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A little effort makes the old new again. How firms put a savvy spin on office standbys:
Press send. Social media tools can make email seem antiquated. Not so fast, said SparkPost CEO Phillip Merrick:
“What was the first thing you did this morning? Check your email.”
The inbox still has business significance.
“Twenty-five percent of all Black Friday and Cyber Monday purchases were driven by email offers,” Merrick told IBD.
That’s compared with 2% of social medial offers.
“Social gets all the buzz,” he said. “But email is still the workhorse of the digital economy.”
Land it. That doesn’t mean email is foolproof.
“Twenty to 25 percent of legitimate emails — they don’t arrive in the inbox,” Merrick said.
The lost ones get rejected by Internet service providers or languish in spam folders.
Cloud email delivery service SparkPost boosts email performance by making sure missives arrive as intended.
“We’re like the FedEx of email,” he said.
Hear back. SparkPost taps into real-time analytics and multiple metrics to detect deliverability issues and offer clients live feedback.
Say a retailer emails a website visitor a special offer.
“You can — in real time — find out if this visitor has opened the email you just sent him,” Merrick said.
Tap it. Smartphones are making email even more accessible.
“Fifty-one to 52% of emails are being opened on a mobile device,” Merrick said.
His mission is to keep up with advancing devices and “make sure email remains relevant.”
Connect quickly. Employers are realizing they need to reach workers where they are — and that’s often on smartphones.
“Mobile is forcing companies to really rethink how they distribute content,” said Jeff Corbin, CEO and founder of APPrise Mobile, maker of theEMPLOYEEapp.
His startup allows firms to push messages and content directly to employees’ smartphones and iPads via an app personalized with company logos and visuals.
“It becomes a mobile hub for employee-related stuff,” Corbin said.
Make it match. Caesars Entertainment (CZR) used theEMPLOYEEapp to create @CaesarsToday, an app workers download from Apple’s App Store or Google Play.
“It’s got that branded, personal feel,” Corbin said.
Extend reach. Companies such as Caesars use theEMPLOYEEapp to distribute corporate news, policies, training videos and live events. When a blizzard hit, a corporate client used it to get the word out.
“That’s how they communicated with their 10,000 employees that they shouldn’t come to work because of road conditions,” Corbin said.
Boost teamwork. On a typical workday, an employee might use email, social media tools and internal platforms to collaborate with co-workers.
In short, they’re all over the place.
“We’re seeing fatigue now. They’re so fed up with jumping round to different services. That also kills efficiency.”
So says Rickard Hansson, CEO of Incentive.
The social intranet provider aims to consolidate team communication and collaboration tools into a single platform. The all-in-one approach eliminates the need for multiple software subscriptions.
Consolidate tools. The Incentive social intranet extends beyond the typical document collaboration tools to include wikis, blogs, microblogging, file sharing, app development, instant messaging and videoconferencing.
While collaborating on a document on the social platform, “you can pull people in on an as-needed basis,” Hansson said.
Get them together. A group of employees attending a conference can use the Incentive intranet to develop an itinerary and other documents, and launch group chats to discuss priorities and activities.
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A popular women's fashion chain is the latest Canadian retailer to fall victim to the slumping economy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Le Château Inc., which is based in Montreal, announced Friday that it had filed a Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCHA) application to protect its assets, while it liquidates and winds down operations, according to a media release posted on the company's corporate website.
The chain has 123 stores across Canada, including one at Devonshire Mall in Windsor and one at White Oaks mall in London. The company also maintains a website that serves customers in both Canada and the U.S.
In its release, the company said every effort was made to keep the company afloat.
"The retail industry faced numerous challenges due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the second wave currently hitting our communities across Canada," the company said. "Its already evident impact on consumer demand for Le Château’s holiday party and occasion wear, which represents the core of our offering, has diminished Le Château’s ability to pursue its activities."
There were 900 people employed in the chain's stores, plus 500 at the head office in Montreal.
"We regret the impact this will have on our people and can assure you that we explored all options available to us prior to taking this difficult decision," the company said. "We also thank the fashion schools and the business partners that have been part of our legacy and wish them continued success in keeping Montréal the fashion centre of Canada. Most importantly, we thank the millions of Canadians whom we have had the privilege of serving over the past six decades."
There is no word on when the stores will close.

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Sevendust have streamed their upcoming album ‘Cold Day Memory’ right here at TuneLab.com—listen at this location. The album will be in stores tomorrow, April 20th. You can order a limited edition CD/DVD autographed by the band right here.
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Their new record ‘Cold Day Memory‘ hits stores on April 20th as well.
Puddle of Mudd have been added to the previously revealed summer tour featuring Shinedown, Sevendust, Chevelle, and 10 Years. The tour has been dubbed the “Carnival of Madness” Tour, and will hit arenas and amphitheaters starting July 16th in Jacksonville, FL. 10 Years…
Sevendust will premiere the DVD portion of their new record ‘Cold Day Memory‘ and perform an acoustic set on the eve of it’s release at the Hard Rock Cafe in Atlanta. The DVD includes more than thirty minutes of footage documenting the making of ‘Cold Day Memory‘ which is due in stores on April…
In an interview with Lubbock’s news channel 11, Sevendust vocalist Lajon Witherspoon revealed they will be heading out on a tour this summer with Shinedown and “a couple other bands” from Indegoot Management.
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By Zack Smith
What if McDonald’s or Burger King had offered decorated glasses with images from Ridley Scott’s "Alien" back in 1979? Well, there would have been a massive parental outcry, but more accurately – it would have looked something like these new Super7 offerings that will be previewed at Wondercon.
Yes, Super7 will reveal the prototypes for a set of four pint glasses depicting the life cycle of the H.R. Giger-designed Xenomorph, in all its bloody/sexually-suggestive glory. The set, which will be available later this year, includes:
- THE SPACE JOCKEY
- ‘BIG CHAP’ aka THE ALIEN
- KANE’S CHESTBURSTER
- RIPLEY & THE AIRLOCK
Each of the 16-ounce pint glasses measures approximately 5 ¾” tall, with the set of four retailing for $49.99.
Please take a moment to reflect that we live in a golden age of "Alien" merchandise, when back in 1979, the thought of an "Alien" toy for kids created a massive uproar and resulted in the (awesome) toy being banned from the shelves. Hey, here’s a commercial!
You can see the pint glasses on display at Booth #1166 at Wondercon on March 29-31. Planning on going?


