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On Friday (20), the Consumer Protection and Defense Program – Procon-SP – requested from Lojas Renner, by notice, clarifications regarding The company has been attacked by a cyber attack last Thursday (19). The retailer has confirmed that it has been affected by the ransomware attack.Information on the databases accessed, the level of exposure, the period of outage of the company’s website, and whether there was a leak Personal Data From customers some requirements of the entity. The agency also requested details regarding the protection and recovery plan implemented so far, as well as the expected date for the final resolution…

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Foto: Sincerely, via UnsplashApplications for the Schwarzman Scholars (China), Knight-Hennessy Scholars (Stanford – USA) and Chevening (UK) programs are still open!If you are considering a high-quality master’s degree abroad, there are still three important scholarships open for applications. For those who already have a good part or part of the documentation ready, although in a little hurry, there is still time to apply.So focus on the work that needs to be done, organize everything that is needed and try your spot in the sun, the effort is worth it!> Schwarzman Bolsa Scholars – ChinaCreated in response to the geopolitical landscape…

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From Islam to the Bible, organized feminism began to enter the religion in the 1960s, with the second wave of feminists. These women began to use sacred texts as a basis for claims, based on reinterpretation. In Christianity, feminist theologians struggled, often against the church itself, to tell the presence of women in the story of Jesus. Studies on religion and gender are recent in the social sciences. Discussion of the topic began in academia in the 1990s, but the term feminist theology emerged in the 1960s. Sociologist Jonas Santos, who in 2017 championed the thesis “Breaking Gaps in the…

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Pur Sagarika Jaisinghani e Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) – European shares rose on Friday, with Marks & Spencer pushing the retail sector higher, but the Stoxx 600 still marked its worst week since February, with signs of slowing economic growth and rising COVID-19 cases. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.3 percent, with the retail sector rising 1.2 percent. On the week, it was down 1.5%. British retailer Marks & Spencer jumped 14.1%, the highest on the STOXX 600 index, after improving its profit forecast after a jump in food demand and an increase in online clothing orders, indicating that the…

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Foto: Getty Images (PeopleImages) Covid-19 vaccines were developed in record time. Operations that could take up to 10 years were completed in less than a year with the goal of halting the spread of the epidemic. After analyzes that prove that immune systems are safe and effective against the development of serious diseases, hospitalizations and deaths from infection with the new coronavirus, scientists are focusing on another step: understanding how long vaccines protect. Read moreThe answer to this question is still unclear, but recent studies help piece together the puzzle of vaccine-induced immunity. Adenovirus vs messenger RNA vaccines One study…

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Part of the Brazilian population should receive a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. The assessment was carried out on Monday (16) by the Minister for Combating Covid-19 at the Ministry of Health, Rosanna Melo.While participating in the Senate Interim Committee on Covid-19 meeting, the secretary assessed that the North American experience – prompted by the advance of the delta variant of the virus and the easing of health measures – with one additional dose, Brazil should follow. This is the case for people with weakened immune systems such as transplant recipients, people with HIV/AIDS, and cancer patients.We have some…

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(Reuters) – JBS’s US subsidiary Pilgrim’s Pride said Thursday it has priced an offer of $900 million in unsecured bonds maturing in 2032. According to the statement, the bonds will be issued at 100% of the total principal amount and will have a yield of 3.5%. Due to demand, the issue amount was increased from the initial plan of $750 million. The banknote sale is expected to close on September 2. The company plans to use the proceeds to fund the purchase of the ready-to-eat and takeaway business of Kerry Consumer Foods in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The rest…

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In addition to their visible gravity, images collected by astronomers reveal unprecedented details of how galaxies appeared in space.Scientists have been able to create high-resolution images of distant galaxies, reach Statement issued by the Dutch Radio Astronomy Institute (ASTRON). The observations were made using the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR), the largest network of low-frequency radio telescopes currently in operation on Earth, and has the ability to combine observations from nearly 70,000 antennas spread across Europe using a technique called radio interferometry, which allows it to Take some of the most sensitive radio observations of the night sky. This technology has…

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President Jair Bolsonaro This Thursday, the 19th, stated that the president cashierAnd Pedro Guimarães, conducted investigations and was “amazed” by the corruption that exists in the State Bank. When disclosing the institution’s balance sheet, Guimarães mentioned “problems from previous administrations” between 2009 and 2015 that caused a loss of R$46 billion on the bank’s balance sheet, according to accounts released Thursday by the current administration. “I asked everyone to review the past and he said he was shocked by what he had raised in a few months about corruption in Caixa,” the president told his supporters present at the door…

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49 minutes agoattributed to him, Getty ImagesIllustrative image, Remote work works – so why do we need physical space?The staff of LendingTree, an online lending platform based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is still working on tables, sofas, patios, and bookcases. But instead of doing it remotely, they’re in a corporate office that has been redesigned to include environments that mimic the home office.LendingTree is called the concept of ‘commercial residence’.”It’s a mix of the residential and commercial environment,” explains Jill Olmsted, president of human resources and director of management at LendingTree.”The idea is that it’s comfortable, and you want to…

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