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KELLOGG COMPANY UNVEILS NAMES FOR GLOBAL SNACKING AND NORTH AMERICAN CEREAL BUSINESSES FOLLOWING PLANNED SEPARATION

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KELLOGG COMPANY UNVEILS NAMES FOR GLOBAL SNACKING AND NORTH AMERICAN CEREAL BUSINESSES FOLLOWING PLANNED SEPARATION

  • Global snacking business to be named Kellanova
  • North American cereal business to be named WK Kellogg Co
  • Kellogg’s brand to remain on product packaging of both companies around the world

BATTLE CREEK, Mich., March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) today unveiled the names for the future companies it will create through its planned separation into two industry-leading, public companies focused on global snacking and North American cereal. The names will go into effect in connection with the spin-off of the North American cereal business, which Kellogg Company intends to complete by the end of 2023. While the company names will change upon spin completion, the “Kellogg’s” brand will remain on product packaging of both companies around the world. 

The global snacking, international cereal and noodles, plant-based foods, and North American frozen breakfast business will be named Kellanova. Kellanova will be a global snacking powerhouse with a portfolio of iconic, world-class brands, including Pringles, Cheez-It, Pop-Tarts, Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats, MorningStar Farms, Incogmeato, Gardenburger, Nutri-Grain, RXBAR, and Eggo. Kellanova will also steward a suite of beloved international cereal brands, including Kellogg’s, Frosties, Zucaritas, Special K, Krave, Miel Pops, Coco Pops, and Crunchy Nut, among others.

“The name Kellanova signals the Company’s ambition for the future, building on the strong brand equity and legacy built over the past 117 years as Kellogg Company,” said Steve Cahillane, Kellogg Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and future Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kellanova. “The ‘Kell’ overtly recognizes our enduring connection to Kellogg Company, while ‘anova,’ which combines ‘a’ and the Latin word ‘nova,’ meaning ‘new,’ signals our ambition to continuously evolve as an innovative, next generation, global

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Data breaches value businesses virtually $6M on normal: Mastercard

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A new report from Mastercard displays that the normal data breach expenditures Canadian organizations $5.64 million even though only 39 per cent of firms are implementing suitable cybersecurity applications.

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Even so, the average price tag of a information breach value is better for the U.S., at $9.4 million.

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According to the report, cybercrime has elevated by 600 per cent since COVID-19 pandemic with distant work resulting in a 238 for each cent increase in cyberattacks.

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The report states that the rise of cyber threats greater in expense with the present around the globe price of $6 trillion, accounting for just one for each cent of the international GDP. The exploration estimates that this expense will increase by $4.5 trillion in the following couple years.

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In latest months, quite a few huge Canadian providers and organizations have fallen target to cybersecurity breaches, which include Indigo, Sobeys, SickKids Medical center in Toronto and the LCBO.

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Mastercard also surveyed Canadian firms and people and discovered that only 50 percent of consumers transform their passwords when prompted by a system, when hacked, or not at all. 50 percent also say they use the exact same password on most of their accounts.

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The survey signifies that much more than 50 percent of (53 for every cent) of Canadians buyers have experienced a stability menace as they heavily depend on companies to secure them.

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Breaking down the data, 86 per cent of Canadian buyers said they are worried about digital security threats whilst 53 for each cent mentioned they’ve previously experienced a security issue.

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To stay away from prospective pitfalls, 68 for every cent of Canadians consumers prefer to use a 3rd-party payment platform as 82 for every cent really do not have confidence in a corporation

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Canada, other governments hustle to stop Silicon Valley Financial institution crisis from spreading

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Governments in the U.S., Britain and Canada are having extraordinary methods to protect against a probable banking crisis immediately after the failure of California-based mostly Silicon Valley Bank prompted fears of a broader upheaval.

U.S. regulators worked by means of the weekend to discover a consumer for the bank, which had a lot more than $200 billion in property and catered to tech startups, venture funds firms, and very well-compensated technological know-how workers.

Whilst these endeavours had been not effective as of Monday morning, officers assured all of the bank’s clients that they would be capable to entry their revenue.

Late on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen declared that all depositors will have access to their cash, no make any difference how a lot they had in the lender.

“Little businesses throughout the country that have deposit accounts at these banking companies can breathe much easier recognizing they will be in a position to fork out their personnel and pay their payments,” U.S. President Joe Biden said at a press conference on Monday early morning.

