8 years ago050British bank Barclays agreed to pay $100 million to 44 US states to resolve an investigation into interest-rate manipulation.
It is the first lender to settle state probes into false rate submissions that inflated borrowing costs linked to the London and US dollar interbank offered rates.
The scheme to manipulate rates from 2005 to...
8 years ago050The company will pay between $25,000 and $200,000 for exploits
After years of reluctance to pay researchers for exploits, Apple has given in and is ready to hand out up to US$200,000 for critical vulnerabilities found in the latest version of iOS and the newest iPhones.
Apple announced the program Thursday at the Black Hat security...
8 years ago054Sheer Network Scale Offers Hope for Solving Related Challenges
Imagine the cybersecurity implications of a world in which hundreds of millions of people have a physical impairment that leaves them internet-connected.
Thanks to the "internet of things," that scenario is fast becoming reality in the form of internet-connected hearing...
8 years ago047JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a settlement with Indiana regulators related to its asset management business, and now other states are expressing interest in how Indiana built its case.
JPMorgan agreed on July 28 to pay $950,000 to settle claims by the Indiana secretary of state that the bank failed to disclose conflicts of...
8 years ago046Sony Corp (6758.T) said on Thursday it has agreed to sell a portion of its battery business to Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd (6981.T), as the electronics giant responds to slowing demand for smartphones.
The announcement comes as Sony banks on growth in its games business with the upcoming launch of its virtual reality headset, while it...
8 years ago046With its $1 billion-a-year investment in technology, UPS is empowering its intelligent logistics network with more efficient delivery routes that save money and reduce emissions while advancing such leading-edge tools as 3-D printing, drones and robotics.
“We really feel we are a technology company,” said David Abney, chairman and...
8 years ago047Snapchat is being dragged to a California federal court over a feature that outlines and maps the shape of your face.
Two Illinois residents in May sued Snapchat in California state court for allegedly capturing and storing facial recognition data without getting consent from users or disclosing how long it will be kept. The app’s...
8 years ago057Bankers highlighted key issues in financing power projects at a recent meeting convened by the Union power ministry with states.
They said some issues were low plant load factor (PLF), which ranges between 58 per cent and 62 per cent, far short of the normative PLF of 85 per cent.
They also cited lack of long-term power purchase...
8 years ago050As the internet social turf wars continue to mature, the land grab is becoming much better understood. With a few companies controlling 95 percent of the social data, the internet is more closed and much more controlled than ever before.
The term (and concept behind) big data has been thrown around a lot over the past 15 months. What...
8 years ago043The June 2016 big data market report indicates that global spending on big data technology is expected to surpass $46 Billion by the end of 2016. Besides profiling 150 leading ecosystem players in the Big Data arena, this report also covers 56 comprehensive vertical market case studies.
Complete report on global Big Data market spread...
8 years ago048Spend a decade or so evaluating the states and you begin to notice some patterns — states that perform consistently well in good times and bad, and states so competitive, businesses can't afford to ignore them.
In honor of our 10th annual America's Top States for Business study, we decided to put those apparent patterns to the test...
8 years ago044Xerox Corp (XRX.N), which is on track to split into two companies by the end of the year, has been in talks to acquire financial printing firm RR Donnelley & Sons Co (RRD.O), according to two people familiar with the matter.
The companies still have significant issues to negotiate and a deal is not imminent, according to one of...