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E-commerce players of all types continued to build out their global footprint in 2013. Asos launched new sites for Russia and China, for example, and eBay targeted shoppers in Brazil with a new mobile app. HP and Lenovo both launched online stores in India. Not all major online retailers pressed the gas pedal, however: Macy's has taken a slow approach with its China initiatives, and Comprafacil, a leading Brazilian online retailer, recently faltered in its own market due to a variety of challenges. In 2014, we anticipate that:
Mobile commerce will become more important – everywhere. M-commerce is like e-commerce in that revenues are growing in virtually every market around the globe: In no country that Forrester analyzes is mobile shrinking as a percentage of total e-commerce revenues. As we mentioned in a recent post, both China's Taobao and Tmall and India's Snapdeal have seen massive mobile revenue increases — other retailers such as Brazil's Netshoes have also documented their mobile revenue explosion. Next year we'll see mobile revenues continue their upward trajectory, with even more retailers supplementing smartphone apps and websites with tablet-centric initiatives. These initiatives will not only target the relatively affluent tablet owner; they will also enable retailers to take advantage of the higher conversion rates that often accompany these devices.
Brands will embrace new channels and approaches to global expansion. In 2014, it will be less common for brands to take a single approach to selling their products online. A growing number of brands will supplement their traditional retail relationships with new direct-to-consumer websites around the world, offering global online shoppers more immersive brand experiences and new opportunities to buy. Brands selling online will increasingly embrace international shipping as a way to reach consumers in markets where they do not yet have local operations. Brands will also launch new stores on global marketplaces to take advantage of these marketplaces' sizeable audiences and understanding of local consumers' needs.
Online retailers will need to plan for key online shopping dates in every market. The next year will see a growing number of retailers rallying around key online shopping dates in every market across the globe. Although originally tied to Thanksgiving in the U.S., Black Friday has been promoted by online retailers in markets such as Canada, the UK, and Latin America. Singles' Day in China on November 11 now generates more e-commerce revenues than any other online shopping day in the world. And in India, Google's second annual Great Online Shopping Festival (GOSF) kicked off this week. In every market, retailers will need to keep abreast of local online shopping holidays to align promotions and to ensure their sites and inventory levels are ready for spikes in demand.
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New market entry will get easier rather than harder. One of the biggest developments in recent years has been the degree to which new market entry is increasingly streamlined. In the past, retailers would often have to build relationships with dozens of different partners to get an online offering off the ground. At a minimum, eBusinesses had to identify partners to assist with website development and operations, fulfillment, marketing, and customer care in each market. Increasingly, however, new and existing players are building out their own offerings and expanding their partner networks to reduce the complexity of new market entry for brands. Vendors are also extending their global footprints, making it easier to leverage existing partnerships across borders.
Profitability will remain elusive. Finally, in 2014, e-commerce players around the globe will struggle with profitability. In emerging e-commerce markets, a common refrain among industry executives is that "everyone here is still losing money." Indeed, the number of e-commerce players with wildly profitable businesses in these markets tends to be very limited — with the successful few making headlines as a result. We've often cautioned eBusiness leaders against building ROI scenarios that are too aggressive and require payback in just one to two years. In 2014, these leaders will need to heed the same advice.
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I was going to post this over in Advocacy and safety, but I don't think the 20-somethings really have a point of reference.
Here is a Link to a thread in A & S regarding a female cyclist being assaulted by an motorist.
In the 70's, I rode to school in Boston almost every day. I rode all over the place, in fact. I never got honked at, yelled at, or assaulted. Not once did I have bottles, fast food remains, or cigarette butts tossed at me. The bike racks at Boston area colleges, BU, MIT, etc., were packed with the ten-speeds of the day. (unlike today, where only MIT has lots of bikes on its racks) All those students riding around, and it was very rare to hear of someone having a problem. The greatest concerns for cyclists in those days were theft (It was very bad in the 70's) and vandalism.
I'm not sure when I noticed things changing. Late 80's, I guess. That's when I started to hear the occasional horror story from other cyclists, about actual assaults. People leaning on their horns started to become more common, as did the occasional toss of a bottle, or fast food. (And what a great country we have!! People can actually afford to buy food, a precious commodity in some nations, and throw it at people they just don't like.) These tales of actual assaults are what get me though. I am hearing more and more tales like the one linked above. (in that case, a police officer witnessed part of the assault. That was lucky)
My question simply is this: What the heck is going on here? I know, there is probably no real answer to this, I'm just curious as to what people who have been cycling for a long time think. Are Americans simply de-evolving, or what?
I have known four people in as many years who have given up riding on the roads, and gone to off-road riding only, (bike path, trail, stationary gym bikes) because of this problem. These were not newbies, these were cyclists in their late 40's to early 60's.
As for me, I'm wondering if I should just learn to speak Dutch and head to Holland.
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To mark World Water Day with its theme 'Water for Cities,' we're featuring a four-part series of provocative articles by James G. Workman, a writer who has worked with IUCN for a decade. Author of Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought, he is translating the proven system that has sustained indigenous people of the Kalahari Desert into an online, utility-based system that could unleash a widespread, egalitarian race to conserve water and energy in cities worldwide. …
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That's a record in the history of this television market, and WBTW has ranked as the #1 station for all of those 22 years.
However, his career in our market started some 30 years ago.
Prior to assuming the News Anchor role in 1992, Bob worked on the sports side of the desk at WYFF in Greenville, SC; WSPA in Spartanburg, SC; and at WBTW from 1984-1987.
Before that, Bob worked for five years at radio stations in Greenville, Spartanburg and Columbia.
Over the past 35 years, Bob has won a number of statewide awards for his work in both news and sports.
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With a giant question mark hovering over the future of the U.S. space program, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex opened its $100 million Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit Saturday.
With a giant question mark hovering over the future of the U.S. space program, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex opened its $100 million Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit Saturday.
NASA has delayed the launch of a sun-observing satellite by a day so that technicians can restore power to launch range equipment.