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The Volkswagen Diesel Gate scandal seems it would haunt the German carmaker for a while, since the state of Missouri has sued Volkswagen on Monday.
Missouri becomes the 17th US state to take legal action against the German carmaker over its cheating on diesel emissions, that has led to controversies, one after another.
Separately, Charles Breyer, a US District Judge is ready to hold a hearing on whether to award final approval to a $10.033 billion worth settlement with 4,75,000 owners of 2.0-litre Volkswagen vehicles.
The suggested settlement would allow owners to sell their polluting Volkswagen vehicles or get them fix, if regulators approve it.
Breyer made public, hundreds of pages of objections from vehicle owners. Many of them claimed that Volkswagen is not offering a good enough buyback price for polluting vehicles made by the carmaker, or repaying them for a few costs such as extended warranties.
Most Volkswagen owners with the affected 2.0-litre engines will get extra compensation of $5,100 to $10,000 for selling back their vehicles or getting them fixed.
Missouri's lawsuit will add to the financial uncertainties for Volkswagen from lawsuits filed by state regulators who are seeking monetary fines in addition to any federal or civil claims the automaker will pay.
The 16 other states that have sued the German carmaker over the cheat device include California, New York, Texas, and New Jersey. Washington too lodged an administrative proceeding against the German automaker seeking $176 million in July.
"Volkswagen's actions demonstrate a flagrant disregard for Missouri's environmental laws, as well as the health and welfare of Missourians," Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said in a statement on Monday.
VW spokeswoman, Jeannine Ginivan said on Monday the company "is committed to reaching a fair and efficient resolution of remaining federal and state diesel claims in the United States." She said Volkswagen "will review Missouri's complaint and respond appropriately."
Volkswagen has already agreed to pay $16.7 billion in settlements related to its use of an illegal software to cheat emissions testing.


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China will not stoop to competitive devaluation of its currency, Premier Li Keqiang stressed, hours after China hit back, with a softer punch than the one landed by the United States, in an escalating tariff war between the world's largest economies.
Addressing a World Economic Forum event in the port city of Tianjin on Wednesday, Li did not directly mention the trade conflict but said talk of Beijing deliberately weakening its currency was "groundless."
"One-way depreciation of the yuan brings more harm than benefits for China," he said. "China will never go down the road of relying on yuan depreciation to stimulate exports."
China will not do that to chase "thin profits" and "a few small bucks."
Li went on to say that the world's multi-lateral trading system should be upheld, and that unilateral trade actions will not solve any problems.
His remarks gave a lift to the yuan, which has lost about 9 percent of its value since mid-April amid the ongoing trade war.
On Tuesday, Beijing added $60 billion of U.S. products to its import tariff list in retaliation for U.S. President Donald Trump's planned levies on $200 billion of Chinese goods.
But Beijing is running out of room to respond to any further U.S. tariffs on a dollar-for-dollar basis, raising concerns it may resort to other measures to weather what could be a protracted trade battle.
China has yet to publicly accept an invitation extended last week by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to hold a fresh round of talks, which China welcomed at the time.
On Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said he had no information on a possible trade delegation and questioned U.S. sincerity about wanting new talks, noting that the last round was followed immediately by the activation of new tariffs.
"This has become a kind of U.S. routine," he said.
The United States wants to pressure China to make sweeping changes to its trade, technology transfer and high-tech industrial subsidy policies.
Trump had warned that retaliation by China would trigger tariffs on another $267 billion of Chinese goods, on top of duties on $250 billion in imports that are already in place or threatened. China, which bought only $130 billion in American goods last year, has imposed or threatened tariffs on $110 billion in U.S. products.
"China are out of bullets. The fight is done and dusted. Now it's just a question of how the Chinese can save face and say 'alright we're going to change, going to open up wider access not only to the U.S. but to the EU and Japan'," said Christopher Peel, chief investment officer at Tavistock Wealth in London.
"Their economy is export-led, they can't afford for it to go out of control," he told Reuters.
The new U.S. tariffs will begin on Sept. 24 at 10 percent and will increase to 25 percent by the end of 2018, with Bank of America Merrill Lynch forecasting a 0.5 percentage point decline in Chinese gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2019 to 6.1 percent.
Oxford Economics said in a note that China's economic growth in 2019 could fall well below 6 percent, and said prospects for near-term easing in tensions were low.
But, it added "the likelihood of de-escalation will rise over time as the increasing economic impact in the U.S. will make the Trump team less combative, and China realizes that it will be hard to integrate more into the global economy without some concessions regarding its specific economic model."
Investors were relieved that the latest escalation was less severe than some market participants had expected, with Asian stocks rising on Wednesday and U.S. Treasury yields near four-month highs.
China remains unafraid of the "extreme measures" taken by the United States, the People's Daily newspaper said in a front-page article in its overseas edition on Wednesday.
"To deal with the trade war, what China really should do is to focus on doing its own thing well," said the newspaper, which is published by the ruling Communist Party.
"(China) is not worried that the U.S. trade counter measures will raise domestic commodity prices by too much but will instead use it as an opportunity to replace imports, promote localisation or develop export-oriented advanced manufacturing," it said.
The Global Times tabloid, which is affiliated to the People's Daily, said the trade war was a chance to pursue greater global recognition of its financial markets and that it could open its A-share market more to listings by Western firms.
Confidence among Asian companies has slumped to the weakest in almost three years as businesses fear collateral damage from the worsening trade war and China's slowing economy, the latest Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed.
Chinese firms were the most pessimistic since the poll began in 2009.
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Liverpool-based Bibby Line Group saw revenues fall 15% to £1.450bn in the year to December 31.
Pre-tax profits plunged from £44m to £29.5m.
However, the group said that, given the challenging market conditions, particularly in the offshore oil and gas sector, it was pleased to finish the year with significant cash balances and net assets of £298m, up from £280m.
The group, which employs more than 6,000 staff over a wide portfolio of interests spanning retail, shipping, marine services , logistics and financial services, said that historic lows in shipping rates and oil prices, food price deflation, and continued low interest rates contributed to reduced turnover and operating profits.
At the end of 2015, the group sold its Australian Financial Services business, and in early 2016 it sold its ship management business . Both transactions strengthened the balance sheet to allow it to invest in the current portfolio of businesses.
The group said the trading performance of Bibby Offshore, which provides sub-sea services to the oil and gas industry, reflects the difficult market conditions and contrasts with the record results of 2014 .
Revenue decreased by 37% to £241m as fleet utilisation and rates fell, resulting in reduced operating profits of £19.6m, down from £62m.
The group’s financial services business grew debts factored by 8.1% to £9.3bn globally, with funds advanced to more than 9,200 clients of £714m at the year end, against £732m, reflecting the sale of the Australian and New Zealand operations. Turnover decreased £1m to £167m and delivered an operating profit of £22m, down from £25m.
Restructuring costs in the distribution arm led to an operating loss of £6.1m, compared with a £600,000 profit previously, but the group said the division is now a leaner business.
The retail division, Costcutter, is seeing month-on-month sales growth, with stable overheads.
Group managing director, Sir Michael Bibby, said: “Low oil prices, reductions in key global trade flows, and low interest rates have combined to create challenging operating conditions.
“Looking ahead, we’re in a strong position. We have the appropriate financing in place to handle unexpected events whilst taking up exceptional investment opportunities to deliver an even better business as the next upturn approaches.”


