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Markato’s Leap into Asia’s B2B Landscape: A Game-Changer for Retailers and Brands

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:45:55 GMT

In the evolving landscape of Asia’s business-to-business (B2B) market, a new player has emerged with a revolutionary approach. Markato, an online wholesale marketplace, has set its sights on transforming how independent retailers and buyers in Asia interact with global brands. Founded by entrepreneurs Brian Lo and Martin Li, Markato is not just a platform; it’s a bridge connecting the East with the best of the West.Revolutionizing Retail in AsiaFor years, the Asian B2B wholesale industry has grappled with inefficiencies. Retailers faced hurdles in accessing global brands, with high costs, logistical complexities, and a need for more streamlined sourcing methods. Markato, launching initially in Hong Kong and rapidly expanding to other Asian markets, aims to solve these issues. Its mission is clear: to connect Asian retailers with unique and premium independent brands from the US, Europe, and Australia.A Platform Built on Innovation and AccessibilityMarkato offers a curate...

Luciano Sanchez Killed, Cyclist Hurt in Fiery Collision on Highway 1 [San Mateo County, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:45:55 GMT

52-Year-Old Man Fatally Injured in Fiery Accident near San Gregorio State BeachSAN MATEO COUNTY, CA (December 4, 2023) – Luciano Sanchez died Friday afternoon in a fiery crash on northbound Highway 1.Dispatchers arrived to the scene shortly before 2:00 p.m., near the San Gregorio State Beach after receiving multiple calls in the area.Following the initial investigation, a bicyclist was struck by a GMC Yukon on the right shoulder. Subsequently, the SUV veered into the southbound lanes, colliding with both a Chevrolet Silverado and a tree. Upon collision, the GMC overturned and eventually came to a halt in an embankment, where it ignited in flames.Emergency responders on the scene pronounced the GMC driver, identified as 52-year-old Luciano Lopez Sanchez of Richmond, deceased. The San Mateo County Coroner’s Office later confirmed the identity of the deceased driver.Sanchez’s passenger suffered minor injuries, while the 30-year-old male bicyclist from Woodside was air...

Correction: Affordable homes could sprout in San Jose

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:45:55 GMT

A story that ran Monday in the B section about an affordable housing development included an incorrect address for the project. The correct address is 2165 The Alameda in San Jose.

Almost $1M raised for Palestinian student paralyzed in shooting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:45:55 GMT

By Lisa Rathke | Associated PressMore than $950,000 has been raised for the recovery of one of the three college students of Palestinian descent who was shot in Vermont and is currently paralyzed from the chest down, according to a GoFundMe page set up by his family.One of the bullets that hit Hisham Awartani on Nov. 25 is lodged in his spine, his family said.“Hisham’s first thoughts were for his friends, then for his parents who were thousands of miles away. He has demonstrated remarkable courage, resilience and fortitude – even a sense of humor – even as the reality of his paralysis sets in,” the fundraising page, which was set up on Saturday, states.Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ali Ahmad are childhood friends who graduated from a private Quaker school in the West Bank and now attend colleges in the eastern U.S. The 20-year-olds were visiting Awartani’s relatives in Burlington for the Thanksgiving break. They were walking to the house...

49ers’ Shanahan: No hard feelings against Eagles’ security director; NFL investigating Greenlaw incident

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:45:55 GMT

The NFL is investigating Philadelphia head of security Dom DiSandro for a sideline incident with 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw that led to the ejection of both men Sunday.While a league source said Monday the league is gathering information on the scuffle that broke out in the third quarter of the 49ers’ 42-19 road win over the Eagles, it sounds as if coach Kyle Shanahan would be fine if the whole thing just went away.“It was hard to accept Dre getting kicked out of the game for something that involved someone that didn’t have anything to do with the game,” Shanahan told Bay Area media by conference call. “But I definitely don’t have any hard feelings toward Dom or anything like that. I don’t want to go too hard on him.“I think he got caught up in a weird situation, an emotional situation. I know a lot of people that speak very highly of him. I just couldn’t believe we lost our player because of it.”Philadelphia coach Nick ...

