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|Elle Johnson checking out some aged meat
Researchers behind “Is Meat Sexy?,” published in the journal Food Quality and Preference, tracked more than 1,600 men and women in the US, UK and Australia to explore advertising’s impact on red-meat consumption and how that relates to mating.
When experiencing “sexual motivation,” the men tended to act out in ways that “increase their desirability” as a sex partner, say co-authors Eugene Chan and Natalina Zlatevska, marketing professors at Monash University and University of Technology in Sydney, respectively.
But they aren’t turning into carnivorous Casanovas purely out of lust for lady flesh — it’s also about signaling status, researchers say.Or bringing home the bacon.
And few things say “I’m a powerful, hot-blooded man” like a thick, juicy porterhouse steak.
“The link between meat and status is grounded in evolutionary drivers of consumption,” Zlatevska claims. “Cavemen consumed meat in order to be strong, healthy and powerful enough to survive the harsh environment. Royalty and the nobility also consumed meat because it signified wealth.”
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While evolution shaped mankind’s eating habits, Chan tells The Post, marketing is manipulating them.I have my own personal theory for the difference in preferences for meat and vegetables by men and women. For most of the past couple of million years or so, humans have lived as hunter/gatherers, with some sexual diversification, men preferentially taking part in hunting game, and women preferentially gathering edible vegetation. People tend to eat some of what they garner on the spot, and thus over time, men would evolve to take advantage of the greater percentage of meat in their diet, and the converse for women.
Carl’s Jr. styled hotties such as Kim Kardashian as bikini-clad burger-munchers and launched the tacky trend. The fast-food chain eventually dropped the oversexed adsamid backlash, but not before spawning a rash of imitators, including Kraft’s Devour frozen dinners, billed as “Food You Want To Fork.”
The new research suggests an unintended effect of the heavy-breathing ads, Chan says.
“Sexualized images of women can make men eat meat more as a way to increase their masculinity and status, to show them off to the opposite sex,” he says. “[But] since the growing trend of meat consumption harms one’s health and is bad for the environment, sexy ads don’t just sell the latest cologne or clothing — they may have unforeseen consequences.”
I think I'll have a steak!
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More active trading anticipated
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There was more active trading than last year at the 13th China Hi-Tech Fair (CHTF), Gao Guohui, secretary general of the organizing committee, told a news conference yesterday.
"Many exhibitors reached agreements during the fair. For example, China Mobile will invest 6 billion yuan ($952 million) to develop the fourth generation of mobile communication in Shenzhen, according to a strategic framework agreement," said Gao.
This year's fair reflected accelerated marketing of developed technology.
There was an 8 percent increase in the number of foreign exhibitors this year and all had expressed the hope to strengthen cooperation with Chinese companies through the fair, Gao said.
"Successful fair sub-venues were set up in Israel and Hungary earlier this year and we will organize the sub-venue in Hungary again next year," he said.
The city has had overseas sub-venues for the fair for six consecutive years to raise its international profile.
Gao said the city government would step up efforts to support enterprise innovation, which would "consequently drive the city's innovation."
However, when journalists asked for trade volume figures at yesterday's news conference, the answer was abstract.
Su Yanwei, director of the fair trade center, said the trade volume was fairly inspiring but was for insiders to discuss.
It became a regular practice for fair organizers in 2004 not to make the trade volume public.
The Internet of Things was a highlight of the fair, which is also known as the wireless sensor network to connect individual devices through sensors.

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Michael Dell has a perfect comeback when people ask him about the 'post-PC' era
He owes his fortune and fame to the PC. It's still a huge part of Dell's business today.But, as we know, thanks to the influx of mobile devices - a market Dell mostly missed - the PC industry has been on the decline for years. Advertisement
Every time it looks like the PC market has hit rock bottom, it shrinks some more. In October, Gartner reported worldwide shipments had dipped nearly 8 percent over the year-ago quarter. IDC said the decline was actually worse, shrinking 10%.
Dell must be getting tired of being asked about the death of the market that made him, because when Irish Examiner's Sophie Curtis recently asked him about it, he retorted with this answer:"The post-PC era has been great for the PC. When the post-PC era started there were about 180 million PCs being sold a year and now it's up to over 300 million. So I like the post-PC era," he said.
It's a funny quip and a great comeback.It's also arguably untrue.
The iPad was announced in 2010 and that's when people were talking. In 2011, PC sales stalled and they started to fall in the years since.
Back in 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said he thought the post-PC market had begun. Speaking at the D8 conference with tech journalist Walt Mossberg, Jobs warned that "this transformation is going to make some people uneasy. People from the PC world, like you and me."Maybe Dell is uneasy. He says he's optimistic that another big PC boom is coming. Advertisement
"It's a business with an installed base of 1.8 billion PCs, 600 million of them are more than four years old. And, as we create new beautiful, thin, powerful PCs that are better than the thing you bought five years ago, people will replace the old ones," Dell told Curtis.
In the meantime, Dell is betting his company on an area of tech not so beholden to the PC, but that has come about because of all the many non-PC devices: big data.Dell believes that big data is the next trillion dollar industry, and is borrowing billions of dollars to try and buy EMC so that he can get his company in the middle of the action.Advertisement
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A recent industry publication article highlights the important contribution manufacturers make in the overall U.S. economy.
During a recent interview with Mark Muro, head of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, Industry Week discussed the important impact the manufacturing industry has on the national economy. Muro argues that the manufacturing industry is a vital component of the U.S. economy. He credits the industry’s positive influence to its continuing innovation and growing export capabilities. For manufacturers, this is a welcome discussion. Manufacturing companies provide nearly 60 to 70 percent of the nation’s exports and are a primary driver of private domestic research and development investments.
Inclusive and Responsible Employment
In the article, Muro makes the case that manufacturers also boost the economy by paying higher wages to employees which include individuals who may have industry specific training but do not necessarily have a college degree. This allows workers to enjoy a living wage while they continue to make an important contribution to the nation’s economy. Furthermore, Muro points out that the manufacturing industry is overall productive, well-paying, and inclusive. He stresses that this is an excellent model for all industries and wants to keep a conversation going on how we can adopt these traits across our economy to help improve our country’s financial situation.
Constant Collaboration Drives Innovation
In addition to these attributes, the article also discusses the collaborative and innovative aspects of the manufacturing industry and points towards ways the industry is growing and evolving. Engineers and technicians no longer work alone, but collaborate on projects to take products to the next level and discover ways to creatively solve problems and meet new demands. This is especially apparent in the automotive aftermarket industry and automotive performance racing industries. New components are designed every year that improve vehicle efficiency and performance and require a new level of skill and ingenuity to develop, manufacture, and implement.
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Wakefit to leverage 10-15% of the capital from its first funding round mainly to boost its manufacturing capacity to 700 mattresses per day from 250 mattresses per day, and bring automation to its manufacturing processes
Bengaluru: Sequoia Capital invested ₹ 65 crore in mattresses and sleep-products company Wakefit in exchange for 31.9% equity. With that investment, the previously bootstrapped start-up’s valuation now stands at over ₹ 210 crore, Wakefit said in a statement on Tuesday.
The start-up will leverage 10-15% of the capital from its first funding round mainly to boost its manufacturing capacity to 700 mattresses per day from 250 mattresses per day, and bring automation to its manufacturing processes. Wakefit also plans to launch newer product ranges - including bedsheets with wood pulp fibres, comforters, pillows and sleepwear – and invest further in innovation.