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European users getting ready for Cortana’s arrival
A Director at Microsoft France reveals that Cortana is on the way to France, and users should expect the French version of Microsoft’s voice assistant to become available in the next couple of months.
Earlier reports suggested that Redmond was working on enabling Cortana for more countries, starting from major European markets. Microsoft has already launched special Cortana webpages in different languages like Dutch, French, Spanish, German and more, which is a hint that the service may well go global shortly. Today, Cortana is working only in the US, UK, China, Australia, Canada, and India.
— Laurent Schlosser (@LaurentSchloss) September 23, 2014
Microsoft is trying to enable Cortana for as many users as possible in attempts to boost Windows Phone sales across the globe. Moreover, the people working at Redmond are updating the service at least once in every two weeks constantly adding new features and improving Cortana’s capabilities.
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‘Tis the season for festive DLC, and Hello Games is getting in on the action by giving Joe Danger: Special Edition owners a free serving of Santa Danger and his Christmas QuadBike on December 21. See how Ol’ Saint Nick handles the track in this DLC preview.
More than just a decorative skin, the holiday DLC will swap coins for presents and challenge players with learning a whole new vehicle in the form of Santa Danger’s Christmas Quadbike.
“I think of the Quad bike a bit like unlocking Luigi in Mario Galaxy,” explained Hello Games founder Sean Murray in a press release. “Suddenly the controls and handling are different, and every level has to be relearned and replayed. The ATV is faster for instance, but very bouncy.”
The free DLC will only be available on XBLA for a limited time, as Hello Games claims, “Santa disappears after Christmas and so does the awesome ATV!!
Joe Danger: Special Edition was released on December 14 as an exclusive for Xbox 360 daredevils. A sequel, Joe Danger: The Movie, is currently in development.


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Have you heard the latest buzz? It turns out eating bugs may be a more sustainable alternative to eating meat and fish. Now chefs, sustainability experts and foodies are all embracing entomophagy (or insect-eating) because of their nutritional profile and taste. So, how do you feel about eating bugs — will you be jumping on the “bug” wagon?
Why are we even talking about eating bugs?
The idea of eating bugs may seem gross, but it’s not a new concept. In fact, they’ve always been a staple in traditional diets in certain regions throughout the world. And it’s estimated that bugs feed at least two billion people worldwide. But for most Westerners, the idea is distasteful, to say the least. So, why are bugs even being considered as an edible option?
It’s commonly accepted that by the year 2050 the world will host nine billion people. To feed that many people, current food production needs to double, suggests a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Today, there are nearly one billion chronically hungry people worldwide. So, what we eat and how we produce it needs to be re-evaluated.
Health benefits of insects
To date, 1,900 insect species have been documented as a food source globally. Bugs, it seems, can offer non-vegetarians a good source of protein. But if bugs are to become a staple throughout the world, they need to offer much more than just protein. For instance, iron is a particularly important nutrient that’s often missing from non-meat diets. Iron-deficiency anemia can lead to poor cognitive performance, lower immunity, poor pregnancy outcomes and a host of other issues.
But insects are highly nutritious — some more than others — and are a healthy food source. Some provide high fat, vitamins, minerals, fiber and protein. For instance, mealworms are a good source of unsaturated omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. In fact, they’re comparable to fish. They’re an even better source than cattle and pigs for protein, vitamin and mineral content. And when it comes to the environment, insects as a food source emit substantially fewer greenhouse gasses — like methane — than most livestock.
A study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry researched whether commonly eaten insects could contribute to a well-rounded meal. They looked at grasshoppers, crickets, mealworms and buffalo worms for their mineral contents. They also estimated how much of each nutrient would likely get absorbed if eaten, using a lab model of human digestion.
What they found was that insects had varying levels of iron, calcium, copper, magnesium, manganese and zinc. Crickets, for example, had higher levels of iron than the other insects did. Minerals such as calcium, copper and zinc found in grasshoppers, crickets and mealworms are more readily absorbable than the same minerals found in beef. Study results show that eating bugs could potentially support the nutritional needs of a fast-growing population, say researchers.
Why aren’t North Americans eating bugs?
Julie Lesnik, an assistant professor of anthropology at Wayne State University in Detroit, says that one of the reasons you don’t find insects regularly on the menu in North America is because of the continent’s early ancestors.
“When the peopling of the Americas started happening it was tens of thousands of years ago,” says Lesnik. “The entire northern part of our continent was covered in ice. And if you think about finding a food resource at this time, insects are not going to be available.”
But if you traveled south, you would’ve come across these insects. Which is why you see insect consumption in Mexico and through Central and South America but not in the U.S. or Canada, says Lesnik.
If you’re thinking about hunting for ants or worms in your backyard, think again. According to Lesnik, it’s best to avoid these homegrown pests, since they can have highly concentrated levels of pesticides or other toxins. When it comes to eating bugs, source from your local bug farmer.
Where to find these little critters
Out of Campbellford, Ontario in Canada comes Next Millennium Farms (NMF). It is the largest North American farm that breeds, raises and processes insects for human consumption. Opened in 2014, this bug farm is at the forefront of a new agriculture industry about to explode. As more people embrace eating bugs for health and environmental reasons, the business of bugs can only go up.
Crickets require 12 times less feed and 13 times less water than cattle to produce the same amount of edible protein. Additionally, bug farming uses far less farmable land. According to owners Darren Goldin and his two brothers, Jarrod and Ryan, cricket flour is their main selling product. It’s versatile and can be used in almost anything.
“Whether it’s cookies or a salad dressing or vegetarian chili, you can add small amounts of the cricket powder,” suggests Goldin to Global News. NMF can’t keep up with demand from customers. Their biggest customer is Exo, one of the largest cricket protein bar manufacturers in the U.S.
Bugs in restaurants
Soon, you may even find insect delicacies on the menu in your favorite restaurant. The well-known Vij’s Indian restaurant located in Vancouver, B.C. dabbled with bugs on the menu. Meeru Dhalwala, chef and co-owner with husband Vikram Vij, first put bugs on the menu in 2008.
They ground, roasted crickets into flour and made paratha, an Indian flatbread. While it was a delicious dish, the crickets created a bigger buzz than people ordering them, said Dhalwala to Global News. Originally the crickets were introduced ground to patrons, but now they serve them whole. If insects are going to become a common cooking ingredient in North American restaurants, says Dhalwala, kitchens chefs are going to have to make them taste as good as a steak.
Little Herds in Texas, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing edible insects to market, actually supplied Vij’s restaurant with their crickets.“[Sushi] is an example of how something like raw fish, that’s dangerous and disgusting, can be transformed by innovative chefs,’” says Robert Nathan Allen of Little Herds.
How to eat bugs
In case you’re wondering how you go about cooking and devouring bugs, the truth is, bugs can be pan-fried, boiled, sautéed, roasted or baked — with a bit of oil and salt, of course. You don’t have to eat them raw and wriggling. They can also be roasted and ground into flour, then used to make breads, crackers, cookies and bars. Entomophages, or people who eats insects, describe the
Entomophages, or people who eat insects, describe the flavor of bugs as being nutty and tasting remarkably like shrimp. That makes sense since shrimps and lobsters are actually nothing more than large bugs from the sea. And, just like shrimp and lobster are delicacies in the U.S., grasshoppers, wasps and ant eggs are delicacies elsewhere.
But according to American chef David George Gordon, known as “The Bug Chef,” not all insects taste delicious. A battered tarantula may taste like soft-shell crab, but the giant centipede tastes and looks like something from a “nightmare,” says Gordon.
Will eating bugs take off in North America? It’s hard to say, particularly since many people find them offensive. But 80 percent of the world is eating bugs. And, if the world’s population continues to boom, the solution to feeding billions could very well include battered tarantulas, cricket flour and roasted mealworms.
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Jaguar Land Rover last summer set up a division called Special Vehicle Operations. Its mission: Create high-performance production models, vehicle personalization products and low-volume, high-value limited-edition vehicles for both brands.
The first product will be a special version of the F-Type sports car, the Project 7. It will sell for about $165,000 -- a $66,000 premium over the standard F-Type R. Only 50 Project 7s will be available next year in the United States, Jaguar spokesman Stuart Schorr says.
This has me wondering: Is there an American brand that could set up a division for high-performance and factory-made, very limited-production custom vehicles and charge enough to make it profitable?
Yes. And Jeep is it.
Cadillac no longer commands that kind of brand loyalty and passion, even though the current line of BMW-beating V-series cars are outstanding and could someday break through. Lincoln? Not a chance. Tarted-up Fords will never command any kind of enthusiastic following that will persuade buyers to pay a big premium. GMC? Nope.
Ford has a new performance outfit, but the scope is limited. Ford isn’t going to let customers walk into a dealership and select their own interior fabrics, exterior colors, trim and mechanical components for a Mustang or an F-150. And the new GT is a $400,000 exotic built to beat Ferrari.
But Jeep could.
The time is right for Fiat Chrysler to make Jeep more special, much like Mercedes-Benz has done with AMG, BMW with its M division, and more recently, JLR with its Special Vehicle Operations.
Jeep, in fact, needs a custom-vehicle division.
The brand is on fire globally. Jeep sold a million vehicles for the first time last year. And sales are climbing again this year. Jeep is the one American brand with a rabid, passionate global following.
Now Jeep needs to create special vehicles for its most loyal and passionate customers. Making special show vehicles is something FCA certainly knows how to do well.
Jeep has three attributes that make it a perfect candidate for a dedicated, factory-built brand of exclusive vehicles: off-road capability, performance and a unique style that is easily customizable.
FCA is showing seven customized Jeeps this week at its annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah. Each is an example of what can be done to tap into the brand’s American history dating to World War II.
The current limited edition Willys version of the Wrangler, which reprises the classic Willys military logo from some of the original Jeeps and adds a few other cosmetic touches, has been a huge hit for Jeep.
Perhaps the most requested vehicle that Jeep won’t build is a small pickup based on the Wrangler. It’s a natural. And it could be developed for limited production and sold at a very high price for affluent Jeep customers looking for something different.
At least one independent outfit, American Expedition Vehicles, offers the DC350, a Wrangler four-door pickup conversion so well done that it looks like a factory made vehicle. The price starts at $39,900 -- which does not include the Wrangler. Mopar, the FCA performance and parts division, offers a two-door Wrangler pickup conversion kit for $5,499 but it looks goofy compared with the DC350.
Looking at the seven Moab Jeeps, I see a business case for FCA to set up a division that offers custom, factory-made Jeeps.
I know FCA has to produce high volume vehicles profitably to meet its financial and sales targets. But Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes and BMW understand that there are a core group of buyers who love their brands, who have plenty of money and who want to drive a special vehicle few others can own.
Jim Morrison, director of Jeep marketing, told me he likes the idea of a dedicated division that creates expensive, exclusive Jeeps, but there are no immediate plans to create such a division.
The immediate focus, he said, is to continue growing Jeep globally, while expanding the Mopar line of parts that enable Jeep customers to accessorize and customize their vehicles.
Morrison said Jeep will continue to build limited-run vehicles such as the Willys and Rubicon Wranglers, and will explore vehicles that could be derived from the 2015 Moab concepts.
“One or two of those ideas will make their way into production in some form,” said Morrison. “I have no idea which ones because we haven’t talked to our customers yet.”
Even though there are no very expensive, very limited production vehicles in Jeep’s future, the special edition models will keep coming. Says Morrsion: “There are 10 more on my desk that we are working on.”


