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01/14/2016 / By Julie Hill
IRS admits taxpayer account hack far more serious than initially reported
Another day, another lie/fib/untruth exposed in government. As WSJ reports, after initially admitting that a major security breach had gained unauthorized access to 100,000 US households tax returns, The IRS has now admitted that in fact more than 600,000 breaches (blamed on Russians) were attempted and an additional 390,000 taxpayers were potentially affected. (Article republished […]
09/30/2015 / By Julie Hill
Amazon takes workplace surveillance to the next level by incentivizing employees to report on each other
Amazon’s corporate offices encourage white collar employees to use an electronic reporting tool to tell their managers how their colleagues are doing on the job. Unsurprisingly, this practice results in some bad outcomes for workers. (Article republished from PrivacySOS.org.) From a fascinating and disturbing New York Times profile of Amazon’s unorthodox business practices: In 2013, […]
09/07/2015 / By Julie Hill
China in freefall: Currency war coming
BEIJING (AP) — China’s yuan fell further Wednesday, fueling concern about a possible “currency war” if other governments fight back with their own devaluations to compete in export markets. Shock waves from Tuesday’s 1.9 percent devaluation against the U.S. dollar, which was the yuan’s biggest change in a decade, spread through financial markets, causing stocks […]
08/21/2015 / By Julie Hill
Biggest slowdown in Chinese manufacturing in 6yrs
China’s production activity is showing further signs of a slowdown, with its key indicator, the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) at its lowest point since March 2009. The outlook from Caixin and Markit, published on Friday, shows the index fell to 47.1 from 47.8 in July. The 50 mark separates expansion from contraction, and the last time […]
08/21/2015 / By Julie Hill
S&P below 2K, Dow falls 300 points as growth concerns weigh
U.S. stocks plunged on Friday, extending a recent rout, as concerns about slowing global growth continued to pressure investor sentiment. ( Tweet This ) “Right now there is a feeling of fear in the marketplace and all news is interpreted negatively and it’s interpreted indiscriminately,” said Tom Digenan, head of U.S. equities as UBS Global […]
08/20/2015 / By Julie Hill
Travel misery for tens of thousands after air traffic control computer problem grounded flights across the East Coast
A system operated by the Federal Aviation Administration was back in service this afternoon after it experienced a problem earlier in the day that caused massive flight delays. (Article by Mia De Graaf and The Associated Press, republished from DailyMail.co.uk.) More than 100 flights were grounded in Washington, Baltimore and New York by the ‘technical […]
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