“We are excited about partnering with a storied investor such as Sequoia Capital in our journey of building this unique start-up. The funds will be deployed in strengthening our manufacturing and fulfillment capabilities across the country, brand building, and hiring the right talent," said Ankit Garg, co-founder and chief executive officer of Wakefit.
Wakefit was founded in 2015 and, according to the company, turned profitable within 6 months of initiating operations. It earned ₹ 27.6 crore in revenue in 2017-18 and raked in profits of ₹ 2.2 crore during the same period. In 2016-17, its revenue stood at ₹ 6.7 crore while profits were at ₹ 36 lakh. The company has grown 3.5 times in FY17 and is on track to grow by 3 times in FY18, it said.
Apart from beefing up its manufacturing capacity, a major share of the funds raised by Wakefit will also be directed towards educating customers on the role a quality mattress plays in terms of health and wellbeing. To this effect, it already offers features like a 20-year warranty and a 100-day risk-free trial.
“Wakefit has been at the forefront of high quality sleep solutions since 2015, democratizing great sleep and changing the way India sleeps," said Chaitanya Ramalingegowda, Wakefit’s co-founder. Going ahead, the start-up also plans to go deeper into tier-2 cities while targeting affordable price points.
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Trevor Tice discovered yoga after a rock climbing accident prevented him from participating in recreational sports. That’s when he got hooked — and also found a business opportunity that’s now one of the largest yoga chains in the United States, he said.
“I was traveling, trying different yoga in different places, and there was a huge demand, but the products offered were terrible,” Tice said. “There was no consistency and the facilities were abominable. No one in my view was doing it right.”
Tice is the founder and CEO of CorePower Yoga LLC, a high-end chain of yoga studios featuring heated practice rooms and spa-like facilities, including locker rooms.
CorePower Yoga’s classes include hot yoga, yoga pilates and Power Vinyasa, a style of practice where one pose flows into another. There also are yoga classes, called “yoga sculpting,” using light weights to strengthen muscles.
Tice opened the first CorePower Yoga studio in 2002 at 13th and Grant streets, then expanded into southern Denver and Colorado Springs. And the company has been growing fast.
There are now 18 CorePower Yoga studios in Colorado, and the company has expanded across the country, with 20 studios in California, Illinois, Oregon and Minnesota. Tice expects to open another eight CorePower Yoga studios by year-end.
Tice previously owned Tech Partners International, an IT staffing and consulting business based in San Francisco and Denver. Harvey Nash, a global recruitment and talent solutions company, bought the company in 2000 and changed its name to Harvey Nash in 2005.
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The British and Irish Lions has announced a new licensing partnership with the world’s largest mouthguard manufacturer, OPRO.
The partnership grants OPRO the rights to produce Lions-branded mouthguards available for purchase through its network of global retailers.
The relationship also sees all players selected in the Lions squad provided with OPRO’s award-winning, custom-fit mouthguards. OPRO are the official mouthguard partner of more than 85 teams and associations across the world, including England Rugby, Rugby Australia, New Zealand Rugby and 11 Gallagher Premiership clubs.
“We are delighted to welcome OPRO to our family of licensees,” said Tom Halsey, British & Irish Lions Commercial Director.
“OPRO’s pioneering approach to mouthguard technology and player welfare sets it apart from any competitor. We look forward to another successful partnership with them.”
“We’re excited to launch the range of Lions-branded mouthguards alongside our retail partners and also support the squad during the Tour, ensuring they have the very best protection for their teeth,” added Daniel Lovat, Sports Marketing Director for OPRO.
OPRO is the latest in a list of recent Lions’ license deals secured by brand licensing agency The Point.1888 including Reach Publishing for a Lions pre-Tour magazine, Tour guide and bookazine; online retailer Snugzy who will produce a range of Lions-branded personalised socks and cushions aimed at all fans and Disrupt Sport who will create a portfolio of quality print on demand Lions products, including posters, stickers, puzzles, wallets, phone cases and bumbags.
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Infosec: Information commissioner Christopher Graham has warned UK businesses that consumers will not tolerate companies playing fast and loose with their personal information.
"Companies that don't properly protect customer data will lose out in the next stage of consumer understanding," said Graham during a speech at Infosec in London.
"Companies that think ‘we'll take our customers as suckers' will learn the hard way that they've got the wrong idea," Graham later told V3.
The commissioner went on to add that UK consumers were waking up to the dangers of a "fastest route to satisfaction" attitude towards website and application permissions.
"I don't think [consumers] do currently surf thinking about the quickest route to gratification," said Graham.
"I do think people are getting wiser, they want gratification but they are increasingly guarded over their personal data."
Graham reported that ICO research indicated that personal data security is Britons' second biggest concern.
"Only a few people now aren't concerned about protecting their personal data, with most only being more concerned about preventing crime," said Graham.
The claim is based on a recent ICO survey, which saw 89 per cent of respondents list protecting their personal data as a serious concern.
In the survey, preventing crime was the only category to beat it, with 92 per cent listing it as their primary concern.
Graham's comments come amid concerns over whether the new European laws, requiring websites to request permission from visitors before installing cookies will help protect internet users' personal information.
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Retailers in Lincoln say they are suffering financially as a result of shoppers staying away due to fears over coronavirus.
Shops inside the Waterside said they have suffered a slow week as people stay indoors to avoid contracting the disease.
However, it's been a different story at Lincoln's supermarkets this week, with people attempting to stockpile essentials in case they need to self-isolate themselves.
Supermarkets across the city are still low on toilet rolls, soaps, hand sanitisers and dried pasta.
Lincolnshire Live spoke to businesses about the impact coronavirus has had on trade.
Gary Munday, manager at O2 said: "I think footfall has decreased slightly but it hasn't made the impact that I would have expected.
"It has certainly made some impact.
"There seems to be a lot less younger people around.
"A lot of the older generation seem to still be walking around but a lot of the businesses around here seem to be a little quiet.
"Compared to what we normally get it has decreased but not by a huge amount.
"It's business as usual for us in store as we sanitise everything that we can as per the government guidelines - making sure that staff are looked after and they know what's happening.
"We're dealing with the general public so we have to maintain a certain standard of cleanliness."
A member of staff at the Fragrance shop said: "This week we have been hindered by the coronavirus and as for a normal Saturday, it's like a ghost town.
"It's been completely dead in the Waterside.
"Normally we have a busy morning but it's been quiet for us this week if I'm honest.
"I don't think I saw anyone in here until about half 11 and we normally have a busy Saturday morning."
People on the High Street have also expressed concerns about self isolating, panic buying and the struggle to get medication.
Steve Ellis said: "I'm not relaxed about it but I'm likely to survive it.
"The problem I have is that I'm a carer for two 93-year-olds.
"They're saying about self-isolating but if I do that for two weeks they're going to starve to death.
"We haven't got the social support in this country. The doctors say they can't come out and visit well patients but what am I to do if I have to self-isolate?
"If I'm not there to get their meals in the afternoon and at night they're stuffed.
"I think there's been a decrease in footfall over the past week.
"I've got a bit of a cough and I felt guilty going into a café to have a cup of coffee.
"People look at you if you cough, but nearly every other year we've all got coughs and colds at this time of year.
"There are other things going round apart from the coronavirus."
