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South Africa's new leader pledges to tackle state corruption
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Powerful 6.0 natural disaster hits Iran near city with 800k population
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TREMOR The November quake rocked the Iran Iraq border
It was centered about 6 miles east-northeast of Dover, Delaware, at a depth of about 4 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Early news about the temblor measured the severity higher, with initial reports of 4.4 and 5.1.
It was centered 3 miles (4.8 km) from Little Creek, Delaware, and was felt in Philadelphia in the neighboring state of Pennsylvania, some 57 miles (91 km) from the epicenter. "At this point there is no reported damages to any of the buildings or any injuries".
- An natural disaster in DE was felt as far north as NY. It was hard to immediately predict if there would be aftershocks, she said.
The station also writes that Paul Caruso, a geophysicist with the USGS, says there is potential for aftershocks.
Carberry said there were no signs of damage at the base, and no change in operations was expected. It was later downgraded again to 4.1magnitude.
For some area residents, the event stirred memories of a magnitude 5.8 natural disaster - centered in Louisa County, Virginia - that rocked much of the eastern United States in August 2011. The largest recorded natural disaster occurred in 1979 with a magnitude 3.3 in Dover.
The quake was measured by the U.S. Geological Survey at a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter scale.
Some on Twitter report the natural disaster could be felt in parts of Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, too.
Microsoft Now Sells the Samsung Galaxy Note8
The new location would be below the camera, similar to other high-end Android phones such as the Google Pixel 2 and OnePlus 5/5T. Rumours are circulating Samsung will announce its next flagship phone, the Galaxy S9 , as early as January at CES in Las Vegas.
Google Is Watching You (Even More Than You Thought)
Google tracks the whereabouts of your Android smartphone , regardless of whether or not users have disabled location services . Google admits it grabs data on individuals' locations from Android phones with just an internet connection.
Tesla unveils new electric truck, and revives its Roadster
The young market for electric cargo trucks is mostly focused on medium duty, rather than the heavy big rig market Tesla is after. Tesla says if there is a crash and the auto doesn't hear from you, it will automatically call emergency responders.
Suspect charged in fatal shooting of state trooper
The suspect was apprehended Thursday night near Prairie View, about 110 miles (177 kilometers) south of Fairfield. There are four charges listed in his record, including the capital murder charge, for which no bond is listed.
Black Friday online sales rise, but footfall dips
But the group said the average amount spent per person was $335.47 with 75 percent of it going toward gifts. Black Friday weekend no longer brings a stampede of crazed shoppers to America's malls.


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The year 2019 has so far turned out to be an eventful one for
Retail-Restaurants industry. Year to date, the industry has rallied 16.7% compared with the S&P 500’s 13.3% increase. Meanwhile, Starbucks Corp. ( SBUX Quick Quote SBUX - Free Report) , which belong to the same industry, has gained 20.6% over the same time frame.
Currently, this Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) company is benefiting from solid global footprint, successful innovations, best-in-class loyalty program and robust business in China as well as Americas. Let’s delve deeper.
Starbucks’ impressive share price performance can be primarily attributed to earnings beat over the past four quarters. Furthermore, the company benefited from a robust performance by the Americas and China-Asia-Pacific segments, and store openings. Also, comparable sales from China increased for the third straight quarter. During 2019, the company expects to open 600 net new stores in Americas.
Following the better-than-expected second-quarter results, Starbucks raised its fiscal 2019 guidance. GAAP EPS is envisioned to be $2.40-$2.44, up from $2.32-$2.37 projected earlier. Also, non-GAAP EPS is expected to be $2.75-$2.79, up from $2.68-$2.73 guided previously.
In the last two years, management successfully turned around its EMEA business by improving customer experience via innovative new store designs, up-leveling product offerings and margin expansion through process and supply chain efficiencies. In fact, the China Asia Pacific or CAP has now become the fastest growing segment. China delivered 3% comps growth in the second quarter. With increasing investment in the Asian markets, the Starbucks brand is gaining popularity among consumers across Asia.
Management believes that China and the Asia-Pacific region will fetch more meaningful business over the next five years supported by rapid unit growth, growing brand awareness, and increased usage of the digital/mobile/loyalty platforms. To drive growth in China, the company has announced a historic partnership with and Alibaba for providing seamless Starbucks Experience. In Beijing and Shanghai, Starbucks has started delivery services via Alibaba's Ele.me platform.
Notably, Starbucks Delivers program has expanded to more than 2,100 stores across 35 cities in China. By the end of 2019, the company expects to expand Starbucks Delivers to 3,000 stores across 50 cities in the country.
Meanwhile, Starbucks’ loyalty cards are gaining popularity. In the United States, the company’s membership increased 11% year over year under the My Starbucks Rewards (MSR) program in fiscal 2017 and rose 15% to 15.3 million active members in fiscal 2018. The momentum continued in second-quarter 2019 as well, with the membership growing 13% year over year to 16.8 million active members.
Customers in the United States are using the chain’s mobile app to order and pay for drinks. They are also joining the company’s rewards program. Currently, MSR is one of the most important business drivers of Starbucks. Launched four months ago in China, this loyalty program had a total of 8.3 million members, which increased by 1 million in second-quarter fiscal 2019.
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Other favorably-ranked stocks worth considering in the same space include BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (
BJRI Quick Quote BJRI - Free Report) , Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. ( CMG Quick Quote CMG - Free Report) and The Habit Restaurants, Inc. , each carrying the same rank as Starbucks. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
BJ's Restaurants, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Habit Restaurants’ long-term earnings are likely to witness a 14.5%, 19.2% and 20% growth, respectively.
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Good news: if your welding certification is set to expire during the COVID-19 lockdown, there’s a good chance you will be granted an extension, and so will your consumables.
In March, CWB Certification granted a three-month extension to all stated expiry dates on the welder, welding inspector and welding electrode qualifications/certifications.
Due to the continued uncertainty of the duration and impact of the COVID-19 situation, CWB Certification has further modified these extensions with the following terms:
- Welder qualifications (tickets) will be considered valid for six months beyond the stated expiry date. During this period, the certification holder will still be considered qualified for the process/position noted on the qualification
- The three-month grace period following the originally stated expiry date of the welder qualification for the individual to conduct check testing will be increased to six months
- In the case of check testing, qualifications will continue to be extended for two years from the original expiry date following successful testing
- Welding inspector qualifications under CSA W178.2 will be considered valid for a period of six months beyond the stated expiry date
- Welding inspectors seeking renewal/recertification of their certification will have an additional six months to meet the requirements
- Welding inspectors who applied for certification prior to March 25, 2020, will have an additional six months to meet all requirements
- Certified welding consumables will be considered valid for six months beyond the stated expiry date
- Qualified studs will be considered valid for six months beyond the stated expiry date
CWB says the extensions are valid until September 30th, 2020. Following this date, the stated expiry dates on all qualification/certification documents will again be in effect.
“These temporary allowances have been put in place during the current COVID-19 situation to accommodate individuals/products whose qualifications/certifications expire during this time,” CWB said on a statement, adding that it may again extend these allowances should the COVID-19 situation continue beyond the currect extension.


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Hidden Art isn’t only a great art website, it’s also a non-profit organization that goes to great lengths to promote UK designers and artists. The Milan Furniture Fair 2010 is coming up, and Hidden Art will be helping five UK furniture designers show products at the fair.
Independent designers have it tough in the international market, so Hidden Art is truly doing a service to these British artists.
Implications - Any company seeking to generate favorable brand goodwill would be wise to pair a new product with a campaign from a charitable organization. By attaching the brand's name to a burgeoning non-profit group, the company ensures generous and complimentary media coverage, as well as support from engaged citizens. The company also guarantees greater brand awareness and access to consumers that may not have otherwise been interested in their brand.