The optical bench of the LISA Pathfinder (LPF) mission passed with flying colors extensive testing at the Institute for Gravitational Research (IGR) at the University of Glasgow.
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A group of ex-Nokia employees who quit over the company's decision to abandon the planned MeeGo operating system in favour of Windows presented their own smartphone on Monday, hoping to rival the sector's giants.
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
I work at a community college in Illinois and we started classes on Monday. It's great to have the students back on campus and the excitement of the new semester. Even though I love the start of a new year (who doesn't love new school supplies?) it is also a really stressful time of year for advising and teaching my math class. It takes a few weeks for me to get back into the swing of teaching four days a week and being a student myself.
When I started taking classes a little more than a year ago, I did it because I know that I am better as a person when I am pursuing something. The idea of earning a new degree keeps me moving, it keeps me going when all I want to do is crawl into bed. And that is still true for me today. I am usually at work about 6:30am to do my own homework or grade homework for my students until work starts at 8am. Then I work all day, teach my class and go to the gym. I usually get home between 6:30 and 7pm.
It makes for a full day, and a full week, but when I have a schedule, I do better. I work out harder, I am more consistent and I plan ahead better for food. Well, usually that's the case. This summer I added a wrench into the plan when I started the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. In a perfect world, I would eliminate the foods from my diet that hurt my stomach, but the truth is that the world is not perfect. I have had a few days each week for the past couple weeks when my stomach was really upset with me, and the rest of my digestive system too.
When I feel so run down, I don't want to eat, I don't want to go grocery shopping and I definitely don't want to work out. But I'm still pushing myself. What I am focusing on now is to make sure I have food that I can eat in my apartment. I have to cook so much more of my food, which is time consuming, and I have to make sure that I have that time set aside every day. No matter how much cooking I do on Sunday, I still have to put the meals together every day. There are definitely days when I want to give up, like this week when I weighed myself and had gained weight. I'm only eating whole foods, how could I have gained weight?
Part of this special diet (which is not meant to last forever, just a year or two), which I'm doing to heal my digestive system, not to lose weight, is that I have to give up whole food groups. If I hear one more time that you can't be successful by giving up entire types of food, I might not respond very patiently. One thing that I have learned since starting this journey almost nine months ago is that everyone has to travel their own path. Maybe one person can handle having chocolate in their apartment, but I can't. Maybe someone is okay eating gluten, but my body does not like that. I am doing my best to make sure I am traveling my own path on this journey. I listen to the experts, read the article, research the science...but in the end, this is my life and I am the only one who can live it, right?
Maybe I'm just venting a little today, sorry if that's the case. I know that I still have a lot to work on...my weight and my self-confidence. I still look at myself and see all that I need to accomplish, not where I started and have come from. Maybe that will be part of my journey for 2014...:)
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I find I have 4 sets of foods - the ones that are 100% safe, the ones I know for sure upset me, the ones I haven't tried reintroducing yet and then a group of foods that are ok when my system is happy, but I can't handle them if something else has already upset me.
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I agree; everyone has to find what works for them and then do it! If you make the decision to give something up and firmly commit to that decision, you can give anything up you want to. Don't listen to the naysayers. Do what's best for you! Enjoy the school year!
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Sounds like you are going to be busy! Good luck with your plan! You got this!
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I need to cut back foods and then slowly add them back to see what is giving my stomach issues...I just don't have the dang willpower to cut it all back to start with!
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I love new school supplies!! There's nothing like the smell of fresh pencils and books!
Good luck to you on your journey!
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Despite it being a packed car, no one was injured. Metro says it's been years since anything like that has happened.
The cars were the 1000 series, the oldest in Metros fleet, and the same series involved in the fatal 2009 crash. Metro officials say Tuesday morning's train was taken out of service and engineers are looking into the problem. the 1000 series make up a quarter of metros fleet, but so far no plans to pull them out of service.
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Previous Loan DetailsNurulo provides a taxi service. He has been in this business for three years. Nurulo is 40 years old and married. He has been providing this service for three years and transports passengers along the Vahdat - Dushanbe route. He is requesting this loan to make repairs to his car. More from Nurulo's previous loan »
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This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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Burlington Hawk Eye Gazette (Newspaper) - July 25, 1947, Burlington, Iowa CLOUDY, SCATTERED SHOWERS, WARMER.'OWA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER—ESTABLISHED JULY 10, 1837 RIVER—8 FEET, 9y2 INCHES; DOWN 2i/2 INCHES.The Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette VOLUME 111, NO. 14. PHONE 6130 BURLINGTON, IOWA. FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1947. ★ ★ 14 PAGES—ONE SECTION PRICE—5c Truman Signs War Termination Measure Blast Kills 27 Illinois Coal Miners Most of 200 Workers Got Out Safely West Frankfort, 111. —UP)— Bride Since Sunday, Unaware Uancer Had Doomed Her, Is Dead Omaha—(Jp)—Mary Ann Deeds GI Benefits Among Laws Affected Washington —(JP)— President City's E budget Will R< ?quire over, insofar as veterans' benefits' and a batch of other war and emergency statutes are concerned, i The chief executive signed a and John Warren Van Bibber senate joint resolution (SJR123),! liked each other immediately1 