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A composition by local alternative rock stars The Flaming Lips is no longer the official state rock song, and while one legislator claims Republican Gov. Mary Fallin allowed the related executive order to lapse for political reasons, the band itself believes it was an oversight that will be rectified.
Flaming Lips tune loses state rock song status
A spokesman for Fallin confirmed Friday the governor didn't renew an executive order proclaiming "Do You Realize??" the official rock song when she took office. Spokesman Alex Weintz said the governor had other priorities, and the order "did not make the cut."
A new governor has 90 days after taking office to approve executive orders issued by the preceding governor. Fallin's predecessor — Democratic Gov. Brad Henry — signed an executive order proclaiming the tune Oklahoma's official rock song in 2009 after the Republican-controlled House rejected a resolution to do it.
At least one lawmaker had complained that Flaming Lips bassist Michael Ivins wore a T-shirt at the Capitol bearing a hammer and sickle, a symbol of communism.
The song was selected by the public in an online survey, over songs by Elvis Presley, Wanda Jackson, the All-American Rejects, Hoyt Axton, the Call, the Ventures, J.J. Cale, John Moreland and the Black Gold Band and Leon Russell.
"I'm sure it's political — she's playing games," said Rep. Joe Dorman, D-Rush Springs, one of the sponsors of the original 2009 Senate joint resolution supporting the song. "There was a survey, a political survey done last year that was put out by one of the family policy groups, one of the right-wing groups, and one of their questions was, 'Would you support "Do You Realize??" as the state rock song,' and of course, the answer was negative in their opinion. So I'm sure that's what motivated her to say no to this."
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'Operation Twist' missing the mark on intended effect
Sep 23, 2011 Just a few hours into its life, "Operation Twist" is holding little water in global markets. We talk to Diane Swonk about why it's having the opposite of intended effect.
The Fed does the 'Twist' and no one decides to dance
John Dimsdale
Sep 23, 2011 The Federal Reserve announced yesterday that it will implement a plan to lower interest rates and make bond-buying less attractive.
GOP letter to the Fed: A slippery slope
Sep 23, 2011 GOP lawmakers sent a letter to the Federal Reserve urging Chairman Ben Bernanke to take no new monetary action. The Peterson Institute's Joseph Gagnon discusses the impact that letter may have.
Republicans to the Fed: No more stimulus
Sep 23, 2011 Yesterday, Congressional Republicans sent a letter to Ben Bernanke to request that the Fed refrain from initiating any further monetary policies.
Federal Reserve makes a $400 billion move
Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Nov 5, 2011 The Federal Reserve announced it was buying $400 billion in longer-term bonds in an effort to push long-term interest rates even lower. Will that help the economy
The Federal Reserve meets to discuss 'Operation Twist'
Sep 22, 2011 The Fed will meet today to discuss possible options for healing the ailing economy in the U.S. But its policies might only make a tiny dent in the bigger issues.
New Fed policies will try to lower home mortgage rates
John Dimsdale
Sep 22, 2011 The Fed will meet today to yet again tackle the best way to deal with the country's current economic downturn.
Bernanke details outlook for economy
David Gura
Sep 22, 2011 Bernanke is considering forcing down long-term interest rates some more and cutting off interest payments to banks that park their reserves at the Fed.
No new stimulus for now
John Dimsdale
Sep 22, 2011 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke looks to Congress instead.
Fed can't fix the demand side of economic crisis
Sep 22, 2011 Many were disappointed at the news Ben Bernanke gave this morning: As of now, the Fed won't make moves to fix the economy. But as we hear from Jill Schlesinger, it might not be the Fed's job after all.


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Worst: "Not THESE Guys Again!" – The Mummy Returns
I feel like I might type this disclaimer too often, but I don't hate CM Punk, and me saying something negative about an aspect of his performance doesn't mean I'm being too hard on him, or that I've turned on him, or that I'm not shutting up and eating my gruel. I eat way too much gruel. That being said, I can't be alone in thinking that CM Punk the television character has figured out the way to truly get rid of the Triple H character — by becoming him.
