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Need to Know (Jan. 6, 2014)
What tea professionals need to start the week..— Assure your customers who are resolved to lose weight that tea really does burn calories1… Tetley just launched a blend of green and black tea to bring tea drinkers the best of both… author Jeff Fuchs describes in a video interview an arduous 5,000 kilometer trek for…
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Bitcoin Update
Last week trading was halted on three crypto currency exchanges after it was revealed hackers stole 4,474 Bitcoins from the Silk Road 2.0 website. Silk Road is a drug-selling black market whose technical staff blamed the loss on a “transaction malleability” bug in the Bitcoin software. The loss was valued at $2.6 million, according to…
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Need to Know (Dec. 30, 2013)
What tea professionals need to start the week. Support tea innovator Christine Wheeler, founder of Drazil Kids Tea, as she competes Tuesday (Dec. 31) for the Dream Big America prize… Sri Lanka will pass the $1.5 billion mark for tea exports, setting a record… British Airways has perfected a tea that tastes great at 35,000…
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Need to Know (Dec. 23, 2013)
What tea professionals need to start the week. Holiday sales are strong with online surging. Starbucks breaks loyalty card record but fewer shopping days since Thanksgiving limited brick-and-mortar traffic. ShopperTrak reported that store traffic during the week of Dec. 15 dropped 19.9%… Tealet Discusses Benefits of Bitcoin Transactions…export earnings in Sri Lanka rose 10.7% through…
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Need to Know (Dec. 16, 2013)
What tea professionals need to start the week. Sunday was International Tea Day and today is a special anniversary for Americans as it marks the 240th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party… Shri M.G.V.K. Bhanu confirmed Sunday that he will soon depart as Chairman of the India Tea Board to take a government post in…
