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KFC China has launched a new Pokemon promo which has taken the internet by storm.
The Pokemon Company has revealed an interesting new card that will debut as part of the Pokemon GO expansion for the Pokemon TCG.
Samsung has announced a new Pokemon themed charging case cover for their Galaxy Buds 2 earpieces.
Fangamer has revealed another cute yet terrifying plush based on Undertale.
First 4 Figures has revealed a new statue based on The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild.
The Pokemon Company and Mega Construx have announced they will be releasing another round of Pokemon building block sets in the coming months, this time spotlighting the Kanto Starters and Eevee.
The Pokemon Company has announced that a new Pokemon Center store will be opening in Japan later this year.
Earlier this week, Capcom announced that an official Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak Pro Controller was in production for Switch.
Build-A-Bear has officially revealed that Pokemon Sword And Shield starter Pokemon Grookey will be joining its lineup of Pokemon plushes.


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Jul 15, 2019
DHFL stock plummet 30%c after Q4 loss; company's market valuation falls by Rs 626 cr to Rs 1,522 cr on BSEDHFL said the developments in the last few quarters threaten its ability to continue as a going concern, as the company posted biggest ever quarterly loss of Rs 2,224 crore for the fourth quarter of 2018-19.
Jun 07, 2017
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO addresses key issues during annual shareholder meetingTesla CEO Elon Musk is also enticing fans with new vehicles, including a semi-truck it plans to show this fall and the Model Y SUV, which will go on sale in 2019.
Apr 14, 2017
4 percent decrease in Infosys stock results in Rs 8,589 crore loss in market valueInfosys stock fell by nearly 4 percent today, eroding Rs 8,589 crore from its market valuation after the company's March quarter earnings fell short of market estimates.
Dec 27, 2016
Microsoft maybe become first technology company to reach $1 trillion in market valueThe $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn can propel technology giant Microsoft to be the first tech company to attain a market value of $1 trillion, an analyst has said.
Feb 22, 2016
At Rs 4 lakh crore, bad loans exceed market value of PSU banksFor every Rs 100 parked in shares of public sector banks, investors carry the burden of Rs 150 as bad loans, which have cumulatively ballooned to Rs 4 lakh crore or 1.5 times the market value of these lenders.
Feb 02, 2016
Google's parent company Alphabet overtakes Apple to become most valuable traded US companyGoogle's parent company, Alphabet Inc surpassed Apple Inc as the most valuable company in the United States in after-hours trading on Monday, knocking the iPhone maker from the top spot that it has held for the better part of four years.
Dec 03, 2013
From Sonia to Rajnath: India's netas across parties under declare assetsAn analysis of election affidavits shows land and property assets either misdeclared or not as per market value.
Mar 29, 2013
Banks, NBFCs lose Rs 1.43 lakh cr worth market value in Q4Witnessing a sharp value erosion in their scrips during the last quarter of the current fiscal, about 50 listed banks and NBFCs of the country have lost nearly Rs 1.43 lakh crore in their market capitalisation in this period.
Oct 21, 2012
India's top 7 companies lose market value of 15,000 cr in 7 daysThe combined market valuation of India's top seven companies declined by Rs 14,968 crore last week, with energy major RIL alone taking the steepest hit of Rs 5,080 crore.

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Last week, the Los Angeles Lakers officially unveiled their new City Edition jerseys. After being inspired by Magic Johnson last year, this year the team’s new unis are an homage to the self-proclaimed Most Dominant Ever (M.D.E., which is on the side of the new jerseys), Shaquille O’Neal. The jerseys have now they have dropped online and are available for fans of the team.
This year’s City Edition Jersey gets the color closer to the gold fans are so familiar with, and as our own Christian Rivas rounded up last week, there are a few other differences between it and the team’s other gold jersey this year:
The Lakers logo across the chest is different than the one they have currently. Unlike the current logo, the one on this jersey has a huge, purple drop shadow with white lettering as opposed to the purple lettering they’ve used throughout their history.
Additionally, the jerseys and shorts have stars on the side panels with the numbers of the players whose jerseys hang in the rafters at Staples Center, including Shaq himself. There also appears to be a touching tribute to the late Dr. Jerry Buss on the shorts, too.
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Muji has extended the deadline for entries to its product design competition to 30 May. The competition marks the 15th anniversary of the ‘no brand goods’ chain, and is being promoted in Muji stores through a poster by Japanese designer Ikko Tanaka. Open to anyone in the UK, Japan and Hong Kong, entrants must design a new Muji product which reflects the Muji concept and will be of global appeal. Total prize money is 33 820, with a first prize of 7800, ‘so it’s definitely in the interests of UK-based designers to apply,’ says Muji’s director of operations Ewan Douglas.
As we approach the most wonderful time of the year, we ask creative directors what gift someone should buy a designer for Christmas.
The digital design consultancy has appointed a new head, who will oversee its six global offices and lead on growing the business in size and helping it make more money.
Send us photos of your offices decorated for Christmas, and we’ll be publishing a selection of the best ones next week.
A report on the potential impact of plain food and drink packaging, Pantone’s purple hued colour of the year and Mini’s new, monochrome logo – the news from the last


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MILAN — Italy’s fashion industry is thawing at last, according to the country’s Chamber of Fashion, following the “frost” that numbed the industry in 2008.
“While 2009 started off in the worst possible way, the past two months revealed better-than-expected retail sales, boosted by early summer weather and a newfound shopping drive,” said Mario Boselli, head of the chamber, during a presentation Monday of Milan’s four-day Men’s Fashion Week, which kicks off Saturday.
Boselli said the industry has been hit by a “U-shaped crisis, with an unimaginable and dramatic drop, and not comparable to any other period,” and, although not optimistic yet, he said there are some positive signs, such as sales of raw materials picking up and a 1.1 percent increase in industrial production.
Nonetheless, sales are expected to drop 3 percent in the second half of the year and 6.5 percent for 2009 to 62.17 billion euros, or $87.04 billion at current exchange. Boselli was cautious even about these numbers, however, saying they bar any “new negative surprises,” such as a steep rise in raw materials prices or the strengthening of the euro.
In 2008, the industry’s turnover slid 4 percent to 66.49 billion euros, or $97.74 billion at average exchange, for the period.
Exports in 2009 are expected to drop 5.5 percent to 38.1 billion euros, or $53.45 billion. In the first quarter, exports dropped 16.2 percent to 8.9 billion euros, or $12.4 billion. Russia, the U.S. and Japan showed signs of weakness, as shipments of apparel to Russia and the U.S. dropped 20.6 and 28.4 percent, respectively, and fell 15.8 percent to Japan.
Small and medium-size companies are “at risk” in the recession because of their “fragile and indebted structures,” Boselli warned. In April, the Italian government approved 1.6 billion euros, or $2.1 billion at current exchange, for small- and medium-size Italian companies to assist them in obtaining “credit lines to boost exports [and] further resources for companies that are part of the textile-fashion-footwear districts.”
In reference to the upcoming men’s fashion week, Boselli said he was satisfied with the number of collections showing in Milan, which will be 93 compared with 81 during January’s edition. After several seasons, Dolce & Gabbana and D&G are back on the calendar, on Saturday and June 23, respectively.
Ermenegildo Zegna will kick off and close the week with the signature brand showing on Saturday and Z Zegna on June 23. “Z Zegna has grown under[creative director] Alessandro Sartori and developed from its original young and innovative soul,” said image director Anna Zegna, explaining the decision to move the company’s sportswear collection to Milan after showing in New York for three seasons.
Marc Jacobs is a new name on the calendar, with all-day presentations by appointment June 22 and 23. This marks the designer’s new license with Staff International, but Jacobs is not expected to be present in the showroom. Other new brands on the calendar include Caruso, Romeo Gigli’s Io Ipse Idem, Jeckerson and Nero Perla.
Giorgio Armani and Prada are the only brands holding two shows, on Saturday and Monday, respectively.
“What he has done at Vuitton is really exceptional,” said @gameofthrones’ actress Gwendoline Christie on @mrkimjones’ final show for @louisvuitton. “He has rebooted luxury in terms of making it commercial, viable and contemporary. And most importantly artistic. He has never compromised his artistic vision for the sake of commodity.” (📷: @zefashioninsider)
After seeing a demand for men’s wear from its customers, British contemporary women’s wear label @ariesarise has added a men’s wear component and will launch a unisex collection with @mrporterlive. The 20-piece collection includes jackets, denim, logo T-shirts and more with deconstructed ‘90s vibes. Set to launch on January 18, you can shop the pieces on Aries’ website and on mrporter.com. #wwdfashion
“And so spending so much time with a character who thinks like that, inevitability you try and analyze yourself and go back and think about your own demons and dark chapters that you had in your life,” says @thedanielbruhl of his role in TNT’s “The Alienist.” The show, set in the Gilded Age of New York, also stars Dakota Fanning and Luke Evans. Head to WWD.com to read about how 39-year-old Brühl prepared for the role and why he thinks the show is so relevant to today #wwdeye ( 📷: @Eriktanner)
Now that Celine Dion’s collection has topped $10 million in sales, the pop superstar, fashion icon and newly-minted industry player is eyeing growth in Asia. Read the full report by @tiffanyap, link in bio. #wwdnews #celinedion
“My personal philosophy to beauty is paying attention to oneself. I love to be outdoors, lots of fresh air, trying to take care of yourself as best you can. I always notice that comes through,” says Felicity Jones, the global face of @shiseido-owned @cledepeaubeauteus, which launches today. Head to WWD.com to read more about the actress’ love for beauty and how she prepared for her new role in “The Basis of Sex,” playing the young Ruth Bader Ginsburg. #wwdbeauty (📷: @dandoperalski)
Among the familiar faces at @off____white’s show was a surprise figure: Japanese artist @takashipom, pictured here on Wednesday morning. Other show-goers included @jerrylorenzo, who spoke about his upcoming project: a @nike collaboration for back to school, with designs inspired by his childhood on the West Coast. Sitting in the front row were Future, Don Crawley, @miguel and more. See the rest of the photos on WWD.com #wwdeye (📷: Stephane Feugere)
According to @laurentsai, former “Terrace House: Aloha State” cast member, she didn’t know she was auditioning for the Japanese version of “Real World.” “I was telling a couple of my friends and someone’s like, ‘That sounds a lot like Terrace House.’ I was like, ’No it can’t be.’” Turns out, it was. But Tsai isn’t just a reality star — she’s an illustrator who has worked with Starbucks Japan and most recently, she’s dipping her toes into the fashion world. Head to WWD.com to read about her time on the show, modeling and her art. #wwdeye (📷: @danieldorsa)
More changes are coming to New York Fashion Week: Beginning with the spring 2019 collection, @alexanderwangny will move his New York show to June from September, adopting a biannual schedule with collections shown in June and December. Additionally, the @cfda is planning for an official summer/winter fashion season taking place as soon as June and December 2018. Read more about the upcoming changes on WWD.com. #wwdnews #wwdfashion (📷: @slovekinpics)