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A new £2.1million crane has been installed at Portsmouth International Port.
The 40-metre heavy lift mobile harbour crane, manufactured by Konecranes Gottwald, can lift weights up to 125 tonnes, making it well suited for fully laden shipping containers.
In recent years many customers importing fresh produce to Portsmouth International Port have moved from lighter pallets to heavier containers, the port explained. And the port’s latest investment is designed to maintain contracts with current major customers, as well as making it more attractive to new business.
The new mobile harbour crane replaces two old cranes, Crane 1 and Crane 2, both of which are 15 years old and have lower lifting capacities and reach than the new one.
The newly installed Terex crane has an increased operating radius of 51 metres, compared to 46 metres, and a 25 per cent increase in lifting capacity over the cranes that it is replacing. This makes it the crane with the highest capacity on the south coast.
Mike Sellers, port director at Portsmouth International Port, said: “Continued investment and improvements will help Portsmouth International Port maintain its status as a key destination for imports of fresh produce from all over the world.”
Companies such as Maersk, Fyffes and Geest Line already use the port for the majority of their UK fruit imports, with the port’s leading handler of fresh produce MMD Ltd, currently handling 70 per cent of all bananas consumed in the UK.
Recent investments at Portsmouth International Port have made it possible for larger ships to dock and unload quickly and easily. The repositioning of HMS Bristol has created a wider turning circle, while the removal of the ‘floating dock’ jetty has helped improve navigation.
This, along with dredging in Portsmouth Harbour, has meant longer and larger container ships can now be accommodated at the port.


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The owners of The Met and GPO are growing up.
It turns out the joys of thumping EDM and endless vodka Red Bulls has an expiry date. “We’re both 35 this year and hanging out at GPO and The Met on a Friday and Saturday night is just a little weird,” Trent Meade admits.
Meade and business partner Matt Blyth are marking a coming-of-age in business and life with Isles Lane, a new CBD venue. It will lead a rebrand of their Revelry hospitality group as Celissa, which will now focus on food and drinks.
“We’re getting older and our tastes have changed,” Meade says. “It makes sense to deliver a venue with the food we love, beers we love, wines we love – a venue that we really want to be in.”


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MADISONVILLE, Ky. (10/29/13) – Blackwell’s of Madisonville will be having a children costume contest 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 31.
Children will be voted on best boy and best girl costumes. Winners have a chance of winning a $25 gift card to GameStop (boy) and a $25 gift card to Claire’s (girl).
In addition to the costume contest, kids in costume also get to eat for free with any adult meal purchased. Adults in costume get a 15 percent off their meal.
So come out and celebrate Halloween at Blackwell’s.
For more information visit: www.blackwellsmadisonville.com
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“Everything dies baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back”
-- “Atlantic City,” Bruce Springsteen, 1982
SOLIHULL, ENGLAND -- The transformation of the old Rover plant here in the British Midlands, scene of so much labor strife, turmoil and heartbreak in the 1970s and ’80s, is breathtaking.
No other factory on the planet makes more aluminum-bodied vehicles. That record will hold until next year when Land Rover’s former owner, Ford Motor Co., is cranking out aluminum F-150 pickups in its Dearborn, Mich., and Kansas City, Mo., plants.
A visitor on the walkway above the aluminum body shop here can look down at the 370 robots that glue and rivet the panels on Range Rover bodies and get an impressive glimpse of what could be the future of automaking.
It is an automated mechanical ballet that raises car building to a high art.
Not many years ago, few who follow the auto industry intimately could have imagined that Solihull, a plant built in 1940 to help Britain’s war effort, could undergo such a transformation.


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New economic hub to cope in case of emergencies
Minister Bandula Gunawardena says that a new economic hub focusing on imports and exports will be established in the Mihintale area.
The Minister pointed out that this will be constructed in a way to be able to cope if the main economic hub in Colombo becomes inactive due to an emergency situation.
Gunawardena mentioned this addressing the media following a visit to the Mihintale area.
“Discussions were held today to create a major commercial city like Colombo, which distributes locally produced and imported goods to 3 provinces and 10 districts using the transport facility of the Anuradhapura-Mihintale railway line which has not been used for a long time.
Through this, we will be able to create a market where the products of the farming community in these areas can be sold without intermediaries. Also, the products of these provinces will be able to be packaged, processed, branded, and exported to foreign markets.
The third point is the storage of imported goods in bulk. Then, in the event of a natural disaster or any other issue, if the main economic hub in Colombo becomes inactive, we will be able to work through this economic hub.”
The Minister also added that a large number of people in the relevant areas will get employment opportunities through this project.


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Security experts from the Google Project Zero division discovered a serious vulnerability in the mobile operating system, through which attackers could hack the iPhone through an infected site. The vulnerability is present in all recent versions of iOS – from iOS 10 to iOS 12.
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Google experts not only discovered this vulnerability, but also identified dozens of sites through which attackers gained access to personal data of users, gained full access to all accounts, intercepted messages from instant messengers and tracked the location of the smartphone. To do this, it was enough for the victim to open a web page in Safari. It is possible that links to such sites were sent by mail or through instant messengers.
It is noted that such sites for tracking users have worked for at least a couple of years. It is hard to say how many users during this time suffered from this vulnerability.
However, you should not worry more about this. Specialists of Google Project Zero informed Apple about the vulnerability found earlier this year and the company promptly fixed it by releasing iOS 12.1.4.


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An anti-obesity ad rolled out this week from an unlikely source: Coca-Cola.
The soft drink giant unveiled a campaign that will take on what it's calling "the issue of this generation." The first ad in the campaign, the 2-minute spot above, notes that Coke can "play an important role" in the fight against obesity. The ad also points out that of its 650 beverages, Coca-Cola now offers 180 low- and no-calorie choices. In addition, the company has introduced smaller-portion drinks which Coke intends to have in 90% of the country by the end of the year. It's unclear whether another ad in the series will run during the Super Bowl. Coke has purchased three 30-second spots during the big game.
In a press release introducing the campaign, Coke cited several anti-obesity initiatives, including nutrition labeling, school beverage guidelines and Coca-Cola Troops for Fitness, which offers "military-style fitness classes like calisthenics, sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups and other fitness and nutritional techniques to families in communities most in need of wellness services."
The push comes after the Center For Science in the Public Interest has been a vocal critic of Coke, linking its soft drinks to obesity and diabetes. In November, that organization worked with Alex Bogusky, a former adman who created ads for Coke, on "Real Bears," which featured a polar bear family rejecting soda after they got obese and sick from drinking it.
Bogusky on Monday took to Twitter to criticize Coke's latest campaign:
Tagline contest! Science says Coke doesn't = happiness. nbcnews.to/XNrp9F So what's the new tag? "Coke: None of this shit is our fault."
— Alex Bogusky (@bogusky) January 14, 2013
Meanwhile, the Michael Jacobson, executive director of the CSPI offered the following statement about the campaign on its Facebook Page:
"They're trying to stem the tide of criticism by taking a page out of crisis control 101, which is to pretend like they're concerned about the issue. If they were serious, they would stop advertising full-calorie drinks, charge less for lower calorie options, and stop fighting the soda tax. They're just running feel-good ads aimed at neutralizing criticism."
What do you think of Coke's new campaign? Let us know in the comments.
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The crinkled potato snack, based in Bradford, was first launched in 1945.
But eagle-eyed crisp fans have noticed a change to the packet design this month.
Previously, the packets said 'Lovingly Made in Yorkshire'.
Now, the packets contain the wording 'Bags of flavour - Made with pride'
When quizzed about the change on social media, the official Seabrook account @SeabrookCrisps told a fan: "We're also proud our Yorkshire made crisps are sold overseas ...but some people don't know where Yorkshire is.
"We are still based in Bradford and proud of our Yorkshire roots :)"
Have you noticed the change?
A spokesman for the firm told The Yorkshire Post that the change was the result of market research, and that the Yorkshire connection had only been on the bag for four years.
Marketing and International Sales Director at Seabrook Crisps, Kevin Butterworth said: “As an independently owned Bradford business, competing against major global competitors, we remain enormously proud of our Yorkshire roots, having been in Bradford for over 72 years.
"We have always invested in celebrating the brand’s heritage and participate in events such as Yorkshire Day and this will never change.
“Following extensive consumer research the new front of pack statement “Bags of flavour, made with pride” proved to have the widest appeal compared to any previous statement.
"We recognise we can’t always please 100% of people, but we have had overwhelmingly positive reactions to our new, contemporary pack designs and look forward to continued future success.”


