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Huawei threatened with United Kingdom ban following "shoddy" Westminster work
Espionage risks from the Chinese telecoms company Huawei are the result of "shoddy" engineering, an expert at the government's surveillance agency has said. Part of the problem is that Huawei is already incumbent in numerous UK's existing networks. In the United States, the firm is locked in a battle with authorities over claims it is involved in espionage, theft and fraud. [Full Article...]
Researchers find Facebook 'hosted' cybercriminal groups selling stolen info
The groups were sizeable: Combined, they had about 385,000 members. "These groups violated our policies against spam and financial fraud and we removed them", Facebook said in a statement to media. "In most groups, there is a particular etiquette and form to the posts". Nearly all transactions are "you first" (written as "U_f", "uf", etc.), meaning the person interested in making the purchase or... [Full Article...]
Nissan shareholders sack Carlos Ghosn from board
The wife of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn says she left Japan because she felt she was in danger following her husband's latest arrest. Proceedings were at times interrupted by some hecklers on the floor of the meeting, which was attended by a near record-high 4,100 shareholders. [Full Article...]
Cain, Moore nominations for Federal Reserve seats on track: Kudlow
Trump has been a sharp critic of the interest rate policy set by the Federal Reserve, repeatedly blaming the USA central bank and its chair, Jerome Powell, for slowing down the economy, despite the Fed recently saying that it foresees no rate hikes in the year ahead. [Full Article...]
Fisher-Price Issues Warning About Their Infant Sleepers After 10 Deaths Reported
The children who died in the sleeper were older than 3 months and, while unrestrained, managed to roll on their stomachs or sides before they died, BuzzFeed News reports. In response to the US CPSC, Fisher Price said in a statement the company had a "long, proud tradition of prioritising safety" with regards to its products. [Full Article...]
United Kingdom companies urged to boost efforts to close gender pay gap
This is the second year that all companies and charities in Britain with more than 250 employees - covering nearly half the country's workforce - have had to report their gender pay gap . Caroline Prendergast, interim chief people officer, previously said: "We are far from satisfied with the status quo and not complacent, yet it may take a few years before we can realistically expect an improveme... [Full Article...]
United Express lands after cockpit screens start to go blank | AP business
According to the Knoxville News Sentinel , United Flight 4390 took off from Knoxville, Tennessee, en route to Houston when the pilot was forced to call for an emergency landing at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport . "If we'd continued, eventually I'd be flying blind", the pilot states. Rodney Giles, who said on Twitter his parents were on Flight 4390, tweeted a video of a crew memb... [Full Article...]
State Lawmakers Move On Bipartisan Cannabis Market Bills
Hemp-derived CBD is a bit of a debated topic amongst cannabis advocates, business owners, growers, and so on. "I have to be careful not to call customers patients", he acknowledged. Bon Appetit offers a CBD caramel sauce recipe , "drizzled over a brownie or slice of pound cake whenever you want the chill effect". Along with Gottlieb's press statement, FDA also revamped its Q&A on cannabis pr... [Full Article...]