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Hello there!Ensuring rigorous food safety standards is crucial for maintaining the health and well-being of pets and upholding the integrity of the pet food industry. In this episode of The Pet Food Science Podcast Show, Scott Hawks, Senior Food Safety and Regulatory Consultant, discusses critical aspects of food safety in the pet food industry. Scott shares his extensive experience, covering topics like sampling methodologies, hazard analysis, and managing contamination risks. Listen now to understand the nuances of food safety and improve pet food manufacturing processes on all major platforms."I think you're going to see more interest in chemical hazards coming in the next 5 to 10 years."Meet the guest: Scott Hawks is a Senior Food Safety and Regulatory Consultant based in West Milford, New Jersey. With over 30 years of experience in the food industry, Scott deeply understands dairy, protein, analytical chemistry, and food microbiology. He is HACCP Certified and has extensive experience auditing HACCP and GMP programs. Scott has worked with leading companies like Tata Global Beverages and WellPet, ensuring compliance with food safety standards.What will you learn:(00:00) Highlight(01:21) Introduction(08:21) Combining Safety and Profitability(17:47) Importance of Validation and Sampling(25:21) USDA Guidelines and Sampling Tools(32:47) Risks in Pet Food Manufacturing(37:29) Mycotoxins in the Supply Chain(49:01) Importance of Hazard Analysis(50:41) Final ThoughtsThe Pet Food Science Podcast Show is trusted and supported by innovative companies like:* Trouw Nutrition* Kemin- ICC- ProAmpac- ADM- Biorigin- Innovafeed- Corbion- AluraAre you ready to unleash the podcasting potential of your company? wisenetix.co/custom-podcast

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, April 8, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started:Just as India's 245 billion dollar IT industry prepares for its earnings season, a high level exit has shook the industry. Bengaluru-based Wipro's CEO and managing director Thierry Delaporte put down his papers late on Saturday. People aware of the matter told Mint's Varun Sood that the real reason behind the Frenchman's exit was a phone call from Wipro chairman Rishad Premji. Despite expectations of a stagnant performance for April to October, Delaporte expressed optimism for the latter half of FY25 to company chairman Rishad Premji. However, internal projections remain undisclosed as Wipro, India's fourth-largest IT firm, braces for a potential revenue dip in its upcoming April 19 earnings report. Delaporte was expected to complete his five-year term in July next year. However, to his surprise, the Wipro chairman declined to offer him a second term. On Saturday evening at 7:13 PM, Wipro announced a significant leadership change, appointing Srini Pallia as its new CEO, making him the company's eighth CEO since 2000. Thierry Delaporte's departure from Wipro's C-suite follows a larger trend of expat CEOs finding it difficult to work in Indian IT boardrooms. Beyond the straightforward management of profit and loss, these leaders often grapple with cultural disparities that can significantly impact their effectiveness. Some of the Indian IT firms have ventured to appoint expat CEOs over the past few years. Notable names include Vishal Sikka - a US citizen - at Infosys, Brian Humphries at Cognizant, and Delaporte at Wipro, all of whom eventually parted ways with their respective companies under less than ideal circumstances. Mint's Shelley Singh takes a look at the reasons behind the quick exits and temporary tenures of expat CEOs in Indian IT companies. Shelley writes that the primary issue lies in cultural integration. Expat CEOs often find it challenging to bridge the gap between Indian employees and a diverse client base, leading to a disconnect that adversely affects business operations. Last month Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with information and technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw presented the first national creators awards. Winners included popular YouTubers, Instagram influencers and other social media celebrities. The move came right before elections, underscoring the government's attempt to woo young voters between the age of 18 and 29 - the generation of ‘digital natives', which will have a significant role to play in the upcoming elections. Turns out the ruling party isn't the only one trying to cash in on the popularity of internet influencers. With the 2024 Lok Sabha elections just around the corner, parties are aggressively adopting digital strategies to captivate the young, tech-savvy electorate. They are embracing artificial intelligence, podcasts, social media influencers, and even virtual reality. This election marks a significant departure from traditional campaigning methods, aiming to resonate with young Millennial and GenZ voters. Mint's media correspondent Lata Jha spoke to several industry insiders who shed light on the shift in how political parties are electioneering. While billboards and outdoor advertising remain in play, particularly in tier-II and tier-III cities, the digital realm is where the battle for attention is most intense. According to Rajni Daswani of SoCheers, digital advertising is saturating tier-I cities, with political leaders engaging with key influencers. Meanwhile, traditional media maintains its grip on smaller cities, tailored to local narratives. The use of AI stands out, with innovative applications like AI-generated speeches of late leaders to appeal to voters, and translation services breaking language barriers to reach a broader audience.In September 2019, Sunil D'Souza, then managing director of Whirlpool India, was approached by Egon Zehnder for the CEO position at Tata Global Beverages, the beverage division of the Tata Group. Despite initial hesitations due to the conglomerate's scattered FMCG presence, a vision laid out by Natarajan Chandrasekaran, chairman of the Tata Group, convinced him to take on the challenge of streamlining and expanding the group's consumer goods sector. In December 2019, D'Souza was appointed managing director and CEO, transitioning the company into Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL) by February 2020. Under his leadership, TCPL has seen significant growth, with revenue climbing to 13,783 crores rupees in 2022-23, an 11 per cent increase from the previous year, and profits soaring by 30 per cent to 1,320 crore rupees. The company's share price has also seen a remarkable surge, increasing by over three and a half times since December 2019. D'Souza's strategic moves have diversified TCPL's portfolio beyond beverages to include a variety of food products and household staples, challenging competitors across the FMCG sector. Mint's FMCG correspondent Suneera Tandon tells the story of how D'Souza took the Tata group company to new heights and what his plans are for the future.Did you know India was one of the first developing countries in the world to introduce  the concept of a minimum wage? India introduced minimum wages  in 1948, soon after gaining independence. Now, the country is on the cusp of transitioning from a minimum wage system to a living wage model. Aiming to ensure that workers and their families can afford a basic yet dignified standard of living, the government is planning to introduce living wages by 2025. But what are living wages? How will they benefit workers and what are the challenges that the government could face? Tina Edwin, Mint's contributing editor, explains. A living wage, for one, exceeds the minimum wage by encompassing the cost of a decent standard of living, including food, housing, education, healthcare, and other essentials. It's calculated based on the economic situation of a specific region, reflecting the actual needs of a worker's household. Unlike the one-size-fits-all approach of minimum wages, living wages consider the varying cost of living across different states and even districts, arguably making it a more equitable standard of remuneration. We'd love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Let us know by writing to us at feedback@livemint.com. You may send us feedback, tips or anything that you feel we should be covering from your vantage point in the world of business and finance.A phone call, a discussion, and a firing: Behind Delaporte's Wipro exitExpat exits: Why foreign-born CEOs don't last the distance in Indian IT firmsWhen voters turn tech-savvy, can political parties be far behindBeyond tea and salt: How Sunil D'Souza plans to spice up Tata's FMCG pieMint Explainer: How workers will benefit from living wages