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By Akanksha Rana and Noor Zainab Hussain
(Reuters) - Shares of Churchill Capital IV Corp fell more than 40% on Tuesday, as its merger with electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors sparked concerns about the real worth of the company which has yet to start regular production.
The share slump followed weeks of speculation about the deal that had pushed the stock of Churchill Capital IV, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), up more than 500%.
Still, even after the slide, Churchill Capital IV's stock price implied a $56 billion market capitalization for Lucid once the deal closes, making it one of the highest valued vehicle makers in the world, and marking a hefty premium to the price at which the Lucid agreed to merge with Churchill Capital IV.
It also implied a paper gain of nearly $3.3 billion for veteran dealmaker Michael Klein and his partners in the blank-check acquisition firm.
"We've got the marriage made in heaven. The royalty of SPACs is Michael Klein and Churchill Capital IV," Lucid Chief Executive Peter Rawlinson told Reuters in an interview.
Shares in Elon Musk's Tesla have surged more than 10 times in value over the past year to around $900 and the appreciation has pushed many investors to chase the next big thing in the electric vehicle sector.
This has kicked off a rush of SPAC mergers in the space which has seen the likes of Nikola Corp and Fisker Inc go public.
"It is very speculative. My point is that everything is expensive in the EV value chain," Pavel Molchanov, an analyst at Raymond James & Associates, said.
"There is a high risk in every situation where a company goes public at a high valuation, with zero revenue. This is what we have seen in almost every SPAC taking an electric vehicle company public."
In comparison, General Motors Co was worth around $75 billion at midday Tuesday, while China's leading electric car maker Nio Inc was valued at $72 billion.
Lucid's first electric car, the luxury Air, won't go in production now until late 2021, later than the spring 2021 launch initially planned. Its CEO said it will take Tesla head-on in the more affordable car segment in 2024 or 2025 when it plans to launch a rival to Tesla Model 3.
The Lucid-Churchill Capital IV deal includes new private investment that valued the company at $24 billion, just a fraction of Tesla, but still the biggest ever involving a SPAC.
TIME FOR A CORRECTION?
The recent run-up in valuations of several EV startups, including Nikola and Lordstown Motors, that have yet to produce saleable vehicles or meaningful revenue, has drawn comparisons to the dotcom bubble of 1999-2000, with analysts and investors expecting a near-term correction.
"The EV sector feels like it's going through a correction. Lucid's SPAC-IPO probably (is) driving circular negative reinforcement," said Roth Capital Partners analyst Craig Irwin.
"We think Tesla has been valued for teleportation, so the correction is probably a very healthy thing. This allows investors to watch for potential entry points in names they feel they might have missed," he added.
After Lucid priced its Air sedan, starting at $77,400, Musk announced a price cut to its flagship Model S sedan. "The gauntlet has been thrown down!" he tweeted.
However, Lucid's five-year timeline to get to production of 250,000 vehicles a year is a reminder of the challenges of scaling up mass production in the auto industry.
Tesla, founded in 2003, produced about 500,000 electric vehicles last year.
(Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain and Akanksha Rana in Bengaluru and Paul Lienert in Detroit, Hyunjoo Jin and Peter Henderson in San Francisco and Joshua Franklin in Miami; editing by Patrick Graham, Emelia Sithole-Matarise and Richard Pullin)


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According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, TikTok’s owner, ByteDance has abandoned the sale of TikTok in the U.S. and is instead pursuing a partnership with Oracle Corp in the hope of avoiding a ban and at the same time appease the Chinese government.
The development comes in the wake of U.S. officials expressing concerns that TikTok’s short videos harvests data on U.S. consumers which could be passed on to China’s communist regime.
To further complicate matters, China amended its export control rules late last month allowing it to have a say over the transfer of TikTok’s algorithm to a foreign buyer. The Chinese government would prefer a total shutdown of TikTok’s U.S. operations rather than a forced sale.
Under a proposed deal, Oracle as ByteDance’s technology partner will assume management of TikTok’s U.S. user data, said sources. Oracle is also negotiating buying a stake in TikTok’s U.S. operations.
According to sources, some of ByteDance’s top backers, including General Atlantic and Sequoia, will be given minority stakes in TikTok’s U.S. operations under the proposed deal. It is to be seen whether Trump will approve such a proposal.
Incidentally, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is overseeing the negotiations between ByteDance and Oracle.
Neither ByteDance nor Oracle immediately responded to requests for comment.
The White House declined to comment.
Oracle has technological capability in handling data, but has no experience in social media.
More than 40% of Americans back Trump’s move to ban TikTok in the United States if it does not manage to get a U.S. buyer, according to an Ipsos national poll last month.


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USB Type-C seems to be the new obsession among Android enthusiasts, as we hear more and more reports claim that it will be implemented in the next line of flagship devices. Google itself hinted in the press release of the Chromebook Pixel that more Chromebooks and Android devices would follow suit with USB Type-C. Let us know if you're excited for the upcoming changes and how USB Type-C will benefit you.
How Well Does Your OEM Fare in Terms of Android Updates?
Although OEMs are gradually becoming better with each passing generation, the Android update cycle is still a sore point for most users running non-Nexus devices. Heck, even those running relatively recent Nexus smartphones are not guaranteed an update to Google’s latest and greatest. That said, much of the update delay is to be expected. After all as HTC showed us a few months back, quite a lot goes into delivering an Android OS update to consumer devices. However, it is clear that certain OEMs tend to fare better than others when it comes to providing long term device support.
You may recall that several months back, within just a few short weeks after the official release of Android 4.4 KitKat, Verizon and Motorola shocked the world by delivering the first KitKat update to a non-Nexus device. For those keeping track, this update beat out all of the Google Play edition devices, and even some current-generation Nexus devices. On the other end of the spectrum, we have devices that are just now receiving (or have not yet received) KitKat.
So how do the different OEM’s rank? According to JR Raphael of Computerworld, Motorola has risen above the pack with an A+ rating. Google, with its Nexus and GPe devices, is ever so slightly behind at A-. Samsung and HTC are next with C+ and C, respectively. LG and Sony are then a notch lower at C- and D+, respectively. Then, at the bottom of the pack, we have Asus and Acer, both rocking Fs.
Head over to the Computerworld article to get the full story. Do you agree with these ratings? Where would you rank other OEMs like Oppo, Meizu, and so on? Are you affected by the Android update Blues, or do you just install a custom ROM and never look back? Let us know in the comments below.
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Samsung’s semiconductor game and their Exynos chipsets have gained a lot of traction recently given the unveiling of the S6, and its subsequent testing showing a remarkable step forward in performance and efficiency. This advancement was put to contrast with the outcome of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chipset, which is said company’s incursion into the octa core big.LITTLE ARM model that Samsung has been perfecting over the past 3 years. Needless to say, said jump from their traditional Krait core arrangement...
Be together, not the same. That is the current phrase that Google is using for Android. This is really wise, the strength of Android is that I have a choice in what phone I get and what it looks like. I get more choices than black or white and 16, 64 or 128 GB. One of the more visual parts of Android customization is theming. In this episode of XDA TV, Producer TK reviews talks about theming your CyanogenMod 12 device....


