign in Jefferson City with its population of about 43,000 people.
Have you guessed yet?
Did you guess over half a million dollars? That’s right. For one State Senator from a middle to small-sized state like Missouri. You wonder why politicians kneel to the money? Money is completely entrenched and politicians are totally enslaved by it. Freedom, bah.
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Amazon sells children's smartwatches that are so easy to hack strangers could track and talk to kids, security researchers say
The SmartTurtle Kid's Smartwatch is one of several generic smartwatches sold on Amazon that Rapid7 found to have serious security flaws.
- Amazon sells cheap smartwatches designed for children. The relatively low price tag, limited functionality, and ease of use compared to a smartphone make them tempting options for parents.
- But researchers found that these smartwatches have critical flaws that could let strangers track and talk to the kids wearing them.
- The cheap smartwatches sold on Amazon that were tested have incredibly weak security measures that could let pretty much anyone with the intent to obtain control of a kids' smartwatch.
- Parents' best bet is to stick to recognizable brands, even if it means higher price tags.
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Cheap smartwatches sold on Amazon that range between $20 and $35 and are designed for children have critical flaws that could let strangers track and talk to the kids wearing the smartwatches, according to Boston-based cybersecurity researchers Rapid7.
"It is possible that an attacker with knowledge of the smart watch phone number could assume total control of the device, and therefore use the tracking and voice chat functionality with the same permissions as the legitimate user (typically, a parent)," Tod Beardsley, director of research at Rapid7, said in the report, which was earlier reported by Bloomberg.
These smartwatches come with GPS and voice chat functions, and their low price tags, limited functionality, and ease of use compared with smartphones make them popular options for parents who want to know where their children are or communicate with them without a smartphone.
But Rapid7's findings showed that the security measures on the smartwatches were often ineffective, and many didn't work at all.
One way a guardian can change a child's smartwatch settings remotely is by sending a text message to the device. But to prevent strangers from changing the settings, a list can be set up of certain pre-approved numbers. But Rapid7 said that this security measure, a whitelist, was a "weak control, even in the best of circumstances."
Rapid7 found that the whitelist had no effect on who could alter the smartwatch's settings. Anyone, even those who weren't on the pre-approved list, could send a text message to one of these smartwatches to change their settings.
"In practice, this filter did not appear to be functional at all," Beardsley wrote, "unlisted numbers could also interact with the watch."
The other flaw includes the smartwatch's default passwords. Rapid7 found that the smartwatch's manuals had little to no information on the default passwords and how to change them. As a result of this obstacle, users are unlikely to change the default password, which makes it easy for anyone who wanted access to the smartwatches to obtain control.
The smartwatches that were tested by Rapid7 included Children's SmartWatch, Jsbaby Game Smart Watch, and SmarTurtle Kid's Smartwatch. They all appear to be white-label rebrands, made by Chinese company 3G Electronics. Rapid7 only tested three of the wide variety of cheap children's smartwatches sold on Amazon, so it's possible that other models contain the same flaws.
The Children's SmartWatch is still listed on Amazon, but it's "currently unavailable."
The Jsbaby Game Smart Watch is still available to buy on Amazon for $33.
The SmarTurtle Smart Watch for Kids is still being sold as used for $20.
Rapid7's advice is to stick to "clearly identifiable vendors." Essentially, if you don't recognize the brand, don't go for it.
The findings are another notch on Amazon's record of questionable vetting practices for products listed on the site. Amazon and 3G Electronics did not immediately reply to Business Insider's requests for comment.
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In the midst of the worst economic crisis in decades it's a logical decision to launch a business publication, or just add one on to your existing publication--NPR, Slate, New Yorker, we're looking at you. It's less obvious but perhaps equally logical to launch a comedy pub, because people need a pick-me-up now more than ever.
The World Weekly News, tabloid home to Bat Boy and politicians giving birth to aliens, is making a comeback. Taken out of print over a year ago the tabloid turned web only, and was just sold to Neil McGinness, former executive at National Lampoon. In the middle of an epic advertising crisis, McGinness is thinking of reviving the print brand and ratcheting up the satirical aspects of the original title, trying to make it a competitor with The Onion.
See! The Internet does ruin journalism. Rather than apply shoe leather and gumption towards catching Bat Boy, now the World Weekly News is just going to make it up and hope its funny. We paitiently await the Columbia Journalism Review article on this sad state of affairs.
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The webinar will center around the latest workers’ comp trends, concerns and emerging issues, many of which may be developed into individual, more-detailed webinars later this year. Topics in this webinar will include potential impact that the election might have on the industry, how healthcare reform could affect workers’ comp, obstacles brought forth by OSHA, the need to shift to delivery of quality, outcome-focused care, improving workers’ compensation’s reputation, the new reality of an increasingly-impaired workforce, and cost drivers and the overall bureaucracy impeding progress in workers’ comp. The webinar is slated for tomorrow, January 10, at 11 am CT.
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CHERYL GLASER: This week, Walgreens debuts a new product, but you won’t find it on the drugstore’s shelves. As Marketplace’s Lisa Napoli reports, Walgreen’s is rolling out in-store health clinics.
LISA NAPOLI: It’s one thing to offer access to medicine, but these days more drugstore chains are staffing stores with nurse practitioners to prescribe them and to diagnose minor ailments.
