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The CBD sector may well be developing at a breakneck pace, but that development has been uneven — specially in communities of colour. Due to the steep cost of CBD merchandise and the higher barriers to entry for potential entrepreneurs, there’s a burgeoning CBD wealth gap that is stopping lots of persons, specially black Americans, from accessing the positive aspects of this preferred cannabinoid.
With his revolutionary CBD-infused soul meals merchandise, Rickey “Hollywood” Hendon of Hollywood Park, Chicago is undertaking his component to modify that.
Soul meals “is a term made use of for an ethnic cuisine, meals traditionally ready and eaten by African Americans of the [southern] United States,” according to the African American Registry. Staples incorporate foods like fried chicken, collard greens, grits, and catfish — and a craze is developing for the meals all more than the nation. According to Thrillist, substantially of the credit goes to chefs who are “finding inventive methods to represent and reimagine the recipes so lots of Americans know and enjoy.”
Hendon, a former state senator who now owns a CBD shop on the West Side of Chicago, likely wouldn’t contemplate himself a chef (even though he did serve up a homemade banquet of CBD soul meals classics to celebrate the grand opening of his shop). Nevertheless, his line of CBD-infused seasonings, along with familiar favorites like sweet potato pie, is undoubtedly an inventive reimagination of this uniquely American cuisine.
But Hendon’s aim is not solely to satiate the hunger of his consumers, but also to strengthen his neighborhood. As he told Block Club Chicago, he desires to use his shop as a platform for other entrepreneurs of colour in the city. “We’re providing shelf space to diverse vendors who otherwise wouldn’t have it,” mentioned Hendon. “I do not see them as competitors mainly because there’s adequate for all of us.”
In a CBD globe that is swiftly becoming homogenized as deep-pocketed corporate behemoths squeeze out mom-and-pop operations, Hendon’s model — and the merchandise he sells, such as the Biggz Hot Hemp spice mix — stand out from the crowd.
“We have our tinctures, we have our massage oils, so we do have some factors that are standard. But at the exact same time, we’re soul. We’re black. We do seasonings,” he mentioned.
The Challenges Facing Black CBD Entrepreneurs
There’s small out there information on the quantity of black persons who use CBD. On the other hand, 1 of the couple of surveys to investigate racial breakdowns of CBD customers — a 2019 report from analysis firm Higher Yield Insights — located that the “Entrepreneur Ed” demographic, a segment of mainly young, single guys that comprises an estimated 12 % of CBD customers — was “[all] African American.”
This is somewhat ironic, mainly because black entrepreneurs have faced an uphill battle to enter the CBD sector pretty much from its inception. When the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized the production and sale of hemp and hemp-derived merchandise like CBD, was passed, it incorporated a provision that forbade any person with a felony drug conviction from participating in the new sector for at least ten years. Contemplating the truth that black persons are “3.73 instances much more probably to be arrested for [cannabis] possession than a white particular person,” regardless of utilizing cannabis at the exact same price, and “five instances as probably to be arrested for felony [cannabis] possession,” according to an American Civil Liberties Union report, this provision added a massive legal hurdle to the monetary ones currently faced by lots of persons of colour searching to get into the CBD business enterprise.
Although the murky nature of the CBD sector suggests that it is complicated to get a clear study on how lots of firms are founded or run by African Americans, searching at the cannabis sector in basic gives an concept of just how extreme the dilemma has grown. According to information from Marijuana Business enterprise Every day, only 19 % of all cannabis firms in the United States are owned by persons of colour, and only four.three % of these owners are African American.
What’s the Resolution to CBD’s Diversity Dilemma?
According to Hendon, the crucial to carving out a foothold for persons of colour in the CBD sector — and reaping the positive aspects that could ensue — is cooperation and mutual assistance involving neighborhood members. That is 1 of the factors he’s so focused on giving a venue for CBD entrepreneurs of colour to sell their merchandise.
As he told Block Club Chicago, “The West Side [of Chicago] could be just as lovely and economically feasible as the North Side. But it is up to West Siders to do that. We can not rely on a different neighborhood to do what we have to have to do for ourselves.”
The “social equity” applications place in spot by lots of states with legal cannabis, which aim to broaden the cannabis-connected financial possibilities out there to communities devastated by the decades-extended War on Drugs, could also supply inspiration for opening up the CBD sector in distinct. On the other hand, such a move would have to have to wait till either state or federal authorities unveil CBD-certain regulation, because at the moment there’s no government oversight of CBD firms (and as a outcome, no agency to expedite permits, give grants, or supply other sorts of assistance).
In the meantime, it is up to hardy souls like Hendon to blaze a much more equitable path forward — and luckily, he appears prepared for the challenge.


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Chrome 52 for Android now faster and more efficient with videos on the web
Google has made available to download version 52 of Chrome for Android devices, featuring improved video playback, loads faster, and of course, consumes less battery.
On Android, Chrome 52 version of web browser will make video playback feel smoother than earlier and also reflects speed and power efficiency. Web video is although huge, with over a billion hours played in Chrome every week on sites such as Facebook, Amazon, The New York Times, Netflix and YouTube, and the https//chrome.googleblog.com really want to make users viewing experience great, has released Chrome 52 on Android.
As we know, mobile devices are becoming more powerful, leading us to perform tasks such as viewing videos available on the web, among other possibilities. Unfortunately, these devices batteries last long lasting and have not yet reached the time when the batteries provide greater operating autonomy.
In this sense, we look for possible ways to treat the batteries can last longer without thereby damaging the possibilities and time of use of the devices themselves.
In this sense, Google announced the release of version 52 of Chrome for Android with improvements in video playback available on the web. According to the announcement, playing videos now is smoother, enabling faster loading them up to 5 times, and what is best under lower battery consumption.
In this way, Chrome wants to become an important ally of users who often watch videos on the web through their mobile devices, improving both speed and energy efficiency when playing.
Moreover, Google adds video playback can now also work in data saving mode, saving up to 50% of data offering a lighter version of these videos.
Google suggests that this improvement will be noticeable, especially in the short videos in which, according to the company, are most videos available on the web. Also it accompany the fact that many sites and platforms are moving to HTML5 for video playback, which will improve the experience of viewing videos on the web overall.
The new version is now available through Google Play Store.

