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IN MARCH 2009, Johnson & Johnson sought a registration certificate in India to import and market its ASR (articular surface replacement) hip implants with an undertaking that it would “withdraw the product from the market in 48 hours” if it faces action from “any regulatory authority of any country”. In December that year, these “faulty” implants were withdrawn in Australia following an intervention by that country’s medical regulator.
Despite this undertaking, J&J did not inform the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), the Indian regulator, of the action in Australia. And when it finally did so, on March 8, 2010, it took the CDSCO another three years to officially cancel the India licence of the ASR implants.
In fact, on January 11, 2010, the regulator granted a fresh import licence to J&J after receiving another undertaking that it would recall the product if found faulty by a regulator in any other country. The ASR implants were globally recalled on August 24, 2010.
Documents accessed by The Indian Express show that the first undertaking, dated March 12, 2009, is contained in a “Power of Attorney” submitted by J&J’s subsidiary, DePuy Orthopaedics, to CDSCO and is signed by Sally Hunter, the then worldwide vice president (regulatory affairs), DePuy Orthopaedics.
The three-page document contains a set of 10 commitments. “We shall from time to time report for any administrative action taken due to adverse reaction, viz. market withdrawal regulatory restrictions, or cancellation of the authorisation and/or ‘not of standard quality’ report of any medical device pertaining to the Registration Certificate declared by any regulatory authority of any country where the medical device is marketed/sold or distributed. The dispatch and marketing of the medical device in such cases shall be stopped immediately…,” it states.
“The licensing authority may direct any further modification to this course of action, including the withdrawing of the medical device from the Indian market within 48 hours time period,” it states.
In the second undertaking to CDSCO, dated April 24, 2009 — carrying the seal of DePuy International Ltd, St Anthony’s Road, Beeston, Leeds, UK – the company reiterated that it would “withdraw the product from Indian market within 48 hours” if the product is found to be “not of standard quality” by any regulatory authority.
“We shall from time to time report for any adverse action and ‘not of standard quality’ report of any medical device…declared by any regulatory authority…the marketing and use of the medical device in such cases, shall be discontinued forthwith and the drugs shall be withdrawn from the Indian market within 48 hours period,” states the undertaking submitted under the mandatory Schedule D(I) of the Drugs and Cosmetic rules.
Responding to queries from The Indian Express, a J&J spokesperson said the company has been “fully transparent and furnished full information known to us at the time of making the renewal application in May 2009 in India”.
“The ASR recall was voluntarily initiated by DePuy worldwide and in India simultaneously on August 24, 2010. DePuy Australia made the decision to discontinue sale of the ASR Hip System in Australia because of declining demand. There was no recall in Australia in 2009. We immediately informed the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) about the voluntary recall in August 2010 and have kept the DCGI informed of all key actions and worked to provide Indian patients and surgeons with the information and support they need, in line with government requirements,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
Dr S Eswara Reddy, DCGI, did not respond to requests for comment from The Indian Express.
As The Indian Express reported on August 24, the firm informed CDSCO only on March 8, 2010, about the adverse findings on the ASR implants by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of Australia the previous year. Australia was the first country to take regulatory action to ensure the removal of DePuy’s ASR hip replacement implants from the market.
“The firm had applied for import licence on the basis of the registration certificate on 11 January, 2010. However, the fact the ASR was already recalled in Australia in December 2009, was not informed to the CDSCO even at the time of application for import licence. That the committee observes that there appears to be suppression of material facts by the firm to the CDSCO. This is construed as serious breach of a condition of approval,” states a report submitted by an expert committee set up by the Union Health Ministry.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Snyder's-Lance, Inc. (Nasdaq-GS: LNCE) today announced that the Company will present at the two following investor conferences.
Rick Puckett, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Deutsche Bank Global Consumer Conference being held in Paris. The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. CEST (6:00 a.m. EDT).
Carl Lee, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Jefferies 2016 Consumer Conference being held in Nantucket. The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. EDT.
The presentations will be audio webcast live on the investor relations section of Snyder's-Lance's website at www.snyderslance.com where the slide presentations will also be available for download. For those unable to participate during the live webcast, the replays will be available on the Company's website at the same location.
About Snyder's-Lance, Inc.
Snyder's-Lance, Inc., headquartered in Charlotte, NC, manufactures and markets snack foods throughout the United States and internationally. Snyder's-Lance's products include pretzels, sandwich crackers, pretzel crackers, potato chips, cookies, tortilla chips, restaurant style crackers, popcorn, nuts and other snacks. Products are sold under the Snyder's of Hanover®, Lance®, Kettle Brand®, KETTLE® Chips, Cape Cod®, Snack Factory® Pretzel Crisps®, Pop Secret®, Emerald®, Diamond of California®, Late July®, Krunchers!®, Tom's®, Archway®, Jays®, Stella D'oro®, Eatsmart Snacks™, O-Ke-Doke®, and other brand names along with a number of third party brands. Products are distributed nationally through grocery and mass merchandisers, convenience stores, club stores, food service outlets and other channels. For more information, visit the Company's corporate web site: www.snyderslance.com. LNCE-E
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November 16, 2007
A new survey out from the Virginia Farm Bureau shows two things. One, that Virginians will pay more than ever to make a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. And two, those of us in the Charlottesville area will pay more than anyone else in the state.
Friday afternoon shoppers were stocking up at the Giant on Pantops.
"We got the turkey, the stuffing, the cranberry sauce, and all the trimmings to go with the turkey," said Jackie Peters, as she loaded bags of groceries into the back of her van.
The Virginia Farm Bureau says prices are up more than five percent from last year. Higher energy prices, like the cost of gas to ship groceries, is one big reason.
"Every time we come, we spend more money each week," said Bill Peters. "I mean we just came in here for turkey and we spent $120 dollars, so it's a lot of money."
While all Virginians are expected to pay more, what might surprise you most is that the Charlottesville area is the most expensive in the state. The average price for a dinner for ten will set you back almost $50. Compare that to Wytheville, the cheapest place in the Commonwealth, where shoppers will pay about $20 less.
So local buyers are looking for deals.
"We were just walking around and saw the sales and decided we'd go ahead and get the stuff," said Jackie Peters.
As an example, take the price of turkey. In some parts of the state shoppers can find them for as little as 28 cents per pound. Even the best deals in the Charlottesville area are almost double that. Still, Charlottesville shoppers are unlikely to cut back.
"If it becomes too expensive to drive to work everyday, then maybe you'll get a more fuel efficient car, or you'll move closer to where you work," said Biff Beers as he left the grocery store. "But Thanksgiving- that's once a year. You just do the best you can."
Experts say shoppers might also be able to save a little cash by buying locally grown ingredients. Those products don't have to be transported to the grocery store.
And, though the clock is ticking, shoppers might even be able to find a turkey farm in their area. Virginia is the fourth-largest turkey producing state in the U.S.
Also, many of the major grocery chains in the area are running specials through the holiday.


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Jio Fiber Launch Date: Reliance JioFiber May finally launch in by March end. Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio might finally introduce the low-cost fiber broadband network called JioFiber, by the end of March. The service was rumoured to launch end of 2017 but that did not happen. Now, a report by telecomtalk suggests that the company may officially roll out JioFiber next month.
Jio Fiber Launch Date Confirmed? Reliance JioFiber May finally launch in March
Reliance Jio’s Fiber Preview offer has already been rolled out in select areas of Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Surat and Vadodara. Testing had begun in some select residential colonies in the city of Chennai in September 2016.
The details of the JioFiber service was previously leaked on Jio’s official website. At the time of the launch, Jio could offer 100GB of data per month at 100 Mbps speed for three months, which will be effectively free.


