Cadillac selling more in China than US. How times change…

SHANGHAI—Of all the world’s booming premium-car companies, the biggest surge is happening for a brand many American buyers long passed by.Cadillac sales are growing at the fastest clip since the Reagan administration.

The buyers are half a world away, in a place where it’s supposed to be hard for U.S. companies to sell.Shanghai entrepreneur Zhenyu He sees Cadillacs as a symbol of American grandeur. A calendar of vintage Caddys pinned to the wall of his boyhood bedroom inspired his recent purchase, a $120,000 metallic-black Cadillac CT6 with night-vision mode and an air ionizer.“It sets me apart and represents American heritage,” said Mr. Zhenyu, 40 years old, most of whose friends drive BMW s.Cadillac’s global sales this year through July were up 23%, beating its premium-car peers.

In China, the world’s biggest auto market and site of one of every four sales, Cadillac through July sold 69% more vehicles than a year earlier. It was the first time Cadillac sold more vehicles abroad than at home.By tripling its China sales in five years, Cadillac has vaulted past Lexus, Land Rover and Volvo to become the country’s No. 4 luxury player, according to research firm LMC Automotive.

Source: Cadillac, After Years of Struggle, Has Found Its Sweet Spot: China – WSJ

Paypal scam, FaceBook scam: Don’t be fooled Scammers are getting way too clever

A SEEMINGLY innocuous message plops into my LinkedIn inbox: “Hello. How are you doing?”

Messages stream in on Facebook and email: Your Squarespace account has been suspended. Your Apple account has been suspended. Click the link. Click the link. CLICK THE LINK.

The Federal Government’s Scamwatch notes that Australians lost more than $300 million to scams in 2016 — up from $229 million the year before. That’s a 31 per cent increase.

According to the Scamwatch website, the most losses were racked up through investment scams, closely followed by romance scams. A huge portion of people reporting scams (45 per cent) were Australians over the age of 55.

Cyber safety consultant Leonie Smith — dubbed “the Cyber Safety Lady” — says scammers “will go for people that are over 60 because they think those people are more vulnerable. They haven’t been on the internet as long, they’re not digital natives.”

In fact, my friend Oliver tells me an anecdote that fits this exact scenario: “My elderly dad is really interested in astronomy and downloaded astronomy software that had a Trojan attached to it.

“He then rang the fake Microsoft number that popped up on his on screen and they tried to scam him for a lot of money. He refused to pay and they kept ringing back harassing and bullying him for cash,” Oliver says, adding that he believes “there’s a huge need for community education” among retirees.

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Back with Cyber Safety Lady Leonie Smith, many of her clients “are really quite shocked” when they learn how open they’ve made themselves to online scamming…

Source: Paypal scam, St George bank text scam: Don’t be fooled

Olga Pronina dead: ‘Russia’s sexiest motorcyclist’ perishes in horror crash

A FEMALE biker dubbed Russia’s sexiest motorcyclist has been killed in a horror crash while racing down a motorway.

Olga Pronina was racing through the city of Vladivostok in Russia when she lost control of her BMW motorcycle and ploughed into a side railing on Monday evening.

The 40-year-old mum-of-one, who was known as Monika to her legion of fans on Instagram, was thrown from the bike and died before the emergency services could reach her.

The daring brunette who had more than 150,000 followers on the social media site was described by friends as an adrenaline junkie who loved riding at high-speed…

Source: Olga Pronina dead: ‘Russia’s sexiest motorcyclist’ perishes in horror crash

Kwinana Freeway at a standstill after vehicle rollover 1km south of the Thomas Road exit

Avoid the Kwinana Freeway southbound if you can.

Traffic has come to a complete standstill on the Kwinana Freeway southbound after a car rolled onto its roof.

Police, fire crews and paramedics have rushed to the Anketell scene after the vehicle rolled shortly after 12.30pm on Saturday.

Witnesses say the vehicle remains on its roof about 1km south of the Thomas Road exit.

It is unclear how many people were inside the vehicle and if there are any injuries.

Police have advised the vehicle is blocking traffic.

Main Roads has advised traffic is slow on approach, with motorists asked to seek an alternative route if possible.

Emergency crews were also called out to a separate crash in Midland on the Great Eastern Highway just minutes after the freeway rollover.

A car has slammed into a power pole at the Ferguson Street intersection.

Luckily the driver escaped serious injury.

And three drivers escaped injury in a third crash in Como on Saturday morning when two cars and a bus collided on Canning Highway.

Source: Kwinana Freeway at a standstill after vehicle rollover | The West Australian

Their Finest review: Bill Nighy scores the best bits of this Blitz pic

Early in Lone Scherfig’s​ Their Finest, I had the awful feeling that the heroine Catrin (Gemma Arterton), who works at the Ministry of Information, would wind up coining the phrase “Keep calm and carry on”.

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Thankfully, this does not occur. The story follows the making of a film within the film – an (imaginary) wartime propaganda piece inspired by a heroic rescue undertaken by two sisters during the Dunkirk evacuation.

Gemma Arterton plays a feminist of her time in this nostalgic war flick.

Nostalgia for the Blitz has become one of Britain’s most marketable commodities, especially now collective memory of the reality is starting to vanish.

Source: Their Finest review: Bill Nighy scores the best bits of this Blitz pic

SPOILER: Morgan kills saboteur on The Walking Dead

SPOILER Morgan kills saboteur on The Walking Dead

Morgan strangled Richard in front of the Saviors after young Benjamin was shot and bled to death during Sunday’s shocking episode of The Walking Dead.

The drama unfolded after Benjamin took a fatal bullet to the leg during an armed confrontation between the Kingdom and the Saviors when a delivery of goods went badly wrong.

And when Richard admitted to Morgan that he had engineered the confrontation to create trouble with the Saviors and wanted to die himself, Morgan snapped and killed him with his bare hands

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