Many of the domain names used by a cybercriminal gang to control computers infected with the Virut malware were disabled last week in a coordinated takedown effort, Spamhaus, an organization dedicated to fighting spam, announced Saturday. ...
E&A Industries, a privately held company based in Indianapolis, recently purchased Lysse, a New York based apparel company specializing in body-slimming fashions. Terms for the deal are undisclosed. Lysse burst on to the American ...
Tags: E&A Industries, Lysse, apparel company, body-slimming fashions
By Omar al-Shaher, for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Privately held Iraqi banks have almost entirely relinquished their traditional functions ...
Tags: Questions, Private Banks, Iraq
The Co-operative Bank could write-down up to £200m of IT investments if it finalises a proposed acquisition of 632 Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) branches. The Co-op Bank's annual profits could be impacted significantly if its ...
The Virut botnet suffered a major setback last week, after it was announced that many of the domain names used by a cybercriminal gang to control computers infected with the malware had been disabled. This was the result of coordinated ...
The current managing director of Wesfarmers Insurance, Rob Scott, will become finance director of Coles in February. Wesfarmers’ managing director Richard Goyder said Mr Scott has performed extremely well in significantly improving ...
Tags: Wesfarmers Insurance, managing director, operational performance
EquiTrust Life Insurance has teamed up with InsurMark to distribute its competitive suite of annuity and life products to independent agents. InsurMark president Steve Kerns said, "EquiTrust offers one of the best portfolios on the ...
Australian supermarket group Coles has appointed Rob Scott as its finance chief. Scott, currently managing director of Wesfarmers Insurance, will take up the finance director role from February. He replaces the outgoing Tony Buffin who ...
Tags: supermarket group, Scott, Finance Chief
The Shylock home banking malware has been updated with new functionality that allows it to spread automatically using the popular Skype Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and instant messaging client. Shylock, named after a character from Shakespeare's ...
Tags: banking malware, Shylock, Skype Voice-over-IP, network security
Sharp has drastically cut-back production of 9.7-inch touchscreens for Apple's iPad, shifting its focus to the 7.85-inch screens that it makes for the iPad Mini at its Kameyama plant in Japan. The news caps a slowdown that began in ...
Tags: Sharp, touchscreens, Apple, iPad
A few days ago, in the third general meeting of China Trust Industry Association, Hwabao Trust is elected vice president unit of China Trust Industry Association. This means that Hwabao Trust is growing fast and has a rising position in the ...
Tags: Hwabao Trust, Vice President, China, Trust Industry Association
The Australian sharemarket closed at a 19-month high as firming expectations of a February interest rate cut helped banking stocks. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 18.3 points, or 0.38 per cent, higher at 4756.6 ...
Canada-based diversified financial services company Western Financial Group (Western) has acquired First Insurance Agencies, for an undisclosed sum. The latest acquisition, which represents the third takeover in Vancouver Island in the ...
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 ...
Tags: Artcraft Fluorescent Lighting Corporation, Lighting Brands
The Australian sharemarket closed half a per cent higher, buoyed by the big banks and a major restructure by Boral, one of the nation's biggest manufacturers. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 21.8 points, or 0.46 ...
Tags: Stocks, Australian sharemarket, share price