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We're just weeks into 2018 and already the media has identified the superfood of the year. But they're decades behind the latest speaker to be confirmed on the Frestival line-up.
Helen Wang has been eating jujube fruit since she was a young girl and now spreads the benefits through her company Abakus Foods.
Jujube fruit - also known as red date - has been promoted in the Far East for thousands of years and that's how she came to know about the food from an early age.
Although she grew up in Germany, Helen's Chinese heritage meant she regularly ate jujubes and then when she moved to London her mother made sure she still had a regular supply.
Fans of the fruit say not only is it gluten, dairy, refined sugar and sulphite free and suitable for vegans, it also contains 18 amino acids essential for recovery and tissue repair and phytonutrients which calm the mind, uplift the mood and improve sleep.
It's an antioxidant helping to boost the immune system and ward off age-related health problems and is also a natural sweetener which can help people reduce the amount of refined sugar they eat.
Now Abakus Foods' range of jujube-based snacks and ingredients is available in over 100 Grape Tree stores across the UK and online at Ocado.
In the last three months of 2017, over 50 publications mentioned Abakus and the focus on jujube free is only set to grow now it’s been labelled as 2018's superfood.
Those visiting Frestival will be able to find out for themselves why Helen is so invested in jujube fruit that she travels around the world to source them - alongside hickory nuts which are also sold by Abakus.
A demonstration at 3.30pm will see visitors find out about reaping the benefits of the fruit as well as being able to taste the snacks and jujube tea for themselves. Helen will also be able to talk to those coming along about how to incorporate jujubes in to a free from diet.
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On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court fundamentally changed the application of state sales and use taxes as applied to one of the fastest growing sectors in the economy – e-commerce. Under this decision, states will be able to require online retailers to collect and remit sales tax to the state where goods and services are provided regardless of whether the retailer has a physical presence in the state. Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Justices Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, and Gorsuch.
In South Dakota v. Wayfair, the Court overturned more than a quarter-century of precedent in declaring the “physical presence” test dead (the rule that required a seller to have employees or a “brick and mortar” location in a state for the state to be permitted to require that seller collect and remit sales tax). Online sellers of goods and services may be required to collect sales and use tax in a number of new states as a result of the ruling.
A total of 41 States, 2 Territories, and the District of Columbia joined to request this result. Make no mistake, change is coming to the sales and use taxes that businesses will be required to collect and the taxes consumers will be required to pay up front. Gone are the days where online stores like Wayfair can have customers state in their ads that “I bought it online and didn’t have to pay sales tax.” In fact, the Court called that Wayfair ad a “subtle offer to assist in tax evasion.”
In Wayfair, the Court considered South Dakota’s new sales tax statute which requires sellers to collect and remit sales tax in South Dakota if the seller (1) annually delivers more than $100,000 of goods or services into South Dakota or (2) engages in 200 or more separate transactions to deliver goods or services into South Dakota. The Court stated that it was important that the law is not retroactive.
In enunciating a new standard, the Court stripped down existing tests and reverted to an old one – is the state imposing the obligation to remit tax on an activity where the person paying/collecting the tax “avails itself of the substantial privilege of carrying on business in” the state. The Court believed that South Dakota’s thresholds for volume (in number or value of transactions) met that threshold.
The Court explained that the Commerce Clause should require a facts-and-circumstances analysis instead of an objective test and explained that the South Dakota statute simply levels the playing field for in-state and out-of-state retailers. By leaving (very) small retailers unaffected, the Court was not concerned that start-up businesses would be subject to unfair burdens of wide-spread, varying compliance.
The Court left ajar an opportunity to challenge the imposition of an obligation to collect and remit sales tax in other cases by arguing other violations of the Commerce Clause, but summarily rejected the physical presence test. In the future, states that have not enacted the “Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement,” a proposed uniform act to address sales and use tax application, collection, and remittance, as their sales tax regime may find their statutes challenged as overly complex (an issue the Court expressly noted as an area ripe for challenge). The 24 states that have adopted the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Act have been given the green light to adopt South Dakota’s threshold and begin imposing the obligation on vendors to collect sales tax for online and mail-order sales going forward.
We expect state houses around the country to quickly adopt statues similar to South Dakota’s and impose the obligation on vendors to collect sales tax. Some may push the envelope beyond South Dakota’s 200 transactions or $100,000 sales, but given the extraordinarily low threshold (and low average amount to escape sales tax under those thresholds), this may become the new standard. As the Court noted, this is a way for the States to quickly influx anywhere from $8 billion to $33 billion, collectively, each year. For that much money, even Democrats and Republicans can probably come together.


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Apple is reportedly working on a sleep tracking feature called ‘Time in Bed tracking’ for its new range of Apple Watch wearables. The new feature will give users the option to wear the Apple Watch in their sleep and if they do, data such as heart rate, motion, and noise, will be used to monitor the sleep quality, news portal 9to5Mac reported on Monday.
“When wearing the Watch during bedtime, if the user wakes up and starts their day before their alarm goes off, it will automatically turn off the alarm, 9to5Mac writes. “The alarm will also play only on Apple Watch, using the iPhone as a backup. There will also be an option to use a silent alarm that only vibrates the Apple Watch. The new bedtime system will enable Do Not Disturb automatically when the user goes to bed. There will also be a new complication available for sleep tracking.”
Sleep tracking has been available via a variety of third-party apps but Apple has never provided its own sleep tracking feature.
The Cupertino-based company is expected to launch the new feature as early as next week when the company is expected to announce new iPhones along with Apple Watch Series 5.
Apple Watch Series 5 model is expected to use OLED screens supplied by Japan Display, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
According to Kuo, Japan Display would gradually increase its proportion of OLED display orders for the Apple Watch, starting with 15-20 per cent of orders in 2019 and reaching 70-80 per cent in 2021.
He believes that Apple would also gradually increase the proportion of LG’s supply of OLED displays for iPhone models and tap Chinese manufacturer BOE as an additional supplier, in a bid to diversify its supply chain.
Recently, Brazilian site iHelp BR spotted graphics hidden in the beta code of watchOS 6 that points to ceramic and titanium casings, quite possibly for the Apple Watch 5, alongside stainless steel for the Apple Watch 4.
Meanwhile, Apple has launched a new screen replacement programme for aluminium models of the Apple Watch Series 2 and 3. According to Apple, under very rare circumstances a crack may form along the rounded edge of the screen in aluminium models of a Watch Series 2 or 3. The crack might develop on one side and continue around the screen, the company said on Friday.
The new screen replacement programme covers a specific type of screen cracking in models sold between September 2016 and September 2019.


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Hall of Fame Football Coach Lou Holtz took football powerhouse, Notre Dame, from a 5-6 win/loss record in 1985 to a National Championship three years later. Incredibly enough, he is maybe even better known as a world renowned motivational speaker. One great quote from Coach Holtz stands out and is always relevant. He said, “I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.” It’s particularly relevant as NIHC advocates on behalf of the industry.
Last week we wrote to you about some of the highlights from the draft Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA) unveiled by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senators Corey Booker (D-NJ) and Ron Wyden (D-OR). We raised some of what we thought were interesting questions
As the Capitol and Congress opens their door for discussion on this draft bill, NIHC has been walking congressional halls in-person. We’ve been meeting with Members of Congress and their staff this past week. Like Lou Holtz, the NIHC is asking questions to lawmakers, as well as industry stakeholders, on the hemp-related provisions of the CAOA. The more we engage in Washington, the more questions we had about the bill, the more it’s leading us to ask more detailed questions.
What we wrote in last week’s e-newsletter bears repeating. Hemp policy is complicated. A cookie-cutter approach doesn’t work. We’ve learned over the last three years that the regulatory scheme that governs the hemp crop doesn’t keep pace with industry innovation and how consumers use our product. That leads to a myriad of unintended consequences including a lack of transparency that should inform the end users of our crop and products.
On that note, we are soliciting industry, consumer, grower, and retailer input. Have you read the Schumer-Booker-Wyden bill? What are your thoughts? What stands out to you? What do you see as a concern?
As we continue to engage Washington, it’s helpful to hear feedback from our members and industry partners. We have a lot of work to do, so please take time to read the bill and share your thoughts with our government affairs committee at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Comments on the bill are due back to the sponsors of the legislation by September 1.
Consumer Brands Releases White Paper on CBD
The Consumer Brands Association this week released a white paper on CBD policy with some interesting statistics. Of the consumers polled on CBD, 74% of respondents either incorrectly assumed that CBD was regulated or didn’t understand that CBD was not yet regulated by the FDA.
The results of the Consumer Brands Association/Ipsos poll that interviewed 1,000 consumers showed similar results to a benchmark poll conducted by the same two organizations in December of 2019. In that poll, 40% of respondents believed CBD was another name for marijuana while 51% believed that CBD had an intoxicating effect.
The poll further solidifies NIHC’s belief in the need for more consumer education about CBD and hemp-derived products. Consumer education would be a key component to the checkoff program that the NIHC is currently pursuing with other industry stakeholders.