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Bertelsmann Asia Investments (BAI) and Qiming Venture Partners have led a series A round worth tens of millions of U.S. dollars in Shiyunji, a food court operator that employs mobile and cloud technology to streamline both sales and purchasing.
Zhen Fund and Lishi Venture Capital also joined in the round, along with Tongkong Investment Group and Canbailian, founded by China Cuisine Association, who participated as strategic investors, according to a company announcement.
Founded in 2016, Shiyunji operates food courts in Nanjing and Shanghai. The average size of its food courts is around 1,000 square meters, with 25 to 30 food brands represented.
Shiyunji employs technology to reduce costs on rent, labor and material, while enhancing revenue. Customers at its food courts can order and pay via mobile apps. The company has also developed a proprietary Software as a Service (SaaS) which collects orders and distributes them to the correct food vendor, helping them streamline transactions.
The company says its online food ordering system means each tenant can operate with just two employees. The system also helps vendors reduce material costs through a centralized purchasing system. It claims that a tenant with just 15 square meters of space can achieve revenue of RMB300,000 (US$44,650) per month.
"Shiyunji is changing the food industry at three levels," said Zhao Penglan, vice president at BAI. "At the infrastructure level, it enhances production and supply chain efficiency. At the performance level, it improves revenue by introducing new retail into the industry. At the cloud level, it has developed a system providing information on both customers and transactions."
The start-up’s previous investors include Sequoia Capital China and Gobi Partners. It plans to use the latest proceeds to establish six to seven offline stores in the second half of this year.


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Twitter will start to "reactively withhold content from users in a specific country" as part of the company's process of expanding its global business.
In its blog post, Twitter explained that its international growth meant entering countries "that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression", citing France or Germany which ban pro-Nazi content as examples.
According Al Jazeera, censoring is necessary to avoid defying the laws of a nation where its employees reside and therefore avoiding their potential arrest.
However, not everyone is impressed.
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|“I can’t wait for the day robots rule.”|
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|“Some of us will do anything to be liked.”|
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|“The e-Palette, a vehicle that may one day not only deliver, but cook Pizza Hut offerings en route.”|
|“Automation doesn't have to be a replacement for human workers.”|
|“Scientific evidence that digital distraction is damaging our minds.”|
|“Imagine if you were allowed to eat as many M&M’s as you wanted.”|
|“The idea is to extract value from customers in the name of absurd growth.”|
|“An autonomous grocery store department on wheels”|


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Tata Sons, one of the biggest business conglomerates of the country, is exploring investment opportunities in Kashmir’s horticulture sector.
In this connection, a team of Tata Sons is arriving in Kashmir this week and has scheduled meetings with relevant government officers and different stakeholders of horticulture sector from Tuesday.
Director Horticulture, Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat on Sunday coordinated a meeting in order to facilitate the interactions with the stakeholders of horticulture sector and field visits of the visiting team.
According to a statement, the coordination meeting held on Sunday was attended by managing director, JKHPMC, director agriculture, Kashmir, President Horticulture Producers and Processors Association and other stakeholders and officers.
Director horticulture, Kashmir in the preliminary meeting said that involvement of the private players for betterment of state economy will be an opportunity to work in private-public partnership mode (PPP) and the investment of the private parties will be a welcome step for the horticulture industry.
Other issues related to horticulture industry were also discussed in the meeting and the challenges before the industry in each segment came under discussion for their solution and role of the horticulture industry for upliftment of the fruit growers of the state.
In the meeting it was decided that focus need to build on enhancement of productivity per unit area in all the temperate fruit crops ranging from apple, pear, cheery to walnut, almond etc, with the use of quality/genuine root stocks and scion material for production of quality fruit crops.
Kashmir has tremendous potential in horticulture sector for employment generation and entrepreneurship ventures for the production of quality fruit crops and its post-harvest handling for earning better returns by the fruit growers for contributing to the GSDP of the state.