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SAVANNAH – Parker’s, an award-winning convenience store leader, recently donated $9,000 to Effingham County Public Schools as part of the company’s Fueling the Community charitable initiative.
Effingham Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Randy Shearouse accepted the donation on behalf of the school district at a special ceremony held at Springfield Elementary School in Springfield on May 24.
Parker’s donates a portion of every gallon of gas sold on the first Wednesday of each month to area schools through the Fueling the Community program.
PumpPal club members can select which school will receive the proceeds from their Fueling the Community gas purchase on the first Wednesday.
“Giving back to the community is part of the Parker’s DNA,” Parker’s Director of Operations Jeff Bush said. “We believe in the power of education and are delighted to support the teachers in Effingham County who support student success and transform lives in their classrooms every day.”
Parker’s originally launched its charitable initiative in 2011 and has donated money to public and private schools in every community where Parker’s does business.
The company operates 49 convenience stores in Georgia and South Carolina and completes more than 100,000 transactions daily.
Parker’s has been ranked on Inc.’s elite list of the top 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for four consecutive years.
The company currently operates 49 convenience stores across the region and employs nearly 1,000 individuals throughout Georgia and South Carolina.
Parker’s is dedicated to a superior customer experience and operates 49 convenience stores throughout southeast Georgia and South Carolina.
Headquartered in Savannah, Parker’s has a commitment to exceeding customer expectations and has been recognized as one of the nation’s pre-eminent convenience store and gourmet deli operators.
The company’s PumpPal loyalty program, which includes more than 125,000 members, has saved Parker’s customers more than $8.5 million.
Parker’s also gives back to every community where stores are located through the Fueling the Community Program, which donates a portion of the profit of every gallon of gas sold on the first Wednesday of the month to area schools.
In addition, the company endowed the Parker’s Emergency and Trauma Center at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, donates gas cards to benefit cancer patients, spearheads an Anti-Litter Campaign in Savannah and serves as the presenting sponsor for Picnic in the Park, a free outdoor concert held in Savannah every October.
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Does Ford Motor have a lemon on its hands? The company on Nov. 26 issued two recalls to address problems that could cause fires in its 2013 Escape SUV. The recall tally for the 2013 model of the hot-selling sport utility now totals seven, and may speak to a larger reliability problem for the No. 2 U.S. automaker.
The latest trouble comes a month after Ford ranked near last in a Consumer Reports ranking of auto manufacturers’ reliability. Of 31 Ford models in the survey, only one—the F-150 pickup truck—scored above average. The magazine said nearly two-thirds of the 34 Ford and Lincoln models it surveyed received scores that were “much worse than average.”
“Ford has kind of redone the entire product lineup very, very quickly, and they have redone the vehicles top to bottom,” says Jake Fisher, director of Consumer Reports auto testing. “Quite honestly, I think they bit off more than they can chew with so many new products with so many new pieces.”
In a statement, a Ford spokeswoman noted that the company is committed to manufacturing quality vehicles and “equally committed to addressing potential issues and responding quickly on behalf of our customers.” The spokeswoman says the recall is voluntary. “While we recognize the inconvenience recalls cause our customers, we believe they will appreciate these actions, which we are taking [on] their behalf to help ensure their safety,” the statement said.
The larger of the two recalls announced Tuesday covers nearly 140,000 Escapes with 1.6 liter engines. The company says cylinder heads can overheat and crack on that model and cause oil to leak, potentially starting a fire. Ford said it knew of 13 fires from the defect, but no reports of injuries. A similar problem led to a recall in December 2012 of more than 65,000 2013 Escapes and 15,000 Fusion sedans. The second recall covers about 9,500 of the same model to fix a fuel line that may have been installed incorrectly and could chafe, potentially leaking fuel in the engine compartment. Ironically, this recall appears to have been caused by an earlier fix done as part of a July 2012 recall of the Escape. Ford had told dealers to replace fuel lines, which may have been damaged. But incorrect installations might also have resulted in potential chafing.
The quality woes are an unwelcome turn at Ford, which has gotten rave reviews for the styling of its current car and truck lineup. The problems began several years ago after the company decided to refresh its entire line simultaneously as a way to top domestic rivals and were exacerbated by glitches in the MyFord Touch, the communications and entertainment system Ford co-developed with Microsoft. But Ford’s previous lineup of cars and trucks had one big advantage—reliability. “They were right up there with the Japanese because they had worked the bugs out,” Fisher said.


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The Meet The Folks Events (MTFE) has announced the first-ever consumer tourism fest and exhibition— ‘Meet 2 Travel’, to be held at the Pacific Mall, Tagore Garden in New Delhi from April 5-7. Sharing the details on the upcoming event, Vineet Gopal said, “MTFE has covered four major aspects of the industry, where everyone can meet, connect and network with new people and transact business. ‘Creating Business Network’ is our tagline.” Meet 2 Travel (M2T), a unit of the MTFE, is providing a platform for the travel companies to showcase their brand, services and products directly to their clients. In today’s time, sourcing new clients is one of the biggest challenges for organisations when the online travel agents (OTAs) are taking up a major market share. M2T, the state-of-the-art B2C exhibition, aims at providing helpful and successful solutions.”
Megha Mittal stated that with guaranteed return on investments and a 360° marketing strategy, M2T will bring travel companies, tour operators and other stakeholders of the tourism industry on a single platform over three days. “The exhibitors will get to meet and network with potential clients and customers and spearhead their business in the right direction. The event will take place on weekends to ensure a higher footfall,” she said.
On the sponsorship front, Manoj Babbar said, “This is a great platform for the Tourism Ministry, state tourism boards, international tourism boards and others to come on board as sponsors to showcase their tourism products to consumers through cultural performances.”


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A wind power project in waters off the Oregon coast took another step forward on Wednesday. It’s a project with loads of potential, but don’t get too excited yet – there’s still a long way to go before it’s a reality.
Are you ready to drive your Tesla Model S from San Diego, California to Vancouver, British Colombia? That’s the tantalizing possibility now that the electric vehicle company’s Supercharger Corridor along the West Coast is filled out enough that, staying to major roads, you could likely do it without breaking much of a sweat.
Those shrinking sticker prices on the Nissan Leaf appear to be having the intended effect – on the West Coast, especially.
Millions of tons of debris from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March is headed for the West Coast of the US.


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CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. reported strong results for the full year 2021, posting a net sales increase of 14% to $14.55 billion in 2021, and 3% to $3.62 billion in the fourth quarter.
- CEMEX’s operations in the United States reported net sales of $4.36 billion in 2021, an increase of 9%, and $1.09 billion in the fourth quarter, an increase of 8%.
- Net sales in Mexico increased 23% in 2021, to $3.47 billion, and 1% in the fourth quarter, to $841 million.
- CEMEX’s operations in the South, Central America and the Caribbean region, reported net sales of $1.57 billion in 2021, an increase of 16%, and $3.91 billion in the fourth quarter, an increase of 2%.
- In the Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia region, net sales increased by 10% in 2021, to $4.82 billion, and 1% in the fourth quarter, to $1.20 billion.
“We are very pleased to report exceptional financial and strategic performance during 2021, despite the unprecedented challenges from COVID and cost inflation. I am proud of our efforts, the organization, and how we responded to the unique circumstances of the year,” said Fernando A. González, CEO of CEMEX. “In 2021, under our Future in Action program, we accelerated our climate action ambition, establishing more aggressive 2030 decarbonization goals as well as a detailed plant by plant roadmap to reach the targets. With our enhanced roadmap in place, we achieved our lowest carbon emission level on record and our largest annual year over year decline. And we pushed the boundaries on innovation – introducing new sustainable products and developing breakthrough decarbonization technologies. Our performance gives me great confidence that we can reach not only our 2030 climate goal but also our Net Zero ambition.”
The company also said it has made material progress in its Working Smarter digital transformation initiative, through which the company is leveraging a combination of digital technologies, operative models and innovation from leading service suppliers to reshape its business-management services. Working Smarter is a pillar in CEMEX’s digital strategy alongside CEMEX Go, the industry’s first digital global platform.
Working Smarter will capture current and future opportunities to enhance business-management services worldwide. Services range from finance and accounting back office, information technology and human resources to commercial back- and middle-office services. The initiative brings all worldwide locations together into a unified CEMEX experience, supported by data analytics, artificial intelligence, and cognitive technologies to enrich the employee experience.


