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Jack-and-Coke in a can: Coca-Cola and Brown-Forman team up for new drink
Brown-Forman and The Coca-Cola Company announce plans to debut Jack Daniel’s® Tennessee Whiskey and Coca-Cola®™ Ready-to-Drink Cocktail Courtesy: Coca-Cola Company Coca-Cola is teaming up with Jack Daniel’s distiller Brown-Forman to make a Jack-and-Coke cocktail in a can. It marks the fourth new alcoholic drink in Coke’s portfolio in less than two years, but the first […]
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Bipartisan privacy proposal is ‘unworkable and should be rejected,’ Chamber of Commerce says
Signage is seen on the Chamber Of Commerce Building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 21, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The bipartisan privacy proposal that’s reignited a debate about federal protections for internet users is “unworkable,” according to a major business group. The American Data Privacy and Protection […]
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More than 46,000 people have lost more than $1 billion to crypto scams since 2021, says FTC
The crypto market can be volatile, but it’s still attractive to young people who have “higher risk appetites,” said Chris Adam of SharpRank. Insta_photos | Istock | Getty Images More than 46,000 people say they lost over $1 billion in crypto to scams since the start of 2021, according to a report released by the […]
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‘Buy now, pay later’ loans make it tough to get a handle on your credit
Payment history often not reported BNPL companies generally don’t report to the credit-scoring companies when consumers use these loans. That makes it a challenge for a lender to know how many loans a consumer has outstanding. “That makes a big difference in terms of how much you should loan,” said Kenneth Lin, CEO of fintech […]
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Feds say Twitter used contact info collected for security purposes to target ads
Musk would have been appointed to Twitter’s board on Saturday, but the world’s richest man informed the company on the day that he would not, in fact, be taking the board seat. Andrew Burton | Getty Images News | Getty Images Twitter reached a $150 million settlement with the Department of Justice and Federal Trade […]
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SEC’s Hester Peirce says the U.S. has dropped the ball on crypto regulation
WASHINGTON — The U.S. has dropped the ball on crypto regulation, according to Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce, and she says the knock-on effects of that failure keep her up at night. “There’s a lot of fraud in this space, because it’s the hot area of the moment,” Peirce told CNBC on the sidelines […]
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DC AG sues Meta CEO Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine announces a civil lawsuit against extremist groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, over the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, at the Capitol in Washington, December 14, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg […]
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Democratic senators concerned about phone location data being used to track people seeking abortions
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar speaks during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later this year, in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | […]
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New bipartisan bill would force Google to break up its ad business
CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai Mateusz Wlodarczyk | Nurphoto | Getty Images A new bipartisan proposal takes aim at Google and would force it to break up its digital advertising business if passed. The Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act was introduced Thursday by a group of key Senators on the Judiciary […]
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Ford recalls SUVs due to engine fire risk, says they should be parked outdoors
The Ford company logo is displayed on a sign outside of the Chicago Assembly Plant on February 03, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Ford is asking the owners of 350,000 vehicles in to take them to dealers for repairs in three recalls, including about 39,000 that should be parked outdoors because […]
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