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Lack of regulations requires inquiry
Consumers should check qualifications, backgrounds
Several Lawrence massage therapists have some advice on how to better relax during the next visit ask about a therapist’s qualifications first.
Lawrence, like most other cities in the state, doesn’t require massage therapists to be licensed by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Body Work.
Most consumers probably don’t know that fact, but Marcia Butell, a nationally board-certified massage therapist at Rejuvene Day Spa, said she thinks consumers ought to take the time to ask about their therapist’s qualifications because the business is “so much more than putting oil on someone.”
Nationally board-certified massage therapists graduate with 500 hours from an accredited institution. To keep that certification must take at least 50 hours of continuing education every five years.
“What you’re paying for when you come to me is my education,” Butell said.
The latest Lawrence phone book lists 27 different massage therapists in Lawrence, but only 18 of those have a nationally board certified massage therapist, according to the board’s Web site.
With massages costing between $45 to $65 per session, people should know what they’re paying for.
“It’s your money, but I would want the most experienced massage therapist possible, and someone who knows what they are doing because they work on every system of the body,” said Judy Hermann, who gets a massage at least twice a week from a nationally board certified professional.
Cities can enact their own laws to regulate massage businesses. In Lawrence, city officials do not require therapists to receive a city license to operate their business. They do require therapists to be certified, but the requirement doesn’t set any standards for the number of hours therapists must be trained or in what areas they must receive training.
Neither does Lawrence have a program to check the business certification, but rather only responds to complaints, which Dave Corliss, assistant city manager, said are rare.
Butell, though, said that’s not good enough.
“Since the city doesn’t put any requirements on what that training includes, it may be someone going to a one weekend class and getting a certificate,” Butell said. “That doesn’t mean you know anything about the body, though.
“Certification is important because this is one of the few fields where you ask your customers to take off their clothes and you touch their body.”
Absent city regulations, massage therapists recommend that you ask a lot of questions before you start attending a particular massage shop. Not all professionals believe massage therapists have to be nationally board certified to be considered.
“I don’t think it’s critical to be nationally board certified because there’s people who aren’t and who do a good job, but the certification gives people a place to start,” said Joy DeMaranville, a nationally board certified massage therapist from Southwind Health Collective.


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Following several days of media hype predicting MSN's imminent launch its own pay-per-click ad network, Microsoft today will reveal more modest plans. The company will demonstrate a prototype of a new paid search advertising platform at an event for ad clients in Redmond.
How to deflate a balloon !
At the sixth annual MSN Strategic Account Summit, Microsoft plans to show off to 500 of its top customers the new MSN adCenter, a platform that will eventually be used for ads throughout its network. The first component of adCenter is the paid search piece, which will be piloted within the next six months in Singapore and France to gather customer feedback. Eventually it will be launched worldwide.
NEVER before 2007 in America ? (Yahoo contract expire in june 2006 and normaly it's take 1 or 2 year to release 50% bugs free update to Microsoft)
"We're rolling out the pilots to demonstrate and learn what value software can add to the search platform," said Eric Hadley, senior director of advertising and marketing for MSN. "Right now, everybody thinks search is just about clicks, but it's about more than that. It's about connection with the customer."
Connection yes, but with the good content for users. MSN have always connected with advertisers but not with users outside its commercial entity.
The platform promises in-depth analytics and audience intelligence, including geographic location, gender, age group, lifestyle segment and time of day. Advertisers will be able to access this information before placing their ad, so they will know what to expect before launching their campaign.
Geographic location and time of day OK, but I'd like to see how; audience intelligence, gender, age group and lifestyle can be achieve to mass market without registering user of a search engine. Are we talking of a PPC Platform or a MY MSN + Passport search engine ?
"This will really help drive ROI and the effective results of a search campaign beyond just knowing if somebody clicked on it, but to know if someone is likely to click on it. We think that's a huge step forward in this category," Hadley said.
Like the mouseover tracking at Google SERPS ?
While the full-scale deployment of the platform is not likely to happen before the end of the year, MSN is getting some early praise for providing advertisers with more control over their campaigns.
Welcome beta testers who will gave us money to help us correcting multiple bugs !
"Microsoft has laid out a roadmap for a product that looks to be a leap forward," said Fredrick Marckini, CEO of iProspect. "By raising the bar, we're likely to see Google and Yahoo! raising the bar to keep up."
Should starting by giving us good results on organic search and may be users will come.


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In Angelina Jolie’s World War II film “UNBROKEN”, MITAVI plays villainous Mutsuhiro Watanabe. Continue read on i-D.
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Late last year, we described San Diego-based BlueNalu’s process for creating petri-dish fish. We thought you’d like to hear about New Age Meats (NEM), a Berkeley-based cultivated meat company, founded in 2018, that does precisely the same – with pork.
Just yesterday (9th Jan 2020), this innovative Food Tech company won $2.7 million in seed money from investors that included Agronomics Ltd, Sand Hill Angels, Supernode Ventures, Hemisphere Ventures, and Kairos Ventures. The seed round was led by ff Venture Capital.
NEM recently moved into its own lab facilities in Berkeley and is building out its science and engineering teams, as it continues churning out alternative meat products for the market in the coming years.
Of the new $2.7 million, Brian Spears, CEO and Founder, said: “This funding enables us to grow our team, invest in automation equipment, and iterate our unique cultivators we design in house. We can’t wait to share tasty, sustainable cultivated meat with avid meat eaters.”
The NEM cultivation process is similar to that of BlueNalu
Staff at NEM place muscle stem cells from a live animal in a petri-dish full of nutrients, which stews in a bioreactor while the cells grow into trillions of such cells. These so-called “myosatellite” cells are then placed in a gel that is 99% water, which forces them to swell, growing into small strands of muscle tissue. Finally laboratory teams layer these strands into a product that looks (and tastes) just like – meat.
The meat is then processed using standard food technologies, like putting them through a meat grinder to make ground beef.
On its website NEM cites three benefits of their cell-based meat:
- The environment – Industrial animal agriculture contributes around 15% of the earth’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Making meat from cells reduces associated greenhouse gases by 96% while using 99% less land, 96% less water, and 45% less energy.
- Human health – Animal factory farming creates antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Humans are now using antibiotics of “last resort” to prevent deadly infections. More antibiotics are used on pigs per pound than on any other animal – 4 times more than cows!
- Animal well-being – 7.4 billion humans live on earth. We keep around 40 billion animals for food. Some of them live happy lives, but the vast majority do not. In the future, we won’t need cells or meat from animals, allowing them to live their own, natural lives.
“Cell-based meat,” Spears says (below), “reverses climate change, stops breeding animals into a life that’s not worth living, and helps humans live healthier. It’s tastier, healthier and more sustainable than meat made any other way.”
At a September, 2018, NEM sausage-tasting event, Brad told visitors how his cell-based product was as natural as “regular” meat:


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FCC 'white space' test #2
The FCC is attempting a second round of testing for so-called "white space" Internet devices, writes the Associated Press. The evaluation is set to begin on on January 24th, and will last three months, involving tests in both lab conditions and the real world. Results may be available by the end of June. The new technologies were developed by Adaptrum, Microsoft, Motorola and Philips; by contrast, the first round of testing examined the work of a coalition including Microsoft, Philips, Dell, HP, Google, Intel and EarthLink.
That testing failed, with devices proving unable to detect existing broadcasts, thereby creating interference by picking the wrong frequency. White space devices have the potential of wireless data delivery to both urban and rural areas, at speeds between 50 and 100Mbps -- the difficulty is that they will use frequencies once held by TV broadcasters, which vary from place to place. Both broadcasters and wireless microphone makers worry that if white space is not exploited properly, it could easily disrupt their businesses.