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At the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, a small amount of meat stem cells from a cow have been used to create thin strips of muscle tissue. Currently the strips produced are whitish pink or pinkish yellow in color, are less than an inch long, under half an inch wide and as thin as a credit card.
As Brian reported a few months ago researchers had previously planned to create a sausage from the tissue. They are now looking at producing a hamburger by October.Professor Mark Post, in charge of the team working on the project, presented his fake meat at an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting in February. He envisions that a small herd of 'donor' animals would contribute stem cells to producing quantities of synthetic meat. Currently, meat production, it has been estimated, is about 15% efficient - in other words, 100 pounds of resources are used to get 15 pounds of meat. Post estimated that in vitro meat would be about 50% efficient, though he didn't give figures on what the water footprint of the in vitro meat would be.
"Technologically, we can make small pieces of muscle and therefore meat," he told Swedish Ekot. "We are rapidly heading toward a meat crisis. Meat consumption is going to double in the next 40 years."
Post's group is hoping to have a hamburger ready by October, at a cost of about 250,000 Euros (approximately $330,000), funded by an anonymous donor. Post said at a news conference in Vancouver that he will ask a British celebrity chef, Heston Blumenthal, to cook it for an as yet unnamed test eater.
In meantime researcher Patrick Brown is taking a different approach. At AAAS he talked about his attempts to use plant residues to create a meat that would be pleasing to “the hardcore meat- and cheese-lovers who can’t imagine giving all this up.”
And at the USDA, researchers like KeShun Liu are proposing that high pressure extruders can use denatured vegetable proteins to make "meat analogs" that emerge from the extruders "as a wet muscle-like product" that have the appearance, taste and "mouth-feel" of a cooked meat. Oh, yum.
Post guesses it will still take more than 10 years for the artificial meat process to be scaled for mass production.


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Practical commercial deliveries will take off, albeit with intense regulatory control.
When Amazon made public i his plans to deliver packages with commercial drones six years ago, many skeptics scoffed at the news. It didn't seem safe or practical to have tiny robotic aircraft buzzing through the sky carrying Amazon items. Today, opinions have definitely changed, also because some packages have already been delivered by drones: life-saving drugs, small items, even food. In 2020 these activities will multiply.
There are several reasons to believe that drone deliveries may soon arrive in a city near you. The most obvious is that the technical barriers that hindered this reality are crumbling.
The main challenge, of course, is the concern that an autonomous parcel delivery drone could collide with a passenger plane. In 2020 it will be easier to ensure that this does not happen. In the USA, for example, from today 1 January the airplanes and helicopters are required to transmit their positions via radio with the ADS-B system. For its part DJI , the world's leading drone manufacturer, said it will equip any drone weighing more than 250 grams with the ability to receive ADS-B signals and notify nearby aircraft. DJI calls this function AIRSENSE . "It works very well", he claims Brendan schulman, vice president of DJI's politics and legal affairs.
It is clear that equipping an ADS-B Out radio system on each drone would send air traffic controllers into a tailspin. To overcome the problem there will be a passive identification system, which the American flight safety agency is developing right now.
This identification system will pave the way for parcel delivery and other operations even out of sight. We are already in the home straight for commercial drones carrying heavy loads. And a little further on will be the turn of drones that transport people.
Commercial drones: the state of mass market introduction
One of the few places where drones are already making commercial deliveries is Wake County, North Carolina. Since March 2019, commercial drones have been transporting medical samples to the hospital's campus in WakeMed. Last September, UPS Flight Forward, the subsidiary of UPS who is doing these drone flights, he has obtained formal certification as an air carrier.
The following month, Wing, a division of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, launched the first drone-based residential delivery service to start commercial operations in the United States, transporting small parcels from downtown Christiansburg, Virginia, to nearby neighborhoods.
These projects show that the idea of using drones to deliver packages is slowly but surely maturing.
"We operate this service five days a week, every hour", he claims Stuart Ginn, a former airline pilot who is now a surgeon at WakeMed. He was instrumental in bringing drone delivery into this hospital system.
At this time, the drone flying on WakeMed does not travel beyond the operators' field of view. But Ginn says he and the other project leaders should soon get FAA clearance to fly the packages to the hospital from a drone from a clinic located about 16 miles away.


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The 2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo® (NFR®) brings the best all-around cowboys to Las Vegas the first week of December for ten straight days of championship rodeo. While the events are happening in Las Vegas, NFR Viewers* around the country are gearing up for the action and Scarborough takes a peek.
You might assume that the NFR is popular in the West and Southwest, and you’d be correct. The top 10 markets for NFR Viewers in the past year are all west of the Mississippi River, running from Spokane, WA to Little Rock, AR. Las Vegas, the host city, is the third-ranked market for NFR Viewers, just behind Tulsa, OK and Albuquerque, NM. If we analyze by headcount, major markets come into play but remain west of the Mississippi, with the top three as Los Angeles, CA, Dallas and Houston, TX.
As pro rodeo fans sit down at home to watch the events, what food and drink are likely to be at hand? In the past week, 62 percent of NFR Viewers consumed regular soft drinks (13% more likely), 44 percent consumed fruit juice and 42 percent had a diet soft drink (8% more likely). In terms of adult beverages, 46 percent drank beer in the past month and whiskey consumption is popular, with NFR Viewers –more likely to drink Canadian bourbon and blended/rye whiskeys. To go with those beverages, packaged meat (75%), ice cream (65%), tortillas (13% more likely) and salsa (11% more likely) are all popular items consumed at home in the past month.
And what does that NFR Viewer household look like? Thirty-two percent have at least one child at home (that next generation of fans is always critical!), 70 percent will watch on their HDTV’s and half own a dog. They’ll certainly be sharing their opinions, as 40 percent social network online and 17 percent do so on their smartphones. And advertisers take note, as top products that NFR Viewers plan to buy in the next year include furniture (15%), mattresses (14%), major appliances (10%), RV/motor homes (134% more likely), satellite radio (119% more likely) and ATV’s (85% more likely).
The 2012 NFR in Vegas – cowboy up!
*Scarborough defines NFR Viewers* as those who have watched National Finals Rodeo (NFR) within the past 12 months
SOURCE: Scarborough USA+ Study, Release 1, 2012
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Longs Drugs to open new urban Honolulu store in June
Longs Drugs plans to open its new 24,000-square-foot store on S. King Street, across from McKinley High School in Makiki, in June, which would be the Rhode Island-based drug store chain’s first new urban Honolulu location in several years.
“After our Makiki store opens, we have several other store projects in the development pipeline for the next few years, but we are not announcing locations or the number of projects at this time,” Michael DeAngelis, a spokesman for Longs Drugs parent CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS), told PBN in an email.
The new Longs, which will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, plans to offer traditional Longs Drugs products and services, plus a CVS drive-through pharmacy. It is expected to hire 50 employees.
The redevelopment project included a demolition of the four-story King-McKinley building and a two-story building nearby, which were home to a mix of medical and dental offices, restaurants and other retailers, some of which had been there for decades.
Longs Drugs, which has operated in Hawaii since 1954, currently has 53 locations in the state.
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Cricket Wireless has been officially announced the Samsung Vitality. This Samsung handset is its second Android Gingerbread smartphone and would be launched soon (the carrier didn’t mention exact release date).
New Samsung Vitality smartphone is powered by an 800MHz processor, and bundled with a 4GB SanDisk memory card.
The Cricket Vitality is packs a 3.5-inch HVGA display, and 3.2MP camera. It is allows users get unlimited music downloads (Muve Music Smartphone Plan).
The price of Samsung Vitality could be $ 199.99 without contract.