making inoperative some 175 when they met at a YMCA can-!laws whose effect was based on Tax Increase City taxes will be higher next year. Burlington's budget for 1948M9 calls for $1,638,446, John L. Lewis, mine workers' teen dance last September. They the states of war and emergency. which $476,612 will be raised by taxation. chief, arrived here by automo- decided to get married Some Powers Retained This is $21,524 more than was levied for taxation last bile Fridav for an inspection of But their May 10 wedding date i But he said some other extraor- u T. , ^ lu , " ,, 7 , . the mine in which 27 coal dig- had to be postponed. Mary Ann dinary powers must be retained year, but only $11,429 more than was actually collected m gers perished from an expios- was seriously ill. The doctor told <on Thursday. Lewis, her mother, Mrs. Margaret Deeds, that Mary Ann had cancer an(j for a time, and announced that taxes, he has asked Attorney General Frank LaPoint, superintendent Clark to continue his studies on of finances, said that during the had only a short time to live, the ending of the remaining war last year, $460,183 was collected, Mrs. Deeds told John. No one statutes. The $21,524 increase in taxa-jused. He asserted it is necessary told Mary Ann. In interpreting the 175 acts, the tion will amount to slightly over to provide for all expenditures in Late in June the girl was fail- resolution says, the proclamation one mill, LaPoint said, or about a budget, in the event it becomes ing rapidly. John was at her of World war II, the limited emer-;$l on each $1,000 of assessed necessary to use the money in an accompanied by Hugh White president, of District 12 (Illinois) of the ITVIW', spoke briefly with Gov. Dwight H. Green oi Illinois in a downtown hotel lobby and then went out to the Old Ben Coal Company's No. 8 mine. He told newsmen he had nothing to say because he had ; just arrived. __ in cl nuajiudi ueusiue ceremony ^ ,VI Wnct Pvonkfnrt Til (AP) Sunday, they were married. It marks the beginning of the slightly over 26 mills. Y> CSw rianKiuiL, . \ / Evprvnnp Oioro ovmnf Ann end of the educational, unem- total amount set out as expenditures in the budget would not be emergency. He explained increases In several funds by calling attention to —Twenty-seven miners ™ _ their lives in an explosion weak to sit up. she smiled at! benefits of the "'CROWD GATHERS AT MINE BLAST SCENE—Relative? mill around ambulances (abSST Thursday in one of the state's at John and said, ''I love you so.; Tip w^enhntil WeSt Frankf0rt' nl- where an ^plosion Thursday afternoon largest mines in the heart Of she er be available to: S killed 2, miners. (AP Wirephoto)._________the southern Illinois ---" y fields. bedside every moment he could gency and the unlimited emer-i valuation. be away from his department gency "shall be construed as ter- The total budget of $1,638,446 store job. She began to talk minated and peace established." is below the amount asked last about the day they would be mar- It is therefore T-day—termina- year. The last budget called for salary boosts made this year, in- ried—it would be the most won- tion-of-war day—for about 16.- spending of $1,656,000 but total;creased cost of materials and derful day in her life. 000,000 wrar veterans and service- expenditures were $1,172,838. supplies, and the need for repair In a hospital bedside ceremony j men. Total city tax levy will be and improvement of streets, sew ers and other city facilities. Official publication of the plovment and loan - guarantee GI Bill of . , Everyone there except Mary Ann iOSi knew she would not live. Too News in Brief }1L1/,L Detroit—UP)—The Ford Motor JL*LrJnL 11CI 1^ Vote Inquiry cnol ''*J "uouo"'1, ouc Pulled cum down to her and kissed him. Co. announced Friday that Mercury and Lincoln assembly lines at the Rouge plant would be closed indefinitely because of a strike at a supplier plant, the Murray Corporation of America. Approximately 2,500 workers would be idled. a mile and a half south of the bottom of the shaft at the main entrance to the Old Ben Coal company's No. 8 mine. Washington—(JP)—A hectic 18-hour and 12-minute senate ses- of the 5 seriously burned sion ended at sunrise Friday with Republican leaders conceding de- ar*d injured m the blast died him er *>e available to: She 1. New enlistees. Men and wo-was more beautiful than ever," men who enter the services after Twenty-six of the approxi- John said afterward. the president's signature will be oaa of wnrlf in While John and her mother considered peace-time personnel. • xnn v * a held her hands- Mary Ann died When they leave the services, the diggings 5UU leet unaei- Wednesday while making plans they w'ill be considered only exground were found dead about for the day she would be well. servicemen, not w'ar veterans. .As budget will be made by the Hawk-Eye Gazette next week, and Aug. 11, at 9 a. m. has been set as the date for public hearing. The tax levy will be based on assessments made this year and will be the first to be collected under the new city assessor plan. The budget funds Will actually be collected in LaPoint said it w'as likely the —City Taxes to Rise, Page 2— Seek Waterways Washington —in their demands for an investigation into Attorney General Friday in a hospital. Marriages Declining compromise $5,482,530,500 appro- Clark's handling of Kansas City vote fraud charges, priation bill for the fiscal year Determined to carry out their plans to adjourn congress for ending next June 30 wras passed the year Saturday night. GOP chieftains bow'ed before unbending by the house Friday and sent to Democrat opposition, with Sen. McCarran (D.-Nev.) holding the the senate. The total new appro- floor. priations were approximately House Republican Leader Hal- -- $234,000,000 below budget esti- leek of Indiana told newsmen w\ l • mates. kI¥!§# flatly that there will be no reso- I I 15)11)1 -'hition offered for a house inves- l/Uivll Grandview, Mo.— CP) — Mrs. tigntion. | Martha E. Truman. 94-year-old other Republicans in the house mother of the president, has declining use of their names, told failed to recover from a setback reporters the inquiry primarily is suffered earlier in the month, her a senate problem and that an Bill Agreement such they w'ill not be entitled to unemployment allowances, educational or job-training assistance., or government loan-guarantees. If they have service-incurred dis-. abilities, they will be entitled to; Washington—(AP)—Congressional conferees scheduled compensation at about 75 percent a hurried meeting Friday hoping to settle by Saturday's ad-of the war-time rates. journment deadline differences over a fund for flood control, [ lUciV in H iiuspildl# 2 IVfpn a nr! wom6n who hp- . • . . . , . . . The bodies of all 26 had been Washington-i.iwrhe post-war f0£ aJasure was signed.!navigation, hydro-electric and other water projects, brought to the surface early Frl- boom In romance has reached Its have served less than the 90-dav: Overriding a Republican demand for a $100,000,000 day by rescue squads and were peak; marriages are on the de-,period required for eligibility to slash the senate approved a $452,000,000 bill bv a roll call placed in an emergency morgue cllne ! veterans' benefits, or who have vote of 7g to 5 Friday night. This is $200,000,000 more set up at the central junior high ^ been discharged, before serving 90 'j school gymnasium- Relatives who National Office of Vltalj^y^ because of disabilities. than the house-appro\ed sum._______ remained at the mine throughout,Statistics reported Friday that!Effect On Veterans A conference committee wasj _00"v, ^ +v, > 1 For veterans of World war II j named immediately and Sen. j ate that the bill reached the and for men and women In serv- Gurney (R.