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A high health professional, heading one amongst the leading pharmaceutical stores with regarding 3 branches within the Western Region has disclosed that, married men are the higher high purchasers of condoms than single men within the Region.
This comes when it had been reported that, purchase of condoms has accrued by eight million from 2019 to 2020, consistent with the Ghana Health Service. The staggering increase within the purchase of condoms has been pegged at 40,178,862 million for the year 2020 as from a previous thirty two million purchases made in 2019.
In an interview monitored by ghbuzznews on Skyy Power 93.5FM, the health professional, name withheld, and different health professional within the region explained that, married men within the ages of forty years and on top of usually troop to their pharmacies to buy additional condoms than the one young men.
He additionally created it legendary that, men purchase additional contraceptive devices than females and also the male condoms is on the next demand than that of the feminine condom. Also, users are specific of the sort of condoms they purchase as they explained that some brands area unit their favorites as a result of it adds flavour and far excitement throughout sexual activity consistent with the health professional.
However, it had been additionally explained that, those who purchase condoms have already got some data on the way to maneuver the contraceptive as they are doing not raise any tips within the process.


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Digital logs produced by smartphone, tablet or computer apps no longer have to be printed and signed manually by drivers, according to new guidance on digital logs issued by FMCSA.
PrePass weigh station bypass service announced July 8 that its participation in May reached 475,000, a record-high for the company. PrePass has 304 opreation sites in 31 states and is the largest truck safety pre-clearance system ...
Three trucking companies have filed lawsuits against truck and engine maker Navistar, claiming its '11-'12 MaxxForce engines were defective and didn’t meet federal emissions standards. The lawsuits further allege Navistar knew its engines were flawed yet concealed that information.
The national average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel dropped seven-tenths of a cent to $3.913 in the week ended July 7, according to the Dept. of Energy, snapping the short two-week uptick in the price of diesel.
This notebook will be used to record those expenses for which you cannot obtain a receipt, such as when you wash your truck at a coin-operated facility or personal use of your auto, so you can deduct the expenses at tax time.
How the team at Old Time Express turned the lock open out of 'safety jail,' reversing its Conditional rating and winning back business.
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Department of Transportation head Anthony Foxx sent a letter to states July 1 telling them the DOT will have to start restricting reimbursement payments to states starting Aug. 1, unless Congress can act to shore up Highway Trust Fund cash flow before that date.
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Bridgepoint is poised to take a significant stake in Itsu, in a deal which would value the business at £100m, Sky News has reported.
Itsu’s chief executive Ganan Kanagathurai is relatively mild-mannered compared to the gregarious, outsized personality of the group’s founder, Julian Metcalfe, which might explain why his promotion more than a year ago slipped under the radar.
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Breathe a tentative sigh of relief, auto investors: It's possible that the cheating on emissions tests might not have been an industrywide thing after all.
The head of Ford's (F 5.10%) operations in Germany -- where it sells many diesel-powered cars -- said emphatically on Thursday that the Blue Oval was "not involved in any manipulation" of emissions tests.
Stocks of most automakers have been very volatile since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency charged Volkswagen (VWAGY 0.37%) on Sept. 18 with rigging its diesel-powered cars to cheat on tests that measure pollutants emitted in exhaust.
VW's shares lost a third of their value in the days that followed the allegations, and its CEO was forced to resign. Investors have worried that other automakers might be found to have cheated on testing intended to enforce increasingly tough environmental regulations around the world.
But so far at least, it looks like VW was an outlier -- and many of its peers are expressing their displeasure with its actions.
So far, there's no evidence against any automaker other than VW
Volkswagen is accused of selling 11 million vehicles equipped with software that cheated on emissions tests. The software turned on parts of the engine's emission-control hardware only when it detected that a test was under way. In normal driving, the cars' exhaust was much dirtier than allowed.
VW has essentially admitted to the EPA's allegations, and it has promised to repair the 11 million vehicles affected so that they comply with pollution rules. VW has set aside $7.3 billion to cover the costs of the scandal, but many analysts think the ultimate costs to the company will likely be higher.
The allegations against VW led many observers to ask: Were all of the automakers cheating on these tests? It's an open secret that many countries allow automakers to conduct emissions tests under optimized -- even unrealistic -- conditions. But out-and-out cheating like Volkswagen's appears not to have been happening.
Several other automakers, including both of VW's German rivals, have emphatically insisted that their cars comply with environmental regulations, without any cheating. So far, governments seem to agree: A spokesman for Germany's transport ministry said on Friday that it has no evidence that any automakers other than Volkswagen manipulated emissions tests.
If other automakers have been cheating, it's likely to be uncovered before long. The EPA is expanding its investigation to examine more than two dozen diesel-powered vehicles from other automakers for signs of cheating, the Financial Times reported. German regulators are expected to conduct similar tests on other diesel-powered vehicles sold in Europe.
But at least as of right now, there's no evidence against any automaker other than Volkswagen. And more and more of those automakers are coming out with statements condemning their giant German rival.
VW's rivals insist they weren't cheating, worry about consumer trust
Ford Germany chief Bernhard Mattes wasn't the only auto executive to push back on suggestions that cheating might be rampant in the auto industry. BMW has insisted repeatedly that its diesels comply with pollution laws under any driving conditions.
BMW product-development chief Klaus Froehlich said again on Thursday that a system of "continuous checks" would block any attempt to put such a system into production at BMW. "Manipulation does not happen with us. I can flatly rule that out," he said in remarks reported by Reuters.
Toyota doesn't sell diesels in the U.S., but the CEO of Toyota's North America operations, Jim Lentz, said that he is confident that the company's diesel-powered vehicles sold elsewhere don't have devices that defeat emissions controls. Lentz expressed concerns that consumers would "lose trust in the industry" in the wake of the VW scandal, the Detroit News reported.
Those concerns were echoed by Honda's chairman, Fumihiko Ike. "This one company's deeds have damaged trust in the auto industry," Ike said, according to a Bloomberg report. He said that his remarks reflected his personal views, not those of Honda -- but it was a significant statement.
Pressure is growing as VW scrambles to come up with a fix for the cars
VW will continue to face immense pressure in the coming week. It is scrambling to comply with a German government demand that it announce a recall plan within the next few days. New investigations are under way in France, Italy, Switzerland -- and California, which has strict state environmental laws.
It's unclear whether VW will ultimately have to face criminal charges. But it will get a taste of government wrath this week: VW U.S. chief Michael Horn is set to testify before Congress on Thursday.