Marie Wallace said: "We should be worrying but I'm washing my hands and making sure my grandchildren do.
"I've got one daughter-in-law who is absolutely terrified of it.
"She's worried sick but we're generally just taking it as it is.
"I can understand people panic buying in a sense but not more than what you need.
"If they're saying you need to self-isolate for two weeks then fair enough but otherwise I don't understand it.
"I don't drive so I would struggle to get out if I couldn't get out the house.
"The only think that is really concerning me is medication. I've struggled to get the medication I need.
"We're washing our hand well and making sure we use sanitiser gel."
One member of the public had very different views on the outcome of the coronavirus, but said he had noticed less people on the High street.
He said: "I actually think coronavirus will help save thousands of lives.
"Each year flu kills thousands of people in this country, and for the relatively low numbers that we've had so far with coronavirus, it's actually making people wash their hands more than usual.
"If it reduces the rate of flu by one per cent, then we can save hundreds of lives and the net result should be the saving of lives.
"I've just been up to Tesco and I've never seen a car park as full.
"It's ironic, people aren't rushing round like mad but they were certainly filling their trolleys.
"It'll be interesting to look back in a few months time to see what the supermarkets will do in regards to toilet roll as everyone has stockpiled them."


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A little nest egg
Have you ever considered packing in the day job to produce eggs? Well, according to one local processing company, egg production is a family friendly job that can be done from home and offers the flexibility needed to support children in their daily lives.
The Nestbox in Castleblayney, which is run by the McGuinness and Eivers families, has been supplying cracking good eggs throughout Ireland since the 1990s. It’s a family business and one of Ireland’s leading egg packers and processors that prides itself on meeting the highest standards of quality, food safety, traceability and sustainability.
And, the next generation of the family at the helm - Brian Eivers and Adrienne McGuinness - have hatched a plan to bring the company’s brand Golden Irish to the top of the chain. They are looking for family farms based in the Republic of Ireland to produce barn and freerange eggs.
“The poultry industry is very strong in Cavan and Monaghan and Nestbox supplies eggs to the retail food industry,” said Adrienne. “We are expanding into new markets in the EU with our Golden Irish brand. Forty-three farm families supply eggs to the company and some of those families have been supplying eggs for the last 25 years.”
Meanwhile, those eggs are 100% Bord Bia approved and, while the domestic market is the company’s main focus, its exports to the EU are also on the increase. The Nestbox processes over three million eggs every week and delivers them to supermarkets and businesses in Ireland and overseas.
“The industry is growing and thanks to Bord Bia and our brand Golden Irish is getting stronger,” Adrienne continued.
“The egg is a versatile, affordable and nutritious food and we want to support the growth that is there. We want producers; egg production is a family friendly job; you can work from home; work around the kids and all the while be part of a sustainable and growing industry.”


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Feb 18, 2014 11:21 AM EST
Apple’s tablet shipments are expected to slow and so is the overall market. The company and other makers had a slow growth rate in the fourth quarter hurt by an increasingly saturated market in the U.S., according to research firm IDC. According to the recent report, global shipments climbed 28 percent from a year earlier to 76.9 million units. This was compared with a 87 percent year-over-year growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2012.
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Apple aims to show consumers and investors innovation is a significant investment to the company. The report also indicated Apple saw its worldwide tablet market share for the quarter grow to 33.8%, up from 29.7% in the third quarter but down from its 38.2% share in the fourth quarter of 2012. Samsung retained its second-place spot on the strength of a wide portfolio of products and increased carrier support in markets like the U.S., grabbing an 18.8% share worldwide. That's down slightly from 18.9% the previous quarter, but up significantly from its 13% share a year ago. Rounding out the top five were Amazon (7.6%), ASUS (5.1%), and Lenovo (4.4%).
“Markets such as the U.S. are reaching high levels of consumer saturation,” Tom Mainelli, IDC’s research director for tablets, said in the report. “While emerging markets continue to show strong growth, this has not been enough to sustain the dramatic worldwide growth rates of years past.”
Worldwide tablet shipments grew to 76.9 million units in the fourth calendar quarter of 2013 (4Q13) according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. The total represents 62.4% growth over the previous quarter and 28.2% growth over the same period a year ago. While the market's growth rates remain impressive, they're down dramatically compared to the year-over-year rates of the same quarter one year ago (87.1%) and indicate a significant slowing of the overall market.
"It's becoming increasingly clear that markets such as the U.S. are reaching high levels of consumer saturation and while emerging markets continue to show strong growth this has not been enough to sustain the dramatic worldwide growth rates of years past," said Tom Mainelli, Research Director, Tablets, at IDC. "We expect commercial purchases of tablets to continue to accelerate in mature markets, but softness in the consumer segment—brought about by high penetration rates and increased competition for the consumer dollar—point to a more challenging environment for tablets in 2014 and beyond."
Canalys reported that Tablets will make up 50% of PC market in 2014 with Android-derived operating systems will account for 32% of PC market next year. Tablet domination is set to continue, with Canalys forecasting 285 million units to ship in 2014, growing to 396 million units in 2017. Apple and Samsung are expected keep ahead of their competitors in the medium term, but there could be challenges for both vendors competition in the tablet market.
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CHICAGO — Most laundry and linen service providers need to transport goods via truck or van, off-site, and those companies are trying to be as efficient as possible within their standard transportation operations.
That’s what respondents indicated in a recent American Laundry News Your Views survey.
Almost 90% of respondents indicate that their laundry and linen service transports to and from their plant via a truck or delivery van. The remainder do not transport soiled or processed goods.
When asked if the nature of their operations requires transport of all goods processed off-site, or just a portion of them, 65.5% say they transport all goods off-site. Just 20% of respondents transport a portion of their processed goods, and 14.6% of those who took the survey say they don’t transport any goods off-site.
What types of delivery vehicles are respondents using? They include step vans, box trucks, semis, trailers and some SUVs.
When it comes to efficiency, those who responded to the survey aren’t looking at alternative-fuel or hybrid vehicles. Just 7.4% of laundry and linen services professionals indicate that their companies use alternative-fuel or hybrid vehicles in their fleets.
Survey results also indicate that most respondents aren’t even considering the use of alternative-fuel of hybrid delivery vehicles.
Less than one-quarter (20.4%) indicate their companies would “possibly” consider buying or leasing, while the majority (79.6%) of respondents aren’t even considering the option. No one who took the survey says their company is actively considering buying or leasing those types of vehicles.
So, how have respondents’ laundry and linen services improved transportation efficiency? Some are using technology in the form of route software.
“The change to SPOT POS allows us to have the tablets in each van with route tracking and scanner, which help us be more efficient and accurate,” writes a respondent.
Another writes, “We’re using an in-cab monitoring/coaching/logging device [Inthinc] in all vehicles to record speed and driving habits.”
Other respondents say their companies are making equipment changes.
“To cut down on trips back, we added the trailer to extend time before buying a larger one,” writes one respondent.
“Wheeled carts, and flat floor trucks,” writes another. “And lift gates.”
Other companies indicate they have altered routes and load types to maximize efficiency, such as a consolidation of routes for one respondent.
Another writes, “We changed drivers’ runs to balance workday hours. And we have GPS on our fleet vehicles.”
“We deliver some medical supplies to hospitals, and we sometimes obviously try to have full trucks going out and returning to our site,” adds a respondent from a healthcare laundry and linen service.