-S. D.) predicted an senate on the eve of adjourn-cerses during the first quarter ^ more than 90 days as of Frl-; agreement in time for final action ment and "even more unfortun- of 1947. That is 20 percent fewer day, these benefits will be affect- before Saturday night. ate" that President Truman chose Work was hampered by carbon4ban the number issued during ed: j Economy demands prevented ''suc^ * monoxide gas and the last 3 the sam* quarter of 1946. 1. Education and job-training expected quick passage of the bill ^re.eaented request^ for addi- u* Tiirn^r Tohh T'mmnn ^ ^ v. v, " Batavia—UP)—A fully qualified bodies found were buried beneath The report attributed the huge —Courses must be started not by the senate. The debate took J?a tunas; included in this bill daughter, Mary said wmlS *• , il in^.nt^0 cneck Dutch source said Friday the coai and debris. post-war increase in weddings to later than 4 years after the date up most of a long night session The president had recommend- said Friday. Miss iruman saia would ..t us in J_» ots. first phage of Dutch operations - ' the night during resuu* opera-j 427M9 couples bought marriage tions, sought to identify the vie- i* tims. Gas Hampers Search the president is being informed The decision to quit came at Heainit tbe Indonesian republican Harold L. Walker, Illinois didaily of the condition of his 4:12 a.m. of mines and minerals, re mother. GI romances. of the signing, and must be com- called by the Republican leader- fd 5250.000,000 for flood control It said marriages started climb- pleted not later than 9 years after ship to ease the crowded pre-ad--J" addition to the sum voted by ing "unusually high" as early as T-day. journment schedule. tne nouse* Chicago—(JP)—The coal mines administration announced that its sub-area offices at Des Moines, xhev battered down a Demo- . . . " . en"iQto. Pr.5a Springfield, 111., West Frankfort, crat attempt to postpone formal- ^ ^ tt said 111., and Terre Haute, Ind., were ly until january any decision on ^spondent Jack®d" permanently closed Friday. The the resolution by Sen. Kem (R.- offlciaI .^ep i Chicago office wdll be terminated mo.) demanding the Clark in- lores^w the possibility that the early in August. The records of vestigation. Dutch wTould capture the main Sen- Hickenlooper (R.-Ia.) all offices will be shipped to Jeff Tripp, brother of Mrs. Louis Dunlavy, 1600 Lincoln street, was not injured in the mine explosion at West Frankfort, according to a telegram from his wife. He has been an electrician at the mine for 30 years. American marriages, a total of 3. Loan guarantees wdll be direct the conferees to cut the ^ 1 2,313,795 or about 41.8 percent made any time within 10 years appropriation, which he described W rtnf' more than in 1945. In the war after T-day. as out of line with the Republican yenr of 1944 only 1,452,394 licens- were iasUed Steel Price Upped While marriages have increas ied, the ratio of divorce to mar Middletown, Ohio — (JP) — The as out of line with the Republican economy program. He was backed up bv Chairman Washington—GF>— Ex-Congress-Bridges (R.-N. H.) of the senate Plan ,A"drfw /• M?y was s«n" approprkitions committee and a terrx^ of fj*om part of Java, but Insisted the Washington. The government, voted Wjth the maiority. Iowa's *ndo^esians would render the which operated the coal mines o "wi t * d Dutch position continuously pre- _ — for approximately 13 months, re-j voUnt: " aS!carl ,us with guerrilla warfare. a fire had broken out following'wefe 31 divorces for every 100 Friday was the first member of ^e''chamber'''bi'caus7'"of"illness! °n tkfhrges accepting $53,634.07 cently returned ' them to their f The Dutch informant here said the explosion. The cause of the rnnrrlages in 1946 the ratio drop- the steel family to boost basm Bridges telegraphed Sen. Taft h^r ' jj ^,1,,WaS _^utethe bitter debate dragged ^oul^be t^mo^ upDzones'of^re- ^'ijuring *the^rescue^e™erations rriages. ^'Th'e^taUstWans a^j President Charles R. Hook an" gootj^con'science'support^the'biH " o e US* " Des Moines—l.F) - Installation onjhrough the mght._ ^ _ sistance in the eastern and west- there has been conflicting tribute this to the big Increase no^t»d^Thursday night ^that ^ ^ He ^ May "the briSeSSuoMP?S3t* costs by getting $6 and $7 more 'The excessive appropriations ers Murray and Henry Garsson— a ton. are completely inconsistent with also w*ere given prison terms with riage has declined. In 1945 there American Rolling Mill company other Republicans. Absent from 8 months to 2 years in prison J - J* ______ « AA 4L A /(«>(<•» vmawiKav A# * AD rllQ T'fYnC! A f n f 4 Afl* of individual loudspeaker system Then, shortly after daybreak. ern parts of the island and install;ports of the totil number of men marriages and not to a de- Armco intended m meet_rising cline in divorces. microphones on the 108 desks in the Republican leadership agreed new administrations. Whether trapped. The rescue teams w*ork- the Iowa house of representa- to lay aside the Kem matter long Dutch troops then would drive on ed frantically to reach the men tives will begin within the next enough to take up one of several Jogjakarta in an attempt to in the belief they had been trap- I L A ** few weeks, Henry Wich.nan, sec- appropriation bills that must be smash the remainder of the re- ped by rock slides and might be IvCfn JOlinSOn yllltS retary of the state executive coun- passed before Congress can quit, public was undecided, the inform- alive, cil, said Friday. The equipment That measure, carrying funds ant said However, early Walker said all 26 Friday Washington Revised prices, which Hook said sound government economy, the became effective Thursday, quoted announced sound economy pro- a basic figure of $57 a ton for gram of the Republican party, jr)—Keen John- hot rolled steel compared with $50 and are not in the best interests cost about $10,000. Heretofore, for for the Greek-Turkish aid pro- An Indonesian army communi- dead Earlier Coroner D*? Clay6 son resi^nfd Friday as undersec- previously and $71 against $64 for of the r> as a whole, Bridg- several years, the house members gram and foreign relief, was dis- que reported that repubiican;,on^ of FranRHn^^a?d 28'hadTost;1^ °f ,abor- effeCt,Ve Au* 1 oroduces ! ^ ....... have used portable microphones, cussed only 20 rninutes, however,;forces in central Java had pene- their lives He said in a letter to President steei graaes Armco proauces________ -I when the weary lawmakers decid- trated Dutch defenses at Semer-! Lewis' Brother Safe Truman, dated Friday, that he ^ lV 1 C lit !