CM Punk is Triple H right now. He's doing everything I hated about H. He's the coolest and smartest and toughest character on the show. He makes snide remarks that demean the people he's talking to, but not in the constructive pro wrestling way, in the way that makes them seem pointless and ineffectual and makes you think "oh, this is fake, I don't have any reason to care about these guys". Now he's taken it even farther, dropping the "oh, you must be GAY" thing on Miz, who has been getting way too much gay flack lately for a guy everybody knows is sleeping with Maryse. It wouldn't have been so bad if Miz had said I TOOK THEM OUT and Punk responded with "took them out, you mean like on a date?" because that's funny. Sorta like how when wrestling recaps say "John Cena came out and delivered a promo" and your first thought is "John Cena came out?"
But no, he followed that up with jokes about how Miz probably took John Morrison and R-Truth to see that new Twilight flick (you KNOW he knows what it's actually called) because of the way he looks. The cherry on top is "NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT", which was contextually funny on Seinfeld 20 years ago and is the COINCIDENCE, I THINK NOT of gay conversation. It's also the homophobic equivalent of staring a sentence with "why is it racist when" or "how it is racist that". If you use those phrases in a sentence, you're about to say something racist. Adding "not that there's anything wrong with that" to the end of your sentence is the exact same f**king thing as "no homo" and should be retired forever. GLAAD should be down their f**king throats for sh*t like this, but sadly GLAAD signs on with people without paying attention, which is why they gave Billy and Chuck a gravy boat for their wedding despite six months of Billy and Chuck being Danger Gays.
sh*t, I haven't even gotten to the point of this Worst
Another, quicker point in this Worst is that when you point out wrestling tropes in front of everybody you're being Triple H. That's bad. Pointing it out and going through the motions anyway makes you look like an asshole, and not in the fun pro wrestling way, in the Mr. Anderson way. "Oh man, I sure wish I didn't have to be HERE doing THIS!" Just shut up and be a part of my f**king wrestling program. The old CM Punk would've happily posed for John Laurinaitis' match photo. He would've posed for it and grinned from ear to ear.
Best: John Laurinaitis Has His Own Camera
I don't care if you agree with me or not, Johnny Ace stopping the conversation to point at his own camera and wish John Morrison the best in his future endeavors was the best part of the show, and possibly the best part of any show this year. It's at least in the top five, alongside Ziggler's headstand and Beaker being canonically related to Sheamus. John Laurinatis is AWESOME at this right now and is the perfect kind of person to hate because he isn't really doing anything BAD or annoying, he's just that kind of person. This works so much better than Michael Cole yelling loser.
Worst: The Miz Is Great At Being One Half Of A Failed Two-On-One Attack
Who knows why WWE portrays its villains the way it does, but two weeks of Miz being vicious did not adequately prepare me for tonight's show ending angle of Miz being emasculated and dismissed as a gay afterthought by one guy fighting two. Again. If I was a WWE heel, I'd come to the ring with a posse of 25 guys at all times. I'd never lose a match.
Best: CM Punk As Warrior Circa Hercules
…and even in Punk's worst moments, he gives me something to enjoy. Watching him swing the belt around the ring like a mad man was great, and if we could just keep moving him in THAT direction, the direction that references great moments of the past without either condescending on them or trying to relive them, we'd be doing well for ourselves. Making the WWE interesting again should be a complex, mufti-faceted thing, and not just replacing John Cena with CM Punk. That's all they've done. He's holding Cena's belt, doing Cena's jokes and having Cena's matches. Beating up two guys by himself like Cena.
And where's Cena? Off somewhere doubting himself, screaming at nobody, walking away from everyone and giving up on everything.


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Mark Remy is a writer and runner based in Portland, Oregon, where he lives with his wife, two children, dog, and cat. He spent 7 1/2 years at Runner's World, the world's leading running publication, before leaving in 2014 to become a writer at large. He is the man behind RunnersWorld.com's Remy's World column, which he wrote from September 2007 to May 2015.
Mark has been a runner since 1994 and has run 26 marathons (including seven Bostons) with a personal record of 2:46. He has run 1:16 for the half-marathon and 16:29 for the 5K. (Note: All of those PR's were run in 1999; see The Runner's Rule Book, Rule 1.51.)
He is the author of The Runner's Rule Book (Rodale, 2009); The Runner's Field Manual (Rodale, 2010); and C is for Chafing (2011), the first picture book ever to include both an illustration of a runner vomiting and an illustration of a child doing 400-meter repeats on an outdoor track.


