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Alibaba merger machine stumbles as movie arm's books questioned
Alibaba, after announcing an average two acquisitions a month this year, is
learning the importance of doing its homework. The risks of a deal spree that
expanded Alibaba's reach into areas ranging from pharmaceutical data to
department stores were highlighted today, when a film producer it bought control
of in June said it uncovered possible accounting flaws and won't be able to
publish its interim results on time. It is awkward timing for a company that's
about to parlay its success in China's e-commerce market into what could be the
biggest ever US initial share sale.
Apple admits storing users' personal data in China
Apple has admitted storing users' personal data in Chinese servers, as part
of a deal with China Telecom that underlines the tenuous balance foreign tech
companies have to strike between commitment to customer rights and the realities
of the Chinese market. Apple denied that the move compromised the safety or
privacy of the users, saying the data were encrypted, in answer to questions
submitted by the Financial Times about the arrangement.
Hong Kong lawyers take stand for independence from Beijing
Hong Kong's Law Society has passed an historic vote of no-confidence in its
president over pro-Beijing comments, revealing a determination by the
traditionally conservative lawyers to confront perceived threats from China to
the legal independence in the free-wheeling, global financial hub. President
Ambrose Lam has angered many of the society's 8,000 members with his support of
controversial statements from Beijing that Hong Kong judges needed to be
patriotic, and his open support for the Communist Party of China.
Delivering your marketing message may prove harder than you
think
By Trey Ryder
Most lawyers are skilled communicators. Even so, they often have
trouble explaining how they can help prospective clients. Follow these 12 steps
to get your message across:
STEP #1: Start talking with your prospect at his own level. Ask
your prospect what he's concerned about because that's all your prospect can
relate to.
STEP #2: Identify the problem your prospect wants to solve or the
goal he wants to achieve. Listen carefully so you can determine which points
your prospect considers most important. Then focus your message on those
subjects.
STEP #3: Confirm and reinforce the importance of your prospect's
problem. Explain how serious it could become if your prospect doesn't act now.
STEP #4: In simple terms, give your prospect an overview of the
solution you recommend so he understands how you will take him from where he is
now to where he wants to be.
STEP #5: Keep your message simple. Every day, prospects suffer
from information overload. They screen out complicated messages. A simple
message is the only message that has any chance of getting through to your
prospective clients.
STEP #6: When you begin your explanation, always go back to square
one. When you assume your prospect knows and understands basic facts, you're
almost always wrong.
STEP #7: Speak in plain English. If you must use a legal term,
make sure you define it. Don't assume that your prospect understands these terms.
He may have heard the words before, but he may have no idea what they mean in
this context.
STEP #8: Explain each step in the process -- in order -- so your
prospect knows exactly what you will do to solve his problem or achieve his goal.
STEP #9: During your explanation, answer every question your
prospect might ask. When you explain all the major points in order, your message
is clear and straightforward. On the other hand, if your prospect raises a
number of questions later, he is asking questions outside the context of your
presentation, which often results in more confusion than clarity.
STEP #10: Explain how your prospect benefits from your solution.
Your prospect needs to know how the steps you plan to take will bring him the
solution he wants -- and how he will benefit from that solution.
STEP #11: Talk about other clients you have helped in similar
situations. The more your case histories are like your prospect's situation, the
more they will motivate him to act.
STEP #12: Don't worry about repeating yourself. When prospects
take in new information, they forget most of it. Your prospect needs to digest
what you say -- step by step -- in plain English -- in logical order. Only then
will your prospect understand how you will bring him the solution he wants.
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Banks watching terrorism trial in
Brooklyn
Banks are watching the first civil
trial against a bank under the Anti-Terrorism Act with some trepidation.
Opening arguments start in the United States District Court in Brooklyn on
Thursday. The lawsuit accuses Arab Bank of knowingly handling accounts and
money for terrorists. Arab Bank says it checked its account holders against
the appropriate lists of designated terrorists. The bank says it could not
turn over important records the plaintiffs sought because of foreign-bank
secrecy laws. But that is not an argument that the bank will be allowed to
make to the jury. If following standard compliance procedures means a bank
can still be held liable if transactions get through in error, that would
set a troubling precedent, the bank contends.
What legal protections apply to e-mail stored outside the US?
A federal magistrate judge in New
York recently handed down an opinion on an important and novel question: If
the government serves a warrant for a customer's e-mails on a US-based
Internet provider, but the e-mails happen to be located on a server outside
the US, does the provider have to comply with the warrant? The magistrate
judge held that the answer is "yes." The provider, Microsoft, recently filed
objections to the magistrate's decision in the District Court. A slew of
major Internet providers filed amicus briefs in support of Microsoft: Apple/Cisco's
is here, AT&T's is here, and Verizon's is here. EFF filed a brief in support
of Microsoft, too. The case is now pending.