While the Your Views survey presents a snapshot of readers’ viewpoints at a particular moment, it should not be considered scientific. Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100%.
Subscribers to American Laundry News e-mails are invited to take the industry survey anonymously online each quarter. All managers and administrators of institutional/OPL, cooperative, commercial and industrial laundries are encouraged to participate, as a greater number of responses will help to better define operator opinions and identify industry trends.


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RadioShack’s shambling remains were offered another shock of life today. Cable Usb Tipo C Radioshack… when they were purchased by another company that prepares to relaunch the once-great merchant as an online-focused brand name.
The shop’s remains were purchased by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), a startup founded in 2019 that’s been scooping up brands from other faded retail giants too, consisting of Pier 1, Modell’s Sporting Product, Dressbarn, and more. REV says RadioShack’s site currently has “strong existing sales and sales potential,” and the business is “positive” it can even more raise awareness of the brand worldwide.
REV claims it’s successfully turned around other business it’s launched as online brand names. The Wall Street Journal reported that Dressbarn more than doubled its profits in between the second and first quarter of 2020.
RadioShack was established in 1921 and ended up being a retail staple in the ’80s and ’90s for anybody looking to get tech basics. REV didn’t say whether those RadioShack licenses would stick around. Cable Usb Tipo C Radioshack
REV states it will “soon relaunch” RadioShack’s site. For those of you still sticking on to fond memories of the store, there’ll be a familiar enough place to go when you want to purchase pricey HDMI cables and knockoff headphones.


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EU exec seeks balance between illegal downloading and sanctions
By Nathalie Vandystadt | Monday 24 August 2009
Young people between the ages of 16 and 24 are the biggest users of online services but also make up one third of users in Europe who refuse to pay for downloading music or videos, according to a European Commission report dated 4 August. The EU executive plans to tackle this tough equation during its next mandate.
‘Digital natives’ are now more than ever the Commission’s target. With its different activities on the web, «this generation, those who grew up with internet and did not have to learn it, is where Europe’s economic potential lies,» said a Commission spokesman.
Some 66% of the under-24 use the internet daily, far ahead of the average for all Europeans (45%). It is precisely the 16-24 age group that beats all the records: during the last three months, 73% have used social networks like Facebook or music and video downloading and sharing sites like YouTube, ie more than twice the European average (35%).
However, the EU has to take account of the reverse side of the coin. According to Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, 60% of this age group has downloaded audiovisual content without paying for it and 33% say they are not willing to pay.
Their perception is that «many services and content are available for free,» notes the Commission, which says this figure is both «interesting» and «alarming». It therefore sees the need for «a legal framework that allows easier downloading and at the same time protects copyright».
As France, Sweden and the United Kingdom struggle to enforce online copyright, Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding notes that «illegal downloading on internet seems to be becoming increasingly sexy». This growing phenomenon is «a vote of no confidence in existing models of activity and legal solutions». In a speech before the Lisbon Council think tank, on 9 July, she mentioned the «serious shortcomings of the current system» and deemed «regrettable» that the debate is «polarised» between those calling for free downloading and those in favour of enforcement.
«Those who break the law have to be punished. But are there really enough attractive lawful offers for consumers on the market,» Reding asks. «Have we looked into alternatives to punitive action? Have we really looked at the problem through the eyes of a 16-year-old?» A paradox brought to light by the Commission’s study is that, among the 16-24 age group, 10% have already paid for certain of these online services, ie twice the European average (5%).
The Commission has launched a public consultation that will run until 9 October on the challenges of the internet. One such challenge is access to the web, because, in contrast with young people, one third of Europeans have never used the internet.
The report is available at
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Report: Retail credit cards charge as much as 29% interest
Every big retailer nowadays has a credit card, and each one tries to get you to sign up to take advantage of deals. But a new study shows your bank account will shrink as your wardrobe grows.
"I had just gotten my first apartment so, of course, I needed furniture and knick-knacks, accessories and things, and it's easy to start charging," Ellie McMillan said.
Six credit cards and $10,000 of debt later, McMillan said she paid the price.
"I had less money to go out, less money to put gas in my car, less money to do car maintenance all because I was paying credit card bills," McMillan said.
McMillan said several of her cards were high-interest retail cards.
"I think my highest rate was 24 percent at one time," McMillan said.
A new Bankrate.com study shows many retail cards offer APR above the national average of 15 percent. According to its report, Zales and Staples had the highest interest rates and Dillard's, Nordstrom, and Williams-Sonoma had the lowest.
"Be prepared for you to make minimum payments for six years and be prepared for the total amount of the payment to be double what you charged," said Michael Carlin with Wealth Management LLC. He said he has retail cards, but he only uses them when there's an opportunity to save, and then pays them off.
"You make the purchase, you have that big savings, and if they don't offer you that same savings again, I don't use that card again," Carlin said.
He said if you're already in too deep, look into consolidating your debt with a lower interest rate.
"It's really just as simple as going online and doing a search for 'zero percent balance transfer credit card,''' Carlin explained.
"It is a profit center for these chains that are big enough to have their own brand of credit card," said Michael Sullivan with Take Charge America. He said these cards can help if you are looking to build your credit. But buyer beware.
"These people aren't dumb," Sullivan said. "They know when they give cards to these folks, most are going to charge enough and pay enough in interest to more than make up for the 10-percent discount they gave to that consumer when they took out that card."
McMillan said she wishes she knew then what she knows now.
"When I'm in a situation where I want something, I think, 'Do I want to pay cash for it now or do I want to pay credit cards and pay interest later?'" McMillan said.
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Stockholm, February 23, 2021 - Internet Vikings, a European global cloud hosting provider from Europe, has announced the launch of a cloud hosting platform in Singapore.
SoftSwiss Game Aggregator statistics further highlight that cryptocurrency is currently actively used by the whole world, with increasing interest in Canada, Russia, and Latin America.
Patagonia Entertainment has signed an exclusive agreement with NetBet to provide its localised video bingo content and third-party games.
At Casual Connect USA 2018, several speakers will provide beneficial perspectives on the gaming industry and magnify problems and solutions to grow.
Spinomenal cross platform games supplier has signed a partnership with the advanced technological iGaming and Sportsbook platform BtoBet.
On March 1, Istanbul will host a large-scale event Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Turkey , dedicated to the study of the cryptocurrencies and more.
Betdigital has integrated a wide selection of its high-performing gaming titles onto the SkyVegas and William Hill platforms to end the year on a high.
There are only a few days left before the end of 2017, isn't it a reason to sum up the achievements of the departing year?
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The global economy seems headed for a severe recession and parallels are being drawn with the global financial crisis of 2008 and the slowdown brought about in 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic. A lot of hope that any serious setback can be averted rests on a high degree of fine tuning of policy which may be difficult to deliver.
A Myriad Of Reasons:
Rise Of The US dollar:
The US dollar has been surging for the past few months. It’s now the strongest it has been in two decades, and experts believe the value will grow even stronger in the coming days. But this surge in the value of the power of the greenback is agitating the economies and markets worldwide, and creating winners and losers. Though a strong dollar bodes well for the Americans, the consequences are faced by other countries, especially the developing ones. The rise of US dollar has led to a decline in the value of UK pound, the euro, China’s yuan, Japan’s yen, India’s rupee and many others. As a result, it makes it more expensive for these nations to import essential items like food and fuel.