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Toronto Blue Jays v Houston Astros
Hoes of the Houston Astros drives in a run with a double in the... News PhotoAmerican League,Baseball - Sport,Drive - Ball Sports,Fourth Inning,Gulf Coast States,Horizontal,Houston,Houston Astros,Minute Maid Park,National League,Sport,Stadium,Texas,Toronto Blue Jays,USAPhotographer Scott HalleranCollection: Getty Images Sport 2013 Getty ImagesHOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 24: L.J. Hoes #28 of the Houston Astros drives in a run with a double in the fourth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Minute Maid Park on August 24, 2013 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)


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Affiliate Marketers Can Recommend a Site Without a Link
I just read over on Sam Harrelson's CostPerNews that Jim Kukral will be taking a little bit of a breather on Blogkits.
He will still be running it, but no longer on the payroll of Forge Corporation.
This has given Jim some free time to undertake some consulting work and have a little fun with the community that is growing around BUMPzee.
Before you state the obvious, it is YAPAS (Yet Another Pixel Ads Site)
The differences are:-
* This one is highly niche specific
* All the money is going to charity
* The ads are actually very cheap
* Jim Kukral is likely to drive a lot of targeted traffic to the site
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Prime Real Estate is important in Pixel Advertising, as is getting in early.
I have just picked up what I consider a perfectly positioned (and sized) ad right in the sweet spot.
The picture above is from the preview, I am not sure if my picture has been approved yet. When you select a block to purchase, you can change the number of horizontal and vertical blocks to purchase, so instead of costing $10 this 22 cost me $40.
All the money is going to charity so give AffiliateMarketingFriends.com a try.
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You know, the fel reavers used by the Burning Legion are powered by a scalding core of fel fire - it burns much hotter than normal fire.
If you could find enough people to take one down, you could heat the mold in the insides of the fallen reaver. Beware, <class>, those fel reavers pack quite a punch.
Did you do what I asked of you, <class>?
You've done it, laddie! Only thing left to do is for you to take it to Hellfire Citadel and kill yourself some orcs!
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According to Greg Bates, 2012 was the best year of his life so far. Looking ahead to 2013, he's planning on music –and lots of it. "In 2013 I really just want to get a few more songs out to the public," he said. "We put an EP out last year and it's something that I was really proud of, but at the same time, I know we've got a lot more music where that came from."
He's planning to release his debut album sooner rather than later. "It's gonna be really good to get the full record out early in 2013 and try to get the people more music," he said. "I think that's the main thing for me, it's just to get as much music out there as I possibly can and go play as many shows as I possibly can between now and the end of next year."
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News roundup: Crankshaft, WebSockets disabled, 3d Christmas tree
Crankshaft for V8
Crankshaft is a new JIT compilation infrastructure for V8, the JavaScript engine that powers Chrome and node.js. It offers very significant speed gains and has increased V8's performance by 50% on their its own V8 benchmark suite, as well as increase the page load performance by 12% for JavaScript-heavy pages such as Gmail.
There's also an interesting note explaining that Crankshaft has a less noticeable effect for smaller scripts, such as those in the SunSpider benchmark:
"The idea is to heavily optimize code that is frequently executed and not waste time optimizing code that is not. Because of this, benchmarks that finish in just a few milliseconds, such as SunSpider, will show little improvement with Crankshaft. The more work an application does, the bigger the gains will be."
As always in this friendly JavaScript engine arms race, Mozilla was at the ready with a friendly response by David Mandelin, which included his analysis and pointed out some of the new concepts Crankshaft brings to the table. He also mentions, most importantly, that Mozilla's own JavaScript engine JaegerMonkey won't get left behind.
WebSockets disabled by default because of caching proxy vulnerability
WebSockets has now been disabled by default in Firefox and Opera due to a security vulnerability detailed in this paper.
This post at the Pusher App blog offers a bit of a level-headed explanation, explaining that the vulnerability isn't with WebSockets itself, but with buggy caching proxies which are susceptible to cache poisoning. It offers the explanation that the vulnerability was detected with Java and Flash clients, and has probably been in the wild for quite a while with technologies other than WebSockets. It's only now come up likely because of the expected scrutiny and poking around on a new up-and-coming technology like WebSockets.
