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Fashion Network
30-07-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Fragrance giant Symrise rethinks growth path for 2025
The company aims to reach recurring cost savings of 40 million euros ($46.2 million) in 2025 through operational efficiency efforts, of which 20 million euros had already been achieved in the first half of the year, it said. Revenue for the January–June period fell 0.5% on a reported basis to 2.55 billion euros, below analyst expectations of 2.60 billion euros, according to a Vara Research poll. However, organic sales — which exclude currency exchange effects — rose 3.1% during the same period. Swiss competitor Givaudan also reported weaker-than-expected organic sales growth last week, highlighting broader concerns over softening demand in the sector. 'U.S. demand has simply weakened over the past few months,' said Olaf Klinger, chief financial officer at Symrise, during a conference call. He noted that the pet nutrition and UV filter categories were among the most affected. On the subject of U.S. tariffs, Klinger said the company had already implemented price increases in select cases and was prepared with additional mitigation strategies. 'We have the opportunity to relocate products if the tariff situation does not allow continued delivery from certain regions,' he said. 'We also have reformulation options, meaning sourcing raw materials from other regions to ultimately manage tariff situations.' ($1 = 0.8656 euros)
Axios
11-07-2025
- Axios
Geocaching celebrates 25 years of treasure hunting
Brian Klinger has dug under bushes, climbed up trees and waded through swamps to find hidden treasure. The reward? Usually just the chance to sign his name in a logbook. The Columbus teacher is a geocacher, and for millions like him, the hobby is more about the journey than the destination. Why it matters: Geocaching, a global treasure hunting game, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The free game encourages people to explore places familiar and new. State of play: The first cache was placed in Oregon by a GPS enthusiast in 2000, and now there are over 3 million around the world. That includes nearly 700 located within 10 miles of downtown Columbus, per Chris Ronan, spokesperson for the official Geocaching website. 👀 They're all around you: tucked inside tree hollows, under park benches or hanging on chain-link fences. The locations are just sneaky enough that non-players (known as "muggles," like in Harry Potter) are unlikely to discover and take them. How it works: Anyone can post caches to the Geocaching site with coordinates guiding seekers to an approximate spot. Clues sometimes offer help. It's an accessible game for all ages and abilities — caches range in difficulty, from quick grabs to requiring all-day hikes or lengthy puzzles to solve. Flashback: Klinger, the Columbus teacher, had never heard of geocaching when his daughter brought home a toy found inside a cache near their home in 2008. He set out to find others across town and was quickly hooked. Then came whole geocaching trips all over the country, and Klinger became the leader of the Central Ohio GeoCachers group. Stunning stat: Klinger logged his 10,000th cache last year in Oklahoma City, a milestone involving a horror-themed escape room. He especially loves group outings and "experience" caches like that one. The other side: Others find joy in simply locating as many as possible. One friend has racked up nearly 50,000 over the years. "That's what I love about geocaching," Klinger tells Axios. "Everyone makes it what they want it to be." Klinger's advice for getting started
Ottawa Citizen
14-05-2025
- Business
- Ottawa Citizen
UOttawa's free tuition for Algonquin students a big step towards reconciliation: advocates
Indigenous advocates are praising the University of Ottawa for providing free tuition to Algonquin Anishinàbeg Nation students, saying it is a big step towards reconciliation. Article content Article content The university announced the move Friday as part of its Indigenous Action Plan. The plan, which was first approved in 2020 and recently updated, is a framework guiding the university's decolonization efforts and engagement with the broader Indigenous community. Article content Article content The tuition fee waiver will start in fall 2025, the university added. Article content Article content 'It was something we discussed for quite a long time beforehand. … We really wanted to pay respect to the Algonquin nation, because the university operates on Algonquin territory,' said Tareyn Johnson, who is Anishinaabe and director of Indigenous affairs at uOttawa. Article content 'When universities across the country started doing it, it piqued our interest, and we had to go through logistics and stuff like that. I would say (the process) took about a year.' Article content 'The Algonquin students at uOttawa have been expressing excitement and relief after the news of this tuition waiver came out! This will help alleviate some of the financial burden that students face, and we are hoping that more Algonquin youth will be motivated to come study at uOttawa and pursue post-secondary education,' Klinger said. Article content Article content Article content Lynn Gehl, an Algonquin scholar and advocate, said the move will open a lot of doors for Algonquin people. Article content Article content She said tuition fees were a huge barrier for her when she was in her teens and early 20s. She saved for more than a decade and finally pursued a post-secondary education when she was 30 years old. Article content Now, Gehl has a PhD in Indigenous studies, a master's degree in Canadian studies and Indigenous studies, and an undergraduate degree in cultural anthropology. In total, the 13 years of post-secondary cost her more than $500,000 after factoring in textbooks and living costs. Article content 'I don't think (Indigenous and Northern Affairs) is covering everybody's tuition anymore, it's a competition. Everyone assumes that, if you're status registered with Indian Affairs, that your education is covered, and that's not necessarily true,' she said.
