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OS X El Capitan causing Outlook to freeze

Apple’s brand new OS X El Capitan update is not playing nice after users reported that Outlook has been sputtering to a halt since they refreshed their machines. First reported by V3, Outlook 2011 and 2016 users have been unable to retrieve Outlook emails using Apple’s brand new OS X version and neither company has an estimate on how long it will take to fix. Customers have been grumbling that

Europe-U.S. data transfer deal used by thousands of firms is ruled invalid

By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU’s highest court struck down a deal that allows thousands of companies to easily transfer data from Europe to the United States, in a landmark ruling on Tuesday that follows revelations of mass U.S. government snooping. Many companies, particularly tech firms, use the Safe Harbour system to help them get round cumbersome checks to transfer data between offices on both sides of the

Tesla’s Model X Mystery

Tesla Motors unveiled its Model X crossover vehicle last week. Analysts at Morgan Stanley, who have been bullish on the stock, lowered their delivery forecasts in a note Tuesday, due to average transaction prices that are “easily $10,000-$15,000 higher” than previously expected. Morgan Stanley now expects 20,000 deliveries of Model X in 2016, down from 25,000.

Monsanto slashing 2,600 jobs, buying back shares as sales fall

Monsanto, which also reported a much wider quarterly loss, said that along with the layoffs, its global restructuring would include “streamlining and reprioritizing” some commercial and research and development work, including an exit from the sugar cane business. Monsanto had 22,400 regular employees and 4,600 temporary workers, according to its 2014 annual report. To try to shore up investor confidence, the company announced a $3 billion accelerated share repurchase program

Wall Street Ignores Summer of Trump

Julian Gingold, a stockbroker at UBS Group, has a simple formula for deciding whom to back in the Republican presidential primary: the most conservative candidate who can win. Anthony Scaramucci, who runs a hedge fund-of-funds business, likens the choice to picking a top executive. In their midtown offices and Upper East Side townhouses, Wall Street financiers are sizing up presidential candidates and laying their bets, often with the same dispassionate