• )• Des Moines—(JP)—Distribution ed to call it quits so members ang on the north coast, jump-off' One of the miners at first be- was_ rftl?rnln£j0JPriv!!at<J indu,st^y- J* J KlllCS lOF iVlCQlflpOllS of American defense medals and World wrar II medals wrill begin could get a few hours sleep. point for a Dutch drive on Jog- lieved among those trapped but The earlier Republican victory jakarta. The city is 60 miles fe wfas In reply, Mr. Truman said, he was "indeed sorry that we are Ci»v—(ip)—Maude who later was reported ... , t , services" Howard Lewis, underground sup-erintendent and a brother of John L. Lewis, president of the mine Mary!workers' union. TOMBSTONE KILLS CHILD Kalamazoo, Mich. — (JP) — Two- a minimum of 8 months and a maximum of 2 years. The maximum penalty that could have been imposed on each by Judge Henry A. Schweinhaut was 6 years in prison and a fine He added that "it is unfortun- 530,000. ---The sentencing w*as delayed more than 2 hours while the defendants' lawyers pleaded for a new trial and May beseeched the court for mercy. The 72-year-old former Kentucky Democrat congressman insisted that he had never taken "a Woman in Citizenship Ci>:e Vivienne Doris Anne Patterson of Mediapolis. whose application dime" dishonestly during i*.old 1STancv Pcndowski of * — — -—-------— — - —.__.—t~^ ——- Sen. McBroom. 64, noted educator for Of the estimated 200 day shift as Corners was smothered to for citizenship naturalization examiners had sought to deny on "Us long service in congress. - - ...... ■* ' ' None of the in Iowa Aug. 1. The navy an-i0n the Kem proposal was on north of Jogjakarta. nounced Thursday that any ex- straight party-line vote of 45 to - navy man or woman eligible for 30. DIES IN IOWA CITY the medals may get them at any But it was a hollow' victory. Iowa navy recruiting station. The or- After the chamber had been in iginal discharge certificate and L ReDubHcan wJdp the Past 30 years at the Univer- workers in the diggings those death Thursdav beneaTh 'a 4-foot ^rounds that she allegedly refused to take the oath of allegiance IS'°/,.e the defendants had notice of separation must be pre- conced^d to ' hi's colleagues that sity of Iowa, died Thursday at who escaped fled through an aux- tombstone which fell on her. The without qualification, may receive naturalization papers July 28. hparh-^thV^ t? newsmen after GOP forces would be unable to her home here. Her death follow-1 diary air shaft equipped with child had accompanied her fath- The government has forwarded the necessary papers here as of J ld8 th<were —Inquiry Blocked, Page 2— ed a long illness. | stairways for emergencies. ;er, Edward, when he went to cut that date, following the issuance of an opinion by District Judge f^eased ^ 52,000 bail each pend- -- —--- 1 The blast occurred within one'grass in the cemetery across the P&td McUoid that the examiners motion to dismiss her petition t • * < —Mine Blast Kills 27, Page 11—(street from their home. ishould be overruled. No court order, however. Is on file here. a quivering voice, May told Mrs. Patterson, a member of the Reformed sented to establish eligibility. Stunt Man Injured Hit His Wife With Rock, Then Strangled Her, Downey Admits Memphis, Tenn. —(JP)— Richard (Dixie) Blandy, 42, of Dayton, Ohio, who pedalled a bicycle atop a 50-foot flagpole for 4 days, was injured Thursday night when his stunt apparatus snapped and - him cmshing to the ground Colorado Spring, Col.—*(/F)—District Attorney Irl Foard said the Memphis fairgrounds. David A> Downey, 29, former army flyer, Thursday orally ^ ,1 y* a 5'day HJigpolP admitted that he had killed his Czechoslovakia-born wife, Lolly, Hauumg durin^ the recent h b dy was found a week ago under a 50-foot ledge of a Hawkeye Holidays celebration atj^"«ain range northwest of here. Des Moines, la.) HI-POCKETS -VI IS THAT A NEW l-V'4 SCARF FOR VOUR . t ABSENT-MINDED uncle° Foard said the only Downey gave was that mad at her." Downey, a San Francisco ac- reason TT , -- 'I was Henry Maly said an autopsy showed, however, that strangulation was a "more probable cause" countan tf formerly ^TdTnVest « than injuries received ln Liberty, la., and worked in Dav- Downey acknowledged that he enport, la. He and his^wife \\ere had taRen Qut 2 $10 000 lnsurance returning to San - policies on his wife, each carry-! x/r V W nnvvnpv in Ploom- ing a double-indemnity clause in Mrs. Dennie Downey, j event of accidental death. field, la. Police Chief I. B. Bruce said After the b^dy of his attractive Dowmey broke down after almost 24-year-old bride wras found, Dow- a week of grilling and told of- ——r~ "7^~i i fleers "the urge to kill came over Visited Kloomiield me" as he walked w'ith his wife BKoomfield—David A. Downey in the mountains. has visited Bloomfield, but was Downey added this explanation, never a resident here. Downey's Bruce said: aunt lives in Bloomfield, and he We* were aiguing. I had a has visited her occasionally- His rock the size of 2 teacups in my mother Is presently staying kaIUd the the aunt and Downey has visited hack of the head. She fell down her oo Mrs Downey was not and I rushed to her and choked .. vul YfJ ;"r",Jt "" ■ Dow- her. then hid her body in the a. ailable for comment on Dow crcv,ce wh(,r(, she was ^ound ney s arrest. ____—_— j Dowmey said he lay down near Schweinhaut the Reformed Presbyterian Regardless of the verdict of Church of North America, testi- f Jury* regai*dless of what has fled that she had no objections to lfen saidt regardless of w'hat taking the oath of allegiance but y- app®n in the future. 