“Really hard-performing workforce can breathe easier as well,” Biden claimed, stressing that the monthly bill for that safeguard will not be borne by taxpayers and will rather come out of the costs that banking institutions pay for deposit insurance, which is operate by the Federal Deposit Insurance coverage Corporation, or FDIC, and by legislation only addresses the 1st $250,000.

WATCH | Sector strategist on impact of SVB collapse: 

What does the Silicon Valley Bank collapse mean for Canada?

Karl Schamotta, main market strategist for Corpay, suggests the collapse of Silicon Valley Lender could indicate a ‘turbulent’ time for Canadian buyers.

Traders in the lender, on the other hand, will most likely be wiped out. “They knowingly took a danger and when the danger failed to

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Highlights: UK bans TikTok on govt devices due to security reasons, third to do so after US, EU

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    ‘Congress today’s Mughals…need to rewrite history’: Assam CM in Karnataka

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    Telangana: Huge fire breaks out in Secundrabad complex; fire engine rushed to spot

    A huge fire has broken out in Swapnalok Complex in Secundrabad and fire engine rushed to the spot, reported news agency ANI.

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    ‘Gen Bipin Rawat was an operational man’: CDS on his 65th birth anniversary

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    Mumbai police arrests designer Aniksha after Devendra Fadnavis’ wife Amruta’s complaint

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    Google sending top execs to testify in Canada about news blocking

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    OTTAWA — Google stated it will volunteer some of its major executives to testify at a parliamentary committee that is researching the steps of the Silicon Valley big right after it ran a five-week check that blocked news one-way links to some of its Canadian consumers.

    The examination was intended to evaluate the effects of a likely response to Monthly bill C-18, the Liberal government’s Online Information Act.

    The examination finished Thursday.

    Google claimed they have notified the heritage committee that it will voluntarily make their president of world affairs and main lawful officer, Kent Walker, and vice-president of information, Richard Gingras, obtainable to fulfill with the committee. A date has however to be scheduled.

    “We generally purpose to function constructively with Canadian parliamentarians and the Federal government of Canada on regulatory troubles,” a spokesperson for Google claimed in a statement.

    Walker and Gingras didn’t reply to a summons by the committee earlier this thirty day period.

    The head of Google Canada, Sabrina Geremia, appeared in their position, but Google explained it recognizes that MPs on the committee continue to have inquiries that they wish to have answered.

    Liberal MPs have not long ago expressed their displeasure with Google and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.
    On Feb. 9, Google started off its 5-week exam that restricted news access to less than 4 for each cent of its Canadian customers. Impacted people ended up prevented from seeing news links on Google’s search engine and Learn panel on Android telephones.

    The organization has stated the test utilized to information of all sorts, which includes content material created by Canadian broadcasters and newspapers.

    Meta also introduced previous week it would block information on Facebook and Instagram if the government’s proposed On-line News Act passes in its

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    Breaking News: CFIB confirms data up for sale was stolen from the association

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    An association representing Canadian small and medium-sized businesses has acknowledged someone recently stole and put up for sale a database of its prospects.

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    Google says it will volunteer its leading execs to testify at parliamentary committee

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    Google said it will volunteer some of its best executives to testify at a parliamentary committee that is finding out the actions of the Silicon Valley large after it ran a 5-7 days test that blocked information one-way links to some of its Canadian customers.

    The test was meant to assess the effects of a potential reaction to Monthly bill C-18, the Liberal government’s On line Information Act.

    The test ended Thursday.

    Google reported they have notified the heritage committee that it will voluntarily make their president of world-wide affairs and main authorized officer, Kent Walker, and vice-president of information, Richard Gingras, offered to satisfy with the committee. A date has still to be scheduled.

    “We always intention to operate constructively with Canadian parliamentarians and the Federal government of Canada on regulatory challenges,” a spokesperson for Google claimed in a assertion.

    Walker and Gingras didn’t answer to a summons by the committee previously this month.

    The head of Google Canada, Sabrina Geremia, appeared in their area, but Google reported it recognizes that MPs on the committee continue on to have concerns that they wish to have answered.

    Google Canada's Sabrina Geremia, Vice President and Country Manager, appears via videoconference as a witness at a parliamentary committee.
    Sabrina Geremia, the head of Google Canada, seems by using videoconference as a witness prior to the heritage committee in Ottawa on March 6. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Push)

    Liberal MPs have just lately expressed their displeasure with Google and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.

