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Apple on Monday announced its own credit card called Apple Card at an event in Cupertino, California. The card can be used for services online and in stores. The company has partnered with Goldman Sachs to bring out this new suite of functionality. Apple Card also offers a clearer and more compelling rewards program than other credit cards with Daily Cash, which gives back a percentage of every purchase as cash on customers’ Apple Cash card each day. In addition to the new Apple credit card, Tim Cook also announced a subscription gaming service called Apple Arcade, a new streaming service called Apple TV Channels, a subscription news service called Apple News+.
The Apple TV+ service—an on-demand, ad-free subscription service launching this year in 100 countries—will compete with services such as Netflix and Hulu with Apple investing heavily in its own content, while upgrading its TV application for third-party services.
“We believe deeply in the power of creativity,” Apple chief executive Tim Cook said at the event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, without revealing key details. “Great stories can change the world. We feel we can contribute something important to our culture and to our society through great storytelling,” he said.
Apple has also designed a titanium Apple Card for shopping at locations where Apple Pay is not accepted yet.
How to sign up for Apple card?
Customers can sign up for Apple Card in the Wallet app on their iPhone in minutes and start using it with Apple Pay right away in stores, in apps or online worldwide.
How does Apple card work?
Apple Card provides weekly and monthly spending summaries. “The Card uses machine learning and Apple Maps to clearly label transactions with merchant names and locations. Purchases are automatically totalled and organized by color-coded categories such as Food and Drinks, Shopping and Entertainment,” according to the company.
What does Apple charge for the card?
There are no fees associated with Apple Card: no annual, late, international or over-the-limit fees. Apple claims to provide interest rates that are among the lowest in the industry.


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March 19, 2008
USPS Sees Green: Electronics Recycling Pilot
Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, the United States Postal Service has launched a pilot recycling program that will allow owners to safely dispose used, broken or obsolete electronic items through the mail.
The list includes "inkjet cartridges, PDAs, Blackberries, digital cameras, iPods and MP3 players" and can be shipped by using postage paid envelopes found in post office locations. The service will be available in several major cities but could expand nationwide depending upon it's success.
Nikonians interested in this program should ensure that their personal data is removed before recycling any devices. A good resource to start with is this page at MIT, as well as the device maker's support channels.
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Several publicly traded pet food companies have outperformed the S&P500 stock market index in 2020, while beating their own growth in 2019. Investment bank Cascadia Capital follows an index of pet food industry related stocks. The core group of Cascadia’s index beat the S&P 500 by 30% so far in 2020. That performance builds on the pet index outperforming the broader market by 203% during the past five years.
Cascadia’s market analysts reviewed the performance of these pet food makers and retailers in their report “Pet Industry Overview: Fall 2020.”
In the first half of 2020, earnings for firms in Cascadia’s pet food industry index increased 40% compared to 14.8% in the first two quarters of 2019. Individual company’s performance drove that growth more so than overall sector performance. Central Garden and PetMed Express ranked among the top earners. Publicly traded pet companies revenues grew 5.8% in 2020’s first half, compared to 7.1% in the same period of 2019. However, revenue growth excluding Zoetis, a major portion of Cascadia’s index, increased 8.0% compared to 6.3% last year.
Pet food company stocks in 2020
Not all pet food companies fared equally in earnings per share, according to Cascadia’s analysis. Emerging, growth pet food stocks tended to have lower earnings per share than established companies. Trupanion and Freshpet were profitable in the first half of 2020, but by a thin margin. PetID declined.
Pet food companies with strong equity growth so far in 2020:
- Trupanion (132%)
- Covetrus (97%)
- Freshpet (96%)
Trupanion (28%) and Freshpet (31%) also grew rapidly from a revenue perspective. Although they showed strong growth in 2020, these companies didn’t have the highest earnings per share.


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The UK Department for Transport published its Annual UK Port Freight statistics for 2017 which shows that overall total freight tonnages handled by UK ports were stable, totalling 482mt. The figures confirm that there was a continued but modest growth in Roll-on Roll-off traffic.
Despite moderating perishable seaborne trade growth, continued modal shift will sustain expansion in the containerised reefer trade and freight rate development as well, Drewry’s latest Reefer Shipping Annual Review and Forecast 2018/19 report, noted. Perishable reefer trade is expected to moderate slightly over the next five years to near 3% a year.
After a new pattern at the start of the year, July saw a modest realignment between charter and freight markets. This comes as liner operators react to cost pressures and the industry awaits the affects of the potential trade war between the US and China, the latest Container Shipping Forecaster from MSI noted.
Freight forwarders will be keeping a close eye on tariff developments, which will be worrying for US importers and logistics providers, as they could be hit hard should President Trump come through with his threats, according to online freight forwarder iContainers.
Crude oil tanker earnings have never been this bad. Earnings for Very Large Crude Carriers in the first half of 2018 were as low at USD 6,001 per day, with a Suezmax tanker earning USD 10,908 per day and an Aframax making USD 9,614 per day. In addition, the total crude oil tanker fleet has not increased at all in 2018.
The growing imports of loaded containers into the US East Coast continue to be a focal point for the container shipping industry, according to a recent research analysis by BIMCO. Growing by 10.4% in Q1-2018, the first three months saw 215,000 TEU more entering the USEC than in Q1-2017.
The freight market for S/R (Handysize) vessels will remain under pressure throughout 2018, on account of strong fleet growth and weak olefin trade, according to Drewry. The market has been under pressure since 2017, but olefin trade growth has averaged 3.1% annually over 2012-17, down from 4.0% during 2007-12.
The Baltic Exchange announced introduction of a modernised code of conduct for shipowners, charterers and shipbrokers using the physical shipping and freight derivatives markets, in line with today’s greater focus on fairness & competition, anti-bribery & corruption and benchmarking related issues than before.
Global marine fuel costs are likely to rise by 25%, or $24 billion, upon the IMO sulphur cap gets in effect in 2020, Wood Mackenzie consultant said. As explained, the cost will rise as the upcoming regulations will a switch to other fuels, which are low-sulphur but cost more, such as MGO and ultra low sulfur fuel oil.
The container shipping market in 2018 and 2019 will see a healthy demand growth that will outpace the fleet, resulting in a better supply-demand balance and slightly higher freight rates and profits for carriers, according to the global shipping consultancy Drewry.
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Among product categories for the global licensing market, apparel led the way in 2016 at 14.9 percent of total global licensed retail sales.
That data was from the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association, also known as LIMA. The group released its 2017 survey today. So far it has completed three annual surveys. The survey was conducted by Brandar Consulting LLC for LIMA.
Following apparel for the top product category was toys, at 13.3 percent, and then fashion accessories, at 11.3 percent. In 2016, the fastest-growing product categories for licensing were infants and pet products. There was no change to category ranking from 2015.
Overall, global sales of licensed products and services rose 4.4 percent to $262.9 billion. Entertainment and character licensing remained the largest industry category, representing 45 percent, or $118.3 million, of the total global licensing market. Corporate and brand trademarks were the second-largest property category, accounting for 20.8 percent, or generating $54.6 billion in retail receipts, of the total revenues. Fashion followed in third place at 11.8 percent of the total market, or $31.1 billion. Sports rounded out the top four spots, at 9.6 percent and $25.3 billion of the total receipts at retail.
According to LIMA, royalty revenue from sales of licensed merchandise and services rose 1.3 percent to $14.1 billion. Further, the U.S. and Canada remains the largest market for licensed merchandise and services, with revenue accounting for 57.9 percent of the global total, up from 57.7 percent in 2015. The fastest-growing area was the Southeast Asia/PAC region, which posted 6.8 percent year-over-year growth and now accounts for 3.4 percent of global licensing revenue.
Marty Brochstein, LIMA’s senior vice president, said, “The emerging markets is where licensing has become a more viable business model due to the rising middle class who have more disposable income.”
Brochstein doesn’t foresee any changes for 2017. “I don’t see any reason for any major changes. Global sales of licensed products is a $262.9 billion business. At that size, any change happens incrementally,” he said.
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International brands are gearing up to satisfy demand.
Representatives of various international eyewear brands at a recent optical show in the United Kingdom were reporting a large increase in demand for fashionable frames for children and young teens. Peter Beaumont, director of UK frame distributor Dunelm said between 15 and 20 per cent its total sales were children’s frames and that there had been a significant increase over the last 10 years -- more than five percent last year alone. “The market for children’s eyewear is being driven by the children themselves,” said Barry Dibble, chairman of the Federation of Manufacturing Opticians. “They want access to the same modern, fashionable eyewear as their parents.” A number of manufacturers are showing lines specifically designed for young consumers.
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BlackBerry PlayBook partly delayed by iPad builds
Apple may have inadvertently contributed to a month-long delay for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Touchscreen panel builders said late Wednesday that Apple had booked so much touchscreen production for devices like the iPad that it had triggered a shortage and made it hard for RIM to get supplies. Last-minute software testing was the only other factor mentioned by Digitimes' sources on the subject.
The claim hasn't been confirmed but has been corroborated by earlier reports. Apple has been said for months to be making most of the touchscreen orders in Taiwan. RIM had also said in one fiscal results call that it expected to see the expenses of shipping the PlayBook at the end of its quarter finishing in February but to start getting revenues at the start of the next quarter in March, implying that it had fully intended a March shipping timeframe. It ended up setting an April 19 release date.
The tablet has had a long history with mixed performance. RIM first showed the PlayBook in September but immediately set a roughly six-month wait. While praised for its speed and modern OS, the tablet was repeatedly compared against the original iPad under the assumption that Apple wouldn't have an answer anytime soon. Both the originally scheduled delay and the new, rumored gap gave Apple a large amount of time to ship an iPad 2 that negates most of the PlayBook's claimed advantages, and RIM is still rushing the release as it won't have a native e-mail client for some time after the launch.


