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Lyft is raising another $250 million in funding

Feb 13, 2015

In an effort to combat the ride-sharing juggernaut that is Uber, Lyft is apparently about to raise another $250 million in...

Barnes & Noble buys back $27.7 million in Nook stock from Pearson

Dec 24, 2014

Barnes & Noble has paid Pearson $27.7 million in cash and stock to buy back its stake in the company’s...

One simple mistake led to the biggest hack on a US bank in history

Dec 24, 2014

The cyber attack on JPMorgan Chase in mid-2014 was the largest computer breach ever for a US bank. More than...

AT&T expands into Mexico with $2.5 billion acquisition of Iusacell

Nov 10, 2014

AT&T has agreed a deal to expand into Mexico with the acquisition of local carrier Iusacell. The $2.5 billion move...

HP’s merger with EMC has reportedly come to a close

Oct 15, 2014

Hewlett-Packard appears to have given up its quest to buy all or part of data-storage company EMC. On Wednesday, Palo...

Bitcoin value continues to plummet

Oct 6, 2014

$300, it’s the new $400. Sunday’s selloff managed to push the price of bitcoin below the $300 mark this morning,...

JPMorgan Chase hackers also attacked 8 other financial institutions

Oct 5, 2014

JPMorgan Chase, which was hit by a massive hack disclosed in August, was just one of 10 financial institutions infiltrated...

Lenders can remotely disable your car if you miss your loan payments

Sep 25, 2014

Utilizing a piece of hardware called the starter interrupt device, credit unions and other types of loan companies have started...

Alibaba’s IPO makes it bigger than Amazon and eBay combined

Sep 20, 2014

We'd heard that the US IPO for Chinese company Alibaba could be among the biggest ever, and it did not...

Lookout has raised $150 million to build a mobile anti-malware network

Aug 13, 2014

Things are really looking up for mobile security player Lookout. Lookout, based in San Francisco, has raised $150 million from...

Dell has started accepting payments made in Bitcoin

Jul 19, 2014

Still not sure what to do with all your bitcoins? Dell has a solution. The computer-maker is now accepting the...

New York has proposed the nation’s first comprehensive Bitcoin regulation

Jul 18, 2014

The New York Department of Financial Services has released it’s first draft of Bitcoin regulation in the form of BitLicenses,...