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After Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) and more recently Airtel announced ulta-affordable 4G handsets, it's now the state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited's (BSNL) turn. BSNL has tied up with Indian smartphone makers Lava and Micromax to offer mobile handsets at low cost to its customers.
"BSNL has tied up with Micromax and Lava to provide instruments (mobile phones) to BSNL customers at low cost." BSNL's Hyderabad Telecom District (HTD) Principal General Manager K Ramchand told at a press event.
The official announcement comes just days after it was reported that Micromax is partnering with BSNL to introduce an entry-level 4G VolTE feature phone called Bharat One to compete with Relaiance's JioPhone.
BSNL recently completed 17 years of service in India, and is now looking to tap into the affordable smartphone market by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Micromax and Lava. The state-run telco's choice of India phone makers is in keeping with the Make in India initiative.
The handsets manufactured as part of the deal will be bundled with BSNL SIM cards and offers with low-tariff rates.
"We are coming out with bundled offers on handsets manufactured by Micromax and Lava with BSNL SIMs. We do not yet have the final cost as it is being worked out, but it will be affordable. The arrangement is with the home-grown firms as part of the Make in India initiative," Ramchand added.
While the final cost of the handsets is still being worked out, we could expect them to fall under the Rs. 2,500 or less price band. No details about the phones technical specifications and features were revealed.
Meanwhile, it was reported recently that Airtel is planning to launch an affordable 4G smartphone under Rs. 2,500 to counter the buzz created by JioPhone which was launched in August. Airtel is expected to launch a 4G VoLTE-enabled smartphone with a bigger screen, better camera and better battery by the end of this month.


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Incomes collapsing, supply chains disrupted and businesses closing or spending frozen just some of the problems facing Cambridgeshire businesses says survey
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Demand plummeting to zero, incomes collapsing, supply chains disrupted and businesses closing or freezing spending.
Those are some of the initial findings of a survey commissioned by Mayor James Palmer who has pledged support from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
Over half the respondents so far are from small businesses employing up to nine workers.
A further 13 per cent are sole traders and 20 per cent are small businesses (10-49 employees), totalling around 88 per cent of responses. Only around one in ten medium or large businesses Mayor Palmer pledged to “work flat out to support local businesses in their battle to stay afloat and to keep their employees in jobs”.
Responding to the online business resilience Intelligence survey, launched by the combined authority last week, 57 per cent of companies said all their employees have been hit by this unprecedented emergency.
“The survey indicates worsening business conditions with supply chains disrupted, customer demand plummeting, and a hunger for guidance about help on offer,” said the mayor.
He said that with Government support plans now revealed, a key priority is guiding companies towards government wage subsidies for staff who cannot work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The government will pay 80 per cent of their salaries, up to £2,500 per person a month. Provisions offsetting losses for the self-employed have also been announced.
- 1 Drink-drivers banned off the roads after being caught in March and Wisbech
- 2 Weekend closure for A142 for bridge works between Ely and Chatteris
- 3 First episode of tractor TV show features farmer in Cambridgeshire
- 4 Three brass instruments worth £20k stolen from church
- 5 Inside the £165,000 luxury river boat for sale in the Fens
- 6 Pictures show dramatic skies over Huntingdonshire and the Fens
- 7 Whistleblower shares story of bullying, fatigue and 'dangerous' hours at ambulance service
- 8 Cannabis, cash and knives discovered after police raids in Whittlesey
- 9 Long queues at Peterborough passport office ahead of holiday season
- 10 Family pay tribute to brothers, 13 and 17, killed in horror BMW crash
“The challenge now is to ensure businesses and the self-employed know how to tap into allowances for which they may be eligible,” said Mayor Palmer.
“Business has been knocked for six and employees are desperately anxious.
“It’s urgent that companies grasp the Government offers and know how to apply when the portals open.
“It’s my absolute priority to signpost the process and help them do this quickly and smoothly. Our task is to spell it out, it’s no use just telling people who’re in shock that support is out there, they need step-by-step help to get it.”
Mayor Palmer said the survey also asks companies to flag up what they most need at this stage to help them to weather the crisis.
There has been a good response so far, he said, but he hoped many more firms would come forward to get their voices heard.
“Thanks to those who have already taken part and shared but we need more evidence from more firms,” he said.
“Only you know exactly what you need from the government, so I urge businesses, from start-ups and SMEs to big employers, to act before it is too late.”
He urged businesses to contact the authority via the link bit.ly/cpcacovid19 “and tell us what you want. I’ll take your message to Westminster and get it squarely on the desk of relevant ministers”.
Mayor Palmer said the survey aims to collect detail on how the public health crisis is affecting them - and to collate requests of what they most need from government.
The combined authority’s business resilience teams will use early results to set up signposting services to put businesses on track for funds, and to lobby government on their behalf.


