(Reuters) – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) had intensified its search for an information security chief in recent weeks, two people familiar with the effort told Reuters, before the high-profile account breach on Wednesday raised alarm about the platform’s security. The FBI’s San Francisco division is leading an investigation into Twitter’s hacking, …
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Spirit Airlines. Florida. It is not necessary to say much more. The combo delivered the commotion this week after a Spirit employee told three women in Fort Lauderdale that their flight to Philadelphia had been delayed. Here’s a clip from the scene, courtesy of Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool …
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“ ‘It is one thing to bet on Elon Musk, but another to bet against him. The guy specializes in pulling rabbits out of his hat. “ That’s Carson Block, the short seller behind Muddy Waters Capital, speaking to Bloomberg’s Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal in a podcast this week …
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The numbers: Initial jobless claims fell slightly in the second week of July to a post-pandemic low of 1.30 million, but the decline reluctantly points to continued stress on the economy as the United States struggles to cope with the latest outbreak of coronavirus. New claims for unemployment benefits, a …
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Text size Another day, another touch of technology. The Nasdaq Composite has been outperforming the rest of the market this year, but the preference for the heavy tech index appears to have ended this week. Shortly after Thursday’s opening, the Nasdaq Composite fell 1%, while the S&P 500 and Dow …
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