War and inflation:
The Russia-Ukraine war and the resultant inflation spike have caused the most harm to the people of the United Kingdom. The UK has been struggling with surging prices since COVID-19, followed by the trade disruptions created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After the West imposed sanctions on Russian gas, energy prices have soared and supplies have dwindled.
America’s economic engine stalls:
The No. 1 driver of the world’s largest economy is shopping. And America’s shoppers are tired. After more than a year of rising prices on just about everything, with wages not keeping up, consumers have pulled back.
Interest rates have risen at a historic pace, pushing mortgage rates to their highest level in more than a decade and making it harder for businesses to grow. Eventually, the Fed’s rate hikes should broadly bring costs down. But in the meantime, consumers are getting a one-two punch of high borrowing rates and high prices, especially when it comes to necessities like food and housing.
Americans opened their wallets during the 2020 lockdowns, which powered the economy out of its brief-but-severe pandemic recession. Since then, government aid has evaporated and inflation has taken root, pushing prices up at their fastest rate in 40 years and sapping consumers’ spending power.
What The Growth No. Says:
The global economy growing by a mere 3.2 per cent this year, down from last year’s 6 per cent and set to reach a paltry 2.7 per cent in the coming year. The US economic growth is likely to fall this year precipitously to 1.6 per cent from 5.7 per cent last year and set to go down further to a mere 1 per cent next year. Absolutely, the worst off is the Euro area and, in particularly, Germany, which is set to see a negative growth, that is its economy will contract by 0.3 per cent next year from the current year’s 1.5 per cent, which itself is down from last year’s 2.6 per cent.
What The History Tells:
The experience of the 1970s, the policy responses to the 1975 global recession, the subsequent period of stagflation, and the global recession of 1982 illustrate the risk of allowing inflation to remain elevated for long while growth is weak. The 1982 global recession coincided with the second-lowest growth rate in developing economies over the past five decades, second only to 2020. It triggered more than 40 debt crises and was followed by a decade of lost growth in many developing economies.
The Upshot: Light Of Hope:
While the consensus is that a global recession is likely sometime in 2023, it’s impossible to predict how severe it will be or how long it will last. Not every recession is as painful as the 2007-09 Great Recession, but every recession is, of course, painful. Some economies, particularly the United States, with its strong labor market and resilient consumers, will be able to withstand the blow better than others.
The immediate future for the world economy lies in the ability of the authorities around the world to correctly calibrate monetary policy so that there is no over-tightening or under-tightening of money. The former will lead to prolonged recession and debt and payments crises in developing economies, as has already started to happen in Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The latter will lead to an inability to bring inflation under control.
Even as all eyes are set on getting monetary policy right, fiscal policy cannot be left to go on doing its own thing. It must not increase liquidity, which can well result from efforts to lower taxes to ease the burden of costly essentials on the consumer. Besides, in conditions of price rise, governments in poorer countries need to do something to alleviate the burden on the common man. The only way to do this without excessively loosening the purse strings will be to target financial support to the vulnerable groups.


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► Toyota safeguards UK plant’s future
► Next-gen Auris to be built at Burnaston
► Supplementary £21.3m in government support
Toyota has announced today (16 March 2017) a planned investment of £240m in its UK manufacturing plant at Burnaston in Derbyshire.
The factory will be upgraded from later this year onwards to enable production of the company’s latest Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA), which by 2020 will form the basis for the majority of Toyota’s global model line-up. The Prius and C-HR crossover are the first two models on TNGA, but they aren’t manufactured in the UK.
The UK government is also investing £21.3m support for training, r&d and environmental upgrades at the facility.
What does Toyota build at Burnaston?
The Derbyshire plant currently builds the Auris and Avensis, and employs 2500 people. Toyota also has a separate engine plant in Deeside, North Wales; it produces hybrid drivetrains for the current Auris and C-HR, for example.
What’s going to be built there next?
CAR understands the next Auris hatch will be the lead car for the Burnaston plant; it’s set for replacement in the 2019 timeframe. This new car switches to the ‘TNGA’ platform, and the Auris and its Corolla sibling for American and Japanese markets will provide the greatest volume on the components set. No word yet on whether Burnaston could export to North America with its new generation hatch: Honda has created a useful Brexit hedge for its Civic plant at Swindon, because 50% of its volume is now exported to North America.
The future of the Avensis is cloudier. UK registrations are in the region of 4-5000 cars a year; mainstream saloon sales are slumping as consumers switch to SUVs.
Toyota cites UK supply chain efficiencies as part of its reasoning for its renewed investment decision. Toyota Motor Europe’s president Johan van Zyl said: ‘This upgrade of TMUK is a sign of confidence in our employees and suppliers and their focus on superior quality and greater efficiency. We welcome the UK Government funding contribution for this activity.
‘Our investment demonstrates that, as a company, we are doing all we can to raise the competitiveness of our Burnaston plant in Derbyshire.’
He went on to caution: ‘Continued tariff-and-barrier free market access between the UK and Europe that is predictable and uncomplicated will be vital for future success.’
The news comes as a question mark hangs over Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant, following Peugeot-Citroën’s intention to buy GM Europe.
In autumn last year, Nissan announced its new Qashqai and X-Trail models would be built at its Sunderland plant, in one of the first major post-Brexit automotive investment announcements.
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Timmer joined the restaurant chain in 2006, and most recently served as region director. Her new role will focus on ensuring customer satisfaction with the brand.
“Vicky has been a big part of the growth of Pollo Tropical,” said Tim Taft, president and CEO of Fiesta Restaurant Group, the parent company of Pollo Tropical. “She will play an integral role in further strengthening our restaurant management teams as we focus on improving the customer experience, in addition to expansion of the brand in new and existing markets.”
“It is very exciting to be part of a brand that has a passion to do great things,” Timmer said. “We will succeed by preparing our people, processes and systems to deliver a guest experience that is unmatched in our industry.”
Miami-based Pollo Tropical and its other Hispanic brands became part of Fiesta Restaurant Group in May.
Pollo Tropical owns and operates 91 U.S. locations in Florida, Georgia and New Jersey, and has 32 franchises with international locations including in Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Ecuador, Honduras, Trinidad and Venezuela.
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/Ulaanbaatar, 08.06.16/ Japan becomes the first free trade partner of Mongolia following a series of multi-layered engagements since the Economic Partnership Agreement between the two nations was sealed in February, last year.
|Seiji Kihara, State Minister for Foreign Affairs from Japan received award "Golden Polar" from Mongolian PM Saikhanbileg|
Yesterday, a joint committee of government officials led by Seiji Kihara, State Minister for Foreign Affairs from Japan and Purevsuren Lundeg, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mongolia, held its first meeting in Ulaanbaatar, where both parties signed a meeting protocol and the last batch of legislative documents comprehensibly enforcing the agreement.
Japan, as a close ally and the fourth largest trading partner of Mongolia with nearly JPY 32 billion in goods exchanged in 2015, will phase out import tariffs on 9,300 products, largely consisting of mineral and agricultural exports. In return, Mongolian customs will remove tariffs on 5,700 imports from Japan. The EPA will impose import tariff annulments on almost 95 per cent of the trade turnover.
