Long Island Iced Tea Becomes Long Island Blockchain; Stock Surges 300 Percent
Long Island Iced Tea Becomes Long Island Blockchain; Stock Surges 300 Percent
December 22, 2017  |  Investments

Need more evidence that the cryptocurrency craze is taking a page from the dotcom boom of the early 1990’s? Check out Long Island Iced Tea...

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Hackers Targeted Russian Bank Globex’s SWIFT System
Hackers Targeted Russian Bank Globex’s SWIFT System
December 22, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Russian bank Globex revealed that hackers attempted to steal 55 million rubles ($940,000) using the SWIFT international payments messaging system, in the latest attempted cyber...

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Number Of Remote Card Payments Rose 16.6 Percent Last Year
Number Of Remote Card Payments Rose 16.6 Percent Last Year
December 22, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Credit card payments jumped sharply from 2015 to 2016, surpassing all other types of card payments, the Federal Reserve said in a new report on...

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Sizzle Fizzle: Electric Cars Sizzle, Toys”R”Us Fizzles And The Speaker Wars Wage On
Sizzle Fizzle: Electric Cars Sizzle, Toys”R”Us Fizzles And The Speaker Wars Wage On
December 22, 2017  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle of The Week: The Speaker Wars As the clock runs down toward Christmas, there are two less than totally serious “wars” one could choose...

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Bitcoin Goes Bust — Drops 25 Percent Of Value In 24 Hours
Bitcoin Goes Bust — Drops 25 Percent Of Value In 24 Hours
December 22, 2017  |  Bitcoin

What goes up, must come down. Bitcoin went up — all the way up, making it over the $20K per unit mark. Now bitcoin is...

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Ransomware Demands Jump As Bitcoin Price Soars
Ransomware Demands Jump As Bitcoin Price Soars
December 22, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Chubb, one of three insurance agencies that has seen an increase in claims tied to ransomware cyberattacks, is blaming bitcoin for the surge. In an...

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Daimler Buys Majority Stake In French Ridesharing Company
Daimler Buys Majority Stake In French Ridesharing Company
December 22, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Daimler’s Daimler Mobility Services announced news on Thursday (Dec. 21) that it has acquired a majority stake in Chauffeur Privé, one of the leading private...

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Santa To Bring Speakers, Not Wearables, This Christmas
Santa To Bring Speakers, Not Wearables, This Christmas
December 22, 2017  |  Retail

Smart speakers from the likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft are expected to beat out wearable devices this holiday shopping season as the digital device...

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The CFPB Will Delay Implementation Of New Prepaid Card Rule
The CFPB Will Delay Implementation Of New Prepaid Card Rule
December 22, 2017  |  CFPB

The CFPB has released its updated regulatory agenda for 2018 — and it looks like the prepaid card final rule passed earlier this year will...

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