Rob Mechanic of Brandeis University says there’s a reason this is so popular, particularly for people who don’t have insurance.
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Most drugstore clinics promise to see patients within 15 minutes and charge no more than $50.
Mechanic says over time these clinics might force doctors to be more aware of costs and to speed up service. Not your typical doctor’s visit.
For their part, doctors say they fear the service is sub-par.
That didn’t stop CVS from snapping up the chain called “Minute Clinics” last week for an undisclosed sum.
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James Walker sponsors BESMA Rising Star of the Year Award
The British Excellence in Sales Management Awards (BESMA), is a highlight in the sales industry’s events calendar and created by the Institute of Sales Management (ISM) to celebrate the outstanding achievements of sales professionals, teams and organisations.
This year James Walker will be sponsoring the award for ‘Rising Star of the Year’ which recognises the outstanding early achievements of a sales professional who is within the first two years of their sales career.
Commenting on the decision to become a sponsor, managing director of James Walker UK Steve Corfield said, "It is important to bring new talent into sales and for companies to improve that talent by investing in personal and professional development.
Focusing on the award criteria helps companies, managers and individuals to review their own performance against best practice, make improvements and create personal development plans that will ultimately benefit all involved. Certainly within our own business this has helped us invest in our colleagues and improve recruitment, retention, career progression and succession planning.
As a profession, I think sales is often overlooked and the ISM, through BESMA, provides a fabulous opportunity to publicly reward and recognise those companies, teams and individuals on the frontline who drive the UK’s economy through their sales performance, professionalism and achievements."
Judging for this year’s awards will take place in September with presentations to the category winners taking place at the awards ceremony dinner at Wembley Stadium in London during November.
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“We are constantly evolving and re-evaluating. We want to continue getting deeper with our clients and working across more audience segments”
“There will be a lot of wait and see with ACA, and how that might disrupt reimbursement and the purchasing pathway. Consolidation will also be a challenge”
Healthcare marketing, like anything else, is full of ups and downs. It’s how you handle them that ultimately determines your success in the long run. StoneArch knows this as well as any firm.
The 33-year-old Minneapolis staple entered 2016 with momentum after a banner 2015. “And we killed it in January and February 2017 in terms of new business and really solidified who we are, what we stand for, what we’re best at, and what we want to be doing,” says president Jessica Boden.
But then things went awry for the devices and diagnostics specialist. Three undisclosed key clients fell by the wayside as a result of what Boden describes as “interesting transitions,” referring to changes in their marketing leadership or ownership.
“We absorbed that and moved forward without getting reactive,” she says. “It didn’t derail the organization as it could have.”
What it did was put a dent in 2016 revenue, which was down about 6% to $9.8 million. StoneArch decided to ride it out without trimming from its staff of 36.
“There were definitely some tussles over that, but we knew we had the pipeline coming in the fall,” Boden recalls. “It was the right business decision in the long run to maintain that continuity and to keep these great minds under our roof.”
To offset a lion’s share of the losses, StoneArch picked up new business from Molex, Spectranetics, Urotronic, Veran Medical, and VigiLanz. It also snared its first pharma client: Upsher-Smith, for anti-seizure drug Qudexy XR. “Our mission is to help solve healthcare’s biggest marketing challenges across the continuum, from prevention to intervention,” Boden says.
StoneArch is also gaining traction around the concepts of critical credibility and human relevance. “It is so important to bring human relevance to clinicians and emotionally connect with them as people,” Boden explains. “But it’s equally important to bring clinical credibility to consumers, because they need a little bit more than just ‘connect with me and make me care about your brand.’”
She cites the example of longtime client Oticon, for which StoneArch has handled professional work for nine years. The company recently named the agency its integrated AOR, an assignment that adds consumer work to the mix.
Boden’s highlight of 2016 was the flagship campaign StoneArch created for breast-feeding market leader Medela. The effort tapped a diverse group of new parents to help provide support for millennial moms and their families.
“It was a year-long market-conditioning campaign for a next-generation product, Sonata, which launched this January,” Boden says. The results: Medela exceeded its e-commerce sales goal for the entire year by the end of February.
“It’s an interesting marketplace. Breast pumps were never considered a health product prior to the ACA — and then suddenly moms could get a free pump,” Boden observes. “OB/GYNs had never really engaged in that conversation, but are now willing to give branded referrals.”


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It’s been a rough week for US economic data. With the exception of auto sales, which surged 13% in January, the numbers so far this week have been disappointing. This morning’s January release of the ADP Employment Report is hardly a washout, although it fell short of expectations. Nonetheless, private payrolls continued to expand above the 200,000-per-month mark in January. True, last month’s 213,000 gain is the lowest since last September. What’s more, today’s news follows updates in recent days of a hefty decline in consumer spending in December; a sharp slide in factory orders at 2014’s close; and a slower rate of growth in manufacturing via the ISM Index. It all looks rather worrisome, but it’s too soon to assume the worst.
What’s the case for optimism? Let’s start with today’s ADP numbers. Although the monthly comparison has been fading lately, the year-over-year change continues to improve. Private payrolls grew 2.3% for the year through January—the best rate in over two years. By this measure, the labor market isn’t sputtering. The monthly figures hint that the growth rate may be slowing, but until/if that shift turns up in the year-over-year rate it’s reasonable to see the short-term data as noise.