Starting as a merger between Tata Global Beverages and Tata Chemicals, Tata Consumer has now diversified into tea, coffee, salt and nutrition, making a global presence in over 40+ countries. How did it get here?  In this episode, RJ Rohan will walk you through the journey of Tata Consumer. 

The Tata Group's flagship steelmaker Tata Steel last week approved the merger of six subsidiaries and an associate company with itself in a major move that consolidates the group's metals and mining business.  The move involves listed entities, Tata Steel Long Products, The Tinplate Company of India, Tata Metaliks and TRF.  The proposed amalgamation is aimed at driving synergies through raw material security, centralised procurement, optimisation of inventories, reduced logistics costs and better facility utilisation. The consolidation is in continuation with Tata Steel's drive to simplify the group holding structure. Since 2019, it has reduced 116 associated entities. Recently, the Adani Group overtook Tata to become India's most valuable conglomerate. At $278 billion, listed Adani companies had a combined valuation higher than Tata Group's $260 billion.  Under the Chairmanship of N Chandrasekaran, the salt-to-software conglomerate has been consolidating businesses that share common synergies. Earlier this year, the group announced the merger of Tata Consumer Products and Tata Coffee.  Tata Consumer itself was a result of the 2019 merger of consumer products business of Tata Chemical with Tata Global Beverages. A financial daily on Tuesday reported that the group and Singapore Airlines are working on merging their airline businesses Air India and Vistara, and housing them under a new joint venture. Meanwhile, Tata-owned AirAsia India is in the process of being merged with Air India Express, an Air India subsidiary that operates flights mainly on India-Gulf routes. By 2025, Tata's aviation business will be reportedly brought under Air India. Tata Sons, the group holding company, had consolidated its various businesses across aerospace and defence sectors together under a single entity, Tata Aerospace & Defence (Tata A&D). Ambareesh Baliga, Independent Market Analyst says, consolidation is a value creation proposition. Will bring in synergies and cost efficiencies. Tata's successful future businesses may also undergo consolidation.    According to a financially daily, Tata Sons has commenced plans to halve the number of listed companies in the conglomerate to an estimated 15 from 29 in the coming months. This is being done to focus on investing in bigger entities that can compete in the marketplace. The news report quoted the conglomerate's executives saying that it is speeding up the simplification to focus better on the growth and scale of the large companies.  Chandrasekaran, who is serving his second term as Tata Sons Chairman, restructured the group into ten verticals such as infrastructure, financial services, automotive and technology and e-commerce.  The group had committed over $10 billion to deleverage and restructure Tata companies, consolidate cross-holdings, acquire strategic assets and infuse capital for future growth. Chandrasekaran is driving his 3S philosophy of simplify, synergise and scale to take the group to new heights.  Simplification includes consolidating entities sharing the same sector into a single vertical and reducing subsidiary or exiting non-core businesses to bring focus and agility. An example of synergy would be Tata Motors leading the effort to develop an Electric Vehicle (EV) ecosystem in partnership with Tata Capital for financing and Tata Power for the charging infrastructure network. The group is largely focusing on home markets, as its strategy of going global has not yielded much returns. [Shailesh Haribhakti, Chairman, Shailesh Haribhakti Associates says, talent freed from separate silos. Enable clearer capital allocation. Chandrasekaran creating template for synergy.  .  Tata's latest ambitious goal is to harness its presence across multiple sectors into a unified offering for consumers through its super app Tata Neu. It'll be interesting to see how the consolidation exercise aids in this goal.