It's interesting to note that Chrome was going to follow suit and also disabled WebSockets by default, but decided to leave it on, in favor of using a different handshaking mechanism (CONNECT) that appears to be immune to the vulnerability.
Christmas tree in canvas (JS1k)
With the Christmas JS1k competition under way, a few entries are starting to make the rounds! This canvas-based 3d rotating Christmas tree is quite impressive all on its own, and even more impressive considering it's 1023 bytes, just one character short of the 1k limit.
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Guidelines OK'd for Newnan facade grantsBy JOHN A. WINTERS
Newnan's Downtown Development Authority approved guidelines for downtown businesses wanting to apply for facade grants during its meeting Tuesday.
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Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
A Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) is a federal government-approved plan in which the depositor can save for retirement. Contributions are made within pre-defined limits and the income earned on RRSP deposits is tax sheltered until the funds are withdrawn.
The purchase of an RRSP investment allows the individual to claim a tax deduction for the amount of the annual contribution, thus reducing the amount of one's overall taxable income.
Concentra Financial allows depositors to make RRSP contributions in an amount and frequency that best suits their financial situation.
Locked-In Retirement Account (LIRA)/Locked-In RRSP
LIRAs/Locked-in RRSPs may be purchased with funds governed under pension jurisdictions that are held in a LIRA/LIRSP, Life Income Fund (LIF), Locked-in Retirement Fund (LRIF) or Registered Pension Plan (RPP). Income earned on LIRA/Locked-in RRSPs amounts is tax sheltered.
When a LIRA, governed under Alberta pension legislation, is transferred to a LIF, Defined Contribution Retirement Income Accounts (DC RIA) or Annuity the annuitant is eligible for a one-time 50% unlocking option.
Restricted Locked-In Retirement Savings Plan (RLSP)
An RLSP may be purchased with funds held in a Restricted Life Income Fund (RLIF). Income earned on RLSP amounts is tax sheltered.
Self-Directed Registered Retirement Savings Plans (SD RRSP)
A self-directed plan allows the annuitant to hold a variety of investments under one contract. The annuitant directs and controls the investment of funds by selecting qualified investments to best suit personal investment objectives.
An individual may wish to consider a self-directed plan if he/she:
Concentra acts as the trustee. Holdings can include specialized assets such as mortgages, GICs and cash.
As trustee, Concentra is responsible for:
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Beautiful pics and words
I love how you describe a winter beach. The pictures are great.
I am missing being on the beach since everything is so covered in snow right now - thank you for sharing these photos :-)
I love beaches too !!!
thanks for sharing the peacefulness.
I always like to stroll along the beach too. I don't get there often. I do remember the quiet times I have spent on a beach. Thanks for reminding me about these lovely memories.
I couldn't agree more!! Wonderful post for the day, Sandy! Hope you have a great week!
Great words with the pics.
love your closeups and soothing words...wish I lived closer to the beach!
Heart beaches and everything about them to the very core. Wish to make a beach house some day :)
Lovely reflections on the beauty of quiet beaches. We don't spend too much time on the beach here in Florida, because all those cigar smoking party beach people that you describe come down here during the winter. We stick to the non-touristy spots.
Oregon beaches are pretty much like what you describe even in the summer time. You would like them.
mmmmmmm treasures!
I agree, Sandy. Very nicely done!
I love beaches also, big, small, sandy, grassy, muddy, swampy. They are best with not many people.
I agree fully with your sentiments, I could literally live on the beach, if it was possible. Who needs more than stunning views of sky and water, and the natural art around beats any expensive artwork made by man.;)
Lovely photography as always.;)
Sandy, beautiful beach scenes. They have me longing for summer and visits to the beach. Have a great day!


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- Fastly's S3 Latency Monitor — The graph represents real-time response latency for Amazon S3 as seen by Fastly's Ashburn, VA edge server. I've been watching #sandy's effect on the Internet in real-time, while listening to its effect on people in real-time. Amazing.
- Button Upgrade (Gizmodo) — elegant piece of button design, for sale on Shapeways.