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Danske Spil has begun rolling out its new player ID cards, switching all land-based betting to a digital system based on an account.
Initially, the ID card, called ‘Sikkert Spil’ (‘Safe Play’), was made accessible to stores selling Oddset and Tips services. The state-owned operator announced that the card would be made compulsory in its partner kiosks, supermarkets and petrol stations across the country, rolling out this October.
From 31 October, to verify their identity, all customers will be required to view the card, either via a mobile app or a physical card.
The director of Danske Licens Spil, Niels Erik Folmann, explained: “Over the years, we have developed more and more protection to ensure that children and young people under the age of 18 do not have access to our sports games.
“But we must unfortunately admit that we have not fully succeeded in the task. It is still too easy for minors to play in the shops, and therefore we are now introducing Safe Games.
“We hope that our many customers, who are used to playing in the shops, will welcome the new Game ID, which they will now start trying out. It will probably require a little getting used to at first, but we have made an effort to make a solution that is easy and quick to use. And by using the Game ID, we can together protect minors from gambling.”
In November 2019, the roll out of the cards was initially announced. Danske Spil reported at the time that 3,000 gamers will be forced to display the identification card to ensure that their games were not sold or exploited by criminals for money laundering to young people under 18.
Folmann reported in the latest update: “With Safe Play cards, we register who plays in the shops, and we can follow the cash flows. It offers some completely new opportunities to combat both money laundering and match-fixing, when we can follow the money all the way from kiosk to match.”
Folmann pointed out that, stating that the cards will ‘take some getting used to,’ they would not be able to avoid underage play and illegal activity entirely until other operators implement an account-based play scheme.
He concluded: “As long as there are game providers that make it possible to play anonymously, criminals will be able to fly under the radar. And at the same time, minors will still be able to play in shops. Therefore, we hope that it will become mandatory for all gaming providers that sell sports betting to introduce a gaming ID.”


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The Avalon Police Department recently made a donation of more than $3300 worth of household merchandise that was recovered during a police investigation during April, 2010. The items were donated to Habitat for Humanity, Cape May County, per the request of Avalon Mayor Martin Pagliughi.
“We appreciate the opportunity to help this great organization that provides homes for people in Cape May County who truly need it”, Pagliughi said. “Thanks to the hard work and diligence of the Avalon Police Department and the generosity of the vendors involved we are able to make a home more comfortable for a local family”.
The household items that were donated include a velour sofa, a six-drawer dresser, three night stands, a Dyson vacuum cleaner, and a waterbed frame and mattress. The items came from two vendors, Overstock.com and The Waterbed Doctor.
On April 27th, 2010 Avalon Police arrested a 39 year old Sea Isle City man on charges that he swindled more than $45,000 worth of merchandise through the unauthorized use of a credit card that belonged to an elderly Avalon resident. The suspect purchased the household items along with a holiday vacation, veterinary care, automobile insurance, and other items. Avalon Police contacted all of the vendors, and both Overstock.com and The Waterbed Doctor encouraged the Borough to donate the items to a worthwhile charitable organization.


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Frank Wissler is planning to open another deli, Frank and Sons Deli and Grocery, likely on July 11, at the former B & H Water’s Edge Deli, at 2 Centre in his home of Edgewater Park.
“We have a new person from our community with a signed lease that will afford us the opportunity to have a new deli,” confirmed Keith Freder, president of the EPOC board. “We are committed as a board to providing the shareholders with the service they deserve.”
The former B & H Water’s Edge Deli finally shut their doors after a nearly yearlong legal battle partially vindicated their claim on the store they occupied for eight years. The previous owners fought for the right to “sell their store,” meaning the various fixtures within.
Last summer, the Edgewater Park Owners Cooperative told the former deli owners they would not renew their lease past the end of 2007. This prompted a legal battle that gave the previous occupants and long-time residents of Edgewater Park, a stay in the store through May.
Now, officially moved out, the new leasee, Wissler, is currently in the process of renovating the deli by installing a new floor, equipment, and reconfiguring of the establishment. This is Wissler’s first business.
“We just got the keys to the store last week,” Wissler noted. “My first job was working in a deli. I have been working in my friend’s deli for years as a second income.”
Wissler, a retired Verizon worker, will work with his family on the venture. As part of the improvements he is making, Wissler requested permission from the EPOC board to install picnic tables and a cloth awning outside of the shop.
“I am excited to be in business,” Wissler stated about his first entrepreneurial experience. “This is something that I have always wanted to do.”
Now that the deli will once again be a place the community is proud of come July, the EPOC board hopes to make it clear they wish the previous owners all the best.
“The board on the whole doesn’t hold any ill will toward Betty Donato and David Haas – quite the contrary – we wish them well in their future endeavors,” Freder continued. “It just wasn’t a good representation of them as community members, or as a deli as a whole.”
Freder said since Donato and Hass are part of the Edgewater community, it complicated the purely business decision.
“In retrospect, we could have handled some things differently,” Freder stated about the standoff with B&H. “It is now time to start fresh.”


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Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson’s riding academy has trained more than 220,000 riders worldwide since 2010.
With the rebranding of the academy’s program and a project to teach folks to ride on a Harley-Davidson Street 500, along with the launch of the company’s US military rider training initiative, the brand has grown its rider training by 25 per cent since last year.
Harley believes the growth is key to its sales fortunes because, in order to persuade people to buy its products, they first need to fall in love with riding them.
Fright Fest at Six Flags Magic Mountain has been voted the best theme park Halloween event in the country by readers of USA Today, followed closely by Six Flags Great Adventure.
Soda brand 7-Up is struggling because parent company Dr Pepper Snapple Group has decided to focus more on its Sun-Drop brand. After all, there’s only so much shelf space at the grocery store.
“No question 7UP is opportunity,” says company chief financial officer Marty Ellen.
“It’s not performed where we wanted it to. It’s not performed to the level relative to the investment we put behind it, but that’s what we’ve got to figure out.”
Financial powerhouse Bank Of America is scaling down its physical stores as so many people are turning to its virtual ones.
The bank’s branch count has gone down by more than 500 from a high of 6,100 in the fourth quarter of 2007.
Meanwhile BOA has 18.2 million mobile banking customers, a number that’s growing by 5,000 every single day.
Each year, 91 per cent of Costco members in the USA renew their cards. The warehouse now has 44.6 million member households, which is up from 43.7 million 16 weeks ago.
Including additional cards, total cardholders out there stand at 81.3 million, up from 79.6 million on this time last year.
Baseball bat makers are gearing up for a spike in sales. Governing body USA Baseball’s new bat standards covering players younger than 15 are due to take effect in January 2018. All baseball teams governed by USA Baseball, with the exception of United States Specialty Sports Association, must use bats compliant with the new standard.
The standard has been adopted to make aluminum and composite bats deliver ball exit speeds that are similar to those produced by wooden bats.
National Collegiate Athletic Association began using a similar standard in 2011, with high-school baseball following suit in 2012.
Spice maker McCormick & Company says more than 70 per cent of its McCormick brand spices, herbs and extracts in the USA will be produced from non-genetically-modified organisms within one year.
Appearing on retail shelves right now is its first product to carry the non-GMO designation, vanilla extract.
By the end of next year, 80 per cent of the company’s gourmet line will be organic, up from 10 per cent today.
Six of the 10 top-selling microwave popcorn brands are from Pop Secret.
This month, California Walnut Board will launch its first TV campaign promoting walnuts’ versatility as a recipe ingredient.
Fast-food specialist Chili’s dining chain has moved into its 31st country by opening an outlet in Tunisia.
Navigation brand TomTom has announced a partnership with Pon, Volkswagen and Porsche into
Under the partnership, TomTom is developing and implementing systems for the connected car and making information about the car such as engine status, maintenance information, fuel consumption and driver behavior available to drivers, who can share that information with others, including dealerships.
Potatoes exploding out of the pot
KETTLE CHIPS’ parent company, Diamond Foods, says 67 per cent of buyers of the snack buy them again. Now, the company is launching of a new brand of vegetable chips, called Kettle Uprooted, which will initially consist of two varieties.
At the same time, Kettle is introducing a line of alternative oil chips with flavor-infused salts, taking advantage of a recent culinary trend. The lineup will initially consist of three varieties, all made with avocado oil.
Finally, Kettle plans to expand its organic-chip lineup to include new flavors and a multi-pack.