Nationwide, Walmart gained a dominant position in the grocery industry, forcing much of the competition to downsize, though in A&P's core Northeast region, Walmart still had not become a major grocery competitor. In 2003, after declaring its largest loss, A&P closed Kohl's Food Stores and A&P's remaining stores in Vermont and New Hampshire,[40] reducing it to just over 500 stores.[21] Also in 2003, A&P spun off the Eight O'Clock Coffee division (its last manufacturing operation) to Gryphon Investors for $107 million.[10] (In 2006, Gryphon sold Eight O'Clock Coffee to Tata Global Beverages for $220 million).[41] PICTURE: By GRUBBXDN - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44328832 WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzyAwZGTgAdonBKhTxUiC2Q --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support

| Hear the Headlines ― Economic Forecasters Predict Higher Tea Prices in 2022 | The Rush of Holiday Orders is Easing - Now a Delivery Crisis has Emerged | German Tea Drinkers Set a Consumption Record Last Year Despite Lockdowns | PLUS Frugal Innovation, Part 1| Guests ― Abhijeet Hazarika, @TeaSigma, Saurav Berlia, LR Group (Berlia Fresh Foods & Beverages) and Shekib Ahmad, managing director Koliabur Tea Estate.| Features ― This week Tea Biz travels to Assam, India to explore "Frugal Innovations" that utilize simple technology to address some of the most vexing challenges facing the tea industry. In Part 1 of the series, Aravinda Anantharaman talks with Abhijeet Hazarika @TeaSigma, an IT analyst and former head of process innovation at Tata Global Beverages, and visits with growers Saurav Berlia and Shekib Ahmad on cost-efficient experiments and pilots that demonstrate why tea producers should embrace simple technologies with scalable impact.Frugal Innovation: Introducing Technology into the Value Chain ― There are few entry barriers to tea. It does not demand heavy infrastructure. But the complaint from smallholders selling raw leaf to large-scale tea producers operating multiple factories is that farmgate prices are not commensurate with costs. Quiet work underway in India is yielding encouraging results that lower the cost of tea production, improve quality, and ease a shortage of labor. At the same time, the economics of the tea trade is shifting from oversupply to scarcity. Demand is expected to exceed production in 2021 and a deficit of tea is expected through 2023, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. Globally tea prices increased $0.21 cents per kilo since the beginning of 2021, up 7.3%, according to Trading Economics. Abhijeet Hazarika, IT analyst @TeaSigma and former head of process innovation at Tata Global Beverages, observed that “Tea is not a very high profit yielding commodity and will not be so in the foreseeable future until some tech breakthrough happens.” The frugal innovations described in this series, combined with higher prices may herald that breakthrough.

Benchmark indices scaled fresh record highs amid a range-bound trade on Thursday supported by positive global cues. As per news agency Reuters, China unveiled a new list of tariff exemptions for US imports, mostly chemical products, days after the world’s two largest economies announced the Phase 1 deal. The exemptions will come into effect from December 26, and will stay in force for a year. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex, which hit a fresh high of 41,698.43 in the intra-day deals, closed at 41,673.92 level, up 115.35 points or 0.28 per cent. On the NSE, the Nifty50 settled at 12,259.80-mark, up 38 points or 0.31 per cent. The index hit a record high of 12,268.3 level. Sectorally, Nifty Auto closed the day as the top-performing index on the NSE, up over a per cent. On the downside, Nifty Financial Services slipped the most. In the broader market, the mid and small caps settled the day with a marginal gain of 0.17 per cent and 0.06 per cent, respectively. The market breadth remained balanced, with one stock advancing for every one stock that declined. Among the stocks that saw major movements today, NMDC hit a fresh 52-week high, up 3.7 per cent at Rs 124.5 on the BSE, after the state-owned company announced that the Indian Bureau of Mines has approved its mining plan to enhance the production of iron ore from Kumaraswamy iron ore mines in the state of Karnataka. The stock closed 2.96 per cent higher at Rs 123.45. Shares of Tata Group companies traded mixed on Thursday, a day after National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) reinstated Cyrus Mistry as the executive chairman of the Tata group. Shares of Tata Global Beverages settled 0.67 per cent higher on the BSE while Tata Steel added 0.48 per cent. Further, Tata Coffee advanced about a per cent, Tata Motors gained 2.5 per cent, and TCS settled 2.83 per cent higher. Shares of YES Bank moved higher by 7.4 per cent to Rs 50.20, bouncing back nearly 12 per cent from its intra-day low of Rs 45, on the BSE on Thursday on the back of heavy volumes. The stock of the private sector lender slipped 3.7 per cent in the intra-day deals after rating agency India Ratings and Research downgraded its long-term issuer rating to ‘IND A’ from ‘IND A+' and its short-term issuer rating to ‘IND A1’ from ‘IND A1+’.  Global shares: Asian shares pulled back from a one-and-a-half year peak as investors looked to book-profit. Japan's Nikkei index closed 0.29 per cent lower, while Hong Kong's Hang Sang index slipped 0.3 per cent. South Korea's Kospi, meanwhile, added 0.08 per cent. In Europe, shares edged higher. The pan-European STOXX 600 rose 0.2 per cent with media, healthcare and utilities sectors leading gains.

