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March 23 2017 - 11:30PM
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New WikiLeaks Documents Describe Alleged Mac, iPhone Hacking Tools
WikiLeaks on Thursday released new documents it says describe
hacking tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency over the past
decade to infect Apple Inc. devices.
Tronc to Buy All Stock From Large Outside Shareholder
Tronc Inc. agreed to buy all the stock held by one of its
largest outside shareholders at a substantial premium amid an
increasingly bruising public fight between its two biggest
investors.
Theranos Offers Shares for Promise Not to Sue the Company
A deal approved by Theranos's board would give investors who
pledge not to sue the battered blood-testing company some shares
from founder Elizabeth Holmes's personal stake.
GameStop Closing At Least 150 Stores Amid Sales Decline
Videogame chain GameStop Corp., hit hard by a shift to digital
downloads , plans to close at least 150 stores this year and expand
nongaming businesses.
Amazon Defeats IRS in Tax-Court Case
Amazon.com prevailed over the Internal Revenue Service in a
more-than-$1.5 billion dispute over the online retailer's
transactions with a Luxembourg subsidiary.
Jessica Alba's Startup Pulls Bottles of Dish Soap That Were Underfilled
Target Corp. and other retailers in recent months stopped
selling a popular household cleaner from Jessica Alba's Honest Co.
after learning the product contained less liquid than its label
claimed.
Experian Fined Over Alleged Deception in Credit-Score Marketing
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Experian PLC $3
million, alleging that the leading credit-reporting firm
misrepresented the credit scores it marketed to consumers.
U.K. Reopens Probe Into Barclays' 2008 Deal With Qatari Investors
Britain's financial regulator has reopened a probe into how
Barclays persuaded Qatar's sovereign-wealth fund to bail out the
bank during the 2008 financial crisis, just as a separate
investigation of that matter by the Serious Fraud Office nears
resolution.
Shell Oil Spills Led to 'Astonishingly High' Pollution in Nigeria
Shell oil spills that haven't been cleaned up for over eight
years have contributed to "astonishingly high" levels of pollution
in a Nigerian community, according to a consultant who helped
produce a confidential damage assessment.
March 911 Outage Affected More Than 12,000 Callers
More than 12,000 AT&T wireless customers couldn't get
through to 911 during a five-hour outage earlier this month,
federal regulators say.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 23, 2017 23:15 ET (03:15 GMT)
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