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The latest figures from ABC have revealed that gaming magazines appear to be in a continuing decline, with a few bright spots as readership of many Future and Imagine titles falls once again.
OPSM2's monthly circulation is down 24 per cent from the August 2006 figures to hit 76,351. But there has been a 17 per cent rise for Official Nintendo, with readership almost topping 43,000 copies per month.
Official Xbox 360 is also up from 42,680 to just over 56,000, with sales likely to have been boosted by the closure of Official Xbox Magazine. Figures for the new Official PlayStation 3 Magazine were not provided.
Excluding OPSM3, 175,368 official titles are sold each month - compared to 218,863 six months previously.
As for the battle of the unofficial mags, Future's PSW is down from nearly 34,500 to just over 26,000 copies, while Imagine-published Play is in the lead with 29,000 - despite a 37.5 per cent drop in readership compared to a year ago.
Circulation for Imagine's Powerstation was down to 15,171 from 22,288 in February 2006. Future-published rival PSM2, currently transitioning to become PSM3, saw a drop of more than 25 per cent over the past six months to hit just over 26,500.
Xbox 360 World, another Future mag, saw its circulation remaining steady at around 23,000, while readership for Imagine's X360 was up more than 20 per cent to edge past the 28,000 mark.
The figure for 360, also published by Imagine, fell slightly from 13,098 to 11,369. Relative newcomer Uncooked Media experienced a rise in sales for 360 Gamer, which went up from 9100 to top 10,600.
PC titles appear to be in a slow but steady decline - PC Zone is down from just over 30,000 to 27,000, while PC Gamer lost 1675 readers to hit just over 43,600.
It's a different story for the multi-platform titles, which appear to be in a stable position. Games Master's readership is now hovering around the 54,000 mark following a small increase in sales, while circulation for Imagine's Games TM still stands at just over 20,000. Once again, Edge faired better than many of Future's publications - readership is up from 33,597 to 35,145, a rise of more than 4 per cent.


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- Zero waste beauty brand SBTRCT has launched its sustainable solid skincare range of cleansers, balms and serums into H Beauty stores in Bristol and Gateshead and online at Harrods.
- Potato-powered plant-based milk DUG now has a new, low in sugar, maltodextrin-free recipe with an improved taste and longer shelf life. Low in saturated fat, it is fortified with Calcium, vitamins D, B12, B2, and folic acid.
- Ethical nutrition and supplement brand DR.VEGAN has announced a £566k fundraise through private investors and plans to add a further £1.5 million this quarter through an EIS investable round as it aims to ‘clean-up’ the supplements industry.
- UK based naturally flavoured, sparkling botanical water brand Jamu Wild Water has launched into the Virgin Club House Lounge and Revival at Heathrow Airport where it will be available until February 2023.
- Greenfrog Botanic’s new Neroli & Rose Essential Oil is now available in 15ml bottles. The mood-lifting oil promotes feelings of inner peace and is perfect for giving laundry a scent boost without using harsh chemicals.
- The ProVeg Incubator has raised the amount of investment it makes in start-ups that join its programme, raising from the previous cap of €250,000, to up to €300,000, including €75,000 worth of in-kind services.
- London-based Human Nature Food is launching its plant-based snacks with Degusta box in the UK as part of its online shop launch. Variants include Hot Jalapeño & Lime Lentil Sticks and Smoky BBQ Pea Rings.
- Cawston Press has unveiled the launch of a new 1 litre range of Pressed Juices, designed specifically for the on-trade and food service, including Crisp Cranberry, Zesty Orange, Terrific Tomato, Sweet Pineapple and Cloudy Apple.
- WNWN Food Labs has announced that Lyaness cocktail bar in London has added the brand’s cocoa-free chocolate to its menu in a new cocktail: the Comma Chameleon.
- Baobab-boosted shot brand Unrooted is expanding its range in February with a turmeric shot crafted using natural ingredients and boosted with baobab.
- Vegan pet food brand Omni has launched a crowd-funding campaign which set a new record in its category, having overfunded within 15 minutes of going live on the Seedrs. Consumers can invest for as little as £11.
- The Great Taste food and drink accreditation scheme organized by the Guild of Fine Food, opens for entries once again. Entries close on 7 February 2023 at 12pm and judging takes place from mid-March to mid-June 2023.
- Take Stock, creators of 100% natural bone broths, has just launched into Booths. The collection features Chicken, Beef, Fish and Vegan Bone Broths with responsibly sourced, fresh ingredients and no hormones or GMOs.
- International plant nutrition firm Haifa Group Ltd and food-tech innovator SimpliiGood by AlgaeCore Technologies Ltd have joined forces to optimize the SimpliiGood spirulina supply chain while promoting their net zero goals.
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BT, one of Yahoo's biggest customers for its Yahoo Mail service, has decided to dump the service in favour of its own BT Mail platform, which will be run by US messaging specialist Critical Path. Yahoo...
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Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is a Nintendo 3DS-only sequel which was originally supposed to launch last year (in November). Yesterday, during the Sonic 25th Anniversary panel at the SXSW Festival, it was announced that the game would be released on September 27th in North America (Europe will most definitely get it on September 30th).
This certainly fits with what was written on the sign at TOMY’s booth at the New York Toy Fair, earlier this year. It indicated that the Wii U version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympics would be released in June (it was later confirmed to be on June 24th), and that Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice would be released this Fall.
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is a bit of an odd case, as it was delayed after development was completed. It has already been rated by both the PGI and the USK, who only rate the final version of games. It’s pretty clear SEGA delayed the game to have its release coincide with the start of the second season of the popular Sonic Boom TV series (slated for this Fall).
Also, there will be an anniversary party on July 22nd, during which fans will be able to get an “exclusive look at the future of Sonic”. If you plan to attend the party yourself (it’ll be in San Diego), you can click here to buy some tickets!
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (3DS) comes out on September 27th in North America, and this Fall in Europe.


