BP said Tuesday it is ready to defend itself in court over civil liability charges brought against it in the US over the Macondo oil spill after attempts to settle out of court failed. BP late last year agreed with the US Department of ...
Microsoft and Symantec have dismantled a botnet that took over millions of computers for criminal activities such as identity theft and click fraud. The Bamital botnet threatened the US$12.7 billion online advertising industry by ...
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For the first time, a major botnet take-down has included direct victim notification that warns users their PCs are infected and shows them how to scrub clean their machines. Yesterday's take-down of the Bamital botnet by Microsoft and ...
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Software vendors Microsoft and Symantec have "taken down" the Bamital botnet following a joint investigation lasting more than three years. The operation involved shutting down servers that were being used to control hundreds of thousands ...
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Microsoft and Symantec on Wednesday announced that they have dismantled a botnet that took over millions of computers for criminal activities such as identity theft and click fraud. The Bamital botnet threatened the $12.7 billion online ...
US-based Dole Food has received clearance from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce to sell its worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh produce business to Japanese trading house Itochu for $1.68bn in cash. The two companies had signed an ...
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Artcraft Fluorescent Lighting Corporation was one of the three most influential business forces in fluorescent lighting fixture development and production in the United States from the commercial introduction of the fluorescent lamp at the ...
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A satellite operator's proposal to offer an extra channel of Wi-Fi might actually give average Wi-Fi and Bluetooth users less bandwidth, according to some industry groups that have commented on the plan in filings to the FCC. The plan by ...
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Motorola Mobility has withdrawn its claims with regard to its standard-essential patents in its complaint against Microsoft's Xbox before the U.S. International Trade Commission. The move comes after Microsoft told the ITC in a filing ...
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Google has achieved what can only be described as a victory after an investigation into unfair search result manipulation by the US Federal Trade Commission. The FTC yesterday released its verdicts on two charges levelled against Google ...
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China's competition officials are still weighing Dole Food Co's deal to sell its global packaged food and Asian fresh businesses to Japan's Itochu Corp, forcing the two firms to delay completion of the sale. Dole had hoped to sign-off ...
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DNO International has announced that its long-serving Managing Director, Helge Eide (pictured), is stepping down effective 31 December 2012. “After almost 17 years at DNO International, including the past 13 years as Managing ...
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Security National Financial Corporation (SNFCA), through its wholly owned subsidiary Security National Life Insurance Company, has completed a coinsurance transaction with Mothe Life Insurance, and DLE Life Insurance Company. Further ...
IDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission rushed to judgment in giving permission in early 2011 for startup LightSquared to offer LTE service in a band of wireless spectrum next to a band used by GPS devices, several ...
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Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, a part of Allianz group has within the legal department. Fischer, who replaces general counsel Gretchen Cepek, will be responsible for leading the Legal department's oversight of business ...