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AUTOMOTIVE GM/OnStar General Motors unveiled plans to embed OnStar Business Driver, a new in- vehicle advertising platform, into 2+ million vehicles – nearly two-thirds of their car fleet – by the close of the year. The new marketing channel will be integrated into the car’s dashboard and double as a car management device, measuring the health of the car, traffic information, driving directions and geo-targeted advertising to its drivers. BROADBAND FCC/Privacy The FCC’s latest proposal for broadband privacy rules calls for Internet Service Providers to obtain users’ affirmative consent before using data about their activity for ad targeting purposes. CORPORATE Google Last week, Google introduced a pair of Pixel phones featuring a powerful camera, long lasting battery (7 hours and 15 minutes), a dedicated headphone jack, and 24-hour live customer care. Other features include: running off the newly introduced operating system Nugget; Google Home, its Amazon Echo rival that responds to voice commands; the Daydream View, a fabric virtual reality headset; Google Wifi, a multipoint network system; and an upgraded Chromecast media streaming dongle. Snap/IPO Snap, formerly Snapchat, is readying the paperwork for an IPO early next year that could value the company at $25 billion, making it one of the largest companies to debut in the U.S. since 2008, according to Dealogic, as reported by The Wall Street Journal: Pricing Date Company Market Valuation (Billions) 9.14 Alibaba $167.6 5.12 Facebook $81.2 10.09 Banco Santander Brasil $50.4 11.10 GM $49.5 3.08 Visa $42.5 5.14 JD.com $26.0 3.17 Snap $25.0 2.11 Kinder Morgan $21.2 12.13 Hilton Worldwide $19.7 7.14 Synchrony Financial $19.1 DIGITAL Apple/App Store/ Apple has ventured into the search advertising business by starting to show ads Search related to users’ searches in its App Store. 1 of 7 DIGITAL(cont’d) Salesforce/Krux Cloud software entity Salesforce.com agreed to acquire Krux, a six-year old firm that provides companies with information enabling them to hone their marketing and advertising, for $700 million. FINANCE ATM Fees A new survey conducted by Bankrate.com indicated that fees for out of network locations has hit a record average of $4.57: a combination of the average ATM owner surcharge of $2.90 and an extra $1.67 charged by consumer banks for going outside the network. GLOBAL Jet Emissions The New York Times reported that governments from more than 190 countries adopted a measure that for the first time will reduce the climate impact of international jet travel. It will take effect in 2021 and could force air carriers to take major steps to improve fuel economy in their routes and fleets. Note: Currently, international aviation is responsible for about 2% of worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases. Pakistan/Honor Pakistan’s parliament passed a new law that closed a legal loophole that has Killings allowed perpetrators of so called honor killings to go free. Honor killings claimed the lives of over 1,000 women in the country in 2015, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Victims of honor killings are usually women who disobey their families in matters of love or marriage, with the perpetrators claiming to uphold local customs or Islam. The new law mandates a minimum life sentence – 25 years, under Pakistani law – for committing an honor killing, even if the victim’s family members forgive the perpetrator. MOBILE Facebook/ Facebook introduced Marketplace, a new mobile feature for users to discover, buy Marketplace and sell products with people in their virtual and physical communities. How it works: tapping on a shop icon at the bottom of the Facebook app brings users to Marketplace. Once there, they will find photos of products that have recently been listed by people who live nearby. When people find products they are looking for, they can then tap on its image for more details, including the seller’s name and general location. If they wish to make a deal, they can send the seller a direct message and make an offer. Verizon/Drone Verizon unveiled plans to work with drone makers to connect the flying vehicles to Data Plan Verizon’s wireless network. Drone data plans will start at $25 a month for 1 gigabyte of data and $80 for 10 gigabytes. Initially, the data plans will allow drones to essentially connect to the internet during flight and stream videos, pictures or other sensory data back to earth. PERSONALITIES Hanoi Hannah Trinh Thi Mgo, a soft-spoken radio announcer known as Hanoi Hannah who entertained American forces during the Vietnam War while trying to persuade them that the conflict was immoral, has passed away. She was 85 years old. Week of October 10, 2016 2 of 7 PERSONALITIES(cont’d) Hurricanes The 10 costliest hurricanes in U.S. history, according to the Insurance Information Institute, as reported by The Wall Street Journal: Hurricane Reign Loss (Billions) Katrina 8.25-30.05 $49.0 Andrew 8.24-26.92 $24.1 Sandy 10.28-31.12 $19.6 Ike 9.12-14.08 $13.8 Wilma 10.24.05 $12.3 Charley 8.13-14.04 $9.2 Ivan 9.15-21-04 $8.8 Hugo 9.17-22.89 $7.2 Rita 9.20-26-05 $6.7 Frances 9.3-9.04 $5.7 Neville Marriner Neville Marriner, a prolific British conductor responsible for some of the best selling recordings (Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons) of all time, has passed away. He was 92 years old. RETAIL Amazon/Incentivi Amazon has banned most incentivized reviews from customers who are given free zed Reviews or discounted products from sellers or brands – previously allowed with a disclosure. 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