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Someone stole a cell phone, clothing, beer and a bag from a victim in the 1200 block of 13th Street East at 2 a.m. Sunday. The robber had given the victim a ride to the location, and demanded the items and assaulted him as he left the vehicle, according to the police report.
A watch was stolen from a home on Dubois Terrace between 3 p.m. Friday and 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
A laptop computer, jewelry and a picture frame were stolen from a home on Cedar Crest between 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Sunday.
A shotgun was stolen from the 2700 block of Third Street East between 12:05 p.m. Sunday and 6 a.m. Monday.
Electronics were stolen from a home on Cedar Crest between midnight and 6 a.m. Sunday.
Copper was stolen in the 600 block of 41st Street between 5 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday.
Checks and credit cards were stolen in the 2100 block of Jemison Avenue between 7 p.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. Friday.
Two televisions were stolen in the 3800 block of Fifth Avenue between 11 a.m. and noon Monday.
A purse containing a wallet, credit cards, a checkbook and cash was stolen from a 2000 Ford Expedition parked in the 3300 block of Skyland Boulevard East between 5:55 and 7:20 p.m. Sunday.
Someone used counterfeit money at a convenience store in the 1500 block of Culver Road between 5 and 5:20 p.m. Sunday.
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An Xbox game system valued at $300, a television valued at $600 and a mobile phone valued at $100 were stolen on Jug Factory Road between noon and 7:30 p.m. Friday.
An Xbox game system valued at $350 and 10 DVD movies valued at $50 were stolen on Bradley Road between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Sunday. The items were recovered.
A television valued at $2,800 was stolen from a home on Buster Tierce Spur between 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. Saturday.
A rifle valued at $1,500 and a shotgun valued at $400 were stolen on Homestead Road in Ralph between 5 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. Saturday. They were later recovered.
Two rings valued at $6,000, a television valued at $700, a television valued at $500, a computer valued at $700 and 30 DVD movies valued at $300 were stolen on Ashborough Drive between 8:30 a.m. Sept. 8 and 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Coins totaling $40, a case of beer valued at $20 and toys valued at $50 were stolen on South Rosser Road between 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
Two rifles and a shotgun, both valued at $200, were stolen on Cedar Road between 2:07 p.m. and 4 p.m. Friday.
A tool chest with tools valued at $500, a rifle valued at $275, a CD/radio player valued at $100, a television valued at $100, a guitar valued at $64, a guitar valued at $300 and a guitar valued at $200 were stolen on Bear Creek Road between 4 a.m. July 4 and 12:30 a.m. Saturday.
Cash and coins totaling $30, a lawn mower valued at $400, a weed trimmer with a chain saw attachment valued at $300, a weed trimmer valued at $80, fishing poles with reels valued at $600, a four-wheeler valued at $1,000, a television valued at $1,400, a PlayStation 2 valued at $99 and two checkbooks valued at $40 were stolen from on Abernant Loop Road in Vance between 2 and 3 p.m. Saturday. There was $5,000 damage reported to a 1996 Saturn.
A wallet valued at $10, cash totaling $10 and medication valued at $12 were stolen from on Chandler's Crossing between 11 p.m. Thursday and 1:30 a.m. Friday.
A revolver valued at $200 was stolen on Inverness Parkway between 1 a.m. Sept. 21 and 11 a.m. Friday.
A GPS valued at $130 and sunglasses valued at $275 were stolen from a vehicle parked on Sand Brook Lane between 1 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday.
A GPS valued at $300 was stolen from a vehicle parked on Crimson Lane in Vance between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. Friday.
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'Mom gives me modelling tips,' says Ireland Baldwin as she perfects Kim Basinger's pose in new fashion shoot
Ireland Baldwin is putting her good genes to use with the help of her mother.
The 17-year-old - who just landed herself a top modelling contract - has been getting tips from her model turned iconic actress mother Kim Basinger.
The daughter of Alex Baldwin is hoping she will be able to replicate her mother's career thanks to their shared good looks.
Spot the different: Ireland Baldwin pictured here left looking just like her mother Kim Basinger at a fashion shoot on Tuesday
She told People.com she is working hard towards her goal of becoming a top model: 'I'm getting into it. Doing it right. I want to know where it's going to take me.'
Ireland said she was inspired by a number of contemporary models including Kate Moss and Miranda Kerr, but of course also also looks up to her mother Kim.
'Oh! And my mom, of course,' she told People.
'My mom's very happy she can finally give me tips. She's always there, so she'll stand in the back and say, ''Turn your head this way, or do this.'''
Famous footsteps: The teen at The Company You Keep premiere in New York on Monday
At 6' 2" blonde beauty certainly has the height to be a model and at a shoot on Tuesday she proved not only can take tips from her mother - she can also channel her.
The teen posted a picture of herself at a New York fashion shoot. Although just a candid picture, Ireland looked just like her mother in Kim's early photo shoots.
Iconic: At the shoot on Tuesday Ireland also channeled Brigitte Bardot in a beehive hair style
But it was not just her mother that Ireland channels when she is modelling.
On Tuesday, thanks to a Sixties inspired beehive hair style, the 17-year-old appeared the splitting imaged of film icon Brigitte Bardot.
Last month Ireland was signed by IMG models and has been working solidly ever since.
The blonde beauty announced the news on Twitter: 'Officially working for @TwoManagement and @IMGmodels! I'm blessed, happy, and ready to WEEEEERK.'
Stunning: The 6'2'' model certainly has the right stuff to make it big in the fashion business
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Jessica James, owner of Fluff Cupcakery and Ana Melissa Garcia, owner of The Bakery Station, are good friends and part of the growth in women's businesses along Gabilan Street in Salinas.
They call themselves the Gabilan Girls, and they are taking over Gabilan Street in downtown Salinas.
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Cheap downloads from the supermarket
It is being hailed as a revolution in the way we watch movies. A leading supermarket chain has become the first to offer cut-price film and television downloads online in a move which could sound the death knell for high street DVD and video stores.
Wal-Mart, the parent company of Asda, is selling thousands of the latest Hollywood blockbusters and TV episodes for as little as £1.
New movies are available for download on the day they are released on DVD with prices starting from less than £7.
The 3,000-strong catalogue includes new releases, classic movies and popular TV episodes.
Walmart spokesman Kevin Swint said: 'This marks a significant step in home video and enables us to better serve our customers as they begin to complement their DVD purchases with downloading of digital video content.
'With thousands of movie and TV titles available for download this is an unprecedented offering currently unmatched in the market.'
The move follows the success of Apple's iTunes website which has dramatically transformed the music industry.
The site offers cut-price singles for 79p and albums from £7.99, undercutting prices in high street record stores. It means like music fans, movie lovers will be able to buy films without even leaving their homes.
Films are simply downloaded onto a home computer with Windows Media, laptop or portable DVD player. Customers surfing Walmart's website can browse for a movie or opt for a suggested title. They then create a customer account online, click on a link enabling the movie to download and can start watching it within minutes.
Although the downloads are currently only available in the US, Walmart is considering expanding the initiative into a global operation.
Spokeswoman Amy Colella said: 'It is something we are looking into. We are evaluating opportunities for us to expand our service internationally as our business evolves.
'Any decision would be a mutual agreement between Walmart and Asda. Home entertainment is very important to our customers and will offer them much more choice.'
The online movie store has been backed by major Hollywood producers including Disney, 20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures. It raises the possibility of download sales eventually being included in DVD charts.
Last year Universal Pictures set up a service allowing film buffs to download and keep blockbusters from the Internet for the first time.
The £19.99 service allowed fans to watch movies such as King Kong or Bridget Jones on their computers, mobile phones or portable video players.
Alex Lane, editor of What Satellite and Digital TV magazine, said: 'Customers will increasingly start storing their films and music on computers and digital devices in their living rooms and going to high street stores less and less.
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'Those shops are going to have to cut their prices even more or team up with digital media to stay in the market. That can only be good news for customers as it will give more varied and cheaper choices.'
Last month the official music singles charts included downloaded tracks for the first time, less than three years after iTunes was launched in June 2004.
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In our acceptance of online retail, we have assumed that the majority of retail sales have exceeded our traditional in-store buying behaviour. Senior Analyst and Writer Bill Fisher, from EMARKETER, informed us otherwise in the opening of his panel debate on Stage 3. He highlighted that only 10% of retail sales are made online – a confusing thought in light of our current digital revolution. A topic hot on the tongue on Monday afternoon.
In making sense of this, the discussion was thrown to industry leaders Kate Newton (UK Retail Search Insights Manager for Bing), Nic Jones (CEO of Pureprofile and director of Advertising Week APAC) and Andrew French (GM and Smartly).
Starting off importantly with identification as to who the customer is.
Understanding who the customer is seems a fundamental point for any campaign. To know who to market to, and most crucially, who to target. Andrew pointed out that that customer needs to be the focus. “Campaigns need to be tailored to the individuals” that consume them and are interested by them. He made a note of highlighting a shift from marketing campaigns promoting what they think consumers want to see, to what they actually are interested in; a point making the customer central to all campaign decisions.
Why is targeting so complex?
Moving on, discussion of advertising as an ever-advancing industry, was dubbed the sector that never sleeps. New technologies such as Voice Searches offers new insights for how consumers shop online and participate in a retail journey.
“For example, whether a person searches ‘frock’ or ‘dress’ gives us clues into the demographic of the customer” Kate remarks.
Opportunities for a greater insight into consumer trends, particular brand terms and popular search and purchasing patterns are increasingly opening the door to consumer thought processes and behaviors.
It is becoming so significant and useful for brand names, Kate remarks, that soon “people will be need to be employed to code, understand and interpret” such analytical data.
Search is therefore evolving. It’s breaking its conventional borders into new technologies. And as a result, becoming increasing valuable for online retailers.
Andrew pointed out that brand terms are changing. Specific key terms and popular phrases are blooming amongst consumers but need to be picked up and incorporated by brands themselves in order to capitalize on trends and consumer transitioning.
In relation, Andrew noted that from a retail point of view, a discovery medium is needed. “We can no longer just look at the last click” and identify where that has come from and analyze its specifics. “An awareness of journey needs to be formulated within marketing campaigns” he adds.
The funnel, he says, needs to be structured more holistically, to include the real-life discovery of an item, whether it be online or through a social platform.
It’s the “evolution of digital” after all.
Getting your hands on the data
With the digital world playing ‘catch-up’ with customer search trends and modes of discovery, retail needs to stay informed and understand the consumer decision journey. Discussion then moved on to consumer behavioral patterns and big data.
Whether it be their decision to add something to their basket or search their brand in the first place… What was their motive? How did they get here? How can this be measured?
Conclusion: Data storm.
“Keeping a grasp over what consumers tell you can be hard” Nic added. There needs to be an exchange of value: what will consumers want in return for their information and data? Examples here were given in relation to airlines surveys and hotel feedback forms and any rewards exchanged in return for data.
Nic headed such a response with: “It is about determining what people are willing to give”. He made it key that if the consumer understood the value of their data, they would “see a worthwhile shift in changes to the paradigm”. There is authorization, at this point to then turn the data journey in to a positive one.
He then relayed comment about a prominent “fear” of online purchasing, as people are frightened of data exchange. Especially those of an older generation. But relevant to retail: people need to be more comfortable with user data sharing to improve their customer experience. He noted the example of Facebook.
“There needs to be a greater understanding of privacy”, Nic added. If consumers can see settings and see where their data is being used. Users need to be aware they can delete and edit their privacy settings. Understanding this can naturally make people more comfortable.
Discussion then moved on to technology in the UK and our lag in technologically enforced transactions. Shopping online in the UK “we still pay with plastic or digital payment system that relies on plastic not digital wallets” Nic points out. “It is still something people are coming to terms with”.
Andrew remarked further, “China and India have both jumped a generation. We had browsers and internet. To China and India, the internet means mobiles and not computers”.
Discussion closed on the idea that retailers are trying to catch up on digital payment systems such as AliPay and although Andrew notes that it is “not a problem for retailers to solve” it is a gradual evolution to come.


