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Evatran Announces Installations of Plugless Power Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Systems
Evatran has successfully completed the first three installations of its Plugless Power wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging technology with Apollo Launch partners The Hertz Corporation, Duke Energy, and the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). These installations, on Nissan LEAF vehicles, represent the first passenger electric vehicles in the world with full wireless charging capability.
Drivers at the three installation locations have been trialing the vehicles for the past month, since installations began in early June, and will continue to test the systems throughout the next three months. An additional three installations will be completed in July with partners from California to Washington, D.C. The Apollo Launch Program, kicked-off in early 2012, follows six commercial partners as they trial wireless charging technology installed on their own Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF vehicles, in a variety of real-world applications.
"Our goal in launching this one-of-a-kind initiative was two-fold," commented Tom Hough, Evatran’s Chief Executive Officer and electric vehicle driver, "we wanted to get this game-changing technology into the hands of real electric vehicle drivers and we wanted to show the market that convenient, wireless charging technology can encourage electric vehicle adoption on a large scale. With these first installations, we’re well on our way to leading the wireless charging market."
The Plugless Power technology is based on electromagnetic induction, a technology that has been understood for over 100 years. This fundamental technology was enhanced by Evatran engineers with proprietary control software and coil designs in order to extend the efficient transfer of power over an air gap of as much as seven inches. The Company, a start-up based out of Virginia, now leads the industry in providing a low-cost system with robust alignment tolerance at a fraction of the on-board weight as competitors. The prototypes installed with Apollo Program partners require absolutely zero user interaction, charge the vehicles as quickly as traditional corded chargers, and function at over 90% efficiency.
Partners have already started providing feedback on the system, which Evatran will collect throughout the Program. Driver feedback ranges from system utilization to user interface to plug-in charging comparisons. The results of the program will be compiled in a Case Study to be released at the end of the summer to further the industry’s understanding of wireless charging technology.
Brian Normann, Evatran’s Chief Technology Officer added, "We’re already learning how users interact with the system, the confidence it gives them in recharging their electric vehicles, and what we need to update for our production aftermarket systems. Our partners, through their daily use of the system, are supplying us with invaluable feedback to utilize as we update our design and make it available to electric vehicle drivers across the country."
Evatran is now accepting partners for the second phase of the Apollo Program set to launch in the next six months. Partners must have Nissan LEAF or Chevrolet Volt vehicles in their fleet and be willing to drive the equipped vehicles on a daily basis.
More news and information regarding the latest developments in Smart Grid electronics can be found at Darnell’s SmartGridElectronics.Net.


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The Levi’s and Project Jacquard team took to SXSW in Austin to demo its smart jacket fitted with conductive yarn that enables touch interactivity.
Here are our highlights for the best of each day at SXSW Interative this year, designed specifically with those working in fashion and retail in mind.
After a week refreshing the mind and the soul at Futuro in Ibiza, we’re back with a round-up of everything you might have missed in fashion and technology news (and beyond) over the past fortnight.
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Fisker is preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The news comes after Fisker told investors about its “substantial doubt” that it could meet all of its financial obligations without a cash infusion.
[Update 3/15 at 11:27 a.m. EST: This story has been updated with a new statement from Fisker.]
The troubled EV startup founded by Henrik Fisker has hired bankruptcy advisors to assist in a potential filing, according to the WSJ. The company has produced—err, its supplier Magna has produced—around 10,000 of its Ocean electric crossovers. It has sold around half of them. The product launched at a time of slackening demand for EVs last summer, and has faced high-profile issues, a regulatory probe over braking issues and a scorching review from one of the world’s biggest tech reviewers. The company had to cut back production in December in the face of weak demand and a sales model that wasn’t working out. The WSJ reports that Fisker wants to switch to a dealer model from a direct-sales approach, but it’s unclear if it’ll make it long enough to pull that off.
Fisker issued a statement in response to reports about its alleged retention of bankruptcy advisors. “As a matter of company policy, Fisker does not comment on market rumors and speculation,” the statement said. “However, Fisker often works with outside advisors to help manage its business and assist in developing and executing strategies. does not comment on market rumors and speculation. Fisker is focused on raising additional capital and engaging in a strategic partnership with a large automaker. The company is also continuing to pursue its shift to a Dealer Partnership model in both North America and Europe. The leadership team is laser-focused on these efforts.”
The company has a billion dollars of debt as of its last filing, meaning it will take a lot of Ocean sales to dig out of the hole. It’s no wonder the company is pursuing a partnership with a larger automaker. Rumors suggest Nissan could be interested, but we’re not sure what the company would get out of a deal with Fisker. Its partner Magna, the contract production company that builds the Ocean along with other products for legacy OEMs like Mercedes, lists business with Fisker as one of its financial risks.
The company’s share price has fallen over 97% since its initial public offering, as the WSJ points out. It has no new product close to production, and even ignoring the bugs most reviewers haven’t found the Ocean to be particularly compelling. And because its manufacturing is contracted out to Magna in Austria, it has no U.S. production facility to serve as a key asset or to produce cars that qualify for the federal tax credit. The company is in stormy waters and, if this report from the WSJ is correct, it seems to be preparing the lifeboats.


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Trending: Chocoholics get a shrinking feeling
In this age of obesity, McVitie's decision to reduce the amount of saturated fat in its digestive biscuits is to be applauded. But a report in The Mail on Sunday suggests many consumers are upset that the new recipe is less tasty and the biscuits more brittle than their predecessors.
McVitie's is not the first manufacturer whose attempt to comply with Government flab-fighting guidelines has fallen foul of snack-food fans. One noticeable technique is known as the "grocery shrink ray".
Mars was accused of using this tactic when, in trying to meet its own tough calorie-counting measures, it reduced the size of Mars bars rather than change the ingredients. But as the product got smaller, the price stayed the same.
However, the GSR isn't acceptable everywhere. Earlier this year, the United Arab Emirates government – citing violations of consumer protection laws – removed cans of Coca-Cola and Pepsi from shops after the companies reduced their can sizes but kept the same prices.
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BHP Billiton branding in the ad
An ad for Australian Mining has landed in hot water with the Olympic Committee for breaching rules on ambush marketing.
The ad features Olympic cyclist Anna Meares wearing clothing branded by her sponsor BHP Billiton – a rival to official Olympic sponsor Rio Tinto.
The ad, which has run on TV as well as online, has been taken down by the mining lobby group.
Update: The video has been set to private on YouTube by Australian Mining.
An Olympics Committee spokesman told Mumbrella that the ad also breached Olympics rules for featuring branding from Toyota, which is also not an Olympic sponsor.