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iPhone 7S Release Date, Price List, Full Specification. iPhone 7S is one of the most awaited smartphone in 2017. We know that every years Apple released their products in September (excl. iPhone SE in March). It’s the best time for marketing because in September lots of smartphone owners want to buy new products. iPhone 7S one of them. Ok. If you want to see complete guide about iPhone 7S release date, price list, full specification.
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With a few years until the launch of the iPhone 7s, we’re currently finding out about a lot of things to come including some new improvements that will keep the well known Apple brand one of the elite. With competitors looking to launch new flagships the very same year consisting of the Galaxy Note 7, Galaxy S8, LG G6, and much more, it’ll be interesting to see how the new iPhone compares. With the standard 7s and larger, and premium version iPhone 7s Plus looking to be launched worldwide at the same time, customers will have the ability to pick from not one, however, two of the very best smartphones 2017.
The many iPhone 7s rumors that we’ve currently been hearing shows us that Apple is seeking to raise the bar of what a mobile phone ought to be. For consumers, this is actually good news as this means the most highly innovative tech company will be releasing something genuinely fantastic. Early reports recommended that Apple will be getting rid of the “S” series, but we understand this will not happen.
MIC Gadget’s sources leaked that on both the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus have been quite consistent, and it appears like Apple will be sticking with the exact same launch day cycle that we have pertained to expect. September 2017 seems the most likely, although, we would not be surprised to see the upcoming iPhone launch just a bit earlier. With Samsung wanting to launch the Galaxy Note 7 right around the exact same time, it has regularly been the most significant competitor to Apple’s well-known series.
Expect more in 2017 with new features consisting of an eye scanner that will the user interface with Apple Pay, 3D display screen innovation, improved health metrics, and a lot more.
If you’re wishing to see an outstanding lineup of Apple iPhone 7s specifications, then you’re in for a real treat. A larger battery, more memory, higher quality glass surround, and an A10 processor that will measure up to all the rest. Probably the single most improvement will be seen in the iPhone 7s camera specifications as early reports are in on 24MP rear camera and a 7MP front-facing camera. Stay tuned as we’ll continue to update you in future with all the leaks and reports on the upcoming Apple iPhone 7s.
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You can get a jump on Black Friday by staying up late Thanksgiving night instead of getting up early the day after Thanksgiving at some Duluth area stores. It’s actually possible to shop all night by heading over to the stores opening at midnight, 4 a.m., 5 a.m., and later.
Walmart is opening at 10 p.m. Thanksgiving night with Black Thursday sales on TVs, electronics, and toys. The discount retailer is advertising that it is staying open, so you don’t have to stand in line and get trampled in a Black Friday rush through the store doors.
Toys R Us is also opening at 10 p.m. Thursday. Target, Kohl’s, Macy’s, and Best Buy plan to welcome holiday shoppers a couple hours later at midnight. Sears and JCPenney open for shoppers at 4 a.m. on Friday, Bed Bath & Beyond opens at 5 a.m. Friday. So does Sam’s Club. Doors at Costco open at 9 a.m.
Old Navy is giving shoppers an advantageous head start by being open Thanksgiving Day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and reopening at midnight Friday.
11Alive-TV is featuring online store floor maps so you can quickly find sale items and beat out other shoppers.
in Duluth will be open from 4 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday. Hours for Mall of Georgia in nearby Buford are the same. Both are Simon malls.
Mall of Georgia is offering a $500 American Express® Simon Giftcard to one lucky Black Friday shopper. Shoppers wishing to enter the drawing must stop by the Simon Guest Services desk between 4 and 4:55 a.m. to register for the drawing. One winner will be selected at 5 a.m. The winner must be present and claim the prize within 30 minutes, or that prize will be forfeited and awarded to the next name drawn. You must be 18 or older to enter. One entry per person. No purchase necessary.


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Google Play Movies and Music coming to Australia, Canada and Europe on November 13
Every other region apart from the US has not yet been able to experience Google Play Movies and Music on Google TV. The company has just recently announced its plans to take things global.
Google has announced that Australia, Canada, France, Germany and the UK will get similar video and audio streaming features of their Google TV hubs starting November 13th. The content may vary from its American counterpart, but needless to say people from other regions will soon be able to enjoy content on these devices. Hopefully, this will eventually arrive in other regions globally.
The company surely has plans to expand in other regions and this might also indicate that these same regions may indeed get better deals on upcoming Nexus devices once they arrive in the market. Google has been selling its new Nexus tablet and smartphone in the US for almost no profit on the hardware and the company expects to get its profits from selling content via the Play Store.


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XIL Health, a leading strategic analytics and technology company in the drug economics space that built the XIL Impact SaaS platform, today announces its innovative Vaccine Dashboard for U.S.-based retail pharmacies – allowing easy access to tracked information on COVID-19 and all other vaccines given by pharmacies, including pediatric vaccines.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacies were tasked with the enormous responsibility of administering COVID vaccines to millions of Americans in addition to their existing daily operations. According to the CDC, 522 million Americans are either partially or fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and an unprecedented number of those Americans turned to their trusted pharmacies to receive their COVID vaccines. It quickly became clear to XIL Health that these retail pharmacies needed an interactive, real-time tool to help them understand how the vaccines are being distributed geographically, so they could staff appropriately and understand the impact on their bottom line. …Read the Full Article on Yahoo! Finace


