Big email hack doesn't exactly send the message Yahoo needed
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo has been struggling for years to keep people coming back to its digital services such as email. That challenge just got more daunting after hackers stole sensitive information from at least 500 million accounts. The startling breach disclosed Thursday is believed to be the largest to hit a single email provider. The security breakdown risks magnifying Yahoo's preexisting problems — specifically, that it is losing users, tr..>> view originalClinton Seeks Big Jump in Estate Tax
Sept. 22, 2016 7:58 p.m. ET Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wants to levy a 65% tax on the largest estates—up from today’s 40%—and make it harder for wealthy people to pass appreciated assets on to their heirs without paying taxes. The proposals mark an expansion of the tax increases Mrs. Clinton would impose on the uppermost sliver of America’s affluent. The increase in estate and gift taxes and other new items Mrs. Clinton detailed Thursday follow two ideas..>> view originalAirbnb files $555M round with the SEC led by Google Capital and TCV
Airbnb formally filed a Form D with the Securities and Exchange Commission this afternoon announcing that it had raised $555,462,180 in an equity deal. Last month, TechCrunch independently verified that Airbnb had filed a 28-page document with the State of Delaware indicating that it had intentions to raise additional late-stage capital. At the time, Equidate speculated that the company was attempting to close an $850 million round. The Form D filed today comes in under that value. However, ac..>> view originalAbandoned car leads to LaGuardia Airport lockdown
Officials said a man drove up to the terminal at LaGuardia then jumped out of the SUV and ran away, leading to the lockdown. (Courtesy Rachel Moylan @rachelamoylan via Twitter ) NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x ...>> view originalMarriott Reveals How the Starwood Merger Will Affect Loyalty Programs
Marriott has finally answered the question that’s been on the minds of the combined 78 million people who belong to the Marriott Rewards (which includes Ritz-Carlton Rewards) and Starwood Preferred Guest loyalty programs: What will happen to my points? As it finalizes the merger with Starwood Hotels & Resorts hot today, Marriott International mar says it plans to continue operating both programs at least through the next two years, before eventually phasing out SPG. “Obviously the..>> view originalVerdict Expected in Huge Damages Granted to French Bank
VERSAILLES, France รข€” A French court is deciding whether bank Societe Generale shared responsibility with a convicted former trader for huge losses reported in 2008 and should be deprived of billions in damages.An appeals court in Versailles, outside Paris, rules Friday on whether to uphold, quash or cut the 4.9 billion-euro ($5.5 billion) amount of civil damages that trader Jerome Kerviel was initially ordered to pay to his former employer.The prosecutor has asked the judges to throw out the..>> view originalStudy finds 20M would lose health coverage under Trump plan
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study that examines some major health care proposals from the presidential candidates finds that Donald Trump would cause about 20 million to lose coverage while Hillary Clinton would provide coverage for an additional 9 million people. The 2016 presidential campaign has brought voters to a crossroads on health care yet again. The U.S. uninsured rate stands at a historically low 8.6 percent, mainly because of President Ba..>> view originalUber Rival Grab Partners with Self-Driving Car Startup NuTonomy
Users of ride-hailing firm Grab will be able to book driverless cars from Friday as it partners with a start-up testing the technology in Singapore, just days after rival Uber debuted its self-driving vehicles in the United States. The move comes as technology companies and automakers race to build autonomous vehicles and develop new business plans for what is expected to be a long-term makeover of personal transportation. Southeast Asia’s Grab said its app will allow a selected group of commut..>> view originalFeds cut ties with for-profit college monitor
Feds cut ties with for-profit college monitor ITT-linked agency vows to appeal decision Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press September 22, 2016 Photo: Jose Luis Magana, FRE FILE - In this July 8, 2014 file photo, an Everest Institute sign is seen in a office building in Silver Spring, Md. The Education Departme..>> view originalIndia to Acquire 36 Rafale Warplanes to Bolster Aging Air Force
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has finalized an order to buy dozens of warplanes from France in a long-delayed deal that will help modernize India’s aging air force.On Friday in New Delhi, the Indian and French defense ministers signed a contract to purchase 36 Rafale jets from Paris-based Dassault Aviation SA. The ceremony concluded India’s long search for a new multi-role combat aircraft and years of drawn-out negotiations.The Rafale deal comes as Modi attempts a $150 billion military moderniza..>> view original
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