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1.8KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Firefox Bug Targets Crypto Owners; Bitcoin Inventor Claims Escalate
Australian Craig Wright, who has declared himself the inventor of bitcoin, believes that a series of lawsuits will help him prove that...
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2.2KSecurity & FraudLawmakers Hit A Wall In Creating National Privacy Law
Efforts from lawmakers in the U.S. to come up with a national privacy law have hit a wall, with Senators unable to...
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2.8KSubscriptionsSinemia Shuts Down US Operations Amid Lawsuits
Sinemia, the movie theater subscription service that tried to take a page from MoviePass, is shuttering U.S. operations. The company, which had...
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6.3KLegalZillow Sues Competitor Compass Over IP Theft
Zillow has filed two lawsuits against Compass, accusing its rival of stealing Seattle-based Zillow’s intellectual property, as well as hiring employees who violated...
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5.0KLegalAs Biometrics Advances, Laws And Regulations Try To Catch Up
Biometrics are increasingly being relied upon to secure payments and commerce while making transactions more seamless for consumers, a trend that seems...
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8.0KAppleCourt Sides With Qualcomm In Apple Infringement Case
Apple was dealt a blow last week after a jury in federal court in San Diego sided with Qualcomm in their long-running...
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4.7KDigital PaymentsPayPal CEO Takes Stance On Hate Groups
PayPal Chief Executive Dan Schulman has opted to take a stance against groups promoting hate and laws that discriminate, even facing lawsuits...
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3.7KRegulationCalif Lawmakers Seek More Stringent Data Privacy Law
California lawmakers are looking to make their strictest-in-the-nation data privacy law even tougher. Last year, California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that provides...
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4.3KAuthenticationWhy Voice Authentication’s Doing Prison Time
What eventually becomes cutting-edge in retail and payments often originates in places that are dedicated to security, not commerce. New technology often...
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4.3KIPOUber IPO Lowered To $90B
A new report says that Uber’s valuation when it goes public is likely to be $14 billion less than its most recent...
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3.4KAuthenticationRegulators Debate Consumer Ownership Of Digital ID
Biometrics promise to take a larger role in authentication security in 2019, helping to stop online fraud and bringing speed, efficiency and...
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5.3KAmazoneBay Sues Amazon For Allegedly Poaching Marketplace Sellers
It seems eBay.com is going after Amazon, filing a lawsuit Wednesday (October 17) in which it contends Amazon illegally stole sellers from...
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3.6KSizzle/FizzleIPOs Sizzle Amid Stocks, While Ripple Gets Served
Sizzle IPOs: See a renaissance of sorts, topping $35 billion in 2018, amid the fastest pace in 20 years and among verticals...
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7.2KLegalWells Fargo Hit With Lawsuit Over Financing Fees
Wells Fargo is facing a new lawsuit, this time from the Texas jeweler J. Edwards Jewelry Distributing and the company’s president, John Silverman,...
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5.0KSecurity & FraudSome Equifax Victims Have Already Received Compensation
Among the more than 145 million U.S. consumers whose financial information was exposed in the Equifax hack, some have been able to...
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4.0KLegalVirtual Currency Case Could Determine CFTC’s Power Over Crypto
A case involving virtual currency My Big Coin could determine whether the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has the power to...
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4.6KAppleApple’s BatteryGate Replacement Could Hurt iPhone Sales
Apple’s move to offer replacement batteries for older iPhones at a discount could impact sales of its new iPhone 8 and iPhone...
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5.0KLegalUber Gets Sued Over Hack As SoftBank Weighs Price
More bad news for Uber: After revealing that it paid hackers $100,000 to keep quiet about stealing the personal information of 57...
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2.8KLegalWells Fargo Discloses Lawsuits Over Scandals
Wells Fargo, the embattled bank, disclosed in a regulatory filing that it is facing lawsuits over scandals in its auto lending and...
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8.7KCFPBPresident Trump Seals The Arbitration Deal
The White House announced that President Donald Trump signed a Congressional resolution allowing banks to block customers from filing class-action lawsuits. According...
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3.9KBusinessBlue Apron Lays Off 6 Percent Of Employees
Blue Apron, the struggling meal kit delivery service that has seen its share price decline close to 50 percent since its June...
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3.6KRidesharingDOJ Investigates More Allegations At Uber
Uber, the embattled ride-hailing company, is reportedly facing five or more criminal investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), two of...
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4.7KSecurity & FraudJudge Tells Wells Board, Execs They Can Be Sued
Wells Fargo’s current and former executives and directors have to face most of the lawsuits lodged against the company and its executives...
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4.1KCFPBStudent Loan Collection Draws CFPB Attention And Ire
The CFPB laid down some serious fines on National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts and its debt collector, Transworld Systems, Inc. The firms...
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4.1KAmazonAmazon Tracker: Where The Customers Are
Amazon is meeting its customers where they are. In the U.K., the eCommerce giant is letting shoppers load up their accounts using...
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3.4KRidesharingUber Drama Is Driving Execs Out
If you’ve been thinking lately, “You know who hasn’t seen enough drama this summer? Uber,” then you’re in luck. CNBC reports news that...
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3.8KNewsAs Dollar Tree Grows, Competitors Wither – And They’re Suing
So much for family ties. After merging with Family Dollar to create a 13,000-store behemoth in 2015, Dollar Tree has been accused...
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2.9KLegalWells Fargo Could Add $200M+ To Legal Bill
Wells Fargo is still facing heat from last year’s fraudulent accounts scandal, as lawsuits against the financial firm are reportedly piling up....
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1.8KBankingNew Bill Would Throw Out Wells Fargo Arbitration Clause
Wells Fargo customers got support from two Democrat lawmakers, who want consumers to be able to sue the bank in court over...
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3.5KNewsUS: Small Businesses Allowed To Sue Credit Card Giants Over Chip Readers
A judge is allowing small businesses to sue the major credit card companies for forcing them to adopt chip readers at the...
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And Now … The Brexit Lawsuits
Brexit lawsuits begin
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Why Amazon Is Suing Over An Exec That Jumped Ship To Target
There is a secret ingredient (or two) that goes into Amazon’s sauce (as it were), and apparently, the eCommerce giant is quite...
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2.8KNewsApple Faces Manufactured Obsolescence Lawsuit
Some unsatisfied customers have hit Apple with what is likely a largely unwanted late Christmas “gift.” The world’s most successful tech firm...
