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Weather Channel Sued by L.A. Over Allegations It Misused Consumer Location Data
The city of Los Angeles is suing International Business Machines Corp.'s Weather Channel unit, accusing the company of misleading consumers about how their location data was being used. In a ...
Marriott Now Says Fewer Than 383 Million Customers Hit by Massive Hack Attack
Marriott International Inc said on Friday that fewer than 383 million customer records were stolen in a massive cyber attack disclosed last month, down from its initial estimate that up to 500 ...
Nationwide Acquires Program Manager E-Risk Services, With an Eye on E&S Expansion
Nationwide said it has acquired E-Risk Services LLC, a privately held program manager specializing in management lines products. Neither side is disclosing financial specifics of the deal, which ...
Berkshire Hathaway Shares Keep Falling Despite Buybacks
Warren Buffett's revamped stock-repurchase policy can't seem to keep Berkshire Hathaway Inc. from falling. Berkshire's stock fell the most in 11 months on Thursday as some of its biggest equity ...
Berkley Hires Former Chubb Exec in Series of Executive Changes
W.R. Berkley Corp. hired on a former Chubb executive as part of a series of executive changes and promotions, both in the main company and in a key business unit. The insurer said it appointed Philip ...
U.S. Newspapers Struck by Cyber Attack Turned to ‘Workaround Systems’
Tribune Publishing Co used "workaround systems" to help print major U.S. newspapers including the Los Angeles Times on Sunday and Monday as the company recovers from a cyber attack, a source familiar ...
A New Way to Fight Cyber Attacks: Artificial Intelligence
Last year, Microsoft Corp.'s Azure security team detected suspicious activity in the cloud computing usage of a large retailer: One of the company's administrators, who usually logs on from New York, ...
The Latest Launches From Marsh and Travelers
Marsh debuted what it is billing as a "next-generation online cyber self-assessment tool." Travelers will start providing U.S. auto claims services for a major ridesharing startup. *** Marsh has ...