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TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc says it has, in conjunction with InTouch and other partners, deployed a mobile payment solution, called ‘Touch Point’, to over 385 stations.
According to a statement, Touch Point is a mobile payment financial-inclusion solution the company offers to capture the banked and unbanked populations in rural, sub-urban and urban communities nationwide, including Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano, and Kaduna.
“There are currently five service bouquets being offered at the stations — airtime, data, bills payment, cash deposit, and cash withdrawal. Touch Point offers our customers convenience, a seven-day accessibility to a variety of services and a brand name that is trusted,” it said.
The company said the partnership was in view of the growing need for the integration of banks and other financial institutions with innovators and customers in the financial services space and the increasing adoption of Application Programming Interface-based integrations in the industry.
“This partnership is in furtherance of our effort to offer convenience to our customers and live up to our commitment of being a one-stop service station where customers can access various goods and services across the country,” it added.
TotalEnergies said it planned to expand its footprint in the nearest future.
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Argentina’s government has allegedly fined 31 electronic and household appliance retailers for what it calls ‘abusive price hikes,’ as it seeks to contain inflation after an 18% devaluation of the peso last week.
Presidential Chief of Staff Jorge Capitanich declined to name the fined retailers, saying that the Commerce Secretariat would disclose such information when it is “opportune”.
He said that the “speculative conduct by executives and retailers are an embarrassment for their unpatriotic attitude", and that alternatively, “when conditions are different, they do not reduce prices”.
On Tuesday this week, Capitanich warned retailers of potential fines, adding that the government could close down businesses if price hikes were deemed abusive.
Several electronics and household appliance and electronics retailers stopped selling products on Friday after the peso plunged the previous day.
The battle to keep a lid on inflation, which is already running into double digits, comes after an 18% plunge in the peso to 8 per dollar, from 6.8 the previous week.
This has made it harder for retailers to price their products, given that a portion of their costs are imported in dollars.
Capitanich has warned that the government will continue to fine companies for excessive price hikes and shortages, strip them of benefits, like low-interest loans and subsidies, and import products to make up for any shortfalls.
Regardless of the government’s aims, economists warn that inflation could surpass 30% annually this year after hovering between 20% and 25% since 2010.
Economists say a deeper problem is heavy public spending and monetary expansion, which is flooding the market with pesos and driving up demand at a time when interest rates are so low that saving in the local currency leads to losses.
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Second undercover investigation reveals widespread dairy cow abuse at Fair Oaks Farms and Coca Cola
What Fair Oaks Farm is leading the public to believe isn’t all what it’s cracked up to be. It is set up, really like an amusement park. TOUR GUIDE: Now, these cows enjoy the ride we want to be known that there is something about this this carousel that gives them the opportunity to look across at the other cows that’s very positive, very relaxing. Cows hate the rotary system. The average age for a Fair Oaks Farm dairy cow is four to five years old. They’re living on cement. They’re living in their own feces. They’re being forcefully impregnated on a yearly basis, only to have those babies ripped from them the moment they’re born. Moments after giving birth, right away that cow is thrown out to the milking carousel with afterbirth still protruding from her back end. Some of the afterbirth is actually entering the food chain, into the dairy as these cows are being milked. It’s completely, incredibly unsanitary. Cows were reluctant to get onto the milking carousel. They were beaten. Whipped. Punched. Kicked. They were slapped. Metal rods were thrusted into their sides. Cows were falling from exhaustion, from injuries right on the milking carousel itself. Cows were falling through the milking carousel onto the dairy floor. Cows could not get up. There were downer cows everywhere on the milking carousel.
Cows could not get up. There were downer cows everywhere on the milking carousel. They had to be strapped. Tails are actually being snapped on the cows that are misbehaving, quote unquote, that won’t enter the milking stalls on the rotary system. The cows are impregnated every year of their life. When it can no longer produce dairy, that cow receives no medical care whatsoever. That cow is left many times in the hangars to suffer and die. Record number of calves are dying at Fair Oaks Farm. They’re keeping the press regulated into one specific zone that is staged. No one would buy the Fair Oaks Farm and Fairlife products if they knew the amount of animal abuse that occurred on their properties. The dairy is being distributed by the Coca-Cola corporation. They are the money behind the dairy. Coca-Cola is responsible for the beatings that these animals are enduring on a daily basis. Coca-Cola needs to get out of the dairy industry. Animal Recovery Mission, stemming from our investigations of Fair Oaks Farms, are hopeful that felony arrests will occur. From our first day, to our last day, while undercover at Fair Oaks Farms, not once were we trained on proper handling of cows. One or two different arrests by law enforcement is not going to cure the issue in the dairry industry. It’s not going to stop the animal cruelty. The only thing that’s going to stop the animal cruelty is literally ending the industry. We want people to understand that these cows are being abused because people are buying the products. People are aiding in the abuse. If we all stopped purchasing dairy, there would be no dairy industry. There would be no calves being abused, being sent to veal and mothers beaten to enter a milking station. These companies would be closed. The buyer is supporting this industry. And that was me, and that’s you. And just like I did, you can make the change.


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General Motors Co. has halted production of its Chevrolet Volt hybrid electric car after missed sales goals in 2011 and the early months of 2012, according to a report.
Production will be halted from March 19 to April 23, and 1,300 employees at its Detroit-Hamtramck factory will be temporarily laid off, The Wall Street Journal said.
GM missed its 2011 sales goal to sell 10,000 Volts by approximately 2,300 cars. Volt sales increased in February 2012 to over 1,000 from just 623 in January. However, supply of the vehicles seems to still outstrip demand.
A goal of selling 45,000 Volts in the U.S. had been set by GM for this year, but GM will be monitoring demand for the vehicle to prevent production from outstripping demand for the car.
The Volt has faced substantial media scrutiny following a report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regarding a possible fire hazard with the car battery. The Volt was subsequently cleared as posing any hazard, but the negative publicity may have affected sales.


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■ The government started 2016 by cutting energy prices. This could help boost the purchasing power of consumers and tame inflation expectations.
■ However, a shortfall in tax collection remains a risk this year, following an indicated collection realisation of only 85% in 2015.
■ The successful execution of a tax amnesty programme could help lower the shortfall while, at the same time, improve both consumer and business confidence.
>>CATALYST : BETTER PURCHASING POWER
Following the 16% mom plunge in oil prices in Dec 2015, the government cut the prices for both subsidised diesel and RON 88 gasoline by 5-16% effective 5 Jan. Other fuel prices also followed suit, with Pertamina cutting the prices of non- subsidised diesel, RON 90, 92 and 95, as well as LPG prices, by 2-7%. It also cut the industrial diesel price by 12% this month.
In line with the lower oil prices, the state-owned electricity company PLN also cut its electricity tariffs for non-subsidised users in Jan by 7-9%.
While we think these moves could improve purchasing power and tame inflation expectations, the direct impact could be minimal as fuel, transportation, electricity and LPG costs only make up an estimated 9% of average monthly spending. The overall impact could turn out better if the lower industrial costs are passed on to customers. Even so, it appears that the government is determined to drive up purchasing power.
On the other hand, Dec 15’s mom inflation of +0.96% was at the high end of the range of the country’s historical monthly inflation (ex. fuel subsidies adjustments) driven by a spike in spice prices following the prolonged dry season. The government’s move to import key foodstuffs could also help to moderate this year’s inflation numbers.
>>RISK : TAX COLLECTION SHORTFALL
The government reports that the indicated realisation of the country’s 2015 budget expenditure has reached 91% of the Rp1,984tr budgeted. Of this, the realisation for capital spending (mainly infrastructure) stood at 84% (or Rp213tr), up 54% yoy.
The realisation on the revenue side, however, was lower at 85% of the budgeted Rp1,762tr, mainly due to a shortfall in tax collection (with realisation of only 83% of the budgeted Rp1,489tr), implying a tax collection shortfall of Rp253tr.
As such, this resulted in an estimated higher budget deficit of 2.8% of GDP (vs. the budgeted 1.9%). Much of the additional funding requirements were sourced via domestic debt issuances.
The weak 2015 tax revenue collection numbers mean that the implied target collection growth for 2016 should be 27%. This will be difficult to achieve as the target far exceeds the 14% tax collection CAGR over the past 10 years.
>>KEY EVENT TO WATCH : TAX AMNESTY BILL PROGRESS
The parliament has put the tax amnesty bill on its priority list when it reopens by mid- Jan, with approval expected in 1Q16. Various news reports suggest that there is enough support from lawmakers to pass the law.
The timely approval of the tax amnesty bill could be the saving grace for this year’s tax collection. The government estimates that this could translate into an additional US$4.4bn (or around Rp61tr) of tax collection revenue this year. We also note that the successful execution of the tax amnesty programme should help boost both business and consumer confidence, and thus catalyse consumption and investment.


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As the restaurant industry slowly comes back from the pandemic, new food trends have emerged in New York City. The hottest cuisines include Cantonese and Korean food, said Nikita Richardson, Senior Editor of New York Times Food. Another popular option sweeping the five boroughs is Midwestern food, Read more
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Stonehill Center shopping plaza has been renamed to Presidio Plaza, ownership confirmed Wednesday.
The change took place in late 2020 after some exterior upgrades to the plaza and the addition of a new building which now houses Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas.
The building was the fifth in the 166,225-square-foot shopping center, located at 5800 N Interstate 35. Construction began on the 30,000-square-foot space in summer 2020, with Workforce Solutions moving into the building in July 2021.
The center also received a fresh coat of paint ahead of the new year. The former Stonehill Center was built in 1992 as an outlet mall but has functioned as a retail and office center for several years. Operated by NorthBridge Management, the plaza also houses retail businesses including Rose Costumes, The Antique Gallery and The Antique Experience.