The slide in personal consumption expenditures in December—the biggest monthly drop in five years—could an early sign of trouble. But as I discussed earlier this week, as long as private-sector wages are rising at a healthy rate—and they are—one weak spending report doesn’t look threatening. All the more so in the wake of yesterday’s news that demand for autos posted a solid 13% advance in January, which implies that January’s broad spending profile for consumers will post a rebound after 2014’s year-end slump.
What about Monday’s slowdown in manufacturing via ISM’s survey data? The numbers on this front look a bit more problematic. January’s headline ISM number fell to 53.5, the lowest in over a year and well below the expectations in my econometric forecast. Even worse, the critical components of new orders and employment weakened as well. Manufacturing is clearly cooling, although at 53.5 the overall trend is still positive, i.e., moderately above the neutral 50.0 mark, according to ISM figures.
The next couple of ISM updates will be telling, but for now it’s premature to conclude that manufacturing is headed for tailspin. The big picture for the economy is still positive, with a broad set of indicators pointing to growth. To the extent there may be a victim lurking around the next bend it could be the narrative that US growth is accelerating on a sustainable basis. A stronger trend overall is still possible, perhaps even likely, but at the moment there are fresh doubts. But until we see more numbers for January, the case for expecting a moderate expansion still looks persuasive.
Yes, the upbeat outlook is subject to change, perhaps after reading tomorrow’s jobless claims release and Friday’s official jobs report from Washington. But based on the numbers in hand, the view ahead doesn’t look terribly different from the rear-view mirror of the last several months: moderate growth, and perhaps something a bit better.


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The issue at hand is not just growth for growth’s sake, but equitable growth that promotes human and community well-being at its core.
Jersey City, NJ (PRWEB) October 09, 2014
Small businesses make large contributions to the economy through job creation and strengthening the local tax base, however many entrepreneurs are unaware of the resources available to ensure sustainable business growth. This is why 150 local leaders and small business owners gathered at the 2nd Annual Local Living Economy Summit yesterday, to reimagine ways to stimulate economic growth for all local businesses. Produced by Rising Tide Capital (RTC), with the support of the Local Living Economy Working Group (LLEWG), this all-day event was hosted by the Ignite Institute of Saint Peter’s University at the MacMahon Student Center.
“In order to harness all of our local entrepreneurial energy we brought together all local stakeholders—public and private sector leaders, business development organizations, the social sector and big, small and micro-businesses—to promote an ecosystem that can sustain the growth of all businesses. The issue at hand is not just growth for growth’s sake, but equitable growth that promotes human and community well-being at its core,” said co-founder and CEO of Rising Tide Capital, Alfa Demmellash.
The event kicked off with the ringing of the Local Economy Bell by Judy Wicks, one of the co-founders of the Local Living Economy movement, Alma DeMetropolis market president, New Jersey Leadership Team at JPMorgan Chase, Mary Kate Naatus, acting director, Ignite Institute, Saint Peter’s University and Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop.
“Jersey City is home to hundreds of small businesses, which all provide a variety of services and contribute to the great diversity of our community,” said Mayor Steven M. Fulop. “Rising Tide Capital offers a great resource to our small business owners and entrepreneurs looking to start a new venture. Through workshops and summits like the one today, we are able to expand upon the great work they are doing in Jersey City and beyond.”
Fulop also mentioned that the city recently launched a $1.2 million advertising campaign “Make It Yours” featuring local small businesses to promote Jersey City as a destination.
Attendees participated in interactive presentations and panel discussions led by speakers including Judy Wicks, Lawrence Hibbert president and CTO of BCT Partners, and Jeff Hoffman entrepreneur and co-founder of Priceline.com and ColorJar. Hoffman pledged his commitment to Jersey City’s local economy by participating as an “Entrepreneur in Residence” for the newly formed film and media cluster initiative at New Jersey City University, funded by New Jersey Economic Development Authority and organized by the Business Development Incubator at NJCU and Rising Tide Capital.
“I want to be a part of any operation where people are committed to action, and that’s why I pledged my commitment today to the film and media cluster today.” Hoffman said, “When you put passionate and creative people together amazing things happen at an exponential rate. Having a meeting place for film and media entrepreneurs in Jersey City to meet, exchange ideas and help each other with projects is a force multiplier.”
More commitments to action and the summit recap video will be hosted on the summit website in the coming days.
The 2014 summit continued the work started at last year’s event around developing entrepreneurial initiatives that create new economic opportunities for shared prosperity. LLEWG member Aleksandra Lacka, a market research and strategic insights expert, reported on her recent research on challenges faced by local entrepreneurs during the summit’s Opportunity Breakfast.
Four new LLEWG members were inducted yesterday, Daryl Rand, president HarrisonRand Advertising and chairman of the board of the Hudson Chamber of Commerce, Carmen Grandulla, director of Community Development for the City of Jersey City, Rosemary McFadden, chairwoman of the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation and Tracye McDaniel, president and CEO of Choose New Jersey.
The Local Living Economy Summit will be hosted by the Ignite Institute of Saint Peter’s University for the next two years. To see the digital conversations taking place during the summit see the hashtags #LLESummit and #IgnitingAction.