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- Pixelynx is set to release a part of its Elynxir this very week.
- An AR-based scavenger hunt will be organized in Miami and those who win will assist in controlling a virtual music act in Elynxir.
- Fans can own a digital collectible and then move into the ecosystem filled with products & experiences that will be released in the coming year.
A Pokemon Go-like AR game might turn into the initial steps towards the metaverse and the very first experience of having an NFT for music fans. Pixelynx, a Web3 startup co-founded by Richie Hawtin and Joel “Deadmau5” Zimmerman, hopes so.
The startup has shared that this week it will launch its Elynxir music metaverse gaming platform with the release of an augmented reality scavenger hunt alongside the annual Art Basel event.
Co-founder and CEO of Pixelnyx, Inder Phull, defined Go Astral, the scavenger hunt quest, to be a “Rock Band meets Pokémon Go experience.” The platform of Elynxir is being established on Polygon.
The digital content will be layered above the real-world surroundings of users when seen via a smartphone to allow them to communicate with music-based items. Users will try to win one piece of a non-fungible token from the current blue chip profile picture project.
Acquiring one fractionalized NFT will allow players to shape a virtual musicians’s future who will be taken on the Elynxir platform. Phull shared that they intend to gamify collaboration and coordination to enable early users to develop a virtual artist who can prosper in the forthcoming music metaverse platform.
Phull shared that Hawtin and Deadmau5 might be among those artists who partner with the virtual act of Elynxir. Pixelynx has collaborated with a series of labels that include Mau5trap Records and Spinnin’ Records. To create a supergroup on the music metaverse platform, the virtual artist will join others.
The AR app of Elynxir utilizes the Niantic Lightship engine from Niantic and the studio has also invested in Pixelynx. Anyone who has played the smash Nintendo collaboration must find the real-world dynamic familiar. The AR app has been designed to guide new users in the world of NFTs and Web3.
Elynixr is going to be a multi-platform music-based metaverse experience along with the AR app to provide functionality that exceeds the first scavenger hunt. Moreover, an even luxurious digital experience is in process with Unreal Engine and will have user-generated content besides providing opportunities for fans to partner close to musicians.
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Phull shared that the first playable version of Pixelynx’s platform has been created by the electronic musician and both he and Hawtin are engaged in creating Elynxir in the metaverse for music addicts. They both are developing their technology also which will be integrated by Pixelynx into its ecosystem.


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Egyptian fashion designer and diver Amany Yehia thought of a way to combine her two talents and created Egypt's first underwater fashion show.
Yehia has been diving for four years and, with the help of two friends who are also divers, she came up with a plan to organize an underwater photo shoot of dresses designed by her.
“I adore diving and the Red Sea. I wish people could see the majestic underwater world as I see it. So I came up with this idea,” Yehia told Al-Monitor. She said that in the beginning the idea seemed difficult to implement.
She contacted her friend Beshoy Fayez, a diver and professional (underwater) photographer to help her achieve her dream to organize the first underwater fashion show in Egypt. “He was so excited,” she said.
They thought of who they could use as a model in the underwater photo shoot. “We didn't need a model; we needed someone who could dive,” Yehia said. They asked their friend Mona Farid who is a diver.
She said that Farid was astonished by the idea, especially since she had not worked as a model before.
“This would also be her first time diving without a diving suit or any equipment at all,” Yehia said. “So Farid was trained in freediving.”
The trio went to Sharks Bay in Sharm el-Sheikh in November last year.
Yehia made the dresses for Farid after consulting with Fayez what colors would be good for the photos taken underwater. He advised her that any color was good as long as it wasn't a color present underwater.
Yehia designed 12 dresses in bright colors, including white, pink, fuchsia, green, red and yellow.
“The fabric of these dresses was very light like chiffon and organza so they didn't absorb water and pulled the model down. The dresses were free of embroidery for the same reason,” Yehia noted.
“I made the dresses — some of which were split and backless dresses — wide to help Farid in her movement underwater,” she said.
Fayez told Al-Monitor that the photo shoot took six hours.
“Taking photos of the first dress took 45 minutes as we needed to adjust the lighting and figure out the best movements that the model should make in order to shoot at the best angles,” he said.
He noted that after shooting every dress, Yehia helped Farid change into the next dress.
“We didn't have any help. Yehia, Farid and I did this alone in cold weather,” he said. “It was really a great team effort.”
After Fayez posted the photos on his social media accounts, he received lots of praise from his followers. “I hadn't imagined this great feedback,” he said.
While Yehia was waiting during the photo shoot, many passersby asked her what Farid and Fayez were doing underwater.
“Many astonished tourists gathered and asked me why a woman was wearing her wedding dress underwater — wouldn't she drown,” Yehia said, laughing.
She explained to them that it was an underwater fashion show. “They really liked the idea saying it is unique, while taking photos and videos,” Yehia said.
Yehia and Fayez hope that their idea of an underwater fashion show will help boost tourism to Egypt’s Red Sea, especially dive tourism.
“The intricate and beautiful coral reefs and the clear water add more beauty and tranquillity to the photos. We hope these photos encourage more tourists to come,” Yehia concluded.


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Companies offer solutions to apartment package delivery hassle
Hub by Amazon, Texas startup Fetch expanding efforts in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO – It’s a package predicament. With the boom in online shopping, apartment managers are dealing with a deluge of deliveries.
“It’s not just Black Friday. It’s all the time,” said Randall Baker, property manager at Vista Ridge Apartments.
He estimates his complex’s office takes in at least 60 packages every day for residents who just aren’t home when the delivery arrives.
Dealing with the pile of packages and oversized envelopes had become a burden, taking up valuable storage space and a lot of time.
“As far as taking them in, emailing (residents), scanning them when the residents come in to get them, I’d say an hour and half a day – every day,” Baker said.
Enter the Hub by Amazon. The e-commerce company is partnering with multi-family complexes and installing banks of digital lockers on-site. They accept not only Amazon packages but packages from any carrier, including the U.S. Postal Service, UPS and FedEx.
The delivery person puts the package into a locker, and the recipient is emailed a code to open the locker at his or her convenience instead of waiting on the leasing office.
“It would take 10 to 15 minutes, depending on how many packages were in there,” said resident Kevin Murray.
The lockers also keep packages off of doorsteps and away from so-called porch pirates.
Amazon did not invent the locker for deliveries. Some apartment complexes offer lockers from other companies on-site, typically as amenities.
Amazon began offering its Hub lockers nationwide last year, and they’ve begun to pop up on local properties.
Lockers are also just one solution. Fetch is another. The Texas startup tackles the package problem by serving as a delivery service.
With Fetch, apartment residents have their packages delivered to the company’s warehouse. Residents are notified when the package arrives, and they can have the package delivered to their doorstep at their convenience.
Fetch will launch in San Antonio in April, according to CEO Michael Patton. The company is currently hiring. It currently serves the Dallas, Houston and Austin markets.
“It solves a problem for property owners,” Patton said, noting it is especially helpful when customers buy large or perishable items.
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Expo is scheduled to be a World Expo to be hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, originally was scheduled for 20 October 2020 – 10 April 2021. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates, the new dates are 1 October 2021 – 31 March 2022. Despite being postponed, organizers will keep the name Expo 2020 for marketing and branding purposes.
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Bridgestone Donates to Tennessee Flood Relief Efforts
Bridgestone Americas Inc. is donating $50,000 to assist with relief efforts after floods in middle Tennessee. Bridgestone has more than 4,500 employees, plus 59 retail stores, one distribution center and two tire plants in the area.
The company itself is based in Nashville, Tenn.
“We have been humbled to hear of the tragic events associated with the recent flooding in middle Tennessee and send our condolences to those who lost loved ones,” said Paolo Ferrari, CEO and resident, Bridgestone Americas. “We are committed to supporting these communities and helping rebuild lives and livelihoods of those affected by the recent flood.”