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about 30 years ago. My dad just moved and found this article about me and my parents that I have been looking for since the spring. When I was born, my parents owned a cookie store in downtown Atlanta. When the “cookie people” had me, the newspaper did a write up. I was born on a Friday and went to work with them on the next Monday. I have to admit that I have a crazy sweet tooth that I blame on them. I guess I could also blame my entrepreneurial spirit on them to so it’s an even trade. Anyways, here’s the text of the article:
COOKIES AREN’T JUST FOR CHILDREN
by Mark Chapman
Whoever said “cookies are for kids,” obviously hasn’t visited Grandma’s Cookies in downtown Atlanta.
Shop owners Lee and Elisa Wampler cater to a crowd of office workers on Peachtree Street with hardly a child in site.
The Wamplers decided on a shop specializing in old-fashioned cookies “because we felt it would be easy setting-up this type of business,” said Lee.
The rustic walls and floors along with antique furnishings give the shop an early 1900’s parlor-type atmosphere. While the interior belies the two years of the shop’s existence, it accents the fact that many of the cookie recipes are more than 100-years-old. The store got many of its recipes from a similar store in Athens.
“Some of the antique pieces in the shop were handed down by my family,” Lee said, such as an antique phone on one of the walls of the shop. “It’s like a step into yesterday, and you don’t find many stores like this anymore,” he added.
The store really seems like home now that the Wamplers bring their new daughter to work with them.
Lee and Elisa are the proud new parents of a 3-week-old baby girl, Avie Nicole, who sleeps in her crib in the kitchen of the shop while her parents serve customers.
“It’s a place where people who work in the area can come and escape from the daily rigors of their jobs,” he said of the shop located at 117 Peachtree Street, NE.
Lee and Elisa bake more than 3,500 cookies daily including chocolate chip, oatmeal, peanut-butter, brown-knee, cinnamon toast and super natural rock which has no sugar, but is sweetned with honey. All the cookies are baked from “scratch” and personalized orders are prepared in decorative tin canisters that may be given as gifts.
“We want to please customers no matter how unusual an order they place,” said Lee.
There’s a distinct affection between the Wamplers and regular customers like downtown office worker Lin Mankin who says, “I adore the shop and it’s owners.”
I hope to scan some pictures of the shop this weekend and maybe I can wrestle up a cookie recipe for next week too!


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BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 29
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
Georgia's economy constructed by 7.9 percent in December 2020 due to a new lockdown, forcing thousands of businesses and services to close, Trend reports via the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The decline also affected the results of 2020 as a whole and Georgia's gross domestic product fell by 6.1 percent.
According to the quarters, there were such results in Georgia in 2020:
Quarter 1 - 2.3 percent growth;
Quarter 2 - 13.2 percent drop;
Quarter 3 - 5.6 percent drop;
Quarter 4 - 6.5 percent drop.
“In December 2020 the estimated real growth compared to the same period of the previous year was posted negative in the following activities: Accommodation and food service activities, Construction, Arts, entertainment and recreation, Manufacturing, Transportation and storage, Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles”, Geostat report reads.
Growth was registered in Financial and Insurance activities, Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities, Information and communication, Mining and quarrying.
According to the document, VAT taxpayers’ turnover amounted to 8.55 billion lari ($2.6 billion) for the last month, which is 5.1 percent year-on-year. The number of newly registered enterprises is 6.3 percent down in December. Exports were down by 12 percent from January through December.
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Despite an increase in beef, dairy and poultry costs, earnings at J. Alexander's Corp. jumped 43 percent in the fourth quarter.
The Nashville-based restaurant company showed a profit of $3.0 million in the quarter ended Jan. 2, compared to $2.1 million in the fourth quarter a year ago. Revenue increased 18 percent in the quarter to $33.5 million, due in part to a 5 percent increase in menu pricing.
The company kept operating costs in line during the quarter. As a percentage of revenue, costs of sales amounted to 33 percent, level with the fourth quarter of 2003. In dollar terms, those costs rose 18 percent to $11.2 million.
The company's stock ended the day at $7.10, up 0.6 percent from its Thursday close. The 52-week range for the stock is $6.20 to $8.
For the year, J. Alexander's (AMEX: JAX) showed a profit of $4.8 million compared to $3.3 million in 2003. Revenues increased to $123 million from $107 million.
In a release announcing the earnings, Chairman, President and CEO Lonnie Stout noted that beef prices alone rose more than 13 percent in March of last year. Beef accounts for 28 percent of the company's cost of sales.


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No. 10) Newspaper publishing
Risk score: 5.95
"...revenue will continue to fall through 2018, albeit at a slower annualized rate of 3.7%, to $27.7 billion."
No. 9) Apparel knitting mills
Risk score: 5.99
"...revenue is forecast to continue falling over the next five years at an annualized rate of 3.1% to $412.0 million in 2018."
No. 8) Gasoline and petroleum wholesaling
Risk score: 6.05
"The industry's revenue and risk level depend heavily on global crude oil prices: The recession-induced price declines contributed significantly to volatility and risk, with revenue falling 34.6% in 2009 as oil prices plummeted."
No. 7) Business certification and IT schools
Risk score: 6.16
"...revenue is expected to continue declining at an average annual rate of 5.6% to $2.1 billion as competition from other educational institutions rises."Kim Steele
No. 6) Major household appliance manufacturing
Risk score: 6.25
"This industry's risks are high input costs, such as those of steel and plastic, and rising imports. In the five years to 2018, world steel prices are projected to increase an annualized 1.8%, while the domestic price of plastic materials and resin is anticipated to rise an annualized 1.3%."File Photo
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Risk score: 6.54
"...revenue depends on fuel prices, which have closely followed the wildly fluctuating prices of crude oil and natural gas. When world crude oil and natural gas prices plummeted 36.3% and 39.9%, respectively, during the recession in 2009, industry revenue followed suit and fell 14.5% for the year."
No. 3) Leather tanning and finishing
Risk score: 6.65
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Risk score: 7.17
"...revenue is expected to fall an annualized 1.5% to $3.4 billion in the five years to 2018."
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Risk score: 7.24
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Last year, nearly 13 million foreign visitors came to Vietnam, earning the country more than Vietnamese dong (VND) 500 trillion (US$22 billion). Over the decade, the number of international visitors to Vietnam has tripled and revenue has increased by at least nine times.
Vietnam’s tourism ranked sixth among the top 10 fastest growing tourism destinations globally and it became the best performer in Asia in 2017. The tourism industry of Vietnam contributed 7.5 per cent to the nation’s GDP last year.
Tourism in Vietnam has been identified a key economic sector by 2020. It can help boost the development of other sectors including construction, real estate, retail, education and job opportunities
Vietnam aims to welcome 17-20 million foreign arrivals and 82 million domestic tourists by 2020. Tourism revenue is expected to reach $35 billion with creation of four million jobs, including 1.6 million direct jobs.
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Although Destiny 2 is by no means a battle royale game like Fortnite, it does have a global fan following that stretches all the way back to 2014. Due to these circumstances, it's fair to say that several loopers are well versed with the franchise.
Given how Epic has been collaborating with everyone as of late, it was inevitable that the two fandoms would one day collide. Well, that day is nearly here, and players will soon be able to experience the best of both worlds. Here's everything to know about the Fortnite x Destiny 2 collaboration.
Fortnite x Destiny 2 collaboration: The start of something new
News of the potential collaboration was first leaked by multiple prominent Fortnite leakers. According to them, skins/characters from Destiny 2 will migrate to the metaverse in a few days. With no timeframe in hand, guessing precisely when this would occur was impossible.
Thankfully, the word impossible is just a mindset on the internet. Within hours of the first leak, more information was brought to light regarding the crossover. Pictures began to emerge that showcased the skins from Destiny 2. They skins are Black Knight, Drift, and Omega. Here's what they look like:
Coming to the metaverse from Destiny 2 are none other than Zavala, Ikora Rey, and Cayde-6. According to prominent leaker HYPEX, three hidden skins with no styles are already in the files. Once Epic flips the switch, they'll appear in the Item Shop.
Given their importance in the storyline, these skins can almost be confirmed. However, according to some leakers, Cayde-6 may be swapped out with Exo Stranger.
Players won't have to wait long for the official announcement. According to a statement from Bungie, the Destiny 2 showcase is set to go live on August 23, 2022, at 9:00 am PDT. The pre-show is scheduled to begin at 8:00 am PDT. Now, although the showcase's announcement has been confirmed, it cannot be said with a 100% guarantee that the collaboration will go live today in the metaverse. Here's why.
Dragon Ball Super collaboration is barely a week old
While Destiny 2 Season 18 will commence in a few hours, the skins may not come to Fortnite immediately. Given that the island is still in the middle of the Dragon Ball Super collaboration, releasing cosmetics from Destiny 2 will shift attention from the current collab.
Although releasing the skins in Chapter 4 Season 3 makes more sense logically, the hype train will lose a lot of momentum. That being said, it's difficult to imagine the developers performing a balancing act to make the most of two vastly diverse collaborations.
Nevertheless, the crossover has been confirmed and will come to fruition sooner or later. On that note, this is the start of something amazing between Fortnite and Destiny 2. If things commence without a hitch, this could be the first of many collaborations between the fandoms.