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Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday reiterated that the export-reliant South Korean economy would take a hit from the slowing growth in Chinese economy, intensifying U.S.-China trade war, and potential auto tariffs by the United States but ensured the country’s economic fundamentals remain intact.
In a media briefing on Tuesday, Christian de Guzman, Moody’s vice president and senior credit officer, said that Korea’s economy that depends highly on exports is facing with a great challenge of softening demand for Korean products abroad.
In particular, the slowdown in China’s economic growth poses a big threat to Asia’s fourth biggest economy because the neighboring country is Korea’s biggest trading partner. de Guzman explained that China imports not only intermediary goods but also final goods that can be consumed in the country, which means that if demand shrinks in China, so will China’s imports.
Korea would be also hit by the escalating trade tensions between its two biggest trading partners the U.S. and China and the U.S.’s potential tariffs on imported cars, the analyst said. Korea, Japan, Germany, Mexico, and Canada are most vulnerable to heavy duties on car imports to the U.S., but Korea will most likely be exempted from the auto tariffs, he expected.
Reflecting such downside risks, Moody’s Investors Service in March cut its growth outlook on Korea’s economy to 2.1 percent this year and 2.2 percent in 2020 – lower than its respective estimates of 2.3 percent and 2.5 percent in November last year.
de Guzman, however, expected Korea’s economy would regain momentum later this year because the government’s proposed fiscal policy could be a positive factor to overall growth, and an anticipated turnaround in technology companies’ earnings in the second half of this year could lead to a rise in demand for Korean semiconductors, the country’s mainstay export item.
“We still think that Korea’s strong economic fundamentals remain intact,” he said. “Current negative economic trends are largely cyclical in nature.”
In Moody’s view, “Korea’s medium-term growth performance still exceeds that of other countries with similar ratings” despite the country’s demographic issues including the rapidly aging population and labor market issues.
Korea is also expected absorb external shocks, thanks to its diverse economy, structural account surpluses, a net external creditor position and a favorable debt structure.
When it comes to Korea’s monetary policy, de Guzman expected the Korean government would remain accommodative as inflation remains low and it has not reached near the target inflation rate.
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Software development tools company Embarcadero Technologies Inc. today announced survey results that indicate 2015 will be a big year for developing business-related Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) blasted the "outrageous" and "onerous" Apple Developer Agreement in explaining why the civil liberties organization won't have an app on the Apple App Store.
Meet the new year, same as the old year -- at least in terms of what technology niches are most likely to see the largest salary increases for software developers.
Trade shows, jobs reports, developer surveys and industry analysts all point to connected device development for the Internet of Things as being one of the hottest niches in mobile development for the coming year.
Traditional Windows toolmaker Syncfusion has for the first time added Android and iOS controls to its flagship studio product.
It might be a bit early to proclaim 2015 the "Year of WebRTC," but the nascent Web Real-Time Communication technology seems to be gaining significant traction early on.
Applause has provided app quality stats for the health and fitness industry, one of the hottest areas of mobile development, to guide coders.
Microsoft, still struggling as a distant No. 3 in the mobile app OS wars, provided statistics about its Windows Phone Store app downloads and offered tips to developers to maximize success.
From traditional coding with Java in the venerable Eclipse IDE, the new normal for Android app development may soon be programming with the young Go language in the brand-new Android Studio.
A new survey shows problems with UI development cause project delays and cancelations and poor user adoption for apps that do get published.
For months Google had warned Android developers that the official IDE for programming in Java against its popular mobile OS would eventually become its own Android Studio, supplanting the venerable Eclipse IDE and its Android Developer Tools (ADT) plug-in -- and that day came yesterday.
Besides coding and monetization, a third key component of mobile app success has lately been gaining increasing attention in the development industry: analytics
Mobile development tool maker AppGyver yesterday introduced a new framework called Supersonic that the company claims achieves the Holy Grail of advanced HTML5-based hybrid apps: performance parity with native apps.
Ongoing security vulnerabilities on the Android mobile platform are still plaguing developers, and the bad guys are even making inroads on iOS attacks, according to a new report from Trend Micro Inc.
Facing a crucible of providing more sophisticated apps in shorter cycles, mobile front-end developers will be forced to rely on composition -- using prebuilt code components instead of coding all functionality from scratch, according to predictions from analyst firm Forrester Research Inc.
The Microsoft Open Technologies group has released an initial preview of a new plugin for JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA Java IDE and the open-source Android Studio IDE.
The new HP Mobile Center integrates with the company's application lifecycle management (ALM) tools to provide on-premises mobile app testing in real-world networking conditions on actual devices.
With app management platforms proliferating in the new mobile-first era, Sencha Inc. has added some new twists to its offering such as including desktop applications in the mix and addressing the "Android fragmentation" problem with its Web-based cross-platform approach.
Cross-platform UI toolmaker Infragistics has released an update of its Ultimate toolkit that includes new and expanded features aimed at developers building "Microsoft Office-inspired," touch-enabled, high-performance business apps.
The latest mobile development survey from Appcelerator Inc. shows a "sometimes dramatic" disconnect between the realities of coders on the front lines compared with those of IT decision makers, especially concerning the areas of project ownership and tools used.


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Rising energy costs, logistic challenges and supply chain disruptions are dramatically shaping the EU feed industry.
In our interview with Bernhard Dahmen, we explore how producers adapt to the challenges and how the EU government is responding to provide guidance and solutions for more sustainable local production efforts.
The immediate effects [caused by the war in Ukraine] materialized as people reacted to the news and were concerned about price increases. Questions and insecurities around supply chain management arose.
And now the effects are to be felt on logistics because while we’re undertaking huge efforts to support the movement of commodities coming out of Ukraine, unfortunately, the quantity of trains and trucks available in Europe is not sufficient to satisfy all needs.
Moving on to the high energy crisis that the war has brought upon us, this is now having a stark impact on processing plants, which are struggling with such high energy costs. Processes such as drying for feed are no longer viable.
Drying requires electricity and has become too expensive and, as is the case for many products, market prices don’t provide much of a profit.
Therefore many producers in any type of industrial production of agricultural commodities are switching from dried to liquid products.
This switch from dried to liquid is changing the global market.
All geopolitical decisions that have been taken since the war started in Ukraine have affected Europe tremendously. Because, as I said earlier in the panel discussion [at the Global Grain event], we’re now looking at a second crop coming to Europe.
As Ukraine has not been able to export much of its products via vessel, great quantities are being delivered into the heartland of the EU. A lot of these products would normally go to different destinations. We’re getting a second corn crop. A second wheat crop is going to Italy, Romania, Hungary, Germany and Poland. Part of the imports will stay in these countries, and the other part is intended for other destinations.
All agricultural commodities processed in industrial plants that need a lot of drying are affected.
Due to high energy costs drying becomes less and less economical, and so, as I said before, the industry is still uncertain about this kind of processing. Energy costs are so high, in fact, that a lot of industries are considering processing their products through biomethanation as an alternative. This could reduce some of the types of products available in Europe, for example, gluten.
Wheat gluten is one of the commodities most affected because it requires a lot of energy in order to dry.
Of course, it will continue to be produced to some extent, despite the high energy costs, but it will have a lower value for producers. And here’s where we’ll see an immediate change. Producers will have to vet whether it is more viable to process through biomethanation and save on energy supply or whether to dry products and sell them as a dried co-product or animal feed.
The EU has outlined a protein plan to incentivize the growth of protein feed within the EU, for instance, soybeans. Soybean yields are being encouraged in every region.
In addition, there’s a push to have more plants per acreage and to diversify. For instance, our group, Südzucker Group, has now taken on board the planting of fava beans. These are a strong protein source and have a very important function as meat replacers.
These changes are ongoing as the EU is trying to incentivize farmers to plant more and diversify.
So, I would say there’s a lot of effort in planning for sustainability by the EU. Whether or not this will be successful is difficult to say because, in the case of proteins, for instance, much will depend on global prices. But we’re expecting more plans to be outlined by the EU.
It’ll be difficult to intensify planting for the 2022-23 season. It is something that moves slowly, I think.
What will bring the biggest impact to European markets in the 2022-23 season is that wasteland can now be used to grow grain. So that means more acreage for people to plant wheat, corn, etc. That may help to have a bigger supply of grains.
When it comes to protein plants, there’s a longer-term plan. Farmers are incentivized to grow new plants or other varieties to make up for our deficiencies in the EU.
If you’d like to find out more about animal feed and protein market trends, join our upcoming Global Grain and Animal feed event in Singapore. Click here for more details.


