Ransomware has long been plaguing American municipalities. It appeared to be another typical ransomware attack that impacted the city of Columbus, Ohio, this past July. The city’s response to the hack, however, was not, and it has cybersecurity and legal experts across the country questioning its motives.Connor Goodwolf (legal name is David Leroy Ross) is an IT consultant who plumbs the dark web as part of his job. “I track dark web-type crimes, criminal organizations, and stuff like what the Telegram CEO has been arrested for,” Goodwolf said.So when word got out that the city of Columbus, his hometown, had been breached,…
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A person wades through a flood-affected road, following heavy rainfall in Jesenik, Czech Republic, September 15, 2024.David W Cerny | ReutersAnother night of torrential rains pounding Central Europe forced massive evacuations in the hardest hit areas in the Czech Republic, where floods reached extreme levels on Sunday.Meteorologists have warned the situation still might get worse as waters in most rivers are rising, the flood wave made its way through the country and more heavy rains could return overnight.Authorities declared the highest flood warnings in almost 90 places across the country and in two northeastern regions that recorded the biggest rainfall…
September had a bumpy start for investors as volatility jolted markets in the first week, but dividend-paying stocks can help smooth the ride.Investors with a long-term investment horizon can ignore short-term noise to focus on stocks that have the potential to enhance their total portfolio returns through a mix of dividends and share price appreciation.To that end, the recommendations of top Wall Street analysts can help investors choose stocks with strong fundamentals and the ability to pay consistent dividends.Here are three dividend stocks, highlighted by Wall Street’s top pros on TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.MPLX LP We start…
It was a big week for Oracle . After a huge sell-off in tech in August, Oracle shares barely ended the month in the green. Last week was another story all together. The stock added 14% over the week, and touched a record high on Friday, as investors reacted to a robust revenue forecast for fiscal 2026 and beyond. Oracle is now the second-best performing technology stock this year behind Nvidia , up 54% this year. “Oracle has been able to create multiple AI capabilities that simply enhance the standard SaaS offerings and make the solution more powerful,” Barclays analyst…
The U.S. Federal Reserve is widely expected to finally start taking its foot off the interest rate brakes this week, and that will give authorities at China’s central bank room to act too. By extension, the move in Washington, D.C. could also spell good news for Chinese stocks. “U.S. monetary easing could be a catalyst for a rerating of growth sectors in Chinese markets, with growth outperforming value,” by an average of 44 percentage points, HSBC analysts said late last week, referring to the higher price-to-earnings ratios they think stocks in China may command. “We stress that earnings growth is…
Polaris Dawn commander Jared Isaacman emerges from SpaceX’s Dragon capsule during a spacewalk on Sept. 12, 2024.SpaceXA SpaceX capsule carrying four private citizens splashed down off the coast of Florida before dawn 3:36 a.m. ET on Sunday morning, ending a historic mission that included the world’s first all-civilian spacewalk.Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Scott “Kidd” Poteet and SpaceX engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon, returned to Earth in a Crew Dragon capsule, splashing down at off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico.”Polaris Dawn we are mission complete,” operators announced over the crackle…
An Air Canada Boeing 777-333(ER) is preparing to take off on the runway at Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on May 1, 2024. JoanValls | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAir Canada said early on Sunday it had reached a tentative agreement with its pilots union over a new four-year collective agreement, in a last-minute deal that will avert a near-term strike or lockout. Before the tentative agreement was reached, Canada’s largest airline had been preparing to progressively cancel flights over three days and to completely shut down its operations as early as 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT) on Wednesday, Sept. 18.Air…
Customers shop at a Samsung mobile store inside a shopping mall in New Delhi.Reuters | Anindito MukherjeeSamsung, Xiaomi and other smartphone companies colluded with Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart to exclusively launch products on the e-commerce firms’ Indian websites in breach of antitrust laws, according to regulatory reports seen by Reuters. Antitrust investigations conducted by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) have found that Amazon and Flipkart violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers, prioritizing certain listings, and steeply discounting products, hurting other companies, Reuters reported this week. The CCI’s 1,027-page report on Amazon also said the Indian…
Before we dive into Week 2, I want to share why many in the league were talking about training camp over the past couple days.We saw some teams come out of the gate looking conditioned and fierce — like the Chiefs, Steelers, and Lions, who are all known for their brutally tough practices (not to mention, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce didn’t miss one practice all summer). Compare that to teams that lost their Week 1 games because they looked out of shape, didn’t seem in sync, or — in cases like the Browns — looked like they didn’t want…
A car is an expensive purchase that often requires financing. Nearly 80% of new car buyers took out a loan or a lease in 2023, according to Experian, as did almost 38% of used car buyers. Your credit history significantly impacts whether you’ll get approved for a loan and what your rate you’ll be offered. But lenders calculate credit scores for auto loans differently than they do for a credit card, mortgage or personal loan or other forms of debt. Knowing how your score is determined and what score to aim for can help make the process less painful and confusing.Credit…
