Thursday’s raid on the Jacarezinho community in northern Rio left 25 dead, including a drug squad officer who was shot in the head. The slums, also known as favelas, are notorious for rampant crime and violence. The raid was the deadliest police operation in a Rio favela since 2005. Although police …
Read More »End of an era: LG becomes 1st major brand to wind down its global smartphone business
While the move has been rumored for weeks, the company confirmed that the board of directors approved the “strategic” decision to shut down the loss-making mobile division on Monday. The South Korean tech powerhouse, which was once the world’s third-largest handset maker, expects to fully wind down the unit’s operations …
Read More »Nike SUES Brooklyn company over ‘Satan Shoes’ in bid to salvage brand from critics
A lawsuit citing trademark infringement and dilution, false designation of origin, and unfair competition was filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Monday afternoon. Nike sought a preliminary and permanent ban of MSCHF (“mischief”) from “manufacturing, transporting, promoting, advertising, publicizing, distributing, offering for …
Read More »Apple bites back, reclaiming title of world’s most valuable brand from Amazon
The iPhone maker’s brand value has surged 87 percent in the past 12 months to reach $263.4 billion, according to the Brand Finance Global 500 2021 Index. The rise was attributed to Apple’s diversification strategy, which has seen the company expand into digital and subscription services, and explore the potentiality of …
Read More »WATCH: Trump supporters berate Mitt Romney, brand him ‘traitor’ on packed flight to DC
Video uploaded to social media on Tuesday purports to show the 73-year-old senator being confronted both while waiting to board the plane and while seated in the cabin. In the first clip, a woman confronts the former 2012 GOP presidential nominee, who is seated at a gate in Salt Lake …
Read More »Huawei to sell budget phone brand Honor to ensure its ‘survival’ amid ‘tremendous pressure’ on supply chain
Observing that its consumer business has been under “tremendous pressure as of late,” Huawei said in a statement on Tuesday that it would sell all business assets linked to Honor to a newly created parent company, Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology Co., which was established by more than 30 “agents …
Read More »Pyongyang shows off BRAND NEW intercontinental ballistic missile during military parade, according to experts
Four ICBMs of the new variety were carried by 11-axle erector-launcher vehicles, and they may be the new weapon system whose existence was hinted at by the North Korean government in December last year. Screenshot from a KCNA broadcast The projectiles appeared to be a larger version of the Hwasong-15, …
Read More »The brand “cool kids” became a rainbow. Milonov called “cock stuff” using BMW of the LGBT flag
The decision of BMW to use the LGBT flag for their logo on social networks could cause her reputational damage. This opinion was expressed by state Duma Deputy Vitaly Milonov. Previously, BMW has added a rainbow flag in the logo with the aim of supporting the LGBT movement and announced …
Read More »Apple will abandon the brand keyboard, “butterfly”
Apple is rumored to stop further promotion of the “butterfly” used in modern laptops. The rejection of the “butterflies” may occur this year, according to insiders. According to them, the actual mechanism did not meet expectations – has already published three of his generation, but still it has a …
Read More »The head of the premium brand Cadillac called the timing of the full transition to production of electric vehicles
President premium Cadillac brand of General Motors, Steve Carlisle (Steve Carlisle) said Thursday that by 2030 the majority of its models or maybe even all will be electric powered. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook He did not rule out that the brand can continue to release models with internal combustion engines (ice) …
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