Rising Tide Capital (RTC) is a Jersey City-based nonprofit organization founded in 2004 by Harvard graduates Alex Forrester and Alfa Demmellash. RTC helps entrepreneurs start and grow successful businesses by providing a 12-week Community Business Academy—supplemented by year-round workshops, coaching and networking events. These programs are currently offered in Spanish and in English in four cities across Northern New Jersey: Jersey City, Newark, Union City, and Orange Township. As of January, 838 entrepreneurs have graduated from the CBA and together, they operate over 403 businesses in New Jersey. RTC’s model of entrepreneurship development has received national recognition from President Obama to CNN Heroes.
To learn more, visit http://www.RisingTideCapital.org.
The Ignite Institute is a Center of Excellence at Saint Peter’s University. In partnership with Rising Tide Capital, Ignite provides thought leadership, academic research, and direct educational service (including workshops, panels, and training for local entrepreneurs). The Institute contributes to policy and thought leadership by working with the Local Living Economy Working Group (LLEWG) to discuss the Jersey City Local Economy and identify opportunities for student and faculty involvement in promoting positive change. For more information, please contact Mary Kate Naatus at (201)761-6393 or mnaatus(at)saintpeters(dot)edu.


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Indian sugar falls on subdued demand
Indian sugar futures fell on Tuesday due to subdued demand from bulk buyers amid ample supplies as the country is set to produce surplus sugar for a fourth straight year. At 1051 GMT, the key January contract on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) was 0.68 percent down at 2,763 rupees per 100 kg. It fell to 2,755 rupees on December 10, the lowest since November 2, 2011.
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"Mills across India have started crushing operations but local demand is still weak. Selling pressure is high in the market as mills have large carry-forward stocks," said Mukesh Kuvadia, secretary of the Bombay Sugar Merchants Association.
Spot sugar fell 15.5 rupees to 2,867 rupees per 100 kg at the Kolhapur market in Maharashtra state. Sugar prices are expected to trade weak in the near term, Kuvadia said.


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PM Narendra Modi set to announce Covid-19 lockdown extension today at 10 am
Ministries have backed selective opening to reboot a stalled economy.
Farming will be central to this process of easing — rabi harvesting and procurement operations along with allied industry segments will be allowed to operate with adequate safeguards, said the people cited above. The rabi season contributes nearly 50% to foodgrain production.
“Harvesting and procurement has to start... that is priority,” said one of them. “Other activities and sectors that support these would also have to be opened up with safety precautions.” For example, procurement may require construction and that may require cement, which may also have to be opened up.
Although the health and home ministries favour total containment, other ministries have backed a selective opening up in view of the broader consequences of a stalled economy.
The Centre is compiling inputs from ministries and states on graded relaxations in the second phase of the lockdown starting April 15.
The home ministry will be issuing revised guidelines to all states under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The current three-week lockdown is due to end April 14.
‘Supply Chains Interlinked’
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, commerce, agriculture, micro, small and medium enterprises, road transport, food processing and other ministries have communicated with the home ministry on the process of opening up, said an official. Detailed guidelines will be issued based on discussions by the finance ministry with other ministries and feedback from industry.
Easing some aspects of the lockdown has become imperative to ensure supply of essentials as supply chains are interlinked, said another official.
“Distribution channels are closely interconnected — distributor, dealer and retailer,” he said. “Besides, there are inter-linkages in manufacturing as well.” For instance, an oil manufacturing unit needs to be supported by a packaging unit, a printing unit and these in turn need adequate supply of inputs to keep the chain going, he said.
Non-BJP-ruled states such as Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu issued orders on Monday under the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897, to extend the lockdown until the end of April. Other opposition-ruled states such as West Bengal, Punjab, Odisha, Telangana and Delhi have also announced they will be extending the lockdown. The BJP-ruled states will take their cue from the Prime Minister’s address.
However, Uttar Pradesh said on Monday that construction activity on government projects such as roads and expressways would begin from April 15 with workers practising social distancing. This may feature in the home ministry’s revised guidelines for the next phase of the lockdown.
Niti Aayog has also given a detailed plan on easing the lockdown.
“Extension of complete closure would have severe consequences for the economy, so partial opening up is the only option,” said an official.
The order will specify guidelines on health and the movement of persons that states will need to follow, said one of the persons. State governments will need to ensure that adequate safety protocols are followed on the ground.
“Wide consultations are going on with the primary factor of labour being considered,” said an official. “States have to find out how much labour is migrant and how many are stationed at their homes to be able to draft an exit strategy.”
Industries need to ensure proper ventilation and sanitisation of workers while entering and exiting the factory.
“The textile industry ranges from handloom to sophisticated factory floors,” said the official. “In case of handlooms, wherein people don’t have to work close to each other and usually operate from home but have to go to the markets to sell their products, these are not problem areas but the entire value chain is linked. We can't have a strategy for garments but not for yarn.”
Industry Plan For Farm Produce
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has drawn up a comprehensive guidance document on safety measures during postharvest and mandi operations to ensure smooth supply of farm produce.
CII said the current crisis has impacted harvesting operations for rabi crops such as wheat, mustard, pulses, oilseeds, tomato and mango. Arrivals and prices in mandis have been impacted and every effort needs to be made for a resilient farm sector. The rabi season is critical for foodgrain, oilseeds and pulses security.
“The agri and food supply chains are vulnerable to massive disruptions which can further impact availability and prices, hence proactive measures for safety and health of farmers and workers are required at both the farm as well as mandi level,” said CII director general Chandrajit Banerjee. “While the country is in lockdown mode, it is essential that harvesting and post-harvest activities remain functional so that farmers do not suffer and crops are not lost.”