1 have that in certain instances her re- "lfeafr of.14my conscience and I ligtous belief required that she . . make also an explanatory declar- ef 7 ation that her allegiance to God n<?HCeJhat they lntend. td superseded her allegiance to the appeal the supreme court if necessary.' In imposing sentence. Justice Schweinhaut said he was not levying any fines on the defendants because of their present financial condition. state. Quoting Supreme Court Justice Douglas in a similar case, Judge McCold said: "The struggle for religious liberty has throughout the centuries been an effort to accommodate f 1__" the demands of the state to the l^HDOF LC3ClCr I/1CS conscienceofthe individual. The Boston-DD-Robert J. Watt. , °o tk0U8ht noted American labor leader, died S. tM L° RJghU! rec; at sea on the liner Saturnla while , domain of returning to the U. S. from G«n-S htn. Js a moral pow-;eva, where he had been Amerj. higher than the state. can delegate to the international "Throughout the ages men labor organization conference, ac- have suffered death rather than cording to advices received here subordinate their allegiance to Friday. God to the authority of the state. — Amendment ris'tthe! ToHfly's Games product of that struggle." Willing to Bear Arms UMMMMMM, GOOD —Allene Asbury (center with finger in mouth) samples pie at Methodist she would be church booth Thursday during Gladstone homecoming celebration. Grouped with her, left to right, are Mrs. Martha Grahm, Dorothy Rhodes, Mrs. Ruth Lewis, Donna Mohrling, Joan Smith and Betty Mohrling, all of Gladstone. The sampling was all in fun, but it made the photographer's mouth Ameriran League Chicago 000 000 130— 4 9 2 New York 300 321 30x—12 14 0 Mrs. Patterson testified that! Gillespie, Grove (4), Smith (7). Caldwell (8) and Tresh; Reynolds and l\ ,^en0 w4fen"iimb?ngy b0CtLnaedriwaeshf^nWdaybyf'^ontonr!s{"3Ury' ^ ^'(H^k-Eye01** b0Oth annUa"y ^ ^3t" Earp U Ctar*h pas' willing to bear B arms for the country, if necessary, and that she anticipated no; National Learoa conflict in her allegiance to God York 000 030 oo and to the country. She said she j HaYtung, Beggs and Cwper! Sriek-—Wins Citizenship, Page 11— son and McCullough. ;


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American Idol's 14th season premiered last week and if you think you shouldn't care because Ryan Seacrest makes you uncomfortable, you are wrong. Well, not about the Ryan Seacrest part — he is very distracting. Like, why is he still around? How much does he get paid to be a weirdo to young singers? Is he actually a robot? What really happened to Brian Dunkleman? But you should be excited because Cincinnati's own Jess Lamb is on it, and there's a very good chance she'll go far in the competition. I typically don't watch the music competition shows like Idol and The Voice, because witnessing genuine humans be embarrassed on television really upsets me. But when I heard Jess Lamb had auditioned and got the golden Hollywood ticket, I had to give the show a shot. Jess is a great local artist and I camped next to her at Bonnaroo one year, so I'm pretty much famous by proxy.Anyway, at 28 years old, Jess is painted as the mature one of the auditioning bunch, which is probably going to make you feel like a shriveled French fry at the bottom of a car. But with her age (seriously, I can't) comes a breadth of talent and experience. She writes and performs her own songs but — judging by her audition — has no trouble with the traditional covers Idol necessitates. Jess auditioned in Kansas City, Mo., and got a great reaction from the judges, particularly crooner Harry Connick, Jr. Check it out: Auditions will continue every Wednesday and Thursday for the next couple weeks, so we won't be seeing much of Jess again until the final 48 contestants are narrowed down to 24 after a performance in front of a live audience (this has already been filmed). So, will Jess make the cut? Idol teased us with a "look" — or rather, listen — at the top 24. You can hear them sing but can't really make out anyone's face. Judge for yourself. All I can make out is a Captain Hook-looking dude with dreads. GO JESS. Remember the uber-sleazy Gaston from Beauty and the Beast? You know the song, "No one's slick as Gaston/No one's quick as Gaston/No one does push-ups in the middle of an amusement park like Gaston…" What? Yes. Sia's "Chandelier" girl is back, and she's dance-battling in a dirty cage with Shia LaBeouf, which some people are NOT OK with. Also, why did I just learn that the little girl, Maddie Ziegler, is from Lifetime gem Dance Moms?! Speaking of times when we all get sucked into Wikipedia holes… Rapper T.I. is basically a suicide prevention specialist. This isn't news, but it's new to me (please don't ask why I'm Internet-searching random rappers at night). Seriously, "Rescue of suicidal men" is a sub-section on his Wikipedia page. In 2010, he stopped a young man from taking his life by convincing him to not jump off a 22-foot Atlanta building. T.I. heard about the situation on the radio, drove to the scene and asked police if there was anything he could do to help. Pretty incredible. But before that, in 2006, T.I. discovered a struggling Scott Stapp after the Creed frontman had jumped over his hotel balcony (whether this was a suicide attempt or the result of insomniac hallucinations varies in reports). Can we have T.I. intervene on Scott Stapp again please? Side note: Awesome reality show idea. For real, though, dude seems like he needs it. On a lighter note, here's a Larry David Lynch blog! Parks and Recreation's final season premiered last night. Jurassic World will be unleashed into theaters this summer. Chris Pratt stars in both. Relevant: American Crime Story casting news! If you recall, Ryan Murphy is spinning off on his American Horror Story miniseries franchise with a true crime series. The idea is to explore a different criminal case in American history each season, like how each AHS season explores fear and freaky folklore in a different arena. The series' debut will focus on the O.J. Simpson trial. Cuba Gooding, Jr.will play O.J., David "Forever Ross" Schwimmer will play Robert Kardashian and John Travolta will play Robert Shapiro. So much wut.This dog takes a bus to the dog park and knows to get off at the appropriate stop — alone — which is more than I can say about myself. The Golden Globes, a.k.a Amy 'n' Tina's Sleepover Party, were Sunday. The duo kicked ass in their final hosting gig, don't get me wrong, but overall the show left me wanting something more exciting. Maybe it was the fact that the awards were so spread out. There were big winners, for sure (Transparent, Boyhood), but there were a lot of new winners (which yields heartfelt but otherwise boring speeches) and no one show or film truly swept. If anything, it gave me a bunch of new movies and shows to add to my watch-list. Peep the nominees and winners here, if you care, but the best part of the production was the monologue. TinAmy were perfection. They even killed it with a Cosby rape joke that certainly shook up the audience. Nothing like seeing rich, famous celebrities panic over whether it's OK to laugh.Other notes: Leelah Alcorn — the local transgender teen who took her own life earlier this month — got a shout out from Transparent creator Jill Soloway. The stars of Fifty Shades of Grey couldn't muster enough chemistry to present an award, so that's probably not a good sign… George Clooney got a lifetime achievement award and said nice things about his new wife. Chrissy Teigen ugly-cried when husband John Legend accepted an award with Common. And that's about it! Of course, the Oscars are the pinnacle of awards season, and those nominees will be announced Thursday.