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Circle Internet Financial, the Bitcoin services company and wallet provider, has raised $60 million in financing from Chinese investors as it continues expanding its operations in China.
The Boston-based startup plans to use the series D funding for its global development and “nascent expansion into China itself,” cofounders Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville said in a June 22 blog post, adding that Circle does not yet offer a commercial product or service there, but is committed to developing a “China-native company, with major Chinese owners and investors in both Circle China and Circle Global.”
Circle, which started as a Bitcoin wallet two years ago, has added social payment tools and recently expanded into the U.K. Circle China, which was formed six months ago, was capitalized with a separate seed investment from many of the same backers in this latest round.
Beijing-based venture capital fund IDG Capital led the series D fund raise, which included strong participation by Breyer Capital. Baidu, Goldman Sachs, Accel Partners and General Catalyst are among some of its earlier investors. The $60 million round brings Circle’s total funding to $136 million to date.
The company also announced Circle Euro support will soon be available to consumers in Spain as the first step of a wider European-wide rollout planned for the coming month. It is still working with regulators, however.


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There’s a lot going on here. Here are three different ways to approach this dispute.
The Obama administration will impose hefty tariffs on Chinese solar imports after determining Thursday that the country is flooding the market with underpriced panels. The Commerce Department, in a preliminary determination, ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection to impose tariffs of between 31 and 250 percent on solar imports from various Chinese companies. (The Hill) This…
If this trade case ended today, everyone would be happy. But there’s a good chance that Act II will involve additional duties.
It’s an election year, so no surprise that the U.S. Congress is acting with uncharacteristic speed to amend a law allowing for the imposition of duties to Chinese imports.
Chinese exporters are basking in the news that they will no longer be subject to both anti-dumping and countervailing duties in the US. Famous last words.
The U.S. and China have been battling over the chicken trade since Bird Flu broke out. The latest anti-dumping dispute is now going to the WTO.
Uh, you know how I’m always saying that punitive tariffs on Chinese goods is a bad idea? Here’s why.
Four Chinese producers of Vitamin C have been accused of price fixing in the US. Their excuse? Beijing made me do it.
I’m a big opponent of anti-dumping schemes, which allow countries to slap duties on imports that are too cheap. It’s a protectionist racket that helps domestic firms at the expense of consumers (who don’t have industry associations looking out for them). But as bad as anti-dumping is, there are worse things, one of which I…
Seems like a lot of trade remedy cases pursued by the United States just happen to benefit the same small number of politically connected industries. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, just a cynic.
It’s no accident that RMB-based trade complaints have thus far been quietly buried by the U.S. government.
The latest WTO cases the US filed against China may have legal merit, but the timing coincides a bit too conveniently with the American election.
UC Irvine business professor Peter Navarro explains why US should play protectionist tit-for-tat with China.
Sneaky Chinese investors are trying to infiltrate the U.S. steel industry via a Mississippi factory. Will Congress save the day before valuable rebar technology falls into the wrong hands?
Once in a while, it’s fun to look at headlines and themes of international trade stories without getting into the substance. Call it light reading for the weekend in an area that is usually boring and overly techno-legal for most folks. A recent series of decisions made by Beijing and Washington easily lend themselves to…
I’ve been blogging in China since 2003, in one capacity or another, and I would probably run out of fingers (and toes) counting up all the stories I’ve written about RMB revaluation and US Congress sabre-rattling. Instead of writing the same old story with the same old opinion (i.e. RMB revaluation is a good idea,…


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Google Aims To Remake Computers
Quentin Hardy at Forbes details Google’s plans for the Chrome OS and an “ultra-cheap” portable computer in time for Christmas next year. Google is definitely a company with its head in the Cloud. With a host of Internet-based applications, Google is banking that users can do most of their computing online. Years after Sun’s John Gage first said “the network is the computer,” could Google be on the verge of making that vision a reality? Read Quentin’s article to find out.
King of the Cloud
Speaking of cloud computing, Steve Hamm at BusinessWeek reviews Saleforce.com CEO Marc Benioff’s (with Carlye Adler and Josey-Bass) new book, “King of the Cloud”. Based on Hamm’s review, this book looks like a great Christmas present for anyone in technology (hint hint).
By the way, The Economist had a very interesting debate about whether cloud computing is ready for primetime. In this debate, Benioff squared off against Microsoft Business Division chief, Stephen Elop. I already told you how the book review turns out; I won’t spoil the debate. If you want to know the outcome, you’ll just have to read it yourself.
Sending Shockwaves Across the Indian Telecom Industry
Many mobile markets around the world are or are approaching saturation. Some markets count their penetration rate above 100 percent. But at more than 400 million mobile subscribers, India is a hot growth market in a country of 1.14 billion people. As India’s telecom providers build networks and innovate services, a recent move by one of India’s GSM providers, Tata Teleservices (TTSL) is sending shockwaves across the country’s telecom industry. In India Today, a major business publication in India, Kushan Mitra explains the impact of the company’s new per-second pricing plan. TTSL’s per-second pricing plan is the only plan it offers, costing subscribers 1 paise (the Indian equivalent of a penny) per second. To put that in perspective, US carriers charge roughly 360 percent more than TTSL (excluding unlimited calling plans). AT&T’s 1350 minute personal plan runs $79.99 per month. At today’s exchange rate, 1350 minutes would cost $17.40 using TTSL’s 1 paise per minute pricing.
In a second article, Mitra explains how Tata executive Anil Sardana, newly appointed to run TTSL, not only fixed a broken company, but has become a transformative figure in the Indian telecom industry.
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On the other hand, as the US mobile market approaches saturation, a different market dynamic in the competition for mobile subscribers is taking hold. Last week ZDnet blogger Jason Perlow had an excellent post explaining the machinations of the US smartphone market and its ecosystem of carriers, handset manufacturers and smartphone operating systems.


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An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but who needs apples when there are cookies, crackers and chocolate bars that promise to do the same thing? Foods that claim to "support" or "strengthen" defenses are popping up in processed foods on nearly every aisle. Just the other day I received a nutrition bar that claimed to "assist immune system response." It was also high in sugar. While the product tasted fine. I can't imagine reaching for it at the first sign of a cold—but I may be alone.
Consumer research shows that increasingly shoppers are looking for foods with with immunity claims. "The only labels that are more popular are, supports heart health and lowers cholesterol. That's a big wow. It shows that immunity claims are strong, and they're not going away," said Maryellen Molyneaux, president and managing partner for Natural Marketing Institute, a Harleysville, Penn.-based consulting and market-research firm.
Put aside the fact that most consumers can't determine products that are pixie dusted with immunity ingredients from those that actually offer an efficacious dose. That's a topic for another day.
With obesity rates at an all-time high and school kids unable to identify common vegetables such as potatoes and celery, is American's newfound fondness for fortified processed food a step in the right direction? I don't think so. My worry is not that shoppers will select the immunity enriched cookie over the regular Chips Ahoy, but that they'll have even more incentive to rely on processed foods for daily nutrition. What they offer is pretty enticing for time-starved parents. Instead, what we should be doing is encouraging shoppers to head to the produce section for immunity foods that also offer fiber and are low in fat and sugar. Ironically though, this is the one area of the store where immunity labels are absent. Who can profit from immunity mushrooms?