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With millions of American motorists still skeptical about going all-electric, many industry planners are betting plug-in hybrids can serve as a “bridge” technology for those worried about range and a lack of a widespread public charging network. Mercedes-Benz is expanding its own line-up of PHEVs with the addition of the new GLC 350e 4Matic based on its compact crossover line.
Mercedes-Benz is betting heavily on electrification. The German marque already offers a variety of battery-electric vehicles, including sedan and SUV versions of both the EQS and EQE models. But the automaker is all too well aware that many potential buyers aren’t quite ready to make that leap, even if they’d like to switch to more environmentally friendly powertrain technology.
That’s where the plug-in hybrid comes in. Two existing models, versions of the GLE crossover and S-Class sedan, provide the ability to do most daily commutes purely in electric mode, though drivers can keep running on gas once their batteries run down.
Now, a new and more affordable plug-in is ready to charge into showrooms, the 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC 350e 4Matic expected to reach the U.S. during the second half of 2024.
The new PHEV picks up on the design and features currently found in the gas-powered Mercedes GLC. The key difference is the drivetrain.
With the GLC 350e, Mercedes engineers have paired a 134-horsepower synchronous electric motor with a 2.0-liter turbo-four. Together, the package produces 313-hp and 406 pound-feet of torque. But when needed, the electric motor can punch out as much as 325 lb-ft of instant torque for quick launches and fast freeway passes.
The system uses a modified, blended braking system that can recapture up to 100 kW of power during braking and coasting to help extend range.
Range and charging
The electric side of the drivetrain draws power from a 24.8 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack. That yields up to about 81 miles per charge using the global WLTP1 standard. In the U.S., we can expect that to drop by around 20% based on the stricter EPA test cycle.
Motorists can choose to hold the batteries charge, saving it for situations where they might prefer to run in all-electric mode. Even when drained, meanwhile, the GLC 350e will operate as a conventional hybrid, boosting fuel economy. The final EPA numbers have not been released yet, however.
Top speed in all-electric mode is 87 mph.
Mercedes has not confirmed charging times using a home-style 240-volt Level 2 charger. But, based on what similarly sized PHEVs achieve, that would likely take no more than three to four hours. And, unlike some plug-ins, the GLC 350e will be able to access public high-speed DC quick chargers. Using one rated at 60 kW would yield a full charge, the automaker said “in around 30 minutes.”
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Expanded charging access
The majority of owners are expected to plug in at home using 120-volt or Level 2 240-volt power.
But Mercedes has taken several steps to expand access to public chargers:
- The automaker has launched its own network of charging stations, backed by a $1 billion investment, the first of which opened last November. The eventual goal is to set up 400 stations operating 2,500 chargers;
- It has partnered with six other automakers in the newly launched Ionna joint venture which is expected to eventually operate 30,000 chargers across North America;
- Mercedes will gain access to the Tesla Supercharger network this year and will begin switching from the old CCS charger port to Tesla’s NACS standard next year.
Design and Features
The 2025 Mercedes GLC 350e carries over the design of the gas-powered GLC 300 with almost no design changes, inside or out.
It does offer a broad selection of 11 paint colors and 13 different upholstery options. And the cabin is highlighted by twin displays, a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster and an 11.9-inch floating touchscreen for the infotainment system. As with most other Mercedes products, the GLC line-up uses the MBUX operating system with its Amazon-Alexa style voice assistant.
A lengthy list of standard features includes heated front-seats, onboard navigation, a keyless ignition system, and a variety of advanced driver assistance systems, including blind spot assist and active parking assist.
Mercedes won’t announce pricing for the 2025 GLC 350e 4Matic plug-in until closer to the on-sale date during the second half of 2024.


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Dubai UAE, 29th August 2023: Global technological company Huawei unveiled a series of business updates and innovations during its annual flagship developer conference HDC.Together, which took place on 4th to 6th August 2023. Besides the launch keynote, over 100 international developers and business leaders attended its “Global Eco-summit”, where Huawei discussed the recent growth of HUAWEI Mobile Services (HMS), delving into its latest innovation, business partnership solution and the visionary roadmap for 2024. In addition, the speakers at the conference offered valuable insights into China’s mobile internet market, highlighting post-pandemic opportunities.
Huawei Paves a Gateway to International Markets
Addressing the audience at HDC.Together, Walter Ji Rengui, President, Consumer BG, Global Ecosystem Development and Operations Department, remarked: “In the past year, we have achieved remarkable results in product innovation and business development. These impressive outcomes reflect our commitment to growth, with a surge in global registered developers and cooperated partners. Though we faced a lot of challenges during the past years, the hardest time has passed. Huawei’s open and collaborative ecosystem can deliver a greater advantage to our partners and consumers and become the gateway to enter and grow in global market. We remain devoted to shaping a future of innovation, empowering users worldwide with transformative solutions.”
AppGallery has emerged in the global top 3 of mobile application ecosystems. It attracted 580 million Monthly Active Users, with over 170 million Quick Apps MAU and 6.35 million registered developers globally. Benefiting both users and developers, AppGallery was recognised as part of Newsweek’s “Best of IFA 2022” and Mobile Game Awards’ “Best Alternative App Store 2023”, which helmed it “a rising star and best alternative in the mobile ecosystem.”
Partnership with Emirates
Addressing the audience at HDC.Together, Valerie Tan, who holds the role of Divisional Vice President in Emirates’ Corporate Communications, Marketing, and Brand team, said that the Emirates App recently released a version for Huawei’s smartwatches that allows users to use QR codes as boarding passes. This update has led to a 33% and 51% increase in the downloads of the Emirates Mobile App and Watch App, respectively, within a month of its release!
With Petal Ads, Huawei’s very own mobile advertising ecosystem, the brand recognises that the international mobile advertising landscape is still in its infancy and the limited providers capable of offering a fully comprehensive global solution to advertisers. Recognising this untapped segment and its resilience to macroeconomic trends, Petal Ads views it as a chance to help advertisers facilitate commercial connections worldwide and help regions to connect, including China.
Its vision is to build an efficient, accurate business cycle driven by growth. Utilising data profiling and AI algorithms to drive business promotion, the platform aims to target the expansion of AppGallery, Huawei owned medias, and premier publishers – thus increasing user scale and ultimately amplifying the distribution of related apps, news feed, products, content, and services.
The platform, which is set to add 16 new types of advertising resources, predicts that advertising traffic will double this year.
Resilient Consumer Behaviour and Mobile Advertising Prospects in Chinese Market
Globally, consumer behaviour has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels as economic activities regain momentum. With increased confidence in their spending habits and a preference for obtaining information through mobile internet, consumers are driving a resurgence in mobile purchasing behaviour, especially in Chinese Market.
This year, China’s advertising market is poised to see further growth, with mobile devices continuing to dominate the landscape. Research conducted by QuestMobile, a user-friendly trading app designed for aspiring stock market investors, revealed promising prospects for the effectiveness of mobile advertising.
The trading app’s research revealed a notable surge in download rates of related applications in the first half of 2023, driven by the rapid recovery of the tourism, travel, and entertainment industries.
About HUAWEI Consumer BG
HUAWEI’s products and services are available in more than 170 countries and are used by a third of the world’s population. Fourteen R&D centres have been set up in Germany, Sweden, Russia, India, and China. HUAWEI Consumer BG is one of HUAWEI’s three business units and covers smartphones, PC and tablets, wearables, and cloud services, etc. HUAWEI’s global network is built on almost 30 years of expertise in the telecom industry and is dedicated to delivering the latest technological advances to consumers around the world.
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LG Electronics Australia (LG) has launched its new flat panel 4K UHD OLED TV (EF950T series) is available to buy at select Australian retailers.
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All Samsung smart TVs sold in 2016 will be IoT-ready, meaning they'll be able to talk to compatible appliances around the home, according to the company.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against LG Electronics.
With LG smart TV support, Google's video store slowly expands beyond Chromecast and Android TV.
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VisitPortugal has launched an inspiring message to travellers from the UK within the type of a YouTube video which requires a deal with accountable and sustainable tourism in 2021.
The #CantSkipTomorrow message, delivered by a younger little one adopting the persona of ‘tomorrow’, is a name for locating new methods of travelling certain by a collective conscience to guard what has been given to us by nature.
This essential message for a greater future is developed from the track Verdes são os campos by Zeca Afonso, created from a poem by Luís Vaz de Camões.
It derives from the worldwide pointers of the World Tourism Organisation which signifies that the actions of travellers, as soon as the specter of Covid-19 has eased, will enable the trade to redefine itself in a fair stronger and extra sustainable approach than ever earlier than.
The #CantSkipTomorrow message, a variation on the unique #CantSkipHope strapline first coined by VisitPortugal when the pandemic ensued in 2020 wherein they referred to as for the world to cease, pause and dream of travelling to their nation sooner or later, is the most recent callout from Portuguese tourism officers to vary the way in which we view sustainability.
Final 12 months the nationwide tourism board launched a key three-year framework (2020-2023) to be actioned with a view to obtain the broader government-led technique to make Portugal one of the vital sustainable tourism locations on the earth by the 12 months 2027.
For the president of VisitPortugal and chairman of the European Tourism Fee, Luis Araujo, this video sends a transparent message: “This conveys our duties, as a tourism vacation spot, to the Portuguese, to vacationers, to corporations within the sector and above all to a planet that should regenerate.
“After launching the Sustainable 20-23 Plan (beneath public dialogue till January twenty sixth), we additionally assumed sustainability as the main focus of our promotion, with a view to put together a extra resistant, extra resilient and, above all, accountable future”, he added.
In addition to calling on guests from Britain to ‘select the purest journey and make issues higher for everybody’ as per the video, Go to Portugal additionally launched a message which calls on the promotion of extra accountable and sustainable practices for the officers in France, Spain, Germany and different nations.
This name for a European huge effort to draw extra travellers with an appreciation for aware experiences sees movies tailored for every nation, of their native language and displaying the pure property they have to shield.


