CrowdRise
United Airlines is inviting consumers to raise money for four organizations (Americares, AirLink, the American Red Cross and Feeding America) working in Louisiana to provide critical aid to those in need. Donations will help people impacted by the floods in Louisiana. United Airlines is giving MileagePlus bonus award miles for each donation.
Automotive World
The 2016 GMC Canyon has been named the Best Midsize Pickup Truck of 2016. Cars.com put the current lineup of midsize pickup trucks to the test in its Midsize Pickup Truck Challenge to determine the overall best option for buyers. Canyon, the segment's only premium midsize truck, was also named the top pick in a 2015 midsize pickup comparison test.
Chicago Tribune
U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, will become Guaranteed Rate Field on Nov. 1. The Chicago-based mortgage lender and the team signed a 13-year naming rights agreement, according to the White Sox. Terms were not disclosed.
The New Yorker
What the companies' relatively swift action showed was that Ryan Lochte had chosen the wrong era for misadventure: these days, companies are much quicker to cut athletes loose for even the appearance of bad behavior. It wasn't always thus: when Kobe Bryant was accused of sexual assault, in 2003, Nike kept him on its roster, and it waited a month after Michael Vick was indicted for running a dog-fighting ring before terminating his contract.
Yahoo
In anticipation of the first NFL season in Los Angeles in more than two decades, the Rams are debuting a branding campaign called "We're Home" from Art Machine. Creative features larger-than-life Rams players leaping over Los Angeles landmarks, including The Griffith Park Observatory.
Fox Sports
Starting next year, children 12 years of age and younger will be admitted free to every NASCAR XfinitySeries and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race And while many tracks already have various programs and events for young people in place, letting kids into races free of charge is a bold and innovative idea that could help build fans from a young age.
Mashable
People have been talking trash about Apple. They claim its best days are over. Its revenue engine, the iPhone, is slowing down and the company has no new ideas. The next big iPhone, the iPhone 7, which most people believe will arrive sometime in the next 60 days, will be a snooze fest of innovation.
Complex
The USA won the Olympics with a total of 121 medals (46 gold, 37 silver, and 38 bronze), and the vast majority of U.S. Olympians were either personally sponsored by Nike or wore the brand's sneakers. A total of 44 athletes who were sponsored by Nike personally or had their team sponsored by Nike without personal sportswear sponsors won gold medals.
Time
KFC has created a Kentucky Fried Chicken SPF 30 sunscreen, the chain announced on Twitter. The fried chicken giant decided to get into the skincare game, launching a website and free sun protection product that is imbued with the alluring scent of fried chicken. The giveaway of 3,000 bottles has already been exhausted.
LinkedIn
In 2004 I retired my lipstick and executive career to live on an island. I was thirty-four years old. I had been working since the age of eleven and quite frankly, I was tired. I was also curious. Curious about all the people who made their living leading kayak tours and whitewater adventures whilst I swam from corporate meeting to corporate meeting in a pinstripe suit.