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When one sporting goods store closes, another will be born.
Following the closure of SportsMart on Fourth Avenue in Orangeville this coming March, FGL Sporting plans to open a SportChek in its place. Both brands are owned by the same company.
“This is all part of our larger plan for FGL’s growth strategy, where we are growing our most strategic and best positioned corporate banners,” Brendon Arnold, FGL’s public relations specialist, told The Banner. “Even though we’re going to be closing down some SportMarts, we’re going to be opening up a number more SportCheks and Atmospheres.”
The SportMart brand as a whole will cease to exist in March. FGL Sports, whose parent company is Canadian Tire, plans to open 100 SportChek and Atmosphere locations across the country during the next five years, accounting for more than 2 million square feet of retail space.
“It’s kind of an exciting time for us,” Arnold said.
SportsMart employees will be offered positions with other FGL stores, which also includes Mark’s, the company spokesperson explained, noting acquisition of Pro Hockey Life is also in the works.
A timeline for conversion of the Orangeville store wasn’t immediately available.
“With SportMark, we offer different products,” Arnold said, noting they come with “a lower price point” than the larger variety of merchandize available at SportChek.
“It definitely is a complete process when you convert a SportMart over to a SportChek. It has a total different layout in the inside.”


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Wow! It's finally here!
And it looks like we were right! The duo did collaborate on an editorial for the latest issue!
Kimmy and Kara Cara pose for the cover with wet hair, eyebrows on fleek, and completely bare faces.
[Image via Instagram.]
Soak up that sun, Lindsay!
Lindsay Lohan landed in Miami over the weekend for a photo shoot that will be featured in Plum Magazine.
The shoot and interview is said to be a "no holds barred" interview with Plum CEO Jerry Powers and will be broadcast on cable's Plum TV on June 15 - the day before she is scheduled to report to authorities for her two-week jail sentence.
Lindsay wore a sophisticated cream and gold number, then switched gears and donned a beautiful floral dress as she posed under the sun.
Werk it, Linds! It might be a while before you get a chance to wear such beautiful clothes again!
Check out the rest of Lindsay's looks in the gallery (below).
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A federal appellate court has sided with consumers in a false advertising suit against several major makers of grated Parmesan cheese, sending the companies back to court nearly five years after a news story sparked a wave of litigation when it revealed people might be sprinkling wood pulp onto their pasta.
A two-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Chicago, on Dec. 7 reversed the ruling of a district court judge who had dismissed the false advertising claims against Kraft Heinz, Wal-Mart, Jewel-Osco owner Albertsons, SuperValu and manufacturer ICCO-Cheese.
At issue is the labeling of canisters of grated Parmesan cheese that also contain cellulose to prevent caking or potassium sorbate to prevent mold. Some of those canisters advertise “100% Grated Parmesan Cheese” on the front packaging while listing the added ingredients on the back.
Dozens of lawsuits were filed in 2016 alleging that labeling those products as “100% Grated Parmesan Cheese” violated state consumer protection laws, after a Bloomberg story that year revealed that some brands contained upward of 8% cellulose, a food additive made of wood fiber.
The cases were consolidated in Chicago federal court before U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman. Feinerman dismissed claims that the “100%” labeling was deceptive because reasonable consumers could find the additional ingredients listed on the back. He also said it’s common sense that Parmesan cheese can’t sit unrefrigerated in the middle of the store without added preservatives.
The appellate judges disagreed, saying grocery store shoppers shouldn’t be expected to read the fine print on every item.
“Many reasonable consumers do not instinctively parse every front label or read every back label before placing groceries in their carts,” Judge David Hamilton wrote in the opinion.
Hamilton also said it was reasonable for consumers to believe Parmesan cheese can be shelf-stable, citing U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines that a block of hard cheese, like Parmesan, can sit unrefrigerated for six months and one month in shredded form.
The case now returns to Feinerman’s court, where the false advertising claims will proceed with regard to the “100%” labeling as well as claims that companies used more cellulose than needed for anti-caking purposes and therefore used it as a filler.
The Seventh Circuit’s ruling is notable because it “reaffirmed what the reasonable consumer standard is” and said what’s most important is what consumers take away from the advertising, said Timothy Blood, an attorney representing the plaintiffs.
The case against Publix and Target remains dismissed because the appeal was filed too late.