The health ministry said in the daily briefing on Monday that the importance of “saving lives and livelihoods” was reflected in the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana with 300 million people getting ?28,526 crore in financial assistance.


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More power to your inbox’ (MW last week) was a great article disputing the much-touted view that social media is killing email. Countless pieces of research show this isn’t the case and in fact email continues to grow in influence.
As the article discussed, email has evolved hugely in the past few years and sophisticated techniques used by the likes of Renault and
Nissan are now much more commonplace. We are also likely to see better integration with other digital and mobile channels. Recent
research we conducted showed that far from preferring one method, many consumers prefer a multichannel approach. However, few brands encourage their customers to share their marketing messages from email on social media channels through the share-with-yournetwork
Email and social media are joined at the hip and I believe that email will still be the backbone of commercial online communications in the future. Marketers need to analyse how to communicate with people in the most effective way, through understanding why they behave a certain way on social networks and email. This will allow us to target individuals with a relevant brand message through the right channel, at the right time. Ultimately, isn’t that what we are all trying to achieve?
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Fan fooled by online ticket trick
Published Wednesday, January 30, 2013 5:43PM MST
Last Updated Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:27PM MST
A Calgary man recently got scammed by a bogus broker for big bucks while trying to catch tickets for a big game.
Online scammers are getting savvier as more and more people hop on the Internet to buy tickets for concerts and sporting events.
Adam Burton wanted four tickets to the Flames home opener a week and a half ago so he posted a "tickets wanted" ad on kijiji.
He got a call from a man who claimed to be a ticket broker with StubHub, an online ticket seller.
The caller said he would sell four prime tickets for $600.
"He knew his rows and his seats and he knew his hockey,” said Burton.
The broker said he couldn’t process credit cards and told Burton to pay with Ukash.
Ukash is essentially electronic cash and here’s how it works:
- The sender goes to a Ukash outlet and exchanges cash for a voucher number.
- The sender then gives the payee the voucher number and they get their money from Ukash.
Burton gave the faux broker his Ukash voucher numbers worth $600 and the broker said he would email four etickets.
He didn't send the tickets and then the scam got worse.
The broker claimed that the Ukash processors were down so he told Burton he needed to buy $600 in prepaid Vanilla VISAs from Shoppers Drug Mart in order to pay for the tickets.
Burton did as he was told and essentially ended up paying for the tickets twice without getting anything in return.
"I thought I could see the signs if someone was trying to do this to me but throughout this whole process, unless you're actually in it, it's hard to explain how well they can get you to believe what it is that they're trying to do," said Burton.
CTV Consumer Specialist Lea Williams-Doherty got involved and in an email StubHub told her, "We are aware of the situation and are currently working with law enforcement officials to aid in their investigation."
The Calgary Police Service confirmed it is now investigating this and several other incidents like it in the city.


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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned US consumers on Tuesday to not eat romaine lettuce as it may be contaminated with E. coli.
A total of 32 people, including 13 who have been hospitalized, have been infected with the outbreak strain in 11 states, according to the CDC. One of the hospitalized developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure. No deaths have been reported.
The Public Health Agency of Canada has identified an additional 18 people who have become sick with the same strain of of E. coli in Ontario and Quebec.
If you have any brand or type of romaine lettuce at home, you should throw it away, even if you ate some and did not get sick, the CDC cautioned. Retailers and restaurants also should not serve or sell any until more is learned about the outbreak. All brands of romaine lettuce are suspect because no common grower, supplier, distributor or brand has been identified by the CDC.
Symptoms, which usually begin about three to four days after consuming the bacteria, can include watery or bloody diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting, according to the CDC. Most people infected by the bacteria get better within five to seven days, though this particular strain of E. coli tends to cause more severe illness.
Illnesses started in October. The current outbreak is not related to a multistate outbreak linked to romaine lettuce this summer.
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V-Cash Ltd Sells Their Online Payment Service
The company V-Cash Ltd based in Nevis WI was recently offered for sale. The assets of the company include the V-Cash payment system software, and itís database of over 150,000 users.
V-Cash has announced that it has found a buyer. The new company, which is based in Central America, has agreed to take over the operations of V-Cash starting September 1, 2007. The price of the sale or the name of the new buyer has not been disclosed as yet.
The new owners plan to send out an announcement to all account holders in the V-Vash system before the change takes effect. The system will shut down for a 24 hour period, while maintenance on the system and security updates are performed.
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BEIJING: More than 300 Chinese space enthusiasts have booked tickets costing nearly US$100,000 (RM322,000) for a five minute trip to outer space, official media reported.
The 305 buyers snapped up tickets for a trip with Dutch firm Space Expedition Corp (SXC) when they went on sale on Taobao, an online retail website, the state-run China Daily reported.
The trips will take place in a two-man craft that remains in space for five to six minutes, giving the tourist a rarely seen view and the experience of weightlessness, the report said.
The tickets were sold for 599,999 yuan (RM311,000) it said.
No date for the trip was given. Despite a flurry of interest in space tourism in recent years, no private firms have yet been able to launch regular trips.
Participants – who must weigh no more than 125kg – are required to receive flight simulation and weightlessness training before their trip.