In a major victory for Cyrus Mistry, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Wednesday restored him as executive chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata group. The NCLAT also held the appointment of N Chandrasekaran as executive chairman illegal. He is the current chairman of Tata Sons.  The appellate tribunal had reserved its order in July this year, after completing its marathon hearing over the issue. However, the tribunal said the restoration order will be operational only after four weeks, the time allowed to Tatas to file an appeal. Tata Group stocks tumbled in the last trading hour today. Tata Motors -- which traded near 7- month high in the intra-day trade today, closed at the top laggard among the Sensex pack, down 3%. Besides, TCS, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Chemicals, closed 0.02, 3.52, and 1.53 per cent lower respectively.  Cyrus Mistry was the sixth and youngest chairman of Tata Sons and took over after Ratan Tata retired in December 2012.  Cyrus Mistry is the younger son of Indian billionaire and construction magnate Pallonji Mistry. In 1930s Mistry's grandfather, Shapoorji Mistry, first acquired a stake in Tata Sons.  The Mistry family holds 18.5 per cent stake in the company and comprises the largest block of shares held by a single party. Mistry joined the board of Tata Sons on September 2006, a year after his father retired from it.  Listen to the podcast to know how the bitter courtroom battle evolved between Tata and Mistry

Broad-based buying across sectors lifted benchmark indices to fresh lifetime highs on Wednesday. Gains were supported by HDFC twins, ITC, Reliance Industries, Asian Paints, and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M). However, profit-booking at State Bank of India (SBI), ICICI Bank, and Infosys trimmed gains marginally.  The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex hit a record high of 41,614.77 in the intra-day trade  today, but closed at 41,558.57 level, up 206.4 points or 0.50 per cent. M&M, Sun Pharma, Asian Paints, and ITC were the top gainers among the Sensex pack. Meanwhile, Tata Motors, HUL, YES Bank, and SBI settled as top laggards. On the NSE, the broader Nifty50 -- for the first time -- closed above the 12,200-mark. The index ended at 12,224.60-mark, up 59.6 points or 0.49 per cent. The index scaled record peak of 12,237.70. In the broader market, the mid-caps and small-caps ended the day in the negative territory. The S&P BSE mid-cap index closed 0.19 per cent lower at 14,789.29 level. The S&P BSE small-cap index, on the other hand, closed 0.05 per cent lower at 13,387.13 mark. Buzzing stocks >> Shares of PC Jeweller slumped 7.14 per cent in the intra-day trade on the BSE today after market regulator Sebi demanded a show-cause from those whom it identified to have benefitted, in the insider-trading case. It also ordered impounding Rs 8 crore from the alleged insiders. The stock closed 5.4 per cent lower at Rs 24.50. >> Tata Group stocks tumbled in the last trading hour today after the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal restored former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry as the chairman of the group, and called appointment of N Chandra as "illegal". Consequently, Tata Motors -- which traded near 7- month high in the intra-day trade today, closed at the top laggard among the Sensex pack, down 3%. Besides, TCS, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Chemicals, closed 0.02, 3.52, and 1.53 per cent lower respectively.  >> On the upside, though, shares of sugar companies rallied by up to 7 per cent in intra-day trade today on back of heavy volumes. Balrampur Chini Mills, Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries, Triveni Engineering & Industries, and Dhampur Sugar Mills advanced in the range of 3 per cent to 7 per cent on the BSE. Gobal cues Asian stocks camped out at 18-month peaks on Wednesday having climbed for five straight sessions. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was dead flat near its highest since June last year. Japan's Nikkei dipped 0.4 per cent and off a 2019 top. Shanghai blue chips were steady, after hitting an eight-month peak on Tuesday and as Beijing trimmed another short-term interest rate. E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 ESc1 barely budged, as did futures for the EUROSTOXX 50 and the FTSE

We usually wake up and run to the doctor, hospital when we feel discomfort, pain or there is an emergency. This week host Rachna Chhachhi is joined by wonderful senior management professionals, 40+, who have extremely busy lives and all the excuses not to reduce their stress levels or lead a healthier lifestyle. How did Navaneel Kar, Head of Sales, Tata Global Beverages incorporate specific healthy habits and nutrition changes with the madness of his work and travel? And how did Manavi Pathak, Senior Human Resources professional, ex-Cipla, incorporate living healthy with her stressful job, two small kids and ageing parents? The journey of these two is inspiring and motivating for us to adapt a healthier lifestyle to prevent a health crisis. Listen to the tips and don't forget to tune in to the questions at the end of the show chosen from messages to @RachnaRestores Instagram followers! It could be your question being featured on our show.