Mongolia will inevitably benefit more from the East Asian economic integration as trade flows with Japan become increasingly fluid, however the Mongolian government expects the trade exchanges will also help to attract investments and introduce high-tech know-hows. On a grander scheme, the agreement allows Mongolia to connect with other export market through Japan, and expand a regional product network and economic connectivity.
Recognising the new milestone in the bilateral relations in trade, economy and business, Saikhanbileg Chimed, the Prime Minister of Mongolia, highlighted that the establishment of EPA, which came into a fruition with intense efforts from both sides over many years, will open wide opportunities to Mongolian nationals and companies to boost business with their Japanese counterparts. “Government entities of both countries should now move swiftly to promote the EPA’s advantages, terms, discounts and opportunities to businesses.” he said during his meeting with Seiji Kihara, Minister for Foreign Affairs from Japan.
The committee overlooking the effective implementation of the agreement will run 13 subcommittees responsible for promoting and intensifying economic partnership through regular dialogues.
In 2015, Mongolia’s export to Japan reached 20.3 million USD in value terms, while it imported 274.6 million USD worth goods from Japan, according to government statistics.
The Prime Minister of Mongolia, Saikhanbileg Chimed during his meeting also underlined that Mongolia had managed to form a highly skilled team of experts during the course of the EPA establishment and the government had gained a huge experience in working out free trade agreement.
For successful leadership of the Japanese working group for the EPA establishment, the Premier granted the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan the Polar Star Order by the President’s decree.
The Prime Minister also expressed his hopes that the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would take part in the forthcoming 11th ASEM Summit to be held this July in Ulaanbaatar, and said Mongolia is thankful to Japan for rendering support in the Summit’s preparations.
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Sundered Still Looks Immaculate
While I can understand the fatigue from an abundance of Metroidvania indie titles (Dead Souls, Chasm, Death’s Gambit, Skytorn, etc.), Thunder Lotus Games’ upcoming Sundered is still well worth your attention. While visuals usually only go so far for a game, the creators of Jotun have created a game that harkens to the wonderfully-animated and expressive cartoon drawing style of Don Bluth here. The release title for the game was announced today with it hitting PS4, PC, Mac, and Linus on July 28th.
While the Metroidvanias mentioned above have their own variants with the formula, and this one will feature procedurally-generated levels ala Dead Cells. That said, Dead Cells had a bit of tweak as certain areas like the sewer would have more narrow rooms in general for a unified theme through the randomized layouts. Besides that, Dead Cells was also a rogue-like where stage progress is reset with each death or run. For Sundered, the team has said that the structure of the world doesn’t change, but instead, its sub-sections will do most of the changing. Moreover, the sections gated by new traversal abilities will not be part of the procedurally generated dungeons.
To drum up anticipation, the game also released a new trailer today and it features some pretty intense moments too.
The game will release along with Supergiant’s Pyre (July 25th) to end the month with some indie game goodness.


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SAN FRANCISCO - As the stock market tumbled and bounced back the first week of this month, Peter Pike set out to shake up the world of commercial real estate like an earthquake with PikeNet 2000. Although the general consensus in one of PikeNet's final sessions was that commercial real estate still has some catching up to do, those who attended left the conference with a better grasp of how to wrap their arms around the Internet and its unlimited possibilities. So began what will prove to be an enlightening spring and summer as technology conferences Realcomm and REMTEC approach in June in Dallas and Cleveland, respectively.
Some PikeNet highlights:
A panel discussion, "The Future of Internet Listing Services," started off with a shot across the bow from Quentin Foster, head of new product development for Bethesda, Md.-based information service CoStar Group. Like a proud peacock, Foster pronounced that CoStar's weekly revenues are greater than the online listing services yearly revenues.
"We're very curious to find out how these other companies intend to make money," said Foster.
After that fusillade, the discussion turned to the issues facing listing services - LoopNet and PropertyFirst.com, both of San Francisco, and Chicago-based Comro.com.
While each has a slightly different business model, the general consensus is that commercial real estate's depth and breadth give each service a niche. Currently, LoopNet offers an all-comers listing service, while PropertyFirst.com operates on a subscription basis to cover the higher-end user for more exclusivity. Comro concentrates on large portfolio clients such as The RREEF Funds, ProLogis and TrizecHahn. Commercial real estate's lack of a set pricing structure, simple transaction process, easy access to information and homogenous product leave a wide open market, said Dennis DeAndre, LoopNet CEO.
"You can't be all things to all people," DeAndre said. "A lot of people think the industry will trend toward disintermediation."
Do the listing services threaten the traditional brokerage model? Although the panelists' answer was a bit self-serving, the response across the board was "no," because the listing services serve as a means to more efficiently gather information leaving more time for the analytical and transactional process, said Kevin Travers, CEO of Comro.com.
"I don't view this as a threat to the core skills of brokerage," Travers, a former broker himself, said. "It really facilitates their job."
Added John Stanfill, president of PropertyFirst, "One of the great things about any of our services is that they can allow brokers to get both sides of the deal."
Of course, a technology conference would be seriously lacking without a discussion of the Internet and e-commerce's effect on retail and other segments of commercial real estate. On one side sat Hamid Moghadam, CEO of San Francisco-based AMB Property Corp., which sold $1 billion of retail holdings last year to concentrate on high-throughput distribution facilities. On the other side sat Charles Graves, senior vice president of eBusiness at Chicago-based General Growth Properties, one of the largest retail REITs. Larry Geisel, COO of Internet consulting firm Organic Inc., also sat on the panel.
General Growth is aggressively pursuing "everything," Graves said, pointing to the company's recently unveiled Mallibu clicks-and-mortar strategy. The company is working to develop local Internet channels to drive customers to General Growth's malls, but Graves admitted that sometimes there is tension when both tenant and landlord are seeking the same information from shoppers, both online and in the retail centers. The Internet and databases full of mall customer information give retailers the ability to tailor to customer demands - thus increasing customer satisfaction -and decrease inventory.
General Growth also is beta testing an Internet service that allows customers to pick up goods at the mall immediately after making an online order.
"We realized early on that we had to converge clicks-and-mortar, and a mall is a great place to do that," Graves said. "We want to increase total sales, not just online or offline sales."
After gently poking fun at his counterpart by suggesting that malls are basically overpriced warehouses with too much parking space, Moghadam discussed how the Internet can lead to partnerships with tenants. AMB invested $5 million in Webvan, and also serves as the Internet grocer's preferred real estate provider.
"It's really important for the next five or 10 years for good companies to experiment with these models," Moghadam said.
In a later discussion on venture capital, Bill Millichap, president and CEO of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Marcus & Millichap, cited a recent Barron's report on rapidly dwindling burn rates and offered this cheery observation on Internet start-ups: "In the next 12 months, there's going to be an Armageddon."
From the corporate side, Charles Schwab's Parkash Ahuja, Sun Microsystems' George Bouris and Cisco Systems' Marina van Overbeek all agreed that commercial real estate needs to catch up with the needs of high-tech, high-growth tenants. Each stressed the importance of partnerships with their real estate service providers. These companies move entirely too fast for a series of one-off transactions.
"We want our service providers to be partners and not just arm-length vendors," said van Overbeek. "We need our partners to be willing to take more chances. If you are our partner and you make a misstep, you're still a partner.
"A lot of times we find that our partners - and firms that we'd like to be our partners - are too cautious that they'll make a mistake and not work with Cisco again," she said. "That's really not the case."
