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The Trump backlash: Latino consumers wield new clout

July 11, 2015 creative angeles, billionaire, drug-smugglers, economic, express-their, herbert-lash, nandita-bose, protest-outside, their-economic, york

By Herbert Lash and Nandita Bose NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) – When Donald Trump described Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug smugglers last month, Latinos took to social media to express their outrage and urge businesses to sever ties with the billionaire presidential candidate. In short order, more than 10 organizations canceled their deals with Trump, in what Latino activists are calling an unprecedented recognition of their economic clout

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Rifts within India’s movie censor panel spill into the open

March 12, 2015 publisher agency, angeles, ashoke-pandit, central-board, certification, congress, diffuse-threats, pauses-while, regal, sign-outside, social-media

By Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) – A prominent member of India's government censors took to social media on Thursday to rail against its chairman, exposing rifts within a censorship panel that has thwarted the theatrical release of films such as Hollywood hit “Fifty Shades of Grey”. Ashoke Pandit, a Bollywood film-maker, accused censor chief Pahlaj Nihalani of treating India's Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) like his personal fiefdom.

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More data from South Korea nuclear power operator leaked

March 12, 2015 creative angeles, congress, countries, diffuse-threats, korea-electric, korea-hydro, other-countries, pauses-while, sign-outside, social-media, thursday

A hacker believed to be behind cyber attacks on South Korea’s sole nuclear power plant operator released more files on Thursday, but a company official said the data was not believed to have been newly stolen but from previous hacking. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, part of state-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp, said in December its computer systems had been hacked but only non-critical data had been stolen and operations were not at risk

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Snapchat seeks new funding at up to $19 billion valuation: Bloomberg

February 18, 2015 publisher advanced-talks, angeles, another-round, completed-late, dominance, facebook, gram-transfer, man-walks, mobile, programs-before, raise-as-much, school, send-messages, the-established, venice

(Reuters) – Snapchat is looking to raise as much as $500 million in a new funding round that would value the mobile messaging company at up to $19 billion, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing a person with knowledge of the matter. The latest valuation is a massive increase for the company, which Facebook Inc offered to buy for $3 billion in late 2013.

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Beyond the breach: cyberattacks force a defense strategy re-think

February 8, 2015 publisher angeles, britain, california, data, estimated-260, fear-following, health-insurer, michael-holden, monday-last, new-techniques, number, once-the-data, pascal, report, sell-customers

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Alibaba’s Ant Financial to buy 25 percent of India’s One97

February 8, 2015 creative alibaba-group, angeles, estimated-260, fear-following, india, joint-statement, new-techniques, online-industry, story-corrects

(This story corrects paragraph 2 to make clear that the $500 million deal value includes an option to increase the stake next year) MUMBAI/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate of China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, has agreed to buy 25 percent of Indian payment services provider One97 Communications, tapping into the country’s smartphone and online industry boom. Alibaba spokeswoman Teresa Li and One97 founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma declined to disclose the value

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With African fashion in vogue, home talent shines

February 6, 2015 creative angeles, christian-dior, continent, estimated-260, new-techniques, online-clothing, tokyo, world

By Joe Brock and Helen Nyambura-Mwaura JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – When Michelle Obama and Beyonce Knowles attended high-profile events in clothes made by African designers, it was a sure sign that the continent's vibrant style has arrived on the world stage. The showcasing of clothes from home-grown African designers in stores in New York, London and Tokyo is a sign of a broader change of attitude towards a continent which is earning a brighter reputation beyond stories of war and disease.

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Amazon’s Golden Globes give it new credibility in Hollywood

January 13, 2015 creative amazon, amazon-com, angeles, golden, golden-globe, initial, retailer-wants, said-on-monday, san, were-not

By Deepa Seetharaman and Piya Sinha-Roy SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc's success at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards may help it win over two key audiences: Hollywood’s A-list talent and the shopping customers the retailer wants to join its Prime membership program.

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Apparent Islamic State backers hack U.S. military Twitter feed

January 12, 2015 admin account, account-hacked, angeles, golden, hardline, islamic, middle, middle-east, retailer-wants, said-on-monday, taken-control

By David Alexander and Jim Finkle (Reuters) – The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the U.S. military command that oversees operations in the Middle East were hacked on Monday by people claiming to be sympathetic toward the Islamic State militant group being targeted in American bombing raids

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U.S. to announce that North Korea behind Sony hack: CNN

December 17, 2014 admin angeles, attack-on-sony, cnn, cyber-attack, entrance, film, hollywood, premiere, united

BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators have determined that North Korea is behind the cyber attack on Sony Corp's Hollywood studio and plan to announce their findings on Thursday, CNN reported.