Uber’s Former Security Chief Charged For Allegedly Concealing Data Breach
Uber’s former chief security officer has been charged with trying to conceal from federal investigators a 2016 data breach that…
Month: August 2020
Massachusetts Requires Most Students To Get Flu Vaccine To Ease Burden On Health System During Pandemic
Massachusetts will require most students who are six months or older to get the flu vaccine this year as the…
Treasury Yields Retreat After Jobless Claims Disappoint
Treasury yields fell on Thursday after the government’s latest report on the U.S. unemployment situation showed that the number of…
Citibank Sent A Hedge Fund $175 Million By Mistake. Now It’s Struggling To Get The Money Back
Citibank has a big problem: It mistakenly wired roughly $175 million to Brigade Capital Management, and the hedge fund hasn’t…
Raging Fires, A Heat Wave And Coronavirus: California Battles Several Crises
Major wildfires continue to spread across Northern California on Thursday as thousands more residents are forced to evacuate their homes…
UK Kicks Against Death Sentence Over Blasphemy
The United Kingdom has joined the call for observation of human rights in Kano on Wednesday as it opposes the…
This Lender Wants To Close The Racial Wealth Gap And ‘Put Poverty Out Of Business’
When the coronavirus pandemic left Michele Hamed furloughed from her waitressing job, she panicked. The 45-year-old single mother from Jacksonville,…
Lord & Taylor Is Closing Two Dozen Stores. Here’s A Map Of Where They Are
Department store chain Lord & Taylor is closing two dozen stores for good as it continues to search for a…
Delta Will Keep Blocking Some Aircraft Seats Through Early January To Calm Travelers Nervous About Virus
Delta Air Lines will continue to limit the number of passengers it allows on each flight through early January in…
White House Coronavirus Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci Recovering From Vocal Cord Surgery
White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the leading health experts during the country’s fight against the coronavirus,…
A Troubling Tale Of A Black Man Trying To Refinance His Mortgage
This Black borrower has an outrageous story about his mortgage refinance. When the coronavirus struck the U.S. in early spring,…
Judge Throws Out Trump Challenge To Manhattan DA Subpoena For Tax Records
President Donald Trump’s effort to fight a prosecutor’s subpoena for his tax records was rejected Thursday by a federal judge,…
Johnson & Johnson To Start Late-Stage Coronavirus Vaccine Trial In September With Up To 60,000 People
Johnson & Johnson plans to begin what would be the largest, late-stage trial testing a potential coronavirus vaccine in September,…
American Airlines Halting Service To 15 Small Cities After Federal Aid Runs Out In October
American Airlines said Thursday it plans to cut service to 15 small U.S. cities with low demand in October after…
Volkswagen Now Has Another Electric SUV To Take On Tesla
Production has started in Germany on the first electric SUV from the Volkswagen brand, marking the latest push by the…
U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Top One Million In Setback To Labor Market Recovery
The number of Americans filing a new claim for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly back above the 1 million mark last…
Olympique Lyonnais Shares Fall After Champions League Defeat
Olympique Lyonnais’ (OL) shares fell on Thursday after the French soccer club’s defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League…
Nigeria: NBA Hails Buhari For Signing CAMA 2020
Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Business Law (SBL) Mr. Seni Adio (SAN), has praised President Muhammadu…
Nigeria: We Won’t Accept ‘Satanic’ CAMA – CAN Vows
The Christian Association of Nigeria has rejected the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA), dismissing it as “satanic”. The…
Ethiopian Airlines Defies FG, Resumes Flight To London Friday
There were indications on Wednesday that some international airline operators may have been violating the ban on international commercial flights…
Home Rental Company Airbnb Set To Go Public, File IPO
Short-term home rental company Airbnb said on Wednesday it filed confidentially for an initial public offering with US regulators, setting…
Alibaba Beats Estimates As Pandemic Fuels Online, Cloud Computing Demand
China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) beat quarterly revenue and profit estimates on Thursday, as its core commerce and cloud…
In U.S.-China Tech War, Investors Bet On China’s Localisation Push
As the U.S.-China “tech war” widens, investors are betting on China’s efforts to replace U.S. technologies with indigenous applications to…
Emirates Airline Says It Expects To Serve 100% Of Its Destinations By Summer 2021
Dubai state carrier Emirates Airline will serve all of its 143 destinations by the summer of 2021, with the frequency…
Facebook Wins Preliminary Approval To Settle Facial Recognition Lawsuit
Facebook Inc won preliminary approval late on Wednesday from a federal court for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it…
Passengers Coming Into Nigeria’ll Undergo COVID19 Tests 48-72 Hours Before Arrival -NCAA
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu, has said that incoming passengers would have…
Nigeria’s Foreign Assets At Risk As Enron Seeks to Enforce $22m Arbitration Award
Nigeria is making frantic efforts to stop Enron Nigeria Power Holding (ENPH) from enforcing a $22 million arbitration award that…
Nigeria Naira Eases To 480 On Black Market On Plans To Reopen Airports
Nigeria’s naira fell 1.04% on Tuesday to a low of 480 on the black market after the government said it…
Nigeria: Importers, Others Kick Against Surcharge On Cargoes
Nigerian importers have decried the huge surcharge imposed on them by international shipping firms for cargoes brought into the country.…
Sterling Unfazed By Higher Inflation, Still Driven By Dollar
Sterling remained driven by the weaker U.S. dollar on Wednesday in thin August trading, even though British inflation jumped unexpectedly…