TLC specials to focus on Duggar daughters Jill and Jessa
NEW YORK (AP) — In the aftermath of TLC’s canceled “19 Kids and Counting,” the network is producing two or more specials that will focus on Duggar daughters Jill and Jessa.
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Escher museum accused of displaying copies of Dutch artist's work
Dutch artist M.C. Escher was a master of illusion. Some 150 works by Maurits Cornelis Escher are on view at the Escher Museum in The Hague, with the agreement of the M.C. Escher Foundation. “For the past 13 years they’ve been conning the public,” curator Mark Veldhuysen told AFP.
Uber says to shut service using non-professional drivers in Brussels
Uber Technologies Inc, the company behind the popular ride-hailing service, said on Thursday it would shut down its unlicensed service UberPOP in Brussels after losing a court case brought by a taxi operator. The closure is the latest setback to be dealt to Uber in Europe, where the company has faced numerous lawsuits and protests by conventional taxi companies who see the service, which operates through an app, as unfair
5.6 million fingerprints stolen in U.S. personnel data hack: government
By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hackers who stole security clearance data on millions of Defense Department and other U.S. government employees got away with about 5.6 million fingerprint records, some 4.5 million more than initially reported, the government said on Wednesday. The additional stolen fingerprint records were identified as part of an ongoing analysis of the data breach by the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Defense,
Volkswagen to pick Porsche chief as next CEO -source
Volkswagen’s supervisory board will pick the head of sports-car maker Porsche as its next chief executive to succeed Martin Winterkorn who resigned on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter told …
Dow falls triple digits as CAT weighs; Nasdaq negative for 2015
U.S. stocks fell more than 1 percent, pressured by declines in global markets, as investors awaited a post-close speech from Fed Chair Yellen.
US pursues case against Chinese army hackers
The May 2014 indictment of five Chinese soldiers accused of hacking US companies to steal trade secrets seemed to be the end of the road and the case had gone quiet. But US authorities are warning the …
US new-home sales surge 5.7 percent in August to 7-year high
Buoyed by steady job gains and low mortgage rates, Americans purchased new homes in August at the fastest pace in more than seven years. New-home sales surged 5.7 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted …
Caterpillar slashes revenue forecast, may cut up to 10,000 jobs
Shares of the world’s biggest construction and mining equipment maker, which has also been hit by a slowdown in industrial activity in China, fell as much as 8 percent to a five-year low of $64.65 on Thursday. Caterpillar said it expected revenue to fall for the third straight year in 2015, to $48 billion. Caterpillar said it would cut 4,000-5,000 jobs by the end of 2016, most of them in
An ill-tempered market, now stuck in a new range
With the tape acting ill tempered and untrustworthy, with many indicators showing late-cycle fatigue, investors are showing unease as they play the game of “We’ll see” on at least three broad fronts.