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The Rivian R3 Is Proof That Full Self-Driving Doesn't Need To Be a Major Selling Point
Tesla keeps saying self-driving cars are the future. What if they’re not?
Rivian, the Tesla competitor focused on creating EVs for outdoor adventures, finally showed off its next electric cars, the $45,000 Rivian R2, and in an Apple-esque surprise, the even smaller Rivian R3 and R3X.
The company’s goal was to introduce a more affordable EV than its pricey R1T and R1S, and at least on paper, it succeeded. The R2 SUV is cheaper than the over $70,000 that an R1S starts at, and it’s theoretically going to be followed by an even smaller and more affordable option.
While the 2026 launch of the R2 is still a ways off, Rivian needed a positive story. The company reported $5.4 billion in net annual losses in 2023 and laid off 10 percent of its staff. Proving you can still design a car that gets people hyped might not turn things around, but it helps.
What really stands out about the smaller Rivian R3 in particular, though, is how the most exciting thing about it has little to do with the typical futuristic framing of EVs. There was really no emphasis put on the R3’s ability to drive itself; it was sold on aesthetics, size, and functionality alone, a pretty good example of the dimming interest in self-driving overall.
Getting a Car To Drive Itself Is Hard
That’s not for lack of trying, of course. Figuring out self-driving is just a much, much harder problem than basically anyone working on a solution for it ever considered. The timing of the R3’s announcement lines up pretty closely with Bloomberg reporting out the story of Apple’s failed “Project Titan” car, which was plagued with the kind of hubris and optimistic delusion that you might need to solve big problems, but doesn’t lead to good decisions. Apple reportedly toyed with multiple options: building its own car from scratch, outright buying Tesla, partnering with a car maker like Mercedes, and even just selling self-driving car software as a subscription. But none of those plans ever came to fruition.
Of course, there are plenty of public autonomous driving failures to point to as well. Third-party startups like Comma.ai, which sells aftermarket self-driving hardware and software, have seemed to diminish their ambitions over the last few years. Comma.ai’s founder George Hotz stepped down as CEO in 2022 over the difficulties of making autonomous vehicles happen. Tesla’s Autopilot looks… stressful to say the least, based on YouTube videos posted after the company’s Full Self Driving Beta was released in 2023. General Motors’ self-driving startup Cruise was responsible for a car hitting and dragging a pedestrian in San Francisco that same year. A Waymo was set on fire in San Francisco just this year, a litmus test, some have credibly argued, for how little people care for autonomous driving in general.
Self-driving car technology just isn’t coming together on a time scale companies can make money from, if it even happens at all.
Journalist John Herrman described Apple’s failed car project as “a pretty late signal that the self-driving bubble has burst” in New York Magazine and I think that feels apt. Self-driving car technology just isn’t coming together on a time scale companies can make money from, if it even happens at all. And the testing needed to be done to make it possible is dangerous and increasingly not tolerated by the average person.
People Just Want a Nice Car
It’s to Rivian’s credit that the company doesn’t seem particularly bullish on self-driving. The company offers a set of features called Driver+ that allow your car to control speed, change lanes, and avoid obstacles with your hands off the wheel on certain highways, but it’s not the all-inclusive solution Tesla is pushing with its Full Self Driving feature. Autonomous driving is also not part of the main pitch for any of Rivian’s cars. Rivian’s focused the selling points of its EVs on things normal cars are sold on: size, range, speed, and design.
The R3 is built on the R2’s new mid-range SUV platform and comes in two different battery sizes, the larger of which “will achieve over 300 miles of range on a single charge and offer 0–60 mph acceleration in under 3 seconds for the quickest powertrain configuration,” according to the company. It’ll also support Tesla’s NACS charging standard and network natively, alongside Rivian’s Adventure Network, a first for the company. Look, the R3’s got a hatchback, it’s compact, and overall, it just seems like a nice car. And that, alongside price, increasingly seems like the two things you need to make an EV appealing to car buyers. The R3 doesn’t have to be a living room on wheels, it just needs to be a really nice EV with modern car comforts and conveniences.
The R3 doesn’t have to be a living room on wheels, it just needs to be a really nice EV with modern car comforts and conveniences.
Whether Rivian can actually build these new cars remains to be seen. The announcement of the R2, R3, and R3X was paired with the announcement that Rivian’s was pausing development on a new car factory in Georgia. The motivation was saving some $2.5 billion, Rivian CEO RJ Scarige shared in an interview with The Verge. That does suggest that producing the R2 and later the R3 and R3X in the same factory where Rivian is already building its first two cars could get tricky. But that's just another flavor of the same uncertainty facing a lot of EV makers. What seems clearer than ever now is that if Rivian can pull its ambitious move into affordable midsize cars off, Tesla’s self-driving difference will matter less than ever.
Ten years ago, car makers, led by none other than Tesla, boasted that all cars by today would be electric and fully autonomous. There’s no doubt that all cars will be electric very soon, but with self-driving tech that could one day become a robotaxi and earn you money while you sleep? Car makers dreamed too far ahead into the future, and now the reality of self-driving car technology reaching Level 5 autonomy is starting to fade. Understanding all of the randomness that happens on the road is simply harder to solve than originally imagined.