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- February 15, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
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Happy Monday (and Valentine’s Day), readers. Today we’re taking you inside Amazon employees’ pay raises, and showing you a new off-roading Bronco.
Let’s get started.
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1. Some Amazon employees are about to see major pay bumps. According to compensation data obtained by Insider, some of Amazon’s salaried US employees will see increases between 10% and 30% to their paychecks in April.
The increases are part of the commerce giant’s effort to retain employees by boosting compensation — and come just a week after the company announced it would be raising maximum base pay from $160,000 to $350,000.The gains highlight just how much pressure the notoriously frugal tech giant is under to contain a crisis of employee discontent over pay.Amazon’s hourly workforce, including almost 800,000 US warehouse workers, are excluded from the new pay plan, as are corporate staff rated “least effective” by the company’s performance-review system.
See what else the data obtained by Insider revealed.
Plus: How much should you be getting paid? Compare 250,000 salaries from top companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft with Insider’s Salary Database.
In other news:
2. A former Peloton employee describes being laid off. After more than a year working as a field-operations specialist for Peloton, the employee was one of 2,800 people Peloton let go, and said it felt sudden, cold, and scripted. This is what else the employee told us.
3. Startups are working to reduce users’ screen time and redefine their relationships with social media. Phone usage spiked last year, with typical Android users spending four hours a day on their phones — but startups like Blloc and Kin are pushing back against tech’s stranglehold on attention. How they’re trying to pull users away from phones.
4. Amazon is taking away paid COVID-19 leave for unvaccinated workers. In a memo to staff, Amazon announced that unvaccinated employees who get sick will not be eligible for paid leave beginning March 18. Here are other company updates.
5. Salesforce says it will tie executive pay to diversity and inclusion goals. The company’s ability to hire, retain, and promote employees from underrepresented groups will determine its top leaders’ pay, including for co-CEOs Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor. Everything we know about the goals.
6. ICYMI: Car companies used Super Bowl ads to convince viewers to go electric. Automakers like BMW, GM, and Kia splashed out on ads with celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Eugene Levy to promote their newest electric models. Watch the star-studded ads.
7. After landing his dream job at Google, this former employee quit twice. Ken Waks, who worked as a strategy and operations analyst at Google, said he was only working 30 minutes to an hour each day because there was so little to do — but that there wasn’t much room to collaborate or push himself. He explains why he left Google.
8. Coinbase kicked off the Super Bowl ad war with an instantly viral hit. The cryptocurrency exchange differed massively from the other high-budget ads by simply showing a multi-colored QR code bouncing around the screen like the logo of a DVD player’s screensaver. Here’s how Coinbase captured viewers’ attention.
Odds and ends:
The 2022 Ford Bronco Everglades.
9. Ford just unveiled its new Bronco Everglades. With a built-in snorkel, the $54,495 SUV is built for tackling thick mud, treacherous swamps, and off-road terrain. Check out the special-edition Bronco Everglades here.
10. Review: Supernatural is like Peloton — but in the metaverse. Supernatural, an immersive fitness game for Oculus VR headsets, offers a full-body workout set in stunning locations around the world. Why the VR fitness app is this writer’s new favorite way to work out.
What we’re watching today:
Pivot MIA takes place today through Feb. 16.The US Chamber of Commerce is holding a “TecTalk” discussion with FTC commissioner Christine Wilson.
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NEW YORK, NY – A study conducted by Michael Luca, a professor of Harvard Business School, established a correlation between high rankings in consumer review websites and a businesses’ revenues. Dr. Luca took a close look at the restaurant industry of the city of Seattle and came to the conclusion that a single star attached to a profile of a leading online reviewing platform lead to an incredible 5% to 9% increase in revenues. He further found that there were considerably more restaurant reviews available online than could be found in traditional sources like Zagat or The Seattle Times.
What started out approximately ten years ago as a movement of foodies giving restaurant recommendations online has developed into a common practice across a wide variety of industries: from burger joints to hairdressers, from accountants to dentists – users consult the Internet before purchasing products or using new services. For businesses this trend is likewise a blessing and a curse: While good reviews can boost a reputation and generate widespread advertising virtually free of charge, negative posts can be equally harmful. No matter whether one disgruntled customers feels the need to vent or a sneaky competitor tries to steal away business by posting an unfavorable comment – damage can be done quickly and given the sharp rise in review platforms, companies are having a hard time to keep a handle on their online reputations.
Being eight years older than even the oldest reviewing platform, Help-My-Reviews.com has developed a foolproof strategy that guarantees only 4 and 5 star reviews for its clients, no matter which industry they are coming from. Statistically, out of 100 customers, 95 are happy and only 5 are not. However, out of those 95 satisfied customers only one will write a flattering review, while two out of every 5 dissatisfied customers will go online, resulting in two negative reviews. The main page of Help-My-Reviews.com’s newly redesigned website is now hosting a short video that demonstrates how review reputation management can completely shift your business’ online ranking, placement, and ultimately revenue.
Founded in 1996, Help-My-Reviews.com has two locations, in Washington, D.C. and in New York City, where IT and marketing experts serve clients across the U.S. from a wide variety of industries. The company frequently sponsors major marketing shows and conferences including, Affiliate Summit, Leadscon, and SES, and will be represented again at this year’s ad:tech in New York City, the leading digital marketing event for marketing and technology professionals from all over the world.


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Few things say that you’re serious about celebrating something in Japan more than getting a special edition sake bottle. That’s exactly what Sega is doing.
Today the long-running game company is celebrating its 60th anniversary (it was founded on June 3, 1960) so the release of a dedicated alcoholic treat is rather appropriate.
The drink comes in a special metallic blue bottle with the “Go Sega” 60th-anniversary logo. It’s manufactured by Hiroshima-based Sempuku Brewery Miyakehonten as part of its “Game Legends” series.
The release date is appropriately today and the collaboration will be celebrated at the Tokyo Sake Festival 2020 on August 11. Each bottle will cost 3,000 yen, which translates approximately into $28.
On top of the Sega-branded Sake, we also get a version dedicated to the Yakuza series with three different bottles featuring Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majoma, and Yakuza: Like a Dragon hero Ichiban Kasuga.
These will also cost 3,000 yen each and will be released on July 7.
If you want to see what the snazzy bottles look like, you can check out the gallery below.
Earlier today, Sega announced the Game Gear Micro and a new episode of its “Sega Shiro” series of trailers, featuring the return of fan-favorite character Segata Sanshiro, who unfortunately did not stick around long.
The company also released a new mission statement video promising surprise and innovate, while President Haruki Satomi vowed to drive the publisher into a more “mischievous” direction.


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Downtown cool-down shop Gelateria Uli is now up and running with a second location along West Third Street. The storefront officially opened on August 31, but has been keeping under the radar for the past week or so.
The surprisingly subtle opening was first reported by Hoodline, who noticed the classic-looking shop right around Labor Day. The white-walled room is still pretty spare, with a few pictures up on the walls and a cold case with room for 18 different flavors. There’s a helpful sandwich board sign pointing the customers in from outside, though, and with recently-soaring temperatures around greater Los Angeles it’s not hard to see customers coming in droves soon.
Gelateria Uli has long been an anchor tenant for Downtown’s Spring Arcade. The pass-through building was for years lightly trafficked save for Uli and options like Guisados, but of late has become more popular than ever, with room for brunch favorite Blu Jam and a new Cuban coffee shop next door.
Now with its new location, Gelateria Uli only needs to fight for relevance alongside nearby options like the Original Farmers Market, Milk on Beverly, and Carmela just up the street. BLD-attached ICDC couldn’t hold on up on Beverly Blvd, so it seems there’s room for more of just about everything along bustling West Third Street these days (including barbecue).
Hours for Gelateria Uli run noon to 10 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, with an extension to 11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Sunday is 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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Why Swiss battery maker favors electric ships and trains over cars
Swiss battery producer Leclanche SA is turning its focus to supplying power systems for ferries to trains, judging that the niche market offers better opportunities than the dominant passenger car sector.
The Yverdon-Les-Bains-based company, which is adding production capacity in Germany, forecasts demand for fleet vehicles -- including marine vessels, buses, locomotives and taxis -- will grow by more than a third annually.
“We don’t need to play in the passenger car market, which is a race to the bottom -- it’s all about price, price, price," Chief Executive Officer Anil Srivastava said in an interview. “I half-jokingly say we have focused on niches -– you know what, niches put together can be big."
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The market for energy storage in the shipping sector could be worth as much $6.5 billion a year, Cantor Fitzgerald LP said in a 2018 note. Projects in Norway and China are already using battery-power for cargo vessels, and major shipping companies are monitoring the technology, according to BloombergNEF.
Traditionally a supplier of power packs to electricity grids, Leclanche this year struck a pact with train-maker Bombardier Inc. and also supplied batteries for the world’s largest all-electric ferry, launched in August in southern Denmark.
The company has further orders from marine customers, including Grimaldi Group SpA and Damen Shipyards Group NV, and is supplying packs for use in submarines, according to filings.
Producers such as Leclanche may currently have an advantage in specialist markets including marine or rail batteries, said Logan Goldie-Scot, head of clean power at BNEF. But as the segments grow, they “will attract interest from the leading battery manufacturers, who are likely to have an edge on pricing," he said.
Leclanche’s orders from the fleet transport sector are likely to surpass volumes from stationary energy storage -- currently its top market -- in 2022, once new production capacity comes online in mid-to-late 2021, according to Srivastava.
“Our current production capacity is completely choked, finished," Srivastava said. “The transport business is now not growing as fast as it could grow, not because of a lack of business, but because of the constrained capacity."


