More bad blood between Diamondbacks and Pirates A look at what's happening around the majors today: ___ BAD BLOOD The Pirates and Diamondbacks already had a history of ill will toward each other dating to 2014 before Arizona's Chris Iannetta was hit in the face by a fastball from reliever […]
Shoemaker shuts down Tigers, Trout homers in Angels 7-0 win Matt Shoemaker finally showed off his 2016 form. Shoemaker held the Detroit Tigers to three hits in six innings, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-0 victory on Friday night. "That looks like Shoemaker when he's on," Angels manager Mike […]
Microsoft adds detection, protection against global cyberattack Microsoft said on Friday its engineers had added detection and protection against a ransomware attack that had disrupted hospitals in England and infected computers in dozens of other countries around the world. "Today our engineers added detection and protection against new malicious software […]
Telefonica, other Spanish firms hit in "ransomware" attack Telefonica, other Spanish firms hit in "ransomware" attack:- Spain said on Friday a large number of companies, including telecommunications giant Telefonica (TEF.MC), had been infected with malicious software known as "ransomware" which locks up computers and demands ransoms. The hacking was carried […]
Global cyber attack fuels concern about U.S. vulnerability disclosures Global cyber attack fuels concern about U.S. vulnerability disclosures:- A global cyber attack on Friday renewed concerns about whether the U.S. National Security Agency and other countries' intelligence services too often hoard software vulnerabilities for offensive purposes, rather than quickly alerting […]
Major cyber attack hits companies, hospitals, schools worldwide Major cyber attack hits companies, hospitals, schools worldwide:- A global cyber attack leveraging hacking tools believed to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency has infected tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries, disrupting Britain's health system and […]
Southern Co to manage construction of Georgia nuclear plant Southern Co's (SO.N) Georgia Power and Toshiba Corp's (6502.T) Westinghouse have reached a tentative deal to transfer project management of the expansion of a Georgia nuclear power plant to units of Southern Co, Georgia Power said in a statement on Friday. […]
NLRB files complaint against VW over practices at Tennessee plant The U.S. National Labor Relations Board has filed an unfair labor practices complaint against Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) for hiking health insurance premiums and changing working hours of a group of skilled workers who voted for union representation in 2015. The […]
U.S. court puts hold on 'too big to fail' case involving MetLife A U.S. appeals court on Friday granted a 60-day pause in the long-running case in which the country's largest life insurer, MetLife Inc, has challenged the federal government's labeling of it as "too big to fail," as the Trump […]
High-profile Snap stakeholders revealed in filings Some of the biggest U.S. mutual and hedge funds, including Daniel Loeb's Third Point and Daniel Och's Och-Ziff Capital Management (OZM.N), owned stakes in Snap Inc (SNAP.N), parent of the wildly popular Snapchat messaging app, at the end of March, regulatory filings on Friday […]