EU to discuss arming Iraqi Kurds
EU foreign ministers are holding an
emergency meeting in Brussels on Friday to discuss plans to arm Iraq's Kurds
against an extremist insurgency. France and the US have already begun to
supply weapons to the Kurds, whose Peshmerga fighters are trying to halt an
advance by Islamic State militants. On Thursday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri
Maliki resigned and conceded power to Haider al-Abadi, Iraq's deputy
speaker. Over a million Iraqis remain displaced from their homes, the UN
says. The UN has declared the situation in the country a "level three
emergency", its highest level of humanitarian crisis. A UN Security Council
meeting on Friday is expected to approve a resolution threatening sanctions
against any country which finances or supports IS.
Ebola crisis 'vastly underestimated'
The scale of the Ebola outbreak
appears to be "vastly underestimated", the UN's health agency says, as the
death toll from the disease reaches 1,069. The World Health Organization
(WHO) said its staff had seen evidence that the numbers of reported cases
and deaths do not reflect the scale of the crisis.
'Ban-the-box' law lauded as hope for job
applicants with a past
A new law is giving those with
criminal histories more equality when it comes to applying for a job. Gov.
Chris Christie signed the Opportunity to Compete Act into law on Monday, a
bill that bars some companies from inquiring about an applicant's criminal
record. The law will "give people – even who were never incarcerated but
who've had an issue with the justice system at some point or another – an
opportunity for a better job." Also known as "ban the box," the bill will no
longer allow employers from making those applying for jobs have to check a
box saying whether they have been convicted of a crime. And making someone
check that box was like fast-tracking someone's application to the trash bin,
supporters said.
SEC casts wide net in probe of Microcap
stock
The Securities and Exchange
Commission is investigating the auditor of Cynk Technology Corp., the tiny
social network that soared to a $6 billion valuation last month and then
came crashing back down to earth, say people close to the probe. Peter
Messineo, a 53-year-old accountant from Palm Harbor, Fla., is the auditor
being scrutinized. He is one of a number of "repeat players" linked to
several stocks that suffered suspicious trading who are being looked at by
the SEC, as it shifts its tactics in its battle against penny-stock fraud,
the people said. The SEC is looking at whether some lawyers and accountants
are liable for helping to enable penny-stock frauds, either by signing off
on phony information or simply not asking the right questions.
PM Modi says nation shamed by rape
Narendra Modi said India had been
shamed by a recent spate of rapes, as he made his first Independence Day
speech as prime minister. He called on parents to take responsibility for
their sons' actions, saying parents must teach their sons the difference
between right and wrong. Modi also pledged bank accounts for all and toilets
in every school. The capital has been under a blanket of security, with
thousands of police and soldiers deployed across the city.
Berlin bans Uber app citing passenger
safety
The mobile taxi app Uber has been
banned in Berlin by the city's State Department of Civil and Regulatory
Affairs. It is the latest setback for Uber, which has faced bans and
protests in cities across Europe. The Berlin authority said passengers may
not be covered by insurance because they aren't traditional cabs. Uber lets
smartphone users hail cabs through its software. The company takes a cut of
the fare. Uber says that the Berlin authorities seeking to limit consumer
choice for all the wrong reasons. The taxi drivers say Uber drivers don't
have to follow the same strict rules. Uberfication means bridging the gap
between the consumer and the product. Companies that are used to standing in
the gap between consumers and taxicabs can tell you something about the
ramifications for their industry.
Wanted at Barneys New York: an 'anti-profiling
consultant'
The New York state attorney general
launched a nine-month investigation after and falsely accused of credit card
fraud after shopping at Barneys' flagship store in New York City. The review
concluded that the store "investigated and detained African-Americans]and
Latinos for shoplifting or credit card fraud at rates far greater than their
percentage of the store's customer base." Barneys has agreed to pay $525,000
in fines and costs related to the investigation. Now, the luxury retailer
Barneys New York is hiring an "anti-profiling consultant" who will actually
quantify these situations. The consultant will suggest changes in
record-keeping of "loss prevention stops," lead employee training, and can
show up at all Barneys stores unannounced to monitor staff and review
complaints about racial profiling. Barneys has 30 days to hire the
consultant, who must be approved by the state attorney general's office and
be retained by the retailer for two years.
Arizona appeals court allows
transgender man's divorce to proceed
The Arizona Court of Appeals has
ruled that a transgender man, who was legally married to a woman, may pursue
a divorce from his wife within the Arizona court system. Thomas Beatie was
born female but underwent medical procedures to change his sex and amend his
birth certificate to recognize him as male. Thomas then married Nancy Beatie
and carried three children with her. The family relocated to Arizona, where
Thomas sought to pursue a divorce. The family court hearing the case found
that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction, because Arizona does not
recognize marriages between two people of the same gender. Since Thomas gave
birth to the family's children, and Nancy was female, the court concluded
that the marriage between Thomas and Nancy was a same-sex marriage. The
Court of Appeals found that Arizona is obligated to recognize a marriage,
lawfully entered into in another state, between two persons the foreign
state formally recognized at the time of the marriage as male and female.
