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Adobe Says Source Code, Customer Data Stolen By Hackers
Adobe Systems Inc. said on Thursday that hackers had stolen source code to some of its most popular software and data about millions of its customers. Security experts worry about the theft of source ...
Entertainment Insurers Re-Tune Policies After Michael Jackson Case
When Britney Spears takes the stage this December for the first of a heavily hyped 100-show two-year residency at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, the loudest cheers may come from her insurance ...
Tropical Storm Karen Forecast to Threaten U.S. Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Karen has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to make landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday morning. The tropical storm is located ...
EU Commissioner Recommends Solvency II Delay to 2016
The European Commission has officially proposed a postponement of the January 2014 start date for the implementation of Solvency II, according to a statement from Michel Barnier, the commissioner ...
U.K. Regulators Watching Impact of Capital Influx on Insurers
British regulators are scrutinizing the impact of the wave of capital from investors such as hedge and pension funds on the insurance industry. "The availability of this additional capital inevitably ...
Government Shutdown Could Trigger Delays in Civil Cases
U.S. Justice Department lawyers from New York to San Francisco are asking judges to delay civil cases as the government partially shuts down, and in Manhattan already won a halt to litigation except ...
Surge in Firms Based in Emerging Markets to Reshape Corporate World: McKinsey
The number of large emerging market companies will surge in coming years and they will become competitors but also customers for rich-country firms, according to a new study. Almost three-quarters of ...