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ADVERTISEMENTThe Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, is set to pay $3.5 billion (€3.2 billion) to buy the gaming division of Niantic. The San Francisco-based software development company is best known for its mobile games Pokémon Go and Monster Hunter Now. Pokémon Go is one of the world’s most popular mobile games. Launched in 2016, the augmented reality game was developed in collaboration with The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. Its usership peaked at 232 million active monthly players in 2016 and is currently at around 30 million monthly players. “I won’t say that Pokémon Go will remain…
LEGACY Supply Chain Services News & Resources Page 1 of 10 pages. Outsourcing eCommerce Fulfillment to a 3PL December 20, 2023 To excel in the swiftly-moving sphere of eCommerce fulfillment, it is essential to establish a robust infrastructure that encompasses people, processes, and systems. This infrastructure should be flexible enough to cater to the varying demands of your business and your customers. However, building a dependable infrastructure can prove to be a challenging task. This is the reason why several merchants opt for the assistance of third-party logistics (3PL) providers. Warehouse Contingency Planning Template May 26, 2023 We’ve taken the…
Chris Wright, the new US Energy Secretary, addressed a gathering in Washington of energy ministers and tech founders from Africa last Friday and encouraged them to use whatever energy sources they want, according to a report by the New York Times. Curious about ways to help 600 million citizens who have little access to power, amid confusion over US policy changes – “including the termination of Power Africa, a major initiative that had supported them for a decade,” Wright gave an impassioned speech that downplayed concerns about climate change, it said. “We’ve had years of Western countries shamelessly saying don’t…
Analysts say China’s decision to impose tariffs on farm and food products from Canada is a bid to prevent the tariff war started by US President Donald Trump from widening. Beijing announced tariffs worth over $2.6 billion on Canadian agricultural and food products on Saturday after Ottawa introduced levies in October. The move opens a new front in a trade war started by Trump. The levies, announced by the commerce ministry and scheduled to take effect on March 20, match the 100% and 25% import duties Canada slapped on China-made electric vehicles and steel and aluminium products four months…
ADVERTISEMENTIt is still unclear how much US president Donald Trump hopes to gain though the deal he is negotiating with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but the basic idea is clear.“I think it’s going to be great for Ukraine – we’re going to be at the site, and we’ll be digging,” he told reporters on the eve on the eve of the Ukrainian president’s visit. “We’ll be dig, dig, digging.”And Washington is not the only centre of power with eyes on Ukraine’s vast and largely untapped mineral wealth.As Euronews reported last April, access to rare earth metals and other elements essential to digital…
ADVERTISEMENTAlmost every car on the road should be electric and at least half of all homes should be fitted with heat pumps by 2040, according to the UK’s independent climate advisors.In its seventh carbon budget, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) proposes a transformative shift in the way the UK heats its homes, as well as Britons’ travel and food habits, to meet the country’s legally binding net zero goals.Achieving climate neutrality by 2050 will require major, but realistic, lifestyle changes that experts say are necessary to safeguard the future of the planet. Here’s what this new report means for the UK…
PITT OHIO News & Resources Page 1 of 10 pages. PITT OHIO rolls out express LTL lane to Texas border January 21, 2025 The company said this lane is based around a freight consolidation at its Cincinnati terminal, coupled with shipments routed to Laredo, El Paso, McAllen, Brownsville, Eagle Pass, and Del Rio. And for the final mile delivery to these cities, Pitt Ohio said it will work with its southern U.S. partner carrier Averitt Express. ILA Strike and Its Implications for Freight Shipping Now January 9, 2025 Stay ahead of the 2025 ILA strike with proactive freight shipping strategies,…
ADVERTISEMENTBefore Trump signed the order to exit the Paris Agreement, six of the biggest banks in North America pulled out of the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo all announced that they would be leaving the coalition in December 2024 and early January. In late January, a number of Canadian banks followed their US counterparts. Five of the country’s top banks – TD Bank, Bank of Montreal, National Bank of Canada, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Scotiabank – also left the alliance. These departures have left many questions about the…
To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. Diana saves Steve Trevor who has crashed on Themyscira. He warns her of the great war, World War I, raging across the globe. Wonder Woman…
To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. Diana saves Steve Trevor who has crashed on Themyscira. He warns her of the great war, World War I, raging across the globe. Wonder Woman…