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Boulder, Colo.-based Frustum, a provider of generative design and topology optimization software, has announced the winners of its “Generate Quadcopter Challenge: A GrabCAD Challenge for Topology Optimization.”
Hosted on the GrabCAD Community platform, the challenge invited participants to use Frustum’s cloud-based Generate software to optimize the design of a lightweight, 3D-printed quadcopter.
Using Generate and traditional CAD modeling software, designers were asked to create an optimized quadcopter airframe design by using constraint-driven design methodology. Judging criteria included mass reduction from meta design space, payload delivery, takeoff and soft landing, flight for 50 meters, flight time, ingenuity of design space(s), design aesthetics, and ingenuity of load case(s), says Frustum.
“Working with the GrabCAD team and its brilliant and global community of engineers gave us a myriad of innovative designs,” comments Jesse Blankenship, CEO and founder of Frustum. “We had more than 200 entries, most embracing the freedom additive manufacturing brings and creating designs not possible with traditional manufacturing techniques.”
The first-place winner was Salva Serrano, co-founder of Ootro Estudio, an Orihuela, Spain-based architectural and design studio specializing in 3D modeling and digital manufacturing.
“With my proposal, I tried to explore the possibilities of Generate as a structural design tool. I focused on securing the entire frame utilizing the topology optimization process – from the landing feet to the arms that hold the motors. It was fun to watch the software sculpting the shape of the frame as a virtual Michelangelo,” says Serrano.
Design submissions were evaluated by a panel of Frustum employees, including Blankenship; Robert Wilson, president of Aerospace Advisory Group and former president and CEO of Honeywell Aerospace; and a member of the GrabCAD software organization. The winners received cash prizes of $2,500, $1,000 and $500, respectively, as well as a free subscription to the Generate platform.
Taking second and third place, respectively, were Carlos Fuentes from the U.S. and Michael van der Bent from the Netherlands. More on the winners can be found here.


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Catch up on the latest food news, updates and events happening in the East Bay.
Genova Delicatessen's last day in business is April 30, People's Café has moved across the street and The Wolf will open in the former Bay Wolf space. This news, and more, in today's Bites.
Oakland's Hina Yakitori is the newest in a growing crop of fun, drink-friendly Japanese izakaya restaurants across the East Bay.
Oakland and Berkeley's Restaurant Weeks begin Jan. 14 and run through the end of the month. Over 100 restaurants across the region are participating this year.
Wondering where to eat and drink in Oakland? Try visiting West Oakland, Old Oakland or KoNo — we'll be your guide.
Hear from Nosh editors, food writers, rapper Lil B, a baker, butcher and a brewer on what tickled their tastebuds in 2015.
Looking for inspiration on where to eat and drink in the East Bay? Check out these top picks by some of the area's best chefs.
An update on TCHO chocolate, a second Korean restaurant makes plans to open on Solano Avenue, a pasta-centric joint is headed to Rockridge, and more in this week's Bites.
A mini-store with a curated selection of artisanal Japanese pantry items has popped up at Berkeley Bowl West. We've got an inside look at these tasty, unique foods.
Come along with NOSH as we explore Old Oakland, the Town's oldest newest dining destination.
The effects of new minimum wages are causing a ripple effect of changes across the East Bay restaurant scene.
Lots of new openings to report, including a new CREAM ice-cream sandwich spot -- and Eat Real Fest is back this weekend!


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Rogue travel agent from Kingsbury jailed for fleecing customers
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A rogue travel agent from Kingsbury who conned thousands of pounds out of unsuspecting holidaymakers with non-existent flights has been jailed for a year.
Anas Ahmed, director of AirBridge Travel Limited (ABT) in Church Lane, fleeced victims for more than £42,000.
The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of engaging in an unfair commercial practice and one count of engaging in an aggressive commercial practice at Harrow Crown Court on May 2.
More than 30 holidaymakers were led to believe they had booked flights through ABT, which Ahmed ran with his wife, only to end up out of pocket and devastated when they found that these flights had not been booked at all.
Customers were told to transfer money directly into their bank account, as AirBridge Travel would not accept payment through its website.
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Yet once payment had been received, many customers reported feeling ignored when trying to follow up on the booking.
Sahid Akhtar told the court he paid out more than £1,600 for a family holiday to Pakistan for his wife and children, only to discover that no tickets had been booked.
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He said he was so desperate to recoup his lost money that he travelled six hours to ABT offices in Brent, only to discover that nobody was working there.
Simon Legg, senior regulatory service manager at Brent Council, said: “Brent Council is doing everything it can to support local businesses to thrive. Tackling the small number of rogue traders, like Anas Ahmed, who try to con consumers is part of this approach.
“Many of us save up all year looking forward to a week away and to be left stranded at an airport with no flights or accommodation is a cruel blow but Mr Ahmed can now look forward to a 12-month stay in prison.
“If you are planning on booking a holiday, always make sure to research the company thoroughly especially if they are online. Ensure the company is a reputable tour operator and holds an ATOL membership.
“Take the extra step of checking the membership on ATOL’s website to make certain it’s genuine.”


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Puma is offering U.S. staff flexibility over when they work and a pandemic-driven redesign of its new North American headquarters, hoping to attract the people the German sportswear company needs to keep up its rapid expansion.
Puma, the sportswear company, adopted a hybrid model, with most people working three days in the office and two days at home, though it varies by department and specific job.
Moreover, the meetings will only be scheduled from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. to give people a chance to start earlier or later to avoid the rush hour.
Puma hopes the new facilities and a combination of office and remote work will help the company attract staff.
As part of the office redesign, the company increased space, added partitions and created video conferencing rooms for employees to connect with colleagues working remotely.
Bob Philion, president of Puma's North America business said:
"Flexibility is key. At the end of the day, our employees understand that we're a product marketing company. We have tangible things that we touch and feel: shoes and apparel."


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Uber has had discussions with SoftBank-backed self-driving vehicle developer Nuro about using Nuro vehicles to help automate Uber’s hot food delivery service Uber Eats, according to a confidential document reviewed by The Information. Such a deal could someday help Uber reduce losses on Uber Eats, a critical issue for investors as the ride-hailing firm goes public.
The discussions, which center on Uber Eats testing Nuro vehicles in suburban Houston later this year, show how Uber is pursuing long-standing hopes of using self-driving technology to cut costs of hiring drivers. The technology could be hugely valuable for the ride-hailing firm’s long-term profitability, although prospects for self-driving cars remain highly uncertain.
• Nuro vehicles would take food from restaurants to central hubs
• Nuro’s vehicle software makes frequent mistakes
• Proposed effort does not involve Uber’s autonomous vehicle program
In the case of Nuro and Uber, the idea under discussion is that Nuro vehicles would carry Uber Eats deliveries for the beginning of their trip to customers, what is known as the “first mile” of a delivery. That could improve Uber Eats’ margins by as much as 20 percentage points in some markets, if it has enough scale, according to the document.
Earlier this year SoftBank agreed to invest $940 million in Nuro, which was founded in 2016 by former key members of the Google self-driving car team. But Nuro’s discussions with Uber—which is also partly owned by SoftBank—began before the SoftBank investment. SoftBank is putting the money into Nuro in stages, said a person close to the company. A deal with Uber could help Nuro prove how it can be a business even if it doesn’t handle a delivery from end to end. Nuro would get a cut of transactions it helped deliver. (Nuro already is testing delivering groceries for the Kroger supermarket chain in Arizona.)
The Uber-Nuro discussions follow a previously announced partnership agreement between General Motors’ Cruise self-driving car division and DoorDash, which is Uber Eats’ top rival. (SoftBank is a major shareholder in both those companies as well.) But in that case, the announced deal is an apparent attempt to automate an entire food delivery trip, with the vehicle carrying food from just outside the restaurant to the location of the customer. Another food delivery app, Postmates, which also is prepping for an IPO, has said it is building its own small delivery vehicle that would roam on sidewalks as opposed to streets.
The Uber-Nuro partnership would work like this: Restaurant workers would take an order and place it in Nuro’s experimental vehicles on the street. Those vehicles would drive themselves to a central location, from which Uber Eats’ human drivers would pick up the orders and drive them to people’s homes as they do today. The hope is that the centralized hub for orders would allow drivers to handle more food orders than they currently do and potentially make more money because they won’t have to spend time going to each restaurant to pick up the food.
Uber Eats was used by at least 15 million customers in the fourth quarter of last year and generated $3 billion in gross revenue in the first quarter of the year, Uber said. But Uber Eats shares most of that money with restaurants who supply the food and the drivers who deliver the meals. After those payouts, Uber said it would book at least $218 million in net revenue from Uber Eats, up from $183 million in the same period a year ago. But Uber said it tripled the amount of financial incentives for drivers to get that growth. Partly as a result of those costs, Uber Eats loses money.
To be sure, the technology underlying Nuro’s vehicles likely is years away from being reliable in complex driving scenarios, and its ability to produce vehicles at scale will take time too. (Nuro’s robot prototypes are narrower and shorter than a typical car and are monitored remotely by Nuro employees.) The company has been testing such vehicles, as well as using its autonomous driving software to power normal Toyota vehicles, in the suburban Phoenix area. The software frequently makes mistakes, said a person close to Nuro, as human backup drivers regularly take over the wheel of the Toyotas in order to prevent a potentially unsafe situation.
These challenges, which are common in the field, are part of the reason why Nuro and Uber are focused on automating only the first mile of deliveries rather than the full, several-mile-long delivery. The Uber document about the project is labeled as coming from the “Office of the CTO,” with Uber CTO Thuan Pham named alongside two Uber engineers, Waleed Kadous and Steven Choi. A spokesman for Uber did not make them available for comment and said the company would not comment.
Dave Ferguson, CEO of Nuro, said in an email: “While we have a great deal of respect for other companies in the delivery ecosystem, including Uber Eats, we have no existing partnership with them, nor any other information on partnerships right now.”
Based on the document regarding the proposed Uber-Nuro deal, the partnership does not appear to involve Uber’s own autonomous vehicle development unit, which is focused on trying to make robotaxis to aid Uber’s core business.
Robotaxi efforts, including Uber’s, have faced persistent technical problems and challenges in transporting human customers. (See: Waymo’s experience in Phoenix.) That’s why delivery companies and automated trucking firms, whose cargo isn’t human, have gotten more attention lately among investors and talent in the field.


