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Stocks: Federal Reserve to the rescue?
April 28th, 2014
Janet Yellen and economic data are poised to steal the business spotlight from Corporate America this week. After a bonanza of corporate report cards dominated recent headlines, investors will likely refocus on the state of the U.S. economy and ...
European stocks rose
January 26th, 2024
European stocks rose on Friday, bucking weakness in US equity futures and in Asian markets, as an update from the world’s largest luxury retailer showed that spending among the wealthiest consumers remains resilient. Europe’s Stoxx 600 index advanced as ...
European shares joined a China-driven global sell-off on Monday
August 5th, 2019
European shares joined a China-driven global sell-off on Monday, dragged down heavily by commodity-linked stocks as anxiety over trade frictions with the United States sent the country’s yuan below 7 per dollar for the first time in a decade. ...
Facebook to pay $5 billion over the company’s privacy policies
July 29th, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission approved a record $5 billion settlement Wednesday with Facebook over the company’s privacy policies. Shares of Facebook were down slightly following the announcement, but turned positive in the afternoon, up about 1.1% by the end ...
Individuals and entities charged in global retail binary options fraud
September 28th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it filed two complaints in federal district courts in Florida against four individuals and three entities and issued seven administrative Orders filing and simultaneously settling charges against seven individuals and two ...
Why Americans are warming to mobile payments
June 29th, 2018
Americans have long been laggards when it comes to paying for goods and services with a smartphone. Plenty still prefer to sign credit-card slips or even cheques. But there are signs that they are warming to more modern methods. ...
Uber Paid Hackers $100,000 to Keep Secret a Massive Data Breach In 2016
November 22nd, 2017
Uber Technologies Inc paid hackers $100,000 to keep secret a massive breach last year that exposed the data of some 57 million accounts of the ride-service provider, the company said on Tuesday. Discovery of the company’s cover-up of the ...
European Energy Exchange acquires 100% ownership of US Nodal Exchange
May 5th, 2017
The European Energy Exchange (EEX), part of Deutsche Börse Group, and the owners of US-based Nodal Exchange Holdings, LLC have successfully closed the transaction under which EEX has acquired 100% of the equity in Nodal Exchange. All remaining regulatory ...
Apple’s U.K. Suit Against Qualcomm Adds to Global Patent War
March 3rd, 2017
Lawsuit filed Thursday cites claim on patents and designs Apple says Qualcomm unfairly charges royalties for technology Apple Inc. sued Qualcomm Inc. in a U.K. court, adding to lawsuits across the globe in a sprawling battle over patents and ...
VW sued by first German customer
February 7th, 2017
Deutsche See, an environmentally conscious fish distributor, became Volkswagen’s first major German customer to sue VW over misrepresenting their vehicles as being environmentally friendly. Deutsche See’s complaint alleged “malicious deception” and was filed at the ...