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Samsung’s greatest addition to the Galaxy S7, which could very well be the selling point for this smartphone is the introduction of a pressure-sensitive panel, which rivals the 3D Touch Technology currently in use on Apple’s devices.
There are no specific dates as to when both these devices will arrive, although, rumors suggest that the launch is still some time away.
Samsung has made quite a few major upgrades to the Galaxy Note 6, which has gone a long way in replacing the laptop, although, not entirely! Another interesting feature about the Galaxy Note 6 is that Samsung has installed a dock, allowing for the device to switch between Android Marshmallow and Windows 10.
Samsung had showcased a device with a flexible screen last year and many people believe that it’s time for Samsung to mass produce such a device! Samsung is expected to increase the screen size of the Galaxy Note 6 from 6-inches to 6.2-inches, alongwith 4K resolution support, which is another first for the device!
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You may know Shazam as a music identification app, but its business plan is centred on advertising revenues related to the crossover between mobile devices and TV, and it is hoping to shake up the advertising industry in the region with its bespoke content.
The app identifies snatches of music from the radio, TV or ambiently and identifies the song or tune for the user, also supplying additional information such as where the music could be bought.
That, however, is not where Shazam earns most of its money.
The app’s ability to identify pieces of music has found an advertising niche that enables advertisers to connect with Shazam users through “second screen” advertising immediately and less expensively than TV.
Second screen refers to the use of a mobile device to provide an enhanced viewing experience when watching TV.
Shazam builds related content into its app that is activated when a viewer tags a particular TV show, or events such as the Super Bowl.
Connect Ads, a subsidiary of OTVentures, a digital media company, has signed an exclusive agreement to bring Shazam’s second screen advertising to the UAE.
“Consumers absolutely love Shazam and marketers and brand managers are passionate about its possibilities,” said Fadi Antaki, the chief executive of OTVentures.
“We expect it to make a big push in connecting TV networks and advertisers with consumers on their second screens – their smartphones or tablets.”
Shazam said it had 475 million users globally, with 3.7 million users in the Middle East, but it expected that figure to double in the next year.
Eighty-six per cent of the UAE’s smartphone owners, and 81 per cent of Saudi Arabia’s owners, use their phones while watching TV, according to Omnicom Media Group, and tablet owners were even more immersed in their devices while watching TV.
Research from OTVentures suggested consumers in the Saudi and UAE markets owned up to four digital devices, and 91 per cent and 86 per cent of residents in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, respectively, watched TV every day.
The growing millennial – population under 25 – audience in the region suggests the second screen would become an important advertising battleground.
“There is so much development in the area of additional layers of content for traditional advertising that the dust has yet to settle to produce a clear dominant player,” said Dara Maher, the director of planning at the advertising and marketing firm OMD UAE.
“Shazam is certainly an interesting solution to connect brands with consumers and provide an integrated experience across other media. It’s not the only one and its market performance will be dictated by its ability to improve the experience for users and performance for advertisers.”
The saturation of digital devices and the growing ownership of smart TVs is driving the advertising and marketing industries further from traditional fields as products are designed to connect ever closer with their audiences.
“The dual-screen habit is not only significant but also growing. It won’t stop here as the triple-screen habit is also growing,” said Mr Maher.
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CHICAGO, Nov. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Google (Nasdaq:GOOG), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL), Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL) and Expedia (Nasdaq:EXPE).
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Google's Motorola Buy Is Paying Off
There were a few raised eyebrows when Google (Nasdaq:GOOG) invested $12.5 billion into Motorola's patents last year. Now, after reporting a dismal quarter, in which Motorola pulled down Google's results and had it announcing job cuts, the company could be hitting pay dirt.
On Tuesday, Google expert Michael Dansky told a Seattle court that Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) would make $94 billion in revenue from its Xbox game consoles and Surface tablets incorporating Motorola technology through 2017.
Based on these numbers, Google estimates that Microsoft should be paying it $4 billion a year, while Microsoft claims that the amount should not exceed a million dollars. Going by the number of private sessions the two are taking with the judge, it's clear that Google is asking for money that it will at least partly extract.
Just the day before, a Madison, WI judge set aside Apple's (Nasdaq:AAPL) claims that Motorola was asking for too much, although notably, the judge did not furnish reasons (AP report). Motorola's claims with Microsoft remain unclear at the moment, but the company has been asking Apple for 2.25% of the price of Apple devices using Wi-Fi or cellular technologies.
Despite rumblings on privacy issues, Google has been more or less successful in legal matters. The encounter with Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL) ultimately worked in its favor and it successfully wrapped up both ITA and Motorola acquisitions, despite anti-competitive concerns raised by Expedia (Nasdaq:EXPE) and others.
Gartner estimates that both Android and Windows-based devices (smartphones, tablets and computers) will grow very strongly over the next few years. However, while Windows-based devices will grow 52% from an estimated 1.5 billion at the end of this year to 2.28 billion at the end of 2016, Android devices will grow 278% to 2.3 billion units during the same time period.
While Microsoft has been relatively less successful in the wireless segment, the company is set to make a splash with its Surface tablet and latest Windows Phone OS. So this is a good time for Google to cash in.
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Trooper beer exports pass the million mark!
IRON MAIDEN’S PREMIUM BEER PROVES A TRIUMPH FOR BRITISH EXPORT BUSINESS
Robinsons Brewery today announced that over ONE MILLION pints of TROOPER have already been exported around the world. Given that the beer was only launched in the UK five months ago on May 9, and only made available to the USA and most other countries less than two months ago, this is a remarkable accomplishment for the Cheshire family brewers and takes the total number of TROOPER pints sold globally to over 2 million pints.
Robinsons Managing Director (Beer Division) Oliver Robinson commented: “The beer itself is fantastic in terms of quality and taste, hence repeat purchases are high, but we are astonished to reach this second millionth mark in less than six months. To add to this, we have discovered that TROOPER is driving the sales of cask ale across the board. Within our Robinsons estate beer sales of the pubs that have listed TROOPER are actually 8% ahead of those which have not. This is a beer that not only drives customers into pubs; it also drives the sales of our other brands. There are not many beers in the world that can do that. Establishing a new beer in the UK and globally is a long and difficult process but we feel we are off to a great start”
At home, Trooper now has listings in many of the major pub chains including Punch, Spirit, Coors and Wetherspoons as well as the major wholesalers. Heineken has elevated TROOPER from a temporary seasonal listing to a permanent listing to the whole of the UK for Free Trade accounts. Abroad, expansion continues in Europe with TROOPER the No.2 best selling ale in Sweden – fast chasing down Newcastle Brown Ale which is currently No.1 there. Further afield the beer is just starting to impact across the continents after having secured all necessary licenses, permits and customs clearances which can be a lengthy process; New Zealand are preparing to take their first shipment, and TROOPER has just landed in Canada for the first time. Brazil alone have ordered almost 84,000 pints since May, when the first two shipments to arrive there sold out immediately.
David Davies, Managing Director of Sovereign Beverage Company, and Robinsons’ official export partners, claims TROOPER is the most successful new beer ever launched from the UK,
“We are the largest exporter of Ales and Cider from the UK, with distribution of products in over 52 countries. In an 8 week period, distribution in 30 countries and over 1,000,000 bottles with some of the World’s leading Importers has made this product launch the most successful we have ever seen from the UK. TROOPER is simply a phenomenon!”
“With the support of the globally renowned Iron Maiden, we look forward to longevity and building a really successful brand for the future in the world of export.”
In the USA, Lanny Hoff, VP, Brand Development and Marketing Artisanal Imports, Inc commented, “TROOPER is the most dynamic beer we have ever imported. Our distributors tell us it is outselling all of their other British beer, combined! Even more exciting, it is introducing many American beer drinkers to real, handcrafted, no-compromise British ale.”
Ruth Evans MBE, CEO of Brewing, Food & Beverage Industry Suppliers’ Association (BFBI), Director of Brewing Technology Services Limited, and organiser of the oldest international brewing awards in the world, agrees that TROOPER is providing a great profile for British beer all around the world,
“It is great to see such a successful launch of a British beer with the Internationally famous British band Iron Maiden into the export arena. With distribution into 30 countries in 8 weeks and over 1 million bottles sold overseas in the same period, we are confident that Trooper is the most successful launch of an English Ale in recent years and will be sure to help raise the overall profile of British beers in export.”
With its focus firmly on taste and easy-drinking, TROOPER was personally designed and developed as a top quality Premium British Beer by IRON MAIDEN vocalist and real ale enthusiast Bruce Dickinson with Robinsons’ Head Brewer Martyn Weeks.
TROOPER not only appeals to Iron Maiden’s legendary loyal fan-base, it is attracting new customers to the beer category who are now trying cask ale for the very first time. Keith Bott, SIBA Chairman, believes TROOPER is strengthening the British brewing industry in these times of austerity and is one to watch for future world beer competitions:
“There’s no doubt that a beer like Trooper with Robinsons is great for British beer exports generally. There have been 1 millions pints sold abroad to date and the way things are going this will multiply. Because the beer is directed at Iron Maiden fans worldwide it stands to reason that we have a fair proportion trying British beers for the first time and, if they like what they taste, then that can only be good for other British brewers. In recent years new world craft beers have done increasingly well in world beer competitions and this is the sort of beer that can fight back.”
To add to this success, Robinsons Brewery was last night named BEER CHAMPION 2013 at the highly prestigious British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) trade awards dinner.
Robinsons were awarded this accolade – fighting off fierce competition from the likes of Marstons, Thwaites and Molson Coors – because they had something all the judges were incredibly impressed by – a true dedication to beer and brewing. Robinsons have a strong desire to attract new customers to the beer category while also educating and changing the perception of British real ale. TROOPER, in addition to the investment in their brewing operations, has helped them achieve and be recognised for this.