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Product Launches: -- Dovinto Vinicola Destino is pleased to announce that its award-wining wines are entering the United States market which was facilitated by the successful completion of the first of its institutional fundraising efforts. With its rich heritage and dedication to producing exceptional wines, Dovinto aims to captivate wine enthusiasts across America with the unique flavors and characteristics of its uniquely-created premium Mexican wines.
Product Launches: -- On Monday, June 26, thought-leaders and pioneers in the realm of old vines hosted a live webinar to launch The Old Vine Registry: the world's most comprehensive database of living historic vineyard sites, The Old Vine Conference announced today. The Old Vine Registry, which is free to view, is an evolution of what started as a simple spreadsheet and has been completely digitalised to become an unmatched resource for the global wine industry, the academic world, and wine lovers around the globe.
Advertising NEWS: -- Tree Leads Today (TLT) founder Don Dowd is revealing a simple system that he says can increase tree care sales by 30% overnight. The system involves sending a follow-up letter to homeowners who have received an estimate for the tree care company's services. Dowd refers to this system as "the 60-cent salesperson."
Launch: For Seafood Month 2022, Superior Fresh, America’s first land-based Atlantic salmon farm, introduces...
Product Launches: -- Superior Fresh, America's first land-based Atlantic salmon farm, is pleased to announce three new, coast-to-coast ways to enjoy their heart-smart Atlantic salmon. Retail-ready frozen premium fillets, burgers, and dips are now available nationwide at select retailers and online.
Advertising NEWS: -- The Central Grasslands Roadmap community of organizations is embarking on an 8-week social media campaign called "Grasslands and You" that enlists the collective, coordinated voices of individuals and organizations to spread the word about the importance of grasslands and the benefits they provide. The announcement comes from Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, one of the Roadmap partners.
Ad News: Amanda Wittstrom Higgins Launches Full Cup Solutions for future-forward agriculture and beverage...
Advertising NEWS: -- Leveraging her knowledge of - and networks in - all aspects of the alcohol beverage space and propelled by a deep personal investment in the agricultural world, industry notable and business strategist Amanda Wittstrom Higgins recently launched Full Cup Solutions, a full-service firm specializing in results driven unconventional planning in the marketing, sales, operations, employee development sectors and beyond.
Advertising NEWS: -- Don Dowd, owner of tree lead marketing company Tree Leads Today, announced his new partnership with Justin Hartmann of Canary Tree. As soon as Don Dowd saw Justin Hartmann's short-term grapplesaw crane leasing model, he knew it was the perfect solution for his clients who struggle to keep pace with their backlog of work.
Product Launches: -- SunBug Solar, a Massachusetts-based solar solutions provider, has completed the construction of a dual-use solar-terra photovoltaic system in Monson, Massachusetts. The design of the system allows the local landowner to harvest both sun from above and crops from below on land which has been in the family for three generations.
Product Launches: -- AgroCulture Inc. aims to bring communities together to fight off every obstacle causing food security. With an effective platform where small farmers and home growers can connect, AgroCulture Inc. aims to promote financial and physical well-being of various communities.
Advertising NEWS: -- "The tree service companies that consistently thrive are those that ramp up their marketing efforts during times of recession, such as the economic downturn of the COVID-19 pandemic." This statement comes from Don Dowd, owner and founder of Tree Leads Today. "During economic lulls, many make the mistake of scaling back their marketing out of fear."


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The New Balance 327 lineup has caught the attention of many sneakerheads and now they are planning on to expand the series with more neutral colorways. The new general release lineup is quite underrated and is seeing a bit of likeness lately. From the colorful florals to subtle rusty colors the line has everything to offer. The new colorways are adding a touch of versatility with colored midsoles and neutral overarched accents. The latest piece from the 327 lineup has the outsole covered in dark navy color with grey color on the upper. The suede upper with white nylon base and branding completes the look.
The shoe is expected to arrive soon so just keep an eye on the drops as the shoe is gonna retail for $100.
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Africa has been identified as the next frontier of opportunities for international hotel chains seeking for growth.
A study by University of Johannesburg scholar Jayne M. Rogerson entitled ‘Unpacking the Growth of Hotel Chains in Africa: Enterprises and Patterns’, reckons that Africa offers enormous opportunities for hotel chains seeking internationalisation due to an expanding base and diverse tourism economy.
“Over the past two decades Africa has been one of the most rapidly expanding regions of the global tourism industry. This growth has triggered the entry and expansion of both international and regional hotel chains,” states the study.
It adds that despite the global economic downturn and decline in international tourism arrivals, Africa continues to show tourism arrivals which are expanding faster than the world average.
According to the study, Africa now receives more tourists than the Caribbean, Central America and South America regions combined. During the period between 2003 and 2009, tourists’ arrivals in the continent mushroomed from 37 million to 58 million.
The largest number of tourism arrivals is recorded for the region of North Africa followed by Southern Africa and East Africa. Countries that record consistently the largest receipts of tourists are South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritius.
France is the leading source of tourists travelling to Africa followed by the United Kingdom, the USA, Germany and Portugal.
“This expanding base and diverse tourism economy provides the essential context for unpacking the growth of hotel chains in Africa,” notes the study.
Its adds that although the hotel industry is globally highly fragmented, it is estimated the leading hotel groups account for 52 per cent of global sales and thus are the dominant players in the international hotel economy. In Africa, South Africa’s hotel industry is the largest and most mature.


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In a press release focused on electric cars, autonomous driving, connectivity and other technological field related to automobiles, Renault-Nissan revealed that sales of The Alliance's plug-in electric cars have exceeded 340,000 units.
"Renault-Nissan is already the global leader in electric vehicles. The Alliance has sold more than 340,000 zero-emission vehicles since 2010."
The Nissan LEAF accounts for the majority of those sales, but the Renault ZOE isn't too far behind.
The press release touched upon autonomous drive as well:
"The Renault-Nissan Alliance also announced that it will launch 10 models with Autonomous Drive technologies by 2020. This is in line with the Alliance’s commitment to technological innovation and its focus on the twin goals of zero emissions and zero fatalities."
"Renault and Nissan engineers are working together on the development of Autonomous Drive, connectivity and other next-generation technologies for mass-market, mainstream vehicles. By partnering on advanced research and development, Renault and Nissan are able to work more efficiently, with less cost."
Moving forward, Renault & Nissan hope to strengthen ties in an effort to reduce costs:
"In January, the Alliance announced the introduction of a common Connected Vehicles and Mobility Services team that will ensure the swift implementation of connectivity applications that customers will experience across all Alliance brands."
"The Renault-Nissan Alliance has set as a priority to make synergies happen today while both companies work together for the future."


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Yam Su Yin, who heads up HP’s consumer PC and tablet division in Asia recently told the Indian press that the company ‘had to be in the game’ when it comes to smartphones.
“The answer is yes but I cannot give a timetable. It would be silly if we say no. HP has to be in the game,” Su Yin said.
HP’s last foray into the mobile computing market didn’t turn out so well – it purchased the WebOS operating system in buying handheld maker Palm for US$1.2billion in 2010, launched its own 10.1-inch tablet in 2011 and promptly folded the whole operation. In Australia, the tablet was on sale for just four days before the company closed its tablet business. The WebOS-based tablets that were selling for around $500 only days before, found themselves hot sellers during the subsequent fire sale when they were sold off for as little as $99. Since then, happy owners have been able to run Ubuntu Linux and Android.
If indeed HP is getting back into the phone/tablet market, it can’t afford to be half-hearted about it in a market that is far more competitive than it was back in 2011. Still, HP is one of the few big-name technology companies that has the pedigree to make a decent go of it. Let’s just hope is shows more resolve next time than it did with WebOS.
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Momofuku has partnered with Springboard, a new platform from Kraft Heinz focused on accelerating the growth of disruptive brands within the food and beverage space, to bring Ssäm Sauce to retail nationwide, according to the restaurant group founded by chef David Chang.
The popular Korean chili sauce will be sold nationwide on Amazon.com starting this week. Ssäm Sauce comes in three flavors — Original, Smoky and Spicy.
The sauce is Springboard's first partnership and its initial entry into the specialty culinary sector, according to Momofuku. “Korean sauces and flavors have become more and more infused in American cooking, and we are so excited to take a long-time staple in Momofuku’s pantry and introduce this as a staple in home kitchens across the country,” said Sergio Eleuterio, general manager of Springboard Brands.
Kraft Heinz may be able to significantly ratchet up the cool factor with this move since Momofuku, which has a two Michelin star restaurant in New York City, is synonymous with hip food for many consumers. It also allows the company to capitalize on popular new trends and flavors such as Korean and harness taste while still eating healthier.
If Kraft Heinz can harness these disruptive qualities in Ssäm Sauce and potentially other Springboard incubator projects, it will help keep the company on the cutting edge of innovation and differentiation. Bernardo Vieira Hees, Kraft Heinz's CEO, said during a recent earnings call that the company is in a renovation phase.
"We were more than double our percentage of innovation (in the) last three years and we continue to accelerate in a big way," he said. The company underscored that sentiment with its recent debut of gochujang spiced nuts, maple bacon roasted pecan clusters and energy balls.
The news of this partnership comes just after Credit Suisse downgraded the company to "underperform," pointing to the company's lack of product innovation as a warning sign despite its many efforts to revamp existing products to meet consumer demand for clean label.
It's uncertain if this new product launch will be enough to impact Kraft Heinz's reputation in the CPG space, or if this innovation is a one-time deal rather than the start of a string of new projects. Still, the partnership with Momofuku looks like a step in the right direction, especially given growing consumer interest in authentic Asian cuisine.