The headlines - >> Market pares gains, Sensex ends 77 pts higher after scaling new peak during the day;  >> YES Bank settles 24% higher after it gets $1.2-bn binding offer from global investor;  >> IOC September quarter net profit slumps 83% to Rs 563.4 crore; & >> Former RBI Guv Raghuram Rajan responds to FM's comment, says two-thirds of his tenure was under BJP Now, the news in detail -  After soaring over 340 points to hit a fresh lifetime high of 40,392 levels in the intra-day deals, the S&P BSE Sensex pared its gains to settle at 40,129, up 77 points or 0.19 per cent on Thursday, the last day of the October series of the futures & options (F&O) contracts.   Markets witnessed sharp sell-off in the fag-end of the session after reports surfaced Chinese officials had doubts about whether it was possible to reach a comprehensive long-term trade deal with Washington and US President Donald Trump. YES Bank (up around 24 per cent) emerged as the biggest gainer on the Sensex after the lender said it has received a binding offer of US $1.2 billion from a global investor. On the downside, Tech Mahindra (down over 2 per cent) bled the most.  Broader market outperformed the benchmarks. The S&P BSE MidCap index gained over 167 points or 1 per cent to settle at 14,865 while the S&P BSE SmallCap index closed at 13,558., up 127 points or nearly a per cent. On the NSE, the benchmark Nifty50 added 37 points or 0.31 per cent to end at 11,881.  Sectorally, PSU banks and media counters advanced the most. The Nifty PSU Bank index gained nearly 4 per cent to end at 2,505 while the Nifty Media gained over 3 per cent to settle at 1,787.  Voaltility index India VIX declined around 2 per cent to 16.30 levels.  BUZZING STOCKS Shares of Tata Motors hit a five-month high of Rs 180, up 4 per cent on the BSE, zooming 42 per cent in the past four days, after it delivered a better-than-expected September quarter (Q2FY20) earnings show, with improvement in the operational performance at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), its Britain-based luxury vehicle arm. The stock eventually closed at Rs 178, up 3.40 per cent. JK Tyre & Industries surged as much as 13.87 per cent to Rs 80 apiece on the BSE during the day. The company on Wednesday reported over three-fold jump in the consolidated net profit to Rs 167.70 crore in the September quarter driven by gains from deferred tax liability. At close, shares stood at Rs 75.60, up nearly 8 per cent.  Tata Global Beverages ended nearly 9 per cent higher at Rs 317.30 after the company reported a strong set of numbers for the quarter ended September 2019 (Q2FY20).  On the contrary, telecom majors Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel were under pressure, slipping up to 9 per cent during the day, after rating agencies underlined concerns emerging from the Supreme Court's ruling in the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) case. Vodafone Idea settled at Rs 3.89, up 2 per cent while Bharti Airtel ended at Rs 374, up over 1.50 per cent. In other development, Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, who faced a stinging attack from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presiding over the "worst phase" of the Indian banking sector, on Thursday reminded her that two-third of his tenure as the head of the central bank was under the BJP government. Rajan said during his term a clean up of the banking sector that was "clogging" with bad loans had begun and the job remains unfinished. In the global markets, Asian shares jumped to a three-month high and the dollar fell broadly after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates as expected and US Treasury yields declined. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.53 per cent to the highest since July 30. Hong Kong shares rose 0.93 per cent, while Japan’s Nikkei stock index rose 0.43 per cent. The pan-region Euro Stoxx 50 futures were up 0.08 per cent, German DAX futures added 0.1 per cent, while FTSE futures edged down 0.02 per c