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Fans of the Jeep Grand Wagoneer have been dancing around as if Christmas came in July since the announcement the Fiat Chrysler planned to bring the nameplate back; however, details have been sparse until now.
When the beast returns in 2019, the new model will come in two trim lines: Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer. To ensure that everyone understands it will be a cut above – and a separate vehicle – the Grand Cherokee, Jeep boss Mike Manley elaborated a bit on what to expect in the future.
“The Wagoneer name represents, historically, the pinnacle of premium for the Jeep world,” Manley said to the Automotive News. “But in the same way as you may have an Overland and a Summit, you have different trim levels.
“So you could imagine the use of Wagoneer to denote a really premium vehicle, and Grand Wagoneer takes it to the very next level. If you were to use that as your naming strategy, that’s exactly how I would use the trims.”
The new model will be built on the same platform as the Grand Cherokee, but expect a larger and more luxurious vehicle, especially the Grand Wagoneer. Discontinued after a decades-long run in 1991, FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne green-lighted its return after seeing competitor after competitor roll out high-end luxury sport utilities … and the huge profits they bring with them.
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“When I see a Range Rover on the street, my blood boils, because we should be able to do a thing like that,” Marchionne said last year when he confirmed the long-rumored return of the Wagoneer. “And we will.”
Marchionne’s vision puts the new Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer on the same plateau as the Land Rover Range Rover as well as the Cadillac Escalade, Mercedes-Benz GLS and Lincoln Navigator, which is due for a major redesign next year.
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It will compete on price too. It’s certainly going to be pricier than a pimped out Grand Cherokee that tops out north of $65,000 in SRT trim right now, although the “base” Wagoneer will likely start at a price then high-end Grand Cherokee range. The Grand Wagoneer should be expected to rival the $85,000 Range Rover.
Marchionne previously noted that the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer will be built at the Warren Truck Assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan. The company is moving the current vehicle produced there, the Ram 1500, to the Sterling Heights Assembly plant in 2018.
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The Wagoneer’s entry comes as part of a refocusing of the FCA product line-up that moves car production out of the United States, allowing for more SUVs and crossovers to be built here. The Jeep line-up is expected to see a new Wrangler debuting in 2018 as well as the possibility of a model smaller than the recently introduced Renegade, according to Manley.


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ANDD BEMOANS CLOSURE OF INVESTRUST BANK
….there is need to address the high cost of doing business to change the country’s economic narrative
Lusaka… Wednesday April 3, 2024 (SMART EAGLES)
The Advocates For National Development and Democracy (ANDD) says it has received the news of the takeover of Investrust Bank by the Bank of Zambia with a heavy heart.
ANDD Executive Director Samuel Banda says his organizion is saddened saying the development has come at a time when the country’s economy is in distress with people struggling to make ends meet.
“For us and all stakeholders, the closure of Investrust will affect everyone in the economic value chain as people will lose employment amidst the high unemployment levels coupled with the high cost of living and doing business,” he said.
“We inevitably expect more business entities to collapse if the Government doesn’t implement sound economic policies that will promote business growth and stability. The Bank of Zambia equally has to intervene with sound economic policies as opposed to current policies that are detrimental to our domestic business environment.”
Mr Banda indicated that with no regard to challenges of capitalization, market share and profitability of local financial institutions, Bank of Zambia has been consistently increasing the statutory reserve ratio, which is detrimental to the growth of local financial institutions.
“The Bank of Zambia has also been increasing the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), almost every 3 months which has effectively reduced the customer base for most banks, negatively affecting their liquidity and profitability. As ANDD, we urge the Ministry of Finance and Bank of Zambia to formulate and implement sound economic policies that will create a conducive business environment to support business growth and financial stability as well as boost commerce and trade if we are to grow our domestic economy,” he stated.


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Vietnam Trade Office in Hong Kong Joins booth at Food Expo
Hong Kong's 33rd Food Expo opened in Wanchai on Thursday at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (China), showcasing the latest culinary trends from 20 countries and regions. Cooking demonstrations, master classes, seminars and celebrity chefs are on the menu at the first fair since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Several Vietnamese specialties are on display at Hong Kong Food Expo 2023 which is taking place from August 17-21, VNA reported.
Dao Thi Kim Hoa, CEO of the Vietnam Cashew Nut Processing Technology Joint Stock Company CPT, in Binh Phuoc province, said this is the first time the company has participated in this fair.
It is an opportunity for her company to expand its export market and increase the capacity of the factory, she said, adding that it is expected to create more employment for local farmers and their workers as well as bring safe products for consumers.
|Vu Thi Thuy, head of Vietnam Trade Office in Hong Kong (first, left) introduces Vietnamese products to visitors. Photo: VNA|
Vu Thi Thuy, head of the Vietnam Trade Office in Hong Kong, said that Vietnamese businesses are interested in the Hong Kong market, thereby introducing their products to the regional market.
Every year, the Consulate General in Hong Kong has a booth to introduce typical Vietnamese products, Thuy said, adding that the Trade Office encourages Vietnamese businesses, who are interested in but yet to come to the fair, to send samples and catalogs of their products to exhibit.
Hong Kong Food Expo 2023 is among five trade fairs that was opened on August 17 by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). The fairs, namely Hong Kong Food Expo 2023, Home Delights Expo, Beauty & Wellness Expo and Hong Kong International Tea Fair, saw the participation of over 1,800 exhibitors from 24 countries and territories worldwide.
As one of the most important events in the food industry in Hong Kong, the Food Expo brings together leading food exporters and importers in the world and region. It aims to help enterprises have more opportunities to exchange and do market research.
|Visitors at the Hong Kong Food Expo 2023 kicked off at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Source: Queen Food - Only Nature|
|Hong Kong's 33rd Food Expo opened in Wanchai on Thursday, showcasing the latest culinary trends from 20 countries and regions.|
Vietnam has always been in the top 10 largest trading partners of Hong Kong.
During the 2017-2021 period, trade between Vietnam and Hong Kong grew 11.8% each year. In 2021 alone, the value reached HKD 220 billion (USD 28.1 billion), up 19% year-on-year.
The total import-export turnover between the two sides in 2022 neared USD 10.9 billion, down 6% compared to 2021. In the first three months of 2023, the trade turnover reached USD 2.5 billion, down 28% over the same period last year.
In April, a conference was held in Hong Kong to tighten relations between rice businesses from Vietnam and Hong Kong as well as promote Vietnamese high-quality rice in the market.
Hong Kong is one of the traditional niche markets of Vietnamese specialty rice with modest consumption volume but stable purchasing power over the years. By the end of March 2023, Vietnam exported more than 16,000 tonnes to Honh Kong, approximately the same period last year.
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Liujiu Finance reported on Wednesday that it had learned from investors that Chinese electric vehicle startup Hozon Auto may launch its IPO on the Hong Kong Exchange stock in the third and fourth quarters of 2022.
According to the report, Hozon Auto is now carrying out a new round of financing, with a pre-investment valuation of about 22 billion yuan ($3.46 billion). In this round of financing, CATL, Qihoo 360, Shenwan Hongyuan and Aplus Capital led the investment with more than 8 billion yuan. Before the IPO in the next year, Hozon Auto may conduct two more rounds of financing. Hozon Auto responded to the news, saying that “the company didn’t receive relevant news yet”.
However, the investor mentioned above also revealed that Hozon Auto’s main market is currently in Chinese counties but is beginning to explore Southeast Asian and African markets. These markets are still regarded as the blue ocean in terms of market opportunities and the company may benefit from these markets by avoiding direct competition with other big name players within the next 3-5 years.
According to public information, Hozon Auto announced the completion of D1 round financing worth 4 billion yuan in October this year. This round of financing was led by Qihoo 360 with an investment of 2 billion yuan, followed by many well-known investment institutions such as CCB International, CITIC Securities, Shenwan Hongyuan Securities (H.K.), and GF Venture Capital. The next round of financing for Hozon Auto is also now underway. At present, Qihoo 360 has invested in Hozon Auto for two consecutive rounds, with a total amount of 2.9 billion yuan.
In October, Hozon Auto delivered more than 8,000 units which was second only to Xpeng Motors and Li Auto but surpassed NIO. In November, the delivery volume of Hozon Auto exceeded 10,000 for the first time, ranking fourth among the new companies in the new energy space.
By the end of November, Hozon Auto had delivered a total of 59,547 vehicles this year, with a total delivery volume of 85,850 since its establishment.


