Trump in Paris, Havaianas finds a buyer, teleportation begins

[Quartz - qz.com]() Quartz Daily Brief sponsored by Good morning, Quartz readers! What to watch for today Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron rendezvous in Paris. The US president is reportedly [keen on seeing]( tomorrow’s Bastille Day parade, but Macron may want to discuss climate change and US protectionism. It will be [the first such conference for Trump]( since news broke of Donald Jr. [meeting with a Russian lawyer]( promising dirt on Hillary Clinton. Rex Tillerson heads back to Qatar. The US secretary of state has been mediating between Qatar and the Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia, that have severed relations with it. [Tillerson had talks]( the King of Saudi Arabia and will return to Qatar today, but [his influence so far]( not ended the standoff. Delta Air Lines releases second-quarter earnings. The No. 2 US airline by passenger traffic is [expected to report]( a rise in quarterly profit and revenue thanks to improving average fares. Its stock recently hit a record high. Sponsor content by The Visionary Coffee and social media: a match made on the internet. The early world wide web prioritized words over images, remaining text-centric for much longer than today’s users may realize. But an unlikely force transformed the web into the current visual repository of cat gifs and celebrity selfies: a coffee pot. Learn more in this [animated history](. While you were sleeping The maker of Havaianas flip-flops was sold for $1.1 billion. Alpargatas, the Brazilian firm behind the brand, was owned by the J&F group. The latter is selling businesses after becoming involved in corruption scandals. Three prominent Brazilian banking families [teamed up for the purchase](. Some 200 million pairs of the flip-flops are produced every year. New York micro-investing startup Stash raised $40 million. Stash’s mobile app aims to make it easier for low-income consumers to [save and invest](. The company services around 850,000 accounts and has raised $78 million in the last two years; Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel has invested in both rounds so far. Sales skyrocketed at Asos. The British online fashion retailer and millennial favorite posted a 30% surge in sales in the four months ending June 30. [Cost-savvy customers in the EU and Europe]( (paywall) were responsible for the bulk of Asos’s revenue growth. Asos has a hub in Germany and is in the process of setting up a US logistics hub. Daimler’s emission-cheating probe dismayed investors. The Stuttgart-based [carmaker’s shares dipped]( (paywall) at the start of trading, after the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported Wednesday that it was under investigation for selling more than 1 million cars [installed with illicit emission-control devices]( between 2008 and 2016. China released robust June trade figures. Beating expectations, exports from the world’s second-largest economy [rose 11.3% from a year earlier]( while imports were up 17.2%. The performance came amid strong global demand. Quartz obsession interlude Siyi Chen on how robots will help China take care of its elderly. “China needs robots to care for its large, and growing, elderly population—it’s home to a quarter of the world’s seniors. As fewer Chinese are able to care for their aging parents, the number of retirement homes nationwide is mushrooming. And yet fewer than 20% of retirement homes in China are making a profit. High labor costs are a big reason why.” [Read more here](. Matters of debate Android’s “panic button” should be a part of every user interface. Panic detection modes [protect users]( bring operating systems closer to understanding us. A brown lead won’t make Aladdin any less racist. The best of casting intentions for the Disney film’s live-action remake won’t fix the film’s [troubling stereotypes](. We don’t need to ban kids from using smartphones. Panicking over [new technology]( won’t protect them from its negative effects. Surprising discoveries Neil Armstrong’s moon dust could fetch up to $4 million. Sotheby’s is putting the [little bag of dust and rocks]( on the block on July 20, the 48th anniversary of the first lunar landing. The Calibri typeface is at the center of a Pakistani corruption case. The authenticity of a deed [is in doubt]( because it’s dated a year before the font it’s typed in was released. Eastern and western cultures have opposite views of success. Americans want to be [big fish in a small pond]( while the Chinese are more impressed with small fish in bigger ponds. Ants make tiny Eiffel Towers to tackle tall obstacles. The structure [gets wider as it grows taller]( allowing ants to better distribute their weight while climbing. The first object has been teleported into space. 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