Corporate results, expiry of October series of Futures and Options contracts due Thursday, and global cues would be the key factors determining the market trajectory today. Markets would watch out for the United States' Federal Reserve's interest rate decision slated to be declared later today. Investors are pricing in a 25 bps rate cut even as they await the Fed's comments on the economic outlook. Besides, the British government's decision to call for snap elections on December 12 to break the Brexit deadlock could affect sentiment. A bonanza is in the offing for the stock markets as the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Finance Ministry are working on measures which may include dividend distribution tax (DDT) to be scrapped and a review of existing slabs and holding period of long term capital gains (LTCG), short term capital gains (STCG) and securities transaction tax (STT). Officials of Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) and Revenue Department in the Finance Ministry have held meetings in this regard with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Yesterday, the benchmark indices gained the most in three weeks on Tuesday as investors lapped up shares of blue chip companies amid reports that the government was planning to abolish the dividend distribution tax (DDT) The S&P BSE Sensex added 582 points or 1.48 per cent to end the session at 39,832 levels. On the NSE, the benchmark Nifty50 index settled at 11,786.85, up 160 points or 1.37 per cent. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a fine of Rs 1 crore on Bandhan Bank for not bringing down the promoters’ stake in the bank to 40 per cent in the stipulated time period. India will invest $100 billion in oil and gas infrastructure to meet energy needs of an economy that is being targeted to nearly double in five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday as he sought investment from oil kingpin Saudi Arabia and other nations to boost supplies. The rupee closed with a marginal rise of 6 paise at 70.84 against the US dollar as foreign fund inflows and lower crude oil prices rendered some support. Today's Nifty levels Benchmark indices hit a four-month high in the intra-day trade on Tuesday and formed a large bullish candle on daily charts. According to the pivot charts, the key support level for the Nifty is placed at 11,627, followed by 11,700 Intra-day trade recommendation: Religare Broking suggests BUYING HDFC at the current price. The target price is set as Rs 2,190 with a stop loss placed at Rs 2,070 EARNINGS ALERT Today, a total of 61 companies, including Concor, Tata Global Beverages, and Tata Chemical, are scheduled to announce their September quarter results. GLOBAL CUES On the global front, Asian markets were stuck in tight ranges early on Wednesday, as the prospect of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve was countered by worries that Sino-US first-stage trade deal could be delayed. The sentiment was dented after a US administration official said an interim trade agreement between Washington and Beijing might not be completed in time for signing in Chile next month as expected.  -- Trends on SGX Nifty, the Singaporean exchange for Nifty Futures, suggest a positive start for the domestic indices. At 7:10 am, the index was trading 17 points higher at 11,823 level. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.16 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei slid 0.07 per cent. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones settled 0.07 per cent lower, the S&P500 slipped 0.08 per cent, and the Nasdaq Composite closed 0.59 per cent lower.

Who gets to decide what our food tastes like - and what gives them the authority to do so? Emily Thomas meets three people who are employed by the food industry to choose how processed food should taste. One of them has had his tongue insured for over one million dollars. All of them can identify complex flavour combinations with a single bite. They even speak in their own language...sometimes. So what’s it like to have such an enhanced sense of flavour? When you can smell someone else's meal in a restaurant from several tables away, is it a blessing or a curse? Do meals shared with ‘normal’ people ever become too prosaic to bear? And how can all of us learn to perceive more flavour in our food? Sebastian Michaelis drops by for a carefully curated cup of tea. He’s a master tea taster for Tata Global Beverages in London. The company considers its tasters so important that they are asked not to ever be on the same plane. Later we’re joined by Sarah Masoni, who has been said to have ‘a million dollar palate’. She is Product and Process Development Director at the Food Innovation Center of Oregon State University. She discusses the flavour trade with Danny Kite, who has been a ‘flavourist’ for almost half a century. He works at TasteTech, a 'flavour house' which manufactures flavourings and ingredients for the global food industry. (Photo: A man sips tea from a spoon. Credit: BBC)

In this episode you will learn how Carina Ridenius took skills from her former profession as an opera singer, and turned them into a new career path. Carina is sharing some great search engine tips. She wears her considerable knowledge lightly, and she is eager to teach her students on how to get a message across during a presentation, through direct communication. During our conversation, we had to spill the beans regarding a future venture…   Show notes: 00 EGO search on ”Carina Ridenius” on Google (1530 results) 01 PIK.nu 01 Sveriges Talare (”Sweden’s Speakers”) - Carina Ridenius 01 Skillspartner - Carina Ridenius 02 EGO search on ”Carina Ridenius” on DuckDuckGo 02 Carina Ridenius on CreativeMornings 03 EGO blog post on Blogspot 04 Carina Ridenius on Opera.Standford.edu 07 Archive dot org 08 Tea Book Sketches on Instagram 11 Tweet on podfading - Libsyn 14 Amy Cuddy’s TED talk 14 Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy 15 Tea Book Sketches 16 Tata Global Beverages 17 Hot chocolate 22 ”Ask Jeeves”   Links and resources: PIK Presentationsteknik AB - PIK.nu Carina Ridenius on Instagram Carina Ridenius on Facebook Carina Ridenius on LinkedIn Carina on Twitter  Get Amy Cuddy's book, or some other audiobook for free, by using my referral link to Audible.   This episode (24 minutes) was recorded on August 24, 2018, by podcaster, Martin Lindeskog, with Ringr app, IK Multimedia iRig Mic Cast podcasting microphone, PreSonus HD7 professional monitoring headphones, and SnapRecorder portable recording booth. Post-production through the podcast maker, Alitu. Notes written in Ulysses app. Bumper and jingle by Jim Jonsson, JTunes Productions. Undersigned drank a mug of Tetley’s extra strong black tea blend from The English Shop, Gothenburg, Sweden.