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Agricultural equipment maker AGCO Corp will acquire Monsanto Co’s farm equipment business.
Trump bans transgender people from serving in the military.
Coca-Cola will replace Coke Zero in the U.S with another diet soda in an effort to hold onto consumers cutting back on sugary drinks.
Google launches its own artificial intelligence studio to foster machine intelligence startups.
Whole Foods’ sales slump, which eases Amazon’s takeover.
Wall Street was ready to write Twitter off, but its rebound surprises investors.
McKesson shareholders reject CEO’s pay package.
Angelina Jolie reveals she has Bell’s Palsy, a condition resulting from damage to facial nerves, which caused one side of her face to droop.
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EL Salvador Announces Bitcoin as Legal Tender
By: Shane Weston
September 13th, 2021
Cryptocurrencies continued its historic trend as El Salvador become the first country to claim bitcoin as its legal tender. On September 7th, the country began its official launch. After the announcement was leaked in June, the development led to the day being called "Bitcoin Day." Prior to this day, El Salvador purchased 400 Bitcoins which is worth an estimated $21 million and put out hundreds of bitcoin ATMs throughout the country.
While "Bitcoin Day" was highly publicized and showed strength for crypto assets moving forward, it was not all pretty for the price of Bitcoin (BTC). The market saw a steep decrease in its price that was caused by a wave of selling. Specifically, Bitcoin dropped by 15%, taking it to a price of $43,000. The lowest price we have seen in almost a month. The price did raise a little throughout the rest of the day but finished off hovering around $46,000. This was 9% lower than the day before Bitcoin Day. Not only was the price decrease a pitfall for Bitcoin, but El Salvador's e-wallet also had its issues. The e-wallet went offline for several hours causing users to not be able to download the app or sign up. It finally was restored later that day.
The rules regarding the legal tender have been presented clearly by the government. There are three main aspects in which Bitcoin can be used. The first aspect makes all businesses nationwide to accept Bitcoin as a formal payment. The law states, "any economic agent must accept bitcoin as a form of payment when it is offered by the person who acquires a good or service." The government is also allowing for its 6.5 million citizens to pay their taxes and any other debt in the form of their new national currency. In addition, if their citizens choose to convert to USD then they will not have to pay capital gains tax. Lastly, the ability to transfer cheaper with Bitcoin is an important motive for the country. El Salvador's economy generates nearly one third of its dollars from remittances.
There are lots of debates and controversy over the official launch of Bitcoin becoming a nation's currency. This includes the volatility and lack of economic fundamentals that have raised questions from other government leaders. Business owners also have to adapt to this as citizens will now be using this new payment. Clearly, the currency change for El Salvador may bring some headwind, but we should all look forward to future development of this historic event.


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Ground has been broken for a new shopping center at the intersection of the Highway 17 bypass and Highway 544 in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, said officials of its development company, Burroughs & Chapin Co. Inc. of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The project will be a 10,000 square-foot center near the existing South Strand Commons shopping center. Tenants in the new center will include national chains Panera Bread, EyeMart Express and MOD Pizza.
“The Myrtle Beach market is growing steadily, and we continue to focus on bringing in new and innovative businesses,” Patrick Walsh, SVP of asset management and commercial leasing with Burroughs & Chapin, said. “We’re thrilled to partner with successful brands like Panera Bread, MOD Pizza, and EyeMart Express, which have set the standard for quality and value in the fast casual restaurant and optical industries.”
The estimated construction completion date is fall of this year.


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The Chevy Colorado isn't a perfect compromise between big truck usability and car practicality, but it is awfully close.
The Toyota Tacoma is available with a reasonable level of dashboard technology, which is surprising for such a simple, brutal truck.
Technically Incorrect: If you're a tech company launching a new car buying site, it's best to show that you have the power. In this case, girl power.
The Colorado looks at home, whether in a field or outside your local big-box home improvement store.
The taxi-hailing app touts old-school cab hailing with new-school cashless payment.
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Cab app Hailo has hit the road to take on Uber with new features after quitting the US earlier this month.
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The ride-sharing giant's new safety advisory board along with other related efforts show the company is heeding security concerns.
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Fairfax Media’s Domain Group has acquired a 35 percent stake in Oneflare, an online marketplace for local services providers, for $15 million, valuing the startup at around $43 million. The startup last raised $3 million in July 2015.
Antony Catalano, CEO of Domain Group, which operates property listing website Domain.com.au, said the company is looking forward to pursuing the “significant opportunities and synergies” between the two businesses as they look to dominate Australia’s $100 billion local services market.
“Domain’s investment in Oneflare is part of our strategy to broaden our offering to consumers and agents across the property lifecycle, into home improvement and local trade services,” he said.
Adam Dong, founder and CEO of Oneflare, said the investment will deliver benefits for customers of both companies.
“The planned integration will allow Oneflare to help make moving house or renovating a new home much easier and more affordable for millions of Aussies, connecting them with skilled experts. The partnership will also allow us to provide our independently verified trade businesses with quality leads from Domain’s apps and platforms,” he said.
“Domain is a true leader in mobile product innovation and the investment and partnership will also accelerate our mobile-first strategy and continue to deliver a best-in-class product, sales, and support experience.”
Domain reports it has 4 million Australians using its apps and website to search for property monthly, while the Fairfax Media network itself reaches 13 million people each month.
The investment makes perfect sense for both Oneflare and Domain; their respective competitors hipages and News Corp property Realestate.com.au teamed up last year. News Corp acquired a 25 percent stake in the startup for a reported $40 million in December, putting its valuation at $160 million.
The reason why is easy to spot: Oneflare reports that it generated $450 million worth of jobs last year, with year-on-year growth of 160 percent across a number of home categories. It has 80,000 businesses registered across over 150 categories, going beyond the ‘tradie’ space to incorporate services such as photography, design, and accountancy. Hipages, on the other hand, has reported generating $1.35 billion worth of jobs annually.
The investments of both media companies in this space show they are eager to make up lost ground as revenue from their traditional properties continues to fall; the classifieds were one of the ‘rivers of gold’ of newspaper advertising until the internet took over.
Beyond just bringing back that revenue stream, potential integrations between the media companies and and the startups could be big moneymakers.
News Corp hinted at this potential in its Future Focused innovation showcase earlier this year, showing how its other assets such as DIAKRIT, which helps real estate agents and prospective home buyers visualise properties through 3D and rich media content, can work with hipages. For example, users thinking of renovating could receive quotes for a renovation through hipages directly from the VR experience.
Domain too has interesting things in the works, having hired a new head of product in March. The company stated that bringing on Asok Boopathy, who has held senior roles at BigCommerce and PayPal, reinforces its ‘startup-enterprise’ approach to technology and product development.
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NASA’s on a quest to invent steam-powered spaceships.
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Netflix may soon be getting an exclusive deal with DreamWorks for movie streaming. According to a Bloomberg source, the two companies have been in talks and are ready to finalize the deal as soon as this week. It’s believed that they are waiting for both companies to announce their quarterly earnings results before they announce the partnership.
Currently, DreamWorks has a deal with HBO that won’t expire until 2014. However, it’s reported that DreamWorks has been allowed out of the contract two years early, making it possible for them to make the switch to Netflix this year. But even so, access to DreamWorks content may not start until 2013. And although the addition of DreamWorks movies won’t be a significant amount of content, its films have been among the highest grossing and should be quite popular with Netflix subscribers.
This development will also help Netflix to further its streaming-only strategy, which it believes to be the future of its business. The company has recently split its DVD and streaming bundle, almost doubling the total subscription rate for customers to keep both services. Instead of $9.99 for the bundle, customers now have to pay $7.99 for each.