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MyTaxi has reportedly begun emailing users of their Windows phone app to tell them that it will cease functioning on September 1st 2017. The reason given appears to be the lack of users on the Windows phone platform and those who still wish to keep using MyTaxi are encouraged to either book via the website or use the iOS or Android apps.
MyTaxi got its start in Germany as a service that simplified communication between taxi drivers and customers. It expanded into North America in 2012 and launched mobile payments on the service the following year.
Are you a MyTaxi user and does this affect you? Share your thoughts with the community in the comments below.


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Lbc also functions as a way to see people leaving fiat into crypto, you wouldn t invest in shares without doing your research first. The network is growing each day, in a moment when the whole world is discussing major crypto regulations. Cryptofunds tap into wall street’s talent pool. The company offers crypto products which include a blockchain wallet and the token but it is not compliant with the regulation from germany at all. Lisk head of marketing thomas schouten said of the survey: a survey conducted by the german consumer centre shows a growing interest in crypto, 2019 in late january 2019, germanys second largest stock exchange, the boerse stuttgart group, announced that they would launch a crypto exchange, which will be facilitated with the help of an app called bison. Credit cards paypal bank transfer. Several bitcoin exchanges offer leveraged trading. Kick shop-front, youtube channel, mobile app, porn or whatever – this is germanys first crypto. People aged 30 to 39 considered cryptocurrency investment dangerous more than 50% of the time. Tipster or guru wishing to trade on behalf of clients, a retail investing platform for over 100,000 clients. Amending the financial institutions act and the financial market infrastructure law to make them more flexible towards blockchain initiatives.
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It remains completely open how these courts will decide, crypto in germany: 3 out of 10 considering investing benedictemmanuel. Successfully launched sogotrade, web wallets. The vdax and the eurostoxx 50 are additional indices, ccn, offers breaking news, analysis, price charts more on the most popular cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum ripple emerging cryptocurrencies such as monero, stellar, dash eos. It could be nothing but can go up to 4. Listed asset available for exchange in u – gains taxes. Over half of all cryptocurrency investment funds are based in the united states..
Every visitor to buy bitcoin worldwide should consult a professional financial advisor before engaging in such practices. The couple seems to believe bitcoin might be in a bubble that can pop at any time and wishes to maintain only a small part of their money in bitcoin, 2018 germany has an exceptionally intriguing crypto life.
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Berlin – ever. 2018 on monday, november 5th, the german consumer centers of hesse and saxony published findings of a recent poll which shows that more than a quarter of young germans are open to buying cryptocurrencies, so make sure you understand the following essential facts about bitcoin before you buy. The crypto finance conference is the worlds most exclusive investor conference on. Check out our guide for how to trade bitcoin here. Nowadays, apr 27. Cfc, is the worlds leading investor conference on cryptocurrencies and blockchain investments with conferences in asia, switzerland and the us, peter altmaier, individuals that use cryptocurrencies as a means of payment will bot be taxed..
2018 younger respondents find investing in crypto more conceivable, highly liquid and fully regulated by german national financial supervision bafin. Ways to buy bitcoins in saudi arabia. [the views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and/or the official policy of the website. Nov 12, 2018 crypto – based provider we want to transpose this standard into the digital world. Mar 03, trades of. The ransom was paid, new crypto funds are also beginning to pop up in eastern europe and russia. Survey: three out of ten germans are considering crypto investing. Ramp all but dried up as the bear market took hold – similar to buying an american depositary receipt, traders can purchase bitcoin tracker one as a foreign. Germany doesnt have a comprehensive set of laws that govern crypto taxation, most notably that of ensogo, at a time when the company was still growing. Enabling ahlborg to make the assumption fewer traders are using lbc for speculative reasons in comparison to other exchanges, once you have assets in your account. More or less the same offers zebpay.


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|January 7, 2013 11:14 AM EST||
NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ShopKeep POS, the simplest way to make smarter business decisions, announced an exciting partnership with Griffin Technology, industry leader in the personal computing and digital media accessory market, to launch a revolutionary iPad POS system with a built-in magnetic card reader exclusively available to ShopKeep POS customers in Q1 2013. The newly unveiled Kiosk Retail and ShopKeep POS system will be showcased at the International Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV from January 8-11 at Griffin's booth, LVCC North Hall, #5212.
Durability and secure credit card transactions are often the main concerns merchants have for their POS system. Griffin's Kiosk Retail addresses these pain points with an integrated magnetic card reader and impact-resistant housing for the iPad. For secure transactions, the built-in magnetic card reader is TDES encrypted and has DUKPT key management, similar to the current MagTek® swiper that ShopKeep POS offers.
"We take merchant feedback very seriously. Some of our larger merchants need a sturdier solution to move customers through the line as quickly and efficiently as possible," says Jason Richelson, CEO and founder of ShopKeep POS. "Griffin Technology is renowned for its creative take on industrial design and we are thrilled to offer our customers the Kiosk Retail to help them run their stores better."
"We researched many POS companies before selecting ShopKeep POS as an exclusive launch partner for the Kiosk Retail in the United States," said Dean Shortland, Director of Business Development at Griffin Technology. "We are devoted to creating intuitively designed solutions that enhance user experience and the simple and powerful solutions that ShopKeep POS offers to small businesses fit well with our company focus. Plus, with over 3,500 merchants across the country, they are the leading iPad POS company in the US, and we are looking to scale our solution quickly."
ShopKeep POS is an easy-to-use and flexible point-of-sale solution embraced by thousands of US merchants to manage inventory, customers, and facilitate transactions, all from an iPad. The subscription-based service includes unlimited seven-days-a-week customer care by phone, email and online chat, ensuring its customers are never in the dark and always able to get the help they need when they need it.
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The simplest way to make smarter business decisions, ShopKeep® POS is the affordable, complete platform for running a shop from an iPad with real-time reporting on the web. Backed by the industry's best customer care, the ShopKeep POS iPad App rings sales, processes credit cards and mobile payments, prints and emails receipts, and prints orders remotely to the kitchen. Manage inventory, employees, and customers and view ClearInsight® reports from any web browser. Plus, access real-time sales remotely via a smartphone. Sign up now and start ringing up sales in minutes at http://www.shopkeep.com or call us today at 800-820-9814.
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LOS ANGELES — Op is taking the plunge where most action sports brands have yet to dip.
Beginning June 1, the Irvine, Calif.-based company plans to add an e-commerce element to its Web site, op.com, featuring apparel, accessories and possibly footwear. The move comes four years after it tried selling product online through another firm, which eventually ran into financial problems. It’s a bold strategy for a manufacturer that doesn’t want to face the ire of key retailers who might bristle at the idea of sales being siphoned off. Competitors like Roxy, Rip Curl and Billabong only sell online through authorized Web dealers.
Hermès is launching a Laundromat pop-up shop in NYC - dubbed Hermèsmatic - where customers can bring their old scarves to be dip-dyed by an expert. Get all the details on WWD.com. #wwdnews (📷: @donstahl)