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Panorama of life in eastern Pine Grove
PINE GROVE — Paging through a new photographic history, Lucille Brinich came across an image of the Washington Twp. farm where she grew up. It was a photo of an old barn on the property being dismantled in 2002, and it rekindled memories for Brinich, who still lives on part of the property along Route 443. 'We used to have cattle and horses, and stored hay and straw on the upper floor,'' recalled Brinich, a school bus driver in the Blue Mountain school district. Brinich's reaction underscored the reason Dean H. Klinger compiled 'A Photo History of East Pine Grove' — to chronicle the roots of the area's culture for present and future generations. An omnibus 600-page hardcover with 1,500 color and black-and-white photos, the book is a people's history. Almost all of the photos were contributed by Pine Grove area families, who gave permission to have them reproduced. The photos contain inscriptions, and most are dated. Klinger's third photo history, it focuses largely on the area from Pine Grove borough east toward Freidensburg along Route 443. 'A Photo History of West Pine Grove,' was published in 2019. And 'Pine Grove Borough Historical Pictures' was published in 2024. The three Pine Grove historical photo books by Dean Klinger shown Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) Owner of Klinger Auto Parts & Recycling, he became a historian by circumstance. Over the counter in his salvage yard, Klinger would discuss the history of the largely farming area around Pine Grove with customers. They'd bring in old photos for him, and the collection kept growing. At the suggestion of customers, he decided to work on the first book about 10 years ago. Klinger has a large collection of railroad photos from around the Pine Grove area, and people are urging him to compile them into his fourth book. Any thought of the improbability of a junkyard dealer becoming a historian is quickly extinguished during a tour of the property. A veritable time capsule, the rusting remnants of once proud Packards, Studebakers and Kaisers rest in an automotive graveyard of cars from the 1950s and earlier. An old gas pump with numerals stuck at 25-cents a gallon conjures memories of a bygone era following the end of World War II. Mine cars resurrected from the depths of mines in Schuylkill's western coal fields mingle with giant gears that crushed coal in the region's breakers. A mine car sits on tracks at Dean Klinger's Auto Parts & Recycling in Pine Grove, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) And the twin smokestacks of a coal-fired Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. power plant rise in stark contrast to corn fields and a housing development on Hallton Hill in a photo taken around 1954-55. Frozen in time Laid out in color-coded chapters devoted to specific country roads, the book depicts a panorama of life in Pine Grove and Washington Township spanning more than a century. An old stone iron furnace on Rock Road harkens to an era when ore was trucked in from Lebanon County and made into picks and shovels by local craftsmen. A similar stone kiln on Stanhope Road was buried during a road construction project, Klinger said. The author's salvage yard along Bird's Hill Road, which he founded in 1981, is seen as the 'Great Wall of Cars' lining the yard's perimeter. * Dean Klinger flips through his latest photo history book while at Dean Klinger Auto Parts & Recycling in Pine Grove, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) * A page of covered bridges within 'A Photo History of East Pine Grove, Pennsylvania,' Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) * A photo from the early 20th century within 'A Photo History of East Pine Grove, Pennsylvania,' Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) * A photo of a man heading off to vote in a donkey-drawn carriage within 'A Photo History of East Pine Grove, Pennsylvania,' Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) Show Caption 1 of 4 Dean Klinger flips through his latest photo history book while at Dean Klinger Auto Parts & Recycling in Pine Grove, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) Expand Albert Kieny, wearing a top hat, is at the reins of a cart pulled by a donkey named Maggie on his way to vote in Deturksville in 1953. And Zimmerman's covered bridge, one of only two surviving in Schuylkill County, stands as an ode to the region's Pennsylvania Dutch heritage. In calico dresses and bonnets, Della Strouphauer and her daughter, Anna Hummel, tend crops in a field on the family farm circa 1915-1920. Pauline Berger ice skates on Berger's Dam along Route 443 in 1925. And a local farmer proudly displays his steam-powered tractor in 1931. Photos from the 1920s within 'A Photo History of East Pine Grove, Pennsylvania,' Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) George 'Dad' Burnam, a former 'cowpuncher' who drove stagecoaches to Dodge City, opened a Sinclair gas station at Miller's Crossroads in 1923. He lived to be 96, and claimed to be the oldest Sinclair station operator in the U.S. The pronunciation of his surname evolved to Burnham over the years, and a road near the former station is now known as Dad Burnham's Road. A tall tale The Crossroads Hotel in Cherryville, north of Pine Grove, was the scene of a tale etched in the region's folklore. A group of miners celebrating at the hotel, the story goes, were shocked sober when smoke rose from the floorboards and filled the bar with the odor of brimstone. The sound of rattling chains announced the arrival of the devil. 'The devil's cloven feet were burned into the saloon floor' a local newspaper reported in 1974, 'and stayed there for a long time.' Beverly Sarge used and the Schuylkill County parcel locator in preparing captions for the photos. 'It was sometimes a challenge to find information,' confided Sarge, a retired secretary. 'At times, I felt like a sleuth.' Beverly Sarge flips through 'A Photo History of East Pine Grove, Pennsylvania' while at Dean Klinger Auto Parts & Recycling in Pine Grove, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) Little Mountain Printing, Myerstown, printed the book, which is priced at $110. Copies of Klinger's previous books are still available. Klinger, who has invested countless hours into compiling the books, donates proceeds from sales to the Pine Grove Historical Society. 'I don't feel right,' he said, 'making a profit on somebody else's photographs.' Information on how to obtain copies of the books is available at 570-345-8778.