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Continuously challenging orthodoxies to reframe opportunities and using multiple types of innovation are the keys for incumbent companies trying to manage a disruptive digital landscape, according to Deloitte Tech and media partner Damien Tampling.
Speaking at Daze of Disruption, earlier this week, Tampling told delegates that to understand disruption you needed to look at the the science behind the art that is innovation, and what it means to be truly transformational.
Tampling said there are three broad categories of innovation: core innovation, adjacent innovation, and transformational or disruptive innovation. It is transformational innovation where “developing breakthroughs and influencing things for markets that don’t exist yet” occur.
Tampling used Apple products to illustrate an example of each innovation category, describing the iPhone 6 as core innovation, the Apple watch as adjacent innovation, and iTunes as transformational innovation.
“The term digital disruption finds its home in the third category – transformational or disruptive innovation,” he said.
“What typically categorises transformational or disruptive is a product or service that helps makes something more available or accessible to a larger audience.”
Tampling said transformational innovation has the tendency to destroy incumbents in an industry quickly. It is also the most difficult innovation to implement as an incumbent because of existing structures, capabilities, and culture, within an organisation, which oftentimes requires it to pursue a strategy to destroy the thing that has made it profitable today.
Digital companies, products and services lend themselves well to disruptive innovation because these businesses “solve a real problem and are able to leverage the ‘network effect’ of the web”.
According to Tampling, it’s urgent and vital companies seek to get in front of disruption, but too many companies were not framing their issue globally and, almost always, local companies are going to get disrupted by something that is operating globally. So people had to “think global”, he said.
Tampling’s work at Deloitte brings together a lot of the best frameworks and thinking in the world. Key parts of his talk and his deck will be available next week on the B&T, Which50 and the Daze of Disruption Site, with the rest of the conference. Tamplings talk rated as one of the top three in the DAZE conference.
The DAZE producers said that the conference had been a huge success and attracted massive ongoing interest. “We’ve had overwhelming feedback to continue with the premise of the conference, which is putting disruptors and incumbents in a room together so they collaborate more and get Australia more competitive,” said Jeremy Knibbs, one of the producers of DAZE.
Daze of Disruption has been announced for the Melbourne Town Hall on November 26.
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WWW Properties LLC – an entity in which Valley owner Roger Weibel is involved with his brother Don – paid the King family $3.1 million in December for the site at 1800 Industrial Circle where that street intersects with Ken Pratt Boulevard.
The Industrial Circle site has been unoccupied since 2012. That’s when King Auto Group bought out Hajek Chevrolet and moved its GM and Buick dealership to the Hajek site at 1415 Vista View Drive east of town, forming King Chevrolet Buick GMC.
Roger Weibel said Valley’s expansion was needed to provide an appropriate level of customer service.
Valley will tear down the former King showroom on the south side of the nearly seven-acre site. The service building to the north will remain, with a roughly 8,800-square-foot addition built on to the southeast corner of that building that will include a new Subaru showroom. The old parts department will also be renovated. Valley Subaru will go from six and a half service bays that it has now to about 16 at its new site.
The move will allow Valley Nissan, meanwhile, to expand into Valley Subaru’s current digs. The Nissan dealership is at 1005 Ken Pratt Blvd., with Valley Subaru next door at 1045 Ken Pratt Blvd.
“We’re way overloaded here as far as ground space and mechanic stalls and parts area,” Weibel said. “And this is an opportunity for us to keep it fairly close for management.
“This way, Nissan benefits, Subaru benefits and the customer base will benefit.”
Tom Moore of Longmont-based Moore & Bishton Architects PC is leading design of the new facility, though no builder has been named yet. Weibel is working through the planning process with Subaru and the city right now, and said it could take a little over a year before construction is done and the move occurs.
Valley Nissan and Subaru combined employ about 70 people now. Weibel said that number will jump by about 20 when the new Subaru store opens. He declined to disclose revenue figures for the stores but said Valley Subaru sales eclipsed 1,000 new units in 2013 and Valley Nissan’s sales were similar.
The Weibel family has been a staple of Longmont’s car dealership scene since the 1970s when Weibel and his brother came to town to run St. Vrain Chrysler Dodge. Don is retired and out of the dealership business now. But Roger’s son Jay and daughter Leslie are involved.
In addition to Valley Subaru and Nissan, Weibel owns Loveland Ford as well as Longmont’s Prestige Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram at 200 Alpine St., having recently completed renovations to that dealership.
“We’re very active in the business,” Roger Weibel said. “We’re here every day. Boulder County, the city of Longmont, it’s been good to my family.”
17WALNUT BREAKS GROUND: Fort Collins-based Brinkman Construction Inc. has begun work on 17Walnut, a new 26-unit modern loft complex being built at the northeast corner of 17th and Walnut streets on the site of a former 7-Eleven and Buffalo Exchange thrift store.
The $6.2 million building is being developed by a group of investors led by Element Properties. It will include three stories and 41,943 square feet over an underground parking garage. The one, two and three-bedroom units will range in size from 600 to 1,400 square feet.
Element will lease and manage the building, while Studio Morgan Creek is the architect. Element director of development Kevin Knapp said rental rates have not yet been set. Construction is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2015.
SPEC WAREHOUSE RISING: Steel framing is rising out of the ground for a speculative 32,000-square-foot office and warehouse building at 5025 Pearl Parkway.
Joe Poli, principal of Humphries Poli Architects in Denver, said there is no tenant slated for the building, yet. But he anticipates construction to be completed by late second quarter or early third quarter of this year.
Sand Construction Inc. of Denver is the builder on the project valued at $4.6 million, according to a building permit issued in October.
The building will include a small two-story office structure attached to a 40-foot tall warehouse. Poli said he expected the project’s Boulder-based ownership group, First Fidelity LLC, to begin marketing the building as it gets closer to completion.
CRESTONE TO PEARL WEST: Crestone Capital Advisors will be a tenant of the estimated $80 million PearlWest redevelopment at the former site of the Daily Camera at 1048 Pearl St.
Gibbons-White Inc. president Lynda Gibbons, who is handling the leasing for PearlWest, said Crestone will occupy just less than 30,000 square feet on the top floor of the Pearl Street side of the property.
PearlWest, being developed by Denver-based Nichols Partnership, is slated for a mix of office, retail and restaurant space, as well as a theater and parking structure.
Completion is targeted for the third quarter of 2015.
D&K MOVING: D&K Printing Inc. closed in December on the purchase of a 16,500-square-foot building at 5637 Arapahoe in Boulder – the former home of Product Architects Inc. – from D&B Ventures LLC for $1,643,400. D&K plans to move there in March.
D&K’s landlord at 2930 Pearl St. had informed the company of plans to sell the site a few years ago, D&K’s president Gary Bennett said. And last summer 2930 Pearl was purchased by a group of Denver developers. In conjunction with three surrounding properties purchased by the same group, the developers have proposed a large mixed-use project on the site that includes retail and office space as well as a 120-room hotel.
D&K, founded in 1964, had leased the spot on Pearl since 1980. Bennett and his wife have owned the company since 2001, though Bennett has worked there for 37 years, starting when he was just 15 years old.
Bennett said the purchase of the building, as well as a new press, came at a good time when the business could land favorable financing. D&K financed the purchases through Great Western Bank and the Small Business Administration.
“We’ll own (the building) for less than we used to be paying in rent,” Bennett said.
APARTMENT VACANCY: Apartment vacancy for the combined Boulder and Broomfield area declined year over year in the fourth quarter of 2013 even as the Denver metro area’s rate as a whole increased to a two-year high.
That’s according to figures released by the Colorado Division of Housing and the Apartment Association of Metro Denver.
Together, Boulder and Broomfield counties had 3.4 percent vacancy rate, down from 3.7 percent for the same period a year ago. The Denver metro area’s rate hit 5.2 percent, its highest since hitting 5.4 percent for the fourth quarter of 2011.
Rental rates in the metro area, however, kept rising. Average rent in Boulder and Broomfield counties climbed to $1,198.13 per month, up from $1,194.19 in the third quarter and $1,103.61 a year ago.
FIUS BUYS: The owners of FIUS Distributors LLC recently closed on the purchase of 2125 32nd St. in Boulder to accommodate the company’s strong growth and provide space for a factory showroom.
Twenty 1 Twenty 5 LLC paid the Keneth C. Schneider Family Limited Partnership LLP close to $1.8 million for the 17,200-square-foot building. Becky Callan Gamble and Brit Banks of Dean Callan and Co. brokered the deal.
FIUS, which stands for Family Inada US, distributes Japanese-made Inada massage chairs in the United States as well as the Positive Posture line of recliners. Positive Posture LLC is a separate company from FIUS, but it operates under the same roof and has some ownership crossover.
President Cliff Levin said both FIUS and Positive Posture will move to the new building over the next month and occupy about 11,600 square feet. Construction supplier Fastenal has an existing lease on the remaining space and will remain there. FIUS and Positive posture lease about 3,500 square feet at 1750 55th St. now.
CALLAN DEALS: Becky Callan Gamble and Dryden Dunsmore of Dean Callan and Co. recently represented Industrial Land Leasing Corp. on a pair of building sales.
The 4,000-square-foot building at 3121 Longhorn Road was purchased for $673,200 by 3121 Longhorn Road LLC. Tim Shea of Pedal to Properties represented the buyer.
The 9,000-square-foot building at 5853 Rawhide Court, meanwhile, was purchased by McRawhide LLC. It is occupied by Sonoma Tilemakers. Chris Jensen of Vista Commercial represented the buyer.
GREAT INDOORS SELLS: The same ownership group that bought most of FlatIron Marketplace in July closed recently on the purchase of the former Great Indoors store, helping pave the way for revitalization of a Broomfield shopping center that has fallen on hard times.
Provident Realty Advisors and The Kroenke Group, through an entity called FlatIron Marketplace 2013 LP, paid Sears Roebuck and Co. $5.2 million for the Great Indoors store and 4.8 acres on which it sits at 231 E. Flatiron Crossing Drive.
The 155,000-square-foot Great Indoors has been vacant since Sears shuttered the store in late 2012. It represents a large chunk of the shopping area that covers 45 acres and more than 400,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space east of the FlatIron Crossing mall.
FlatIron Marketplace 2013 LP purchased most of the shopping center from Ohio-based DDR Corp. in July for $20.3 million. According commercial real estate brokerage CBRE’s online listing for FlatIron Marketplace, nearly 143,000 square feet are available for lease at the shopping center, not counting the Great Indoors space.
Large stores like Great Indoors, Nordstrom Rack, Linens N Things and Office Depot have all closed in recent years.
Broomfield economic development director Bo Martinez said the city has been working on finding opportunities to revitalize FlatIron Marketplace during the past 12 months. He said the new owners don’t have any definitive plans yet, noting that revitalization could entail anything from retenanting the existing buildings to redeveloping the site into a higher-density mixed-use development.
“We’re going to work very closely with them on repositioning and redeveloping the FlatIron Marketplace area,” Martinez said.
SKYESTONE UNVEILED: Taylor Morrison Homes is hosting a grand opening Feb. 15 and 16 to showcase model homes for Skyestone, its new 55-and-over community.
Skyestone is located at 12091 Red Fox Way, off of Simms Street and West 108th Avenue.
Skyestone will offer eight single-family floor plans with the option of finished or unfinished basements. The homes will range in size from 1,584 to 2,858 square feet, and range in price from the low $300,000s to the $500,000s. A future community building will be completed in 2015.
SAM’S CLUB SALE: A group of Boulder and Denver investors has purchased the former Sam’s Club building and property at 550 S. McCaslin Blvd. with an eye on finding a new retail use for the site.
A pair of entities – Centennial Valley Investment LLC and Seminole Land Holdings Inc. – paid Sam’s Club $3.65 million for the building and 13.2 acres on which it sits, according to county records.
The sale comes four years after Sam’s Club shuttered its Louisville store. The 127,000-square-foot building has been mostly dormant since.
Seminole Land Holdings is an entity formed by Thomas Garvin of Boulder. Garvin is the former owner of Thomas Garvin and Associates, a used office furniture dealer that he sold in the early 2000s. His son Travis Garvin, who owns a similar Boulder-based business called Low Cost Office Furniture, said that he would be leasing space in the Sam’s Club building in the short term.
Low Cost Office Furniture’s presence there will be temporary until a long-term tenant is found, according to Longmont economic development director Aaron DeJong. No redevelopment plans for the site have been filed with the city. DeJong said the ownership group is looking to fill the building, not scrape it and fully redevelop the site. He said the priority is on finding a single tenant rather than breaking up the building.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares of R.R. Donnelley & Sons rose as much as 5.6 percent Thursday after the printing company raised its outlook.
For the second quarter, Donnelly swung to a loss amid costs related to its acquisition of Moore Wallace and the pending sale of a packaging division.
Donnelly reported a net loss of $12.5 million, or 6 cents per share. In the same quarter a year earlier, Donnelly posted net income of $19.3 million, or 17 cents per share.
Excluding restructuring, impairment and integration charges of $133.6 million, Donnelly earned $68.6 million, or 31 cents a share, topping by 1 cent the average forecast of analysts polled by Thomson First Call.
Net sales in the quarter rose 78 percent year-over-year to $2 billion, primarily as a result of the February $2.8 billion acquisition of printing services company Moore Wallace.
Donnelly also said Wednesday it agreed to sell its packaging logistics business to private investment group Heritage Partners for undisclosed terms.
"This noncore business was inconsistent with our strategic and financial goals and was occupying a disproportionate amount of management time and other resources," CEO Mark Angelson said Thursday in a conference call to discuss the results.
He declined to specify a sales price but said the packaging business revenue was about $600 million annually.
"Given the number of moving parts that we're dealing with," the company was not yet ready to provide a third quarter projection for earnings per share but would do so later, Angelson said.