- Inside a Dozen USB Chargers — amazing differences in such seemingly identical products. I love the comparison between genuine and counterfeit Apple chargers. (via Hacker News)
- Why Products Fail (Wired) — researcher scours the stock market filings of publicly-listed companies to extract information about warranties. Before, even information like the size of the market—how much gets paid out each year in warranty claims—was a mystery. Nobody, not analysts, not the government, not the companies themselves, knew what it was. Now Arnum can tell you. In 2011, for example, basic warranties cost US manufacturers $24.7 billion. Because of the slow economy, this is actually down, Arnum says; in 2007 it was around $28 billion. Extended warranties—warranties that customers purchase from a manufacturer or a retailer like Best Buy—account for an estimated $30.2 billion in additional claims payments. Before Arnum, this $60 billion-a-year industry was virtually invisible. Another hidden economy revealed. (via BoingBoing)
"disastertech" entries
Four short links: 30 October 2012
Sandy's Latency, Better Buttons, Inside Chargers, and Hidden Warranties
Four short links: 30 August 2010
H.264 Patents, Pakistan Flood Crowdsourcing, YouTube to MP3, Bloom Filter Tips
- Free as in Smokescreen (Mike Shaver) — H.264, one of the ways video can be delivered in HTML5, is covered by patents. This prevents Mozilla from shipping an H.264 player, which fragments web video. The MPEG LA group who manage the patents for H.264 did a great piece of PR bullshit, saying "this will be permanently royalty-free to consumers". This, in turn, triggered a wave of gleeful "yay, now we can use H.264!" around the web. Mike Shaver from Mozilla points out that the problem was never that users might be charged, but rather that the software producer would be charged. The situation today is just as it was last week: open source can't touch H.264 without inviting a patent lawsuit.
- Crowdsourcing for Pakistan Flood Relief — Crowdflower are geocoding and translating news reports from the ground, building a map of real-time data so aid workers know where help is needed.
- Dirpy — extract MP3 from YouTube. Very nice interface. (via holovaty on Delicious)
- Three Rules of Thumb for Bloom Filters — Bloom filters are used in caches and other situations where you need fast lookup and can withstand the occasional false positive. 1: One byte per item in the input set gives about a 2% false positive rate. For more on Bloom Filters, see Maciej Ceglowski's introduction. (via Hacker News)
CrisisCamps and the Pattern of Disaster Technology Innovation
Over the past three years Jesse Robbins has been working to bridge gaps between the tech community and traditional emergency management organizations.
CrisisCamp is June 12-14th in Washington, DC
CrisisCamp is an unconference to bring together domain experts, hackers, makers, developers, and first responders to improve technology and practice for humanitarian crisis management and disaster relief. This is the first event in what I hope will become a movement, and it's happening on June 12 – 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. Across the world, everyday people can find…
Disaster Technology for Myanmar/Burma aid workers
There is an ongoing crisis in Myanmar (Burma) in the aftermath of cyclone Nargis. The ruling military junta is finally allowing humanitarian organizations into the region after denying access for almost a week. The situation is grim, and you can help by donating to organizations like: Doctors without Borders, Direct Relief, and UNICEF. There has been some incredible discussion on…
Today's ETech Hack is Tomorrow's Critical Infrastructure…
My friend Jordan Schwartz just gave me the perfect example of how quickly a cool hack can turn into Critical Infrastructure. Jordan wrote "How to build an SMS Service" and created SwaggleSMS as a demonstration of how to do group chat with SMS. It's a hack that he created as an experiment (it's super-useful for conference afterparty coordination). Jordan…


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The draft Queensland Ports Strategy published by the Queensland Government in October 2013 recommends 30 year Port Master Plans be developed for the proposed Priority Port Development Areas of Abbot Point and Hay Point/Mackay. The Master Plans will provide a strategic vision for these ports. The Queensland Government is developing statutory guidelines for preparation of these Master Plans which are expected to be released in the second half of 2014. As port authority for these ports, NQBP will develop Master Plans to comply with the guidelines on their release.
NQBP's Port Master Plans will clearly communicate our long-term development plans to the community, providing direction to NQBP about future infrastructure investments and staging, and facilitating the development of NQBP's Land Use Plans.
In order to prepare the Master Plans, NQBP will be reviewing infrastructure capacity and optimisation, identifying environmental constraints and assessing the future trade-related opportunities in the regions.
