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Microsoft Discloses Customer Hack Tied to SolarWinds Cyberattackers

June 25, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Microsoft Discloses Customer Hack Tied to SolarWinds Cyberattackers
Hackers previously linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service were behind the recent attack on a Microsoft customer support system.

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Consumer Spending Is Primed to Fuel Summer Growth

June 25, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Consumer Spending Is Primed to Fuel Summer Growth
Household spending leveled off last month as consumers pulled back on big-ticket goods purchases and spent more on services.

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Hotels’ and Restaurants’ Rebound Summer Held Back by Shortages of Everything

June 25, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Hotels’ and Restaurants’ Rebound Summer Held Back by Shortages of Everything
Just when demand is surging, hospitality businesses are squeezed from all sides, including a lack of workers and rising costs of supplies. One executive has a weekly call to find out which foods have become unavailable.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters to Host Bowl for Kids Sake Fundraiser

June 25, 2021 Erin Slifka 0

(Joplin, MO) – Bowl for Kids’ Sake is Big Brothers Big Sisters’ signature fundraiser. Every year, half a million people across America come together to have fun and raise money to support Big Brothers Big […]

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Pfizer Suspends Global Distribution of Smoking-Cessation Pill Chantix

June 25, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Pfizer Suspends Global Distribution of Smoking-Cessation Pill Chantix
Pfizer said that as a precaution it suspended distribution of Chantix while determining the extent of the contamination with a likely carcinogen known as nitrosamines.

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Tesla Shareholder Panasonic Sells Stake for $3.6 Billion

June 25, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Tesla Shareholder Panasonic Sells Stake for $3.6 Billion
Panasonic said the move wouldn’t affect its supply of batteries to Tesla; the move highlights the more arm’s-length relationship that has developed between the partners.

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Toshiba Shareholders Oust Chairman in Landmark for Foreign Activists

June 25, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Toshiba Shareholders Oust Chairman in Landmark for Foreign Activists
The ousting of Osamu Nagayama, a longtime pillar of Japan’s corporate world, followed an uproar over collaboration between the firm’s management and the government to stifle foreign investors.

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Didi Sets Valuation Target of $62 Billion to $67 Billion in IPO

June 24, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Didi Sets Valuation Target of $62 Billion to $67 Billion in IPO
The Chinese ride-hailing company is looking to raise $3.9 billion at the midpoint of its price range.

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Google Delays Cookie Removal to Late 2023

June 24, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Google Delays Cookie Removal to Late 2023
The Alphabet unit said its Chrome internet browser will stop supporting a user-tracking technology called third-party cookies by late 2023, nearly two years later than its initial time frame of early 2022.

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Google, Facebook, Amazon Set to Fight House Tech Antitrust Package

June 24, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Google, Facebook, Amazon Set to Fight House Tech Antitrust Package
The Judiciary Committee approved far-reaching legislation to curb the market dominance of tech giants.

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