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Square's IPO to price this week: CNBC

(Reuters) – Mobile payments company Square Inc’s initial public offering will be priced this week and its shares will be listed the week before Thanksgiving, CNBC said in a tweet, citing sources. Square’s roadshow, which will likely take Dorsey across the globe to drum up interest for an IPO, will begin next week, CNBC said in the tweet.

HP Inc shares soar, HPE's volatile in first day of trade since split

Shares of HP Inc , which houses the legacy printer and PC business, soared as much as 14.4 percent on Monday, while those of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co , considered the faster-growing of the two, fell as much as 5.8 percent. The shares of the two companies, carved out of Hewlett-Packard Co, were trading for the first time since the formal split on Sunday. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) shares rose

Trek's back! New Star Trek TV series to premiere in January 2017

So the most exciting TV news of the day is hands-down the news that a brand new Star Trek TV series is in the works. It was originally broken by Hollywood Reporter, claiming that Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness producer, Alex Kurtzman, was helming the project and looking for a writer. Then Startrek.com announced the official news that CBS Television Studios is creating the show for its on-demand

U.S. and UK to test financial cyber-security later this month

The United States and Britain will test later this month how its regulators would respond if their financial sectors suffered a major cyber-attack or broader IT problems, a British official said on Monday. The test, for which no date has yet been set, will focus on how regulators for the world’s two biggest financial centers in New York and London communicate in an emergency, a spokesman for British government cyber-security

Vodafone says hackers broke into nearly 2,000 customer accounts this week

Vodafone UK said on Saturday hackers had accessed the accounts of 1,827 of its customers this week, the second cyber attack on a British telecoms company this month. The attackers had potentially gained access to the victims’ bank sort codes and the last four numbers of their bank accounts, along with their names and mobile telephone numbers, a Vodafone spokesman said. “This incident was driven by criminals using email addresses

Vodafone says hackers broke into nearly 2,000 customer accounts this week

Vodafone UK said on Saturday hackers had accessed the accounts of 1,827 of its customers this week, the second cyber attack on a British telecoms company this month. The attackers had potentially gained access to the victims’ bank sort codes and the last four numbers of their bank accounts, along with their names and mobile telephone numbers, a Vodafone spokesman said. “This incident was driven by criminals using email addresses

Tech firms on alert as U.S. top court takes up class action case

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court will consider on Monday whether to nip in the bud a class action lawsuit against online search service Spokeo Inc in a case closely watched by Silicon Valley companies that face similar claims. If the court rules for Pasadena, California-based Spokeo and finds that a consumer lawsuit cannot proceed when the plaintiff cannot show he is being harmed, it could

Tech firms on alert as U.S. top court takes up class action case

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court will consider on Monday whether to nip in the bud a class action lawsuit against online search service Spokeo Inc in a case closely watched by Silicon Valley companies that face similar claims. If the court rules for Pasadena, California-based Spokeo and finds that a consumer lawsuit cannot proceed when the plaintiff cannot show he is being harmed, it could

UK police make third arrest over TalkTalk cyber attack

British police have made a third arrest in connection with a cyber attack this month on telecoms company TalkTalk in which the company said bank details of more than 20,000 customers were hacked. A 20-year-old man from Staffordshire, central England, was being held in custody and his address was being searched, London police said in a statement.

UK police make third arrest over TalkTalk cyber attack

British police have made a third arrest in connection with a cyber attack this month on telecoms company TalkTalk in which the company said bank details of more than 20,000 customers were hacked. A 20-year-old man from Staffordshire, central England, was being held in custody and his address was being searched, London police said in a statement.