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MG Motor India will soon recall 14,000 units of the Hector SUV in the country after select models of the car were found to have emission issues. The issue is specific to the Dual-Clutch Transmission (DCT) variant of the MG Hector in the BS6 guise as the cars failed in the Conformity of Production (CoP) tests. These tests were conducted on random samples by the International Centre for Automotive Technology (iCAT) in Manesar, Haryana.
iCAT found that the Hector DCT BS6 emitted more than the permissible amount of hydrocarbon and NOx emissions. While the issue is alarming from an environmental standpoint, the solution is rather simple.
iCAT says the problem can be fixed by re-flashing the software and the same would be done by MG Motor India. The automaker is waiting for the official approval to come from the government body to commence the recall process.
MG Motor India will reach out to the affected customer via its dealerships and the vehicles will be brought in for a software upgrade that will resolve the issue. The process though of updating the software on all the affected cars will be completed by December 2021. It will also depend on the Covid-19 situation if the recall process extends further.
Meanwhile, MG Motor India is gearing up to introduce a new variant in the Hector range called the Shine. This will be a new mid-variant in the lineup and is likely to arrive at a more attractive price point over the top variants. The company will also introduce a new compact SUV later this year, which has been dubbed the MG Astor. The model will be petrol-only and compete against the Hyundai Creta, Kia Seltos, Skoda Kushaq and the upcoming Volkswagen Taigun.


