UP SHIM CREEK — Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits Buffer overflow in bootloader shim allows attackers to run code each time devices boot up. Dan Goodin – Feb 7, 2024 1:37 am UTC Enlarge reader comments 37 Linux developers are in the process of patching a high-severity vulnerability that, in certain
Thianchai Sitthikongsak | Moment | Getty Images Mortgage demand is struggling to contend with what appears to be another upswing in interest rates. Homebuyers in particular are pulling back. Total mortgage application volume rose 3.7% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. That was all due
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Standard Chartered has sounded out UK political heavyweights Sir Charles Roxburgh and Sir Sajid Javid as potential candidates for its next chair when José Viñals steps down. Executive search firm Spencer Stuart has been gauging
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The focus shifted fully into the primary market Tuesday as the secondary took a backseat to large new-issues pricing in both negotiated and competitive markets while U.S. Treasuries halted its two-day sell off to see gains on the day. Equities ended mixed. Munis were little changed Tuesday, as UST yields fell six to nine basis
A struggling Iowa hospital’s sale to its primary competitor through a bankruptcy proceeding has closed. In a case filing by Iowa City-based Mercy Hospital, the notice of sale closing made official the hospital’s sale to the University of Iowa through the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. Mercy filed for bankruptcy in August, thwarting a push by
In this article WE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Adam Neumann, Founder and former CEO of WeWork. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Billionaire Adam Neumann is trying to buy back bankrupt real-estate company WeWork, which he founded in 2010 and was ousted from in 2019, DealBook reported Tuesday. Neumann, his startup Flow and Dan Loeb’s
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump cannot use presidential immunity as a shield against criminal charges over alleged interference in the 2020 presidential election, a US federal appeals court has ruled. In a unanimous decision handed down on Tuesday,
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Loading… Loading… Benzinga has announced the launch of a new and unique dataset offering that allows its users to access summaries of analyst reports with bullish and bearish views on individual stocks. The new offering, Bulls Say/Bears Say is available to subscribers on the Initial Data Offering (IDO) platform and is designed to streamline decision-making
What now? — A puzzling illness paralyzed US kids every other yearuntil it didnt Researchers braced for a surge in 2022 that never cameand no one knows why. Beth Mole – Feb 5, 2024 3:06 pm UTC Enlarge / This thin section transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image reveals numerous spheroid-shaped Enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68) virions.CDC/ Cynthia S.
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“Be creative” — 4chan daily challenge sparked deluge of explicit AI Taylor Swift images New AI image filters are “just another obstacle to defeat,” researcher says. Ashley Belanger – Feb 5, 2024 9:02 pm UTC EnlargeAxelle/Bauer-Griffin / Contributor | FilmMagic reader comments 143 4chan users who have made a game out of exploiting popular AI
Surely US regulators will help us… — Google and Mozilla dont like Apples new iOS browser rules Google and Mozilla want iOS’s new EU browser rules to apply worldwide. Ron Amadeo – Feb 5, 2024 8:36 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 257 Apple is being forced to make major changes to iOS in Europe,
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China’s national chip champions expect to make next-generation smartphone processors as early as this year, despite US efforts to restrict their development of advanced technologies. The country’s biggest chipmaker SMIC has put together new semiconductor
Guam’s latest proposed budget was hailed by analysts who said its approach should be copied by other U.S. territories. Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero proposed a 5.9% bigger general fund budget for fiscal 2025 days after Moody’s Investors Service raised the territory’s general obligation bonds to investment grade (Baa3) from speculative grade (Ba1); the first time
Municipals sold off Monday following U.S. Treasuries, which saw another session of large losses, as investors digested the likelihood of later and fewer Federal Reserve rate cuts. . Equities ended down. Triple-A muni yields rose 10 to 13 basis points, with the largest losses on the short end, while USTs saw yields rise 11 to14
Some insurance companies are pulling back coverage from fire- and flood-prone areas, leaving homeowners with limited affordable options. This trend may even affect the property value of American homes, experts say. The nation’s largest homeowner’s insurance company, State Farm, stopped accepting new applications for policies on property in California in May. Allstate announced in November
This photo taken on Aug. 22, 2023 shows an advertisement in front of a real estate for sales in Millbrae, California, the United States. The sales of previously owned homes in the United States dropped 2.2 percent in July from June to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 4.07 million units, the National Association of
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Private equity myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US private equity firms are rushing to take advantage of lower borrowing costs by loading debt on to their portfolio companies and then using the cash to pay dividends to themselves and their investors. Corporate