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A couple of months ago, ZTE announced the Nubia X6 phablet. This is ZTE’s current flagship smartphone and it packs some pretty impressive hardware under the hood while maintaining a somewhat decent price tag of around $500. This makes the device a pretty desirable handset in terms of it being value for money.
This is why we can’t say we’re too surprised to have learnt that ZTE has announced that the Nubia X6 has managed to be sold out in under 10 seconds. To be more specific, ZTE claims that the Nubia X6 sold out in an impressive 9.8 seconds. This would put them in competition with Xiaomi who also has the uncanny ability to sell out their initial stock of phones in a matter of seconds.
Unfortunately ZTE did not provide any specific numbers in terms of sales, so we’re not sure if they sold 1 unit in 9.8 seconds, 1,000 units in 9.8 seconds, 10,000 units, and so on, so we guess it’s not really a fair assessment to compare them against Xiaomi who managed sales of 100,000 units in a little over a minute.
The ZTE Nubia X6, for those who might have forgotten, packs a 6.4-inch Full HD display. It will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 801 quad-core chipset clocked at 2.5GHz with 3GB of RAM, 32/64/128GB storage options, dual SIM support, a 13MP rear-facing camera, a 13MP front-facing camera, and a sizeable 4,250mAh battery. ZTE expects the next batch of Nubia X6 handsets to be available come 27th of May in China.


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Ayukawa also called for a clear and stable policy framework by the government, saying a road map will be useful to plant capacities and align capital investments.
Of the 20 million units, 14.37 million vehicles are manufactured in Gurugram, while 5.62 million vehicles are from the Manesar facility.
The brand, previously available at the company's Nexa service workshops since September 2017, will now be offered across all Maruti Suzuki Arena workshops in India.
The company has reduced water consumption per vehicle manufactured by 6 per cent in 2017-18 at its manufacturing plants, compared to the previous year.
Repeated labour unrests at Manesar manufacturing facility had hit Maruti Suzuki’s market share. A few months before he joined in April 2013, a senior executive died during a labour agitation at the plant, and it had to suspend production for weeks.
Kenichi Ayukawa, MD & CEO said: "Since it's launched in 2005, Swift has been the country's favorite hatchback selling more than 1.8 million units. More spacious, it is loaded with new features that will thrill customers."
Of the $3 billion, almost $2.3 billion will be pumped in by listed unit Maruti Suzuki and the rest by manufacturing arm Suzuki Motor Gujarat.
The vehicle as Maruti's first electric vehicle will be launched in India in 2020.
The concept has been designed in-house and it integrates SUV features in a compact dimension.
Maruti Suzuki India could tie up with new-age technology firms to gear up for a future in which EVs, alternative fuels and other innovations shape the industry.
The statement comes at a time when the government is pushing for EV technology aggressively, and has asked companies to either work towards e-cars by 2030, or “be ready to be bulldozed”
The company and its parent, Suzuki Motor, are focusing on in-house capabilities but are also looking for partners to put in place the ecosystem for electric vehicles.
Anticipating a growing market in the next fiscal year, the company is investing heavily in product development and network expansion.
According to people in the know, the company is working on a plan to produce 1.90-1.94 million units for the next financial year, which would be a growth of 10 percent. At this pace, Maruti Suzuki is likely to attain 2 million output target almost a year ahead of plan.
Maruti MD & CEO Kenichi Ayukawa said the company, controlled by Japan’s Suzuki Motor, will “study” demands by a section of shareholders for a stock split, though he added that no affirmative step has been taken in this regard as yet.
Maruti Suzuki India is currently working on electric vehicles. The company expect to launch the first electric vehicle by 2020, RC Bhargava confirmed
Ayukawa said the company has fast-tracked the setting up of fresh capacity in Gujarat, plans to introduce new models and is doing amarket study on electric vehicles.


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Port of LA: Container Volumes Up 17.3%
The Port of Los Angeles has released its November 2013 cargo volumes. November overall volumes increased 17.3 percent compared to November 2012. The increase is due in part to larger vessels calling at the Port as well as improvement in the U.S. economy.
Imports increased 18.7 percent, from 288,273 Twenty-Foot Equivalent (TEU) containers in November 2012 to 342,247 TEUs this November. Exports jumped 23.3 percent, from 145,344 TEUs in November 2012 to 179,175 TEUs in November 2013.
Combined, total loaded imports and exports for November increased 20.2 percent, from 433,617 TEUs last November to 521,422 TEUs in November 2013. Factoring in empties, which increased 8.7percent year over year, overall November 2013 volumes (683,849 TEUs) increased 17.3 percent compared to November 2012 (582,981 TEUs). After 11 months of 2013, total container volumes (7,215,223) have decreased 3.7 percent compared to 2012 (7,489,560).