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November 25, 2021
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will cut taxes on petrol, gas and electricity and provide cash payments to households in a programme worth up to 10 billion zlotys ($2.40 billion) designed to help Poles deal with high inflation, the prime minister said on Thursday.
Inflation in emerging Europe’s largest economy has hit levels not seen in two decades. This has strained household budgets and caused headaches for a government that takes pride in its record of boosting the spending power of ordinary Poles with generous social benefits and increases in the minimum wage.
“The Polish government is acting to… soften, buffer against this growth in inflation,” Mateusz Morawiecki told a news conference.
Tax on petrol will be lowered to the minimum allowed by the European Union for five months starting on Dec. 20, he said.
Value-added tax (VAT) on gas will be cut to 8% from 23% from January to March. VAT on electricity in the first three months of 2022 will fall to 5% from 23%.
Additionally, households will receive financial support in the form of payments that will depend on income and which will be made in two installments in 2022.
Governments across Europe and beyond are facing similar inflation pressures due to higher global energy prices and supply chain disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdowns it prompted.
($1 = 4.1589 zlotys)
(Reporting by Alan Charlish and Pawel Florkiewicz; Editing by Gareth Jones)


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Omaha, NE (December 30, 2022) An Omaha company has expanded a recall of alfalfa sprouts after 15 cases of salmonella were linked to the food. SunSprouts Enterprises Friday doubled its recall that was first announced Thursday.
Nebraska health officials say the 1,406 pounds of raw sprouts was distributed in 4-ounce and 2.5-pound packages to food service and grocery customers in the Midwest between late November and mid-December. The recalled sprouts have best-by dates between Dec. 10 and Jan. 7. People who have the sprouts are advised to dispose of them.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 15 cases, including 2 hospitalizations. Eight cases were reported in Nebraska, six in South Dakota and one in Oklahoma.


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A Publix in West Boca Raton has undergone a deep cleaning of it’s establishment after one if it’s employees tested positive for the coronavirus.
The employee worked at the store on the corner of Clint Moore Road and U.S. Highway 441.
“The store has completed a disinfection-level deep cleaning in accordance with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in addition to our daily cleaning and sanitation protocols,” Publix spokeswoman Nicole Krauss told our news partners at WPTV.
Publix also announced on Monday that it will supply employees with facemask and gloves which they can choose to wear if it makes them feel more comfortable. They also reported, however, that they have a limited supply of gloves for associates and that they will not supply masks as they are in short supply and are needed for medical staff.
Some stores have also begun putting up plexiglass barriers between cashiers and customers to prevent the spread of the virus.


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Wall Street expects investors to take a bite out of Apple shares today but sees no long-term softness in the company in the wake of the startling news that longtime Chief Executive Steve Jobs was stepping down from that role.
Shares of the hotly sought-after stock dropped by as much as 7 percent, or $26 a share, to $350 in after-hours trading on the news.
“I think the stock is likely going to sell off. I don’t think that is a stretch,” said Peter Misek, an analyst with brokerage firm Jefferies in New York, who called Jobs “irreplaceable,” and a “true visionary.”
But Misek said he plans to instruct clients to “buy into the selling.”
Tim Cook, Apple’s chief operating officer, who has been tapped to replace Jobs, is well respected.
More important, “the product road map for Apple is pretty much set for the next five to 10 years,” Misek said.
And Jobs’ “fingerprints” will be all over Apple’s products for at least the next two of those years, he said.
A hedge fund trader yesterday expressed a similar sentiment, predicting an “initial upset” on the news, but adding that the stock is “very cheap” as it is.
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TappyToon (태피툰) is a Korean startup that brings the best new wave of comics and webtoons to the world. The company has recently received an undisclosed investment from BonAngels, an early-stage VC in Korea. The core tenet of its business is offering popular Korean Webtoon content to readers in English. The company monetizes by charging readership fees to users overseas and sharing revenue with original Korean writers.
Since starting the service in August last year, TappyToon has mostly targeted teenagers in North America, offering the Romance genre of webtoon. Some of the currently available webtoons on the platform include Bloody Sweet, Daughter of the Emperor and Flower Boys, totalling more than 30 most popular webtoons in Korea.
TappyToon has surpassed 100,000 downloads of Android apps in nine months after its release, and more than 90% of all users have been North American users, among whom more than 60% are recurring customers. In addition, monthly sales are growing at 20%, adding 3 to 5 new webtoons each month. The imminent launch of its iOS app and the enhancement of its web services are expected to further accelerate its user growth in the next few years.
“Despite the fact that strong demand has prompted many overseas sites such as Batoto and Mangafox to carry popular Korean webtoons since 2013, the lack of a legitimate platform that resulted in prevalence of illegal translation has been an ongoing problem” said Jack Kilyoun Kim, the lead investor at Bon Angels. “I have strong faith in TappyToon’s core team because each member excels in global marketing, translation, and localization, core capabilities necessary to provide killer content”.
“The North American digital market has been proven to accept paid model with more than 100 percent growth every year,” said Ernest Woo, chief product officer at TappyToon. Given Korean webtoon’s strong storytelling, full color and excellent mobile optimization, our platform is expected to produce new value in the standardized global comic market. Through this investment, I want to reach a wider audience.”
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On 23rd August the Bee Group spun the first batch of honey from the Standen Apiary. This was taken from 'Pear' Hive which is the only one which has enough supplies for us to take from, whilst still leaving some food stores for the bees to use during the autumn/winter months. Hopefully next year if … Continue reading Honey Harvest
Standen's Apiary In April 2016 Standen’s General Manager decided to re-introduce bee-keeping at Standen. Margaret Beale kept an apiary in the orchard which extended far beyond the current orchards boundaries. (Margaret and James Beale were the original owners of Standen). The funding was initially through the National Trust with the aim that long term, the … Continue reading New Bee Group creating a buzz at Standen!


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Hackers so-called later Saturday that they had dumped account details and you can log-for the suggestions of about thirty two billion pages of your site, revealing millions of street details, email addresses, cell phone numbers and you will borrowing-card details. Devoted Existence News titled they “an act away from criminality.” Most people are wanting love online, and some – even people who are currently partnered – are searching for hook up-ups, but even folks who are wanting like should be aware off what lies in the future.
Once the study breach of your own adultery site, AshleyMadison, shows, matchmaking does not come inexpensive – regarding monthly charge and you will, from inside the extreme situations, social embarrassment and you can lawyer’s costs from inside the divorce proceedings court
Not hookup dating apps Grand Rapids one person said it was simple. More or less 29 mil book users, or about 10% of your U.S. populace, see online dating sites each month, based on market specialist Nielsen. And some of them spend a hefty sum for that opportunity to get to know the prime matches. At a few biggest subscription-created sites in the You.S., Suits ($42 30 days) and you can eHarmony ($60 30 days), pages can save because of the signing into for, state, a half a dozen-few days plan ($twenty four 30 days and you will $forty four weeks, respectively). And some websites, such PlentyofFish and you may OkCupid, offer very first subscription 100% free. But most membership web sites instantly renew until the buyers cancels, and people charge can add up.
Actually, to possess online purveyors off love, organization is booming. When you find yourself anyone accustomed see mainly because of family unit members, states Reuben J. Thomas, secretary professor away from sociology on College or university off Mexico, “that is greatly into refuse as advent of this new Sites.” The brand new relationships marketplace is now worthy of throughout the $dos.4 million, that have money broke up ranging from advertising and registration qualities, up money right up as much as 5% a year, based on a report by research company IBISWorld. Of these, to $step one.step one million are out-of online dating, $576 million was out-of cellular applications such as for instance Grindr and you can Tinder, while the rest consists generally out of matchmakers and you may men and women incidents.
Thus maybe it should become since the no wonder you to once the popularity of internet dating have risen, very features pricing. About ten years ago, of several websites have been 100 % free or got restricted charges of around $20 30 days. (Suits recharged $9.95 four weeks if this revealed inside the 1995.) eHarmony, revealed for the 2000 and you will ended up selling on the anybody seeking to much time-title relationships, blazed a walk with its rates, charging you a few of the highest in the industry, says Draw Brooks, a dating-community analyst together with editor regarding On the web Personals Watch.
However, there can be a business reason for asking reduced pricing on the start, particular benefits say: Internet wanted to inventory the sea from like with fish. Quicker it drawn profiles, more of good use the websites could well be, Brooks states. And you may purchasing fees, according to him, might have an enthusiastic upside: People may be more likely to indeed have fun with web site when the they pay it off.
Once upon a time, if the several found on the internet, that they had affect deliberately fail to discuss it inside their matrimony speeches. Today? Internet dating isn’t just popular, but the fastest-expanding part is seniors, advantages state. Actually, 16% regarding on line daters was more than fifty, according to IBISWorld. 24 months before, the fresh advocacy classification AARP circulated a unique online dating service, AARP Relationships, run on dating website HowAboutWe.
It’s a good fit, claims Brooks, the internet dating representative, especially since the twenty-five% regarding AARP’s 37 million people is solitary
Other web site, OurTime (a subsidiary away from InterActiveCorp, that also works Meets and you will OkCupid) and additionally objectives participants from the 50-also decades group.
Compared with the general population, baby boomers are more likely to be unmarried, divorced or widowed, studies show. One out of around three unmarried seniors hasn’t actually started questionnaire by the Bowling Environmentally friendly State University’s National Cardiovascular system getting Members of the family and you may Relationship Research for the Kansas. Even though all round separation rate on U.S. provides refuted some recently, brand new thus-titled grey divorce rate has actually risen greatly – in one for the ten some one older than 50 during the 1990, to around one in five in ’09 – considering browse of the sociologists Susan Brownish and that i-Fen Lin out-of Bowling Eco-friendly Condition University.


