| Petrobras Refuses to Supply Bunkers to Two Iranian Bulkers
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| Brazilian oil major Petrobras has refused to provide bunkers for two Iranian bulkers at the grain port of Paranaguá, leaving the vessels unable to return to their home country. The two ships, the 54,000 dwt Bavand and the 75,000 dwt Termeh, arrived in Imbituba, Brazil earlier this year carrying urea, a fertilizer manufactured from natural gas or other hydrocarbons. Iran has an abundance of fossil fuel production that it cannot export due to American sanctions, but an unnamed Brazilian buyer was willing to purchase this petrochemical product despite the compliance risk. Petrobras, however, has extensive business interests in the United States, and said that it did not wish to risk problems with American authorities by supplying Iranian vessels with fuel - especially since these two vessels are explicitly named on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's blacklist. "The vessels were included by the United States in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN)," Petrobras said in a ...
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| Top Sports Marketers Think Beyond 'Butts in Seats' to Grow Their Franchises
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 The way fans want to experience live sports is changing, and the esports world is only growing more and more rapidly, creating a challenge for marketers to capture and keep their attention. At Adweek's Women Trailblazers Summit this week in New York, top marketers from Activision Blizzard, the Philadelphia 76ers and Nascar said they're spending...
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| What Corporate America's Shift in Education Versus Training Means for Big Tech
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 Editor's note: Industry consultant Shelly Palmer is taking his popular newsletter and turning it into an Adweek article once per week in an ongoing column titled "Think About This." Technology, we know, moves fast. One of the ideas caught in the wake of the speed of tech is how to understand the difference between education...
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| Kim Kardashian, Kanye West ask Trump to help free A$AP Rocky
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 Kim Kardashian is making the most of her political pull with the Trump administration to try to secure the release of rapper A$AP Rocky, who's been detained in Sweden following a fight in Stockholm last month. Thank you @realDonaldTrump , @SecPompeo, Jared Kushner & everyone involved with the efforts to Free ASAP Rocky & his two friends. Your commitment to justice reform is so appreciated 🤞🏼 https://t.co/... — Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) July 18, 2019 • This article originally appeared on HuffPost. Read more...
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| Farmer mom of 3 sons who doesn't own heels gets glitzy makeover
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 We couldn't have an entire show dedicated to self-care without pampering a deserving viewer with an over-the-top makeover. So when we heard that 28-year-old mom-of-three Ashley from Red Creek, New York (who also happens to be a hard-working farmer!), was ready for some me time, we knew she was our gal. Read more...
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| What to watch to celebrate Apollo 11's 50th anniversary
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 What better way to celebrate the Moon landing than to gather your family around the couch and relive the experience? Even if you weren't lucky enough to see Neil Armstrong plant his feet on the Moon fifty years ago, there are plenty of films and show...
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