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STATESVILLE, N.C. (Jan. 24, 2017) – Love’s Travel Stops will extend its successful partnership with Front Row Motorsports into the 2017 season, joining Landon Cassill and the No. 34 team for 18 races in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
The familiar yellow and red colors of the Oklahoma City, Okla.-based company will return to the No. 34 Ford for a half-season schedule that includes the Daytona 500, both races at the company’s home track of Texas Motor Speedway, the spring race at Talladega Superspeedway and the Bristol Night Race.
The 2017 season will be the fifth straight season that Love’s has partnered with Front Row Motorsports. The company has progressively grown its NASCAR marketing program in partnership with the team over the past four seasons, incorporating its employees, customers and business partners into its success.
“2016 was a banner year for Love’s both on and off the track,” said Dave Frankenfield, vice president of marketing for Love’s Travel Stops. “We opened 47 new stores, more than 20 Truck Tire Care facilities and seven hotels across 20 states.
“We also had our best year in NASCAR with Front Row Motorsports earning a spot in The Chase. I am confident 2017 will bring more growth for Love’s and be another exciting year with Front Row putting Landon Cassill behind the wheel of the No. 34 Love’s Ford Fusion. We are also pleased with the series’ new title sponsor and will have our stores stocked with plenty of Monster Energy for race fans.”
Love’s Travel Stops is family-owned and operated with more than 400 locations in 40 states. During its 50-plus years of sharing the road with drivers, Love’s has grown to become one of America’s favorite travel stops offering clean, modern facilities stocked with fuel, food and supplies for travelers.
Cassill, a seven-year veteran in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and a popular social media figure, will expose the Love’s brand to an expanded audience of fans.
“I can’t wait to work with Love’s,” the 27-year-old Iowa native said. “They’ve been a great partner with Front Row over the years. I got to spend some time with them last year, so I already know they’re a great group. They use their program in a really smart way that’s good for their business, and I look forward to getting more involved with that. We’re going to have some fun.”
The Love’s Travel Stops Ford will make its first appearance of the year during Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway next month. The No. 34 team will compete in the Can-Am Duels, the qualifying races for the Daytona 500, on Thursday, Feb. 23. The Daytona 500 is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. ET and will air on FOX.
About Love’s Travel Stops:
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Founded in 1964, Love’s has more than 400 locations in 40 states. Love’s provides professional truck drivers and motorists with 24-hour access to clean and safe places to purchase gasoline, diesel fuel, travel items, electronics, snacks and more, as well as a selection of restaurant offerings. On-site Love’s Truck Tire Care centers offer roadside assistance, tire care and light mechanical services for professional truck drivers. Showers, CAT scales and other services for professional truck drivers are also available. Love’s, which remains family-owned and operated, employs more than 17,000 people. To learn more, visit www.loves.com.
About Front Row Motorsports:
Front Row Motorsports is a winning organization in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the premier division of NASCAR competition. The team was founded in 2004 and is owned by Tennessean Bob Jenkins. FRM fields two full-time entries, the No. 34 of Landon Cassill and the No. 38 of David Ragan, from its Statesville, N.C., headquarters just outside of Charlotte. The team’s partnership base includes organizations such as Ford Motor Company, Love's Travel Stops and CSX Transportation. Visit teamfrm.com and follow FRM on Twitter at @Team_FRM and on Facebook at facebook.com/FrontRowMotorsports.
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The technology developed at Fukuoka University is capable of recovering mechanical strength, particularly the toughness of plastic waste
Green Science Alliance has secured a license contract from Fukuoka University in Japan to further research and develop plastic waste recycling technology developed at the university.
The technology can recover the mechanical strength, particularly in the toughness of plastic waste, in a relatively simple and effective way, said the company.
Green Science Alliance said that the plastic waste recycling technology can be carried out in thermal recycling, material recycling, and chemical recycling processes.
Fukuoka University polymer physics professor Shigeru Yao has been working on plastic waste, especially PE and PP scraps.
According to Yao, plastic waste does not lose its mechanical strength due to the chemical breakdown of polymers, but due to changes in their internal crystal structure.
The mechanical strength of the plastic waste can be recovered by optimising the re-pelletising process.
Shigeru Yao, for the first time, theoretically and experimentally explained that the mechanical strength of plastic waste can be regenerated under certain processing conditions.
Furthermore, he developed a new kind of extruder that can reproduce the advanced plastic recycling technology at a reduced cost.
Green Science Alliance noted that usage of plastic pellets made from plastic waste was limited due to their mechanical weakness.
However, plastic pellets reprocessed using the new technology from Fukuoka University would create new plastic moulding products with enhanced mechanical strength.
Green Science Alliance has also installed a new extruder to carry out the technology in the company.
Furthermore, the company aims to become a large supplier of plastic pellets made from plastic waste, as part of its long-term business plan.
Recently, Green Science Alliance has unveiled biomass biodegradable resin pellet and its moulding products, made using Sargassum waste.
Sargassum is a seaweed found in the Caribbean Sea region and is increasingly growing due to global warming and the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest.


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18/11/2019 · The 2021 Mustang Mach-E will initially be available in three flavors. One is pure rear-drive with a single large traction motor on the rear axle. The Mustang Mach-E GT, Ford says, will accelerate like a Porsche 911 GTS—a 450-hp car we've tested hitting 60 mph in 3.1 seconds. Introducing the all new all-electric 2021 Mustang Mach-E SUV. Built from the Mustang heritage, the Mach-E has all the power and passion but zero emissions. Reserve the first-edition today!
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Australian biennial festival Next Wave has announced the return of Free Play, its day-long indie gaming conference that this year will see a keynote by Braid
developer Jonathan Blow, coming August 18th to Melbourne's Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
Free Play organizers say the conference caters to "independent and DIY game developers, creatively frustrated professionals, game development students, digital artists and new media academics."
Designed for "independent voices, small budget creators, and those who don’t fit the pre-packaged sales strategies," the conference provides a forum for Australia's indie developer scene to "share knowledge, showcase their work and initiate new projects."
At this year's keynote, Blow will discuss his forthcoming time-shifting platformer Braid
and talk about turning an idea into a functional prototype.
Interzone's Robert J Spencer will also provide a keynote on the "importance of independent games, and how they are crucial to the gaming industry as an art form."
In addition, the conference will offer a number of workshops given by industry experts, including sessions on sensor driven games, games and politics, how to succeed long-term in the gaming industry, how to run an independent gaming business and a session that teaches you how to create your own game in eight easy steps.
For registration information and to see the full program, visit the official Free Play 2007 website


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By Sandip Das
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has sold more than 2.37 million tonne (MT) of wheat from its stock in the open market through weekly e-auctions this fiscal so far thus curbing increase in retail prices, food ministry officials said.
On Wednesday, the corporation sold 0.19 MT of wheat, against 0.2 MT offered on the e-auction and target is to sell 5 MT of grain to the bulk buyers by end of the year.
The official said the weighted average selling price of wheat under open market sale scheme during August, 2023 was Rs 2,254.71/quintal, which has come down to Rs 2,220.17/quintal in the e-auction held on Wednesday.
Stating that the downward trend in weighted average selling price of wheat indicated cooling down of prices in open market, a food ministry note said ‘in each weekly e-auction conducted, the quantity sold has not crossed 90% of the quantity offered, which shows that sufficient stocks of wheat are being offered across the country.
Retail inflation in wheat declined to 7.93% last month from 9.3% in August because of the FCI selling surplus stock in the market to the bulk buyers.
Currently, FCI is selling 0.2 MT of wheat in the open market weekly from its stocks, which is likely to be increased to control prices.
In the beginning of the month, FCI had 24 MT of wheat against the buffer of 20.52 MT for October 1.
In August, to contain the rise in cereal prices, the government had announced the sale of 5 MT of wheat. Earlier food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra had stated that the government is considering several measures including cutting import duty on wheat.
In April 2019, India raised the duty to 40% from 30% as domestic prices had dropped, to discourage cheaper wheat imports.
Last month, the government reduced stock holding limits for wheat for traders, wholesalers and retailers to 2000 tonne from 3000 tonne, imposed three months back.
In the last couple of months, the government has announced a series of measures to check price rise including ban on the white rice exports, initiating open market sale of wheat, rice from central pool and the imposition of stock holding limits, a measure last initiated in 2008.
However, FCI could sell only 87,520 tonne of rice since July 5 in the open market through a weekly auction. Only 5000 tonne was sold to bulk buyers on Wednesday, against 0.36 MT offered for sales.
This article has been republished from The Financial Express


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Dhofar Global, in partnership with Kleen Purgatis, has launched a new range of chemical products for the Middle East cleaning and hygiene industry, which is expected to be worth AED3000bn
Tailored to F&B and housekeeping departments, the range consists of glass cleaner, multi-purpose cleaner, toilet cleaner, disinfectant cleaner and room deodorants in the first phase. Laundry products, on the other hand, encompass detergents for colored and fine textile, special additives, and stain solvents. The cleaning product range features general and sanitary cleaners. General cleaning includes surface, glass, and carpet and upholstery cleaners while sanitation products comprise basic cleaners, water closet cleaners, and room deodorants. Lastly, the floor care range consists of coating, wiping and maintenance products and liquid soaps for the hygiene segment.
Group CEO Chandan Singh said: “The Middle East’s cleaning and hygiene industry is witnessing unprecedented growth fueled by greater awareness among the community about cleanliness, sanitation and hygiene along with the economic boom and a growing population. Development of mega projects due to the expansion of hospitality, education and healthcare sectors has driven the industry within the UAE which is becoming more relevant as Expo 2020 draws closer. We have launched our new range of chemical products particularly for the hospitality industry, including hotels, restaurants and shopping malls and are on the lookout for state-of-the-art cleaning and hygiene products following an intensive industry survey. We are confident that our new chemical range will offer the best solution in cleaning and janitorial products and provide the best experience to our customers.”
Singh was joined at the launch by Michaela Budich, owner and member of the board, Kleen Purgatis; Dr. Benno Ronig, MD, Kleen Purgatis; Faleh Al Abri, group CEO, Dhofar Global; Michael Anthony, CEO, Dhofar Global; and Koshal Mundhra, group CFO, Dhofar Global.