Archive du mois : février 2018

Before this month, a drop of 10 percent from an all-time high in less than two weeks hadn’t happened since 1928. A look at other, similar sudden market breaks from history shows a relatively encouraging pattern of a fairly quick recovery. One has to look back to 1955, 1980 and 1986. There are also some…

Sort these wizards out.

GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has devised an immigration debate this week which can help an alliance of Democrats and roughly 15 business-first Republican Senators push an amnesty through the Senate while blocking President Donald Trump’s pro-American reforms. “I think this is an effort that is set up to fail [Trump and] is not set up to…

Investors welcomed a rare respite from volatility as U.S. stock futures resumed after a week that saw two of the biggest single-day percentage drops in seven years. “Futures can move around quite a bit, but what I will be watching for is a stable ‘green’ in the futures coming into tomorrow,” said Walter “Bucky” Hellwig,…

Waidhofen – Nach dem tödlichen Unfall einer jungen Frau bei einem Faschingsumzug in Oberbayern dauern die Ermittlungen an. Der Fahrer des Traktorgespanns, das die 24-Jährige überrollt hatte, stand nach Angaben der Polizei vom Montag nicht unter Alkoholeinfluss. Das ergab ein Bluttest. Die Frau war am Sonntag neben dem Anhänger hergelaufen und sollte für Sicherheit sorgen.…

Image copyright PA Image caption Harvey Weinstein is facing dozens of accusations of abuse New York prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the Weinstein Company, alleging that the studio failed to protect staff from Harvey Weinstein. The film producer is facing dozens of allegations of sexual abuse, including rape, but denies non-consensual sex. The lawsuit…

Earlier this week the European Parliament voted 384 to 153 to review whether Daylight Saving Time is actually worth it. Although the resolution it voted on was non-binding, the majority reflected a growing dissatisfaction with a system that’s been used by the US, Canada, most of Europe, and regions in Asia, Africa, and South America for…

We saw a pretty big event take place over the weekend where a 3rd party provider was compromised and their JS library was altered. The alteration introduced a crypto mining script that was then subsequently included on over 4,000 websites that I know of, many of which were Government websites… What happened I had a…

Though we’re just a few days into the 2018 Winter Games, it’s possible you’re already suffering from Olympics whiplash.  Signs of Olympics whiplash include:  Devotion to your country’s team. Regular googling of the time in Pyeongchang, South Korea A strong need to keep up with multiple concurrent events, despite the disheartening truth that it’s impossible…