US officials charged nine people in an international hacking and insider trading conspiracy that yielded more than $30 million in illegal trading on stocks based on non-public information, officials announced Tuesday. The scheme was engineered by a team of hackers and securities traders from Ukraine and the US states of Georgia, Pennsylvania and New York, according to an indictment released by the US Attorney’s office in New Jersey. Defendants then
NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of Burger King’s chicken fries may have the boy band One Direction and the website Buzzfeed to thank for the return of the skinny fried sticks.
Oil fell on Tuesday on concerns of weaker demand from China after the world’s top energy consumer devalued its currency and as OPEC signalled supplies from rivals were proving more resilient than expected to low prices. China’s central bank made a “one-off depreciation” of nearly 2 percent in the yuan after a run of poor economic data, guiding the currency to its lowest point in almost three years. A slowdown
NEW YORK (AP) — The Jackson family is thanking the doctors who have helped their ailing father, Joe Jackson, who is recovering from a stroke.
U.S. small business confidence rebounded in July from a 15-month low as owners anticipated solid sales and inventory growth, providing another boost to the economic outlook for the third quarter. Tuesday its Small Business Optimism Index increased 1.3 points to 95.4. About 1,495 businesses took part in the survey.
Tata Steel Ltd said on Tuesday import pressures on the Indian and European steel industries could intensify following the devaluation of the yuan, as a flood of cheap imports from China continues to impact profitability. Tata Steel, which said net profit in the June quarter more than doubled on the back of a one-time gain, has been hit by a combination of a slowdown in China and a devaluation of
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Nuclear power had been an integral source of electricity for Japan until the Fukushima crisis in 2011 led to the government shutting down all reactors. Question: How important was nuclear power for Japan’s electricity mix and how did it make up for the loss?
Nuclear power had been an integral source of electricity for Japan until the Fukushima crisis in 2011 led to the government shutting down all reactors. Question: How important was nuclear power for Japan’s electricity mix and how did it make up for the loss?
TOKYO (AP) — With the pull of a lever, control rods were lifted Tuesday from the reactor core at a plant in southern Japan, ending a ban on nuclear power following meltdowns at Fukushima in the northeast that forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes, most of them for good.