The administration is launching the website stopransomware.gov to offer the public resources for countering the threat. BOSTON — The Biden administration will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of foreign state-sanctioned malicious activity against critical U.S. infrastructure — including ransomware attacks — and the […]
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Robinhood Markets Inc. revolutionized online trading. Now, as it prepares to list its own shares, the upstart broker is taking aim at a pillar of the traditional IPO process: lockups. When Robinhood shares start trading at the end of this month, employees will be able to sell 15% of their […]
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Here’s some of what happened while the world was distracted by the coronavirus: Hungary banned the public depiction of homosexuality. China shut Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy newspaper. Brazil’s government extolled dictatorship. And Belarus hijacked a passenger plane to arrest a journalist. COVID-19 has absorbed the world’s energies and isolated […]
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Fairs and rodeos plus BBQ, wine, jazz, lavender, water lantern, pride and art festivals are back after the pandemic pause. COLORADO, USA — County fairs are back in Colorado for the first time in nearly two years. The summer fair and carnival season kicks off this weekend with fairs in […]
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JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – The South African government on Wednesday (July 14) sought to deploy around 25,000 troops to curb unrest, now in its sixth straight day, amid fears of food and fuel shortages as disruption to farming, manufacturing and oil refining began to bite. Seventy-two people have died and more […]
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Police said they believe the girl was abducted Wednesday evening following a domestic violence incident. WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Just after midnight Thursday Westminster Police were notified by the Wyoming State Patrol that the one-year-old that was taken from her home in Westminster had been found south of Cheyenne. The girl’s […]
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Energy companies are raising money again from Wall Street at superlow borrowing costs, thanks in part to higher oil prices. The one thing most investors don’t want them to do with it is pump more crude. Speculative-grade energy companies, including oil producers, pipeline operators and refineries, have issued bonds in […]
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Singapore – This is a new regular series featuring the latest news in watches and all things horological. It helps when your head honcho is a 26-year-old avid gamer. Under chief executive officer Frederic Arnault’s stewardship, Swiss luxury watchmaker Tag Heuer has teamed up with Nintendo to come up with […]
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SINGAPORE – In an ideal match, Loh Kean Yew would soar, his racket reaching an apex of almost three metres, and blast cross-court smashes of over 300kmh into the corners. In rallies, he would scramble and do splits to retrieve well-placed shots, but frequently find the golf ball-sized sweet spot […]
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LONDON – K-pop mega boy band NCT’s Taeil has broken the record for the fastest time to reach one million followers on Instagram. According to the Guinness World Records website on Tuesday (July 13), the 27-year-old, whose full name is Moon Tae-il, reached seven digits worth of followers in just […]
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