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The Daily Show has propelled more comics to fame than just host Jon Stewart. Steve Carell, Ed Helms, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver (OK, a lot of white guys) and many others sparked their careers with regular appearances on Comedy Central's "fake news" show
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Senior prom is a special milestone for many American teens, but even traditions as old as school dances change over time. Intimate one-on-one dates have given way to group dates and attending as friends. Flip-flops and cutout cocktail dresses replaced the overdone evening look for many girls. And now a southern-fried specialty is getting in the prom game. Kentucky Fried Chicken — What? Yes. — partnered with Louisville florists to create the chicken corsage. For $20, Louisville residents can purchase a corsage from Nanz and Kraft Florists that includes a $5 gift card to KFC, where folks can then go buy the perfect piece of chicken. It can only be assumed that after prom, girls will press the greasy chicken bone between their yearbook pages, just like their moms did with their corsages when they were young. It's confirmed: Stephen Colbert will take over the Late Show desk once David Letterman retires sometime in 2015. That'll mean no more Colbert Report and, likely, the end of the host's faux-servative character. Start the countdown to the announcement of a new reality show following Letterman, Leno (and, let's just be honest — Craig Ferguson and Conan O'Brien) around Ex-Host Island. Move over, old people! Slightly younger people are takin' yer jerbs!In the contemporary classic Mean Girls, Lindsay Lohan's Cady describes Halloween as, "the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it." Well, Coachella must be kind of like Halloween for celebrities, except instead of wearing lingerie and some form of animal ears, they throw on the most jumbled assortment of terrible fashion fads. Not sure about the new cream-colored designer jumpsuit you purchased? Try it out in the middle of the desert! Want to channel Woodstock without ever having been to, read about or seen a photo of Woodstock? Grab a Native American headdress and wear that shit to Coachella. The fest is HQ for floral head wreaths, jorts and combat boots (often all worn at once), and for some reason I cannot pull myself away from the celeb photos of this mess. It's like someone made a slot machine with various teenagers' style blogs on Tumblr and everyone going to Coachella must take a spin to determine their outfit. "Ooh, I got a bindi, a latex bra, a crocheted duster and gladiator sandals!" Just look at these famous attendees, capped off with Koachella Kweenz Kylie and Kendall Jenner. But seriously, you need to see this video that's (probably) of Leonardo DiCaprio Coachin' it up (people say that, right?) at an MGMT performance, which makes me feel weird and old. And since I brought up Lindsay, the supposedly sober starlet was supposedly washing down all that Coachella dust and glitter with vodka this weekend. The reports come days after the latest episode of her Oprah docu-series, in which she admits to drinking alcohol after her latest stint in rehab. Also, there were a lot of emo scenes of Lindsay filming herself crying. Get it together, girl. OPRAH WILL CUSS AT YOU AGAIN. And everyone knows if Oprah has to cuss at you twice, you will spontaneously burst into flames. Celebrispawn in the media is quite the hot topic as of late, particularly thanks to Dax Sheppard and Kristen Bell vs. Papz (this will definitely be a court case our children will study in history class). But what about fake famous babies — fair game? OK! Leslie Knope is pregnant! Pawnee's upcoming addition will be the Prince George of fictional TV comedy births. Which is to say, a very big deal. Parks and Rec's Leslie and Ben will be the best parents ever. I think I speak for fans everywhere by saying we can't wait for his or her first playdate with the world's most attractive child, Ann and Chris' little Oliver. Sunday was an epic night for television with the final Mad Men premiere (sort of) and a crazy-ass episode of Game of Thrones. These two are great popular, critically-acclaimed dramas, but they're on complete opposite ends of the style spectrum. Mad Men's seventh season debut was gradual and calculated (as always), giving viewers a chance to fill in the blanks between Season Six and now, speculate on what's to come and read into every little detail. And by detail, I mean Pete's California Ken Doll look, which was #flawless. Ratings were way down Sunday — the lowest-rated premiere since the second season's in 2008. Some attribute the drop to a lackluster episode, but the truth is probably that everyone was too busy losing their shit over this week's Game of Thrones to get into the cool Mad Men mood. Without giving too much away (and because I spoiled "the incident" for myself since I can't stay off the damn Internet — so I know it sucks), Thrones fans who hadn't already read the books were treated to a truly righteous, bubbly, bloody scene this week that totally flips the script for many of our favorite characters. Can't these people get through one wedding without having to immediately plan a funeral? New movie trailers to hit the Interwebz: bestseller-turned-likely blockbuster Gone Girl; two red band previews for 22 Jump Street (The College Years); Sex Tape, starring Cameron Diaz and a manorexic Jason Segel, a comedy that's exactly what you think it's about; and Jon Favreau's take on the foodie world, Chef. Aaand it looks like Jay-Z and Beyoncé may tour together for a string of shows this summer, so I need to go quit my job and fulfill my dreams of being a roadie. Byé!