Finally, Mark Quam's EquityCity.com was at the head of the Pike's Picks class after a series of presentations from real estate-related Internet start-ups. EquityCity.com links developers with equity providers over the Internet - it's just that simple.
CHICAGO - With more than 1 billion shoppers visiting Chicago-based General Growth Properties Inc.'s (GGP) centers each year, the company is taking mall cardiac arrest incidents seriously. According to the American Heart Association, 1,000 Americans suffer from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) every day. A national study by the AHA ranked shopping malls third, behind airplanes and county jails, as one of the top five sites where SCA occurs. GGP plans to equip the company's 136 malls with at least two defibrillators per mall. The company has committed to purchasing approximately 290 automatic external defibrillators with plans for rolling out the program at its malls in May.
David Levenberg, corporate director of security and loss prevention for GGP, says the company has conducted research and investigated purchasing the automatic external defibrillator units for some time. The machines are necessary, he says, to provide a comfortable and safe shopping environment.
"We truly believe that our malls are part of the communities in which we do business. With more than a billion people a year visiting our shopping centers, we understand the likelihood of one of these events [SCA] increases with the number of people, and we want to be prepared for that," says Levenberg. Specified managers and security personnel from each mall will be trained in the use of automatic external defibrillator units.


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The UK government has announced that it is cracking down on filler practitioners without a licence following an “unacceptable” rise in reports of botched cosmetic procedures.
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After a successful 2014 for Nicky with the brand’s toilet tissue range registering a +20.3% growth over the previous year*, in 2015 Nicky is to celebrate its 10th Anniversary in the UK market. Nicky has launched the new Nicky Elite Toilet Tissue, a better, improved product which offers customers a longer roll and a new unique embossing.
“The decision to add 10 extra free sheets per roll,” says Giorgio Garzelli, business director for Nicky “is in countertrend in the toilet tissue market today. We are witnessing an overall drop of quality in major brands and private label paper products, but Nicky has decided to continue its tradition of focusing on innovation. Our goal is to increase value for money for our customers. “Nicky has proven to be the only brand able to offer retailers and customers a valid alternative to the discounters’ good quality and good value for money own label products.”
“Our plan for 2015 is to invest on innovations that improve the products’ quality and quantity throughout the range, not just on toilet tissue. The new Nicky Elite is the first step but we will soon announce new changes on some other Nicky products.”
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Amanda Holden took holiday dressing to a whole new level on Wednesday, when she donned a beautiful sculpted mini dress for an evening stroll with her daughter Lexi.
Sharing a photo of herself and Lexi chatting in front of a beautiful sunset, the Britain's Got Talent judge's thigh-grazing, light blue dress featured a figure-hugging silhouette and off the shoulder, rippled sleeves.
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The gorgeous piece wouldn’t look out of place on a red carpet, and we're not sure we've ever seen such a glamorous holiday look!
Fans flocked to the comment section of the star's post to let her know just how incredible she looked.
Amanda's dress was stunning
"Gorgeous," wrote one. "Beautiful," added another, with a third gushing: "Beautiful photo, nice dress Amanda."
While Amanda didn't share the name of her dress' designer, Tophop's "Ruffle Sleeve Horn Button Mini Dress" looks almost identical!
Ruffle Sleeve Horn Button Mini Dress, £25, Topshop
The 49-year-old is currently soaking up the sun with her two girls, Lexi, 14, and eight-year-old Hollie, and it isn't the first time this week that Amanda has floored fans.
On Tuesday, she uploaded a photo of herself sitting on a set of outdoor steps with her daughters, and Amanda looked like a bride in a floaty white dress and floral headband!
Once again, fans were quick to leave sweet comments.
"Mum and her daughters or 3 sisters.... I don't even know anymore! Love you Queen," one follower commented on the sweet family photo, while another remarked on the striking similarity between the trio: "They look just like you! Gorgeous xxx."
The Heart FM presenter has been enjoying a summer break in both the UK and Europe. As post-lockdown travel restrictions were eased, Amanda and her family, including husband Chris Hughes, jetted over to France where they met up with Piers Morgan.
A few days later, they all headed on a staycation, which they timed perfectly with the British heatwave.
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When is a bartending competition not just a bartending competition? When it’s designed to bring people together in the spirit of the Mediterranean, celebrating both cocktails and food pairings. With this as its mission, Gin Mare has launched its US heat of the global Med Inspirations cocktail competition, which will send the winner on a trip to Ibiza to compete in the global final. The competition is now in its ninth year after having begun in Europe before expanding internationally and into the US three years ago. This year will see participants from Hong Kong, Singapore…
Terlato Wines debuted a new brand, Dueling Pistols, launched with a whole new approach to a campaign. Through a tension-filled label, episodic background story and through the wines themselves, The Dueling Pistol’s wine encompasses two blends from the Paso Robles and Dry Creek Valley regions of California, made of two bold, competing varietals in each bottle (thus the duel), a tension underscored by an origination story that will reveal itself over time.
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Established less than one year ago, Next Century produces oak-matured, high-quality spirits in hours rather than years.
Theobald & Oppenheimer today announced a new distribution partnership with LNJ Brands to expand the presence of Single Prop Rum within the New York market. Complementing the partnership, Theobald & Oppenheimer announces a new hire, Kyle Harder, as Brand Director.
The rum, which is sourced from the Caribbean and blended with real coconut water, launched in the Pennsylvania market in April 2018.
Pahlmeyer Winery of Napa Valley released its 30th Anniversary 2016 Pahlmeyer Proprietary Red, a red wine blend with a special commemorative label.
Vintner Jayson Pahlmeyer established Pahlmeyer in the 1980s with a string of successful vintages for his knockout, newcomer wines. His irrepressible spirit drove an unrelenting quest for the highest quality wine in every single vintage. “Everything worth doing is worth doing to excess,” is one of his favorite mantras.
The distinctly Japanese beverage program at the newly opened concept Inn Ann at Japan House Los Angeles, California is under the guidance of Executive Chef Mori Onodera. Inn Ann’s beverage program is a microcosm of Japanese cocktail and drinking culture, with a focus on Japanese riffs on classic cocktails and an extensive collection of sake and shochu.
For New York locals and Mets fans eagerly awaiting the start of baseball season, there’s a new addition to the roster at Citi Field. International wine portfolio Tussock Jumper is proud to announce that they are now an ‘Official Partner of the New York Mets’ through 2020.
Imported into the United States by Tri-Vin Imports, ballpark guests will now enjoy quality wine varietals from around the world at each Mets home game, enjoying Tussock Jumper wines with ballpark dishes through their by-the-glass offerings.
J. Rieger & Co. has announced several key additions to their hospitality management team, as well as details about their new spirits destination experience. The distillery space will expand to 60,000 square-feet in Kansas City’s historic Electric Park neighborhood, allowing the team to complement their increased production capacity with one of the country’s most innovative cocktail and craft spirits experiences. The public opening is scheduled for mid-June 2019 and will include multiple bars, tours, a gift shop, classes and private event spaces.
Silverado Vineyards has appointed Bianca Lucchetti as Northern California Sales Manager, reporting to Kimberli Rogers, Sales Director, West. “Lucchetti will be responsible for developing and maintaining strong relationships with these accounts in addition to working with our distributor partners and their sales forces to achieve targeted points of distribution for Silverado Vineyards,” Rogers said in making the announcement. “We are delighted to have Lucchetti join Silverado Vineyards”.
