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Google tries to NSA-proof Gmail
March 21st, 2014
Google just beefed up the security of Gmail to make mass surveillance of its customers’ email nearly impossible. It’s not quite NSA-proof, but it’s close. To accomplish the feat, Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) secured how you connect to its ...
IRS monitor: $1 million phone scam ‘largest ever’
March 21st, 2014
If the phone rings and the caller says he represents the IRS, be suspicious. That’s the warning from federal authorities, who on Thursday said a nationwide phone scam has stolen $1 million from thousands of unsuspecting people. The impostor ...
Mt.Gox finds 200,000 bitcoins in old wallet
March 21st, 2014
Embattled exchange Mt.Gox said Friday that it has found 200,000 bitcoins in a “forgotten” digital wallet — a haul worth $116 million at current prices. Mt.Gox CEO Mark Karpeles said in a statement that the bitcoins had been uncovered ...
Oscar Pistorius could take stand next week in murder trial
March 20th, 2014
The prosecution in the Oscar Pistorius murder case expects to rest early next week, prosecutor Gerrie Nel announced unexpectedly on Wednesday. Nel has only four or five more witnesses to call, he declared to the shock of the courtroom ...
European IPOs boom as bull market runs
March 20th, 2014
Europe is enjoying a boom in companies going public, driven by rising market confidence and pent-up demand for new shares after a five-year drought. Initial public offerings on exchanges in the U.K., the Netherlands, Denmark and Spain have raised ...
FCA: Wealth Planning Solutions Europe (clone)
March 20th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a Warning informing the investors that “Wealth Planning Solutions Europe” (wealthplanningsolutions@europe.com) is a clone firm of “Wealth Planning Solutions Europe OY”, and thus, is not permitted to provide financial ...
Son-in-law’s testimony quotes bin Laden after 9/11: ‘We are the ones who did it’
March 20th, 2014
The defendant’s testimony in a stilled Manhattan courtroom Wednesday took a federal jury half a world and many years away, to a mountain cave in the desolation of Afghanistan, to the hours after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. ...
Egypt President will ‘spare no effort’ to resolve case of Al Jazeera journalist
March 19th, 2014
Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour assured the family of imprisoned Australian journalist Peter Greste that he “will spare no effort to work towards the speedy resolution of the case.” Mansour’s pledge was made in a letter to parents Juris ...
China real estate firm at risk of bankruptcy
March 19th, 2014
Another one bites the dust: A Chinese real estate developer is on the verge of bankruptcy, and is expected to default on millions in debt — the latest sign the government is willing to let some pawns fall ...
Toyota to settle Justice Department probe over unintended acceleration
March 19th, 2014
The Justice Department is set to announce as soon as Wednesday a billion-dollar agreement with Toyota to settle a federal probe of the automaker’s handling of customer complaints related to unintended acceleration, people familiar with the deal said. The ...
