Entertainment Studios Networks owner Byron Allen has filed a $ 10 billion lawsuit against McDonald’s. According to The Wall Street Journal, the case concerns discrimination in advertising.
According to the lawsuit, McDonald’s violated federal and state civil rights law by demonstrating “racial hatred and racial stereotypes” in the distribution of advertising media.
According to the document, the company refused to advertise in the media owned by African-American Allen. The lawsuit alleges that blacks make up about 40 percent of McDonald’s customers, but in 2019, the company spent $ 1.6 billion from its advertising budget in the United States less than $ 5 million on advertising in black media.
The plaintiffs also allege that McDonald’s has never advertised on Entertainment Studios since its inception in 2009. At the same time, the company paid for a large amount of advertising in similar networks owned by whites.
The lawsuit was filed the same day that McDonald’s announced a decision to increase the cost of advertising in the media owned by African Americans from 2 to 5% by 2024.
The company also announced the allocation of funds for advertising on platforms owned by women, as well as various ethnic and sexual minorities.
Apple Inc, according to a lawsuit filed by Epic Games Inc., must allow mobile app developers to redirect users to alternative resources to pay for services in the App Store. The Wall Street Journal reported this. A 30% commission is now charged on each purchase. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers concluded that Apple’s practice was uncompetitive […]
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The Bank of England granted the request of the National Bank of Ukraine on the legality of the bail-in operation of four issues of its Eurobonds worth $ 595 million conducted at the end of 2016 during the nationalization of PrivatBank. “In accordance with section 89H, the Bank of England has decided to recognize the […]
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The famous American billionaire George Soros decided to invest to the development of Ukrainian IT-sphere. On the 18th of November 2015, he spoke about buying the part of the Horizon Capital in IT company Ciklum, and a certain amount of assets of Majgaard Holdings Ltd, which is owned by the head of Ciklum Torben Maygaarda. […]
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Group DF officially registered in 27 countries of the EU trademark “Ukraine Tomorrow”. Group DF, that is controlled by businessman Dmitry Firtash, announced the end of the official registration in the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) of trademarks for goods and services “Ukraine Tomorrow” (TM), “Ukraine Morgen” and “Ukraine Tomorrow”, around which […]
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U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a decree banning Washington from investing in 60 Chinese companies that the White House says are undermining U.S. security. “This executive order allows the United States to ban investments in Chinese companies that undermine the security or democratic values of the United States and our allies,” the document […]
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Ihor Doroshenko has been left in the predetention center. The appellate court of Kyiv rejected a request of Ihor Doroshenko, an ex-chairman of the board of Mikhaylovsky bank to be entitled to plead and left it in the predetention center — the press service of Appellate court of the Kyiv city reports. Therefore, the judge’s […]
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A head of the National bank of Ukraine appeals to law enforcements with the request to inspect Soyuz and Veles banks. It returned to work in spite of the fact that the Central Bank had decided its liquidation. V.Gontareva informed on Thursday that these two banks recently had renewed its work. NBU stopped its functioning […]
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According to the owner of a startup, the unit will help to put on the feet people, suffering from incurable diseases. Musk founded the startup Neuralink in 2016, the aim is to create a device that provides a direct link between the computer and the human brain. The device, which connects directly to the computer […]
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A few days ago was received a blow to the reputation of one of the five largest deposit banks in England – Barclays. The financial institution was fined by regulators for the amount of 72 million pounds for failing in managing, evaluation and controlling financial risks. According to the supervisory authorities, Barclays made significant mistakes […]
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The ex-president and founder of the largest mobile operator Kyivstar Igor Litovchenko in Ukraine became the owner of the Wireless telecom provider SmartCommunications (TM Giraffe). Ukrainian edition Liga.net informed about this, referring to the State Register of natural persons-entrepreneurs and legal entities. According to official figures, Igor Lytovchenko is the owner of the Cyprus offshore Magnilda Holdings Ltd., which owns Giraffe. As said the […]
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Centerenergo has paid more than 475 million hryvnias to the mines since the beginning of the month and has no debts, according to the company’s website. As you know, Centerenergo – the only consumer of coal from state-owned mines, buys almost the entire volume of their production under direct contracts. “However, the current purchase price […]
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Ford official dealer representatives in Ukraine informed that Avtovinn company had developed in Vinnytsia a new Ford affiliate dealer centre. The Vinnytsia dealer centre is the third Ford centre in Ukraine . The two others have been located in Dnepr and Kyiv. It provides the full services from selling to Ford cars maintenance. The new […]
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