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The American consumer showed little enthusiasm for spending this summer. Higher taxes that took effect earlier this year have lowered take-home pay. And low- and middle-income workers' wages are barely keeping pace with inflation. Consumer spending drives roughly 70 percent of economic activity.
Federal spending cuts have also dampened growth. And the 16-day shutdown last month is expected to keep the economy from accelerating in the final three months of the year.
"The winds from government tax and spending actions were blowing very hard in the third quarter," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.
Some areas of the economy performed well over the summer. Homes sales and construction remained robust, despite a rise in mortgage rates. Americans kept buying cars and trucks. And exports of autos and other manufactured goods rose, helped by improving economies overseas.
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Still, hiring, a crucial driver of growth, has slowed. The economy added an average 143,000 jobs a month from July through September. That's down from an average of 182,000 in April through June, and 207,000 during the first three months of the year. Without more jobs and hiring pay, consumer spending is likely to remain weak.
The shutdown will not affect third-quarter growth. But many analysts say it could cut more than half a percentage point from growth in the October-December quarter. The shutdown cost the U.S. economy $24 billion, according to Beth Ann Bovino, an economist at Standard & Poor's.
Weaker growth at the end of the year would mean overall growth has slowed from 2012. Many analysts are forecasting growth for the full year of around 1.8 percent, down a full percentage point from last year's 2.8 percent growth.
Many economists expect growth to pick up in 2014, perhaps to as much as 3 percent. The economy should benefit from no additional tax hikes next year, though federal spending is expected to be tightened further. Housing should remain strong and businesses are likely to invest more in new equipment, said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at the Martin Smith School of Business at California State University.
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"Businesses really need to raise productivity and the best way to do that is by employing new technology," Sohn said.
Zandi predicts growth of 3 percent in 2014, which would be the best rate in nine years. But that depends largely on Washington policymakers reaching a deal on the budget, no small feat given the increased partisanship that led to last month's shutdown.
A House-Senate conference committee is trying to strike an agreement that will replace a temporary measure that funds the government through Jan. 15. There is also a need to lift the borrowing limit by Feb. 7.
"My working assumption is that lawmakers will come together and Washington will not derail the recovery," Zandi said.
—By The Associated Press


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Similar to popular cloud storage services like Box, Dropbox, One Drive and Google Drive, Amazon’s new Prime Photos lets the estimated 20 million Prime members store digital files — music, movies, documents and photos — that they can then access from a variety of devices. Users can upload the photos from Apple iOS gadgets (iPhone, iPad) and devices that support Google’s Android mobile operating system software, as well as from the Web.
Consumers who signed up for Amazon’s Cloud Drive service, whether they were Prime members or not, received 5 gigabytes of free storage. That’s enough to hold about 2,000 photos, according to Amazon. Owners of the Fire tablets and smartphone Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduced earlier this year already had unlimited storage for any photos taken or saved to a Fire device.
The service, announced Tuesday, is now part of a $99 (£79) per-year Prime membership, which also includes two-day shipping on over 20 million items, video streaming of movies and TV shows and access to the Kindle e-book lending library. And it seems to play into Bezos’ strategy of being willing to lose money on products and services to attract more customers and tie them into the Prime system. More


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Sugar rush for exit?
On a cold Monday night in the UK in January, Euromoney sat down to watch a Channel 4 programme from its Dispatches current affairs series.
This edition – titled ‘Are we addicted to sugar?’ – revealed the surprising amounts of sugar contained in everyday foods that we consume. With new year health regimes firmly in place, this seemed an ideal way to both educate ourselves and forget about the way regulation continues to hamper growth in the financial markets.
We all know that soft drinks are full of sugar. But who knew that a supposedly healthy cereal bar might contain the equivalent of up to 10 teaspoons of it?
It came as something of a surprise when Credit Suisse’s logo popped onto the screen. Last year, its Research Institute had published a report on how medical research was increasingly establishing a link between the high consumption of sugar and the global type 2 diabetes pandemic, which is now thought to afflict as many as 400 million people, mostly in the developed world.
Credit Suisse warned of the potential difficulties facing companies that rely on sugar-based products. It predicted that sugar consumption is likely to fall as people change their eating habits, and that there is a risk that governments might start to try to change consumers’ behaviour through the introduction of taxes and health warnings on packaging akin to those on tobacco products.
"The potential for a surge in negative public opinion and the looming threat of regulation and taxation are issues that the food and beverage industry needs to tackle," the report said.
It’s an interesting report – but then again, given its issues with both global and local banking regulators, Credit Suisse knows a thing or two about the impact of regulation on a business.


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LAS VEGAS – The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect in January 2020, will implement strict requirements for companies to create more transparency about how user data is being used and disseminated.
Microsoft’s acknowledgement this week that it will extend CCPA to all of its users in the United States reminds tech and enterprise companies that the law’s implementation is looming — and that they need to be prepared in terms of compliance, OpenText’s Janet De Guzman told Threatpost.
CCPA, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other high-profile privacy acts are becoming more standard — and the CCPA in particular is starting a new wave of privacy-focused laws and standards in the U.S., said De Guzman.
At ENFUSE 2019, Threatpost talked to De Guzman about what this means for consumers, how companies can prepare themselves for compliance — and whether newer technology — such as Amazon Echo or Ring doorbells — will change the privacy game even more.
Also, check out our podcast microsite, where we go beyond the headlines on the latest news.


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Fashion was one of the biggest industries in the world generating $2.5 trillion in global annual revenues before the pandemic hit. With COVID19 and its consequences on joblessness or financial hardship for people across the value chain, it brought a unique opportunity to pivot towards sustainability and counter the increasing fashion waste in India. And how to do that – by asking millennials and professionals to donate their used garments to refurbish it into high-quality masks and other products! Giving impetus to this change, a sustainable fashion Covid19 response campaign called RE- Think. Act.
Create launched the “RE.purposed” initiative in order to drive awareness among consumers and fashion stakeholders about social equity, slow fashion, rich Indian textile heritage, the climate impact of fashion choices and to revive the concept of reuse in the fashion industry. It is also working towards supporting the livelihoods of local communities impacted by COVID19 by involving them in making masks. Veteran Fashion Designers like Leena Singh of the clothing brand, Ashima-Leena (AL) and Rina Dhaka, have also come forth with their support to the initiative and to generate awareness about sustainable fashion and social change in the industry.
A study estimates that giving a second life to garments could by itself reduce GHG fashion emissions by 44%. This on-ground initiative works with NGOs in Mumbai to create and sell repurposed masks and other products made from repurposed material donated by young professional women in Mumbai. Supporting the cause, fashion designer Rina Dhaka, said, “Sustenance in fashion can only be brought if we make conscious efforts to empower people who need it the most, i.e. the Indian artisans and local communities.
During COVID-19 pandemic, consumers began demanding for social change in the fashion industry by seeking more sustainable brands. The adoption of mindful fashion choices and increased inclination towards slow fashion that is locally-produced will take the Indian fashion industry a long way to become more sustainable and eco-friendly.” Rina Dhaka will also be lending her designs to this initiative, which will be recreated by NGO workers and sold at a nominal cost.
Speaking about the initiative, Veteran fashion designer Leena Singh said, “The Government of India had announced it’s ‘Vocal for Local’ initiative encouraging people to buy local products thereby supporting local communities. The RE.purposed initiative ties in with the Government’s vision of boosting support for local communities and their craft. This initiative is a perfect blend of tradition and craft. I am happy to be a part of an initiative that not only raises voice towards sustainability in the fashion industry but also drives awareness and supports local communities, whose livelihoods have been impacted.”
The fashion industry creates an estimated 92 million tons of textile waste each year. Shockingly, every second, the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles goes into landfill or is burned, globally. Choosing the pre-owned, repurposed clothing can reduce the strain put on the environment through fashion waste dumped in the landfill every year. “Sustainable fashion is the need of the hour. In today’s time, when safety is of utmost priority, using recycled materials for making masks will serve the dual purpose of safety and sustainability,” says Jyotika Bhatia from ‘Srujna’. Srujna is a charitable trust that works towards creating livelihood opportunities for underprivileged women.
Iman Sayed of Myna Mahila Foundation, an NGO working towards the generation of employment for women, said, “We, at Myna Mahila Foundation, recognised the immediate pandemic needs of our communities, and in March, started the manufacturing and distribution of sustainable masks. With the long-lasting effects of single-use masks on the environment and the projected period of wearing masks as a necessity, we as social organisations must meet these needs at a minimal cost to the environment.”
The total greenhouse gas emissions from textile production currently stands at 1.2 billion tonnes annually. These emissions are to rise by more than 60 per cent by 2030, if transformation towards a sustainable fashion industry fails to materialise soon. The RE.purposed initiative demonstrates that the tumultuous times of COVID19 can be utilised to call for sustainability in fashion and contribute to the reduction of fashion waste in the long-term. With its unique scalable model, the initiative is looking to expand to different cities in India and is inviting artisan and local communities to join the movement for upholding social equity and climate-sensitivity in fashion.