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Central Bank of Kenya to Start Auditing Mobile Money Transactions
The Central Bank will now start monitoring money transfer transactions to ensure that the platforms are secure. Communications Permanent secretary Dr. Bitange Ndemo said the mobile money transfer platforms could easily fall victim of the ongoing cyberspace crime if left unchecked. Dr. Ndemo said CBK will conduct annual reviews of all the transactions to ensure that the systems are not abused.
Speaking at the Africa Mobile Money Research conference, the PS said securing mobile money transactions has been a key challenge for the government. “We are working on a regulatory framework to prevent cases of hacking,” he said.
Dr. Ndemo disclosed that the process of digitalizing all government registries was ongoing, a move which he said would make transactions more efficient.
“Mobile penetration in Kenya has risen to an impressive 70%. We now want to start providing services in public offices through mobile platforms. This will help us in cutting down on cases of corruption since all transactions will be easily traceable.”
Speaking at the conference, Prof Tavneet Suri from Massachusets Institute of Technology, USA, however called on the government to ensure that it had a reliable backroom system before going on-line.
“Kenyans are now able to pay for their utilities through mobile platforms as a result of players in the private sector investing in reliable systems. The same can be achieved by the government seamlessly.”
She called upon the government to create institutions that protect knowledge to encourage Kenyans to develop innovative mobile money applications. Prof Suri lauded the speed of adoption of mobile money transfer in Kenya saying the country should now roll-out other applications that will facilitate transactions for the low income groups.
The two day meeting organized by the University of Nairobi has brought together researchers and industry players from Africa, USA, Europe, Australia and India to seek ways of rolling out more relevant mobile applications that will boost financial transactions at lower income level groups.
“Despite Kenya enjoying much success in the mobile money applications, the uptake has been limited to money transfer only. We would like to find out why we are not experiencing similar enthusiasm in embracing other mobile money applications from research,”
said Prof Timothy Waema, the conference Chairman.
Academicians are blaming the slow uptake of mobile applications on a knowledge gap between the industry and consumers. Despite having more than 15 million customers in Kenya with access to mobile phone applications, 99% use the service only to send money while only a paltry one percent carry out financial transactions through mobile money platforms. “There are many innovations out there buy they are not being scaled down to the users appropriately. We need to bridge this gap by synchronizing our expertise,” said Prof Waema.


