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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Examines Threat to Wall Street from Cyber Attacks

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will examine, according to Bloomberg News, the exposure of stock exchanges, brokerages and also…

U.S. Stocks Fluctuated

Oil reportedly advanced while gold slipped, as U.S. stocks fluctuated following yesterday’s biggest drop in a month, according to Bloomberg…

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. to Pay $17.9 Billion to Creditors

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a New York  based global financial services firm. Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the…

Everything That Can be Grown or Raised is Beating Stocks First Quarter

Last year the agricultural index dropped 22 percent, but this year measures of crops and livestock in the S&P GSCI…

Blackberry Sues Former Executive Vice President of Development

Sebastien Marineau-Mes, BlackBerry’s former senior vice-president for software was sued by the company, according to Liberty Voice, stopping him from…

FBI Thwarts Plan to Fraudulently Obtain Union Job for Son of Mafia Leader

A criminal complaint was unsealed on Thursday in a federal court, Eastern District of New York, charging five men in…

Federal Judiciary Working to Hire Staff and Public Defenders

House lawmakers on Capitol Hill were told today that the federal courts are planning to backfill staff and public defender…

Bank of America Agrees to $9.5 Billion Settlement

Bank of America Corp. agreed to a $9.5 billion settlement over claims tied to faulty mortgages according to Bloomberg News.…

U.S. Soybean Supply “Near Critically Low”

Soy stockpiles in the U.S., where farmers harvested the third-largest crop ever just six months ago, according to Bloomberg News,…

Facebook Buys Virtual Reality Product Company Oculus VR for $2 Billion

Social media giant Facebook has announced it is buying Oculus VR, a California-based company that creates virtual reality products, for…

Luxottica and “The Top 10 Google Glass Myths”

Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display that is being developed by Google in the Project…

Chris Christie’s Administration Changes Violated State Law

Bloomberg News has reported that New Jersey must begin amending or repealing the state’s climate-change regulations within 60 days. A…