In this episode you will learn how Carina Ridenius took skills from her former profession as an opera singer, and turned them into a new career path. Carina is sharing some great search engine tips. She wears her considerable knowledge lightly, and she is eager to teach her students on how to get a message across during a presentation, through direct communication. During our conversation, we had to spill the beans regarding a future venture…   Show notes: 00 EGO search on ”Carina Ridenius” on Google (1530 results) 01 PIK.nu 01 Sveriges Talare (”Sweden’s Speakers”) - Carina Ridenius 01 Skillspartner - Carina Ridenius 02 EGO search on ”Carina Ridenius” on DuckDuckGo 02 Carina Ridenius on CreativeMornings 03 EGO blog post on Blogspot 04 Carina Ridenius on Opera.Standford.edu 07 Archive dot org 08 Tea Book Sketches on Instagram 11 Tweet on podfading - Libsyn 14 Amy Cuddy’s TED talk 14 Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy 15 Tea Book Sketches 16 Tata Global Beverages 17 Hot chocolate 22 ”Ask Jeeves”   Links and resources: PIK Presentationsteknik AB - PIK.nu Carina Ridenius on Instagram Carina Ridenius on Facebook Carina Ridenius on LinkedIn Carina on Twitter  Get Amy Cuddy's book, or some other audiobook for free, by using my referral link to Audible.   This episode (24 minutes) was recorded on August 24, 2018, by podcaster, Martin Lindeskog, with Ringr app, IK Multimedia iRig Mic Cast podcasting microphone, PreSonus HD7 professional monitoring headphones, and SnapRecorder portable recording booth. Post-production through the podcast maker, Alitu. Notes written in Ulysses app. Bumper and jingle by Jim Jonsson, JTunes Productions. Undersigned drank a mug of Tetley’s extra strong black tea blend from The English Shop, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Weber Stibolt contacted me on our My Food Job Rocks facebook page and I got him on the show. He is a fanatic in both the coffee realm and the quality realm and I learned a ton about what makes coffee great. Weber shares his passion for agriculture and food science even sharing how he got into food science and how he’ll be teaching the next generation. Being of a very technical mindset, you will also learn some amazing things, such as the art of coffee tasting, how to be analytical and critical of your own work, and why communicating with your peers, is the most important skill in the world. About Weber  Weber Stibolt is a Quality Assurance Specialist for Eight O’ Clock coffee based in the Washington, D.C. area. Eight O’ Clock is a 150-year-old brand born out of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P), a chain of now-defunct supermarkets. When A&P was struggling financially in the early 2000s, the Eight O’ Clock coffee brand was spun off and later purchased by Tata Global Beverages. TGB is a India-based company with a vast array of tea and coffee products under various brands across the world - a perfect fit for a global product like coffee.   At Eight O’ Clock Coffee, the three-person quality team oversees the food safety and quality of 20 million pounds of coffee annually. In this role, Weber plays a large part in the day-to-day operations of the facility by monitoring both the coffee and its packaging. He works with the production team, mechanics, and the rest of the management staff by communicating quality updates and addressing issues that may arise. In addition, Weber designs and conducts experiments with the ultimate goal of re-evaluating specifications to make the best finished product possible.   Weber’s interests while studying Food Science at the University of Delaware primarily resided in food safety. His collegiate internships working with produce food safety at the farm level have launched him into the role he is in today. He is the Alternate HACCP Coordinator at Eight O’ Clock Coffee and is responsible for many programs that the food safety plan at the facility is built upon. Sponsor - FoodGrads If you are even just a little bit interested in a career in food & beverage, you should join FoodGrads.  It’s an interactive platform where you can hear about different careers, hear from your peers, have a voice and share your story as well as ask specific questions and get feedback from industry experts across the sector. You can create a profile, add your resume and search for co-op, internships and full time opportunities just for Food Grads. Employers can find you too, they can recruit you for jobs and projects they need help with to give you the relevant industry experience you need. Join FoodGrads today! Just go to Foodgrads.com Sponsor - ICON Foods What’s worse than marketing saying, ‘we have to clean up these sugars?’ They want clean label sugar reduction because that’s the trend. So I advise you to skate to where the puck is going. Whether it’s to make your product a bit healthier or following the ever-changing FDA laws, my friends at Icon Foods – formerly Steviva Ingredients – are here to help. They have more than 20 years of R&D experience with natural sweeteners and sweetening systems in a wide range of applications. With a product list of twenty different sweeteners and plug-in sweetening systems that keeps growing, you can’t go wrong. Check out stevivaingredients.com to learn about the newest all-natural sweetener solutions and collaboration opportunities. For more information, visit ICON foods at ICONfoods.com Episode Highlights -The different Coffee Beans Industry Uses -How Weber got into food science -An indepth analysis on how to taste coffee -Acrylamide in Coffee Question Summary Sentence or less: I’m the Willy Wonka of Coffee. I’m a Food Scienitst and work for coffee and I get I’m a Barista East Coast What is the Niche for Eight o’ clock coffee?: Our niche is to be decent coffee. McDonalds, Starbucks, Dunkin Official Job Title: Quality Assurance Specialist – Specifically Packaging, and Food Safety roles Favorite thing about your job: I like sending great products to people Quick Tip: In most manufacturing, Production and Quality are in the same vein, in Eight O Clock, we are separate and work cooperatively How did you get to where you are today?: University of Delaware had a Food Science Exploration Day at the end of the day, I wanted to go into Food Science How did you get your first job?:  Maryland isn’t really known for food. Ended up working with a recruiting chose between the West and Maryland TIC Gums McCormick Gardien Lab Support What is the most important skill you need for your job?: Being analytical and always question everything. People in quality sometimes get into a rut. You have to analyze even your own work to become better the next day. It’ll help you immensely How do you quantitatively approve good coffee?: Good seal integrity. We use both tensile strength testing and  people My Food Job Rocks: It brings me a lot of joy giving out great products to people Do you drink coffee?: Yes, and I do sensory testing, which I love. Example: Columbia versus Original Starbucks’s cupping method The cupping method Ceramic cup, level out a certain amount of coffee, let it sit, have specialized spoons, and vigourously slurp it up. You have to properly aerate it to get the full flavor of the coffee (like wine). You have to be as obnoxious about slurping as possible Same thing about Olive oil What would be your dream job title: Food Scientist for NASA Food Trends and Technologies: Automation. We have installed 3 new case packers. Machine breakdown sucks Biggest Problem in the Food Industry: Food Education. More and more people want to know what’s in our food but there’s a lot of misinformation. Who is doing a good job educating the consumer?: Domino’s Foods. Our farmers know the best for these cows Trix natural colors switching back to artifical Coffee complaints: one of my tasks is to review complaints. A lot of people inquire if their coffee is GMO but there’s no such thing as GMO coffee Quick Tip: You will die faster overdosing on caffeine than acrylamide Favorite Quote: Insanity is doing something over and over again and expect a different results. For quality, challenge the process. Is it hard to invoke change in Quality?: Yes, but you should still try to keep on changing things Favorite Book: The last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Imagineer at Disney Land Favorite Kitchen Item: Hand blender Any Advice for Food Industry? Write a good cover letter What do you think schools should teach you more in the industry?: As someone in quality, I wish I remembered more about statistics. Take writing classes and learn how to communicate effectively. Intro to business class. Public speaking experience: Adam – Podcasting. Weber – 4H Club Other Links University of DelawareDonuts use Premium Coffee. We use Arabica beans 4H Club- House Program. Weber spent 10 years in the program Sodium Alginate Beads Unwrapped Good Eats California lawyer wants to label coffee as a carcinogen Acrylamide