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The Hawaii State Department of Health has given the green light to Genki Sushi restaurants on Oahu and Kauai to reopen after they completed extensive sanitizing, disposed of potentially contaminated food items, and screened their employees for Hepatitis A. The restaurant chain planned to reopen all 10 of its Oahu outlets on Sept. 10 and the one on Kauai once renovations being made there are completed. “The management team of Genki Sushi restaurants on Oahu and Kauai has given us their full cooperation, and the department is confident that they are in compliance with all health regulations,” said Health Director Dr. Virginia Pressler. Mary Hansen, chief administrative officer for Genki Sushi USA, said that the company’s employees scheduled to work in the Oahu and Kauai restaurants had been screened, tested, and vaccinated for Hepatitis A, and that all test results were negative. “It is very reassuring that none of our employees tested positive for the virus and we are happy that they can get back to work when the restaurants reopen. At the same time, our hearts go out to those who have the illness and hope for their speedy recovery,” she said. The state health department closed down the Genki Sushi restaurants on Oahu and Kauai on Aug. 16 after determining there was a link between the outbreak of Hepatitis A infections and frozen scallops served raw at the company’s outlets. The likely source of the contamination was identified as Sea Port Bay Scallops imported from the Philippines and distributed in Hawaii by Koha Oriental Foods and True World Foods. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration stated that laboratory analysis done Aug. 17 of two scallop samples collected on Aug. 11 tested positive for Hepatitis A. These samples were imported by Sea Port Products Corp. and were produced on Nov. 23 and 24, 2015, the agency stated. On Aug. 18, Sea Port Products Corp. recalled three lots of frozen bay scallops produced on Nov. 23 and 24, 2015. The lot numbers are 5885, 5886, and 5887. The products were distributed to California, Hawaii, and Nevada. The company indicated that the recalled products are not intended for retail sale. “The scallops received by True World Foods have not been distributed to any restaurants in the state, and were embargoed at their warehouse. The scallops served at Genki locations on the Big Island and Maui originated from a different supplier and have not been associated with the outbreak,” the health department noted in a statement posted on its website. According to news reports, Genki Sushi was Koha Oriental Food’s only client for those particular scallops, and the distributor has since changed sources. The source of the implicated scallops, De Oro Resources Inc., has been temporarily suspended by the government of the Philippines from distributing its products and ordered to test its employees for Hepatitis A. However, an agriculture official with the Philippines government said that all 129 workers who shuck scallops and work in the company’s processing plant had tested negative for the virus. As of Sept. 7, the case count in Hawaii’s Hepatitis A outbreak stood at 252, with 66 hospitalizations. All of those sickened have been adults. The state health department stated that onset of illness has ranged from June 12 to Aug. 30, and that officials still expect to see additional cases given the long incubation period for Hepatitis A. Symptoms can show up anywhere from 15 to 50 days after exposure to the virus. Hepatitis A symptoms can include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, abdominal discomfort, dark urine, diarrhea, yellow skin and eyes, pale-colored stools, vomiting, and headaches and/or body aches. Hepatitis A vaccine or immune globulin injections are effective after exposure, but only if they are given within two weeks of exposure. Anyone who believes they have been exposed to the Hepatitis A virus should consult a health care provider.
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Kourtney Kardashian has two children and a really annoying baby daddy. She's probably the best known Kardashian sister.
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The ACCC took TPG to the High Court over a multimedia advertising campaign in 2010 and 2011 that it argued was misleading and deceptive.
The advertisements displayed a prominent offer of unlimited ADSL2+ service for $29.99 per month.
But a judgment by the High Court found the ads displayed much less prominently a requirement for consumers to bundle the service with a home phone service for an additional $30 per month for a minimum of six months.
There was also further setup fee of $129.95 and a $20 deposit for telephone charges.
A ruling by a primary judge in the Federal Court upheld the ACCC’s claims and issued TPG a $2 million penalty but the company was successful on an appeal to the Full Court of the Federal Court, which set aside all but three of the primary judge’s findings and reduced the fine to $50,000.
The ACCC appealed to the High Court arguing the Full Court had not properly exercised its appellate function by determining that the advertisements were not misleading, and a $2 million penalty should be restored because it reflected “important considerations of general and specific deterrence".
A majority in the High Court ruled that the Full Court had erred in overturning the primary judge ruling.
The “dominant message" of the advertisements was critically important, the High Court said.
“Secondly, in failing to appreciate that the tendency of TPG’s advertisements to mislead was not neutralised by the Full Court’s attribution to members of the target audience of knowledge that ADSL2+ services may be offered as a ‘bundle’," the judgment said.
“The tendency of TPG’s advertisements to lead consumers into error arose because the advertisements themselves selected some words for emphasis and relegated the balance to relative obscurity," the High Court said.
ACCC chairman Rod Sims said the case was of great significance.
“[I]t is important that penalties imposed for breaches of the Australian Consumer Law are set at a level that deters future breaches," he said.
“In particular, the High Court recognised that penalties must be fixed with a view to ensuring that the penalty is not such as to be regarded by businesses as an acceptable cost of doing business."
The ACCC was seeking the court’s guidance on the practice of headline advertising and the extent to which advertisers could rely on the knowledge of consumers about possible offers, he said.
TPG general counsel Tony Moffatt said the decision was disappointing.
“We believed that our advertising was not misleading and we think it is instructive to note, as did one of the High Court judges, that there was a dearth of any evidence of consumers having been misled despite the advertisements having been run nationally for 13 months," Mr Moffatt said.
The majority of the High Court noted there was no suggestion in the ACCC’s case that TPG intended to mislead or deceive, he said.


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jumps into global positioning with a $146 million deal for GPS chipmaker Global Locate.
The Irvine, Calif., communications-chip maker says the acquisition will allow it to incorporate GPS technology into mobile phones with a single chip product. GPS devices use satellites to determine user location. This technology allows for services like map navigation and 911 emergency response.
GPS is increasingly moving to cell phones as telcos spy new revenue opportunities by selling so-called location-based services. The GPS service plans for some phone companies are $10 a month and not included in the subscriber's data service plan.
Broadcom shares were down 39 cents to $30.35 in early trading Tuesday.


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Misty and Dim, Slip and Fall
by Ron Davis
A woman injured at a Florida shopping center will get a second chance to prove that the center’s owners failed to maintain their property in a reasonably safe condition.
The shopping center is Interlachen Mall, located in northern Florida, and in her lawsuit claiming that the negligence of the center’s owners caused her injury, a Florida court concluded that they were not liable for the incident. On appeal, however, that ruling did not stand.
The injury that the woman suffered occurred in the center’s parking lot one evening after dark. Weather conditions at the time were apparently a contributing factor. A drizzling rain and mist made visibility difficult. After parking her car near the store she intended to visit, she got out and started walking toward her destination. She said that as she walked around a shopping cart return corral, she tripped and fell over a bumper placed on the ground at the corral opening. That bumper prevents carts from rolling out after shoppers push them in.
She added that the parking lot lighting at the time was “very poor” and such conditions made it difficult for her to spot any obstacles as she walked. She therefore claimed that the center’s owners failed to keep their premises in a reasonably safe condition.
In response, the center’s owners contended that the bumper was an open and obvious part of the parking area and that they therefore were not liable for the woman’s injury. But the appellate court decided that a jury should determine whether the center’s owners were negligent or whether the woman had simply not used normal precautions before her trip-and-fall accident.
Explained the appellate court, “We believe that the dark and rainy conditions and the inadequate lighting may have prevented the injured woman from observing, with the use of her ordinary senses, any danger posed by the bumper. In other words, we think that under these facts and circumstances, a jury should decide whether the parking lot bumper was a dangerous condition that was open and obvious.” (Aaron v. Palatka Mall, L.L.C., 2005 WL 1923084 [Fla.App.5 Dist.])
Decision: August 2005
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Three major telecom firms secure 10m orders before official launch of services
Chinese consumers are scrambling to be the first batch of users of 5G mobile services, with more than 10 million having pre-ordered mobile package services for the fifth-generation wireless technology.
According to early data from the country's three major telecom carriers, more than 10 million consumers had applied for 5G mobile package services by 9:25 am on Wednesday.
Specifically, 5.92 million users pre-ordered the data packages from China Mobile, the nation's largest telecom operator by mobile subscribers, 2 million ordered them from China Unicom and 2.08 million from China Telecom.
The 10 million level marks an 88 percent jump from the data as of Sept 30. By then, more than 5.3 million users had pre-ordered the services.
So far, the three major carriers have not officially launched their 5G data packages yet and they have all offered discounts of up to 30 percent to attract early customers.
The enthusiasm for 5G mobile services came after about 219,000 units of smartphones were shipped in China in August, data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology showed.
In July, the shipments of 5G smartphones were 72,000 units. That was about a month after China granted the licenses for commercial use of 5G services on June 6.
Xiang Ligang, director-general of telecom industry association Information Consumption Alliance, said the prices for official 5G data packages are likely to be unveiled soon.
"Some of the consumers who have pre-ordered the 5G mobile services may not buy 5G smartphones yet, but their eagerness to try new things can be seen from their enthusiasm," Xiang explained.
China Mobile has attracted more 5G pre-orders than its two smaller rivals so far, partly because it currently has the largest number of 4G users in the country, he said.
The big three mobile carriers said that current telecom users do not need to change their SIM card and mobile numbers. After purchasing a 5G smartphone, they are able to upgrade their previous 4G package to a 5G package.
Employees at the Beijing branch of China Telecom said earlier that the price of a monthly 5G data package could range from 199 yuan ($28) to 599 yuan.
Fu Liang, an independent analyst who has been following the telecom industry for more than a decade, said a key hurdle in 5G adoption was the price of 5G smartphones and data packages, along with the 5G support network. At this time, there is limited coverage of the 5G network around the world.
"But Chinese companies are adopting aggressive strategies to extend 5G coverage and lower the prices. The more quickly 5G networks are constructed and the cheaper the smartphones and data packages are, the easier it will be to convince people to purchase them," Fu said.
China Telecom said it will work along with key smartphone vendors to unveil 5G handsets priced under 2,000 yuan in the first half of next year.
At the same time, China Telecom announced it would partner with China Unicom to build a nationwide 5G network, as they aim to accelerate the rollout of 5G by reducing construction costs.


