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Taylor Swift got publicly dragged last year when it was revealed that she’s one of the most prolific celebrity public jet users, and with good reason: just four hours of flying on a private jet produces more emissions than the average person living in the EU emits each year. But the Richie Riches polluting the planet with their little jaunts cross-country (and sometimes just cross-city) are also feeding off of U.S. public money, while paying comparatively little themselves, a report out Tuesday from the Institute for…

An interesting and revealing thing happened on Twitter in recent weeks. The infamous blue check mark, once a status symbol among people in media and others who spend time too much time online, took on a negative connotation. There are even hashtags shaming subscribers to the new fee-based “Twitter Blue.” On its face it's not clear why; There should be no shame in paying for a better Twitter experience — especially if you spend many hours consuming it. The drama revealed many of our behavioral biases and why they pose a…

Eva Green has won a case over due payment for the failed movie “A Patriot.” London’s High Court gave the decision in her favour which would ensure her a $1 million fee for the film. Eva Green(Getty Images) Green had sued the production company White Lantern over unpaid fees. She claimed that under her “pay or play” contract she was was still owed her fee, which was being held in escrow by her agent, even though the movie had fallen apart. Production on the film was halted in October 2019 due to financial…

States have taxed motorists at the pump for more than a century. Yet, as electric cars gain ground, what happens when folks stop refueling altogether? State lawmakers are increasingly imposing annual fees on EV owners, arguing they should pay up because they still rely on public infrastructure to get around. Texas is on track to become the latest state to levy such a tax, following more than a dozen others, including Georgia, Michigan and Ohio. The Texas Senate passed SB 505 at the end of March.…

Food and grocery delivery company Swiggy has started charging a “platform fee” of Rs 2 from customers for every food delivery order in cities like Bengaluru and Hyderabad.The platform fee is levied in addition to the delivery charge, which is waived for customers of Swiggy One who make an upfront payment and get benefits like free delivery of food and grocery. But Swiggy One subscribers too will be charged the platform fee."The platform fee is a nominal flat fee charged on food orders,” a Swiggy spokesperson said. “This…

Hollywood actor Eva Green on Friday won a legal fight with financiers whom she had sued in London's High Court for her fee for a failed film in which she was to star. The French actor, whose film credits include the James Bond movie Casino Royale, had sued White Lantern Films and SMC Specialty Finance for the $1 million fee she said she was owed for the planned independent movie A Patriot, in which she was to play the lead role as a soldier. Also read: Johnny Depp’s Dark Shadows co-star Eva Green supports him in trial…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers from NC State University and Texas A&M University published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines membership fee shipping programs and the effect on consumers' purchase behaviors and company net revenue. The study is authored by Fangfei Guo and Yan Liu. What is the top reason 50%…

Top startups in India have called on the country's competition watchdog to launch an inquiry into Alphabet's Google for allegedly bypassing an antitrust directive by charging a high service fee for in-app payments, a filing shows.The Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) filing marks the latest tussle between Google and Indian startups, which have repeatedly criticized the U.S. company for imposing unfair business restrictions that hurt smaller players."Google's policy change of charging service fee even on…

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Wednesday said there is no charge for the bank account to bank account-based UPI payments or normal UPI payments. However, interchange charges are only applicable for the prepaid payment instruments (PPI) merchant transactions and there is no charge to customers, NPCI clarified in a statement.NPCI has permitted the PPI wallets to be part of interoperable UPI ecosystem and levied 1.1 percent charge on unified payment interface (UPI) transactions above Rs. 2,000 while using…

Meta Platforms on Thursday voiced its strongest criticism to date of a push by EU telecoms operators to get Big Tech to foot additional network costs, saying this would not solve their financial problems and also ignores tech companies' hefty investments. Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and other operators have lobbied for two decades for U.S. tech giants to contribute to 5G and broadband roll-out. The operators say that given they account for more than half of data internet traffic, Alphabet's…