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It kind of slipped underneath our radar last Friday, but Novell has released its financial earnings figures for the fourth quarter. While the company still shows a loss of 16 million USD (compared to 18 million during the same quarter last year), individual divisions of the company are doing quite well, with only two of them showing losses. Total revenue was 243 million USD. Interestingly enough, the company’s Linux business is doing very, very well.
While Novell’s workgroup business declined by 9 percent, and its service business by a staggering 26 percent, identity and access management’s revenues went up 11 percent, and systems and resource management 15 percent. The strongest revenues, however, were found elsewhere in the company: Novell’s Linux business sky-rocketed in revenue by 33 percent, to 195 million USD – which is a big chunk of the total of 243 million.
According to Sean McCarry, Novell director for the UK and Ireland, this massive success of the Linux business is thanks to everybody’s favourite Linux reseller, Microsoft. “Microsoft is the world’s largest reseller of Suse,” McCarry told ZDNet UK, “The 195 million USD comes out of the 240 million we agreed with [Microsoft] when we set out on this path. That’s 81 percent. Most of that business is from the datacentre.”
McCarry added that much of the sales come from customers replacing competing solutions, such as Red Hat, with SUSE.
I have worked one several SLES project for companies that where MS only up until then and if it wasn’t for the fact that SLES integrates really well with AD as well as the whole patent and reseller deal, they would never have considered Linux in the first place.
I know that this issue is a delicate one with many people in the Linux community but frankly I think it’s a good thing. To begin with, I too was very skeptical of MS’s motives but looking at the adoption rate of SLES with our customers, I’ve come to see it as a good thing. In the end, just because MS is distributing Linux does not in anyway reduce the exposure that businesses are getting to it.
The only point that saddens me in RedHat losing out. This was pointed out back when the patent deal was struck and it does seem to be coming to pass.


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BMW plans engine development programme
Top premium car manufacturer BMW is planning an extensive investment programme to develop its next-generation engine at the company's Hams Hall plant near Birmingham. New production lines are being geared up for innovative three- and four-cylinder engines, and over one million components will be machined at the factory this year.
This investment scheme is part of BMW's £750m spend across all sectors of the group's manufacturing sites in Britain. The investment will maintain the Hams Hall factory as a state-of-the-art facility with the capability to take on the enormous task of developing the company's next generation of engines. It will also secure the long-term job security of plant workers.
Speaking about the exciting developments, Hams Hall plant director Markus Fallboehmer said: "The transformation in our plant has been huge. Over the last few years we have completely redeveloped our two main production areas and installed over 600 brand-new pieces of equipment and machinery. While a high level of technology and automation ensures our plant remains a state-of-the-art facility, the ergonomics of the workstations where we have more manual input have been carefully thought through and adjusted to suit each individual member of the team."
Mr Fallboehmer added that the site development is just one piece of the company's global plan for the production of engines. The new Efficient Dynamics high-tech engine range includes diesel and petrol variants that use TwinPower Turbo high-tech engineering, ranging from 3.0 litres down to 1.5 litres. These new engines will be very adaptable and will be utilised in a large variety of concepts.


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Farmers and vendors have given their support to government’s decision to reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) on vegetables and other produce, but say they also need relief given the high cost of their inputs.
CEO of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), James Paul and President of the Barbados Association of Retailers, Vendors and Entrepreneurs (BARVEN) Alistair Alexander told Barbados TODAY their associations saw the benefits of the measures announced last week by Prime Minister Mia Mottley to ease the burden of the rising cost of living on Barbadians.
Paul stressed a great majority of farmers were supportive of the price reductions, given the high prices consumers have been paying for a wide variety of goods for some time.
However, he said, the agriculture industry was still burdened by high production costs and farmers would have to see how best they can be flexible in order to assist consumers.
“The various individual companies have signed on and indicated what they can do. I can’t say that across the board in respect to all players both large and small in the sector will manage the move in the same way. The costs for the smaller players have been of a particular concern,” he said.
“We know that some of the farmers have been able to benefit from a reduction in the water rate for their farms, so in terms of water costs there has been some easement, but that has probably been the only cost factor that has eased. In the end, a lot of the cost realities have not changed for many farmers.”
Paul emphasised that stakeholders within the industry have an important role to play in regulating not only their costs and keeping track of the difficulties they experience in doing business, but also the prices they pass on to Barbadians after the initial six-month period of VAT reductions is over.
“The industry has to manage its costs. There are certain realities that the Prime Minister, with the best of intentions, cannot do anything about. Each farmer should know what their cost profile is and what they have to do. We monitor on a constant basis what is happening on individual farms, we [also] have meetings and consultations with our farmers to see what difficulties they may or may not be experiencing,” the BAS head said.
Meantime, expressing support for the measures, Alexander said: “We have to proceed in this society as a social partnership, our brother’s keeper…. We have to support any initiative that is seeking to take care of the vulnerable and other persons, so yes, we do support the move.”
He said the farming community also remained committed to following through on proposals made by the Government to enhance food security.
However, Alexander said the cost of water and access to a stable supply remained a challenge for some.
“You have to deal with the baseline of everything first…. Water is essential and unless there is adequate water and economically feasible access provided to farmers so that they have a constant and reliable water supply, the business of farming will continue to be in peril and you would find it almost impossible to create any real form of food security on the island,” the BARVEN president warned.
Acknowledging the daily pressures experienced by Barbadians in coping with high prices of essential goods, electricity and gas, Prime Minister Mottley last Thursday announced an $18 million package to bring much-needed ease.
The package includes the expansion of the VAT-free list of goods; the reduction of prices on 44 key items for a period of six months, from July 21 this year to January 31, 2023; and a reduction in the VAT on electricity from 17.5 to 7.5 per cent on the first 250 kilowatt hours used, from August 1 this year to January 31 next year.


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Tommy Hilfiger is reviewing its media planning and buying account across Europe and North America.
The pitch is in the early stages with WPP’s Essence, MullenLowe Mediahub and independents Crossmedia and Local Planet all in the running alongside a Dentsu Aegis Network team.
Vizeum has worked on the business since 2014. Media Sense is assisting the fashion brand with the review.
Tommy Hilfiger confirmed the review and told Campaign: "We are currently working on evaluating our media partners for Tommy Hilfiger North America and Europe. This is in our normal course of business and we always evaluate our partnerships."
Earlier this month it emerged that TSB is reviewing its media account, currently held by Vizeum since 2016, when it replaced Manning Gottlieb OMD after a competitive pitch.