Ticket broker Zhang Yong told the China Daily: “It is exciting that Chinese can enjoy space travel with a click of a mouse. Hopefully it will usher in a new chapter for Chinese to explore outer space.” — AFP
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A new APIS product, which will be available soon, was announced as the 2017 “Flavour of the Year” and short-listed for the AGROEXPO innovation award.
In less than a month, it won two innovation awards.
It is an innovative product that follows the trends of a market that is increasingly concerned about health care. Superfoods and specific products for allergic people are the most popular.
Consumers look for more nutritious recipes, as well as a return to the roots in manufacturing processes.
The healthy attribute has not prevented meat consumption from falling, while turkey has escaped from this trend, becoming the new leading category in the market.


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When you’re in the SEO business, or if you use SEO best practices to optimize your company’s website, it’s important to stay on top of any new changes to Google’s ever-evolving algorithm. Failing to roll with the changes and switch up your SEO game accordingly can lead to a dip in traffic, lower rankings and overall lack of impact despite your SEO efforts. Then again, when it comes to the Google algorithms, it’s next to impossible to figure out the exact recipe to their secret sauce, which always results in a heap of rumors and speculation amongst the SEO community. Here are our favorite Google rumors of 2017 so far- we can’t wait to see what 2018 brings!
Rumor #1: A June 2017 update caused pages to go missing from Google’s index
Unlike Apple, Google is not a company that makes a big deal out of announcing updates. You won’t see any flashy press conferences detailing the upgrades to the algorithms that Google has in place, and for good reason. Google makes an effort to conceal the rollout of new updates so that black-hat (an industry term for underhanded) SEO practitioners can’t figure out how to game the system for optimized search results. The rumors that result, including this one surrounding an apparent June 25 algorithm update, tend to suggest that a glitch of some sort has caused entire web pages to be absent from search results.
The Truth: While Google is forthcoming enough about its continuous updates, it is less than eager to share exactly what has changed. Because of this, any rumors surrounding missing pages tend to be largely speculative and difficult to prove.
Rumor #2: “Fred” ruined everything
A March 2017 Google update that has since been nicknamed “Fred” was the subject of much speculation within the SEO community. Fred allegedly was responsible for a decrease in content quality as well as an issue with backlinks, and was blamed for plummeting rankings on sites across the internet.
The Truth: It’s hard to get to the bottom of Fred, due to Google’s close-lipped approach to conducting updates, but it would appear that Google Panda (an algorithm that assesses the content of websites and rewards or penalizes accordingly) and Google Penguin (an algorithm that analyzes quality of links to ward off potential spam and malware) updates may have caused the fluctuations.
Rumor #3: HTTPS is going to become the law of the land
A January 2017 article published in Search Engine Journal warned that by the end of that month, Google was going to begin penalizing websites heavily for not having the HTTPS protocol in place. HTTPS, which stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure, differs from standard HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) in that it adds an extra level of security with every connection by using an SSL/TSL (Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security) protocol to protect sensitive payment information, among other things.
The Truth: This one is absolutely true- and necessary! In an ongoing effort to protect internet users against fraud, identity theft, malware and a host of other undesirable effects from shopping online, HTTPS will be a requirement for all websites in the very near future. The only thing the article got wrong is the timeline- as of October 15, 2017, Google was still just giving warnings to websites without HTTPS in place and has not yet made it 100 percent mandatory.
It can be hard to hear all of these Google rumors and know what is and isn’t true. In order to make sure your website’s SEO is always on point regardless of what Google updates lie ahead, talk to the team at 51Blocks! Our friendly, professional staff knows SEO backward and forwards, and loves nothing better than to take the time to figure out Google updates and what they mean for your website’s rankings and traffic. Contact 51Blocks today to see what we can do to help boost organic traffic, improve search result rankings and enhance your overall ROI.


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Provinces' trade deal worth (dry) celebration
It is called the Canadian Free Trade Agreement. But it's not really free. It is a freer trade agreement.
The new interprovincial trade agreement signed Friday by the provinces and federal government certainly opens up trade. But it's not as if the provincial boundaries are being erased trade-wise.
Just look at beer and wine and spirits. Provincial governments are not giving up their monopolies over the sale and distribution of alcohol.
There are onerous barriers to interprovincial trade in booze. How onerous? In 2012, the government of New Brunswick launched a legal fight against a resident who brought 14 cases of beer and three bottles of liquor back across the border from Quebec. (He was legally allowed only 12 pints of beer). The case is still before the courts.
The fact of interprovincial trading-life is you can't bring as much booze back home as you'd like when shopping in the province next door.
That doesn't change under the new free trade deal.
If an Albertan wants to buy a few cases of Ontario wine (legally, that is) they have to do it via Alberta's liquor board, which buys it from the Ontario liquor board. That keeps everyone happy -- and by everyone I mean provincial treasurers.
The Alberta government, for example, collects almost $900 million a year in taxes on alcohol. It's in no hurry to give that up so consumers can join a mail-order wine club from Niagara-on-the-Lake.
You have to give the premiers credit for finally signing the Canadian Free Trade Act after years of false starts and dashed hopes. Interprovincial trade has been a chronic irritant at the premiers' annual conferences.
You might not know it, but it's often easier to trade between Canada and the United States than, say, between Alberta and Quebec. Each province has its own rules, including how to blend gasoline, how to regulate professionals such as dentists, how margarine should be coloured and what size of tires should be used on commercial trucks.
