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Amazon sends baby registry emails to users without registries - or babies
The only problem? Most of the people who received the email are not pregnant and definitely do not have a baby registry on Amazon. I didn't immediately think anything was off about this email because I purchased something off my friends' Amazon baby registry earlier this week, and assumed this email meant it had shipped or something. [Full Article...]
Taco Bell is ditching drive-thrus, adding booze
Many of them will be Taco Bell Cantinas and they'll be located in urban areas. "[Growth has] been a challenge in the US because you have a very mature market and it's hard to find space [for more locations]", Taco Bell's chief operating officer Mike Grams says, Eater reports. [Full Article...]
Stocks inch up, dollar weakens as Fed focus grows
Euro/dollar also peaked above 1.20 earlier in the day but was not far from that level at 1.1978. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported a 0.6% monthly gain in import prices. No one is quite expecting additional easing measures by the Bank of Japan, which meets on Thursday , with Moody's Analytics expecting a "relatively neutral monetary policy statement". [Full Article...]
Frontier Airlines Offering $39 Fares to Denver at Hector International
This news comes in advance of the carrier's launch at SJC with service to Denver on October 5, 2017. The Denver-based low-fare carrier will operate the San Antonio and Seattle routes on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday and the Minneapolis and San Jose routes on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. [Full Article...]
Baird Reaffirms Hold Rating for Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG)
It has underperformed by 16.64% the S&P500. Options traders have been ramping up their bearish exposure on Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc . (NYSE: CMG ). West Oak Cap Lc stated it has 0% of its portfolio in Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc . 08/24/2017 - Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc . was upgraded to "equal-weight" by analysts at Stephens. [Full Article...]
Two Top Executives Leaving Equifax in the Midst of Massive Data Breach
Two Equifax executives - its chief information officer and chief security officer - retired on Friday. The FBI and the Federal Trade Commission are investigating the breach. We know that the credit bureaus' systems to request freezes have been crashing, but people should keep trying to get them. "People need to go online and check if they've been affected", said General Hood. [Full Article...]
Cuomo suggests uncompromising directive for credit reporting organizations
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo replying to the enormous safety infringement at Equifax will suggest regulations that make credit reporting organizations to similar rules as banks and insurance companies as to safeguard the consumer's interest. Proposed regulations are typically subject to a period for public comment before they become final. For the first time, agencies would have to register with the st... [Full Article...]
Kohl's will now pack and ship Amazon returns for you
Kohl's is also providing designated parking spots for Amazon Returns customers near store entrances as an added convenience, the partners said. The only way Kohl's wins in the arrangement is if it can convert a meaningful percentage of customers making returns to in-store shoppers. [Full Article...]