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While Warner Brothers published The Witcher 1 and 2 down under, and will be publishing the Witcher 3 in North America, CD Projekt’s Head of Studio Adam Bam Badowski said in a statement that Namco Bandai would be handling Aussie and New Zealand distribution of the series' latest title.
"We’re really excited to continue to develop our relationship with NAMCO BANDAI Games and, as a result, introduce The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to even more gamers across the globe," Badowski said.
"Thanks to our shared passion for games and our partner’s understanding of what core values constitute The Witcher series, I’m confident we can make the launch of The Witcher 3 something really special."
Gerrard Noonan SVP of Namco Bandai Games Asia Pacific said the company was looking forward to the release later in the year.
"CD Projekt RED is a world class developer that cares passionately about its games and its fans. We are therefore delighted and proud to again be their chosen partner in Australia and New Zealand and we are very excited to add the eagerly awaited ‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’ to our 2014 line-up," Noonan said.
"The Witcher series is one of the industries most revered video game franchises and with the power of the new generation of consoles we expect CD Projekt RED will take the series to even greater heights."
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is set to release at some stage in 2014 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.


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flatexDEGIRO Keeps Its Word and Waives Negative Interest Charge for Clients
Following today's decision by the European Central Bank (ECB) to raise the interest rate on the deposit facility, flatexDEGIRO AG (WKN: FTG111, ISIN: DE000FTG1111, Ticker: FTK.GR), Europe's largest and fastest growing online broker, will pass on the resulting cost benefits directly to its customers and waive completely the negative interest charge for all customers as of 1 August 2022. Against the backdrop of currently more than 3 billion euros of customer cash under custody, a positive interest rate environment holds significant earnings potential for flatexDEGIRO.
Frank Niehage, CEO of flatexDEGIRO: ”When we introduced the ECB deposit rate as a negative interest charge in 2017, we did so openly and transparently, not hiding it in other fee increases. At the time we promised: When interest rates rise again, we will abolish this negative interest rate. And our word is true. We are now keeping that promise. It remains to be seen whether other banks and online brokers will follow suit and roll back hidden fees now.”
Muhamad Chahrour, CFO of flatexDEGIRO and CEO of DEGIRO: "With today's interest rate decision by the ECB and the expected imminent steps towards a positive interest rate environment, a decade of zero and negative interest rates is coming to an end in Europe. Beyond the relief for our customers, this holds a significant earnings potential for flatexDEGIRO, without us taking on an increased investment risk. The resulting further strengthening of our earnings and financial power provides us with additional and sustainable advantages over online brokers, who cannot access this potential due to their lack of a banking license."
About flatexDEGIRO AG
flatexDEGIRO AG (WKN: FTG111, ISIN: DE000FTG1111, Ticker: FTK.GR) operates a leading and fastest growing online brokerage platform in Europe. Based on modern, in-house state-of-the-art technology, customers of the flatex and DEGIRO brands are offered a wide range of independent products with execution on top TIER 1 exchanges. The technological edge as well as the high efficiency and strong economies of scale enable flatexDEGIRO to continuously improve its service offering for customers.
With more than 2 million customer accounts and over 91 million securities transactions processed in 2021, flatexDEGIRO is the largest online broker for private investors in Europe. In times of bank consolidation, low interest rates and digitalisation, flatexDEGIRO is ideally positioned for further growth. Within the next five years, flatexDEGIRO aims to expand its customer base to 7-8 million customer accounts and process 250 to 350 million transactions per year - even in years of low volatility.
Further information at www.flatexdegiro.com/en
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Last month, Instagram announced they were testing out a new feed where pictures will be sorted by importance based on an algorithm instead of in chronological order, and the Instaverse promptly imploded. Now, Instagram's testing out another major update that they're probably hoping users will like a bit more.
Yesterday, users began posting on Twitter about their Instagram app's strange new look. Instead of the usual tinges of blue all over, everything was black and white.
The change isn't a mistake. It turns out, the designers behind the scenes at Instagram are testing out a new monochromatic look on a select group of users. The new design utilizes a lot more white space and all the text is black. They've also changed the navigation menu icons at the bottom of the screen to thinner, more simplistic drawings with a white background instead of the black background you're used to.
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So far, the reaction to the change has been pretty mixed. Some people aren't feeling it.
But others love it, commending the new design's cleaner, more modern look.
There's no word yet on if and when the new design will roll out for all Instagram users, but overall, it looks like users are waaaaay more open to this change than Insta's plans for their feed.
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Microsoft To Build ‘Netflix for games’ With Project xCloud
At Microsoft’s invitational editor’s meeting recently, CEO Satya Nadella has revealed upcoming plan to push into video game streaming that’s called Project xCloud.
With it, they plan on offering users/gamers to play high-quality games on any device.
The company has referred it by the nickname “Netflix for games”. You won’t need your device to power up the game, where a more powerful computer will remotely power it.
All you need to do to play is simply stream it to your device (phone, console, laptop, PC, etc).
Nadella even thinks that the company is in a good position to tackle latency issues that comes with streaming over the internet when compared to the competition.
Project xCloud is not the first to come up with the idea, where some have been announced or are already operating such as Sony’s Playstation Now and Google’s very own Project Stream.
As of now, Project xCloud is still in development where the company plans to run public tests of the service this year.
Pokdepinion: All I can say is, we won’t get the best out of the service, especially for those who’s running on low-end internet access.


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Radioplayer launches tablet edition
Radioplayer, the industry's collaborative listening platform, has launched its brand new tablet apps, available on iOS and Android.
The tablet apps feature a 'dynamic dashboard' of live and catch-up radio, with real-time music information to tempt users into journeys of discovery. It includes a powerful radio-recommendation engine, matching users with radio based on their musical tastes, their previous listening, their location, and what's trending.
A tap on any item plays it instantly - and once a user's listening, they can see visuals from each station, such as artist images, branding, and Facebook pages. Working with the industry, Radioplayer has created an innovative data 'bridge', to enable each station to control their listening experience, in real time.
Once a user has found a station, the 'More' button opens an EPG-style panel, which can be scrolled forwards or backwards in time, to reveal schedule information and catch-up programmes. You can save and share your Favourite stations with one tap.
And, for the first time ever, Radioplayer is introducing 'series-linking' for catch-up programmes. With one tap you can save not only a single episode, but an entire series, automatically 'stacked' in your Favourites column for future listening.
Michael Hill, Radioplayer Managing Director said: "Our aim was simple - we wanted to build the best tablet radio in the world, to showcase the best stations in the world. With Radioplayer, the UK is leading the way on collaborative innovation, and we're proud to be part of an exciting digital growth story for radio."
The tablet apps, tailored specifically to iOS and Android platforms, join the Radioplayer mobile apps, launched a year ago, and the desktop Radioplayer, which rolled out in 2011.
Radioplayer is a ground-breaking partnership between the BBC and commercial radio, with a mission to grow listening on connected devices, and drive discovery of the depth and breadth of UK Radio.
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