Expedia’s Orbitz says 880,000 payment cards hit in breach
(Reuters) – Orbitz, a subsidiary of online travel agency Expedia Inc , said on Tuesday that hackers may have accessed personal information from about 880,000 payment cards.
EU to unveil plan to tax turnover of big U.S. tech firms
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will propose rules on Wednesday designed to make digital companies pay their fair share of tax and set to hit U.S. tech giants such as Google and Facebook .
Caution creeps into Asian trading ahead of Fed decision
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A hush settled over financial markets on Wednesday as investors anticipated a quarter point hike in the Federal Reserve’s policy rate and awaited guidance on how many more to expect this year, while trade war fears kept export nation…
Arizona says not time to rein in self-driving cars after Uber fatality
TEMPE, Ariz./DETROIT (Reuters) – Arizona officials said on Tuesday they saw no immediate need to tighten rules on the testing of self-driving cars in the state in reaction to a fatal accident involving an Uber autonomous vehicle that has focused attent…
Blackstone co-founder Peter Peterson dies, aged 91
(Reuters) – Billionaire Wall Street financier Peter Peterson, who co-founded private equity firm Blackstone and served as U.S. President Richard Nixon’s commerce secretary, died on Tuesday of natural causes, his family said. He was 91.
Cambridge Analytica CEO claims influence on U.S. election, Facebook questioned
LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The suspended chief executive of Cambridge Analytica said in a secretly recorded video broadcast on Tuesday that his UK-based political consultancy’s online campaign played a decisive role in U.S. President Donald Trump…
Salesforce to buy MuleSoft for $5.9 billion
(Reuters) – Salesforce.com Inc said on Tuesday it would buy U.S. software maker MuleSoft Inc for about $5.90 billion in a cash-and-stock deal, illustrating CEO Marc Benioff’s push to bolster the company’s cloud-based portfolio with new technology.
G20 sees need for ‘dialogue,’ fails to diffuse trade war threat
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The world’s financial leaders rejected protectionism on Tuesday and urged “further dialogue” on trade, but failed to diffuse the threat of a trade war days before U.S. metals tariffs take effect and Washington is to announce me…
Spotify CEO eligible to sell up to $2 billion stake in public listing
(Reuters) – Daniel Ek, the CEO and co-founder of streaming music leader Spotify Technology SA , is eligible to sell up to 15.8 million shares of the company worth up to $2 billion in its direct listing, the company disclosed in a filing on Tuesday.
Cambridge Analytica CEO claims influence on U.S. election, Facebook faces questions
LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The suspended chief executive of Cambridge Analytica said in a secretly recorded video broadcast on Tuesday that his UK-based political consultancy’s online campaign played a decisive role in U.S. President Donald Trump…
