The Daily Populous

Wednesday July 26th, 2017 day edition

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A manufacturer says Amazon has been raising prices of products to double their actual recommended retail price, before artificially "lowering" the cost to create a fake "discount" during its Prime Day promotion.

Remodeez is a startup based in Charlotte, North Carolina that has invented non-toxic, odourless foot and bag deodorisers.

The recommended retail price of one of its deodoriser products is $9.99 (£7.67), as agreed between Remodeez's founder Jason Jacobs and Amazon since 2015.

However, according to Jacobs, during the recent Prime Day event held on 10-11 July, Amazon said that the product usually retails at $15.42, but that it had been dropped down to the bargain price of "$9.99 for Amazon Prime Day".

This action then made sales decrease, as people started to think more carefully before purchasing the product at the higher price.

Amazon said in a statement: "Our customers expect to come to Amazon and find the lowest prices and we work hard to meet or beat them for all customers, across our entire retail selection.

However, Rosenbaum says that the fault doesn't all lie with Amazon – prices are also affected by third-party services used by its sellers, which use algorithms to constantly raise and lower prices. »

US moves one step closer to imposing fresh Russia sanctions

Authored by bbc.co.uk

The US House of Representatives has voted to impose fresh sanctions on Russia, despite President Donald Trump objecting to the legislation.

The White House says it is reviewing the bill, and it is unclear whether the president will veto it.

"While the president supports tough sanctions on North Korea, Iran and Russia, the White House is reviewing the House legislation and awaits a final legislative package for the president's desk," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement. »

WMCTV : Officers kill man with no active warrants at wrong house

Authored by m.wmctv.com

Officers kill man with no active warrants at wrong house.

SOUTHAVEN, MS (WMC) - Documents show that Southaven officers went to the wrong house to serve a warrant on Monday, which resulted in the shooting death of a man who did not have any active warrants out for his arrest.

But, when Southaven officers arrived on Surrey Lane to arrest Pearman, they did not show up to the correct house. »

'I never wanted to be scary': an interview with R. L. Stine

Authored by theverge.com
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And I had to write three or four of them a day, so it taught me to write really fast.

I answered an ad in the Times and got a job as assistant editor of Junior Scholastic, writing history and geography.

I said, "You know Steve, one magazine once called me a literary training bra for you." »

Netflix Orders Matt Groening Animated Comedy ‘Disenchantment’

Authored by variety.com

Netflix has given a 20-episode pickup to the Matt Groening animated comedy “Disenchantment.”.

Animation will be handled by Rough Draft Studios, which worked with Groening on the Fox/Comedy Central series “Futurama.”.

“The series will bear his trademark animation style and biting wit, and we think it’s a perfect fit for our many Netflix animation fans. »