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FTC probes Equifax; top Democrat likens it to Enron

Leigh-Anne Galloway, cyber security resilience lead at Positive Technologies , said: "Given how often flaws of this nature are discovered, it's therefore not a...

Pilot action forces Air Berlin cancellations

Passengers booked to travel on the cancelled services as part of a package deal should contact their tour operator, Air Berlin said in a statement. A wildca...

Volkswagen Group to Offer Electrified Versions of Its Entire Lineup by 2030

That means that by 2030 the company plans to offer an electric or hybrid version of over 300 different vehicle models. Volkswagen AG is putting its full force...

Tesla extends Florida cars range with OTA update

There have been massive lines at pumping stations and widespread gas shortages throughout Florida . The update sent out unlocked the full capacity of the batte...

Three Equifax senior executives sold stock before revelation of breach

A freeze takes your credit report out of circulation. Here's how to freeze your credit. Below are four steps to take following Equifax's data breach. This...

Chicago to bid for Amazon's second headquarters

According to Market Watch , San Francisco, Raleigh, Boston, Austin, D.C., Atlanta, New York and several others could make the list of potential cities that cou...

Trump's Iran policy fell short of equivocal IAEA report

Haley is not advocating he decertify Iran's compliance, she said , but her one-hour presentation clearly laid out grounds for defending such an action. "If t...

Janet Yellen's No. 2 at the Fed is stepping down

During my time on the Board, the economy has continued to strengthen, providing millions of additional jobs for working Americans. "Informed by the lessons of t...

More than four million Time Warner Cable records exposed in leak

The breach was eventually linked to BroadSoft Inc , a communications company that partners with service providers, including AT&T (NYSE:) and TWC, Gizmodo sa...

Tronc to Buy New York Daily News

Meanwhile, The New York Times offers that the sale of the newspaper "may also signal the end of the political influence of [Zuckerman], who often used the...

Brokenshire to meet with parties with hopes of a settlement failing

She told party members: "We have nothing to fear from the Irish language, nor is it any threat to the Union". Foster said that a series of "one-sided demands"...

Duchess of Cambridge pregnant with third child, suffering from severe morning sickness

Royal fans are abuzz with news the Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with her third child, but amid the excitement it's also been revealed the expectant mother i...

Net Neutrality Comment Total Will Grow

Pai has said heavy-handed net neutrality rules have led to reduced investment, cutting out 75,000 to 100,000 jobs, such as laying cable and digging trenches to ...

Portland Classic: Jodi Ewart Shadoff slips 10 shots off pace in Oregon

Stacy Lewis of Team USA putts during the second day morning foursomes matches of The Solheim Cup at Des Moines Golf and Country Club on August 19, 2017 in West ...

Are Analysts Bullish Berendsen PLC (LON:BRSN) After Last Week?

The company was maintained on Tuesday, May 30 by RBC Capital Markets. The firm has "Outperform" rating given on Wednesday, October 7 by Wedbush. On Tuesday, Jun...

US Job Growth Slower But Still Strong in August

The national unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4%, staying within a 10 basis point range in the last five months. Manufacturing added a solid 36,000 jobs in ...

Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte may arrive sooner than we thought

As it did a year ago, the Pumpkin Spice Latte's arrivial comes on September 1, just in case your fantasy football draft and that nip in the air didn't already r...

United Kingdom factories grow stronger than expected in August

The latest PMI business survey showed both the output and new orders sub-indexes nudged back into expansionary territory, pushing the pace of hiring to the high...

Gas prices spike after hurricane

Gov. Roy Cooper said gas shortages and higher gas prices should be expected. Separately, the Explorer Pipeline said on Wednesday it had shut its main fuel line ...

Sandra Bullock donating $1 million to Harvey relief efforts

Still, a charity watchdog flagged the Red Cross' financials in the past two years. Marie from the Red Cross said, "This is a wonderful organization!" The ...

Microsoft, Amazon Partner to Make Cortana and Alexa Work Together

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said , in a press release from Amazon , that "ensuring Cortana is available for our customers everywhere and across any devic...

Toshiba Miss Deadline For Chip Business Deal

Under the group's proposal, Toshiba and Bain would own over 40 percent each of Toshiba Memory Corp , the sources said. The three groups are Bain Capital's co...

AG To Gas Stations: Don't Even Think About Price Gouging

Gasoline: At a Houston convenience store, gas was being sold for $20 per gallon, Paxton's office said . But now he's beloved by all for cracking down on price...

Tropical Storm Harvey and gasoline

Gas prices increases are not expected to be as severe as they could be or as they were after hurricane Katrina when prices increased 80 cents per gallon. Some e...

Real GDP Revised Up to 3.0% Growth in the Second Quarter

In the government's second revision, released Wednesday, Q2 GDP rose to 3% from 2.6% reported initially. A third estimate of GDP based on more complete data...

Tuesday's Mashup: Astros, Texans move games due to Hurricane Harvey

The Astros moved their three game home series against the Rangers to St. Petersburg because of unsafe conditions from Hurricane Harvey . "The safety of our...

Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is now the new chief executive of Uber

The ride-hailing company said it's cooperating with US investigators looking into whether employees violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act . I have to ...

Google Assistant is Coming to New Connected Speakers and Appliances

It features two 20-mm soft dome tweeters, a 8cm woofer with a dual voice coil, and support for Bluetooth. The GA10 from Panasonic is scheduled to be released ...

Ford, Domino's To Test Self-Driving Delivery Cars

That same year, Domino's unveiled " DRU ", or Domino's Robotic Unit, the world's first "autonomous pizza delivery vehicle". A text message will give them inst...

Uber has selected a CEO

He immediately will face troubles on many fronts, including having to deal with multiple board factions that had once pushed Immelt and Hewlett Packard Enterp...

Samsung heir found guilty of bribery

His sentence was the mandatory minimum of five years. It won't be easy for the public to regain trust in our institutions as these corrupt ties between the pres...

Trump bars banks from buying Venezuela state bonds

Treasury Department to provide licenses for other commercial and humanitarian transactions, including financing for commercial trade, petroleum exports and impo...

Amazon: Whole Foods deal to close Monday, vows lower prices

Customers will be able to take advantage of lower prices on bananas, organic avocados, brown eggs, organic salmon, animal-welfare-rated 85% ground beef and oth...

US, Canada, Mexico pledge quick work to update NAFTA

No U.S. President is willing to risk that. Many smaller US companies have been able to compete and survive by outsourcing production of some components. "I wa...

Air India CMD Ashwani Lohani appointed Railway Board Chairman

Earlier in the day, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu said he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi , hinting that he had offered to quit. He was handpicked for t...