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Heartbleed Compromises Bitcoin Wallets: Digital Currency Also Built Using OpenSSL
April 14th, 2014
Bitcoin is the latest digital entity to be added to a growing list of organizations compromised by the Heartbleed bug. The Bitcoin Foundation said on Friday that the latest version of Bitcoin Core, the open source software that enables ...
CySec: renouncement of license
April 14th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission announces that, on 18 February 2014, the CIF «Magline Investments Ltd» (‘the Company’), which provided investment services via the domain www.trading247.com, renounced its authorization pursuant to section 24(1)(b) of the Investment Services and ...
Amazon.com To Acquire comiXology, A Digital Comics Company, As Retailer Seeks To Expand In Online Publishing
April 11th, 2014
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement to acquire comiXology, a seller of digital comics, for an undisclosed amount. New York-based comiXology offers graphic novels from more than 75 publishers as well as individual contributors. And, ...
Kim Dotcom’s Megaupload Sued By US Record Labels, Following Movie Studios’ Lawsuit, For Copyright Infringement
April 11th, 2014
Four major U.S. record labels have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Thursday against file-sharing website Megaupload and its founder, Kim Dotcom, three days after the company was sued by Hollywood’s major movie studios and the Motion Picture Association of ...
CySec: renouncement of licence
April 11th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission announces that, on 18 February 2014, the CIF «Magline Investments Ltd» (‘the Company’), which provided investment services via the domain www.trading247.com, renounced its authorization pursuant to section 24(1)(b) of the Investment Services and ...
CySec: acquisition of licences
April 11th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that the following companies have successfully obtained the CySec licence as ASPs: MMG Trust (Cyprus) Ltd Pageserve Limited Forpost Corporate Services Ltd Therefore, they are ...
Exclusive: Microsoft, Apple diverge on bankrolling big patent buyer
April 11th, 2014
Patent buyer Intellectual Ventures has persuaded Microsoft and Sony to invest in its latest acquisition fund while Apple and Intel, which invested with IV previously, declined to participate, according to people briefed on the fundraising. The investment decisions by ...
China consumer prices rise, but industry deflation persists
April 11th, 2014
China’s consumer inflation rate increased in March as fresh food prices jumped, but persistent deflation in the industrial sector was another signal of weak demand and slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy. The consumer price index (CPI) rose ...
Exclusive: SEC eyes test that may lead to shift away from ‘dark pools’
April 11th, 2014
U.S. securities regulators are considering testing a proposed reform that could drive business to major stock exchanges and away from alternative trading venues such as “dark pools” that critics say may be hurting investors by reducing the quality of ...
ASIC: Former Portfolio manager pleads guilty to misusing his position
April 11th, 2014
ASIC has released a warning informing that a former Vanguard Investments Australia Limited portfolio manager pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court of Victoria to making improper use of his position. Mark Hildebrandt was employed by Vanguard, which acts as ...