'Silicon Valley' Delivers Smart Nerd Humor
Jac Kern
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Move over, Sheldon. The Big Bang Theory may have helped popularize or mainstream "nerd culture," but Silicon Valley keeps it real with sharp wit, spot-on tech references and just a touch of social awkwardness — the makings of any true geek.
Breaking 'Mad'
Jac Kern
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 9, 2014
It's the beginning of the end for Don Draper, the '60s and another quality AMC drama as Mad Men (Season Premiere, 10 p.m. Sunday) embarks on the first half of its final chapter.
Geeking Out over 'Game of Thrones'
Jac Kern
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 2, 2014
When it comes to a series that transports viewers to another world and forces us to connect with countless characters, only to have them hurled into a different direction (cue the "Red Wedding" reaction reel), Game of Thrones (Season Premiere, 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO) is king.
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Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy
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Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) is a hereditary disorder that can cause progressive vision loss. This condition affects the retina, the light-sensitive tissue that lines the back of the eye, by preventing blood vessels from forming at the edges of the retina. This reduces the blood supply to retina. The signs and symptoms include vision loss or blindness, retinal detachment, strabismus, and a visible whiteness (leukocoria) in the normally black pupil. The severity of FEVR varies widely, even within the same family. Many people with this condition do not experience any vision problems.[1]FEVR has different inheritance patterns depending on the gene involved. Most individuals have the autosomal dominant form of this condition, caused by mutations in the FZD4 or LRP5 gene. FEVR caused by LRP5 gene mutations can also have an autosomal recessive inheritance. When this condition is caused by mutations in the NDP gene, it has an X-linked pattern of inheritance.[1]
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- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) lists the subtypes and associated genes for Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy in a table called Phenotypic Series. Each entry in OMIM includes a summary of related medical articles. It is meant for health care professionals and researchers. OMIM is maintained by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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- PubMed is a searchable database of medical literature and lists journal articles that discuss Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. Click on the link to view a sample search on this topic.
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As China's payments market matures and larger players start to cast their eyes overseas, a growing number of players are becoming increasingly aware of the potential impact that transfer pricing may have on their organisations.
And rightfully so: transfer pricing – when not carefully managed – can create significant risks and costs for payments organisations now and in the future. At the same time, however, many of the more savvy players are also starting to recognise the potential opportunities that can be gained through smart and well considered transfer pricing strategies and are therefore, now placing serious focus on tax planning capabilities.
Increased scrutiny on transfer pricing While many of China's payments organisations are in the earlier stages of developing more comprehensive tax strategies, the reality is that few emerging organisations or industry sectors tend to place a very high focus on tax planning in the first few years of their growth. Indeed, in many cases, it is not until a serious tax challenge or a dispute with a tax authority arises that minds are finally crystallised towards the real risks and reputational damage that can stem from this area of the business.
All evidence suggests that these types of disputes are becoming more common. In part, this is because China's tax authorities have become increasingly focused on transfer pricing. In fact, having carefully studied transfer pricing approaches in other parts of the world, China is rapidly developing one of the most comprehensive regimes in the region.
China's transfer pricing compliance obligations are also rather robust. For example, almost all cross-border enterprises are required to prepare, and in most cases also to submit, formal transfer pricing documentation on an annual basis (whereas in many other jurisdictions this step is only required when a formal audit is launched). However, in reality, few cross-border payment organisations possess either the resources or the experience to fully document their transfer pricing for related party dealings and, therefore, potentially leave themselves open to significant risk of tax authority challenge.
Creating advantage and reducing riskWhile few payments organisations seem to have developed truly mature transfer pricing strategies, fewer still have implemented forward-looking tax strategies to mitigate their tax exposure, reduce risk and create a competitive advantage. This is a shame. Significant benefits can be achieved when internationally active payments organisations implement smart transfer pricing strategies, particularly with regards to their technology and IP assets or their treasury and foreign exchange revenue.
For example, take the development and operating costs for a payment platform. One common approach can be to create a type of cost sharing arrangement where every operating company contributes to the implementation. But while this approach may seem straightforward to structure and maintain, it also brings certain complexities. For one, how is true market value determined in situations where new operating companies join or depart from the arrangement? How are these cost contributions centrally recorded? What are the risk-sharing implications of the arrangement to the ownership of the developed payment platform?
Another approach could entail a royalty based structure through an IP holding company that charges licensing or royalty fees to users. There are wide opportunities to derive tax efficiencies from such an option if development of the IP, operational and ownership structure is well considered in advance. There is generally less flexibility for change when the development of IP and operational structures are finalised or well progressed. Of course, tax opportunities can still be achieved through certain operational changes and by migrating existing intangible assets into a new holding company. However, these can also trigger tax implications and, particularly in China, may attract challenges from tax authorities keen to retain the IP and royalty payments within their jurisdictional reach.
Planning an effective tax strategyUnfortunately, there is no 'silver bullet' for transfer tax planning in the payments sector and each organisation will need to develop their own strategy to meet their unique situation and circumstances.
What is certain, though, is that payments organisations must start thinking about and planning their tax strategy right away, while those organisations with an existing tax strategy may want to consider conducting a transfer pricing 'health check' on their organisational arrangements considering the current tax climate.
The bottom line is that careful and thorough tax planning is key to not only ensuring that transfer pricing arrangements can withstand the increasingly complex web of regulations now emerging around the world, but can also create a competitive advantage through greater tax efficiency.
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