Interprovincial trade is worth about $385 billion a year, which represents about one-fifth of the entire country's gross domestic product. Removing artificial barriers to that trade is expected to add $25 billion to the national economy.
Alberta has been lobbying hard for the free trade deal for the past three years, first under Alison Redford's Progressive Conservative government and now under the NDP.
At last July's premiers' conference in Whitehorse, Premier Rachel Notley pushed for the deal but also dug in her heels over the issue of government procurements, that is, contracts put out for tender by a government covering everything from building a new school to providing computer services.
For years Alberta has allowed companies in all other provinces to bid on government contracts in Alberta. However, Alberta companies weren't free to bid on government jobs in Ontario and Quebec.
Under the new trade agreement (which comes into effect July 1), Alberta companies may bid on government contracts in all other provinces. And if an Ontario or Quebec firm wants to make a pitch on a government job in Alberta, they'll be given bonus bidding points if they hire Alberta workers and subcontractors. Some provinces called it protectionism.
But Notley pushed back, pointing out provinces hard hit by a recession should be able to protect jobs.
Notley was thinking primarily about her government investing $34 billion in infrastructure projects over five years. She wanted much of that money to remain in Alberta.
In the end, she apparently won.
That's worth popping a bottle to celebrate the new trade agreement. Too bad the agreement does nothing to drop the price of that bottle.


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Just look at that view — through a toilet seat!
Fake plane ride challenge, the latest viral craze, involves duping unsuspecting video watchers into believing that the poster is gazing outside an airplane window for an aerial view — typically at an exotic locale — when in actuality, the video watcher is fooled through a mix of forced perspective and natural backdrop.
The mania, which has already logged 27 million views, seems to have started on Chinese social media Weibo — the equivalent to Twitter in the U.S. — and includes a bogus flying video and hashtag that translates to “how to pretend you’re on a plane.”
The trend began gaining momentum up around the Lunar New Year, just after billions of trips were made across the country, reported NextShark.
The challenge also requires video posters to create the illusion of flying using the hole of a random household item. To replicate a jet portal, many people are utilizing toilet seats to create the desired effect.
In one post, a user seemingly snapped a photo of a tropical island, only to reveal the tools of the trick were a travel brochure and laundry detergent bottle handle.
Another user took a photo of an exotic locale and then showed she was actually looking through a toilet seat situated in front of a computer screensaver. And in one inspiring clip, the alleged passenger appears to be hovering over Japan’s Mt. Fuji, only to reveal shortly after the supposed plane window is actually a detergent handle hovering above a smartphone screen.


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Video: Ferrari F12 Berlinetta in action, world debut in Geneva
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Ferrari has just dropped two new movies of the new 2013 F12 Berlinetta. A single video exhibits the new Ferrari hitting up the track and the other shows the mode’s public debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Display from earlier this week.
Check out our publish on the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta from the 2012 Geneva Motor Display right here.
Hit the jump for the video.
Refresher: Weighing in at just three,335 pounds, the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta is powered by a 6.3 liter V12 engine generating a whopping 730-hp with a maximum torque of 509 lb-ft. The engine is mated to the F1 dual-clutch transmission, which makes it possible for the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta to go from to 62 mph in three.one seconds, to 124 mph in eight.5 seconds.
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Big data is the big buzzword in tech these days, and San Jose-based Skytree Inc. has technology that aims to handle all of that data and make some sense out of it.
The company is launching today after two and a half years in stealth. It also announced it has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding from San Francisco-based Javelin Venture Partners.
Skytree CEO Martin Hack says his company, which is still small and has fewer than 10 employees, is the first to build a "general purpose platform for machine learning."
There are many companies that use machine learning to analyze the huge amounts of specific types of data they collect, Hack said, like Netflix Inc., which analyzes customers' movie ratings and selections to recommend other shows or films they would be interested in.
Skytree's technology, though, can be used for essentially any kind of data, he said. It can analyze data to segment customers into groups, look for outliers, or make predictions based on historical information.
To use big data previously, he said, people had to know what to ask for. Machine learning can help users delve deeper into the information.
"(Previously), it's essentially a human writing a certain query that says 'look for somebody who is 35 and bought a BMW last year,'" he said. "Machine learning would allow you to look for patterns that you wouldn't have even thought about before."
Skytree has a free edition of its "Skytree Server" system available to download on its website, and an enterprise version that costs $2,999 and upwards.
Hack, who previously worked as a senior product manager at Sun Microsystems, said he had been speaking with his co-founder, CTO Alexander Gray, for several years about machine learning. Gray is a professor at Georgia Tech and heads The FASTlab, a research organization focused on data analysis.
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Higher ticket prices didn't deter tourists from taking trips to Disney theme parks during its second quarter.
The company, which reported earnings Wednesday after the closing bell, said guests spent more and stayed longer during their time at Disney parks and on cruises in the quarter, boosting revenue 5% to $6.2 billion during the three-month period ended March 30.
This is good news for Disney as it is about to open what some consider its most anticipated theme park expansion land ever — Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.
The company said the spike in spending was primarily due to increases in average ticket prices, which jumped an average of 8% in January and upwards of 15% in March at Walt Disney World. Parkgoers also spent more on food, beverages and merchandise while visiting the parks.