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Cricket Wireless, the prepaid brand of America’s second largest wireless carrier, AT&T Mobility, has announced the launch of its very own rewards program dubbed ‘Cricket Rewards’ that is believed to be the first of its kind from a prepaid carrier in the country, at least according to the press release from the company. As part of the newly-announced program, customers will also be able to earn credits for completing various in-app offers from its marketing partners, which can then be redeemed either through gift cards or by entering sweepstakes or making donations for charitable causes. The offers can be accessed either through the company’s official website, or through its in-house mobile apps like ‘MyCricket’ and ‘Cricket Rewards’. The carrier says, it has tied up with SessionM’s Mobile Marketing Cloud and mPLUS Rewards for bringing the rewards program to its customers.
The company has further announced that the program is not exclusive to its own customers either. Mobile users who’re not with Cricket will also apparently be able to sign-up with the ‘Cricket Rewards’ app for the rewards program, with the only caveat being, they will not be earning as many rewards points as the carrier’s own customers. While the program is only being officially launched now, it was being tested for the last few months already. According to the executive director of marketing at Cricket, Mr. Keith Schumann, the newly-launched initiative will provide “an opportunity for our customers to engage us in a new and interesting way”.
As for the various ways to earn rewards points, Cricket has announced that people signing up with the program will start earning credits just by opening an account. From there on, they can check into local Cricket retail stores or national retail partners, add AutoPay and make timely payments to get more credit points. As the carrier has signed up with mPlus Rewards, signatories to the program will have access to “more than 1500 mPlus Rewards-powered applications”, through which, they’ll be able to earn further reward points. The apps include The Weather Channel, TMZ, MovieFone, Wheel of Fortune, Dragons: Rise of Berk and Office Zombie, among numerous other well-known applications.
Users will be able to redeem their rewards at AMC Movie theaters, Amazon, GameStop, Old Navy, Sears, Target and other popular stores. They’ll also be able to enter a newly-launched new $25,000 Selfie Sweepstakes. As mentioned earlier, rewards points can also be redeemed by making charitable donations to a number of organizations like American Heart Association, ASPCA, Make-a-Wish Foundation etc.


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The plan for an outdoor beer garden serving suds from a converted shipping container in Centennial Park will be allowed to ferment a little longer.
Council shelved the idea for a second time last week, saying it wants to see the city’s Parks and Recreation Master Plan completed first.
A numbered company has proposed a casual outdoor beer garden on the former MacLean Centre grounds, with a food truck, an area for garden games and a bar serving alcohol from a modified Sea Can.
The site already has a 20-space parking lot, nearby washrooms and picnic tables.
Councillors said it was premature to grant approval now before the master plan is done or a possible request for proposals is issued.
Two objections were raised. An organizer with Artzcape by the Bay was concerned the beer garden could impinge on its event space, and a nearby apartment dweller said people drinking in the park every day could create noise and other problems.


