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CNET
2 days ago
- CNET
What to Know About Mail Categories on Your iPhone and How to Turn Them Off
Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June that it will release iOS 26 this fall. That update will bring a new Liquid Glass design, call screening and more to your iPhone. But when Apple released iOS 18.2 in December, it introduced a new feature in your Mail app that sorts your incoming emails into different categories for you that's called Categories. "The Mail app automatically sorts your email messages into categories to help you find and manage messages quicker," Apple wrote online. But if you don't like how Categories work in Mail, no worries. Apple gives you a few options to either ignore Categories or revert your app to look like it did before the iOS 18.2 update. Here's what you need to know about Mail Categories and how to turn the feature off so your app looks like it did before the update. What are Mail Categories? Mail Categories are similar to categories you would find in Gmail. The app filters your emails into one of four categories: Primary, Transactions, Updates and Promotions. Emails with receipts, as well as order and delivery information, fill the Transactions category, and news, social and other subscription emails go to Updates. Emails with special offers and deals go to Promotions, as you might imagine. I ignore most of the deals I get emailed, but that coffee subscription is tempting. Apple/Screenshot by CNET The Primary category is more difficult to pin down. Apple says in the app that Primary is for "Messages that matter most." I've used the redesigned app since it launched in beta, and during that time my Primary category was filled with emails from my wife, customer service and even refund information. It's a little bit of a catch-all category. Can I change an email's category? You can for most messages but not all. Here's how. 1. Tap Mail. 2. Tap the Transactions, Updates or Promotions tab then tap a message. 3. Tap the three dots (...) in the top right corner. 4. Tap Categorize Sender. Promotions feels right for this email. Apple/Screenshot by CNET Then you can manually categorize messages from a given sender to another category. You can also recategorize an email from Promotions to Deals and then back to Promotions. The only emails that can't be recategorized are those in Primary -- which can be irksome. Once, I ordered tickets for a show at a local theater, and the email was filtered to Promotions. I moved the email with those tickets to Primary, but now all emails from this theater -- including deals and sales -- go to my Primary category. Not being able to change that categorization back is annoying. How do I turn off Mail Categories? If you don't like Mail Categories, you have a few options to see all your mail at once. The easiest way is to swipe the categories bar near the top of Mail to the left to reveal the All Mail. Tap this and all your mail will be displayed from top to bottom as each message comes in, but you will still see the Categories tabs across the top of the app. I prefer this view of my mailbox to be honest. Apple/Screenshot by CNET You can also remove Categories altogether so the app looks like it did before the update. Here's how. 1. Tap Mail. 2. Tap the three dots (...) in the top right corner of the app. 3. Tap List View. Apple/Screenshot by CNET Now your emails will populate in Mail from top to bottom as they arrive in your inbox. For more iOS news, here are my first impressions of the beta version of iOS 26, how to enable call screening in the beta and all the new features Apple said it will bring to your device later this year.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
BAT lifts annual sales target as US demand improves
(Reuters) -British American Tobacco nudged up its annual sales growth target on Tuesday to 1%-2%, saying revenue in the first half was ahead of expectations and sales in the United States were picking up. The maker of Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarettes, which had previously forecast 1% sales growth this year, said it expects low-single digit revenue growth in the first half in its New Categories business that includes vapes, tobacco heating products and oral nicotine pouches. BAT and its peers have been struggling with declining tobacco sales as consumers switch to cheaper brands or alternatives such as vapes, and as regulations tighten. "While Combustibles industry volume remains under pressure... we have stabilised our total industry volume and value share," CEO Tadeu Marroco said in a trading statement. The industry is also being squeezed by sales of unauthorised, flavoured disposable vapes. Sales of such products amounted to around $2.4 billion in the United States in 2024. "The Vapour category remains impacted by the proliferation of illicit vapour products in the U.S. and Canada," Marroco said, adding that the first-half revenue growth forecast in New Categories reflected this pressure. New Categories sales growth for the year is expected to accelerate to mid-single digits, the company said. The United States accounted for 44% of BAT's total group revenue in 2024. In February, BAT had warned of a 6.2-billion-pound ($8.39 billion) hit from a Canadian lawsuit and said tax headwinds in Bangladesh and Australia would dent its performance in 2025. The company, which last month sold a $1.5 billion stake in Indian consumer goods company ITC, also increased its 2025 share repurchase target to 1.1 billion pounds. ($1 = 0.7391 pounds) Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Is British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BTI) The Top High Dividend Yielding Consumer Defensive Stock To Buy?
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where British American Tobacco p.l.c. (NYSE:BTI) stands against other top high dividend yielding consumer defensive stocks to buy. Consumer defensive stocks tend to perform well in uncertain times because they sell essential items such as household products, healthcare items, and food and beverages, among others. Such companies also tend to have a strong pricing power which helps them to easily pass on increasing costs to consumers. The US market continues to struggle due to concerns over tariffs, geopolitical issues, and politics. In such times, consumer defensive stocks offer a way to protect one's portfolio from this uncertainty. When such shares also offer a high dividend yield, it performs a killer combination, loved by defensive investors looking to park their money for reliable passive income. We therefore decided to come up with a list of the top 10 high-dividend-yielding consumer defensive stocks. To come up with the list of top 10 high-dividend consumer defensive stocks, we only considered stocks from the consumer defensive sector with a market cap of at least $10 billion and a dividend yield of at least 4%. A close-up of an array of tobacco products, emphasizing the selection and consumer choice. British American Tobacco p.l.c. is a nicotine and tobacco products maker. The company offers combustible cigarettes; heated, vapour, and modern oral nicotine products; and traditional oral products. It sells its products under different brands, including Rothmans, Natural American Spirit, Lucky Strike, Velo, Vuse, and Camel, among others. BTI stands out as a compelling investment opportunity in today's market because of its healthy dividend yield of 7.34%. With its discounted valuation and high dividend yield, the company provides a combination of growth and income generation to investors. The company's stock has performed well so far this year after an impressive 2024. The future guidance has a lot to do with this performance. As per the guidance, the expected revenue growth for 2025 is 1% while for 2026 it is 3% to 5%. Adjusted profits from operations are projected to grow by 1.5% to 2.5% in 2025, followed by a 4% to 6% estimated growth in 2026. CFO Soraya Benchikh echoed similar optimism about the company's future by saying: 'Having achieved close to GBP 900 million in savings over the last 2 years, we are on track to deliver more than GBP 1.2 billion by year-end… Beyond 2025, we aim to simplify combustibles and drive scale benefits in New Categories, targeting an additional GBP 2 billion in savings by 2030.' BTI has consistently paid out a high dividend yield with its 5-year average at 7.7%. The buybacks add further shareholder value, making it our top choice for dividend investors. Overall, BTI ranks 1st on our list of top high dividend yielding consumer defensive stocks to buy. While we acknowledge the potential of BTI as a leading investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as BTI but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock. READ NEXT: and . Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at . Sign in to access your portfolio