Layered and complex, Lip Service is the first release of Dave Phinney’s highly anticipated three year-old Rye Whiskey. Each barrel is hand-selected for its unique attributes by the man himself. The youngest rye in the blend is aged for a minimum of three years in new charred American oak barrels and then uniquely finished in wine barrels from Phinney’’s Grenache project in Maury, France.
In 1880, a legendary disruptor made his indelible mark on the world of spirits. That man was Louis-Alexandre Marnier Lapostolle – a Paris-based visionary who fully embraced the notion of living grand. Today the House of Grand Marnier, best known for its award-winning, French luxury liqueur, honors his memory, his boldness, and his joie de vivre with the launch of the eponymous Cuvée Louis Alexandre. This new VSOP expression joins the Cuvée Collection, a lauded selection of the world’s finest cognac-based liqueurs.
As we continue to hone our focus on health and wellness, understanding where our products come from is key. That’s why Drink Me loves Radeberger Pilsner which still follows purity laws from Germany dictating the use of only four natural ingredients.
Now Radeberger Pilsner is activating The Tastemaker Collective, a chronicle of stories featuring incredible people who keep New York City’s bars running.
Sommeliers and wine professionals from across the United States convened in Kansas City to battle for a coveted title – The Best USA Sommelier. After a challenging two-day competition, first place was awarded to Dustin Chabert, Illinois Market Manager for DNS Wines and Sommelier at Spiaggia.
Beyond being dubbed the best sommelier in the country at the inaugural 2019 competition,
Legislation introduced in the Texas Senate would remove a decades-old anticompetitive and unconstitutional limit on package store ownership and promote a free and fair market in Texas.
State Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, has introduced Senate Bill 645 that would remove the limit on package store ownership and the so-called “consanguinity loophole.”
Fratelli Branca announced the appointment of spirits industry executive, Steve Brecher to Chief Executive Officer of new venture Branca USA. The appointment comes on the heels of the Milan-based company’s announcement to create their own import company in the U.S. in early 2019.
Brecher most recently was President of Infinium Spirits. Previously, he held a series of senior marketing, commercial and strategy roles at Diageo in the U.S. and overseas.


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Feb 25 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett said on Monday his Berkshire Hathaway Inc overpaid in the 2015 merger that created Kraft Heinz Co, but he had no plans to flee the struggling packaged foods company.
Buffett spoke four days after Kraft Heinz took a $15.4 billion writedown for its Kraft and Oscar Mayer brands and other assets, slashed its dividend, and said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was probing its accounting.
Kraft Heinz's share price sank 27.5 percent on Friday, wiping out more than $16 billion of market value, and causing Berkshire to lose $4.3 billion on its stake. Berkshire owns 26.7 percent of Kraft Heinz.
"I was wrong in a couple of ways on Kraft Heinz," Buffett said on CNBC television. "We overpaid for Kraft."
Buffett did not say by how much Berkshire overpaid, but said the market reacted "probably quite properly" to the news.
He also said he has "absolutely no intention" of adding to or subtracting from Berkshire's stake in Kraft Heinz, saying the company had "very, very strong" brands and that he would be happy to own it a decade from now.
The comments were a rare admission of error by the 88-year-old billionaire on a major investment at his Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate.
Berkshire and Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital combined the former Kraft Foods with H.J. Heinz, which they bought in 2013, and own about half of the merged company.
Buffett said he may have learned about the SEC probe seven to 10 days before it was announced.
Greg Abel, a Berkshire vice chairman widely considered a candidate to succeed Buffett as Berkshire's chief executive officer, is a Kraft Heinz director.
Buffett also said he would continue to do business with 3G and its co-founder Jorge Paulo Lemann, calling him "an absolutely outstanding human being."
'TOE TO TOE'
Kraft Heinz's disclosure raised questions about 3G's financial strategy for the company, whose brands include Jell-O, Kool-Aid and Philadelphia cream cheese, and whether it is out of step with consumers seeking healthier, fresher alternatives to processed food.
Buffett acknowledged the changes, but said greater pressure is coming from retailers such as Amazon.com Inc, Walmart Inc and Costco Wholesale Corp, saying the latter's Kirkland brand outsells all Kraft Heinz products.
Stronger brands can "go toe to toe with Walmart or Costco" but weaker brands "tend to lose out," Buffett said. "The ability to price has changed, and that's huge."
Still, Buffett added: "If I had to bet one way or another, I think people will eat more of our products this year than last year."
Berkshire's own $3 billion writedown related to Kraft Heinz contributed to a $25.39 billion fourth-quarter net loss for Berkshire.
"He monumentally overpaid for Kraft," said Doug Kass, founder of the hedge fund Seabreeze Partners Management Inc. "Increasingly, the moats he initially saw in his investments have been damaged."
The bad news also called into question 3G's signature business model of zero-based budgeting, which requires managers to justify their expenses annually from scratch, rather than use last year as a guide or pursue cost savings on an ongoing basis.
Kraft Heinz's belt-tightening resulted in more than $1.7 billion in annual savings, including the loss of thousands of jobs, mirroring 3G's similar efforts at such companies as Anheuser-Busch InBev and Tim Hortons.
The strategy has resulted in leaner companies, but could backfire if the companies lacked products that people wanted, or failed to spend enough to develop and market those products.
Buffett said he did not believe 3G underinvested in Kraft Heinz, but it was hard for him to tell. Berkshire is not involved in day-to-day operations.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel and Jennifer Ablan in New York Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Tom Brown)


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Americans are now familiar with identity theft having experienced it themselves or know someone who has. The US is now known as the land of the free and the home of the hacked.
Federal Trade Commission has recorded that there were 3.1 million complaints received in 2015 which is a significant increase over 2014.
The major culprit identity theft these days is the use of our Social Security numbers. Social Security numbers are bought and sold on the dark web. The government has urged companies to use other ways to identify people’s identities other than the use of Social Security numbers.
With a Social Security number and identity thief can wreak habit on a person’s life. The damage identity theft and cause is immense. All the thief has to do is get a Social Security number and then use it to get a credit card in the name of that person. Then the identity thief is off and running, stealing everything a person has. Credit card companies started using a chip in their credit cards to increase the security of those cards but it’s only a partial solution. In my opinion, defensive tactics or games will not win in the long run.
Protecting oneself and one’s family from identity theft requires the control of your personal identifiers very closely. There are many services out there that will assist you in this effort. I have my favorite others have theirs.
Contact me to learn more about how to protect your identity, email@example.com.


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Supply Chain Matters highlights President Biden’s meeting this week with CEOs on the ongoing supply chain bottlenecks impacting holiday consumer fulfillment concerns. We note that added fixes and required efforts are going to take additional months to resolve.
Supply Chain Matters updated news capsule highlights ongoing boom in carrier and logistics services provider profitability levels occurring amid unprecedented supply chain disruption. The need for added focus in overcoming lack of synchronization of supply chain execution movements and information flow.
Supply Chain Matters news capsule follow up highlights Airbus’s struggles with ongoing supply chain challenges impacting monthly production levels.
Supply Chain Matters highlights report indicating that Apple is allocating limited supply of semiconductor processors to iPhone13 production needs. at the expense of other products such as the iPad and earlier iPhone models.


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