Rockstar Games drops ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ trailer early

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:45:55 GMT

It could have been a leak but Rockstar Games has released the trailer for its much-anticipated title “Grand Theft Auto VI” a few hours earlier than expected.Here’s what fans can glean from the video.“Grand Theft Auto VI” takes place in Vice City, which is based on Miami and was featured in “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City”It appears to star a female protagonist named Lucia this time around. That’s a first for the main series. She appears to be getting out of prison and is somehow back in trouble with the law. She appears to have a beau and they end up robbing a liquor store. It appears to be a love story.You have to love the billboards in Vice City. Apparently, there’s a drug to cure emotions. Yeah, people don’t need that.Vehicles featured include swamp boats, airplanes, motorcycles, helicopters and ATVsPlenty of Florida Men are featured.The criminal in the news clip says something about a tattoo leading to a criminal’s a...

300-plus homes may replace Sunnyvale office complex that’s in default

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:45:55 GMT

SUNNYVALE — A big — and empty — office campus in Sunnyvale that has flopped into a default on its loan could be replaced by a large housing development whose approval could proceed through a “builder’s remedy” gambit.The housing development would consist of 315 residential units, Sunnyvale planning documents show.The lender for the delinquent financing, LoanCore Capital REIT, which provided a 2019 loan totaling $63.5 million, has proposed the housing development.Sares Regis Group of Northern California, a major residential developer, is working with the lender on the proposed development, according to documents on file with Sunnyvale city officials.Horizon office complex on Oakmead Parkway in Sunnyvale. (Newmark/Peter Jograj)The property has addresses of 1230, 1250, 1270 and 1290 Oakmead Parkway in Sunnyvale.The financial difficulties serve as a fresh example of the unforeseen and cataclysmic economic woes spawned by the onset of the coronavi...

YouTuber gets 6 months for plane crash-for-clicks stunt

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:45:55 GMT

By Cheri Mossburg, Pete Muntean and Hannah Rabinowitz | CNNA 30-year-old YouTube creator and former Olympic athlete was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for staging a small plane crash for social media clicks.Trevor Daniel Jacob admitted to intentionally crashing his plane, which was equipped with multiple cameras to capture its demise on video, in November 2021, federal prosecutors in California said in a news release. He posted a video to YouTube titled “I Crashed My Airplane” on December 23, prosecutors said, to promote a sponsorship with a wallet company.Some viewers were suspicious of the stunt, with a number of comments pointing out Jacob was already wearing a parachute, made no attempt to glide the aircraft to a safe landing area and took a camera and selfie stick with him when abandoning the plane.Jacob lied to investigators, federal prosecutors in the Central District of California said, telling them he did not know the location of the wreckage. They say he ...

Livermore man charged with ‘almost completely’ severing family member’s ear

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:45:55 GMT

LIVERMORE — A 44-year-old man has been charged with mayhem for allegedly slicing a family member’s ear most of the way off during a gathering last month, court records show.Raymond Diaz, of Livermore, was charged with a single count of mayhem. He remains jailed in lieu of $110,000 bail, court records show.Livermore police were called to a residence on the 1100 block of East Stanley Boulevard at around 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 for a report of a man bleeding profusely from his head. Responding officers found other family members comforting the victim, whose “ear had almost been completely severed from his head,” a police investigator wrote in court papers.Several eyewitnesses identified Diaz as the stabber, authorities said. When officers began reading him his rights, police say he “started to ramble on about how he was God.” Officers also found roughly five grams of methamphetamine and a pipe in his possession, and say he displayed other “objecti...

GM's Cruise robotaxi service faces potential fine in alleged cover-up of San Francisco accident

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:45:55 GMT

California regulators say a San Francisco robotaxi service owned by General Motors covered up an accident involving one of its driverless cars, raising the specter they may add a fine to the recent the suspension of its California license.The potential penalty facing GM's Cruise service could be around $1.5 million, based on documents filed late last week by the California Public Utilities Commission.The notice orders Cruise to appear at a Feb. 6 evidentiary hearing to determine whether the robotaxi service misled regulators about what happened after one of its driverless cars ran into a pedestrian who had already been struck by another vehicle driven by a human on the evening of Oct. 2 in San Francisco. LEGO Store at San Francisco Centre mall closes The February hearing comes just six months after the Public Utilities Commission authorized Cruise's robotaxi service to begin charging passengers for around-the-clock rides throughout San Francisco despite strident obj...