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Another law takes effects Saturday with stricter limitations on interest and charge, plus installment repayment requirement, all designed to avoid getting eager individuals stuck in a financial obligation pitfall.
When closed by then-Gov. John Kasich on July 30, the payday industry cautioned it could put them off people, leaving those without traditional banking selection no place to show for emergency credit.
Kansas will bring fewer storage supplying pay day loans, and not one is anticipated available automobile name loans. Significantly more than 650 sites comprise functioning beneath the older law, but beginning Saturday, that wide variety is expected to decrease to about 220 actual or digital stores, per permit filings with the Ohio office of trade. Of those, 14 have Franklin region.
Ten firms happen approved to work those stores, while nine additional have actually licenses software pending for another 21 storage.
a€?The criticisms we had got that people happened to be attending power down all payday lending. Obviously that is not the fact,a€? mentioned Rep. Kyle Koehler, R-Springfield, just who paid regulations, Household expenses 123. a€?There is likely to be credit readily available, and in addition we’re very pleased thereupon.a€?
Dublin-based CheckSmart is amongst the shop that can no more operate as a payday loan provider in Ohio. However the company stated it’ll continue to create additional services including money commands, costs repayment, taxation preparation and check cashing.
Payday loan providers were able to provide small-dollar financing and call for individuals to repay the complete quantity, plus interest, within 2 to 4 days. This, experts debated, pressured many decreased- and middle-class consumers to take out duplicated financial loans, having to pay additional charge and interest everytime.
a€? providing borrowers at the very least 3 months to settle the loan. If payments include limited by 7 percent of a borrower’s net gain, the maximum could be thirty days.
a€?Borrowers will save hundreds of thousands yearly which can as an alternative become spent on fundamental household expenditures such as for example food, shelter, and transport, therefore assisting regional economic climates throughout Ohio,a€? said Danielle Sydnor, president with the Cleveland branch of the NAACP.
Over fifty percent of shops registered https://paydayloanadvance.net/payday-loans-mi/redford/ in new laws is Advance America limbs, while Ace Cash present provides 39 places and Check n’ Go have 34.
The fresh laws “will considerably impact Advance The united states’s businesses in Ohio making significant changes towards method Ohioans acquire and repay small-dollar credit,” said organization spokesman Jamie Fulmer. “energy will state just what results of the laws might be obtainable, all of our capability to operate, and Ohioans’ accessibility credit score rating.”
Doug Clark, chairman of Axcess monetary and look a€?n Go, mentioned loan providers a€?will have a painful times contending contained in this marketplace.a€?
a€?Big authorities expertise rarely help buyers or commercial passions but we will have the markets responds to this remedy,a€? the guy mentioned. a€?We think big gaps stay static in the state-regulated credit score rating markets and more credit-challenged customers will have the most challenging time dancing with HB 123 items.a€?
Koehler said some title lenders, designed to use someone’s vehicle as guarantee, comprise telling individuals in present weeks they should end money and pay-off their unique full debts, otherwise her auto shall be used. Koehler knows of this, he stated, because those borrowers had been told whether they have a complaint to contact their office.
This new legislation is made to fix a payday legislation passed away and kept by Ohio voters in 2008. Payday loan providers could actually easily steer clear of the price limits where previous law.
Gov. Mike DeWine stated condition regulators can be “looking for violations and distortions looking” whenever any variations are essential towards laws.
“nearly all Ohioans want to see change in this field, experienced that whatever you happened to be undertaking, the loopholes in the last rules, just were not correct, perhaps not reasonable,a€? the guy mentioned.
The law possess lured three brand-new participants to Ohio’s market, such as Seattle-based feasible financing, a new venture-capital-backed applications team which provides brief installment financing through a mobile software.
Feasible Finance President Tony Huang claims their loans, with fees of $15 to $23 per $100 borrowed, were paid in installments over two months and, unlike conventional payday loans, each payment was reported with the credit bureaus to simply help a borrower establish credit score.
The firm doesn’t rollover debts or provide to individuals which already have a quick payday loan, Huang mentioned, plus enables individuals to move a payment time by a few days, if needed.
Feasible funds uses technologies that analyzes an individual’s bank-account information to find out when they be considered, examining elements like money, price of investing alongside obligations.
a€?we come across the real significance of affordable temporary credit since gateway to monetary welfare,a€? Huang stated. a€?If you’re stuck spending a next of the income on pay day loans, overdraft fees and check cashing, you’re not ever going to be able to improve your standing.a€?
200 sites will function under Kansas’s stricter payday financing laws
Huang stated 5,000 Ohioans already have developed a cellular profile in expectation of Saturday’s change in law. The guy said he dreams Ohio’s new rules “is a model that is used nationally.a€?


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The foodservice sector is leading the way on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equality and inclusion, according to the latest Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
Twenty-five food and beverage companies, including Coca-Cola, Burger King and McDonald’s, got a 100% score on the index, which surveys the practices of hundreds of major global employers.
The Index rating criteria have three key pillars: non-discrimination policies across business entities; equitable benefits for LGBTQ workers and their families; and supporting an inclusive culture and corporate social responsibility.
Inclusion a priority
This year, companies had to meet further criteria of ensuring full spousal and partner healthcare coverage parity; affirming coverage for transition-related care and eliminating all so-called “transgender exclusions” from plans; and ensuring full LGBTQ inclusion in diverse supply chain programs.
While this shows that many food sector companies have come a long way, some companies clearly have some catching up to do. A few only managed a rating of between 0 and 60 (which constitutes a fail), including US Foods Inc, Palm Management Corp, Gastronomy Inc, and Dole Food Co Inc. But the people behind the study believe the overall picture is positive.
“From cupboard staples to family restaurants, the companies behind the brands that feed America have demonstrated that LGBTQ inclusion for employees, their families and customers is a priority,” says Beck Bailey, acting director of the HRC Foundation’s Workplace Equality Program.
In recent years, the likes of Burger King and McDonald’s have launched initiratives such as wrapping their food in rainbow coloured packaging in solidarity with the LGBTQ community. Some have criticised exercises like this as marketing gimmicks, but the HRC index shows they’re also implementing more comprehensive measures – as are hundreds of other businesses from other sectors.
Good for business
Across all businesses, 85% of the Fortune 500 have gender identity protections enumerated in their non-discrimination policies. Compare this to just 3% in 2002. Furthermore, 97% of all the CEI businesses offer explicit gender identity non-discrimination protections. Up from just 5% in 2002.
Most telling was that there were no companies offering transgender-inclusive health care coverage 2002 – today 62% of the Fortune 500 and over 84% of the CEI businesses provide such coverage.
“One of the striking things about the high-scoring participants in the Corporate Equality Index is that they span every industry, with operations across all states and headquarters in 47 of 50 states,” adds Bailey.
“While only 22 states have employment non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and 21 for gender identity, America’s largest and most successful companies, regardless of region, recognize the need for these protections and more – they invest to actively attract, engage and retain their LGBTQ workers.”
HRC president Chad Griffin concludes: “Time and again, leading American businesses have shown that protecting their employees and customers from discrimination isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s also good for business.”


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He says Karnataka has great potential for organic farming
Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Thursday vowed to develop Bangalore as Asia’s organic capital and Karnataka as India’s organic hub.
Inaugurating the fourth edition of the three-day international organic trade fair titled BioFach India, being jointly organised by the Nuernberg Messe of Germany, International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture (ICCOA) and the Karnataka State Agriculture Department, here, Mr. Shettar said the fact that international organic events were being held frequently in the Garden City was an indication that Bangalore was going to be the organic trade centre of India in the near future.
“With its rich biodiversity, crop diversity and horticultural excellence, Karnataka has a great potential for organic farming,” he said.
To develop the State as the country’s organic hub, the government had taken up a three-pronged strategy of helping farmers to adopt organic agriculture, providing market linkage and export opportunities for organic produce besides ensuring access to healthy organic food for people, and developing technologies for efficient organic cultivation as well as post-harvest management, he said.
Mr. Shettar expressed concern that indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizer and pesticides in the process of increasing food production had caused environmental degradation besides posing health hazards to people as well as animals.
In this background, achieving sustainability in agricultural production and increasing productivity, particularly in drylands, without harming environment had become a real challenge. There was a dire need to evolve programmes to address this issue, he said.
Listing various initiatives taken by the State government for bolstering organic farming, Mr. Shettar noted that the State had come out with an organic farming policy in 2004 itself while an Organic Farming Mission was set up in 2009. About 17,000 farmers had been benefitted by these programmes, he added. The former Union Minister of State for Agriculture Sompal, who is also chairman emeritus of ICCOA, cited a 1998 report by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research which said that nine important nutrients had been eroded from the soil due to mindless use of fertilizer and pesticides.
The only way to bring about sustainability in such a situation was by going organic, he noted.
Nuernberg Messe’s management board member Petra Wolf, its international events director Frank Venjakob, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements executive director Markus Arbenz and ICCOA executive director Manoj Kumar Menon also spoke.
Later, the Chief Minister released 16 organic products brought out by Bangalore-based organic agricultural company Phalada Agro Research Foundation Pvt. Ltd.
The fair, where various events are being held to create awareness among consumers and farmers about organic farming and organic produce, has 141 stalls, including those of 16 international exhibitors.