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A 21-year old American has been named as the main suspect in a $224 million lawsuit, accused of stealing ~$24 million in crypto
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In Wyoming, a bill allowing for the tokenization of stocks has been introduced
A company has created the “first on-demand advertising platform.” The buyers rule the system: They decide what ads they want to see and when they want to see them. The sellers get better targeting...
Circle releases yet another third-party audit report of the USD reserves backing its stablecoin, USDC
Following investment deal, UPS and Inxeption promise to work on new blockchain features
The Thai Ministry of Finance has rejected the last cryptocurrency exchange application it had been reviewing. The exchange, which has been ordered to close down business and return customer funds, is determined to stay...
Blockstream has launched the Beta version of its Satellite API designed to broadcast encrypted data
A bill exempting companies providing non-custodial crypto services from certain state money transmitting laws has been resubmitted to the U.S. Congress
IBM’s new partnership is aimed at supply chain management in the mining and metals industry, looking to improve logistics, financing, and cost-saving
All of the top 20 coins by market cap are seeing green today, Jan. 17, except for stablecoins USDT and USDC


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Sony finally announced the pricing for the upcoming PlayStation 3 console after months of speculation. Contrary to previous reports, there will actually be multiple SKUs. One version will come with a 20GB hard disk, and it will retail for $499 ($549 Canadian). A second version will be paired with a 60 GB HDD for $599 ($659 Canadian).
Also announced is that the PS3 will feature motion detection in the controller, similar to Nintendo's Wii. However, unlike the Wii, it will not require an external sensor. This ongoing "inspiration" follows in the grand tradition of the D-Pad, the analog stick, and the Rumble Pak.
Rounding out the announcements is the new launch date. Sony clarified the spring 2006 window with its claim the console will hit stores on November 17. It should be noted that it will indeed be spring in the southern hemisphere at launch.


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Tell Intel to support its cafeteria workers!
Every day catefetaria workers proudly serve the best quality food to Intel employees, but it is hard for them to feed their families good quality food on their low wages. We want Intel to support our request for a fair process to join a union and work with us to improve jobs for cafeteria workers in Silicon Valley.
It’s that time when workers need us to stand with them and inspire Intel to ensure workers have a voice.
High incomes at Intel and other tech industry giants have led to the largest and fastest-growing wage gap between professionals and service workers in the U.S. Today, Intel’s cafeteria workers are standing up to say enough!
The campaign to unionize at Intel by about 75 food service workers is the latest manifestation of efforts by low-wage workers to combat gaping inequality in one of the country’s richest regions. The divide between how major tech companies’ professional and support staff live has been the subject of increased organizing by labor unions, which have coordinated a campaign called Silicon Valley Rising that seeks to address “occupational segregation and severe income inequality” in the tech industry.
Let’s call on Intel to be a leader in building a tech economy that works for everyone. Tech can do better!


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It's Board Games Vs. Brassieres at Southridge
Officials mall tell a local business that it needs to move to let a chain store move in temporarily.
Board Game Barrister, located in the Southridge Mall, has been asked to move so that a temporary Victoria's Secret store can take its place, according to a story by FOX6 News.
An official with the game store say it is doing well in its location and he doesn't want to relocate.
“Compared to the first February at Southridge to the first February here, we’re doing better at Southridge,” Executive Manager Gordon Lugauer told the station.
Officials with the mall said they offered the owner another location and they are trying to enhance the mall's shopping appeal, but Lugauer told FOX6 reporter that the other locations wouldn't be as good for the business.
The mall recently announced that it would add an additional Victoria Secret PINK location. The current Victoria Secret would be remodeled and temporarly relocated.
Since the $52 million mall renovation began, some tenants have left the mall and others have been added.


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Even during the difficult times, Sony's sales projections for the PlayStation 3 were never that far off. Perhaps it's because they had the foresight we never did; for instance, they knew they were dropping the price of the console long before anyone else.
And although it seems more likely now, Sony did predict they would sell their goal of 13 million PS3 consoles worldwide this fiscal year. The recent success has only made them more confident in this claim; according to Gamasutra , Sony executive vice president Kaz Hirai has told the media he's pretty darn certain the company will hit that 13 million sales target. Furthermore, they're sticking to their plans to achieve overall profitability by March 2011 – for this purpose, they're doing some cost-cutting and investing in new technologies, like that nifty 3D entertainment – so we imagine Sony's motto right now is, "onwards and upwards." If they do manage to hit the sales goal, that would mark a significant year-over-year increase; Sony sold a little over 10 million PS3s in fiscal 2008. However, with only 4.3 million units sold in the first two quarters, sales will have to increase drastically in the second half. This could happen, though, given the recent spike and the holiday season upon us.
Lastly, citing a recent Reuters report, Sony's new online content service will expand the Network's focus to include other media like movies, music and books. At this point, it seems as if they want the PS3 to become the entertainment console of choice…you know, all you need in your house is a TV and a PS3, or something like that.


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On January 9 Billon’s Board of Directors appointed Agnieszka Gotlibowska-Horoszczak as a Chairwoman and Non-Executive Director of the board. In addition Anand Phanse, Billon’s interim CFO, was appointed to that role permanently and joined the Board of Directors of the company. Those decisions come in line with expected Billon’s expansion and enterprise deployments in different geographies and market sectors in 2019.
As a lawyer I am witnessing blockchain changes the way how the rights of digital economy participants are protected and enforced in areas such as online transactions, sensitive documents management and IP rights.
Agnieszka Gotlibowska-Horoszczak, Chairwoman of Billon Group
Bio - Agnieszka Gotlibowska-Horoszczak
Bio - Anand Phanse
Billon is a blockchain technology company which created a regulatory-compliant DLT platform to manage money, identity and data. The platform can be used by enterprise companies to eliminate operational bureaucracy. The proprietary blockchain architecture stores data directly on-chain with no service costs.
Billon was established in Poland 2012.The development of its unique blockchain protocol has been supported by many R&D grants, including the EU Horizon 2020 program. In 2017 after few years of R&D work commercialization of its technology started. Billon was part of the first cohort of FCA regulatory sandbox and became a small e-money issuer using a blockchain technology. In 2018 the company started working on document management based solely on its technology. In November 2018, the company won the world's largest fintech festival in Singapore, organized by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, showing a solution to zero-cost blockchain micropayments.
Billon’s clients include Phillip Morris, Mitsui Knowledge Industry and biggest Central Eastern European credit bureau, BIK.
For more information, please visit www.billongroup.com


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According to Nigeria's TradeDepot, the impact of the pandemic, rising inflation, border closures, and other issues drove significant changes in behavior for retailers, distributors, and manufacturers in 2020.
As we have seen in other parts of the world where mobile gaming has already exploded into the mainstream, this trend isn't restricted to those who already play on a PC or games console. Lots of people who have never thought of themselves as gamers have become fans of mobile games.
MTN Group has announced that it has sold its 18,9% stake in New York Stock Exchange-listed Jumia Group. This ends MTN's journey as an investor in Jumia since 2013.
Nigerian payments company, Paystack has been acquired by global payments leader, Stripe, to accelerate online commerce across Africa. This acquisition is the latest move in Stripe’s international expansion, as Paystack will be Stripe’s catalyst for growing internet commerce in Africa.