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Some of the films and stars will be attending the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.image: sundance film festivalthis 2024 film season into high gear this week with 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Every year, the Sundance Film Festival is where many of the biggest and most talked-about independent films begin their journeys to box office success or critical glory, and now the festival is both box office success and critical glory. Digital and face-to-faceaudiences from all over the world can participate.The Sundance Film Festival is known for its dramatic fare (Oscar winners such as end and Little Miss Sunshine started there), but…
2021, feeling Just like every new startup has been able to raise money at inflated valuations, regardless of its size, industry, or underlying business model. Today, things look very different. PitchBook data shows that compared with pre-money valuations, the median valuation of every new startup financing stage except seed last year fell from 2022. Things are slightly better in 2022, with only the median late-stage and growth-stage valuations declining from 2021, while the median early-stage valuations continue to rise. Things are not looking good this year either. A recent TechCrunch+ survey of more than 40 investors found that few venture…
As the song goes: “A house is not a home.” Sometimes an apartment isn’t an apartment, as alleged in the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against the operator of a rental listing website. Steven Shayan, Kevin Shayan and affiliated companies operate ApartmentHunterz.com, FeaturedRentals.com and WeTakeSection8.com. For consumers who pay a weekly or monthly subscription fee, the defendants promise to provide an accurate list of available units. For example, ApartmentHunterz.com claims that its “unique, date-sensitive rental software updates listings daily, so the data you receive from us is the most accurate and up-to-date information on the web today.” The site advertises “instant…
When the screen turns blueAnd the car broke downSmartphone keeps restartingConsumers win’Don’t be afraidNo, they won’Don’t be afraidAs long as you stick to your warranty. With apologies to R&B legend Ben E. King, when consumers buy a product with a warranty, they expect the business to stand behind what they’re selling. But if you ignore the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, sticking with the warranty won’t do your customers much good. FTC staff just issued warning letters to six companies challenging statements that appear to tie warranty coverage to consumer use of authorized parts or services, a practice that may violate the…
New Delhi: Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management will acquire the Indian operations of American Tower Company (ATC) for an enterprise value of $2 billion. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2024, the company said in a press release.”We look forward to expanding and enhancing our existing telecom tower portfolio in India to offer a wider range of solutions to our customers and partners. Through strategic acquisitions like ATC India, we remain firmly committed to enhancing Digital connectivity is changing the telecom infrastructure landscape across the region,” said Arpit Agrawal, managing director and head of infrastructure for…
image: thatsince Godzilla minus one After it landed in North America in December, it made a lot of money at the box office and attracted a lot of attention from the audience.Either because of its own merits, or because Monsterverse movie Over the past few years, the Godzilla craze has made a huge impression on him minus one The reception and turnout were amazing. As of this weekend, it has crossed a new milestone and reached a new benchmark for Japanese films in the United States.Book a dog | First fandomAccording to a recent press release, minus one It has…
A rose is a rose, but for many car buyers, price is not price, it is not price. The FTC and the State of Illinois announce a record $10 million settlement alleging that North American Auto Service, known to car buyers in Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania and Missouri as their dealers were named Napleton, used A range of deceptive and unfair tactics have been linked to hidden fees for add-on services such as service contracts, gap insurance and maintenance plans. More importantly, according to the FTC and the State of Illinois, defendants engaged in discriminatory practices that resulted in black car…
Websites, apps and startups are racing to track government incentives for climate tech take some time Reach out to people in the climate tech community, and you’ll quickly find that many of them have something in common: They’re not used to having a lot of money. That’s because for many years, climate has been a cost, not an opportunity, for many businesses. Fortunately, that has begun to change recently as investors flock to the space, looking for opportunities in a “double-digit trillion dollar market” that is “largely decoupled from general tech investing,” Congruent Managing Partners Joshua Posamentier told TechCrunch+. Investment…
Data security observers read with interest a U.S. Court of Appeals decision earlier this year Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham, asserting the FTC’s authority to challenge allegedly lax data security practices under unfair provisions of the FTC Act. We believe this ruling is a landmark victory for consumers and companies of all sizes committed to protecting the security of their customers’ personal information. Now there’s another major development in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) enforcement action against Wyndham, and you’ll want to be one of the first to know. To recap, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued Wyndham and three…
The FTC will return more than $149 million to victims of AdvoCare International, a former multi-level marketer that the FTC says ran a pyramid scheme disguised as a business opportunity and defrauded hundreds of thousands of people who signed up to become its distributors. its health and wellness products. The FTC sued Texas-based AdvoCare, its former CEO and its main sponsor in 2019, accusing the defendants of deceiving people into believing they could earn unlimited income by becoming resellers with the company, Achieve financial freedom and quit your regular job. In fact, the FTC claims that the vast majority of…