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This Sportswear news page includes headlines, summaries, and article citations about sportswear news from diverse, English-language news sources around the world.
News articles are ordered by publication date, with the newest article listed first and the oldest article listed last.
- Bull of the Day: Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS)
and outdoor retailer continues to prove it can operate in any market environment.
Zacks. Thursday, 29 Jul 2021.
- Columbia Sportswear (COLM) to Report Q2 Earnings: What to Expect?
Columbia Sportswear's (COLM) second-quarter performance is likely to reflect impacts of the anniversary of last year's temporary store closures. Also, solid DTC e-commerce sales are likely to help.
Zacks. Tuesday, 27 Jul 2021.
- Michael Avenatti gets prison term for Nike extortion scheme
The lawyer was convicted last year on charges that he tried to extort up to $25 million from the sportswear
CBS News. Thursday, 8 Jul 2021.
- Michael Avenatti sentencing postponed in Nike case
NEW YORK (AP) – A judge on Thursday postponed until July 9 the sentencing of Michael Avenatti for the once high-profile lawyer's conviction in an extortion case involving sportswear
giant Nike. ...
Washington Times. Thursday, 24 Jun 2021.
- Police hope public recognise Hyde Park machete thugs from their distinctive sportswear
Police have arrested a 17-year-old on suspicion of affray after 'brazen violence' erupted in the park at around 9pm on Tuesday, but they are still hunting more people who were involved.
Daily Mail. Friday, 4 Jun 2021.
- Nike says it split with Neymar over sexual assault investigation
giant and Brazilian footballer give conflicting accounts of why they parted ways.
BBC News. Friday, 28 May 2021.
- Nike says it dropped Neymar after he refused to cooperate in sexual assault investigation
Nike says it ended its tie-up with football star Neymar last year because he refused to cooperate in an investigation into sexual assault allegations against him by an employee of the sportswear
Sky News. Friday, 28 May 2021.
- UK sportswear brand Castore agrees kit deal with Premier League club
Castore will supply Wolverhampton Wanderers in a multi-year partnership thought to be worth several million pounds. Castore was launched in 2015.
Daily Mail. Saturday, 22 May 2021.
- Under Armour's CEO Was "Broke" After Year One. Here's What Happened Next.
From selling T-shirts out of his car to billion-dollar sportswear
Entrepreneur. Monday, 26 Apr 2021.
- China Sportswear Billionaires Cut Anta Stake In Sale Nearing $1.5 Billion
Stock has gained on Covid recovery, Olympics hopes.
Forbes. Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021.
- Under Armour CEO reveals new global campaign
Under Armour is on a roll, with the company's revenue surging from $281 million in 2005 to $3 billion last year. It has now passed Adidas to become the number two sportswear
maker in the U.S. behind Nike. ...
CBS News. Tuesday, 30 Mar 2021.
- Rapper Macklemore Has a New Golf Apparel Company and a Problem With Pants
The Grammy Award-winning rap artist teed up his own sportswear
line, Bogey Boys.
Entrepreneur. Tuesday, 2 Mar 2021.
- Leading Through Adversity - An Interview With Joe Boyle
EVP of Columbia Sportswear
Company discusses the heritage of the brand and how he leads through adversity.
Forbes. Monday, 22 Feb 2021.
- Adidas confirms potential sale of Reebok
giant Adidas has confirmed it could sell its Reebok brand.
Sky News. Monday, 14 Dec 2020.
- Contemporary Muslim Fashions Are Having Their Day in the Sun
Ranging from high-performance sportswear
to haute couture, emerging and established designers are meeting the needs of stylish Muslim women
Smithsonian. Wednesday, 22 Jul 2020.
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Daniel Leever, Platform Specialty Products CEO, provides insight to his specialty products which include the finishes for circuit boards that go inside you smartphones and tablets.
Discussing the health of Jarden's brands, with Martin Franklin, Jarden Corp. executive chairman. In regards to whether the company's portfolio is complete, Franklin says "we are always looking."
General Motors May U.S. sales were up 12.6 percent. CNBC's Jim Cramer and David Faber remark on both General Motors and Ford's strong May U.S. sales data.
CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports May U.S. sales data from General Motors and Ford. Ford had its best retail May since 2004.
Philippe Mellier, De Beers CEO, weighs in on the global growing demand for diamonds and says the U.S is still by far the strongest market.
CNBC's Diana Olick reports on rebounding new home sales; and Brad Hunter, Metrostudy chief economist and director of consulting, provides perspective.
Legendary stock picker Bill Miller said Apple is still worth $700 or $750 per share. CNBC's Jim Cramer shares his opinions.
CNBC's Jim Cramer reveals the three things Dick's Sporting Goods needs to work on, and addresses the split picture in retail after seeing growth in Tiffany's business.
Is mall traffic coming back? CNBC's Courtney Reagan; Matt Boss, JPMorgan; Anthony Chukumba, BB&T; and Susan Anderson, FBR, discuss their views on retail.
Discussing which retailers are winning in omnichannel, with CNBC's Courtney Reagan; Matt Boss, JPMorgan; Anthony Chukumba, BB&T; and Susan Anderson, FBR.
The "Squawk on the Street" crew discuss the action in Urban Outiftters' stock after FBR cut its rating to market perform.
CNBC's Courtney Reagan shares her experience using both Google Shopping and Amazon delivery on the same day.
Chrysler has unveiled its 5-year growth plan. Jessica Caldwell, Edmunds.com analyst, and CNBC's Phil LeBeau, weigh in.
CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports on Chrysler's 5-year growth plan. Dodge will stop selling its Caravan minivan in 2015.
Dissecting the underlying strength of the economy, and what a 1.1 percent rise in March retail sales says about the effectiveness of the Fed's monetary policy, with Krishna Guha, ISI vice chairman.
CNBC's Rick Santelli reports March "very firm" retail sales were better than expectations.
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Brooklyn Brewery co-founder and President Steve Hindy, provides insight on "franchise laws," which he says limit the distribution of craft beer brands.
Beverage Digest released new data showing a decline in U.S. sales of carbonated beverages, reports CNBC's Sara Eisen. Also, a look at the association with postmenopausal women and diet soda.


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Chevrolet has been given the go-ahead to produce a limited-edition Chevy Monte Carlo SS Dale Earnhardt Signature Edition to pay tribute to the famed NASCAR driver.
The car has been under development since early 2000 when Ron Zarrella, head of GM's North American automotive operations, let slip that Chevy was working on a street-version NASCAR racer to capitalize on the sport's popularity sport among youth and to test the industry adage, "race on Sunday, sell on Monday."
Earnhardt had been working with Chevy to develop the showroom version of his Monte Carlo racer that would also commemorate a decades-long affiliation between him and Chevy.
In February, Earnhardt was killed while racing in the Daytona 500, and the car program was put on immediate hold.
Chevy said Earnhardt's wife Teresa, the Earnhardt family and team owner Richard Childress gave the go-ahead to produce the car.
In keeping with Earnhardt's No. 3, Chevrolet will produce only 3,333 copies between now and next March to be sold through 2,000 of its 4,300 dealers nationwide. Chevrolet will donate $200 for each one sold to the Foundation for the Carolinas, a charity selected by the Earnhardt family.
The car, a Monte Carlo SS High Sport, will be priced at $29,500 including freight. Powered by a 3.8-liter, 200-horsepower V-6, the black Chevy comes with a red racing stripe, silver metallic ground effects, and Earnhardt's signature along with his Intimidator nickname in script both inside and outside the coupe.


