JPMorgan Chase, two other banks see no sign of fraud from cyberattacks The Los Angeles Times As the FBI and U.S. Secret Service investigated the scope of recent cyberattacks on U.S. financial institutions, the nation's largest banks said Thursday that they hadn't seen any unusual fraud activity from their customers' accounts. | Officials at ...
Hackers hit JPMorgan; FBI probing possible Russian government role The Los Angeles Times Russian hackers attacked the U.S. financial system in mid-August, infiltrating and stealing data from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and at least one other bank, an incident the FBI is investigating as a possible retaliation for government-sponsored sancti...
Bank managers in ASIC's sights Canberra Times ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell wants the power to more directly take action and impose penalties. Photo: Angus Mordant | The corporate regulator is seeking tougher powers to allow it to take action against bank managers when their financial planners...
Karzai sees Afghan presidential handover on September 2 Canberra Times Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, centre, whose claims of vote rigging led to US intervention and a massive audit of Afghan votes. Photo: AP | Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his successor will take office on September 2, des...
The amount Britons save has halved - here's why The Daily Telegraph Related Articles | Rebellion at the Bank of England: MPC split on interest rate decision 20 Aug 2014 | Britons borrow record amount to own home 20 Aug 2014 | Despite the decline, the average value of savings per household is now 4.5 times higher than...
Another ex-Rabobank trader pleads guilty to Libor rigging South China Morning Post A former senior trader at Rabobank pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to manipulate the yen's London interbank offered rate, becoming the second employee of the Dutch-based lender to admit guilt in a United States probe into alleged manipula...
Armenian gang associate gets 13 years in prison in identity-theft case The Los Angeles Times An Armenian gang associate was sentenced Monday to more than 13 years in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy aimed at stealing the account information of more than 80 elderly bank customers. | U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez orde...
Singer Sharon Corr: I’m not a good girl Belfast Telegraph Barry Egan finds Sharon Corr in feisty form, not wanting to be pigeon-holed as that nice girl from The Corrs anymore, as she bounces back from a struggle with anxiety that nearly crippled her on stage. | Sigmund Freud famously pondered the imponderable: “The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer...
Clooney’s ‘red-blooded bachelor party’ Belfast Telegraph George Clooney’s male friends are said to be throwing him a stag night at a strip club ahead of his wedding to Amal Alamuddin. | The Hollywood heartthrob proposed to his British attorney Amal Alamuddin in April and speculation is rife they are preparing to walk down the aisle soon. | And according to UK outlet The Daily Star, George’s male frie...