The court concluded that since the marriage between Thomas and Nancy was one
that Arizona could recognize, the lower court was incorrect to dismiss the
divorce case.
A remote rebellion against the
gadgets that control us
Daimler has given frazzled employees
the opportunity to delete automatically all emails received while they are
on holiday. The carmaker's move underlines what everyone already knows:
personal technology can abrade the self. Finding several thousand unread
messages makes one's first day back at work peculiarly horrible. This is not
the fault of device makers, social networks or mobile data operators. It is
a consequence of our determination, fed by professional and personal
paranoia, to use all their products and services at once. The malady's
symptoms are a fractured attention span, insomnia triggered by exposure to
blue light and an ever wider, shallower friendship group.
Resistance mounts to Brazilian railway
deal
The bid to create Latin America’s
largest railway and logistics company is attracting condemnation from
downstream rivals and industry associations that believe the deal may give
the new company disproportionate market power.
Five Muslim men sue US officials over
terrorism watch list
Five men identifying themselves as
Muslims sued US Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI Director James Comey and
other US officials claiming they've been added to a burgeoning federal "watch
list" of potential terrorists without notice or recourse, violating their
constitutional rights. The men -- four of whom say they are US citizens, the
fifth a permanent legal resident -- seek a court order removing them from
any database impairing their ability to travel in and out of the country and
the creation of a legal process that gives people added to the list notice
and means of challenging that designation, according to the complaint filed
today in federal court in Detroit.
Imran Khan convoy shot at in Pakistan
Al Jazeera, Doha, Qatar
Russia lets Ukraine inspect aid convoy to rebel-held east
Haaretz, Liberal daily, Tel Aviv, Israel
New York Governor Cuomo leads solidarity mission to Israel
JPost, Conservative, Jerusalem, Israel
EU to discuss arming Iraqi Kurds
BBC News, Centrist newscaster, London, England
Israel accepts cease-fire extension
CNN International, London, England
Made In Chelsea's Lucy Watson arrives at Marc Jacobs party in mini dress
Daily Mail, Conservative daily, London, England
International drug smuggler dubbed 'The Chairman' who hid cocaine worth more
than GBP 400,000 in children's books and coffee machines jailed for more
than seven years
Daily Mail, Conservative daily, London, England
Canary Islands incensed after Spain approves oil exploration
EuroNews, International news, Ecully Cedex, France
Russian military vehicles amass near aid convoy on Ukraine border
France 24, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
US clears air missiles sales to Turkish army
Hurriyet Daily News, (Liberal, English-language), Istanbul, Turkey
Iraq crisis: Britain is prepared to arm Kurdish fighters to push back 'terrible
threat' of Isis, Foreign Secretary says
Independent The, London, England
Major Ukrainian TV provider drops Russian channels
Moscow News The, Independent, Moscow, Russia
Ferguson shooting: police fire rubber bullets at protesters
Telegraph The, Conservative daily, London, England
New York welcomes Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi, the 'Italian Doctor'
Telegraph The, Celebrity news, London, England
Ebola epidemic 'vastly' underestimated: WHO
China Post, English-language daily, Taipei, Taiwan
Robin Williams Suffered from Early Parkinson's at Death
Chosun Ilbo, Conservative daily, Seoul, South Korea
US Turmoil tear gas give way to hope in Ferguson
Hindustan Times, New Delhi, India
CBFC chief booked, 2 held for demanding Rs 70K to release film
India Times, Conservative daily, New Delhi, India
Floods in Niger kill 12, leave thousands hungry
New Zealand Herald, Conservative daily, Auckland, New Zealand
Ukraine President cancels trip over protests in eastern Ukraine
Straits Times, Pro-government, Singapore
'He went out to play, came back in pieces'
Sydney Morning Herald, Centrist daily, Sydney, Australia
Start of Spain's 2nd division season on hold
Taiwan News, English-language daily, Taipei, Taiwan
Foreign jobs that ease Nepal's poverty a bane for its economy?
The Economic Times, Business, Mumbai, India
Michael Brown shooting: Turmoil, tear gas give way to hope in Ferguson
Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Amish sisters home safely after apparent abduction
Globe and Mail The, Centrist daily, Toronto, Canada
Liberty Reserve Brought Down By 'Joe Bogus': How The Feds Arrested Arthur
Budovsky
International Business Times, Business news organization, New York, U.S
Mining Firms in Peru Mount Legal Offensive Against Inspection Tax
IPS Latin America, International cooperative of journalists, Rome, Italy
Corporate founders battle boards to overturn forced exits
Reuters, Business News, New York, U.S
Top Iraqi cleric backs new premier, calls for unity
Reuters, World News, New York, U.S
Woman urges TTC to remove ads for psych ward escape game
Toronto Star, Toronto, Ontario
Ebola crisis 'vastly underestimated'
BBC News, Centrist newscaster, London, England
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