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For this week’s dialogue post, I’ve found a recent and particularly controversy-inspiring editorial from Raj Patel, writing in this case for The Atlantic. Patel makes the case we’ve heard before paralleling the food industry with the alcohol and tobacco industries to argue for the regulation of junk foods, but he goes one step further and wonders whether there isn’t a case for fully abolishing the food industry as we know it. If you can make the argument for tobacco, Patel says, food is close behind.
First up for conversation of course, is the validity of a parallel between tobacco and big food, which Patel supports with mounting evidence of the neurological addictive properties of sugar. A study released last week in the journal Nature provides the strongest case yet for significant and severe health consequences from sugar. The authors of the study advocate alcohol-like regulations as a result of their findings.
Second comes the matter for debate of whether tobacco and sugar are marketed in parallel ways. That is, do we have more of a choice when it comes to junk food than tobacco? I’ve discussed in a previous post the resemblances between old-school tobacco marketing towards children, and the food industry’s strategies, and Patel elaborates on this in the editorial. Recent evidence has demonstrated the overly-sugary properties of the foods marketed most heavily towards children.
Third, and finally, we have to ask ourselves whether moderate regulations are not sufficient to counter any of those dangers. We’ve explored here before individual municipal initiatives like the San Francisco Happy Meal toy ban, and cities across the country have tried similar sin-tax approaches to restricting the sale of soda, for example.
Of course, small government proponents aren’t fan of that idea, and economic research suggests the tax might best be targeted towards the producer, rather than the consumer, of the problem product.
For Patel, all of this points in one direction:
The breadth of products controlled by the food industry — amply toxic and less so — is itself a symptom of a deeper problem that has public health symptoms, but a political economic cause. The food industry is an oligopoly that has transformed not only what we eat but how we eat it, and what we think of food.
and thus, we could make a case for completely upending the system as we know it.
What do you think? Do we need complete, from-the-ground up reform, or should we try moderate regulation first (or at all)? Which, if any, of these individual claims would you dispute, or provide an alternate answer for? Leave a comment and join in our conversation!


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The Fed has a minimum jobs number in mind for a September hike and it's nowhere near the consensus, according to a Pimco executive.
Traders will digest one of the most significant data releases of the summer for its implications on the timing of the first rate hike since 2006.
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A bottom in commodity prices may come within the next few months, if it already hasn't passed, Dennis Gartman said Thursday.
If the unemployment rate hits 5.1 in Friday's jobs report, the odds of a Fed rate hike this month go way up, Jeremy Siegel said
The White House is preparing to slap sanctions on Chinese companies connected to the cyber theft of US intellectual property, the FT reports.
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A former Tesla Motors engineer has been charged in federal court with alleged felony computer intrusion for accessing his manager's email account.
The recent market turbulence has been part of the bottoming process, UBS strategist Julian Emanuel says.
There's a sentiment of depression and cautiousness hovering over the fixed income market this week as many traders take to the sidelines.
A rebound in PC sales could indicate a wave of renewed merger activity among semiconductor companies, according to Wedbush Securities.
Technical analyst and Apple bull Rich Ross explains why the recent decline in the stock presents a tremendous buying opportunity.
Digital production companies heading to TV for bigger ad budgets and larger audiences. And, networks want them.
As the battle between the bulls and the bears heats up over the next leg of the rally, charts of the S&P 500 index are flagging a potential rebound.
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An ongoing migrant crisis is unlikely to impede European trade, but it's a challenge to the European vision of a borderless economic bloc.
The PGA of America will not hold its Grand Slam of Golf for the major champions this year.