    On Feb. 9, Google began its five-7 days take a look at that minimal news accessibility for fewer than four for every cent of its Canadian users. Impacted buyers have been prevented from observing information backlinks on Google’s look for motor and Find out panel on Android phones.

    The corporation has stated the examination applied to information of all kinds, which includes information created by Canadian broadcasters and

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    Highlights: Manhunt on for Amritpal Singh as 78 held in crackdown, say Punjab police

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    Rocket fired towards Israel from Gaza Strip: Israeli military

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    Delhi: Case filed against 2 accused of ₹1 cr worth gold smuggling 

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    Alert issued after leopard enters India from Pakistan side

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    Two more test positive for H3N2 in Gurugram

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    CBI files fresh FIR to probe irregularities in WB primary teacher recruitment

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a fresh FIR into the allegation of irregularities in the recruitment of Primary Teachers by West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE).

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    Amritpal Singh on the run: Punjab police

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    Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue is breaking European guidelines about unfair small business tactics by failing to clearly show its entire expense to people appropriate away, EU company claims

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    An image of new Twitter owner Elon Musk is seen surrounded by Twitter logos in this photo illustration.

    Twitter Blue was rolled out to European Union international locations in February and March.Getty Images

    • Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue membership is a flagship undertaking to make the organization profitable.

    • But the advertised subscription selling prices in the European Union really don’t element in taxes.

    • An EU shopper protection watchdog instructed Insider this breached pricing guidelines in the bloc.

    Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue subscription is breaking European Union procedures about unfair enterprise methods, a client watchdog in the bloc instructed Insider.

    Exclusively, the marketed membership prices you should not variable in taxes, which violates customer-defense guidelines in the 27-region union, a spokesperson for the watchdog claimed.

    Twitter Blue is a person of Musk’s flagship projects made to make the social-media company lucrative. It was rolled out to EU countries in February and March.

    In EU nations that use the euro forex, Twitter Blue has an marketed monthly price of 8 euros, or about $8.50, for the internet application — a small more than the $8 rate in the US. The advertised annual price for most EU users is 84 euros, or about $88.50, vs . $84 in the US.

    Nonetheless, the EU price ranges do not incorporate price-included tax, a form of sales tax which is diverse throughout Europe for instance, it is really 17% in Luxembourg and 25% in Sweden. While in the US revenue tax is extra to the advertised price tag at checkout, the EU demands companies to advertise the full price tag including the VAT.

    That signifies Twitter buyers in Europe would not know the subscription could essentially price tag an additional $20 a calendar year right up until the Stripe checkout website page immediately adds the tax after a 2nd or two.

    Insider tested the Twitter Blue subscription process in the British isles and,

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    US turns up heat on Mexico soon after cartel kidnappings

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    The brazen kidnap and murder of Us residents in a Mexican border town has exposed President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to phone calls in Washington for a drastic crackdown on Mexico’s drug cartels as US opioid deaths soar.

    Four US citizens ended up kidnapped by gunmen shortly just after travelling from Texas to Matamoros on March 3 for cosmetic surgical procedure. Two had been afterwards found dead and two alive. A letter attributed to Mexico’s Gulf Cartel apologised for the crimes and reported it was handing over the five adult men accountable.

    Republican politicians seized on the kidnapping and murders to get in touch with for US armed forces intervention versus Mexican drug lords and to attack López Obrador for “enabling” traffickers. The Biden administration has resisted phone calls for supplemental powers to deal with the cartels, saying it has the authority it requirements and is currently having a tricky line.

    But tension from Washington is mounting after formal figures showed that fentanyl, a artificial opioid smuggled from Mexico, killed a lot more than 70,000 Individuals in the 12 months to last August.

    López Obrador has insisted that Mexico does not generate fentanyl — even even though the US state department’s once-a-year narcotics report reported Mexico was the “only significant source” of illicit fentanyl previous 12 months — and has lashed out at the lawmakers contacting for US military action versus the cartels.

    “We are not going to allow for a foreign governing administration to intervene, far less the armed forces of a international federal government,” the outdated-college leftwing nationalist claimed at his day-to-day news meeting. “Mexico must be respected. We are not a protectorate of the United States or a United States colony.”

    López Obrador’s tirade arrived shortly in advance of President Joe Biden’s leading homeland protection adviser Elizabeth

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