To ensure the Master Plans reflect the ideas and concerns of NQBP's stakeholders, feedback will be sought during the preparation of the Master Plans for each port. The draft Master Plan will then be made available to the broader community for comment before it is finalised and submitted to the Queensland Government for approval under proposed new ports legislation.
Land Use Plans
The Land Use Plans outline NQBP's Strategic Port Land and governs the location of new development and operations at our ports.
NQBP's Land Use Plans are developed in accordance with the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 and are reviewed and rewritten at least every eight years. All new development on Strategic Port Land must comply with the requirements of the Land Use Plan.
NQBP's Land Use Plans complement NQBP's Master Plans.
Port of Hay Point Land Use Plan
Development Assessments
All new development or operations on Strategic Port Land must be approved by NQBP. NQBP also acts as Assessment Manager under the Sustainable Planning Act for new development on Strategic Port Land.
NQBP's Development Guidelines govern the physical and operational aspects of development on NQBP's Strategic Port Land. NQBP has three Development Guidelines:
- Port of Hay Point Development Guidelines
- Port of Mackay Development Guidelines
- Port of Abbot Point Development Guidelines
Development at the Port of Weipa must comply with the Port of Mackay Development Guidelines.
The Development Guidelines outline the performance criteria that must be satisfied to address NQBP's assessment requirements.
You will need to complete an NQBP development assessment application form.
Note: A new Development Code is being prepared to replace the three Development Guidelines. Like the existing Development Guidelines, the new Development Code will guide the physical and operational aspects of development on NQBP's Strategic Port Land. The new Development Code will outline the process to obtain NQBP's approval, the material that must be provided to NQBP to support a new proposal, as well as the criteria that must be satisfied to address NQBP's assessment requirements.


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Switzerland is resisting pressure from the EU and says it will not follow Luxembourg in abandoning bank secrecy. The fact that the country eventually, albeit reluctantly, signed a FATCA agreement with the US indicates that if Switzerland wants to survive as an offshore financial center it will eventually have to accommodate EU demands for greater transparency.
The Cayman Islands has announced that it will implement a FATCA Model 1 intergovernmental agreement with the US and that it will seek similar automatic exchanges of information with the UK. The announcement marks the latest major offshore jurisdiction to enter into a FATCA agreement with the US and, unsurprisingly, also with the UK.
Since 2008, a number of initiatives launched by many Western economies at a global level have been aimed at traditional offshore centers in order to stop them being used as tax havens by the rich. Luxembourg, however, has maintained its position as the largest offshore center in the world, thanks to its dominance in the European funds market, especially among offshore clients.
This month's selection of innovative new drinks products sees the launch of a variety of novel alcoholic beverages, including a wine in a pouch and beer that is designed to complement challenging food combinations. This shows the original ways in which manufacturers are attempting to gain an edge over the competition.
The growing health trend has seen the release of an array of niche products, as a look at the latest launches on Productscan reveals. One such product is a new bottled water that has been created especially for diabetics, highlighting how drinks manufacturers attempt to get ahead of the competition by offering something different.
France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg have signed an agreement to integrate their electricity transmission systems. This deal is being hailed by some as the first step towards a fully integrated European wholesale market. However, the lack of an independent, comprehensive regulator may slow movement towards this goal, and towards facilitating cross-border trade.
Lukoil is keen to continue its charge across the European forecourt retailing sector as displayed by its interest in the soon-to-be-auctioned portfolio of ChevronTexaco forecourt retailing sites in the Benelux countries. With upstream infrastructure already in place, the capture of such a valuable retail network will ensure Lukoil achieves its goal of establishing its brand as a major player.
Kredietbank Luxembourg (KBL), a subsidiary of the KBC Group, has agreed to buy HSBC Dewaay, a private bank owned by HSBC and operating in Belgium and Luxembourg. This looks like a sensible move, as adding Dewaay to its Puilaetco Private Bankers division should boost KBL's presence in Belgian private banking, as well as underscoring the potential of the 'boutique' banking model.
KBL has beaten its European peers in a sale carried out very much on Puilaetco's terms. However, in addition to further extending its European private banking network, the acquisition will provide KBL with a much more important advantage - a presence in Belgium with a chance of collecting offshore funds returning home.
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