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Unlike some other free trade agreements (FTAs) negotiations, the India–Australia bilateral trade negotiations had been going on for more than a decade. It started in 2011 but was suspended in 2015 due to a stalemate on various issues, including Indian market access for Australian dairy products and a liberalised Australian visa regime for Indian professionals.
In June 2020, as part of the Joint Statement on a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between India and Australia, Prime Ministers Morrison and Modi decided to re-engage on a bilateral Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA). Compared to the earlier history, a new round of negotiations on the FTA that started in September 2021 has produced fruitful results at a lightning speed. India and Australia signed an interim Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) on 2 April 2022. Both the countries reaffirmed their commitment to conclude a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) by the end of 2022.
Apart from being Quad members, India and Australia share another common element of interest. The recent LAC (Line of Actual Control) conflict made the relationship between India and China a tense one, to say the least. Since the Galwan Valley clash of June 2020, India’s China policy is undergoing a change, as part of which India is looking to engage more strongly with like-minded countries in the Indo-Pacific to reduce its reliance on China as an economic partner. In view of this India, Australia and Japan have also started an initiative to seek an alternative and diversify the global supply chain network. Australia is also at loggerheads with China for quite some time. China is the largest trading partner of Australia, but a series of diplomatic spats between these two countries culminated in China officially (and unofficially) imposing sanctions against certain Australian exports, including coal, beef, seafood, wine, and barley. It is a win-win for both partners because it will ensure an uninterrupted supply of key raw materials to Indian industries, while Australia will find a more reliable alternative in India.
China is the largest trading partner of Australia, but a series of diplomatic spats between these two countries culminated in China officially (and unofficially) imposing sanctions against certain Australian exports, including coal, beef, seafood, wine, and barley.
Interestingly, China and Australia are signatories of the mega trade pact RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership). India decided not to join RCEP in November 2019, and Australia was invited to join the Malabar Naval Exercise in 2020. Meanwhile, cracks in the relationship between Beijing and Canberra started appearing. Since then, consensus for a trade pact started gaining momentum in both Australia and India.
The ECTA is the first bilateral trade agreement of India with a developed country in the last decade. The pact will eliminate or lower tariffs on a huge number of goods on both sides, along with pro-active measures to remove non-tariff barriers like technical barriers to trade (TBT) and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) restrictions.
Two-way trade between India and Australia increased from US $13.6 billion in 2007 to US $24.3 billion in 2020. The latest Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India data (released in April 2022) show 104.8 percent year-on-year growth in Indian exports to Australia and 99.5 percent year-on-year growth in Australian imports to India. It seems that the signing of the interim agreement has come at an opportune time when the trade momentum between the countries is on a high. Australia’s aim is to make India one of its top three export markets by 2035 and also the third-largest in Asia for Australian investment.
Governments of both countries expect trade in goods to double in five years (after the implementation of the agreement) to US $50 billion. Since India is not part of any significant regional or free-trade bloc, these bilateral FTAs have gained more significance. India would, of course, hope that Australia’s FTA will positively influence other ongoing bilateral trade negotiations with developed countries like the UK, the EU, and Canada.
India can import coal from Australia at a much cheaper rate and this constitutes about 70 percent of India’s imports from Australia and which also attracts 2.5 percent duty.
In spite of healthy growth rates, Australia–India trade volume remains at a lower level, but completion of the FTA and speedy implementation are likely to boost volumes of trade between these countries in near future.
India’s commerce minister Piyush Goyal has stated that, “India’s manufacturing sector, particularly micro, small and medium enterprises are interested in the Australian market as the agreement unlocks huge opportunities for Indian exports of automobiles, textiles, footwear, and leather products, gems and jewellery, toys and plastic products.”
The ECTA expressed significant commitments to cut tariffs. Australia will make way for zero-duty market access for 96.4 percent value of Indian exports (which constitute 98 percent of tariff lines). India, on the other hand, committed to market access to Australia by eliminating tariffs for more than 85 of Australian goods exports immediately after the initiation of the pact. Access to Australian products will eventually rise to around 91 percent in the next 10 years.
Several labour-intensive Indian exports (which currently attract 4 percent to 5 percent tariff), including textiles, apparels, agriculture and fish products, leather, footwear, furniture and sports goods, jewellery, engineering goods, and selected pharmaceuticals and medical devices, are expected to gain from the immediate duty-free access. Around 113 remaining tariff lines—amounting to 3.6 percent of Indian exports—will be phased out in next five years. India can import coal from Australia at a much cheaper rate and this constitutes about 70 percent of India’s imports from Australia and which also attracts 2.5 percent duty.
Tariff lines on certain Australian raw material exports, like wool, sheep meat, coal, alumina, metallic ores and critical minerals, are slated to be reduced to zero immediately. For agricultural produces like avocados, onions, cherries, shelled pistachios, macadamias, cashews in-shell, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and currants, tariffs will be eliminated over the next few years. Import duties on Australian wine in India will be significantly slashed, but not eliminated fully.
Indian manufacturers had been unable to utilise full potential of preferential trade in goods. India–Australia CECA is likely to make available crucial Australian raw material and inputs to Indian producers.
India has successfully negotiated protection terms for its dairy sector and sensitive agricultural items like chickpeas, walnut, pistachio nut, wheat, rice, bajra, apple, sunflower oil, and sugar. Within non-agricultural exclusion list, there are products including silver, platinum, jewellery, iron ore, and most of the medical devices.
India will grant market access to Australian single-brand retailing franchises and internet service providers. India also committed to extend the best treatment, as may be provided to any other future trade partner, to key Australian services sectors including education, business and financial services, health, tourism, and travel.
Australia will now extend the length of stay by two to three years for Indian students, with first class honours degree in areas related to science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and information and communication technology (ICT). Young Indian professionals will now be eligible for participation in working holidays in Australia.
Even though overall trade volume between two countries remains at a lower level, latest available data of 2019 in World Bank database show that Australia’s exports share in total merchandise trade in relevant items is 2.21 percent while India’s share is 0.92 percent.
This has been the story for most of the FTAs India signed. Indian manufacturers had been unable to utilise full potential of preferential trade in goods. India–Australia CECA is likely to make available crucial Australian raw material and inputs to Indian producers. However, the extent of final benefit will depend upon the status of future export competitiveness created by Indian industries. Any lapse in attaining those critical production advantages, coming out of this FTA, will negate the future positive benefit of this pact for India.
A strong bilateral cooperation is needed for any trilateral, minilateral cooperative framework to work successfully. Given how India and Australia are actively engaging in these formats as seen with the Quad, the India–Australia–US and Japan–Australia–India trilaterals, the need of the hour for India and Australia is to make this economic pact advantageous to both.
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Bistrot Pierre, the French restaurant group backed by Livingbridge, has confirmed its latest site opening, in Coventry, as well as an official opening date for its new Southport bistrot.
The new Coventry bistrot is due to open in summer 2018, located at Cathedral Lanes shopping centre, and will have space to welcome 124 diners and in the North West, Bistrot Pierre can officially announce that it will be opening its Southport restaurant on 17 November.
Rob Beacham, who founded the restaurant group with school friend John Whitehead in 1994, said:
“We’ve had both Coventry and Southport on our radar for quite some time. Both Coventry and Southport have seen considerable investment recently and we’re delighted to be supporting the towns’ growth and bringing our unique offering to the food and drink sectors there.
“We’re already established in both the North West and the West Midlands so have built a following of dedicated diners in these areas and we look forward to more people trying our food and seeing what we have to offer in a bistrot local to them.
“Our Southport bistrot will be opening its doors in just under a month; we will be located in a prime position in the town centre – Lord Street – and will have space for 140 customers.
“We’re excited to be opening two more restaurants in the UK, bringing our classic French bistrot style of cooking to Coventry and Southport.”


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Design China Beijing will be held on 26–28 September 2022
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Celebrating its fifth edition this year, Design China Beijing is China’s leading meeting place for architecture and design industry, showcasing interior design brands, the works of professionals and a programme of talks to exchange ideas and discuss the latest developments around sustainable design.
Design China Beijing will take place from 26 to 28 September 2022 at China World Summit Wing, China World Trade Centre, Beijing.
The global design event brings together design community, contacts, sponsors and connections to create a truly inspiring event that promotes both change and commercial opportunities for community of visitors and exhibitors.
The event, attracting over 300 expert speakers, upgraded and expanded its existing format to explore the design world focusing on the sustainability concept, which will shine a spotlight on innovative solutions and material use for the built environment. The new format is titled "Sustainable Design China - Summit" and sub-themed as "Shaping a Sustainable Future by Design".
Circular regenerative strategies, ground-breaking net-zero design concepts, new performance led systems embedded within the design process, guarantee real and sustainable innovation will be key themes of the design event.
World Architecture Community is official media partner of Design China Beijing 2022 and will be bringing you the latest news from the event.
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The official retail release date for Rugby Challenge 4 has now been announced for gamers living in Australia and New Zealand.
On PS4 and Xbox One, Rugby Challenge 4 will be released in Australia and New Zealand on December 3rd, 2020.
As for the Nintendo Switch version, those copies will be out a week later on December 10th, 2020.
Due to Covid-19, the release date for the game will be announced later for those that live in other countries.
You can read more about the game via the Facebook announcement posted on the official FB page. Details are below.
“The retail version of Rugby Challenge 4 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be releasing in Australia and New Zealand on the 3rd of December, with the Nintendo Switch version shortly after on the 10th of December.
There are delays in other regions due to Covid and we will have more news on those releases, and the PC version coming very soon. The digital versions for all consoles will also get the update to the full game at the same time.
A few of the changes you can expect to see include:
– Added Waratahs team to Super Rugby.
– Added SCG stadium.
– Ability to adjust Star Player stats.
– Support for up to 8 consoles in online for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
– NZ Cup now available in Be a Pro.
– Kits can now be uploaded to FanHub along with your team.
– Numerous performance, stability and gameplay improvements.”