Sales of consumer products on Disney's cruise line and higher attendance and hotel room occupation at the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort were also factors, the company said.
Earlier this month, free reservations for entry into Disney's new theme park land Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in California filled up in less than two hours. Fans were permitted to sign up for a 4-hour window to visit that area of the park through the online reservation system.
Disney is only instituting this reservation system for days between May 31 and June 23 but is anticipating high demand to continue through summer and the rest of the year.
If crowds get too big, Disney said some experiences in the land will be restricted or unavailable. A second Galaxy's Edge will open in Orlando, Florida, in August.
The new land is set on Batuu, a planet not yet seen on film. It's a thriving port filled with rogue traders, droids and unique alien species.
Disney park guests will be able to explore the planet's Black Spire Outpost and shops as well as pilot the Millennium Falcon on the Smugglers Run ride. They can also take part in an epic battle between the First Order and the Resistance on the Rise of the Resistance ride.
Shops and restaurants will offer an array of unique merchandise and food and beverages not available in any other location. This can entice "Star Wars" collectors, who may venture across the country and the world to visit these lands just for the exclusive collectibles.
Galaxy's Edge's first location in California opens in the third quarter, while the Florida location will open in the fiscal fourth quarter. Both lands are expected to drive massive foot traffic, ticket sales and food, beverage and merchandise sales.
Without Galaxy's Edge, Disney's theme parks and resorts took in more than $20 billion in revenue last year.


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To add to the excruciating wait that we all must endure while waiting for May 3rd, Samsung has unveiled its Unpacked 2012 official app. Besides that launch of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S3, there has been nothing else set in stone with regards to what else will make an appearance at the launching. This app does not bring much functionality with it now but as the launch looms nearer, the app will allows users to track all the news related to the upcoming device, watch the launching live from the app itself, contains the event schedule, a brief history of ‘Unpacked’ and directions if you happen to be in London on May 3rd and have been invited to attend the epic launching.
Naturally, we want to fixate on the live event feature which gives millions of fans the avenue to watch the curtains rise for free from anywhere in the world. As can be seen in the picture above, the application also comes with a countdown timer which seems to figuratively slow down every time you look at it. If you haven’t already downloaded the application from the Google Play Store, click here to pay it a visit.


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Black Shark 4 and 4 Pro gaming-focused smartphones were launched earlier this year, and now the arrival of Black Shark 4S has been confirmed. It could launch as an upgrade to the vanilla Black Shark 4. Today, the company took to Weibo to announce that the Red Magic 4S will launch in China on October 13 at 3 PM local time.
The launch poster teases phone’s internal image, confirming a horizontal camera array with three sensors, like the Black Shark 4 and 4 Pro. It does not reveal any specifications. However, the company will put on more teasers in the coming days that will tell us more about the device, like its design and key specifications.
The Black Shark 4S is unlikely to bring design overhaul. It may bring some minor changes, but the overall design will resemble Red Magic 4. The device is expected is be fueled by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ chipset. It is likely to offer 120W fast charging and improved cooling system.
Recent reports suggests that the Xiaomi-backed company is also in the works to launch Black Shark 4S Pro. It could come with some upgrades over the Black Shark 4 Pro, which was launched earlier this year.
Coming back to the Red Magic 4S, it could bring some hardware upgrades, most likely a better chipset and a better set of cameras. To recall, the Red Magic 4 has 144Hz Super AMOLED FullHD+ display with HDR10+ support. It has Snapdragon 888 SoC, 64MP triple rear cameras, 20MP selfie snapper, and a 4,500mAh battery with 120W fast charging. The company has shared several camera samples of the Red Magic 5S, showing the camera capabilities of the phone.
We are just a couple of days away from the launch. It means that the company will put teasers to build hype around that will reveals more details about the phone.


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Blue Buffalo Pet Products Inc (NASDAQ:BUFF) insider William W. Bishop, Jr. sold 21,200 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.63, for a total transaction of $691,756.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.
Shares of Blue Buffalo Pet Products Inc (NASDAQ BUFF) traded up $1.93 on Thursday, hitting $34.98. 3,321,400 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,127,194. Blue Buffalo Pet Products Inc has a 52 week low of $21.51 and a 52 week high of $35.80. The company has a current ratio of 4.22, a quick ratio of 3.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.61. The firm has a market cap of $6,453.44, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.83.
Several equities research analysts recently commented on BUFF shares. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Blue Buffalo Pet Products from $33.00 to $39.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 16th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Blue Buffalo Pet Products from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $37.00 price target for the company in a research report on Monday, January 15th. Susquehanna Bancshares set a $41.00 price target on shares of Blue Buffalo Pet Products and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 28th. Wells Fargo & Co upgraded shares of Blue Buffalo Pet Products to a “buy” rating and set a $36.00 price target for the company in a research report on Friday, December 8th. Finally, Barclays reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $29.00 target price on shares of Blue Buffalo Pet Products in a research report on Friday, November 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the stock. Blue Buffalo Pet Products has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $32.54.
Blue Buffalo Pet Products Company Profile
Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc (BBPP) is a holding company. The Company operates as a pet food company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, develops, produces, markets and sells pet food under product lines, including BLUE Life Protection Formula, BLUE Wilderness, BLUE Basics, BLUE Freedom and BLUE Natural Veterinary Diet lines.
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