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As Apple and Samsung continue to battle over product design, a possible new tablet has popped up in HP's marketing fluff with an intriguing look (see those tapered edges?! SEE?!). But considering that a successful tablet design is one with as little weight and volume around the screen as possible, is there still room for a design that's not only original, but visually exciting?
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3D printer manufacturer Stratasys has published its first sustainability report outlining its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activities regarding 3D printing climate action and social impact.
With the report, the company has underlined its commitment to achieving more sustainable ‘mindful manufacturing’ through additive manufacturing, particularly in regards to designing for responsible production and consumption and renewable energy projects.
“I believe that global manufacturing is at a crossroads,” said Stratasys CEO Yoav Zeif. “Due to growing pressure to address supply chain challenges and energy efficiency needs, 3D printing is increasingly being explored to meet such business goals.
“I believe that during 2022 and into the next decade, rapid growth in the adoption of manufacturing-scale 3D printing will bring additional innovation to the market, improve supply chains and reduce environmental impact.”
Stratasys’ sustainability goals
Last year, the company formally established its Stratasys Sustainability function and outlined its commitment to achieving circular economy processes, climate action, and social change within the 3D printing sector.
To oversee the implementation of its sustainability agenda, Stratasys hired Rosa Coblens as its Vice President of Sustainability. Coblens is leading the firm’s efforts to meet several of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely responsible consumption and production, innovation and infrastructure, taking climate action, and ensuring the delivery of quality education.
Stratasys has also joined the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA) as a founding member, of which Coblens now serves on the Board of Directors. The AMGTA was co-founded in 2019 by Sintavia, Taito Nippon Sanso Corporation and QC Laboratories, with the core aim of promoting the green credentials of 3D printing and advancing sustainability within the industry.
Since then, the likes of GE Additive, Materialise, Siemens Digital Industries, and EOS have been selected to join the association and promote the environmental benefits of 3D printing in favor of traditional manufacturing processes.
Stratasys’ sustainability report
The company’s inaugural sustainability report provides benchmarks for its future ESG targets and outlines current initiatives underway to achieve more mindful manufacturing within the 3D printing sector.
Mindful manufacturing, according to Stratasys, involves the thoughtful redesign of processes, parts and supply chains through leveraging 3D printing across the product lifecycle to maximize sustainability over time. In particular, the firm’s ESG targets focus on design for responsible production and consumption, transparency, people-first initiatives, social impact programs, renewable energy projects, quality education, industry innovation, and climate action.
“With growing adoption, advanced software platforms, and collaboration with industry-leading customers around the world, the Stratasys portfolio will continue to provide transformative technology to support the factory of the future,” said Zeif. “Together with our corporate purpose of empowering people to create without limits for an economical, personalized, and sustainable world, this report reflects our deep commitment to a comprehensive, industry-leading ESG strategy.”
Throughout the manufacturing sector, there is growing recognition of the potential for 3D printing to achieve environmental goals by reducing energy consumption and waste. According to the US Department of Energy (DoE), when compared to traditional manufacturing methods like CNC, additive manufacturing can reduce materials costs and waste by almost 90 percent, while lowering energy consumption by up to 50 percent.
Stratasys has also observed a growing interest in lightweight polymer parts for sectors such as aerospace, which are designed to improve fuel economy without compromising durability and reliability. As a result, the firm estimates that by the end of 2025, the polymer 3D printing market in aviation alone will grow at an annual growth rate of 18 percent to $1.6 billion.
The report states that while 3D printing is touted as being more environmentally friendly than traditional manufacturing processes, this is not frequently measured. To address this, the company has committed to co-creating the research and case studies needed to bring the data and proof points to the forefront to demonstrate the sustainability of 3D printing.
Within its report, Stratasys also outlines its intention to position additive manufacturing at the forefront of localized manufacturing on a global scale. The firm identifies a need for more agile, shorter supply chains in sectors such as automotive, alongside 3D printing-enabled on-site production, digital networks, and virtual inventories.
The report reiterated the company’s commitment to addressing the four SDGs it outlined upon launching its Stratasys Sustainability function last year. The firm is currently exploring how additive manufacturing can achieve more responsible production through reduced waste, reused materials, and recycled packaging, and is also working to reduce its carbon footprint and that of its customers as part of its climate action pledge.
Addressing quality education, Stratasys is partnering with local municipalities to integrate 3D printing into the everyday lives of children’s education, while its commitment to improving industry and infrastructure is focusing on enabling designers, engineers, and manufacturers with local on-demand capabilities to improve quality of life for people across the globe.
The company has also seen 3D printing gain support for the role it can play in advancing social impact programs, such as STEAM education opportunities and entrepreneurship, and Stratasys’ own “learning by making” program in Jerusalem.
“As a leading global polymer 3D printing solutions provider, we have the ability to make a measurable impact on some of the world’s most pressing challenges, from building circularity into the economy to creating more inclusive educational opportunities,” said Coblens.
“Given our position as a sustainability leader, this report demonstrates our long-term commitment to continuous self-evaluation and improvement, help industries be more operationally and economically efficient, reduce supply chain reliance and improve our planet.”
Future ESG targets
Regarding the firm’s ESG benchmark targets, the report states the first step towards improving climate impact and responsible consumption will be assessing its carbon footprint. The company will then implement its goals and make adjustments regarding the consumption of resources such as energy, water, waste, and carbon.
Stratasys will then establish a “scorecard” to help it quantify its footprint based on various measurements, such as per employee or per part.
The report reveals that in 2020, the firm’s measured emissions generated 13,640 tons of CO2e (equivalent). In 2021, the company installed 589 solar panels at its Israel manufacturing facilities to support its commitment to renewable energy and improve its consumption. The panels are expected to be operational this year, and Stratasys is currently looking at expanding its use of solar panels within its additional facilities. The report also addressed Stratasys’ water management and outlined the firm’s aim to implement water within a more circular fashion across its facilities and products.
Other ESGs detailed in the report include further demonstrating the feasibility of Stratasys’ ‘factory of the future’ initiative in order to integrate digital and physical logistics to create future supply chains with reduced dependence on carbon-heavy transportation methods, and inviting partners to take part in the firm’s Recycling + Returns program.
Stratasys’ inaugural sustainability report can be read in full here.
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Andy Rubin, the Google executive who heads up the Android division, has just tweeted an astonishing statistic. According to Rubin, more than 300,000 Android phones are activated every day. That number is around five times greater than the stat spouted by Google CEO Eric Schmidt in February of this year; at that time, Google was claiming around 60,000 devices shipped each day .
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In 2010, Nissan took a big leap of faith into the electric vehicle market, spending billions on designing and building battery-powered cars. It didn’t turn out as planned, and now the company is wary of projections of growth for the electric vehicle market. Sean McLain reports in The Wall Street Journal:
TOKYO— Nissan Motor Co. was once the world’s loudest proponent of electric cars, but these days it is one of the more sober voices.
On Monday, the Japanese car maker said it would spend about $17.5 billion on 20 new battery-powered models, aiming to have half its sales come from electric cars or hybrids by 2030.
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“It’s not conservative. It’s sensible. It’s grounded,” said Mr. Gupta in an interview. “After what all happened, we are sensible, and our message has to be credible,” he said.
The plan didn’t boost Nissan’s share price in a market concerned about the new Covid-19 virus variant. Nissan shares fell 5.6% in Tokyo trading Monday.
Partly hedging its bets, the company is designing factories so that it can build both hybrids and EVs on the same production line. That means lines won’t sit half-used as they did when Nissan built up capacity for the Leaf that never materialized.
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The closure is the third leg of Variety's publishing withdrawal from Asia. At the end of 2007, Reed ended its interest in Variety China, a Chinese-language bimonthly previously published as a joint venture with IDG and the State Administration for Radio, Film and Television.
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The latest addition to L’Oréal Paris’s crop of spokesmodels is 16-year-old Thylane Blondeau, the French “It” girl who sort of looks like L’Oréal spokesmodel Barbara Palvin, who sort of looks like L’Oréal spokesmodel Doutzen Kroes. The brand made the announcement on Instagram, just in time for Blondeau’s birthday today.
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LONDON, United Kingdom — Christie’s narrowly beat out rival Sotheby’s in a billion-dollar week for both auction houses, thanks in part to eight-figure sales by bold-faced artists.
Christie’s sold $1.1 billion in the past week, while Sotheby’s moved $1 billion of art, jewellery and watches, according to press releases from both companies.
The Christie’s haul was padded by the $90.3 million sale of David Hockney’s “Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)”, who eclipsed Jeff Koons as the most expensive living artist to sell at auction. A new record for American art was also set by the company with the $92 million sale of Edward Hopper’s “Chop Suey.”
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Ferrero has again expanded the draw in Switzerland: now it concerns all stocks of “baby” products. Three new products are also on the list. Migros and Cobb already replied.
Lovers of surprise eggs or “chocolate cookies for kids” beware: the salmonella scandal surrounding Italian chocolate factory Ferrero is spreading more and more — and all things a week before Easter.
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The background is hundreds of cases of salmonella across Europe that can be traced back to a factory in Belgium. Ferrero was forced to close the plant last Friday after regulator Afsca temporarily suspended Ferrero’s production license for the Arlon plant until all food safety rules and requirements were met. All Kinder chocolate products manufactured in Arlon have also been recalled.
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Crossover production at General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. has been hard hit by an Indian parts shortage this month because those vehicles share the same six-speed automatic transmission.
The co-development by Ford and GM of a new six-speed transmission was heralded as a money-saver when it was announced in 2002. Instead of each company racing to develop the fuel-saving technology separately, they decided to share the nearly $720 million investment and even use the same suppliers.
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Labor strife at Rico Auto Industries near New Delhi has caused shortages of enough transmission components to close Ford's Oakville, Ontario, crossover plant this week and GM's Delta Township, Mich., crossover plant next week.
Oakville builds the Ford Edge and Flex and the Lincoln MKX and MKT. Delta Township builds the GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave and is being retooled for the Chevrolet Traverse.
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McColeman said some of the six-speed automatic transmissions that normally would be going to Oakville were diverted this week to Ford's Chicago plant so the company could continue to crank out its hot new Taurus sedan.
Ford spokesman Todd Nissen said the company is monitoring the Rico shortages daily. But Ford plans to reopen Oakville on Monday and build the transmissions at its Van Dyke plant in suburban Detroit.
“It is a very fluid situation,” Nissen said.
The president of the UAW local that builds the GM transmission also is worried.
Ghana Goodwin-Dye, president of Local 909 at GM's Warren transmission plant, said today that all of the plant's six-speed transmission production might go down Monday instead of just the second shift that GM announced. The plant also builds four-speed transmissions, which are not affected by the Rico parts shortage.
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Goodwin-Dye said the shortage could hurt other GM models because that transmission is used in the Chevrolet Malibu, Pontiac G6 and Saturn Aura. GM spokeswoman Kim Carpenter said the Delta Township plant will be down for a week and resume production Nov. 9.
GM's Warren transmission plant will continue to operate the day shift but not the night shift, Carpenter said.
GM builds about 900 Enclaves and Acadias a day or about 3,600 in a four-day week of 10-hour shifts. The plant is on a two-shift schedule.
Rico production has been crimped this month by labor violence and a series of strikes at its operations in Gurgaon, 30 miles outside of New Delhi.
The strife escalated after the Oct. 18 death of a Rico employee during a clash between temporary workers and factory staff, said a source familiar with the situation. A local court ruled a strike there illegal, but too many workers remain off the job to produce the quantity of parts required by GM, the source said.
A Rico representative in London said yesterday that the company is in constant contact with Ford and is producing parts for the automaker. He said he could not discuss the GM situation because Rico handles GM matters in other offices. Attempts to reach other Rico officials in the United States and India were unsuccessful.


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Windows Phone 8, the next major version of Microsoft’s mobile operating system, is expected to hit the market with a great deal of improvements packed inside, including some related to its lockscreen.
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