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A Florida man was arrested Tuesday after being caught have sex with a stuffed animal inside Target.
Witnesses told police they saw Cody Meader, 20, take a large Olaf from “Frozen” off the store shelves at a St. Petersburg location and begin to “dry hump” the toy.
The police report claims Meader ejaculated on the Olaf doll and put it back on the shelf before he “selected a large unicorn stuffed animal” and began to have sex with that object as well.
Meader was taken into custody while in the store and admitted to doing “stupid stuff.” He was arrested and charged with criminal mischief.
The Olaf and unicorn stuffed animals were removed from the store and destroyed, the Smoking Gun reports.
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KYX World, a subscription service for sneakerheads à la Rent the Runway, is looking to pitch millennials and Gen Z on its service as a way to access impossible-to-find limited-edition sneakers from brands like Adidas, Nike and more.
In recent years, those limited-edition sneakers have sold out quickly and then resold on the secondary markets for two or three times the original cost of the sneakers, making them less accessible to the average customer, explained Jeff Staple, creative director and investor in KYX World. The subscription service is aiming to solve that problem by giving its customers the chance to rent the sneakers they desire and swap them out when they’re tired of them to grab the next hot pair.
“We’re trying to take an industry that’s traditionally exclusive and make it an inclusive community,” said Brian Mupo, co-founder and CEO of KYX World. “We want [people] to look at these sneakers as opportunities to have an experience. The reality is that when you put the shoes on you feel confident and comfortable — that’s experiential. We want to make sure our customer is having those feelings as opposed to seeing the sneaker as an asset.”
Since its soft launch in December 2020, the service has had double-digit growth in subscribers month-over-month. It’s unclear how much exactly the company has grown as it declined to share exact subscriber figures. That said, Mupo did share that its subscribers are currently 75% male and 25% female and KYX World is aiming to grow its female subscriber base.
“We do spend a fair amount of our advertising dollars on acquiring female subscribers,” said Mupo, adding that the company isn’t looking to just speak solely to sneakerheads but younger, more fashion-forward people. “They’re the faster of the two in growth. They’re growing at a much more rapid pace than their male counterparts.”
The subscription service is investing in digital marketing to pitch its target on access to rare sneakers. The company declined to share how much exactly it spends on media but Mupo did say “have increased the budget pretty substantially month-over-month somewhere between 25-50%.”
Currently, KYX is spending between 60-70% of the media budget on Facebook and Instagram, 20-25% on Google search and display and the remaining 10% on other social media whether that’s YouTube, Snapchat, Twitter or Pinterest.
“Instagram is a strong performer for us so we will continue to place emphasis there,” said Mupo. “As TikTok becomes a more advertiser-friendly platform, we will endeavor upon more spending there. We certainly look at the data to guide our spend decisions as well as what messaging lands.”
The concept makes sense to industry analysts. “Swapping when you want is something people are really leaning toward,” said Nik Sharma, DTC investor and founder of Sharma Brands. “From what we saw during COVID, apparel and outerwear sales went through the roof, and tons of brands that focused on personalized style really broke out, versus those who print the same things over and over.”
That said, relying on Facebook and Instagram is something analysts say will likely need to change going forward.
“I don’t know that Facebook and Instagram will stay as effective for them,” said Sharma. “From what we’ve seen working with our portfolio, TikTok is gaining more spend, and bringing an overall younger demographic, but it doesn’t mean they don’t have older demos in there. Any reliance on a particular platform is not really acceptable today. You must be omnichannel, and not reliant on a single-pixel or tactic.”
While the company is focusing on Instagram now, it will likely follow wherever its consumers are spending their time as the service is looking to its subscribers to define the brand. “A lot of our paid content comes from our community, our subscribers, influencers and ambassadors. I believe that will be the hallmark of differentiating factors here,” said Mupo.
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Blac Chyna NOT Offered Adidas Shoe Deal, Despite Report
Blac Chyna has NOT been offered a shoe deal with Adidas, despite a report. Gossip Cop can help set the record straight.
TMZ announced early Wednesday, “Blac Chyna’s Close To Sealing Her Own Deal With Adidas.” The story specifically alleged the star was “in talks” with the company and had been “offered her a two-shoe contract, with an option for a third.” It was further claimed that in addition to collaborating on shoes, “Adidas wants Chyna to appear at media events and wear the athletic gear out in public.”
It was also asserted, however, that Chyna was objecting to a payment offer of $250,000 and wanted a higher dollar figure. The generally reliable outlet noted her lawyer, Walter Mosley, was handling the negotiations. But in actuality, there is NO negotiations and NO offer for a deal.
In fact, it seems the site was duped by whoever fed them the story. The piece sounds like it came from Chyna’s camp, and TMZ ran with it without fact-checking the claims with the other side. Now Adidas is going on record to dismiss the report as “speculation,” further saying they can’t confirm any of the allegations.
To TMZ’s credit, the online publication ran a follow-up story acknowledging that Adidas had now told them there’s nothing in the works with Chyna. But perhaps if the outlet investigated further and had spoken to both sides at the start, we wouldn’t have had this fake news, which led to many inaccurate copycat reports, in the first place.


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B.C. is a leader in creating extended producer responsibility (EPR) recycling programs. It has more programs than any other jurisdiction in North America.
B.C. has 22 industry-led EPR recycling programs covering 14 different product categories of consumer products, such as packaging, electronics and electrical products, residual solvents, beverage containers, tires and household hazardous wastes.
315,000 tonnes of plastics, such as those in electronics, beverage containers and other packaging, are already captured annually in B.C.’s EPR programs.
Over the last 25 years, more than 20 billion beverage containers have been diverted from landfills and waterways in B.C.
The Province is also laying the groundwork to allow local governments to ban certain types of plastic products. The Province is proposing to draft a new regulation under the Community Charter to allow local governments to ban single-use plastics, such as shopping bags, plastic straws and polystyrene foam take-out containers, without requiring provincial approval.


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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Declined in April
April 28, 2017,
April 25, 2017 -- The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in March, declined in April. The Index now stands at 120.3 (1985=100), down from 124.9 in March. The Present Situation Index decreased from 143.9 to 140.6 and the Expectations Index declined from 112.3 last month to 106.7.
The monthly Consumer Confidence Survey®, based on a probability-design random sample, is conducted for The Conference Board by Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and analytics around what consumers buy and watch. The cutoff date for the preliminary results was April 13.
Consumers’ assessment of the labor market was moderately less favorable. Those stating jobs are “plentiful” declined from 31.8 percent to 30.8 percent, while those claiming jobs are “hard to get” was virtually unchanged at 19.1 percent. Consumers were less optimistic about the short-term outlook in April. The percentage of consumers expecting business conditions to improve over the next six months decreased from 26.9 percent to 24.8 percent, while those expecting business conditions to worsen rose from 8.5 percent to 10.9 percent.
Consumers’ outlook for the labor market was also less upbeat. The proportion expecting more jobs in the months ahead declined from 23.8 percent to 23.0 percent, while those anticipating fewer jobs increased from 12.7 percent to 13.1 percent. The percentage of consumers expecting their incomes to increase declined from 22.5 percent to 19.3 percent, while the proportion expecting a decrease held steady at 7.5 percent.
Source: April 2017 Consumer Confidence Survey®, The Conference Board
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After four years, the WhatsApp team has updated its terms of service and privacy policies to test paid, merchant-oriented services. As a result, both WhatsApp and Facebook want to share your information. Check out the details of this update below.
According to a press release sent today, WhatsApp says it will "explore ways to facilitate communication with your preferred merchants without displaying advertisements or spam." The idea here is to provide a service to stores, banks, aircraft carriers and others, so that WhatsApp could profit from products like the app and the web client, for example.
Remember that since the beginning of this year, WhatsApp has been free, so the company has seen in these paid services, aimed at companies, the chance to increase its revenue, after all, are only over 1 billion users WhatsApp can offer the market today.
Text messages or bank calls to warn of a possible fraud on your account, or even a flight delay alert, will be some of the features that WhatsApp will be testing over the coming months.
You may not accept such a term.
WhatsApp shares information with Facebook
Another new feature is the link between WhatsApp and Facebook. Now – and finally – the terms make it clear that you currently own Facebook and share some data about your users with the social network. WhatsApp was purchased by Facebook in 2014 and to date this information did not count on WhatsApp terms and services. But that's not all, by accepting such terms, you will now share your messenger account data with the social network:
"Share my WhatsApp account data with Facebook to improve my Facebook advertising and product experiences. Your conversations and phone number will not be shared on Facebook, regardless of this setting."
According to the service, you may not accept such a term. However, if accepted, Facebook may, for example, start making friend suggestions for you from now on, based on the contacts you keep in the app. To do so, it will also be necessary for your contact to have added the phone number to the Facebook profile:
"Another important fact is that when you connect your phone number to Facebook systems, you will have better friend suggestions and more relevant ads if you have some kind of account with these companies. For example, you might see a company ad which you have already used the services instead of one you have never heard of. "
This collaboration with Facebook, according to the messenger, will allow "to get accurate metrics about how often people use our app and we will also be more effective in combating spam on WhatsApp". Thus, the company wants to offer a service to users, allotting WhatsApp to third parties, but wants to prevent the experience of using the application, for example, from becoming too bad due to the sending of bulk messages by partners and continue without displaying banners. with ads for people. Using this strategy, Facebook made a 63% higher profit in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period of 2015.
But for this to happen, you will pay with private information and sharing your user habits. Are you sure you really want to do this?
Another key point of this update makes clear the implementation of end-to-end encryption. This could not have come at a more opportune time, since for some time the Brazilian justice has been questioning the fact that the messenger claimed to have access to the account information of the users and that, at the request of justice, could disclose it. Now there would be no more doubt in this regard:
"Even if we are working in collaboration with Facebook, your encrypted messages will remain private and no one else can read them. We, Facebook or anyone else will be unable to read your messages. We will not post or share your phone number with third parties, including Facebook. We also will not sell, share, or make your phone number available to advertisers. "
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