RIO DE JANEIRO vans old skool black ireland , Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian Odebrecht holding group is changing the names and logos of all its companies this month, as part of a strategy to distance itself from the Petrobras corruption campaign, which revealed Odebrecht paid millions in bribes across the Americas.
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The red color of the Odebrecht brand and its traditional font will also be eliminated.
The first brand to undergo this change will be Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in Latin America. While Braskem will keep its name, it will lose the associated name of Odebrecht. This will also be the case of the Foz and Enseada brands.
Marcelo Lyra, vice-president and responsible of communications for Odebrecht www.lessfire.com , said the company is undergoing a process to recover its reputation and meeting demands from its clients and the public.
These changes go against a decision taken in 2013 by then president, Marcelo Odebrecht, who decided to unify the Odebrecht brand by using the name for all its businesses.
Marcelo Odebrecht, the former president of the company cheap vans shoes ireland , was jailed for 19 years in 2016 for corruption.
However, this change is in line with a statement by the company last December, in which it accepted the blame for its crimes, and recognized having taken part in "improper practices."
Odebrecht is accused of paying bribes to public officials in exchange for government contracts in at least 13 Latin American and African countries.
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WASHINGTON， Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Behave yourself! Your smart digital devices at home may be watching or listening to you.
In what maybe the first case of its kind， police investigating a murder case in Bentonville， Arkansas， issued a warrant to Amazon to turn over audio and other records from an Amazon Echo digital assistant in the home of James Andrew Bates after Victor Collins was found dead in Bates' hot tub last year， tech news website The Information reported on Tuesday.
Bates was charged with murdering Collins， according to court documents.
Echo is an always-on digital assistant in the shape of a speaker developed by Amazon. It is capable of doing many tasks， such as answering questions， calling a Uber， ordering pizzas， playing music and audiobooks， reading news headlines， providing weather， traffic and other real-time information.
Police twice asked Amazon for audio from Bates' Echo， and Amazon refused both times to provide the data.
"Amazon will not release customer information without a valid and binding legal demand properly served on us. Amazon objects to overboard or otherwise inappropriate demands as a matter of course，" the company said in a statement.
However， local media said the company did give prosecutors information about Bates' account and purchase history.
According to court documents， police took Bates' Echo and extracted information from it.
In addition， police found that readings on Bates' smart water meter recorded heavier than normal use of water in Bates' home at the night of Collins' death. Investigators alleged that the extra water was used to wash away evidence off the hot tub and patio， according to court documents.
The case is just an example of the ongoing trend of the Internet of Things (IoT)， a network of connected smart devices that track people's locations， listen to their words， learn their preferences， and monitor their online footprints.
Amazon said Tuesday in a news release that Echo and the smaller Echo Dot were the best-selling products across its platform this holiday season， with sales up over nine times compared to last year's holiday season， and millions of Alexa devices were sold worldwide.
With the booming and popularization of IoT devices， the concern of privacy at home and at work has become more and more prominent.
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