Why Are More Americans Drinking Tea These Days? | National Hot Tea Month This episode is brought to you by Jumpstart:HR, LLC - HR Outsourcing for Small Businesses and Start-Ups: http://www.jumpstart-hr.comArticle of the Week: Health Benefits of Tea? Here’s What the Evidence Says (New York Times)For More Information About Tetley and National Hot Tea Month: HTTP://WWW.TETLEYUSA.COM/On this Episode:In the U.S. it seems like we run on caffeine, and interestingly enough, American millennials are actually drinking as much tea as they are coffee according to a recent study. In fact, on any given day over one half of the American population drinks tea. Why is tea trending upwards in the U.S.?If anyone knows, it’s Sebastian Michaelis, a Master Tea Blender with an extremely refined palate, and the man who makes his living by drinking tea. Sebastian alone has sampled more than 250,000 blends of tea throughout his career. Who knew there was so much involved in tasting and drinking tea? Within 15 seconds, he can determine the exact quality and characteristics of thousands of different tea varieties. Sebastians’s job is to taste the teas and blend them together to make them recognizably Tetley. On this episode of Business, Life, and Coffee, Sebastian Michaelis, a Renowned Tea Sommelier will be discussing his unique career and the science behind his work. He will also be divulging what it takes to make a perfect cup of tea, including a live demonstration of his tea brewing technique. Sebastian is available to share his theories on why tea is catching up with coffee in the U.S., and to update you on the various new forms of tea such as herbal infusion teas. Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water, and has a long history around the world. About Sebastian Michaelis: Sebastian is a professional tea taster, buyer and blender at Tata Global Beverages, managing the global group’s African buying and sustainable sourcing program. He coordinates the company’s mission to source 100% Rainforest Alliance tea for the Tetley brand by 2016, working closely with charities and organizations to train and support several hundred producers on sustainable and ethical production. Sebastian is a Master Blender who can determine a tea from thousands of varieties in seconds. Sebastian is one of 10 tea blenders at Britain’s largest tea manufacturer.

In this episode of #WhatsinYourStoryBag Rituparna is talking to Ms Lulu Raghavan, MD of Landor India, a brand consulting and design company. Ms Raghavan has been named as one of India’s most influential women in media, marketing and advertising in 2019. Ms Raghavan has led corporate and consumer branding programs for clients such as National Stock Exchange, Mahindra, Godrej, Aditya Birla, Taj Group, Tata Global Beverages, Sony Pictures Networks, Axis Bank, Wipro, Usha Martin and Britannia.In this podcast Ms Raghgavan talks about how silos impact a brand. From her story bag we hear a real customer story of how silos were broken to build a brand narrative. Ms Raghavan also gives us a sneak peak into her organisation and the concept of Naked Lunches, a story-driven initiative to break silos before they are even born!Real Stories and Real Conversations - Stay tuned to our podcasts as we bring new stories and conversations in this series.To connect with Your Story Bag drop us a line at contact@yourstorybag.com