Month: November 2016

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Billionaire Steven A. Cohen’s former hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP will pay $135 million to settle a lawsuit by investors in the drugmaker Elan Corp, who said they lost money because of insider trading by one of his portfolio …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Glade Brook Capital Partners LLC is shutting its original hedge fund in favor of a new series of vehicles focused on big bets in public securities, it said in a letter to investors on Tuesday.

Rule 41 makes life easier for Feds, cops to go after Tor, VPN users, and malware victims

Three last-ditch legislative efforts to block the changes to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure have failed, and from tomorrow the Feds will find hacking your PC a lot less of a hassle.…

(Reuters) – James Strother, Wells Fargo & Co’s general counsel, who had originally planned to retire at year-end, will stay on indefinitely in the position to deal with fallout from the bank’s sales scandal, according to a bank spokesman.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Comma.ai, the tech startup that recently pulled the plug on its device to give cars limited self-driving capabilities after being reprimanded by U.S. regulators, has opened up its software secrets to the masses.

(Reuters) – Cloud storage provider Box Inc reported a smaller-than-expected loss as its efforts to attract customers paid off.

Alliansen är kritisk till regeringens förslag om att införa en flygskatt. Anders Åkesson (C) varnar för att den kan bli kontraproduktiv. ”Ett sänkt utsläpp från flyget inom Sverige kommer att öka förutsättningarna för tysk kolkraft att släppa ut koldioxid”, säger han.

Los Angeles TimesDrinking and driving? In Canada, you could get punished with Nickelback musicLos Angeles TimesCanadian police officers are turning to an alternative form of punishment in order to deter people from drinking and driving this holiday sea…

Många rektorer är extremt nöjda med olika sorters satsningar på vidareutbildning av personalen. Men betydligt färre är positiva till fler nationella prov. Det visar SVT Nyheters enkät med landets högstadierektorer.

På tisdag presenteras nästa Pisaundersökning från OECD, förra gången för tre år sedan rasade de svenska resultaten chockartat. Svenska rektorer anser att undersökningen fått för stor betydelse, och även forskare som SVT Nyheter talat med är kritiska. Men Pisa behövs, anser projektledaren för Pisa i Sverige.

(Reuters) – Apple Inc is expanding its support for the fight against AIDS through the (RED) charity founded by rock singer Bono, Chief Executive Tim Cook said in an interview ahead of World Aids Day.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A last-ditch effort in the Senate to block or delay rule changes that would expand the U.S. government’s hacking powers failed Wednesday, despite concerns the changes would jeopardize the privacy rights of innocent Americans and …