There had to be more to Batman’s principles than just “not killing,” thought the would-be criminal, glancing up from a locked fourth-floor safe to scan for the telltale (and absent) light of the Bat Signal. Really, though, most of Gotham thought he shouldn’t worry. It had taken a few years, and a lot of broken bones, but Batman’s improbable non-lethality slowly drifted from sarcastic theory to accepted law.
LONDON (AP) — An Italian surveillance company known for selling malicious software used by police bodies and spy agencies appears to have succumbed to a damaging cyberattack which sent documents and invoices ricocheting across the Internet.
For most Americans, this past weekend was one long celebration of national pride, as the Independence Day fireworks gave way to the Women’s World Cup final victory. But the US wasn’t alone in having a patriotic party; the Greeks were dancing in the streets on Sunday as well. Greece’s reasons for jubilation are a little more complex than the American ones, but the end result has been a rather similar
Microsoft is in the final phase of preparation ahead of the July 29 launch date for the next big update to its marquee software.
Nasser Hussain dishes the dirt about his fellow Sky Sports Cricket pundits, including who he thinks would be last to pay for a drink.
Greece is at the last chance saloon, thirsty and out of credit, and its next stop could be the badlands of euro exit.
The Greek economy may face more trouble after voters delivered a defiant no to the terms of a bailout, but tourists remain undeterred and the prospect of rock-bottom prices may even be increasing interest. Travel associations in Britain, Germany and France report no cancellations so far and say bookings have been strong. In fact, searches for flights to Greece from Britain and Spain are up in recent days, says travel
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese bond yields each rose 10 to 20 basis points on Monday after an overwhelming Greek vote against EU-prescribed austerity measures that could set Athens on a path out of the euro zone. The moves were modest, within the trading ranges of the past three weeks, as investor faith in the European Central Bank’s firewalls protected the weaker euro zone economies. The resignation of Greece’s combative Finance
Amid the country’s worst stock slump since 1992, President Xi Jinping’s government is dusting off its Communist Party playbook and unleashing all manner of state interventions to halt the slide in share prices. For now, though, the visible hand is back, with stabilizing equity markets as priority one. The Shanghai Composite Index has fallen 27 percent since its June 12 peak, posing policy makers with a dilemma: How to maintain
Growth at U.S. service industries picked up in June from a more than one-year low, signaling steady improvement in the biggest part of the economy. Homebuilders such as KB Home are optimistic that business will pick up alongside a strengthening recovery.