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MILAN (AP) — They called it “The Great Mother,” but organizers of an exhibit focusing on motherhood opening this week on the sidelines of the Milan Expo world’s fair may just as well have been called “Mamma mia.”
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(Reuters) – Infidelity website Ashley Madison and its parent company have been sued in federal court in California by a man who claims that the companies failed to adequately protect clients’ personal and financial information from theft, saying he suffered emotional distress. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles by a man identified as John Doe, seeks class-action status. The lawsuit accuses Ashley Madison and parent company
By Nathan Layne and Ritsuko Ando TOKYO (Reuters) – Tom Scott, a former U.S. executive at Toshiba Corp , remembers his former boss Atsutoshi Nishida as an aggressive leader who could motivate staff but also rattle them with tough sales targets and an occasional dressing down. “He gave me goals that scared the hell out of me,” Scott told Reuters after Nishida resigned as an adviser to Toshiba, along
Apple Inc’s Chief Executive Tim Cook took an unusual step of reassuring shareholders on Monday in comments to CNBC about the iPhone maker’s business in China ahead of a dramatic 13 percent drop and rebound in its stock that put it in positive territory. Chinese consumers are critical to fueling demand for iPhones, and a slump in the country’s stock market and Beijing’s recent devaluation of the yuan have shaken
SK Hynix Inc, the world’s No. 2 DRAM chip maker, on Tuesday said it plans to spend 31 trillion won ($25.94 billion) to build two new chip plants in South Korea, aiming to update its production technologies to boost competitiveness. The firm, which competes with rivals including Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Micron Technology Inc and Toshiba Corp, said the plants would be completed by 2024 but did not comment on
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The security researcher who hacked into a moving Jeep earlier this year has resigned as an engineer at Twitter Inc after three years on the job, a person familiar with the matter said. Charlie Miller, a former National Security Agency hacker who is the one of the world’s best-known security experts, declined to comment on his departure or say what he would do
The Federal Reserve might not be too worried about the billionaires who saw their net worth take a ten-figure hit during Monday’s plunge in equity prices, but monetary policymakers will have to be concerned about how the broader tightening in financial conditions could hurt the U.S. economy’s growth prospects going forward.
U.S. stocks jumped, attempting a bounce after a severe selloff, as a recovery in oil prices and overnight easing in China helped investor sentiment.