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The first H&M store in Detroit has opened at 1505 Woodward Ave. at the northwest corner of Woodward and Clifford Street in the central business district. The 25,000-square-foot space offers women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing and accessories.
As part of Wednesday’s store pre-opening party, the location hosted Detroit’s Mosaic Youth Theatre for a performance and donated $20,000 to the group.
“H&M has been so warmly welcomed by the city of Detroit, and we are so excited to be a part of this community,” says Ezinne Kwubiri, North American inclusion and diversity leader for H&M.
The first 500 customers in line at today’s grand opening received giveaways valued from $10-$500. Customers who brought in garments for H&M’s Garment Collecting Initiative were entered to win up to $500 in gift cards. Store hours for the location will be 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday.
In 2013, H&M became the first global fashion company to launch in-store garment recycling. In 2018, the company diverted more than 3.4 million pounds of unwanted textiles from landfills. All of its U.S. stores are powered by renewable energy.
The Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit was founded in 1992 and provides acting and singing training for hundreds of youth from more than 50 metro Detroit schools. The organization has toured their all-teen performances in Europe, Asia, Africa, 25 U.S. states, the White House, The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Apollo Theater. At the 2014 World Choir Games in Latvia, the group brought home two gold and two silver medals. About 95 percent of the group’s performers have gone on to college.
In related news, Libertine, a store in Birmingham’s rail district, has opened and offers gifts, personal care items, fragrance, and accessories. It is located in Milieu, connected to Arkitektura, and owned by Rita Sayegh, former creative director of Mills Pharmacy and Apothecary in Birmingham and co-proprietor of Sabine at The Siren Hotel in Detroit.
“I love being able to bring unique, hard-to-find products from all over the world to Michigan,” says Sayegh. “Opening Libertine is a wonderful reflection of my work over the past decade, and I am thrilled to share my favorite brands with customers.”
Milieu has been in business for 35 years offers global designer fashion and accessories. Libertine’s products complement the Milieu’s. Sayegh works with brands from around the world and individual makers. She hand-picks every item in the store.
Libertine is located at 2163 Cole St. and is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 12 p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.


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SPENDING on holidays has jumped by 40 per cent compared with a year earlier, according to a bank's analysis of its customer data.
Virgin Money said the total value of spending on getaways increased by 40 per cent when comparing March to May 2023 with the same period a year earlier.
It analysed Virgin Money current account customers' spending data to make the findings.
The biggest year-on-year jump in holiday spending was seen among customers aged 18 to 25, whose spending jumped by 60 per cent.
Ruth Brougham, head of digital banking at Virgin Money, said: "We understand times remain tough for many people at the moment, and we continue to provide our customers with tools to help them manage their budget in a way that works for them so that they can make the most of their money - both now and in the future."


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"We are feeling the pinch of slowdown in Chinese demand for diamond jewellery. Our market share in China has come down by 40 per cent due economic slowdown," Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) Chairman Vipul Shah told PTI.
India exports mostly polished diamond jewellery to China. "Things have not been great since April as demand has been continuously falling not only in China but other markets as well due to strengthening of the US dollar against other currencies," he said.
Falling demand in China and other markets like Middle East due to weak economy has forced domestic traders to cut down production and jobs, he added.
"Right now, there is over dependence on the US market. We are pushing exports to the US markets. All other markets are also difficult right now because world economy is disturbed. Most currencies are trading down as compared to the US dollar," he said.
As per the GJEPC data, India's export of cut and polished diamonds dropped by 13 per cent to Rs 9,625.57 crore in July this year, as against Rs 11,126.02 crore in the year-ago period.
In volume terms, the shipments of cut and polished diamonds fell to 27.97 lakh carats from 32.62 lakh carats in the said period.
The future of fashion will be around natural, durable and bio-degradable, basis the insights. The customer has had time to reflect during the lockdown and is now more inclined towards sustainability and eco-friendly fashion. Virtual fashion shows and department shows will comprise the new normal.
Companies including Arvind Fashions, Flipkart, Amazon, Madura Fashion & Lifestyle, Puma, Myntra, Bestseller India and Snapdeal have seen sales from the segment nearly treble, making them one of the top sellers since the last phase of relaxation in lockdown rules.


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When Simon Property Group recently reopened its Dallas-area outlet mall after a mass shooting, it was a sobering reminder that retail properties are hardly immune from such deadly incidents.
There have been at least 39 mass shootings that resulted in deaths at retail properties since 1966, the most of any property type, according to the Violence Prevention Project Research Center, a nonprofit organization seeking to reduce violence through research to inform public policy. The nonprofit group classifies retail as stores, supermarkets, shopping centers and malls, as well as service providers such as barber shops, nail salons, massage parlors and banks.
Restaurants, bars and nightclubs make up their own category and have been the locations of the second most mass shootings by property type, according to the Violence Project. The Violence Project defines a mass shooting as an incident in a public space where at least four victims are killed by a gun, “and the murders are not attributable to any other underlying” issue such as criminal activity, an argument or a romantic triangle.
Some publicly traded landlords and retailers have had to prepare shareholders about the possibility of a mass shooting and the lasting effect it might have on their business. Simon Property Group, the largest U.S. mall owner with more than 200 properties, reopened the Allen Premium Outlets on May 31 after the Dallas-area outlet mall was temporarily closed for more than three weeks after a mass shooting that killed eight people.
The closing of the 100% leased 548,000-square-foot outlet mall affected about 120 retailers and thousands of jobs.
Simon Property Group, which also owns Greenwood Park Mall in Indiana where a shooter killed three people last year, has warned investors that mass shootings and other public safety risks could negatively affect its business, including from decreased sales, revenue and overall asset value.


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Cryptocurrency markets have bottomed out and nothing is safe, not even the potions the critters use to breed in Pokemoncollectible style Axi Infinity. The Smooth Love Potions currency has been trending lower for some time now as players flood the market with it. However, for the first time in its history, it costs less than a penny, even when rounded up.
“Axi InfinityThe currency of the SLP (Smooth Love Potion) utility has been reset! (approximately)” – Game Developer Lars Doucet. wrote on Thursday. “Now it’s down to $0.004, rounding down to the nearest cent gives $0.00.”
In case you haven’t heard Axi Infinity He is speculated to be one of the personifications of future crypto-backed NFT games and play to earn (P2E). Players trade, fight, and breed virtual creatures called Axes. The last part of this process requires the SLP currency, which players earn by playing the game. However, the value of SLP is declining as players earn more and more without “burning” it by spending. A year ago, the value of SLP peaked at $0.35 and it has been on a downward trend ever since.
Long-term price reduction Axi InfinityThe Smooth Love Potion token illustrates the difficulty of games where you have to earn money. As Axios posted last month“Players need more than a way to earn some random token, a token needs a mechanic that allows it to store value.”
Developers Axi Infinity tried to solve this by removing SLP farming from the game’s single-player adventure mode and, most recently, allowing players to “burn” SLP. when participating in tournaments for the best prize pool. But so far none of them has been able to overcome other setbacks, as in Axi Infinity and a larger crypto version.
The blockchain on which the game is located has been damaged over $600 million heist in March, which undermined confidence in the game currency. Players continue to argue whether to wait for a recovery or abandon the pay-to-play scheme. Axie Infinity Shards, another gaming-related crypto token, has fallen below $20 after peaking at over $150 last year.
It keeps track of the overall creation of other cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and Luna. The fall of the latter was especially dramatic. It cost over $80 at the beginning of the month. Today it approached $0.01. Some have blamed the fall of the moon on an “attack” in the form of sudden large seizures. Others have called it the inevitable result of the carpet being pulled out from under the Ponzi scheme. Either way, the results were devastating for those who said they had staked their holdings on the future of the token.
AT Axi Infinity, however, the developers continue to move forward without stopping. Yesterday they released a mobile spin-off on android is called Axi Infinity: Origins. “Axi Infinity now more accessible than ever!” they announced.